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(...) Hmm. Let's see: - Lets authors know a file has been altered after submission. - Helps people track down part number changes, especially if another part is now using the old number. - Reduces need to overload the Author tag to give proper (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Turning in LDAO editor (was: Re: [Unofficial Part] 3613 - Arm Piece with Towball Socket)
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Previously, John and I wrote stuff: (...) Yes, they could. (...) It's the "Erase and Redraw" command. It just redraws the current file. (...) It shouldn't be writing in that case -- in the Win/VB-world, click happens after you let up on the mouse (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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(...) Hmmm. "LDraw Purists Homepage", anyone? Steve (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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(...) Just to create some facts & data to work from, I created zip files containing various parts of the whole LDraw family. Here's what I got: Original LDraw and all parts: 2.1MB +DOS tools: 2.3MB +Win32 tools: 4.8MB (not including L3PAO & its (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | DOS Makelist (was Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp))
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(...) Umm, that would be really great if you did that. We never came up with a replacement for James' original makelist.exe (which can only handle 1000 parts). How big would a distributable of your Perl-makelist be? And how easy would it be for (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts Maintenance Idea
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Steve Bliss (blisses@worldnet.att.net) wrote: [ about adding maintenance information to the parts files ] (...) I think it is a good idea. Information about which names the file has had in the past will be useful for updating old models, and the (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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[ Moving to lugnet.publish ] (...) Apache: <URL:(URL) (...) I can't remember the details, but basically you just create a catalog for the new server and add a few lines to one of the configuration files that informs Apache of the relation between (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: News-by-Mail digests
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(...) Mainly that I all of a sudden got flooded with ANOTHER pile of Emails when this was started up. I don't mind the CONTENT, but I prefer it in Digest form. I get anything I can in Digest form, unless it is something that I NEED realtime. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: News-by-Mail digests
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[whoops, this time the Followup-To field is actually set to lugnet.admin.general; I forgot to do that last time.] (...) OK. People receiving duplicates won't disrupt the ng's any, so if duplicate messages aren't annoying to you, then they're not a (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'd much prefer them on a per-group basis, even if it means some duplicates across several Digests. (...) I know of no client at all that can handle Digests in the way you want. It is up to the Digest owner to modify the Digest output to do (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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[Crossposted from lugnet.cad.dev; followups set to lugnet.admin.general] (...) glasnapd@db.erau.edu (Doug Glasnapp) writes: (...) Questions: Are any general-purpose (and free) mailing list services out there anywhere on the net which spool up (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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(...) Um, I wouldn't object either, as long as it is off-site and clearly marked as unofficial clone parts. We don't need to see "Keep Ldraw Pure" buttons popping up on people's sites.. ;) Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 New (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Only when the competition is (a) competent and (b) putting out superior or nearly superior stuff. If the competition puts out junk, is that an incentive to improve? Early LEGO Town and Castle sets were incredible, for example, and TLG created (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree with that. I would have no objections to linking to custom sites for non-lego parts. The more the merrier. I just think that LDraw should remain just that. Not MBDraw or TDraw. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think that was Linc (?) But he did that to represent TLG rubber bands, much the same as others have done to represent hoses. So that wasn't a case of "non-TLG" pieces. As far as message size goes, yes it does inflate things a bit, as do (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Turning in LDAO editor (was: Re: [Unofficial Part] 3613 - Arm Piece with Towball Socket)
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(...) Well I'll be. It sure does. (...) So could you use alt-c (or s) for center setting? (...) Using the mouse is about as fast as that typing all that. (...) I don't think I've ever used the E command. Does that reload the current model file or (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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(...) I personally don't use these tools. Thus, I would be unlikely to want to download them if I were surfing via modem. Hmmm... I might be muddling things. My point is this: Let the main archive, parts updates, and separate tools be available (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the Site Revamp
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(...) + a batch file to run them all in sequence? Just as a minor convenience, I suppose, tho. If there's demand, you could possibly make a linux shell-script to do the same. I don't know - do linux DOS emulators have the ability to run DOS .EXEs, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts)
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(...) semi-bricks. (...) Mee too, three, and four :) (...) Tore - sorry for the double message, I sent it to you on accident and meant to send it to the list.. Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 New Lugnet Newsgroup? (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts)
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Some time ago, I made some "plates", or, as I call them, 12 LDU high semi-bricks. I call them semi-bricks for two reasons: 1. They are exactly ½ the height of a Lego brick 2. They are clones, ie not real bricks I strongly oppose the idea to include (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What color are they really?
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(...) I can't answer your question, because I don't have any of the snow-plows. But I can say that when I made those baseplates, color 10 was basically unassigned (I don't think a color-list had been added to the FAQ yet). It seemed like the right (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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(...) And (potentially) splitmpd, l3p, and ldscript. Any others I'm forgetting? (...) Right, except why include the Win32 programs for people who can't use them? Most of the huge-o programs (LDAO) are 32-bit. It's not a big deal on CD distributions, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | What color are they really?
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What actual color are the patterned radar pieces in M:Tron and Blacktron I? I don't have them and so I guessed at neon yellow-green (298) for M:Tron and regular yellow (14) for BTI. But then I noticed that the space landing pad baseplates use light (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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(...) You know, I thought of this after I posted. A while ago, someone posted a Mindstorms "Rocker Boogie Rambler". (1)(2) It used MOC LDraw pieces to represent rubber bands, and those parts were inlined into the model. I wouldn't have any moral (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the Site Revamp
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(...) Optional, yes. Good point. (...) Which would basically be "download LDRAW.EXE and all the LCAD updates" (...) Using the right Win31 Program Manager API calls would do away with the need for a Win32 install; program folders and icons can be (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: helping making new pieces and .dat format
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Great! We love to see new people interested in Ldraw, and especially in creating parts. Always feel free to ask any questions about this. Titulaer Bart wrote in message ... (...) news- (...) many (...) Check out the Ldraw FAQ, which was just posted (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Agreed. I can't see it getting through the voting process, anyway. (...) view (...) Easy, boy. Non-TLG elements have their place in Ldraw. One of the uses of Ldraw is to share models, but another important use is to keep a record of your own (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts Maintenance Idea
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How do you see this information being used? -John Van Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) renamed (...) Update (...) is (...) never (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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(...) aliases... yes, I use that. or do you mean something else still? (...) Of course, I set _my_ sendmail up not to forward stuff. I dunno why I did that, but that's the default that came in the smtp .cf file and procmail is too much memory to (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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(...) Apache, or something commercial? I just hadn't thought of that. Teach me to speak on things I haven't tried to set up for myself yet :-/ Jasper (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi there, I'm a 25 year old Technic Lego-player, but less fanatic with internet and news- groups, so I discovered LDraw just some weeks ago. It works rather well and I'm really enthousistic about it. If I want to help with making new pieces (Technic (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Mailing list subscriptions
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(...) Sorry! -- I'm humor-impaired sometimes without the aid of smileys. Anyway, it seemed like a legitimate/logical suggestion to me, at least in terms of the bottom line -- a low-bandwidth information-dispersal venue for updates. (...) No, all (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You're a brave man. ;) (...) I think you've gotten a taste of how the community feels. This has come up before, with some half-height plates (I think these were Tyco parts, maybe MegaBloks did them, too). They were not allowed into a parts (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Preach it, brother! (...) :) Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 New Lugnet Newsgroup? lugnet.off-topic.tim...ie.die.die ?? LEGO: SP++++c(6973)[ip++++ bt2++++ ex+++ ft+++ sp+++ ut++] AQ+++(6175)[an+++ as++ hn-- sr--] (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I considered modeling some K'Nex pieces in LDraw. There aren't that many different (useful) K'Nex pieces. But then I realized that the sizes would be all wrong for the movement keystrokes in LEdit. So I gave it up. Steve (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Right, without permission we can neither modify nor distribute these files. But even with permission, an ARJ-based install should be available. (...) Good point. (...) I disagree with this. Many people (maybe not many people into virtual LEGO, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Todd, it was a joke. We just moved in here, right? (...) That's an interesting idea. Can people subscribe via e-mail without visiting the web-pages (even if it means they can't post?) (...) But that's because most robotics-heads are subscribed (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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(...) Sorry, but hugin.risoe.dk is actually sys-323.risoe.dk (until last week it was another machine with another name). Hugin is just an alias. The HTTP daemon (aka "web server") I use can handle separate names as separate virtual servers. Play (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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(...) No. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@risoe.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- LDraw FAQ: <URL:(URL) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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(...) On Unix machines, yes, basically. Although sendmail won't automatically generate email from scratch, if you pass it a valid SMTP document, it will fill in various headers and make sure the mail gets to its destination one way or another (or (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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