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(...) Or you can do the opposite and require special markup around the number to be considered a set # for automatic linking. Some ideas: I'd really like to my hands on a set:5952-2: soon! I'd really like to my hands on a <SET>5952-2</SET> soon! (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database)
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Hello, I have some questions which I hope will be answered. First is this the correct group for these questions? Second, I would like inventories for 8840 and 8250. Third, if these have not been inventoried, and I choose to inventory them, will (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Idea for automatic Lugnet Set Database linking
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(...) <SNIP> Hmmm... Here's an idea. If I'm talking about set #295 instead of my bowling score, I could type "...telephone from :295: is my favorite....". Just a random thought... Charles (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Here's another idea! How about using a spacer GIF image as the link?! 8x5 pixels is probably big enough. Tell people that they can click on the "space" after a set# to look it up. You do this for all suspect (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database)
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I don't think it would be sloppy at all. I think the benifit of being able to reference a set would vastly outweigh the cases where people are talking about their 1998 corvette. Besides, it would be a subtle reminder to stay topical. It might be a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I was contemplating doing something similar a couple weeks ago when MikeS was talking about how much he used the search box... Rather than just giving a link into the DB, it really ought to (if it could) give a thumbnail and the set's data (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Does anyone have any good Windows software for collection inventorying?
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(...) Oops, too much coffee for me today. I thought you were saying that they -were- there and that you were asking whether they'd been added recently. All I did above was checked the dates on the files and looked at the most recent change. Shouldda (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Does anyone have any good Windows software for collection inventorying?
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I just checked (URL) and it does not include MSRP. In fact, I checked all of the ASCII lists and they are all dated 8 July and none of them contain MSRP data. Any idea why I can't see what you see? Mike - mike_walsh@mentorg.com (URL) Lehman wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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(...) If it wasn't already there earlier, the MSRP column was added to the listings at the URL above on 10 Jul 1998. The Picture-Y/N column was added on 8 Mar 1999. --Todd (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) tools (...) count, (...) Have the MSRP values been added recently? The last time I downloaded these lists they didn't include MSRP data. I have a Windows/CE device which I can load Excel data into so the MSRP (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Lepanadat project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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(...) Yes, there was a misunderstanding. I thought that you mentioned the name for this project, which you appearently did not. My goal has been changed slightly, from a name database to a searchable database with the different names that are used (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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4216 has now been released as a Classic set, 480 pcs (box) (looks like its the same set as the existing 4216 Basic) 4293 Classic Value Pack MSRP $29.99 (from sticker on box) 801 pcs (box). This set has the baseplate used in Sphynx Secret Surprise (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) Right. Identification and reference and browsing and all that. Massively cross-referenced within itself and to/from set inventories, MOC's, and the marketplace. So it's really a sub-database of the larger database. The "Brictionary" part is (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) Steve, I totally agree what is needed is a complete classification/taxonomy system so you can find a part. The naming component is useful and interesting but this project should be a parts database not just a name database. If the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
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(...) Personally I prefer Gary Istoc. ;-) [f-up set to lugnet.off-topic.fun] -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake roping has just been outlawed by the Montana Rodeo Commission. (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: The Bricktionary project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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(...) Great. I'd love to contribute to the Lugnet Bricktionary in any way possible. Of course, I'd love to contribute to just about any effort to establish a public db for part identification and reference. Steve (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) Sounds good. Right place in the hierarchy. (...) And it's not actually part names, but a parts identification database, right? Having standard/prefered names is good, but it's the pictures (and maybe schematics) that actually identify the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
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Doesn't seem like they were hidden to me. Just go to "www.lugnet.com", then click on the "Set Inventory Repository" link under "Links & Resources" at the left side of the page, and then select the "800 Town, Train, and other sets inventoried by Tim (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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This seems like it is reaching critical mass (a good thing) and perhaps at this point a dedicated newsgroup should be created for this (i.e., efforts to standardize parts nomenclature). How does lugnet.db.brictionary sound? I wouldn't quite put it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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