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(...) BTW, related to above, there's one other URL worth mentioning: (URL) - QuickSet launcher - launches itty bitty dedicated window with self-contained search box. qs.js - QuickSet search - issues a pop-up-prompt search box, then launches itty (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) That would be great for security type issues I guess. Other than that I can't see any reason that the info off of the server would be a good thing. What happens when you move computers, or have more than one computer? I wouldn't be suprised to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:59:15 GMT "Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote concerning 'Re: Itty-bitty LEGO set looker-upper': (...) I'm not sure if a web site can (or should) access files directly on my computer... but how about having an (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) someday? This looks very usable--might even cause several personal Lego set databases to go out-of-use. One thing that I would like is for the actual personal data to be stored on my own computer. A directory on my computer to store this (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Say, Dan, you must be running the same buggy newsreader/mailer that Tim Courtney is having trouble with...? (It's a flavor of Eudora, and it botches the References header on every post -- putting your reply in the wrong spot.) --Todd (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Wow, that's a very strange browser bug. (How did you launch it, BTW? With one of the 4 main launchers, or one of the 4 alternative links for non- JavaScript browsers?) (...) Hmm, MSIE5 doesn't have the right-click "Back" option? (I always (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) At home I run 1600x1200, but don't tend to have too much going on at the same time. At work, I run 1280x1024, but use the Common Desktop Environment so I have 6 different virtual screens, Netscape gets one, work gets another, etc. Really keeps (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) One thing we need to do is start combining these databases. So far, I am aware of three databases which I use on a regular basis: Pause Brickset Fibblesnork (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) what it probably is, I don't thin IE honors the "_blank" name for new windows. Unlike NN, which opens a new window every time the target is _blank, IE must not do that. So every time an app tries to open a new window, IE thinks it means the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) wow! I didn't know you could do that - that's cool... but it only works on the quicksearch, not in the mail search? (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) QuickSet seems like a nifty thing. I have one big problem with it, unfortunately. This is with IE5. Once launched, the QuickSet window becomes the target window for any URL that gets launched from a non-browser application. For example, if I (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I run a big screen too (1600x1200) but I usually have so many windows open doing all different things that screen real estate is still usually pretty tight, and most of the time an itty bitty picture or a half- or quarter- size picture is all (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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In article <38A75F66.DD002A4@voyager.net>, lar@voyager.net says... (...) Other anomalies - set 5200 is Accessories - Train Shouldn't that be the other way around? Almost all the other 5xxx Train Accessories are in the wrong category. I now use (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Is that the right set number? (2198 shows as set of LEGO PRIMO building plates in the DB...) --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) well, it's available at: (URL) requires you have perl installed, and LWP::Simple. :) Dan Dan Boger - Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences dan@giccs.georgetown.edu ICQ: 1130750 Georgetown University Medical Center (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) You could certainly post it right here if you wanted. --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) well, the thing is, you need to close the window the pops up before it loads anything at all... if you're too slow, it loads the js that tells it to reopen the window when you close the current one... or, (untested), you could turn off java in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) only kinda related, I wrote a little perl script to do command line lookups to the database... both for windowz and for linux. That way, if I don't have a browser open, I can still lookup sets all the expert WAMALUG people refer to by (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) er, ah, yes. I forgot about those. 4533 is not worthy of being in the 9V line, and 4552 is misnamed, there's no cargo in the set anywhere, all that stuff is MOW related. (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38A72E70.4AD987FB@v...er.net>... (...) speculating (...) One difficulty is having only a single category. Ultimately, what is needed is to be able to have a set of keywords for each set. In this case, 3225 might (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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