 | | Re: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings
|
|
(...) Depends. What kind of radiation? Most of what your thinking of would pass right through. Of course, "radiation" in the infrared band would melt it. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings
|
|
(...) Whoops. So right. My mistake. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
|
|
(...) OK. I concede that is a valid use. As long as the part author has the intention and the skill to "do the right thing" and not just use the output to slap on a part. (...) Again, OK. You are right. I was pretty much expressing my knee-jerk (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Lugnet.cad.dat heirarchy
|
|
(...) Otherwise known as TBOML The Bane Of My Life. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
|
|
(...) Well, to be honest, the biggie I had was with the "software" <?> "star wars" anomoly. I personally can't stand to be in a Star Wars discussion, and I would be pretty aggrivated when twice a week some newbie enters the software group just to (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
|
| |
| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
|
|
(...) Days, weeks, months, or years? (...) Not necessarily disagreeing, but isn't it likely that a developer who cares about these issues would read the other groups, and that a developer who does not care about these issues would ignore the issues (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
|
| |
| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
|
|
(...) But abbreviations are good -- and important things for newsgroup hierarchies and URLs, especially where future growth is possible. Abbreviated, you have lugnet.cad lugnet.cad.dev lugnet.cad.ld lugnet.cad.ld.ideas lugnet.cad.ld.models (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
|
|
(...) How *some* browsers work, that is. I only have two data points: - Netscape Navigator 4.51 for Win95 colors the links wrong. - Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 for Win95 colors the links right. Netscape Navigator represents a big enough share (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
|
|
(...) ldraw.org. It seems we all missed the most obvious name (and a good one, I think): The LDraw Organization Like Todd said, "organization" is ambiguous, so it makes a great name! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
|
|
Hmm. It may take a while for me to warm up to this setup. I actually like having the discussion of models/parts separate from the cad.dat group. When I hear people raving about a model I might find interesting, then I'm motivated to check it out on (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
|
| |
| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
|
|
(...) Hrmmm, inherently cheap bastard that I am, I can't agree. This has been discussed for _months_. What's another couple of weeks? Wasn't there some mention at one point of taking the extra funds and buying software or development tools or (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
|
|
(...) I'm no economist, but I don't think that you could call what the govt is doing here "sticking its hand into free enterprise". Network Solutions has, at this moment, a legal monopoly, so there is NO free enterprise. This might be considered an (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
|
|
At 09:01 PM 4/14/99 +0000, Todd Lehman wrote: [...] (...) Seems like the best choice for me. It spawned off of cad.dev, and CAD / LDraw / ldraw.org would be a little redundant, but not too much. I don't mind it being cad.ld.ldraw-org or cad.ld.org (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Capitalization of LDraw & LEdit
|
|
(...) Again, I would keep filenames all lowercase since issues with operating systems could come up. Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 You've seen their sites and read their posts, now see their faces: RTL/LUGNET Legofest 1999: (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Capitalization of LDraw & LEdit
|
|
(...) [...] Ok, I do get it. But I did make a mistake in my original post that caused Sproat to jump on it... I meant to say that I would keep the domain name 'ldraw.org' in lower case not change it all to 'ldraw' or refuse to capitalize certain (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
|
|
(...) Well, to me it looks like there are more interested in seeing the site named ldraw.org than The Ldraw Project....so that is what I will plan on calling it when I begin constructing images. My stipulation was backed by Todd's technical (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings
|
|
(...) Wait...radiation would melt a minifig, wouldn't it? -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 "Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state that is by itself. It is a --it is different from the other 49 states. Well, all states (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings
|
|
(...) It is not case sensitive, you are correct. But it is a BIG pet peeve of me. There's this car that is in my area with www.ArsisRecords.Com printed on it -- its annoying seeing capitals in domains. The web should be IMO a media that carries its (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
|
|
(...) Thumbs-up from me, except: There's no need to use "ld" when "ldraw" will suffice. Ditto for "sw"<->"software", etc. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
|
| |
| | lugnet.cad hierarhcy
|
|
(...) (An aside -- lugnet.trains.org might become lugnet.trains.clubs -- see the discussion in lugnet.trains for more info.) (...) OK, I've got it! Figured this out after resetting my brain last night. Forget everything so far (except the local (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
|
