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Todd, Has there been any other threads that grew so large so fast before in LUGNET history? Jude Or have you already posted this before I asked too? :-) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I see you've been investing development time into tachyon-streamed news-logs? :) Richard (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) So fast it was even there before she asked. (Seriously. :-) --Todd (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Now that's service!!! :-) Jude Todd, faster than a speeding bullet... (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Done. --Todd (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hey Todd - Can brickbay be added to the list of links & resources on the b.s.t. page? Thanks, Julie (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Oh. Sorry, I guess I wasn't explicit enough in my reply -- I consider that the behavior you encountered was a sort of bug. Although the code per se was functioning correctly, it wasn't being smart enough about whitespace (it saw whitespace (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) G'day Todd, Thanx for looking in this. Looks like my suspicion was right. I flooded the Test newsgroup with a bunch of experimental posts and also found the problem occurring on the 12th line. I tried adding and removing lines after that and (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Kyle, I found a copy of the rejected post in the dead-articles log on the server, and ran it through the binary detector, and yes, something in the content is tripping the binary detector (a fuzzy-logic recognizer which uses a variety of tests (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You don't even need to log on -- you can just look at the web site.... (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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G'day, I've been trying to post a message to lugnet.market.shopping and lugnet.loc.ca using the web interface, but keep getting the error: Notes: Your message was not accepted. Response from the news server: 441 Cannot accept binary posts. Things (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You could buy the smaller size, cut the front off, and safety-pin it to the front of an adequate sized shirt :-) Chris (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yeah! With the LUGNET logo acid etched on one side. I'll take 12. What about single malt scotch glasses (see: https://www.brownder...ept%5Fid=4 &currMenu=Crystal&cu...Sommeliers ) or liqueurs glasses (see: https://www.brownder...pt%5Fid=4& (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Tom, (...) Silicon Valley gut, huh? Hmm.. I wonder if I can get away with that here in Michigan? I am just big, everywhere. : ) I am planning, if my site goes well enough, to go down to two jobs, so I can have "normal" meals and even a regular (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Yeah, well, I'm more of a big vertically and horizontally in the shoulders ;-) I have a Silicon Valley Gut now, but as soon as my ribs heal (hurt them July 99), I plan to start working out and get rid of that. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ditto. Anything less than 3XL is a no-go for me. (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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To All, (...) oexception) in (...) Heh heh, well, I am glad I am not the only one. Big people, unite! ; ) Scott S. -- Want LEGO Elements at Great Prices? Visit The Sanburn Systems Company www.sanburnsystems.com Scott E. Sanburn, Owner (26 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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OK, lugnet.storage it is....but can I x-post the original mesage to .storage AND .general with f/u set to .storage?? I'm hoping for lots of eyes to see it... Paul (26 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) If the purpose of your sorting is to organize your LEGO elements for storage or easy access to facilitate quicker building and/or to make less of a mess, it fits in Yup perfectly with the charter of lugnet.storage: lugnet.storage - Sorting and (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, Where should I post a note for advice on sorting large amounts of brinks? Not the sort of sorting that you, Scott, and others do when they part out a set, but a HUGE initial sort of 25 and 50 pound lots into some kind of storage system (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I echo Tom's call for XXl nad #xl. I haven't fit an XL (with one oexception) in 5 years.... Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Ewwww, that SUCKS. I'd rather have a postage-stamp sized graphic than suffer in an XL. I like my shirts LOOSE. I can wear L except through the shoulders, most XL are fine, but I really prefer XXL or 3XL. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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If you mean the tapered glasses with a thick bottom for balance (upside-down trapezoid), I'm all for those! I only have about 6-10, and they stack VERY well in the cupboard. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (26 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) NO precise size. One that's almost as tall as a 1x4x3 thinwall would do for some of the truck stuff, and one that's a good bit larger than that (picture a couple printed on clear sticker sheet and placed on the white 6x8x1 slopes from soccer (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Ben & All, (...) Hmm... I can supply the shirt, but if it isn't technically possible, oh well. : ( Scott "I want a LUGNET T-shirt too!" S. -- Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) LEGO Parts at Great Prices? Visit The (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm not Todd, but according to the cafepress.com website: Q: What about XXL T-shirts? A: Currently, our largest T-shirt size is XL. This is due to the fact that the largest image we can create at this time is 8x10(which looks like a postage (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Three words: Lugnet Pint Glasses. eric (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That would be fun -- do you know of (or have any experience with) places that print high-quality stickers? The ones we send with the membership packets are printed on an HP DeskJet and cut on a paper cutter, so we don't yet have a (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, I would love to have a LUGNET shirt, but I need a 3x or so. Are you going to have various sizes on that? Scott S. -- Want LEGO Elements at Great Prices? Visit The Sanburn Systems Company www.sanburnsystems.com Scott E. Sanburn, Owner (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, Are you going to make sticker sheets with various sizes of logos available? I would like to make a Lugnet Race Team, but I'd need 10-20 stickers the size you sent with my membership pack, and 3-5 at 1.5x, 2x, and 3x that size. Um, FYI, 15oz (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Just fill ou the news-posting setup form again, with your new email address: (URL) (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hello Need to change the Email address i am registered on here, how do i do that? as my old one isn't working very well, i am not a computor freak, so all info must be understandable for a computor abuser (as my freinds call me) Please mail me at (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I had IE5 look in the gear/ directory on lugnet in order to browse the pics faster. An index html page would be nice. :-) This works in the meantime though - www.lugnet.com/gear/ Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Woohoo!! Can't wait to buy some! :-) -Shiri (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Let me just put in my praise for CafePress.com. I have created several designs for mugs, Tshirts and mousepads for several of my sites. I currently have designs up at bricksonthebrain.com. The quality is wonderful, esp. on the mugs!! Jake (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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LUGNET T-Shirts are just around the corner...we're finalizing color-matching adjustments this week. Here's the design: (2 URLs) the photo, some parts are real and some parts are fake. The shirt itself (wrinkles courtesy of the humid weather this (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general) !!
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(...) lugnet.loc.us.ny lugnet.loc.us lugnet.off-topic.fun lugnet.publish --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) comp.dcom.modems.cable? ne.internet.services, perhaps? (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, I was trying to get some feedback/opinions on Road Runner - the cable internet connection. I posted a request for info to Off-topic Geek (message #1810). Would it be permissable to post this request to General? Yes I know its off topic, but (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) Actually I think cross-referancing the /org/ groups with the /loc/ groups is a great idea. There are a few that might be hard to define boarders for but still worth while. Maybe as long as an (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Tim Courtney, who is organizing the LDraw extravaganza at LEGOLAND California's Kidvention event in July, has offered to help distribute LUGNET literature at the LDraw table -- both as part of an information sheet about LDraw and as its own (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.general) !
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A new newsgroup lugnet.events has just been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.events (group and hierarchy): Organized community events, festivals, competitions, tournaments, shows, etc.: announcements, ideas, collaboration, planning, (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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(...) LUGNET runs on GMT. If you ever happen to notice any times in US timezones, please let me know and I will fix them. The working prototype homepage replacement, BTW, has a gray bar near the top with the time: (URL) wouldn't be difficult to (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The lugnet.edu group (URL) matches the second one perfectly, and possibly the first and third ones also to some extent, but lugnet.general would also be perfectly fine for those -- it's just not as focused. Are you looking for something along (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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You know what I find to be the biggest problem? Finding whether a newsgroup exists for a particular topic or theme I'm interested in. And the solution? Sign up, use a newsreader, and use it's automatic matching function to see if the keyword you're (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That sounds great! (...) Ahhh--d'Oh--forgot the /org/ link. I think it was in there at one point and then came out, figuring they'd be cross-ref'd from the /loc/ areas. (...) Maybe there's a better place for it. (...) OK, good idea. (...) I (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) ahh, the map -- yes! How would you make a calendar? Maybe this can be one of the community projects for the upcoming projects area. I don't have time to maintain a calendar of events but perhaps someone else does. It would nice to see some (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FwLIKC.L62@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) and (...) groups. (...) I happen to like this one. There are always new discoveries for me at Lugnet. Today is the first time I notice the # bar at the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote: [snipped quote from old message about a bug in the web interface's message-filter] (...) Yep, we got it worked out. (...) Ah. OK. Still need to sign up. Steve (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'd like to see the option to check the last 100 messages added, in addition to the most recent 100 messages. I use this almost exclusively, even on my slow connection at home, as it gives you a quick way to see most of the day's messages, and (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Kingsley writes: <snip> (...) Thee was much talk about this a while ago... the Channels/RSS thing, no? I never got into that thread (too technical for me :-) ) but that sounded like a greeeeaaaaat idea. -Shiri (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) How about something more hierarchical. Maybe somewhere near the top of the homepage instead of the botton you have a like that says "Find a Newsgroup". Then the first page you come to after clicking on that lists some general areas of (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The few groups shown are the most active loc and themed groups. I think the page needs a link to a friendly introductory list of newsgroups by theme and popularity, as well as links to the traffic page and a full list of groups. Once upon a (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd & Suz <admin@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:FwLA6q.8Dr@lugnet.com... (...) ] (...) How would someone be able to get to Fabuland from this page ? Or know about it? I know the idea is to be more welcoming and this involves streamlining to (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) poorly for some reason. I think this will be a more inviting page, but I do have some comments: - I like that you've made it quicker to get to the most active countries local groups (especially since at least in the past few days, going to (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) All that you've said works great, if you add "...for experienced users". Which is why it's a good idea to seperate between the two, IMHO. -Shiri (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Aye, I'll be with them in that boat too. As great as the new page looks (awesome!), the one used now is much cleaner, easier to navigate, simpler, etc. It may not be quite as pretty, but it's lots more convenient. -Chris (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman & Suzanne Rich write: (...) The layout is very nice and clear, simplistic and to the point... it's easy to find what you're looking, mostly. It's a good idea to put CLSOTW in a main place on the front page, (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) OK, here is the URL of the working prototype: (URL) "working" in the sense that it's the currentmost revision and the revolving content is fresh and up-to-date. It's a "prototype" in the sense that the layout (and obviously the URL) are (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <7h54ls05eh2m9ub4j24...ax.com>... (...) Well, I did say that I didn't think it was VERY necessary anymore. I guess in some ways, what I'm saying is that half the discussion in general would be better off in another (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Just came across this article in my bookmarks. Everything work out OK with the filter? (It's not a member-only thing.) (...) Some people leave it 90% blank and come back to it later after they're all signed up. When you sign in, there's a (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Disagree. There will always be odd-ball discussions with nowhere to go but .general. (...) I agree with all of these. Especially if the homepage for .parts had a crosslink to .db.inv. Steve (26 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hiya, lugnet.fun has been activated as a newsgroup. (Previously it was an empty category with subgroups only.) The main reason for its activation is (1) as a place for LEGO-related "silliness" or amusement -- i.e., sort of an "on-topic" version of (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce) !
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(...) Perfect. --Todd (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's an interesting suggestion. Of course, traffic would certainly die out pretty quickly in any given group, but it would eventually become a nice historical record of what people thought about the sets in a given year. (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Definitely. These groups summarize pretty much everything that is discussed in lugnet.general, and IMHO are neccessary, or for the very least good ideas to decrease the volume of posts in .general. I agree with Frank, .general should be for (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Actually, in some ways, I don't think lugnet.general is very necessary any more. We have lugnet.build for discussing techniques. We have the theme groups for discussing things which are of primary interest to folks in a particular theme. We (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Shiri Dori wrote in message ... (...) seemed (...) It sounds like everyone has forgotten what .general is for... oh well, it does mean that I spend less time in front of the computer. *sigh* Paul LUGNET member 164 (URL) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Selçuk PS. Sorry, if this was posted to .fun, I would certainly ignore it with a smile, but it is not so funny in admin group... (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'll take that as a compliment? <grin> Yeah, o-t.fun seems like a "natural" place for silliness and fun... it's just not really obvious that off-topic.fun is for <emphasis> OFF-TOPIC <\emphasis> fun. Because there isn't a place for on-topic, (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Nothing's *wrong* with either of the groups. But I would think it excessive xposting, because I could be posting to tons of "suitable" groups. It seemed to me most appropriate in .org.cw, where Scar is well known; and off- topic.fun, because (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Nothing, except that people -- even completely reasonable people *grin* -- seem drawn to post lego-related fun in .off-topic.fun. (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yeah, that might be good. Although it'd have to be clear that it's not for off-topic silliness. (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Uhmmm... How about "lugnet.silly"? ;-) Franklin (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Another possibility would be to populate lugnet.fun with a newsgroup. The links above certainly could be posted to all of the groups Todd mentions, but I can see some advantage to having a lugnet.fun for stuff people aren't sure how to (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think that would be super-confusing, especially from browsing a list of groups. :) What's wrong with .build.minifigs or .fun.gaming or .fun.activities for the sort of thing linked to above? Or even .general ? --Todd (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Probably. *grumble grumble*. Off-topic.publish: when it became clear that the web was going to be used for display-formatted presentation rather than content-based markup, HTML should have been scrapped or totally reworked. Perhaps PDF, except (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) For me too -- I think it's the Netscape font problem under Linux? You can override the default window height using: &height=nnn in the arguments to ql.cgi. The default is 280 pixels, so you might try 300 or something and see if that works (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.announce (was: Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes)
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(...) Never too soon. I'm one at 16. ;-) (this Sunday, BTW) Happy birthday! -Shiri (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Nobody else has jumped on your open invite, so it seems to be another case of me being cranky. ;) I just turned 35 on Sunday, is it too soon to be a curmudgeon? Steve (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I can live with that. :) Seriously, it sounds great. I'd also like to request a search button -- much nicer when pasting into the search box with the mouse. (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I was thinkin' even in the combined form, it would still be a drop-down choice -- but with that as the default. Sound OK? --Todd (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I actually prefer the drop-down choice. (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yup -- very likely it'll look the same in that context except for the inclusion a drop-down listbox, and it'll act the same as well, to the extent that 'news' is the selected listbox item. It's a short-cut to having a "real" integrated search (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Already here... www.lugnet.com/quickset/ (...) Hmm, I agree. Great idea! I'd love that. -Shiri (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) newsgroups. (...) Super! And that will appear in the same spot that the current newsgroup search appears when I'm reading news? (...) Even better. I ended up thinking that it would be nice if the results would float above the news, rather than (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yeah, I'd like to know that too. :-P -Shiri (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) We've got a prototype new more user-friendly homepage which has a multi- search box replacing the single-search box, and what it does is combines things into one text box (to type into) and a drop-down list box saying what to search, with the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Please have an official from either or both of LegOz and Studs contact me and I'll set up the groups/lists. What I need to know is: 1. Which of the following do you want created? a. lugnet.org.au b. lugnet.org.au.studs c. lugnet.org.au.legoz (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, how long till we'll be able to see .org.au up, so we can be free to include any sales/auction postings? While we're waiting, could the following please come into force: 1) Allow auction posting in .loc.au - but when .org.au is open, (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) would have informed me of this? Thanks a ton! Chris (26 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Could you please clear the situation for Europe a little bit further (was: Re: bulk ordering is here!)
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NOTE: the message below has some funky headers in regard to the date that it was posted. The message appeared after the June 14 post by Brad Justus but bears a much earlier time stamp. Just something to make note of, I guess. __Kevin Salm__ (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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You should try using: (...) handy (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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