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Subject:	Re: LDraw shortcut images in FTX
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:17:37 GMT
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On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 06:19:58PM +0000, Larry Pieniazek wrote: > why does this (the shortcut for a skeleton) work: > > <<LDrawPart(6260c01:15)>> > > || <<LDrawPart(6260c01:15)>> > > but this(the shortcut for the train wheel holder, wheels and axle completel > assembly) doesn't: > > <<LDrawPart(2878c01:0)>> > > || <<LDrawPart(2878c01:0)>> > > nor does this (the shortcut for 2 wheels and an axle, used in the above): > > <<LDrawPart(2879c01:0)>> > > || <<LDrawPart(2879c01:0)>> I believe (as ROSCO mentinoed) that these FTX shortcuts use the Partsref pictures, which have not been updated at least for a 2-3 years, and afaik, there is currently no plan to continue updateing them. > 1 - the auto weights for spotlighting were recently adjusted by > Todd... he boosted announce and announce.moc further, anything posted > to announce.moc now gets a boost of +500, equivalent to if 5 people > decided to spotlight it... he also suggested that .space get +1000 and > .trains get -1000... clearly the suggestion of an insane madman as the > right weighting would be just the opposite, sigh... but I digress. Interesting. Cool even! That would mean the top stories is more likely to have actually interesting stuff, instead of the latest in whatever monster thread is currently running. Does all of announce get a +5 as well? Or is it just .announce.moc? Were the other weights changed? The only others I know of is a -1 to all .off-topic stuff... -- Dan Boger dan@peeron.com

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		New spotlight weights( was Re: LDraw shortcut images in FTX
(...) There will no doubt be a formal announcement for this, well, maybe this is it. Here are what I think the current weights are: [ ".announce" => 2 ], [ ".moc" => 3 ], # Net effect +5 [ ".admin" => -1 ], [ ".off-topic" => -1 ], [ ".debate" => -4 (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		LDraw shortcut images in FTX
why does this (the shortcut for a skeleton) work: [LDrawPart 6260c01:15] [LDrawPart 6260c01:15] but this(the shortcut for the train wheel holder, wheels and axle completel assembly) doesn't: [LDrawPart 2878c01:0] [LDrawPart 2878c01:0] nor does this (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)

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