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(...) Not sure exactly what size we'll end up with, but the plan is to have dual SATA drives in each system, for redundancy. (...) Not yet. :) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Howdy, Last week I signed my wife up as a new member and I have yet to hear anything about sending the money via PayPal as well as getting her username/password info. About how long does this process normally take? (I know there have been server (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I just checked again, I can log in now (using port 8080 as I was before). Harro de Jong (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's an excellent idea! (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, well I usually only print on premium-weight (6.1 OZ) 100% Cotton shirts (unless otherwise directed). I also differ from CafePress in that I actually screenprint, whereas CafePress utilizes a heat-transferred process. All things being (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) And perhaps which would be of higher-quality than CafePress? ("Anything you want, as long as it involves faded colors on a low-quality white shirt!") (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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In lugnet.admin.finance, Todd Lehman wrote: John Neal approached us in (...) :-) I would love to help out in any way I can. It was always my intention of printing LEGO-related T-shirts when I set up my Brickbay store ("Brickwear";-) anyway, but I (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Ya, I was talking theoretically about John Neal... I mentioned to Suz that I think John Neal (for example) should be able to print up LUGNET t-shirts if he wants to (he did such a great job on those Schleim t-shirts! :)... We plan to revisit (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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Bill Ward wrote in message ... (...) Icons ONLY if they all have some kind of text explanation as well - which kinda makes them redundant. One person's intuitive icon is another person's "huh?". I frequently find myself baffled by website icons (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, they read text, but only after they've determined what it's going to be about (so to know if it's worth reading). A block of text without a header is unlikely to be read. (...) I don't agree with having a navigation bar on the left. It's (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmmm, I've tried all of those ports as well and none of them work. I've been using 1119 since 119 got shut down and it's only since the downtime yesterday I've been having problems. I get the same "connection refused" on all of them except for (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) IMO, CLSOT(whatever) should have it's own newsgroup for announcing reviews, suggesting sites, encouraging voting, and discussing winners. --Bram (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) How about using different styles of minifigs to represent different themes? A Classic Space minifig for lugnet.space; a knight for lugnet.castle; etc. (...) Yes--LUGNet should be more of a portal to the other online community sites. I think (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The flags look good, but what are they supposed to do? Often when a row of flags appears on a website, it is for selecting a language. But instead, no matter which flag you click on, you get lugnet.loc. I think the flags only make sense if (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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I like the blue headers on the #3 pages: (URL) solid colors across the page on the top gives the site a solid feel. The blue shades are inviting and friendly, and the flags are awesome (they also make the site inviting and freindly) ! I also like (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Woo-hoo! Todd, thanks for the frequent updates yesterday. So often when a site is down it is just a mystery, but I went back 3 times yesterday and each time I saw a different message about the progress of getting lugnet back up. At one point (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I just went through all of the 'legal' ports, and of 119, 1119, 8000, 8080, only 1119 works. I understand that 119 was turned off because of the attacks sometime back, but 8000 worked until the most recent downtime. Cary (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm using port 8000, and it doesn't work for me either. Cary (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Works for me. What port are you using? (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) ... (...) The NNTP server doesn't seem to be accepting connections (I get "10061 connection refused" errors). (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I like the flags. :) Add a bit of colour without making the page too 'busy.' Plus they add to that international feel. Someone suggested they be linked to the individual .loc groups - good idea. I think my favorites are #2 and #2a, for a (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I want to apologize again, I've read 'The European Site' (the only) instead of 'An European Site' (one of). (...) Rather not, thank you ;-)))))))) Publisher and contentwise responsible: René hoping master Rose way 3 16727 upper (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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Hi Todd, (...) looking through these now twice I think the current home page quite good (better than these alternatives), so don't change too much. Good: - Good looking logo in the upper left corner - Interesting or important stuff like top stories (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I hope your not the only one since I try to review each set I get and add a link to the PAUSE Gudie Notes... (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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(...) I've always woundered why lugnet.com never was lug.net instead? It's registered now (by CIA but I can't find any homepage at (URL) or (URL) but has it always been? In the same line, 3Com should have (URL) wanted to register lug.se but some (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) It was THAT long ago?! wow. Funny thing: I just found the color printouts of these same pages! Poor Todd, I had marked them up w/my comments and they were so harsh! dear, oh dear. I have other drafts as well, and some new ideas. For the very (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) + When browsing the "20 more" links here (URL) it would be cool if I could choose to only se the topics and not all replies as well. (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) As most webpages have the navigation/menu on the left hand side, there's where I expect to find it if I need it. Having it turn on and off causes the main text to move around on the page, unless a blank space is reserved (which, in itself, is (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes Sir! :-) Woo! Thanks for your nice words. I'm glad you brought this up. Todd and I were just talking about T-shirts day-before-yesterday. He may have just set something up with another guy. We'll find out! Taking people up on offers like (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Yes! The little horizontal strip of flags against the black looks great! I say bring' em back, with links to the .loc groups. I also like how all of the concepts feature "top stories". This is something that should be kept for those of us who (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm not sure, if I'm the only one using the LUGNET database for consulting before buying sets? I find the notes (and the ratings) very useable, and I spend just as much time browsing the database as I do browsing the Newsgroups. I also use (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, to clarify this issue: I called 1000steine.de an European site as it is indeed located in Europe. Just in contrast to American sites, Asian sites, etc. I never said that 1000steine.de should be the ultimate paneuropean solution to all (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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(...) [snip] (...) So I take it that a selection of homepages could be created based on sub-interests ex spacers castle etc. User buildable(?) and no change other than default theme-format in a cookie or member info. Our pre-view test via member (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Let There Be Schleim. Mmm, that has a ring to it. --Todd (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Excellent idea. Yes, more international involvement before too long. (...) Kelly (he -- Irish name) is of Portland, Oregon. (...) Indeed! (...) I agree gtg --Todd (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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Whoa, I'd totally forgotten about these... These are a few prototypes from the last LUGNET homepage makeover process, which was May to August of 2000. As you can see it was somewhat iterative. I'm throwing these out here as food for thought. For (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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(...) I too hope I am not stepping on anyones toes but... I have a brother who does silk screened tshirt (www.gridlock.com). I could twist his arm and get him to do the shirts at very little (or no expected) cost to lugnet. I hope I can help. I (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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We appreciated your patience during the downtime today Thank you for bearing an unusually long downtime today. We certainly weren't expecting a 9-hour outage simply for the replacement of a disk. You may have noticed on the LUGNET homepage during (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.org, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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(...) Well, we are back up. As I'm sure you noticed, downtime was greather than 10 minutes. What took so long was double-checking the integrity of everything carefully after the swap (and making an additional full backup before making any changes to (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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