|
 | | Re: Lego newspaper article
|
| (...) <said.. snip> (...) <snip> (...) Welp, over in lugnet.general (article 849) Ron Kittle referenced an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune that has the same flaw. I fired off a letter to the author. Here's the text: -- start -- To Agnes (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| |
| 
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: Heavy Duty Articulated Pulling Truck
|
| (...) <snip> This is a cool model. But it looks more like an earth mover than a conventional over the road vehicle. Also, I'm unclear where the hook goes. Have you tried giving it an earthmover (Articulated truck or scraper) back end? I went to the (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-98, to lugnet.cad)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Next Fest?
|
| I'd like to propose that the next fest be the week after next, and that it be at my place in Littleton. I did not go home last weekend, or this weekend, my family was here. A great time was had by all (they're somewhere in Nebraska, headed home, as (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: sticker shock
|
| (...) While competition is a good thing, and TLG has a monopoly on trains that are compatible, it should be noted that there is a lot of junk out there in the regular train hobby, especially in HO and in the large scales. I see so many families (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
|
| (...) This is a question worthy of some thought. Nevertheless, I'm gonna share my gut reactions now, and think about it and probably post again. Call it intuition vs. deliberation... What follows is the intuition part. My gut reaction is no. I can (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
|
| (...) Oops, I omitted the above referenced footnote from the last append: Here it is. 1 - I am reminded of the "it is better to keep silent and be thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt" quote... everyone will be able to decide if I'm (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
|
| (...) No, no, no... I was trying to say you were the wise one by remaining silent. The man who knows what he does not know and is not afraid to say so is wiser by far than the man who thinks he knows it all and is not afraid to say so. :-) (...) The (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
|
| (...) Here goes, but I'd like to hear some response from you on whether you agree with my technical comments (about article expiration and content based verification, specifically) or not. :-) Note that due to size I am putting footnotes on the same (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: Heavy Duty Articulated Pulling Truck
|
| (...) before. (...) Not really. Remember that in the largest truck they do, the cab floor is 20-30 feet off the ground. You could use Big Foot wheels with a full blown articulated suspension with rack and pinion steering and a differential and still (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
|
| (...) But, requiring people to reveal true names, and to be civil IS a barrier. A good barrier, and one 98% (1) of the community will have no difficulty crossing. Call it a filter if you will. But it's a filter I wish maintained. I prefer not to (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: A new diesel by Ben
|
| (...) I like it. The truck mounted front coupler with side slopes is a good idea, how'd you do it? 1x2/1x4 angle bracket? Note that I have a body mounted front coupler that looks similar on big red... but it's not very sturdy. How sturdy is yours? (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: A new diesel by Ben
|
| (...) OK, I did some more digging. The GM site is pretty sparse but check out this link: (URL) right picture (the SD70 MAC) also looks like your loco, same bulging rear radiators. GM and GE are getting harder to tell apart these days. Note that the (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
|
| Todd Lehman wrote: <snip> (...) This would be a good thing. I'd say it ought to just present the facts in a fairly dry way. All the "evangelists" would have a copy and just post it in reply. I could take a swag, I guess. (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: A Technic set DB outline
|
| Jim Hughes wrote: Disclaimer: I am not a DBA but I do know enough SQL to be dangerous. Interesting. I comment on this as if it were a logical DB design. Do you have a downloadable schema (for erwin or whatever?) Some comments: Is recno designed to (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.admin.database)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
|
| (...) If you and I are both reading RTL here, that means that THIS news server is serving up the posts. If you post while reading HERE, the post will go to this news server first (before being propagated outward in the classic chaotic usenet (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
|
| | Re: A Technic set DB outline
|
| First off, let me state that were I designing this from scratch I'd do an object model not a data model but... (...) You need a hierarchy table. Model it like this (not legit SQL) Table Theme ThemeID integer PRIMARY KEY NOT NIL ThemeType Code /* (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.admin.database)
| |
|
pieniazek
(score: 1.042)
|
