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(...) I am trying to catch up, I was at a client all day today in SF (hearing the F line PCCs rattling by 8 stories below was particularly frustrating) that blocks LUGNET(TM) access as being "chat room" type.... so forgive me if this has already (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I get the same error (on both 19 and 21) but oddly not trying to get to other polls. It occured on first attempt and subsequent attempts, even after cold boot of the box. More info here: (URL) that helps track down the bug. Regards, Allan B. (24 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It's there, it's under "Ivrit". (Of course I always found that funny - Todd likes to use the local names rather than English, but anyone able to read LUGNET probably knows how his/her country and language are spelled in English. ;-) ) BTW, the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think the top two of the last three definitely could. Regarding the very last non-other choice, aren't there cases, though, where the question is phrased perfectly but the choices are biased? Or in those cases, is it always also the case (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It really should have a better error message, but I think it's working correctly to the spirit behind what it wants to let you do, albeit poorly explained in the text above. It wants to let you use the same number in the case of ties -- for (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) that upon your hitting the Submit button? Do you happen to recall what, if anything, you had entered into the boxes? --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Ranking polls say you can give two choices the same number, but reject such ballots. Frank (24 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I get 500 internal server error on this page (URL) William R Ward bill@wards.net (URL) Verbing weirds language. --Calvin (24 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Definitely multiple answers may apply, I guess I wasn't clear enough on that point. (...) One worry is that too many choices are presented here. I wonder if the last three before "other" could be a single choice. (...) Are any choices other (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Me too. I think it's a great idea. Meta-polling seems like useful feedback for the poll conductor and for the community in general. I'd like it to be multiple-select, though, since it's possible that one or reasons more apply. How does the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Good point. The poll, however, doesn't say that LEGO has to do anything per se, just that there is or isn't a problem with the track geometry. I like your suggested mandatory/automatic addons. (24 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Actually, I had a bit of trouble with this poll. The reason is that I am now not convinced LEGO should put resources into alternative track geometries. On the other hand, it would be real swift to have some new track geometries, so my personal (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) not to mention that Hebrew isn't on that list! where did you get it from?!? :) (or I might be blind, it's early) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, you could include a standard quote at the bottom, similar to the one at on slashdot: (URL) Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks. * Feel free to suggest poll (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Let me preface this by saying that the polling mechanism just introduced, while it has some bumps (some of which have already been fixed, like the ability to keep a poll result anonymous, e.g. the CLSotW poll results are now anonymous so everyone go (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I'm not sure where to post this problem report so I'll send it here. Hopefully this is close to the right place. :) Anyway, just a heads up that when trying to access the ballot pages for some (but not all polls) I get the following error message: (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Use (URL) in Communicator, search on any set. Click on the pic to bring up the fullsize version of the Set Guide, you get a 430 Not Found. Looking at the source for 4558: <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT> <A (...) (24 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yep! If I use one of the machines in our house and switch the Russian localisation on (we actually have one that has it installed, we installed it for Yulia when she first got here and was sending a lot of notes back home in Cyrillic), and (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) One reason to use Word instead of Notepad is spell checking. The choice of font has nothing to do with the character codes, and does not affect the keyboard character map. Even if you compose the message entirely using the newsreader or the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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This is skating dangerously close to LUGNET's policy on profanity... (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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FYI: I'm about to leave SC for MA, where my access to, and time for, LUGNET will be limited. I'll be back in exactly one week. You can still send concerns to admin@lugnet.com and one of us will help you. -Suz (24 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Cary Clark wrote: <SNIPPER!> (...) Actually, it is somewhat simple. Unless Richard uses a totally bizarre System Font, all he needs to do is compose in Notepad instead of Word (honestly, who would waste the overhead of Word on NG posts when any (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Could we use these to denote which message has a reply? Scott A (24 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Suzanne D. Rich writes: ... (...) I should know better, but I can't help jumping in on this. I've written a fair amount of code that deals with character sets, so I understand the technical issue in detail. Chris Gray is (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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[snip] I'm just stepping in here as a friendly reminder that jabs at others tend to result in unwanted arguments which can quickly get out of control. I believe you've each made your feelings known on the typography issue. Perhaps it'd be wise to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) [I've manually translated the special characters to what I see.] (...) Yes, it is your mess. You *know* you are making postings that show up bad for many readers, and yet you choose to continue to post that way. (...) Its called "standards". (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Thanks for the clarification... (...) Well if they go to the same place, is having them there (when there's no tree structure for them to be involved in) just a decorative thing, or do you envision lists of things where some of the items in the list (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) They should have been there all along -- I just added them a couple days ago when I noticed that they were missing, while coding the new spotlight headline mode display listing. (...) No, they go to the same place -- just like a "Brief" (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Why should they!?! I never said anybody should! I jus said that I'd be grateful if they corrected the malady
thats all. (...) So it isnt like I'm submitting faulty text! Somewhere down the line someone processes it, in Word or another (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Why? That is, why should they? (...) It's not random, it's when the post is reposted by someone that doesn't have access to all the wonky characters you use. Personally, I think it's a bit of an affectation and I don't think you should expect (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Is it just me, or have the little hollow squares that denote nodes in the thread tree just started appearing on the title only lists of posts that you get from the traffic page (URL) (for example) Or have they been there all along? Are they supposed (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I, of course, agree. :-) (...) Doh! That's odd.. I'd -swear- I removed that line a week or two ago. hmm.. [snip ideas] (...) :-) the reason I meant to delete that particular wanted position is, I found a volunteer! He will work on entries and (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) to (...) violation (...) Durn. Got my third solicitation this week. Was lazy and just deleted the e-mail. Constantine (24 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi all, I hope Im not jumping the gun or stepping on any toes by posting about this when I myself am not a Lugnet Admin, but my curiosity on the matter is strong... I was wondering if anyone had a complete and comprehensive list of links to all (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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I'd be much obliged if everyone could restore my subject title once it goes wonky! I dont full understand why it happens
But Fredrik Glöckner was kind enough to give a partial explination (...) And yes this HAS happened to my posts before
And yes (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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Ok, thanks. I'm not in a big hurry for it to be changed anyways since the new one is so ugly :) jt (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) These are changes that Todd or Dan make manually. People typically send e-mail to admin@lugnet.com, and it's taken care of when possible. -Suz (24 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) ||~[_S@H_] ~[_MSRP_] ~[_%off_] ~[_Set No._] ~[_Set Name_] ~$4.00 ~$8.00 ~50% ~<set:5938 5938> ~Oasis Ambush ~$17.50 ~$34.99 ~50% ~<set:2436 2436> ~Native American Village ~$9.00 ~$17.99 ~50% ~<set:2106 2106> ~Scoop N' Squirt Fun Pack ~etc. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.test)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Suzanne D. Rich writes: <snip> (...) Looks good at this end--after my brief read of FTX, that's how I expected it to look... Dave K (24 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ah-Ha! Yes, I think we're onto something now. Ok, I just moved that old text into the .announce.lsahs sidebar. AND Todd just told me that the old html page was NOT auto-magically produced, as I had thought. But! he reminded me that you can use (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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ALso what needs to be done to get the Georgia flag icon changed to the "new" Georgia flag. jt (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I posted this a while back (crossed to admin.general): (URL) of the text from the dead page could be organized and put in the left frame. -Rob (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Speaking of profile pages, what needs to happen to get the flag on my profile changed to Oregon... Frank (24 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Great idea! Robert Powell SCLTC (24 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Let me tell ya something Rob, it's not about the machine...it's all about the man behind the machine...so keep up the talk, but one day soon we'll see "who da man" is :) jt (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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2nd place shouldn't get an icon... ;) Just kidding James. Rob "still kicked your butt, even if you weren't there" Hendrix :P "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:H02tp1.GqF@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Me three!!! Very cool indeed! jt (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Me too! (except that there is no LTC in Copenhagen) Play well, Jacob -- Girder bridge: (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Okay, these little icons are *too* cool! *I* want one for my LTC! :-) -John (24 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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It looks like the CGI program that handles direct access to LDraw files posted under "lugnet.cad.dat" needs to be updated. It removes sub-model lines (type 1) referring to files with a ".ldr" extension. See these messages for two examples: (2 URLs) (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) correct - you will see a logo only if I post from a dan@lugnet.com address. For obvious reasons, a post about Peeron updates doesn't come from that address :) Dan (24 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Out of curiosity, who are the current admins. I noticed that Dan did not have a LUGNET logo next to his name. Or is that because he does not post with a LUGNET domain address? Jude (24 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I must say, this is one of the nicest traffic reports I've seen in quite some time.. [snipped due to length] :-) -Suz (24 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It was also posted to lugnet.admin.general, if you look more carefully. It should've been a FUT, not an Xpost, but it *is* the right place for this sort of thread... --Bill. (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, the fact that you think it's cool to make a public examination of my behavior or character traits is rather annoying. And the statement was qualified in weird ways that made it a fairly backhanded compliment if that's what it was (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Again, why bother me? I was not the one making the possibly ad hominem attacks. -- Hop-Frog (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Change that "you" to "us" and you're getting closer to what a community's about. ROSCO (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I trimmed lugnet.events.brickfest and left admin.general. I see Todd pointed his FUT to off-topic.debate. I'm not sure I'd send it there, this seems more at this point to be about what is a personal attack and what isn't... (...) If you took this as (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ok guys, take this to another group -- like .off-topic.debate or something. This part of the thread isn't about BrickFest anymore... --Todd (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) No, you began with a statement that I think was intended to imply quite specifically that I am a whining child. It was also in direct reply to my own post. As it turns out, I don't take offense because I don't even know you nor do I care what (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd and I met with TLC while at BrickFest 2002. I'll post some of our news from that soon. I just got home. very late last night. -Suz Suzanne Rich LUGNET Admin (24 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Sorry.... I didn't really know!! It was a couple weeks, and I saw new names. I wanted to read some of the "biographies" of the "newbies"!! :) ....just for curiousity sake... Anyways, thanks for replying. Take your time.... hope to see you at (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ah. not a bug actually. I have to run a script manually for that page to get updated. I will as soon as I get a chance to. (...) thanks for pointing it out. -Suz (24 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi, just trying to point out that there is a glitch in the members page. It only goes up to member 1660, where as the on the main page, there is member 1691. I was just wondering if you were made aware of this potential bug in the system. Thanks, (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd and/or Suz, I'd like to have a feature added to the email subscriptions page, whereby I can _choose_ to subscribe to a group _and_ all of its subgroups, as _one_ digest... Please? Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Hmmm, this means an internal inconsistency has been detected in the data. An rebuild tool is analyzing the data now... Things should be restored to normal working order in a few minutes... --Todd (24 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Admins: To whon it may concern. While browsing the Guide, specifically hitting the following page: (URL) get the following error: An internal server error occurred: Died at /usr/home/lugnet/pdb2/pdb_m2.pm line 110. Additional info: I am logged in, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, perhaps you should block it. I thought in the past there was a policy that mailers that were known to cause threading problems would be blocked. (24 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) AFAIK, that is how it works. When you subscribe to a group, you do not get mails from it's sub groups. Dan (24 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) only "fix" we can do is to block his mailer (Juno something or other), and force him to use a standard email/web browser/news program. He could do this on his own, without being forced to do it though. Dan (24 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm *still* hoping for an official, from-the-Admin answer to the question, "Is this how the email subscription service works?"... (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Can someone please help Tim out? His error is really annoying me and I feel that it can be fixed somehow. Jeremy Scott No offence Tim, I am not mad at or annoyed by you, just the error which is attached to you. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, the original poster is whining. I agree with Suz though. Tom's and John's responses aren't particularly helpful. They are just the sort of thing which starts a bickering war (which I truly hope this will not degenerate into). On the other (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Also, the "help" page has no left margin space, making it somewhat hard to read. Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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To Whom It Concerns: Please delete the following post: (URL) am the author of the posting and I would like it removed because it will cause confusion. Please do not remove the subsequent post of which I am again the author. Many thanks, Richard (24 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Could the link in the aquazone sidebar for Soaking Wet be changed to the new address... (URL) you! Felix Is anyone listening? (24 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, it does. The most relevant matches are listed first -- for each part, the keywords that matched are listed in red. (...) I don't think that part is in Partsref yet. (...) When I did this search, the first part listed was the only part (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Whenever I go to search for a part in partsref, it never sorts the matches by most relevant/least relevant etc. It just lists them in whatever order it finds them. E.G. Brick 1 x 4 with side studs as used in a space airlock door MOC recently. I (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Todd and/or Suz, If this is so --(Is it?)-- then I'd like to have a feature added to the email subscriptions page, whereby I can _choose_ to subscribe to a group _and_ all of its subgroups as one digest... Please? Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Why are all these kinds posts in lugnet.lego.direct? Does anyone expect Lego Direct to comment here? (or in similar posts). Of the groups that I follow, and I only follow a few (.trains, .trains.org, .cad.mlcad, and .cad.dev.mac), this is one (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) (not Suz or Todd, but...) Steve has the right of it. I'm e-mail subscribed to loc.ca, but I do not see any messages in any of the various loc.ca.foo groups. This is IMO, a good thing. thanks, James (24 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's weird, I was thinking it's the exact _opposite_. (In fact, I've arranged my subscriptions based on this premise, that I need only the upper-level groups, that the lower-level groups will be included...) Suz, Todd, which way is correct? (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi! After posting several messages recently, it became obvious to me that the "dreaded authentication process" was actually quite painless. Simple. Easy, in fact. The (relatively) new system with a web link in the authentication email really (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Because 'lugnet.cad.dat' is retired, inactive, no-longer-in-existence. Unless I misunderstand news-by-mail, you only get messages for groups you specifically subscribe to, not all the subgroups under the specific groups. Steve (24 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I'm a member of LUGNet ("(URL) I'm usually "signed in" on my parent's PC (i.e., LUGNet remembers my member ID and password). And yet, LUGNet does _not_ remember my "confirmation code" on the "Subscriptions" page ("(URL) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I've tried getting "lugnet.cad.dat" via email (digest) on the "Subscriptions" page ("(URL) I've _never_ gotten any messages for ".dat"... Why? Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 23-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Oh, I agree, this is really a reason. Thank you very much for the explanation, Todd! Have a nice weekend, René (24 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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To whom it may concern, My name is Tim Rice and whenever I reply to a lugnet post from my home computer using Juno as an e-mail service, the reply starts a whole new thread. Evidence of this can be found by searching for "hi here" a thread series (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) René, I think I understand where you're coming from, and how on the surface it might seem a bit ungracious of us to contact TLC about the coupon code. I'll share some more thoughts: I wouldn't say it's a "bad" thing per se that the string (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Oh. I thought this would be a "site by fans, for fans" as announced at the homepage. Where the users are making the content. (...) If this is your view, everone has to tolerate it, but please do tolerate other views and also speculations too. (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) [...] (...) Thank you for posting this! The absense of messages like this is exactly what people meant whey they said "sitting on your hands". If it isn't obvious that you're doing anything, there is a certain temptation to assume that you're (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi all, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by the amount of stuff I really want to reply to here.. - Right now I'm writing a summary of my opinions on the posting privileges issue, because I see people making false assumptions. I'd also like to set up a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi all! I have a question. Does anyone know how to access the biggest threads in post count on lugnet? I have noticed through my time on Lugnet that some really large threads developed in a matter of days on some very interesting and thought (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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"LUGNET Admin" <suz@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:GxrFKF.D3p@lugnet.com... (...) be (...) a (...) Just don't forget Suz your only human. (mini-fig) -- Thanx~ Nicole (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) yup. I screwed up. -Suz (24 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Actually Bill Ward is right... as an admin, Suz needs to lead by example. What she posted earlier today was in my opinion very shocking and inappropriate. I have to also look at her flaming policy as of late and "judge her by her own words"... (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) banned (...) No, I attacked her conduct. As the LUGNET Admin, she should be following a higher standard. Stooping to this level was completely out of line, and deserved a strong response. Please keep this in lugnet.admin.general, where I set (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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And then you turn around and attack Suz personally, I think you should be banned also. All you really needed was your first paragraph.. Tamy (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Her post sure seems to be in violation of the rules: (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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