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(...) Which hit would that be? RTL shouldn't add much load. I'd appreciate this too. I've been meaning to set up a caching server which would grab all groups I wanna read, but I've not gotten around to it yet.... and this would save me the trouble. (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Todd, Would there be any benefit to have the lugnet server carry traffic for the rec.toys.lego newsgroup? Would there be any detrimental effect, besides the obvious hit to server time? Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Hi Todd! I think it's a beautiful collection of logos, but are You sure You are not infringing on a copyright here? The Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd has claimed copyright on the 'impossible triangle' (he started making his in 1934), and he has (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Greetings LDraw dude! (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Just wanted to announce that I also found my way to here, at last. /Tore (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Hey, anyone who gets the PRI radio show The World should tune in thursday afternoon. I was just interviewed for what I think will be a lengthy piece on Lego Mindstorms. (Well, I'm sure it'll be on Mindstorms. I'm just not sure how in-depth it will (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It would probably fall under the category of optical illusion. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) Glad you like it. Here are a couple other images based on that design: (URL) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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+---...---+ | IMPORTANT REMINDER AND NOTICE TO | | NEW USERS OF THIS SYSTEM | +---...---+ Reminder: A condition of use of this service (see the Terms of Use) is that you do not hide your real name from the community of users here. However, some (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Hi all, I just made a club for fellow maniacs to chat on in Yahoo. It is members only, so follow the directions when you get there to join. I hope it is useful for making group chats that everyone can participate in, not just the people on AOL like (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) Doubtful, I'm glad to say. (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) Hmm. Time will tell. Also, LUGnet is not on Usenet, so unless you find out about it, or use a seach engine, it is a bit more difficult to locate. (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Um, testing the new new thingy here. I thought I really wouldn't like this place, but I do! I don't have to killfile and filter out all of the auctions to read the stuff I wanna hear. I kinda feel sorry for RTL though. The poor group's going to end (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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I must agree with Thomas, I too, really like the LUGNET logo. Kudos to you, Todd and Suz. Thomas Main wrote in message <36193B12.B9883F13@a...te.edu>... (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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I really like the new LUGNET logo. I must admit it makes me a little dizzy to stare at it though :) Is there a name for static images that have the appearance of motion? (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Hi all, The homepage I was making about my favorite LEGO theme, Fabuland, is finally placed on the net. Because there was little information about this theme (not at The LEGO Group nor at other sites) I made a personal homepage for this theme. The (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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A formal announcement about this newsserver was just made in RTL. :) Hearty thanks to everyone who participated here over the past week(s) and helped shape things! --Todd [Follow-ups set to lugnet.admin.general] (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Thanks for making me a beta 2 tester, Todd. This resource I think will be really great. It might not be your intention to replace rtl, yet I do like the fact that someone oversees things here. I'm learning to like separate discussion groups. At (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) We'll see how many people are as excited about all of this as we are. :) I don't get the sense there will be any kind of momentous en masse movement from RTL to here, and this wasn't really designed as to be a replacement for RTL anyway... (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It might be a while. Some people don't want to change their habits. And others can't, due to firewall issues. (Todd - the web interface would certainly help here!) And, although Todd is (well as far as I can tell) a good person and doing this (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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I am anxiously anticipating having the rest of rtl start using LUGNET's newsgroups. I think it will be very exciting once everyone gets onboard! When is the announcement planned? (the weekend might be good because fewer people read and everyone (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce)
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[Follow-ups set to lugnet.admin.general] Well, the operation took longer than I'd hoped, but it was a success. The new hierarchy is in effect, all 489 human-posted articles were preserved with their original message IDs, timestamps, and (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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The Quick Summary ===...=== All lugnet.com newsgroups are being renamed. You will need to unsubscribe from all the groups and add them again. The Explanation ===...=== When we assigned names to groups, we thought it would be friendly (and less (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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[follow-up set to lugnet.general] I am about to install a filter on the newsserver which inserts people's real names into the NNTP header block when they post (for the people whose names are known so far) in case they forget to include their full (...) (26 years ago, 30-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Greetings to All, I think that this is *really* nice... Todd and Suz, once again, you've 'out done' yourselves..... delicious! Now as Carolyn says... "Back to building!" **Maria** (26 years ago, 30-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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I just got a chance to glance through this - I am too busy building ;) Anyway thanks for the opportunity to be part of this, I really like the idea. -- A A ( o o ) Carolyn (URL) ~ < (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) Hrm.... Follow-ups don't seem to be working. It never gave me the option to post to build.trains only (...) clubs.trains.pnltc does not appear to be deleted from the newserver. I'm still getting it when I refresh my groups list. Sarah Heacock (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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(...) In late-August and through early-to-mid-September there was an "alpha" test of this newsserver. I think there was also a first "beta" and that this is technically the second "beta." In any case, Mike was very helpful and that's why he's proud. (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Eh???????? (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) It was sheer luck on my part....I caught the e-mail announcement just before going to bed. I think I must have received it seconds after it was sent! ___...___ nospam.richard.dee@virgin.net remove nospam dot Web Sight: (URL) Instant Messenger: (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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[follow-ups set to build.trains] (...) I misunderstood what SteveB said earlier today, and we talked more in e-mail. PNLTC doesn't want to have its own specific newsgroup after all, so clubs.trains.pnltc is off the list again. However, Steve says (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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[follow-up set to lugnet.general] (...) Interesting...works fine for me in IE3, NS3, NS4. Maybe I have an HTML syntax error that IE4 is sensitive to. Hrm, I give up -- Doctor HTML v5 (URL) says the HTML code is fine. IE4 bug? (...) It doesn't (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) appearing in my browser (IE 4) Did you never implement the table? [I don't even get anything resembling the black and red dots you mentioned] (...) I hope announce is still around... Is this set to follow up to lugnet.general? Or to announce? (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Since you've switched the fibblesnork and pause sites to lugnet I've noticed that those sites respond much more quickly than before lugnet. So, I'm just curious about the geek stuff. How big is lugnet's pipe to the rest of the world? What are the (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) We wouldn't have it any other way, Jesse. :) -- Unofficial listing of weekly Lego Shop at Home phone specials (URL) (S@H USA) / 800-267-5346 ext 222 (S@H Canada) www.auczilla.com - World's Largest Online Selection of LEGO Pieces (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message <3610288e.19277510@l...et.com>... (...) Hey, this is the first time I've even been a beta-tester. I'll take what I can get. I suppose I'm the token rabble-rouser in the beta group... Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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[follow-ups set to clubs.trains.pnltc] It wasn't clear a week ago whether or not the PNLTC folks would want their own ng here, but we reserved the clubs.* hierarchy for things like that in case they did. Steve Barile wrote in tonight and said (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) Promising is an understatement. :) This project will probably end up making dreams come true for lots of people. -- Unofficial listing of weekly Lego Shop at Home phone specials (URL) (S@H USA) / 800-267-5346 ext 222 (S@H Canada) (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) Well, 1st in the BETA test anyway. :) Mike, a proud Alpha-tester :) -- Unofficial listing of weekly Lego Shop at Home phone specials (URL) (S@H USA) / 800-267-5346 ext 222 (S@H Canada) www.auczilla.com - World's Largest Online Selection of (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Congrats to Todd and Suzanne and... Lugnet! Thanks for doing such a great job in your quest to propagate Legomania. This project looks promising... On a tangent issue... I was #2, right behind Richard on a couple... (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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I missed being the 1st.......oh well. I am the 1st on 5 others though!!!!! Ardjan Besse wrote in message <3610076e.52915658@l...et.com>... (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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yes, let the party begin paul, netherlands (26 years ago, 28-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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of a new Era. I am proud that I've been chosen to participate in the beta-test of news:lugnet.com. Thanx, Todd! (I'm also proud to be the first one to post here (so it seems), but that is just because I have a cable-tv connection and I can check my (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Welcome to lugnet.announce, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.announce (group): General-interest announcements to the community (breaking news about products, releases, contests, events, and sites, etc.); also, important LUGNET (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-98, to lugnet.announce)
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