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Todd Lehman wrote in message <36a4d53e.57295068@l...et.com>... (...) No, it is not accurate to use the word "doofy". I think uniformed or misplaced comments would be a better description. I lurked on the LCAD list for months before asking a (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I meant relatively hidden with respect to the ng, once you know about the ng's. For example, I just took a browse through the ng looking for URLs and found Jacob's and Laurentino's and Steve's page, among others... Even knowing that the LDraw (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote (...) :) (...) and (...) You forgot about turning on your computer and moving the mouse in that list of steps. IMO this is a Straw Man argument. If you have used LDraw or LEdit, you have read the FAQ and it is in the FAQ. It is (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Depends on whether there's a parts-vote going on. In the last several days, it would be handy to see things in a thready manner. (...) Again, I went data-diving just last night (I had to dig up the BAT I posted for creating MPD files). (...) (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36a61fe4.6069684@lu...et.com>... (...) I agree! LINC Ps. lets do it after the vote is finished :) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I don't think your reasons for believing that there is no need are flawed, After all, from your point of view, as you described, a news gateway wouldn't help you. But if I'm understanding your conclusions, then the flaw, I think, is in (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) For sure! L-CAD is the only place to decide the issue... But thinking through the advantages/gains and disadvantages/risks ahead of time (like we're doing here) prior to bringing it up on L-CAD seems like a good idea to me. It's always good to (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <36a6c04d.53070399@l...et.com>... (...) do (...) I conclude that a lack of an obvious need for something _is_ a reason not to do that something. If I have 10 bucks and someone says "place a bet with me... if you win I (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I meant, sometimes non-obvious needs exist even when no obvious needs exist. And sometimes when neither obvious nor non-obvious needs can be identified, something can still be worth doing. Most "needs" that people identify with started out as (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message (...) exist. OK, I see what you mean. (...) obvious (...) easier (...) 1950? (...) I don't dispute that this happens, but if this you subscribe to this argument then you should agree that it can just as easily go the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yup -- works both ways! Trick is to identify as much good & bad up front as reasonably possible. (...) My favorite thing about separate ng's is the mood & time thing -- plow through certain groups quickly, then go back and read other ones as (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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om> Distribution: X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Todd listed two improvements we could get by moving L-CAD to Lugnet: (...) I look forward to get them. (...) Me too. (...) Yes. Will you put a suggestion together? Here's a start: We suggest that (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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com> <F5xCnx.H9L@lugnet.com> Distribution: X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] (...) I would not just _gateway_ the list. I would _move_ it. At the same time we could split it in two; one for development questions and one for user questions. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) [...] (...) The address list is available to anybody (execept for a few anonymous subscriptions). (...) I had forgotten about that. [...] (...) I think I can manage that. A few messages may have been lost, but I am pretty sure I have most of (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Mailing list subscriptions per se can be automagically moved if someone can come up with an address list. It will be best to have the address list in place first before the new newsgroup is created, so that the Terms of Use can be mailed out (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I agree with the first, not so sure about the second. I'm not enough of an ng purist to require that a cad.developers group requires an equivalent cad.users group. Steve (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sure. If you will mail them out (assuming you have an easy & efficient way to paste all of the subscribers' e-mail addresses into a message. Otherwise, let's wait until L-CAD is back online). (...) I don't agree here. To me, "users" implies (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) [...] (...) I have, but we can just as well wait - and work on the suggestion until then. (...) Todd has got me away from the lugnet.cad.users idea. Lets keep the plain lugnet.cad for the general stuff. I don't like to use the name l-cad for (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Apart from .l-cad being a legacy thing, both CAD and LEGO are there twice in the full expansion of lugnet.cad.l-cad: l u g net . cad . l - cad | | | ||| ||| | ||| LEGO Users Group Network CAD LEGO CAD So maybe it's a little bit redundant. :) (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) How about these real candidates for the lugnet.cad.* hierarchy? lugnet.cad Unchanged, except for possible loss of content to groups below lugnet.cad.dat Unchanged lugnet.cad.dev.parts Parts development and publishing lugnet.cad.dev.apps (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Steve Bliss (blisses@worldnet.att.net) wrote: [...] (...) Yup! [...] (...) L-CAD will just _change_ it's name to "lugnet.cad.parts" or whatever we can decide on. (...) Terry's work will probably be noticed more, but I don't expect the procedure to (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36adb6d8.922755@lugnet.com>... (...) I like the lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat, and lugnet.cad.dev heirarchy best. If we ever got to the point where lugnet.cad was getting a hundred post a day, it might make sense to (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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