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(...) <snip> (...) Rightly or wrongly, I am definitely an "as good as we can possibly make them" person. I'm sorry if this offends others. Chris (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I second that. John has pretty succinctly summed up what is needed. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) The problem with that solution is that we would then have the 4106548 hard coded as yellow. And when the tan version is released are we then going to have another 410xxxx for it - hard coded to tan? That may not seem like a big deal, until you (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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That would probably cut out the servlet possibility, then. There isn't a very good implementation of java for FreeBSD (no JIT), and I'm not sure about a Java Servlet implementation, either. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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(...) No, it runs FreeBSD. (Not that there's anything wrong with Linux.) --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) Why (...) If I'm converting a physical model to Ldraw, its nice to be able to look at part, find its molded number, then add that number to my model. This of course only works for parts with numbers on them. This also argues for somehow (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There is a servlet program plugin for Apache on Linux or NT at (URL) We're using the IIS version of it on NT. It is nice and speedy for java servlets. I assume the lugnet server is Linux. (...) Hmm... how long does it take ldlite to render an (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DAT voting page up
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) all (...) Oh, man, do I need your energy. Roy (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Really? Another version change. I'm thinking we need to look a little closer for a list of these version changes over the ages. How about it? Anyone else out there have more examples in this line. Todd, as an (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) already (...) problem (...) Like crazy, man, now what part number do you want with your gravy. Anyone for 3068A? Roy (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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At the risk of being flamed into lurk mode, I'm going to ask the following: Why do we need the official TLG part numbers? Why not just use a numbering system that makes sense? (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) on (...) in (...) i (...) never (...) That's gravy, man. The more the merrier. Roy (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LF vs. CRLF in server .DAT script
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Try this ( actual method used at SVCC in 1974 ). Tape your thumb to the second joint of your index finger of your right hand. Now put your left hand in your pocket. Now count to count to 6 in octal with your (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Quality of authored parts
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John VanZwieten wrote in message ... (...) Thank you, John, you have boiled it all down to its component parts. I can think of no reason not to follow any of your points. That does include the "don't get personal" aside. Well done. Bravo Zulu Roy (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Grrr, where is my brain today. I meant that I wrote print "$_\015\010"; when I meant to write print "$_\015\012"; I always get octal wrong, durnit. (But ASCII octal values "\015\012" are more portable than writing "\r\n" in this case, because (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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[Added lugnet.cad.dev & lugnet.cad to newsgroups list; followups set to lugnet.cad.dev] (...) Jonathan: Thank You for noticing this and reporting this!! Please let me know if the fix doesn't work for you (worked for me, but I only tested with LDLITE (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Then it's broken too. :) --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Soccer ball pattern
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(...) I just checked (using an actual copy of the element :) It's beautiful! -- it's actually a physical imprinted pattern in the plastic of hexagons and pentagons -- then all the pentagons are decorated black. --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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(...) I think the grooves should *definitely* be added -- if someone is behooved to take the time to do the mods correctly. I just noticed the tile thing last night when I was toying around with some little chess pieces I made in LEdit which use a (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Modeling without the real element -- bad
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(...) OK, fair enough. But I submit that someone who is modeling an element blind (without an actual copy of it to work from) is *not* doing the best they can. (...) OK, I probably shouldn't talk then. I haven't modeled any parts myself. :-/ --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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