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| More Felix joshing Technic - John Barnes (not all decided yet) Ocean Crossing Bob Hayes Sumo Chase (line Following and Sumo) Steve Hassenplug King of the Hill Steve Hassenplug (again!) Neatest thing in the room based on popular vote: 2nd - Pneumatic (...) (20 years ago, 14-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Keynote presentation announcements
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| Felix the MC did a lot of jokes as we go, and gave away stuff. Ashley Glennon announced a desire to get input from the community on how to the community motivated to help grow the hobby Results of the superballot (will also be posted separately) (...) (20 years ago, 14-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Keynote presentation announcements
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| Additional announcements: Tim Courtney: James Jessiman Memorial Award - will be formally presented at LEGOWORLD as neither last year's winner or the recepient could be here at BrickFest. We nevertheless would like to announce the 2004 Recepient is (...) (20 years ago, 14-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| I will be posting a few posts in this string with info from the BrickFest 2004 Keynote (14 August 2004) Craig Hicks: The theme was Olympics and people had lots of fun. Todd Thuma: ISD Build "Practice Run" Team members will be reported later Time was (...) (20 years ago, 14-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Password help Please!
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| (...) Here's my understanding: The interim fix of allowing more admins to do it doesn't require any code changes, just permissions changes (who can access certain screens). It's not prudent to undertake code changes with a server move pending. Once (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| I think I am missing something here. He's gay. So what? Why resign? What does his preference in partners have to do with his ability to govern? (URL) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Password help Please!
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| (...) You need to get hold of Todd, as currently he is the only one that can reset your password for you. At some point, we hope soon, other people (such as Frand and myself) will be able to do this as well. I have a suspicion that you may have (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) This is not a new concern. In fact, if you read back issues of this very discussion group, you'll find me (4 years ago or whatever it was) railing bitterly against how restrictive the password rules are. (...) That's not making me feel really (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Preaching to the Choir
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| (...) OK. So if I know that it takes the average hole digging person an hour to dig a hole of a certain size, and that's an accepted market value, can I charge 50 minutes to dig it instead of an hour (giving a discount or a gift if you like)? Is (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Well, I tend to remember "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in 3 generations" and "a fool and his money are soon parted" and not worry about that. That's a pat answer but ... (...) So there's a unit of currency and it's a manhour, then? All else (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I can't believe that the originalral thread (about who to vote for and getting involved in politics in an effective way) seems to have spun off into some of the standard old directions. (the gay marriage direction, the "socialism works/no it (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Reversing Loop without Insulated Tracks
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| (...) Thanks for the reminder, I forgot about that. So random single wheelsets won't impact this, only bridging from one wheelset to another within the motor (or if you connect motors to get better pickup performance as Mark Bellis does, across (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) If ONLY we could get a 1:7 ratio between bureaucracy and benefits delivered, I'd put up with the siphoning. But it's hardly ever that good. Sometimes it's 1:7 the other way. Which was the point J was making with his silly made up numbers. Once (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Reversing Loop without Insulated Tracks
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| (...) Many of us are more interested in the trains running (remember that the name of the group, after all, is not lugnet.electrical). The electrical stuff is just a way to get trains to do their thing, in my view and hence, less interesting. Others (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Reversing Loop without Insulated Tracks
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| (...) I suggest you read up on reversing loops for some background. There are plenty of references out there if you use Google to look. But, failing that, and also for the benefit of the rest of the readership... Consider an ordinary reversing loop (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Reversing Loop without Insulated Tracks
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| (...) Note that these deliberate, if momentary, shorts may *possibly* have a long term negative effect on your controllers. This would probably not work well with regular Model Railroad gear, but then it's not designed to take the abuse that kids (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Sure, sure... that's the free rider problem. The pat answer solution is to figure out how to price the task into the costs borne by those to whom it is essential. (note: government is the most common, but not only, mechanism for doing that (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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