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Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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Date: 
Fri, 5 Mar 1999 01:55:12 GMT
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Selçuk wrote in message ...
> Sometimes I really can't understand the exact point that people want to • come
> up with those type of conclusions, because, simply checking out the prior
> examples of same kind, which are already implemented with the ongoing
> system, just show the solution OBVIOUSLY.


Actually, you could consider some of the digressions as idle chatter until
something more interesting comes up.  Unless the idle chatter IS more
interesting.

> Or just trying to
> mimic the real life thingies that exist because of the very different
> necessities of the real life (like inventory tracking, mold designation,
> product traceability, SPC and so on) that not so much needed in virtually
> any virtual universe, including ours.


None the less, speculation as to why TLG does what it does holds some
interest for some of us.  We might need to retire to quiet corner, but
sometimes the tangent subject is quickly put to rest.

> And another thing. I already said before many times, but again, the part
> numbering system using original TLG scheme SUCKS. It sucks because it is • the
> result of very different necessities to run a very complicated production
> process, not creating a good looking/categorised part library for a • computer
> program.

I certainly agree whole hearted with this.  For our purpose, it surely
doesn't fit the bill.  If it did we wouldn't be discussing the "crisis" in
the first place.

Roy



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Sometimes I really can't understand the exact point that people want to come up with those type of conclusions, because, simply checking out the prior examples of same kind, which are already implemented with the ongoing system, just show the (...) (28 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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