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(...) ok, some more info here... i found a couple of these on ebay, and i wrote to the seller and they said that the numbers are on the sides of the boxes... i'll be adding them shortly... #'s 23 and 30. So we should find out if *these* ones that (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) you're right - right now it's not a problem. What _I_ would do if I thought it was? reply to each message once it's done - very similar to the way Jenn and I deal with incoming Inventories to peeron.com... That way, if a message in the (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Hm, I got it. In fact the following proposal, assuming there is a curator named for the admin.db group so they can edit FTX, requires NO programming or changes within LUGNET at all! - Set up a hotmail (yahoo, or whatever... a peeron account (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Well how do you prevent person A looking, fixing, person B looking, realising it's fixed, person C looking, realising it's fixed, etc? Probably not a big deal if there aren't TOO many people helping out. (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) either way works for me. I just like the fact that it's viewable by all, so people can see what info was submitted - maybe help avoid double postings. If someone wants to flood the newsgroup, they can now just as easily... And if we want it by (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Which is why I am thinking, let it be mailed to some lucky DB admin for review... (do you guys take turns watching, or is it whoever gets to fix it first, or what?) rather than posting it. That completely reuses the componentry that exists (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) ahhh... a reason like the if you just mailed it to the group, someone would have to auth the message? :) though that might be a good thing, if we allow people to put in just any email as the "from", we'd want to make sure that it's a valid (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) A waste of *computing* resources yes. But not a waste of development resources, because it's already done. (reuse what exists before embarking on development of new, unless there is some huge reason not to reuse (1) ) Note that the current (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) could do that, but assuming that the cgi is run on the lugnet server, it'd be a waste of resources to do cgi-to-smtp-to-nntp, when the cgi could just inject the message to the NG. (...) nod... though if we limit this form to members only, (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Could do... I don't think the remailer is set up that way currently though. Why don't you hack around with a form that uses it and see if you can autopost to lugnet.test by mailing to the news gateway or something? What Todd did for me is just (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) how about just have it autopost to the admin.db newsgroup? that way it's on record, anyone can see what's been submitted, etc...? (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: something odd about the links here
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(...) looks like it to me... once I try it without the v=n, it does work ok... doh! (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Go to this page ... (URL) note the links under the piece count ("Lego", "Studios", and "?"). Try clicking on one of them. I think its trying to take me to notes about the generic category (e.g. "Studios") where no such page exists. I think the "v=n" (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I agree, such a form will definitely generate more input, since it'll be easier for people to submit data. Maybe make it a "member only" feature, that way we can be sure where it came from... Of course, I wouldn't want the updates to be done (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I propose that a "submission form" be created for data to be added to the Guide. I hold no guilt over suggesting this because I am blissfully unaware of the work that would be involved ;] There are a lot of times I'm foraging around in the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) me too, see this thread: (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes: <snip> Agreed. The current organization was done by a non trainhead, IMHO. I made some suggestions in the past on this topic as well. (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'd very much like it if the train portion of the database were modified to be more generally usefull. My organization would be something like: trains - push - engines (includes MOT) - train sets - 4.5v - engines - sets - accessories - 12v - (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Even though it plainly states "My Own Train" on the box? Perhaps they intend it to be a whole train that you customize, not just the engine. "I'll take a large blue engine, blue tender, 6 hopper cars and a caboose please" (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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