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(...) They haven't been revoked. Only the broken tool itself has been banned, and it applies to anyone that uses it. Benjamin, me, you, anybody, any time of day or night. (...) Did you want to start that row all over again somewhere else? There are (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) AUK = alt.usenet.kooks, in my 'net experience. it's a newsgroup used mostly for flaming/trolling, and it's where people like Matthew end up. some of the regulars there are bad news. (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) alt.usenet.kooks? (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman quotes "Matt": (...) I'll just throw in my after midnight $.005 -- IANAL, but it seems to me that these threats are starting to border on illegality... Thanks for blocking him. I certainly didn't see anything constructive in any of his (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Matthew's posting privileges are now disabled (to all groups) after the past round of abusive messages he posted. Lord knows if he's the same person who identified himself/herself at "Madhatter" in RTL last year, but there's been plenty enough (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm really eager to host these -- and have space set aside -- but I don't have the time/experience to build them myself. --Todd (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Cool, it has all the new pieces from the latest update. Any idea when/if the version at img.lugnet will be updated to include those new pieces in all the standard colors? I never did figure out a way to properly produce all the pieces in all (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I would definetly be interested in this. (...) I'm not sure how useful this would be, but interesting data, nonetheless. I'm not sure how it would "benefit" us females though :) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, This may be asking for a lot, however I wonder if you could ponder adding the following; 1. The ability to click on the state flag and find all the members in your state. In the case of Idaho I'm sure there are only 4 and they all live at the (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Make that 2 users. And I'll even name the second user... Mad Hatter. How much is this going to cost? I'm more anxious for this than ever and I'm not alone any more: (URL) at least two calls for this very functionality. However, this user just (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) How about "seller turn around time" or "seller response time" (which could actually judge the overall seller response time, both in responding to the initial request to buy and in getting the package into the mail once payment is received. Low (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Urgh. It looks like Todd has fixed this already. Thanks, Todd! Steve (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Or because we gave up on barking about it. Plus, there is no good place to post inquiries for set inventories right now. Sort of like there not being a good place to post requests for new LDraw parts, so people post their requests to (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi, The links with "See detail page" don't work, they link to your local harddisk, e.g. from <URL:(URL) to <A HREF="c:\stuff\ldao\...p;Page</A> Regards, Hakan (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Partsref has gotten a slight facelift! Where possible, I've added links from the parts entries in the Partsref browse pages to other parts-references websites. To accomodate these links, the part listings were rearranged slightly. As of now, links (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general) !
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G2Jxo5.EzB@lugnet.com... (...) group (...) Read each one yourself, maybe? <gdr> Seriously, though, I never felt any hostility directed towards me, and perhaps one should put the question to the (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Probably because people weren't being careful. The .db.inv group isn't a discussion group. Unfortunately, I don't know how to put a mechanism into place as a rejection filter to reject non-inventory messages. (...) I suppose the charter is (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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So how come I still got replies whenever I DID post questions to that group a while back? I never got flamed for asking, either. I believe it's not TECHNICALLY illegal to go in there and ASK for a parts inventory, either. Although, if the original (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) There isn't a way to do that. The FTX system is text-oriented and not really for page layout. --Todd (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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hi Todd, How would I go about centering a single image horizontally on my ftx page? I looked at the the way to do it for a table but a table implies more than 1 column, so this doesn't work for just a single image? From what I understand to center a (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) What? You're kidding. Seriously? What does it say? Please let me know ASAP if this happens again -- and note the time of day -- it will help me look in the logs to narrow down the problem. --Todd (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) There isn't, no, sorry. --Todd (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I see that it works with LDraw parts also... <part:3651> Nicely done Todd. :-) SRC (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I'll second the offline editing for a different reason. Sometimes I get a server error when I save the page, and have to save again. When the server response gets slow, I sometimes rush along, thinking I have saved when I have not. Ideally the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: hackin the faq
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(...) You're doing quite a job on these FAQs. Steve (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.faq)
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I've been spam, spam, spam sausages and spam sandwiched by it too. But I've never given my details to brickbay yet. So obviously this characters got contacts from elsewhere. I'm guessing they've used the membership list? on lugnet to pull out Aus (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Is there any utility that one can download for offline FTX previewing. It's all very well typing away in notepad but one really needs a way of previewing the code offline as often (in my case anyway :) ) it's littered with errors. Many thanks, (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I sent him (guessing it's a guy) a "please don't spam me" email: in his apologetic reply he said that he has addresses from lugnet, ebay and brickbay. He claimed that he was sent an extra Tour de France set from Europe and is trying to pass it (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: When will Lugnet offer XXL, XXXL and XXXXL shirts?
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(...) Cool. And thanks! By the way, winter's coming. They only offer grey right now, but what about a LUGNET sweatshirt? -- David Schilling (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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G'day, The same thing happened to me, although I believe that the addresses were harvested from brickbay [the "seller" had just signed up there on the 12th] as one email address it was sent to [I got it at 2 email addresses] isn't used in relation (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Todd, I'd like to delete the following message: "(URL) How do I do so? If there isn't a way to do this myself, then would you mind deleting it for me? Thanks, Franklin ===== Franklin Cain (and please do *not* call me "Frank" ;-) fwcain@yahoo.com | (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Mark, did you get the e-mail that went out on September 14? I'll past a copy below, at the end of this message, just in case. I had hoped to get these out by the end of September but focused instead on AucZILLA XIII -- much more at stake (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi all, Just a note on some spam I was hit with today from Wee Lean in Malaysia, who is trying to sell Tour de France promo sets (1196-9). I don't trade Lego outside Australia, and I can only imagine that my email address was extracted from Lugnet. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Is it possible to skip through the pages in the set list; i.e... go from the first page to third page, etc? Nicholas Allan (26 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lugnet Membership - Idea !!!
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Hi ! (...) people >can often be irrational when it comes to things like that.... People , people , people ... Yeah - two is enough - even to start wars ! (...) the >new set guide. Yup, seen it ! Great thing (I already helped two guys to sell/buy (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) others is (...) you can (...) I agree ! And every sane head would understand that negative feedback was made with bad intentions if person has 10-20 .. positive feedbacks ! Dejan (26 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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Hi Todd, I signed up for my Lugnet membership a long time ago, and still no member pack. Just thought I'd let you know, ~Mark (26 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi! (...) You betcha. I can remember a few particularly nasty ones, and I know people can often be irrational when it comes to things like that.... (...) Well, not a newsgroup per se, but a registration system. Take a look at the new set (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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I'm plugging along with this project; I'm a little surprised that I've generated no feedback. To be inspired/enraged, take a look at this sample entry -- it may not be what you expect: (URL) what I'm doing: - Iterating through the FAQ entries that (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.faq) !
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(...) Joe (...) think... (...) I think the eBay facility of allowing you to respond to feedback from others is good - if you get negative feedback, and you don't think it's deserved, you can reply to it. Seems to work well. ROSCO (26 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) There all very nice in person (I'm sure) but they can get nasty sometimes when defending their beliefs (or otherwise just flaming). Yes, there have been such debates. It still stings sometimes to think back to those, even to me (I usually try (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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Hi ! (...) l.o-t.debate) (...) Were there souch a debates in the past ? I guess that all the lugnet members (and those who'd become members in future) are nice people .... (...) ... I guess that would mean whole new newsgroup I don't know it Todd (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) You probably have the real cookie -- lableled "NEWSPOST" in your cookies file. --Todd (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd- Could you add a link on the .loc.us.wa web page to the .org.us.sealug and the other way as well? I just want people to easily find sealug postings when they are in the .wa. In fact, it would be great if there was a standard way of linking an (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) appropriate (...) Is that necessary? I've never had to put my name & e-mail address in when posting - it's always there already. How did I manage to pull that off? James (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) appropriate (...) Works great. Thanks, Todd. Doesn't seem too horendously difficult 8?) Only time I use the web form is when I'm on site, a lot of places stop NNTP at the firewall 8?( Regards, ROSCO (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, it can. It's not very nice & easy to set up, but here's how you do it: 1. Sign in - (URL) Fill out the new setup form - (URL) This saves your info in a "virtual cookie" in your member record on the server, rather than a dedicated cookie. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Set Links (was Re: "Buy The Brick")
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(...) oh, it's been around for a while... (look at my sig :) also, try <set:8880 Cool set> too! (type < set : 8880 more text here, and a '>' ) :) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Cute trick. Can we all do that, or is that a SysAdmin perk? :-) SRC (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Lugnet Membership - Idea !!!
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Hi All ! I am becoming Lugnet member soon (I sent the money to Todd and I'm waiting) :-)) !!! Since I know that all Lugnet members are buying/selling /trading Lego among themselves (and the other people (non-members) I think it would be good idea if (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: FTX example source
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(...) Not as one page, but you can get at the raw FTX code by appending '.ftx'[1] to the end of each page and looking at them one by one, for example: (3 URLs) etc. --Todd [1] or using index.ftx in the case of a trailing slash (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Would it be possible to publish the FTX source to (URL) (which really means the source to all of the components, not just the transclusion source)? It's a pretty good guide, but a few things that appear doable don't appear to be written up anywhere. (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Here's the best answer I can give for now: (URL) How do I tell the search function to return only those posts (...) There isn't a way to search that way. These aren't captured by the current indexer. --Todd (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Benjamin may not have control over what mailer his employer uses, but he certainly has control over whether or not his messages appear threaded. If he posts using software that works correctly, his messages will appear threaded. If he posts (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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Now hold up a sec! Whilst I agree with Todd, berating Benjamin over something he has no control over won't actually accomplish anything. He has stated, previously, that he has no control over what the server admins do on their machines, and I (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: hackin the faq
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And as the Oops page notes, I really meant: (URL) Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message news:G28Jsz.BFu@lugnet.com... (...) question, (...) The (...) on (...) for (...) is (...) made (...) transclusion[3] (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.faq)
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I've spent a few moments paying around with the LUGNET FAQ in FTX. Starting with (URL) (the batch that Jeremy Sproat created some time ago) I've put a whopping total of three of them here: (URL) tried to preserve the original FAQ entries content, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) Hear Hear. I suggest Ben be banned from complaining about ANYTHING directly related to Lugnet (don't worry Ben, you can still whinge about how Aussies pay more for stuff and all that, lots left to whinge about...) until he uses the proper (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Cross reference in Set Guide
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Todd, Would it be possible to add a cross reference in the set guide for sets with multiple set numbers such as the Galaxy Explorer <set:928> and <set:497>? Perhaps even just a link in the description of the set when it indicates it is the same as (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Any need for a UK buy, sell, trade group?
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(...) I think todd will say that any market group will have to stay in the .market area. At least I think that was his preference when themed market groups were in the agenda. Scott A (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | How do we ask for a new newsgroup to be set up?
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Or is this post sufficient? Several of us here in the UK would like a UK specific buy-sell-trade group. The current market group is international and we would like to separate out our buy-sell-trades when we want to only deal within the UK. So our (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) or use the web interface from work? :) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) No hard feelings here at all. I didn't take it personally. Mis use of .general was an issue for you, and my post was the one that seemed to have lit the spark to let Todd know your feelings. And he agreed with you. I learned a little something (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) Umm, wouldn't that be lugnet.market.spam.s...m.spam.... FUT lugnet.off-topic.fun Frank (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) Hmm, now that's an interesting hypothetical post. By current rules, it would seem that such a post should not be placed outside of lugnet.market.auction or lugnet.org.au (currently the only two groups I'm aware of which specifically welcome (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) I still think this is a great idea. I would put them under .year.#### though. --Todd (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) .market.spam comes to mind. :-) --Todd (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) That sounds like the definition for lugnet.announce (which does indeed force you to set followups). My impression is that lugnet.general is for discussions which don't have a better newsgroup (or set of newsgroups) to be discussed in. I think (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | RE: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) As I can't thread from work [I was using a seperate PC earlier, which is why the earlier messages threaded] I hope you do read this... I'm sorry you thought I was trying to flame you. The reason my message was probably harsher than it should (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) Julie, That sounds perfectly logical to me. If a local group is more appropriate due to the fact that something is localized, then the discussion should migrate there, ya (always to the most appropriate group). And Ben, You need to fix or (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) When I made the original post, I did not know it was US only. I went and checked after you asked. At that point I guess I should have set follow up to .loc.us. When you noticed I didn't, you could have reminded me instead on putting on the ol' (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) That wasn't what my main complaint was about...What I didn't like was that it was posted to .general ONLY, with no reference to .loc.us [where it would have been more appropriate for the following discussion for a US only competition.] I have (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) The original announcement was so that other would know about the event. [There are a lot of users/lurkers who don't look at the .loc groups.] Because I use a mail server, I was unable to set future/follow-up, and so the reply to my post went (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) If you feel like this (and I do have some sympathy, being in Canada it's irritating to find competitions are US only, or US vendors won't ship outside the US), why did you post the announcement of LegoOz 2000.7 to lugnet.general? Especially (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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I don't really see how this is a "US Only" thing just because only "US Residents" can enter the contest. I personally went to look just to see the mural. Granted, not really a good picture of it there, but you don't hear me complaining that Julie (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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<trimming newsgroups... :-)> I end up with mixed feelings on the subject of where posts should go. On the one hand, I do think lugnet.general is overused. On the other, I'm reading from the web more and more, and usually just use the top level view, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect group posting [was RE: cartoonnetwork.com is having an online contest]
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(...) IF you forgot to say that you were in Oz when you saw it. On the other hand people post this all the time and others jump on it and arrange for some cross border buying and selling. But your example is flawed as that post belongs in (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) chipping (...) people (...) I know what you mean...the purpose of multiple newsgroups is to make it *easier* for people to read what they want, not to divide things up so much that you have to scour 74 different newsgroups to figure out where (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Heh heh. He wansn't saying or implying anything that absurd. He's talking about a local contest that's just noise (like a local sale) to anyone outside of the U.S. The U.S. may be a big place, but something local to the U.S. is still local, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Oh geez. (...) I suppose a US LUG couldn't post pictures of their meeting for people from all over to see in a non US-specific group, then, right? Simply on the basis that some people from other countries couldn't make it to the meeting. Get (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ben is 100% correct here. No real harm done, but if this is really a US-only thing, then the discussion should migrate there. An initial announcement crossposting to .general and .loc.us probably ought to be tolerated if it has followups set (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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That's what I thought... <puts on flame retardant suit> Why then did you post to .general [being for general interest] and not to .loc.us [for items of specific interest to US residents as opposed to the rest of the world]? After all...if I started (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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Ah, good reason. My ISP had a lot of difficulties this past week with their mail server. They appear to be stable for the last couple of days... I'll go and put back in my groups, I guess. -Andy Lynch (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Lemme check... OK, I see your email address was in a list of about 20 "dead" email address that I cleaned out a couple of hours ago because they had all been sending back tons of rejections. Most of the time when this happens, an email account (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, I just realized that I haven't received any Lugnet mail for a couple of hours, and when I checked news.lugnet.com, I saw some messages that I should have received. I went to check to see if I was subscribed to the groups that I was seeing (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Your points are valid. Mostly I was asking to see if it was easy. However I would posit that the functionality of being able to filter, sort, omit and in general slice and dice content as you like is very powerful and does fit the charter. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G23324.HEu@lugnet.com... (...) presumably (...) would (...) people (...) Well, Todd, I don't think anything is necessary, but it's your choice. Here's what I would suggest: Eliminate the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Unless there's evidence of a lot of demand, my response in your position would be "Use a newsreader for reading, and use the web interface for searching". Far from ideal, yes, but: a. It's available now, b. It allows people who want the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'd say level 2 is too easy. My current password doesn't fail until level 8. And one I'm playing with, trying to get the pattern down in my head and with my fingers, gets an outstanding even at level 12. (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I would suggest putting the following parts (marked by * *) in bold or in red. a. "Your *real-life* name will appear automatically ...." b. "In other words, *you must not conceal your real-life name* or *your real e- mail address* from other (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That was when, yes, according to my records. (...) But you said in that form that Dylan Bradley was your real-life name. I would appreciate any thoughts you could offer as to how to make it clearer to people that "real-life name" means (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G21qt8.7zn@lugnet.com... (...) your (...) Okily Dokily. Thanks! (...) for (...) that (...) you (...) that (...) sloppy (...) Well, DBR - Dylan Bradley - Dylan Reardon - and my Account (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) even (...) Right. I pointed this out in my original post. (...) Not looking for a perfect solution, merely an amelioration. And this question is partly a curiosity one, I admit. (...) Fixed price or T&M? Send me a quote and I'll consider it. (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The funny thing about killfiling someone is that you still end up sometimes seeing what they wrote inside of replies when people quote them (I think this is pretty common). You might also accidentally click on a link that someone made to their (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, There's one particular user that I am itching to ignore, I'd like to not even see his posts, as they have a tendency to get me riled up and saying rash things, he's so clueless and rude. Is this a doable thing on the web interface (on news, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, I've been meaning to ask about this for some time. 1. "Most Recent, First": There are times when I need to find "some message posted recently" about some particular subject, in some particular directory, and when I search for that subject (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, keep your eye out for it, I guess, but in the meantime I'll ask the server to take care of you with a new pw. I got your other reply from your primary address, BTW. (...) I think you just did now (earlier this week), but I wouldn't agree (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G20t6H.4us@lugnet.com... (...) news:G1zGDI.4Iy@lugnet.com... (...) is (...) addresses (...) show (...) membership (...) I, too, am wondering that <g>... (...) That was inside the membership (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) OK, that helps. I'll have the server send an e-mail to each of the addresses you listed. Hopefully, one of those is still active and you can reply to show that you received it. But there are a couple of other issues: (1) What happened to your (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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DBR <assman@finalfrontier.com> wrote in message news:G1zGDI.4Iy@lugnet.com... (...) address (...) member (...) you're (...) (Generally I do write words in my messages, sorry) Dylan (Bradley) Reardon: Member no. 253 -- "To infinity and beyond!" (26 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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