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(...) [...] Bryce, excellent post, thanks for sharing. I think when someone who recently joined the group sees a large problem here like the rest of us, its really time to do something about it. And I don't think any harm was done by your 'smart (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) True, but in this case throwing Jonathan out would not lead to factions. His posts have been an *entire group* annoyance and though many people have tried to help him throughout these months he has refused this help by his silence. It would be (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman skrev i meddelandet <37b47be5.155614673@...et.com>... (...) of (...) I didn't _suppose_ anything, I just wrote down a gut reaction. When a group starts throwing people out, it's the beginning of group decay. Some people will always be on (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) What was the rationale motivating the hammer on BriCad? --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't care, really. I'm still wondering why we needed those newfangled L*P tools, anyways. :) I've always been amused at how everyone who creates a part library uses a totally wron^H^H^H^Hdifferent coordinate system and names the pieces (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Indeed! BTW, if someone is being a major PITA in a group, does that in effect become a barrier to entry of sorts? :-/ (...) By "posting filters" I didn't quite mean barriers to -entry- (to beginning to participate, that is) -- although this (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) For sociological reasons, yes? --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) First I feel that I must apoligize to the Lugnet group. I am new here and have made several smart alec comments about Jonathan. I did not appreciate the scope of the problem nor the seriousness of the Lugnet users. That said I would like to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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At 10:26 PM 8/13/99 , Larry Pieniazek wrote: snip a good analogy... (...) I think too hastily would have been in February. But now is long past due. He has been asked and told and demanded time upon time to change his mannerisms, his floods of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) each (...) I agree with joining libraries, but the creators of the libraries might not, especially when parts are in both libraries. Then which do you keep? It may also take a lot of effort to match the scale, coordinate system, and insertion (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) so (...) Those 1060 connections are just considering right angle, studs up connections, though. As we all know by now, that isn't the only way to think: With 2x4 *bricks* only, you can't do much more than studs up, but you can still rotate (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm a fast reader. And it was a big system. And javac is slow. There's a reason my laptop has 192 meg of memory. But I digress. (...) Yes. Agreed. I ask so that people can nod their heads and say "no, I am calm. Action must be taken" The act (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The very fact that the question was asked and acknowledged as possible will in and of itself help matters a great deal, I feel. I shan't belabor it any more. (...) Hmm... was nodding my head. Then I jerked. Realised that there is a line (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Here in the US, yes. Unfortunately that is not the case in all of Europe, though. And we're talking about volunteerisim here. Just as a side point I almost destroyed an entire club once trying to apply the way the working world works to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Why not? I think that Ldrawing sets is indeed useful. But then, my perspective is that of a consumer of instructions, not a creator of them, and I certainly know that I do not have the time nor the interest to get deep into part creation. I am (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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Jonathan, you might try responding directly to that rather lengthy append using interspersed quotes instead of leaving all of it there, then not responding to any of it, or at least not very much of it. I think one thing people are on you about is (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'd say not. I'm looking more for things along the lines of gathering links, making sure stuff works, making pages which are not content-critical. LDrawing sets in large volume is nice, but its not something considered 'giving someone an (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) kl.net? As time permits I will ldraw as much of the castle sub theme (and then others) as possible, given the parts available to me for use. (e.g. the recent creation of the large 6090 baseplate has allowed me to ldraw that set) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) There are parts in l3go and mabie even in lgeo that are not in ldraw yet. I think that before a merge of lgeo and l3go is done then the l3go parts not in ldraw should be done in ldraw.That way there would be nothing in the combined library (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) what I was asking was not for more parts I was asking 1.If I could finish a part he had started 2.If he has submitted parts he had already made for voting 3.What set numbers used a part he had already made (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'd give that one a hearty "Heck, Yes!" :) Except I never did come up with a decent working version of Rayshade/Netshade. I finally settled for the POV- Ray port of L3G0. Even made a few parts for myself. :) No rounded edges, though. :( In (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Good idea, we shouldn't be discussing this in lugnet.flame.flame :) and Steve said: (...) I've done that to LeoCAD a few months ago, when you export a file to POV-Ray it first searches the LGEO library for the parts and then if it cannot find (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks Todd. The way I see it is that he has plenty of enthusiasm, but just isn't cut out for the part-designing facet of Legodom. But as the CLSotW has pointed out, there are 1,060 ways to connect 3 8-stud bricks, so there's got to be a way (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) How bout some help on rudimentary tasks on ldraw.org? There's a lot of stuff that needs to be done that is menial minimum-wage type stuff. Note: 'minimum wage' is an expression - no one's gettin paid here :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Any interest in LDLite-meets-L3G0? (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm. Wow. Deep. Yeah, what Tom said. Can things be broken into levels? tasks assigned (via voluntary cooperation)? Are there sub-tasks which could be accomplished by beginners or apprentices just as well as by masters? What's that word? (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) bad, (...) [...] Very nice analogy. This is how restaurants, neighborhoods, dance/night clubs et. al. of all kinds start losing patronage and favor. It all starts with "I'll do what I want in here", which BTW can include the attitude of the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Must be one heck of a system, to compile that slowly. (...) Yes and no. I'm trying not to reiterate too much here. On other lugnet ng's, I'd be willing to say that jw is just annoying. But under lugnet.cad, he occasionally reaches the level of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:37b46f3c.152373...net.com... (...) Any part author can tell you the reason for this. Part authoring is such a slow and sometimes painful process that the thought of excluding someone who is (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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Aaaaaaah. Now I stop scrolling back and forth. I was starting to get a bit seasick. ;) for everyone. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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I just figured it was the group.. you guys are more used to having to adjust your line lengths in order to post .dats.. so I kind of excused that :) there's a good reason.. and one I won't b*tch about :) Keep those .dats a flowing!!! Tamy (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You seem to suppose that everyone who's willing to learn some craft is worth taking the time to teach that craft. Whatever happened to independent learning? --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I thought parts were created by people. If you vote against a person, you effectively vote against a whole collection of parts all at once, which seems to me a much more efficient way to filter out rubbish. But I should stop questioning the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I never said anything about doing that... I even said Time will tell at the end of the message. Though.. to that question.. here's another answer... When your employer asks you many times to do something, and you still don't do it how they (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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But what I really hate is people that can't figure out the line length settings on their newsreader! Sorry folks. -John Van John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message news:FGF37K.5D7@lugnet.com... (...) a rather high tolerance (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37b46776.174180...net.com... (...) Perhaps we should take this debate to a more appropriate group: lugnet.cad.dev.on-topic :-) (...) In general the cut-off for details is 1 LDU, or so (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Mookie skrev i meddelandet <37B4507F.81B41AA8@w...tt.net>... (...) Well, throwing people out of the door is not the most pedagogic (w/sp?) way of teaching them, is it? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I disagree on this point. LDraw parts should be primarily focused on optimizing rendering in LDraw-tools. Among other things, this means that small-radius curved edges are better drawn as sharp edges. Heck, when you get right down to details, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:37b44e0d.143876...net.com... (...) Yup. When it's just things that annoy me a little, I overlook them as I have a rather high tolerance for such things. But when it begins to really harm the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:37b3f4c3.121015...net.com... (...) That (...) Todd, I think you're making this too personal. Vote against a part not a person. (...) it (...) group (...) I honestly don't know what to do here. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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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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I finally got off my butt and whipped up an ldraw.org banner ad. This ad is at the standard full size of 468x60 - a 400x40 (CLSOTW/LinkExchange) version is coming soon). Please send comments on the banner and feel free to place it on your site (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Similar to how I added it to rayshade (for examples, see the instruction sheets at the bottom of: (URL) (...) Easy: have the internal bitmap be twice as wide and high, and shrink it down to display on the screen, blending the pixels together. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi, I'm working on a Linux Lego CAD program and would like to hear some suggestions from you, for those interested in taking a look go to (URL) and tell me what you think. It's not finished yet but you can load LeoCAD and LDraw files and use the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ah, yes, that's probably a better idea. Thanks for the input. Fredrik (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's not used in many parts so maybe there's no need to make a primitive for it but you could make it a subpart that goes into the parts/s directory and can be shared with the other pneumatic parts. Leonardo (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Now that's an interesting idea. There is much information in the DAT files which is discarded when converting with L3P, namely all the type 2 and type 5 lines. Being able to incorporate this information will probably make more informative (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) AMEN BRUTHAH RYAN! Preach it! :) (...) No need to apologize, a little rudeness deserves to be met with a little rudeness at times :) BTW - Todd - could you please get to my email about the *ahem* posting privledges? -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Paul Gyugyi <paul@gyugyi.com> wrote in message news:37A9C620.E74B20...gyi.com... (...) Hi Paul, Since this might be your last release of LDLite... I have several suggestion if you have time for them (I hope they aren't repeats:). Could you add a pan (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I noticed that too..... Is there something that I can do to fix it? -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Rubber chickens are the best applied use of polystyrene to date. Get paid to surf the web! Visit: (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's a bug in the email software Tim's using: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm currenly working on the Technic Pneumatic Airtank (view the progress at <URL:(URL), if you want to) and I just realized that there is one element which is common in all pneumatic parts: The "tap"/"nozzle" thingey to which you connect the rubber (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Because I'm evaluating where to invest my available time. As an investment in open source, LDLite has paid off OK. It's generated some "interest": others have contributed to the code, we've seen remarkable speed increases, and a few other programs (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tim Courtney skrev i meddelandet <4.2.0.58.1999080510...mm.com>... Stupid off-topic question: How come your answers to messages often are threaded 'one level up' in my newsreader (MSOE 4.72.3110.5)? Not as an answer to the message which you are (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) LOL! (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Maybe you should appreciate what Paul has done for the community thus far instead of wondering why he hasn't released the next version. One - its his program, two - he has a lot of things to do with his work. It will be released, hold your (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) beta (...) the (...) Have you ever thought that maybe he hasn't had the TIME!!! All of this stuff is done in FREE TIME, and I think you realize that. You act like because you wnat something, you should get it. That may not be how you intended (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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It works OK now. I changed some things in the tool manager, and it works like did before. Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) directory (...) spaces, (...) the (...) Distributing (...) own (...) long (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) why is 1.7 not released yet? is there still problems with it? mabie you should release a beta version, like steve does with ldao. it would be easier to find the bugs... (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Howdy. (...) You are probably experiencing the "space in the filename" problem. LDLite needs to have the model file and ldraw directory names not ahve any "weird characters" in the names, such as spaces, ()'s, etc. If you install LDRAW in C:\LDRAW (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message news:FFxzs5.Ivy@lugnet.com... (...) news:FFxE39.LM9@lugnet.com... (...) where (...) spheres used to model the "rivets" along the braces of (...) Ok. Now I understand. It shouldn't take (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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