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(...) No! I don't think Frank meant it like that at all. But when traffic in an existing group gets to a certain level and it looks like it might be sustained, not just a flash in a pan, and it subcategorizes logically, it's certainly a valid thing (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Am I talking too much? ;-) ~Mike (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.gaming)
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Hmm, do we need a new newsgroup for Bricklords? Frank (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Ditto what Kevin said. I look at my ships from five years ago, compared with FdG (see the left side bar in .build.military), and then Takao ((URL) and there's a definite progression, aside from size of course. It's a simple process of (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: password resets
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(...) Thank you! (22 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: posting problems ... or is it me
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(...) It was the posted format. The message was posted as 'Plain text', but you intended to post it as 'Formatted text (FTX)'. There's a box to choose between the two labeled 'Format:' below the subject line on the web posting page. Cary (22 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I know 99.9% of the time it's operator error so I guess I'm asking what I did wrong when I posted earlier all the photos appeared as links. see post: (URL) Did I enter the URLs wrong or was it my computer or my ftx Pat Bunn (22 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) There's one I'm still looking for, that someone posted on .space a while ago. It's the coolest thing I've seen. (...) Depends on the builder :P For me, that's true. I have a hard time building small, which is why I build both big and small, (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient)
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Sorry to have to ask, but can I get my password reset and/or e-mailed to me please, as I had PC problems and lost all my e-mails, cookies, favourites etc. Thanks in advance. (22 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) As others have said, Welcome! Lots of great ideas in this thread, as a 'old-timer' I thought I could toss out a couple more. Don't feel you need to build HUGE things. Yes, some of us love to build massive things like 8-wide trains and 4+ foot (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) OOOPS, I never thought about that. I hope I didn't start anything. Sorry about that everyone. (22 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Welcome aboard, Dave! I don't have much to add to the wisdom already dispensed on this thread, but here are a few other suggestions to help you in your building (some of these may be repeats). 1. Start with a cool first name. (You seem already (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Many great suggestions by others..... I do a lot of mutations. Start out with something, get and an idea on how to change it, change it. Try something else throw it out, try again. Don't expect that it will come out just the way you want the (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Basically just throwing in a 'right on' to all that's been said. Only thing to add is that you've already taken the most important step, and that is joining this community. I lurked for over a year before starting to build. Then, I tried to (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Experiment. Build. It sounds simple, and that's all the really is to it. What I find helps me is I keep a project list of some projects I'd like to work on. Some of them have came to be, others have just sat around in pieces. For example, I (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient)
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snip (...) point 5 of (...) (which you (...) part of (...) that (...) otherwise (...) 800 (...) it (...) Well... wery often downloading and using is not a criminal act, but sharing ripped games to others is. I do not think anyone in the industry (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Erick: You may want to take a look at the LUGNET terms of use, in particular point 5 of the Discussion group terms ((URL) and decide for yourself if your advocacy of using Kazaa to obtain things (which you apparently acknowledged are illegally (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) How? Start building. You'll get better. That's not a flippant answer, it's the truth. Do as many of the following things as you can: - Build stuff "in the style of" official sets, perhaps working from their instructions to learn various idioms (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Jonathan, sorry I missed your request. It's done now. --Todd (22 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) done (22 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Is this the right group to post in? "angus looney" <not.this.bit.angus....world.com> wrote in message news:HpwKrL.17zC@lugnet.com... (...) request (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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It's extremely annoying isn't it? It's complete stupid NOT to have a web based process for this, and there seems no way to get any attention to this either. "Jonathan Nichol" <owner@basichelp.com> wrote in message news:HqJ08G.vE8@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Ya know, I've been into Lego for a while myself. I haven't had the time or money I'd have liked to have for it over the last few years, but I do still love Lego. I've been coming to this site for a while now, and I just have one question for (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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Is this still the place to ask for password resets? I've asked here three times in the past three months and still haven't heard anything. My member # is 1130 and I'd really like a password so I can use my account. Please let me know how I can get (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sort of. See the section on "Time-Sensitive Searches" here: (URL) syntax leaves a lot to be desired but it's there if you need to use it in a pinch. --Todd (22 years ago, 25-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Is there a way to search for posts based on the date posted? For example, if I wanted to search for posts around May 6th, 2002, could I? ~Kevin Blocksidge (22 years ago, 25-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm really sorry about that. I've got a script that runs once a minute and checks whether xinetd is running, and if it finds that it isn't, it restarts it. I installed this a couple months ago when we had the massive NNTP traffic -- it was (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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In lugnet.off-topic.test, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) Very good sir Ed--I mean, Dave K (22 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) These postings ARE repetitive, because I find myself posting here "to see if LUGNET is accepting posts" rather more frequently than I'd rather, because LUGNET is exhibiting "your post was not accepted, return code 0" behaviour rather more (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.admin.general)
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When I view the list of who owns a set, the following text is above the list: "The above list is informational only. Do not contact people ..." Shouldn't this read "The list below is informational only. Do not contact people ..."? Regards ROSCO (22 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Please remove this message: (URL) A (22 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Geneva Convention
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(...) I don't believe it belongs in .general either. I imagine it was an honest mistake, not a deliberate attempt to stir up controversy or circumvent the topic guidelines, although I could be wrong. LUGNET doesn't enable you to just pick up a post (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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In the absence of a web-based passwrod reminder/reset function, can I request that my password be reset and mailed to my registered email address. Angus Looney Number #: 1661 (22 years ago, 14-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Wondering if/when this will happen? Mike (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi all, Not sure this is the right newsgroup but I hope someone can help me with this. I'm just after installing WinXP Pro after using 98SE for some time. Outlook Express somehow doesn't like my subscription to lugnet. Every day all groups are gone (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Could I get my password reset please? I lost my cookie, and I can't remember it. My member number is 1957. -Stefan- (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Lessee if I can remember... I _had_ been staying logged in, and when I posted, I had to fill out name and e-mail, check the "I will give LUGNet my firstborn" box (or whatever it says). Plain or FTX worked fine. (I'm guessing that I hadn't (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Suggestion for member pages
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Hi guys, Would it be a lot of work to add an extra page in the members section? Because of the length of the list it takes a while to download (even on a DSL connection). So why not add a selection for a first letter, so you only need to download a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Wow. I did not think there was any correlation whatever between whether your post uses FTX or not and your post approval or posting setup changes. Either posts work or they don't has always been my experience. Can you elaborate on what you (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I moved to a new computer at work, and re-ran the posting setup. Now when I post it won't accept FTX, but when I post in plain text, it's ok. I haven't received the e-mail back from the server - will this unsightly condition clear up then? Thanks, (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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