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  Re: LUGNET outage on July 4th/5th, 2009
 
(...) I personally thank you for both maintaining the servers and LUGNET, and keeping us informed about it. Thank you! (15 years ago, 7-Jul-09, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Question regarding real names
 
(...) True that, I was just curious. But now based on this post: (URL), it looks like SPAM has invaded Lugnet: "PARKING SENSORS PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT AND KEEP YOUR VEHICLE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION tmoriss8" (15 years ago, 9-Jun-09, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Question regarding real names
 
(...) I assume you're referring to (URL) this post>. The robotics group has a portal set up to receive posts from the lego-robotics mailing list at crynwr.com (links (URL) here>). Because there is no way to force users on an external list to use (...) (15 years ago, 6-Jun-09, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
 
  Question regarding real names
 
Regarding this post: (URL) I thought that Lugnet has required a person's real name when posting to show up in the post header information area. Did this requirement change at some point? I'm just curious since 'NXTelectronee' sure sounds like a (...) (15 years ago, 5-Jun-09, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
 
  notes on Set Reference for 6091 and 6098
 
The set reference for 6098, under Notes, says "Ages 8-12". Box images at these two sites show "7-12"... (URL) original 6091 box in my possession says "8-12". My suspicion is that the age difference relates to where those sets were being sold (but (...) (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  email settings
 
I'm not sure if this is the right group in which to post this. If not, please set follow-up topics accordingly. I changed my email address a few months ago. (Domain used to be earthlink.net, but now it's verizon.net.) I edited my LUGNET profile, and (...) (16 years ago, 14-May-09, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
 
  Re: What am I missing?
 
Hi all, luckily I am using Macs myself - unfortunately I didn't notice this issue since I personally prefer Firefox over Safari on Mac OS X. Anyway, I tried everything myself and narrowed the issue down to the primary cookie being created - the (...) (16 years ago, 1-Mar-09, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
 
  Re: What am I missing?
 
(...) hI Matthew, you might try downloading the Firefox web browser and see if that helps. if not there may be some issue with the set up you are using to connect to the web. we've had some users at the university not be able to loginto various (...) (16 years ago, 1-Mar-09, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
 
  What am I missing?
 
Hi, all-- I have a mystery I can't solve! I recently got a new Macbook. I can log onto LUGnet while in Windows, but need some help configuring the Mac so I can log in with OS X. It seems that the Mac does not let me allow cookies, even after telling (...) (16 years ago, 1-Mar-09, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
 
  Re: Chopped of message
 
(...) Hi Mike, exact same thing - since it was just a word that was misaligned I maybe just didn't see it upon first glance. It's fixed now - however I figure that's something that should be dealt with differently. I'll have a look... Regards, Jerry (16 years ago, 13-Nov-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Chopped of message
 
(...) Jerry, Thanks for fixing this... There's also a problem with the line "PaB LEGO cups are allowed (for floatation) as a construction element in your..." is being chopped off as well. Thanks again, --Mike. (16 years ago, 13-Nov-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Chopped of message
 
(...) Hi Mike, it appears that the cause was a pretty minor formatting error: The last line in the respective bullet point lacked the two-blank indentation that all the other lines had. After inserting the missing indentation, the message displays (...) (16 years ago, 13-Nov-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Chopped of message
 
I just posted something to lugnet.announce: (URL) the web, the 2nd to the last bullet items says: "Organizers of the boat race are not responsible for any water damage or loss. Contestants enter the competition entirely at their own risk. If you are (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  (pleae delete post) was Re: What happend to ZEMI.NET?
 
URL error in above post. Can someone delete the post (and this reply?) Thanks, Rob www.lifelites.com (16 years ago, 8-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Server maintenance tonight
 
Hi all, just a quick note: All is well ;) The maintenance took about an hour, so most of you probably didn't even notice. Thanks for your understanding, Jerry (16 years ago, 29-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Very strange server behavior today
 
Just btw., may I distract you to (URL) I have put another issue up for discussion? Given your creativity here I am confident that you have some constructive views on that subject as well. Thanks, Jerry (16 years ago, 27-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Very strange server behavior today
 
(...) I agree with you here, I have looked into the abyss of madness called MySpace & have gone crazy myself! What I meant to say was "control over JUST the profile page". Agreed, there is a nice established look with LUGNET, that it would be nice (...) (16 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Very strange server behavior today
 
(...) Actually, some work on the user profiles is also very high on my wish (and ToDo) list. I'm quite an active networker, too, and on all these "modern" platforms you find - among all that clutter - some desirable features that might be worthwhile (...) (16 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Very strange server behavior today
 
(...) I know it's bad form to reply to your own post... but another idea would be a updated user profile... I have a web-site, a blog, I'm on Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, Picasa, Twitter, Plurk, FriendFeed, AIM, Y!M, gTalk, etc. It would be nice to (...) (16 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Very strange server behavior today
 
(...) As I said in another post, I think converting FTX to HTML on the back-end would be a "better use of your time" type of solution, considering how diverse your audience is. (...) Some other ides to consider: - A true RSS feed direct from LUGNET, (...) (16 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.admin.general)


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