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| I've done some quick research on the "adult swim" issue - apparently the channel and the related website are somewhere on the borderline of what conforms with Google's policies. I wouldn't want to see their ads here just to avoid confusion, so I'll (...) (19 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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| (...) Geoff, you are right, this is way beyond our intention. First of all, I chose Google AdSense Ads for the simple reason that they do not usually send popup ads to pages. If anyone observes this behavior frequently, I will need to flag this with (...) (19 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: off-color red bricks
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| (...) I think there are two issues here: The original CA bricks (made until 1963) have a tendency to warp, shrink or become similarly unusable. The extent of warping or shrinking varies, depending on how the bricks were treated and stored over the (...) (19 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) You said what many silently think: The pricing for the impulse sets is not always comprehensible, esp. given the pricing for similar sets of other quality toy brands. I like giving EUR 1.49 - 1.99 sets to the kids every now and then when I (...) (19 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Train Layout help needed
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| (...) Hi Anne, electrical damage is very difficult to achieve with LEGO 9V trains - usually it just doesn't work and you'll notice before any harm is done. However, your layout will work - electrically. I am somewhat curious how you plan to set the (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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| Hi all, I think I did a fair bit about reducing the "scrolling activity" impact for those among you who frequently browse the news pages without signing in first. Apparently, the rearrangement does not negatively affect the conversion rates, however (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| Luca, thanks for the screenshot - this really helps me evaluate where I could optimize the layout to maintain user-friendliness. I will try some changes later today and see what will happen. I think especially changing the size of the 300*300 box (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| (...) Very nice - got to keep the photo away from my kids, they only have one of these leaves and may want more... (or they'll take my collection of green ones - so much for realism and kids...) Regards, Jerry (19 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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| (...) Hi Ed, thanks for your suggestions - I will consider them when doing further optimization on the layout. Moving the larger ads into the header area (with the newsgroup listings) makes sense for the respective pages, it will only involve some (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Ancora fuori servizio il NG?
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| (...) Folks, though my Italian is not exactly proficient, I think I understand what you are talking about: There actually was an issue with delayed authentication messages for news reader posts. I fixed that last night so every open auth message (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it)
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| | Re: Would it be a good idea if LEGO made metal axles?
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| (...) I think those were just to allow the pre-Technic cog wheels to work on the old motors (4.5 and 12V) which could only turn the round (also metal) axles of the old red LEGO wheels. Later motors had a special bearing for cross axles and worked (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi all, well, I'm not particularly fond of the IR remote controller as well - I spent a significant amount of money on 9V stuff (the original w/ metal tracks) and hope to keep that in a usable state for some time. The good part is that the plastic (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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| (...) Hi Luca, I have received the same suggestion from other users as well - I will make the box above the "Active threads" display somewhat smaller to reduce scrolling. Where there are no active threads to display, a vertical banner is inserted. (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| I'll say: I'm impressed. Really. A lot! Fantastic issue - my congratulations. Though I fear my kids and my lack of spare time will cut short any effort to achieve similar building success, I like a lot of the ideas I am getting from this issue. (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-07, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| | Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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| (...) Dave, is it possible that this relates only to users who have set up several - potentially invalid - email addresses? I have just tried the procedure you laid out and it works fine with my account (otherwise I wouldn't have been so sure about (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New Book Shows How to Build Lego Guns, Catapults
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| (...) This reads like fun - I just ordered a copy because the movie linked to from the article shows me it's exactly the kind of gear that I've been after for office use (*imagine rather evil grin here*) I'll have to keep it away from the kids, (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-07, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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| (...) Hi Dave, the average ad works on a pay-per-click scheme, however it is pointless for anyone to just click on several ads in a row - anti click-fraud mechanisms with affiliate programs prevent this from generating cash for LUGNET and will (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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| Since I'm getting mostly positive feedback so far... I have now also included ads code in the LUGNET Guide pages. This code is also dependant on the Signed-In status, i.e. signed in users will not see the ads. Please keep me updated with issues or (...) (19 years ago, 13-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
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