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(...) I would like to see .debate be able to exist as something worthwhile, but I sense that with each debate which explodes into a ravaging god vs science debate, we lose another of the folks who are interested in serious debate. I'm not sure how (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) Oops. My bad. I should have caught that, but as you say, I was away for what has got to be one of the biggest weeks on l.o-t.d and was racing to mow through hundreds of posts. At this point I'm overwhelmed and haven't even looked at the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) Some thoughts: - I've wondered if .debate should have a no-crossposting rule, except for crossposting in (which can easily be checked, for a post to be accepted which is cross-posted in .debate and any other group, it must be a followup to a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) It leaked over here when a .debate novice set FUT incorrectly to point here just because something funny was said. I set the FUT back in my reply, but of course, once ONE post appears in a group, you always run the risk of latecomers missing (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lugnet Contribution Idea? (Was: Re: Membership Packets)
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(...) It's not possible, no. Security and privacy issues as well as technical logistics. What I need to do to break the bottleneck is change the way I print cards. Most of the steps of the other stuff are automated but there is a manual step with (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Lugnet Contribution Idea? (Was: Re: Membership Packets)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G4zvoG.A4G@lugnet.com... (...) members? (...) Todd, Since it seems that the packets are behind often - what about opening up the task for members to do as a part of their donation to Lugnet? (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Good question. Yes. Unfortunately, we're behind on printing and mailing. On the other hand, they're only a formality rather than a prerequisite to interaction. I appreciate your patience. --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I was wondering: Are membership packets still being distributed to all paid LUGNET members? I know this was being done when the first 100 or so members signed up, and it included (from what I read) some pretty neat things. Since only a few people (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Is there any easy way to migrate my private set list information in my membership webpage to the public list. I added it all as private (use to privacy on the NET) without thinking clearly about it :) Todd or whomever maintains the web forms, I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think it was a technical issue. NNTP groups aren't easy to make private without password-protecting connections, etc. --Todd (25 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Clones Database (was Re: MB sightings)
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Richard Schamus wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Gosh, I hope not. Yes, at some point a fraction of each places contents could be made obsolete by TLC's site, but some things to consider: - I doubt TLC will have a better interface than either site. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Some groups I am in use it as well, we use many of those features and the price is great. Have you figured out how to get egroups to emit a digest of all messages still archived? We have so many messages that the web interface is a bit much, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) FWIW, since Todd never answered, I'll poke my nose in and say that at an early NELUG meeting, we asked Todd for something similar, and he declined. I can't remember if it was a technical issue, or a Lugnet-focus issue, though. eric (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Where can I post? (was: Can I post a WTB Duplo item here?)
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(...) I think it's reasonable to post a request like that in Duplo. I think it is OK under these conditions: 1. The item you are buying/selling/trading doesn't appear often in BST 2. The newsgroup you are posting to doesn't have a lot of traffic. I (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Can't help you with lugnet, but for wamaltc and wamalug private communications, we use egroups[1]. I'm not completely happy with it, but it does allow you to run votes, store files, and manage a calander... in addition to web posting and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Can we add technic.slizer?
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Help! The Throwbots, Roboriders and Bionicles have no home! Since the Bionicle theme indicates that these guys are here to stay, can a group technic.slizer be created for them? -gyug (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Okay, so here's a question. Is it technically possible, and/or feasible to have private, possibly password-protected boards set up? The reason I ask is that my local train club does its internal communications by email, and it is quite a burden on (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Web interface cancels (was Re: Let's define what an auction announcement/update is)
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(...) Ug, that's kinda gross. I think the cleanest way is what someone suggested earlier: When you request that a post be cancelled, the server simply send a confirmation e-mail to the person who posted the message. If they get the e-mail, it proves (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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