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(...) Well, this whole thread has been mostly in the wrong group (the MS bashing certainly didn't belong in lugnet.general). (25 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Thanks to all who replied. I've been in the process of moving some my sets over to the private list for the past few weeks. It's frustrating because many of the messages were just downright rude, not even a signature or anything. Oh well, -chris (25 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I haven't gotten any demands or requests about selling a set, but I have gotten some fairly weird requests about instructions, etc. I view it as being part and parcel with choosing to publicly display the sets you have- it's a choice you make, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I have received two inquiries. The first was of the "can you help me find this?" and the second added to that "can I buy one of yours?" (I am paraphrasing.) I commiserated with the first (pneumatic tubing) pointed out that Shop At Home existed (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G7KAE9.MFt@lugnet.com... (...) I didn't (and don't) dispute your rights. (...) a (...) his (...) I don't accept that at all. Anyone who wants to express their opinion in a public forum (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've gotten requests (no demands, so far) several times... I think it's because I'm the first (or close to the first) listed for most sets I'm in. I generally reply with about the same level of politeness as they gave me, and tell them I'm not (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Christopher Tracey" <ctracey@envirolink.org> wrote in message news:3A6CAC91.C9CBC5...ink.org... (...) demands!) from people reading my set lists on my member page to sell (...) trade. (...) done about it? Should I even care? (...) I haven't (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I have noticed I seem to be getting more and more requests (and even sometimes demands!) from people reading my set lists on my member page to sell them sets that are clearly listed as ones I own and not ones I am willing to trade. Are other people (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You know what, I think you might be right. That may well be the "official signature" but I can't say for sure as I don't think it's codified somewhere easy to find. Happy to stand corrected, though, if someone knows differently. ++Lar (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I agree. (...) At times there are formal "Todd & Suz" type posts. I may be wrong, but I think these are always announcements? Scott A (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Whoops, typo: Fix this: Is he claiming that's the view of the membership as a whole? It certainly isn't. I'm pretty sure it is, but clarity is essential. to read: Is he claiming that's the view of the membership as a whole? It certainly isn't. I'm (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) And why shouldn't I have the right to point out irrational anti MS bias? Especially when it's posted in a non useful way, as I said. Todd does have a special responsibility to keep the line between his private persona and his public one (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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"Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G7JFp5.9sE@lugnet.com... (...) A bit confused with this statement... (...) No, it wouldn't. Member benefits would still be the same, just when you signed up to post, you would get a member (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yeah, there's similar-names problems too, like Mark Nelson and Marc Nelson, Jr. (which confused me at first until I met one of them in person). -Shiri. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The newsgroup doesn't exist, but quick check shows that the articles *are* still accessible - from here: (URL) www.- prefix instead of news.- prefix.) So Todd simply never moved the articles to news.lugnet.com . Interesting. That makes me (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) When I say "a large percentage" above, I mean that roughly, say, 80% are crystal clear match-ups. That leaves, say, 20% which aren't, and should be checked by hand. As there are 5200 registered 'From:' lines and 850 members, we're talking (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) To me, too - cool idea. And I can definitely see usefulness, finding your own posts, finding people's pages without multiple searches, etc. (...) Yeah... After all, how many discrepancies do you forsee/approximate within less than 1000 people? (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) This has been a problem ever since the first search function back in 1998, and I'm sorry for all the confusion it has caused when articles labeled "Canceled" show up in search results. In a feverish moment of clarity the other night, I thought (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sounds good. (...) Good idea there, but - (...) If only a few need to be matched by hand, then why not take that approach and the rest by hand may not need to be matched? Are you going to take the approach we discussed - assigning EVEYRONE a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It would be a preprequisite, yes, since the association table which would map 'From:' lines to member id's (and vice-versa) would make the rest much simpler. Once that's done (and I haven't begun to attack the problem yet but am becoming (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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