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(...) (URL) in the FAQ. :-) I Fredrik (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Please before starting take a look at the java3D api, I know java 2 is not yet supported directly by most browsers but its just a question of time and then you have all the 3D done for you AND you get the benefice of 3D accelerations. Greg Williams (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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I recently lost my bookmarks file and now I can't find the Parts Tracker. I thought there would be a link to it from the memorial page, but I can't find one! Can somebody tel me the URL? Thanks. --Karim (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This sounds very familiar, yes. I was undoubtedly wrong. Fredrik (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've searched the web and discovered that in Australia what they call football looks like rugby. I've only seen one picture but it's a completely different game. (...) Go to your favorite search engine and type "australian footbal". Leonardo (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In the beginning of the century, some british came here and started playing football. At that time it was common to use words from other languages but as the time passed we changed those words to portuguese and now we call it "futebol". (...) (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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regarding boat mast primatives they are later going to be omdified to add the notches in the top (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) how (...) Almost any part which has convex curved surfaces will need type 5 lines. Obviously if you can make use of the circular primitives, then they already include the type 5 lines. For example take a look at the town/space helmet (2446) of (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I was referring to that long list of pieces. Not any one particular piece. But if the piece has some complex curves in it, there is a good chance it will need type 5 lines to do it properly. For an example off the top of my head, see part (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36d6fef8.20191570@l...et.com>... (...) doesn't (...) Six Red ones come in the Extreme Team: Drag Race Rally, 6568. And I know I have some from other sets. They're around.... How badly do you want them? A local Kmart (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i have just posted a fixed version of this piece to lugnet.cad.dat. let mw know if it is now fixed. the notches are still missing because i do not know how to adjuct the cylinders etc after i have inlined them. (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) complex (...) which parts need type 5 lines? i have done the boat mast base. get it from lugnet.cad.dat i am working on the notches at the top. (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Good advice, Chris. I would like to also point out that many of the parts in that list have complex shapes that would require type 5 optional lines to have them look good. So Jonathan, you really need to have a good understanding of type 5 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Your method also makes the pattern show up in wire-frame mode. Ideally, all the current parts should be changed to use the same method! Anyone want to take the challenge? --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i accually pulled the pattern straight of the 1 x 2 brick with black grille pattern because the patterened surfaces are the same size (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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thanks for the help. i will get onto the fixes asap (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) in australia they call the game that the soccer ball comes from soccer. (...) in australia the term football refers to the australin game aussie rules which is different. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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An impressive list - good luck. As I think you know (but for other's info) the Wizard's hat is done (see Tracked Parts Page) and will be in the next voting. Could I please ask three things - 1) please enter the parts into the tracked parts page, as (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) method > for other parts - parts that may well come in many colors. Then, using that (...) I > would prefer to have one basic version of the part, color being > user-selectable. (...) But it would be nice to at least have a .dat file for each (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Good work on this one, but I might suggest using quads instead of rect.dat for the black lines (does James' pattern use these?). Black rect.dat's have dark grey edge lines around them, and I don't thik there is any dark grey on this pattern. Here's (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) would (...) Jonathan, you are on the right track here, but as the notches are an important feature of the boat mast, you should work on adding them (I'll give you some hints later). Criticisms of part as it is: -You need to add 4-4edge.dat's (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Are you sure about that? Surely, in England they use the term "football", and I would guess that they use the same word in Australia. (...) Sorry, I didn't understand this sentence. (...) This doesn't convince me. Fredrik (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Excellent! --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't know for sure if "soccer" is used in Australia or not, but in either case, isn't "soccer" guaranteed not to be ambiguous, unlike "football" or "fussball"? In Brasil, do you say "football" or "soccer"? If you don't say "soccer," what (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) So _that's_ how you do it. I knew there had to be a better way. :) (...) Thanks, that makes sense to me. (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I concur. Part of the beauty and flexibility of LDraw is that you can model with parts in colors that those parts don't come in. Once we start down the road of having parts hard coded only in the color(s) they really exist in, we limit our (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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[lugnet.cad removed from Newsgroups header] (...) Yes, it's fairly easy to write an HTTP daemon in Perl. Pre-forking and load balancing and shared memory for optimal usage is a little more difficult. But in either case, it's just a one-liner in the (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Your output reflects this high standard. You are always willing to take criticism on your parts and try to improve them where needed. No one is offended, inspired, if anything. -John Van (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Is it not possible to say in the definition of 410etc., like: top half yellow, lower half yellow underneath. That way, the only information in the 410etc file is the color, and which constituents parts there are. Then if anything needs to (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You can use FastCGI ((URL) to have one process (or a fixed group of processes) serving CGI requests so you don't have the overhead of restarting the process (interpreter or otherwise) for each request. I used it for the Lego set database I (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Jonathan, I don't really want to get into the parts stuff, but could you possibly use proper capitalisation in your posts? Your posts are hard on the eyes, and that really isn't necessary. Thank you. Jasper (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) aren't FreeBSD and Linux nigh-on binary-compatible, let alone cross-compilable? Jasper (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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in australia they call it soccer. football refers to aussie rules. therefore soccer ball is the right name (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If we follow the standards set by James and use australian english, shouldn't we change the description ? I don't think the word "soccer" is used there. Leonardo (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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is anyone working on the folowing parts? minifig pirates hat with skull and crossbones boat rowboat boat oar boat rigging horse horse whip minifig crossbow flag 2 x 2 with skull and crossbone spattern flag 2 x 2 with wolfmen pattern minifig torso (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Isn't there something you can do to have just *one* perl interpreter running, that does all the CGIing, instead of starting up all these processes? Jasper "can't imagine at what PID that server is by now" Janssen (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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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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(...) 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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