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(...) Sure, that's always possible. On the other hand, perhaps they have finally let JW under their skin to the point that their emotions finally allow them to be rational and fair -- finally seeing the problem for what it is, in other words -- and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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<Very large, but *very* respectful snip!> (...) wow! my friend Todd, you are a wordsmith... that was great J (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) be (...) here) (...) than (...) Yeah, but it uses frames. I hate frames. I tried the power user link but then I couldn't save any bookmarks. They all come out with the poweruser link. I suppose I could have asked for more help with the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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I thought this mentoring thing was already done with him.. when it came to doing parts??? from what I've read.. I haven't checked any of them though.. it seems to have helped a little as far as his parts??? though it seemed as of the time he then (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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I just skimmed this whole thread while waiting for a compile. I certainly do not want to stand here and claim that I have never done things to annoy others and I certainly do not want to stand here and claim that JW doesn't need to change his ways, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) And you're showing a lot of attitude here. How much does it take for you to realize that something DOES piss people off? Ten posts? Twenty? Fifty?? Because people have been posting complaints about Your Arrogancy for months and months. And (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) And use a signature??? That pisses people off too. How about ignoring peoples' constructive posts about your behavior, like this one: (URL) received no response or apparent change on your part (and took up a good 45 minutes of my busy life to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I don't read lugnet.cad.dev, but I still see enough annoying traffic from Jonathan. In fact, he even has made demands of me (he asked once about instructions for a set, of which I happened to have enough copies I was willing to MAIL him a copy, his (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Mike, I sympathize with you. Jonathan really t's me off too. Its sad that his rude arrogance caused you to leave. -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Rubber chickens are the best applied use of polystyrene to date. Get paid to surf the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com> wrote in message news:19990813.073557...uno.com... (...) The type 5 lines only show up at the outer edges. There still would be no edgeline extending the length of the edge between the top and side faces, simply (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree 100% here. Jonathan, that was completely rude, arrogant, selfish, and inconsiderate. I know Tore's situation somewhat by talking to him. HOW DARE YOU put your SELFISH desire for LDRAW PARTS you CAN'T even make properly above his (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Actually, he did provide a workaround on the server end. (URL) use it all the time. In fact, that is the link *I* use to access Lugnet via the web. (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I did, months ago. That's one of the reasons my mirror of the L-CAD updates are usually a few days behind the main site - I don't find out about them (or anything else having to do with LDraw) until Terry e-mails me. (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) don't (...) part[2], (...) the (...) Type 5 lines would make up for the lack of edge lines on curved edges, wouldn't they? (But I won't pretend that I know anything about using type 5 lines :/ ) Also, as more and more people raytrace their (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) How could you *not* know? People have been blasting you about it for weeks. The lack of capitalization in your messages is not a major peeve for me[1], but I was very aware that it annoyed many other people. (...) So get them. Look at how the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This was me. I thought I would try and give you all my feelings on what I have seen from the outside. I am an LDraw user and like to follow lugnet.cad.dev but I rarely if ever post there. I have also seen Jonathan on other groups as well and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sometimes this is the only solution. A while back you yourself forced me to make a fix at my end for something I still believe should be fixed at the source. OK, I accepted that and I still read the newsgroups and occasionally make a lame (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Todd Lehman writes: Snip of what appears to be some thoughtful reflection by Jonathan (...) I want to add one here... (URL) was in reply to... (URL) post here Jonathan was totally uncalled for in my oppinion and showed a lack of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There's no way to vote out a whole person if that person has repeatedly demonstrated an inability to create parts that pass?? Why would you not want to silence a noise at its source? I don't understand. (...) So put the burden on everyone at (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) OK, here's the analogy. Imagine that there is this magnificent glass building in a pleasant corner of town. It's ten stories tall with clear windows going up all the sides and covering all the insides. The rooms inside are all sorts of neat (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Todd, It seems like some people may be on the verge, but I don't believe anyone else has really left the group. I think they would let you know if they had as a curtesy like Joshua did. I've noticed over the past month that there haven't (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) He has used profanity at least once (what I would call profanity), but that's beside the point. Just because someone hasn't broken any written rules (i.e., the Terms of Use), doesn't mean that they haven't violated tacit principles or canons (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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<Snip> (...) now. (...) Yes, his messages somehow boring and generally no point to go. BUT, he doesn't use any profanity, and made nothing against the black book. He even tries to contribute some and recently climbs some necessary steps, too, which (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Can I make a couple other constructive suggestions?-- 6. Think more, post less. 7. Stop being rude and disrespectful to people. Messages like these: (3 URLs) have the long-term cumulative effect of everyone either despising you or ignoring (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I will do the following as of right now. 1. Stop asking for parts, help with parts, models, help with models and related questions (e.g. is this part in ldraw questions). 2. Start using capital letters and checking the spelling of messages 3. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Um... Yes? If a part has a four-digit number like that, then that *should* be the correct TLG number. You should know that by now. Same thing for 3xxxx, 7xxxx, 8xxxx numbers. 3-digit numbers, and ones with "P" or "C" or alpha-suffixes, are the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I will use captial letters in future, OK. I did not know it pissed people off so much. Also i do not have the skills to do the rounded edges on the baseplate part and the other baseplates do not have the edges so I will assume that they are (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Tamy, I agree, and I think this is becoming a serious problem. In fact, I just learned from Joshua Delahunty tonight via a private email that he has stopped reading this group because of Jonathan. This is a quote -- with permission: JD> [...] (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) do i have to do the rounded edges to get the part in? if not then ---...--- This is the stuff we are talking about.. the above sentence.. you are already looking for the easy way to do the part.. that's NOT how these are done.. the parts are (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i admit i was wrong in trying to do so many parts so fast. i will take the groups suggestion that i work ion one part untill it is really ready then start on the next one. the first part i will do is the baseplate 32 x 32 raised with ramp. then i (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's too bad. If I knew anything at all about how to make parts, I'd consider taking it up, but I suspect the results won't be worth the effort. Maybe I'll just use the mockup in my set. Unless some kind soul out there is willing to take up (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I posted the mockup without intention of finalizing the piece. That's why I didn't register anything on the Parts Tracker. However, if someone else wants to finish the part, the mockup file may be a good starting point. If I remember (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've a question about 30373, the big square-ish 6x6x2 block with the cutouts used on the wings for the TIE fighter and Sith Infiltrator. I saw that many moons ago (April) Steve Bliss had cobbled together a .dat mockup for this part. Has it been (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Is he? (...) Because it encourages more recklessness and carelessness and bad attitude from him? --Todd (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Probably best if you just forget it then. --Todd (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks! :) (...) That was the intention, and the intention is to optimize the site for future additions of content. Glad you like! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Rubber chickens are the best applied use of polystyrene to date. Get (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Adam, Thanks for the tips. Jacob has pinpointed the problem: (...) So a solution is being worked on. -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi Tim, I tried something new today. (After seeing ldraw.org on my mom's comp at school I gained renewed interest in solving this problem.) I tried typing in the IP address to see if it would come up. It didn't. I also tried looking for several (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi LDraw.org Team, I finally saw the site. (I had to use my mom's connection at school- Mindspring still won't let me through :( I thought it was excellent! You have done a great job putting it together. I liked all the links being in one place. And (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Very nice banner, Tim. Ryan "A lot of kids nowadays don't care if they die. They don't care where they're going after they die. But when you have Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, you know you have better things coming after you die." Russell (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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