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is it from set 454 or 306? (check pause pictures). (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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(...) Usually I just use PNG instead of GIF which cuts roughly 20% of the file size (on average). If you want to improve the GIF compression of images you have to reduce the colour depth of the images. I use pnmdepth (from the netpbm/pbmplus (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Most likely true. Just trying to be cautious. (...) Good clarification. Thanks for pointing that out. (...) Only if they are as concise, well-ordered and logical as Todd's. Mine always seem to be a rambling monologue. :-/ (...) And those (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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(...) Roy, Did you ever finish that part? I dropped by your web-page, once upon a time, and it seemed like the file was there for downloading. If it's complete, you should submit for the next parts update. Steve (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm getting a mental image here... I'm holding Terry by the shoulders, and Joshua's using the bat. Seriously, Terry worked very hard to make this arrangement/agreement come about. I'm looking forward to seeing the results in up-coming parts (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
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(...) I am wondering if there might be cases where a worthwhile approach would be to start with a raster DAT (that's the bitmap after 2DAT'ing it), and replace some or most (but not all) with vector commands. I think this approach may work on things (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Yep, that's pretty much where I'm at. Especially since I use my newsreader for scanning the groups, and I hop over to the web interface specifically to look at the postings in lugnet.cad.dat. Other than mixing DAT's with discussion, I'm pretty (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) Could you? That would help get a good idea of what people want. Include options: www.ldraw.org ldraw.org LDraw LDraw Organization The LDraw Project (and the other one that people liked...plus any you feel will be appropriate) Thanks!! Keep (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) Ugh. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) I could very easily set up an informal poll for you, if you want something like that to help gather information on opinions. --Todd (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw part library structure
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(...) You're welcome, Terry. A labor of love, it was. <big snip> (...) Don't even worry about this, Terry. Either we're going to have a 5-digit code for the entire assembly that we can use, or we're going to know the 4-digit codes even if they're (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] L3P Question
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(...) good (...) I thought of that too. I have a photograph of the brick and it got just enough detail to make out that there is texture there implying the word LEGO, but it is not clear enough to show it. It is probably better this way, just like (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) Possibility. I wonder how the people who have expressed like for the name 'ldraw.org' feel about The LDraw Organization? Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 You've seen their sites and read their posts, now see their faces: (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) Right. Personally, I use IE5 for browsing, but own a copy of Netscape 4.5 or something for checking browser compatibility. -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 "Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state that is by itself. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
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(...) That's a good argument for waiting, but I don't think there's any way that it possibly hurts things to register it now. Acting as quickly as possible eliminates any possible shred of risk that some other organization or entrepreneur might (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Well, either the radiation or the blast (sorry, I'm no nuclear physicist) incinerated just about everything in the one mile radius of the explosion... so that would melt a fig :( Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 You've (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] L3P Question
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(...) Lars, I didn't intend for this to be a "fix" of any type. And the latitude/longitude method is a good one to use. If I sit there thinking about it enough, I can do it. And the automatic centering of the model is a fantastic feature that I (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New LDAO - Temp Location
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That is what I was thinking. I was looking for a good multi-file find and replace (got one) and came across a utility to set times and dates. I thought it might be useful in some way to be able to do that. Maybe set the time to reflect the update (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
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(...) Well, because Todd volunteered generously to front the bill until donations can be collected, I sent a message on to Jacob to have his ISP register it to work with his server. I am the billing contact and will handle the money to pay InterNIC (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) Hmm... it sounds like you are subtly insulting us. :-) -- Terry K -- Overlord, Office of Ridiculously Anal Procedures. (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings
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(...) Whoops. So right. My mistake. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: Lugnet.cad.dat heirarchy
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(...) Otherwise known as TBOML The Bane Of My Life. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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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)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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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)
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| | Re: Capitalization of LDraw & LEdit
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: Capitalization of LDraw & LEdit
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(...) [...] 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)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) 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)
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| | lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) (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)
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