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Briktrak.com wrote: [...] (...) Dear Richard, could you do us a favour and change the real name part of your mail address to your real name? The mail address you use to post your posts under is listed as "Briktrak.com (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ Here. (...) Well, I'm reading this through the NNTP (i.e. "News" or "UseNet") side of things, and the realname-part of his mail address is "BrikTrak.com" instead of his real name (as the fieldname implies). Most newsreaders use this (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Could you clarify what you mean by that? When I look at the post in web view this is what I see on the header: - start - Subject: Re: Top secret project - we need your help Author: Richard Morton Newsgroups: lugnet.lego, lugnet.color Date: (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: MichLUG to display at the Motor City Comic Con - Castle & Space - May 14-16
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(...) To draw the lurkers out. We have gotten some new members over the years from people coming to shows and getting drawn in. In at least one case it was because they saw a post on LUGNET. Spotlighting the post moves it up on the front page, (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.colour
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(...) Spell v.t./i. (p.t. spelt) give in their correct sequence the letters that form (a word); produce as a result (URL) OED> 'The definitive record of the English language' hmmm, spelled, *leafs through pages.....* not in there! ;P tim (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing new Legend!
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(...) General is two things, in my view... (1) a place for initial announcements of general interest (which should have FUT set elsewhere, the same way .announce posts do) and a place to discuss things that don't have anywhere else to go. If a (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) I'm not sure I agree with that phrasing. No one is trying to take the steam out, per se, people should be free to express themselves if they can do so politely and positively. What *is* desired is that the steam be channeled and regulated so (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) I for one think it's a great idea - one I had not thought of until I saw Todd's announcement, but I hit myself thinking "why didn't I think of that?" It is a move deisgned to discourage the expression of negative opinions about the color (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) I hadn't even seen that, Mark. I've tried to avoid reading the bulk of the thread, since it only depresses me. (I'm a Space guy with tons of real gray and I will miss it. But that's neither here nor there :) (...) Nope, this move isn't (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) Thanks. (...) Not any way that I'm aware of. (...) It's an abbreivation for "potential"? :-) Sorry about that -- cut & paste mistake in the manual announcement. It's correct in the actual charter and automated frist post. (...) ooops, yes, (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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