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(...) Well, I guess it comes up from that I'd expect desert to go to Egypt and Outback maybe but I'd probably be surprised how mummies came up in a query on desert. Maybe if it told me that mummies came up indirectly through Egypt... (...) I'm (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Whoa -- yes -- good point! Star Wars is a lot more environments that just T.I.E. fighters and X-Wings blowing each other up! :-) --Todd (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) "s"), (...) perhaps a more useful and less confusing name for "space" (lower case) would be sci-fi(also lower case) Similarly castle(lc) could be renamed historical(lc) or somehting similar (medievil?) to (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) See, I'm not even sure about that. Three of the five currently-known sets are ground-transport and not space sets at all (not even in the sense of "designed for ground exploration of alien planets"). And I can definitely see Mos Eisley (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Wow! (...) Why would you not want mummies in the desert? Ok I can sort of see why, but they are related, (By about 80% :) The percentage cutoff would be useful here. If the cutoff is set to x% then once a subgroup falls below x% relative to the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I feel much better now... Lets see. I would say that ideally, each of the following criteria could be treated as part of an equation (<>= (value), !(value), etc) - in other words, have them treatable as logical expressions. Set number set name (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) says (...) down, (...) Something like that, yes. I seem to be attacking this from an interface point of view, so I'll keep with that, for now. Scroll down for an example of some of my thoughts (...) enter (...) Yes! I knew I'd seen something (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Ah, but sometimes they do (anything in 6800-6999 :-). But I admit, it's possible that TLG may someday destroy the sacred 6800-6999 range as they destroyed the 6700-6799 range. 67xx used to be solely for Space minifigs and Space Light & Sound (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Also sprach Todd Lehman: : To be more precise, Star Wars sets are certainly "space" sets (lowercase "s"), : but clearly not "Space" sets (uppercase "S" as in "LEGO[LAND] Space System") : because of their non-6[89]xx numbering. Ah, but as various (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) That's an interesting thought. :) The question, of course, was a trick question -- where the [de]capitalization of "space" is intended to illustrate the inherent controversy/confusion. To be more precise, Star Wars sets are certainly "space" (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Also sprach Matthew Miller: : I'd say no. They definitely come from a different universe than that of : Lego's space stuff. Since Star Wars is supposedly the distant past, maybe the Star Wars sets are a past-space instead of future-space theme? :) / (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I'd say no. They definitely come from a different universe than that of Lego's space stuff. (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I -almost- made sub-categories of the so-called "classic" Space in the Fibblesnork LEGO Guide but was talked out of it (I think by Steve Bliss) by being shown many examples of boundary-straddling sets. But the FLG has hard-line boundaries, so (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Also sprach Todd Lehman: : There might be 4 or 5 (or more) sub-categories of classic Space -- for : example, a little specialized category for the 3 ships in the Galaxy : Explorer family, and categories for the whole original blue/yellow/gray : (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) You mean indexing on content like the set name, human-entered comments, and all that, yes? With the option to disable matches on certain fields? (...) Maybe two-tiered along with one-tiered on the same screen? The two-tiered stuff at the top, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 03:41:54 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following profundities... (...) Yes, though the number was different, but still 5 digits. It was the UK version, too. Still haven't found the invoice, though I am 90% certain I still have it. (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Actually, it depends a great deal on what the engine is searching - I'll come up with a list when my brain is less broken. (: (...) competitive (...) Absolutely. (although, the niggling little voice in the back of my head says "why not get (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Yes! We have examples of sets with promotional numbers being sold in retail outlets and sets with non-promotional numbers being sold as promotional items. 2149 would have a 'promtionalhood' of 100%, as its only available from Color Line 2148 (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Actually, there are only three factions, according to TLG. They are the Blue Clan Samurai, the Red Robbers, and the Red Ninjas. The Blue Clan is teamed with the Dark Gray Ninjas, the Red Robbers are teamed with the Black Ninjas, and the Red (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Right. some dogs are female, and some aren't, but no dogs are women (and no women are dogs, either, right? :-) ) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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