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Terry, could you please provide me with more info on "Bryce"? Primus BuS ComStar LEGO Mechcommander: www.go.to/LegoMC (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Happy voting :-, Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | May 2001 ldraw.org MOTM voting
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Here goes, Voting is up an running for the May MOTM. (URL) models have been rendered in Bryce. Bryce looks a little different from POV-Ray - sort of another philosophy on the idea of "photo-realistic". Have fun, -- Terry K -- (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts Update?
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(...) Jeremy, You don't have to beg... I am perfectly willing to share all the parts I have created or updated that are either official or could have a multi-purpose uses. For example, the 1 x 2 C.V.G.S. Tile is a 4-color version of a 5-colored tile (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Regrettably, the only way I know of to get any of the DAT files posted but not yet packaged and released, is to hunt for them one-by-one here at LUGNet.CAD... :-( This is one of the reasons I was so thankful that Tore was doing the Parts (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Which raises the question (for me anyway) -- where can I get these parts before they're voted upon? You know, strictly for preview purposes only...honest. ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) M'sieur Tim, I thank you for concerning yourself about the well-being of the parts authors. I, however, am one that actually tries to design new elements *during* his work hours (because I'm usually too spread out otherwise). As for the person (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Orion" <pobursky@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GC9L4n.Dz1@lugnet.com... (...) That's ok. Maybe for you "what gives" is a part of everyday language, but when I hear it the phrase is usually associated with complaining, so that's how I took it. (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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No insult or complaint was implied by my message. 'What gives?' is just my way of being curious. I've been gone for the the last few month due to the fact I'm in the U.S. Navy and was just wondering why. If you find "what gives" disheartening I (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) This has come up enough times, after a long enough time, that perhaps some mention of this should go onto the ldraw.org front page (just after the "Contribute" blurb), or on the parts update page, or both. Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Orion" <pobursky@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GC97Iy.5L2@lugnet.com... (...) Well, perhaps the fact that what you've already downloaded has been free (to you -- making it available has cost volunteers time and money) could quench some of that (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Am I the only one disappointed by the fact that we haven't had a new infusion of parts in over 6 month? Maybe I missed some earlier discussion, but what gives? Orion (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw meeting at Brickfest 2001 - Interest?
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(...) Or failing that, one of those boxes that splits a monitor signal to two monitors. Another way is using a laptop with mirroring to an external monitor. A raytracing demo would be a good thing! I see two goals for an LCAD presence: 1. Help as (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | RE: LDraw meeting at Brickfest 2001 - Interest?
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(...) I could give a hand. If there are any special demo requests (a simple POV-RAY rendering, perhaps), I could maybe prepare something. If we're doing demos, it might be a good idea to see if we can get access to a projector or an overhead (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hey, how about a more vigorous show of hands for who's interested in talking about LCAD at BrickFest July 13-15? (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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I move the ldraw.org server to a proper server room in a moment. Expect half an hour of downtime. Play well, Jacob (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I see the BOFH is up to his old tricks again then? ;-) alex (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Some jerk has pulled out a cable from the ldraw.org server, so the machine will be off-line for at least two more hours, and maybe until tomorrow morning (DK time). Play well, Jacob -- Beware of the system operator... (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org to change name to be more accepting to other brands
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(...) Fool me six times, shame on you. Fool me seven times, shame on me. ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org to change name to be more accepting to other brands
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(...) <snip> This might have been funnier if you had said WHAT you were changing the name to... :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw MOTM winner for April 2001
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Well here it is, April Fools day, and I have to announce a winner to a contest. Sounds like a setup, doesn't it? But all joking aside, the winner for this month is Brad Hamilton. This is Brad's second win with his awesome architecture. Way to go (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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Hello everybody - It has come to my attention recently that the name 'LDraw' in 'LDraw.org' is a tad discriminating against other brands of building blocks. It's with a heavy heart that I announce that the site will be changing its name in the near (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Works for me :) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I am happy with this - Chris (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Sounds good to me. /Tore (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Here's what I hope to be the final version of the license. Let me know if you have any comments, if nobody wants to change anything it will become the official license (that's why I'm cross posting to several newsgroups). ===...=== LDraw Parts (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Whoa! Almost spaced it! But here they are, pick and choose wisely.... (URL) Terry K -- (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw meeting at Brickfest 2001 - Interest?
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Hey - A few of us have had the idea of an LDraw discussion meeting on development of software, the website, brainstorming, etc at BrickFest 2001. Our in-person meeting at the CAD Summit in NY was a great success - meeting face to face and being able (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Parts Tracker Prototype Posted
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(...) That's why I proposed CVS. You can comfortably think of CVS as networkable-RCS-with...ed-for-NFS ;-) Regards, Hakan (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) If the server is a UNIX server then maybe you can use RCS - I think this change/version control system is implemented on most commercial UNIX platforms and is not difficult to use. In addition to the file locking it could also give you version (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) FYI, in case anyone was getting ready to roll up their sleeves and play with this: I've added these items to the prototype. After some more playtesting, I'll post the new version on the prototype webpage. (...) If anyone wants to play around (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: No one interested in editing but...
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(...) I might be able to do some stuff this weekend if you can give me an idea of what's needed, but I can't make any firm promises. If you send me details of what needs doing I'll try and work out if I can do anything, I should be able to find at (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I can volunteer to keep the linux section temporarily until you find someone else to maintain it if that doesn't require too much work (ie. just maintain a list of links). Leonardo (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) In the prototype? It's just a simulation -- the submit/upload just copies a file from somewhere on your hard drive to <prototypedir>/active/. The download would do the same thing, except in reverse. (...) In the prototype? No. It's a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I admit that I'm pretty VB-illiterate (hey, that mix of GUI and bussiness logic always gives me headaches ;-)), but I don't see how you will manage the upload/download part. Do you intend to "talk" to a central server? I saw that "check out" (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Daniel Crichton" <danielc@helio.co.uk> wrote in message news:GALDKH.JJn@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks Dan... I'm really not trying to lay a guilt trip here, though that may be what it seems. I, and others, have put forth a lot of volunteer effort, and (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GAKx7F.BCB@lugnet.com... (...) how no (...) thing (...) If I had the time at the moment I'd be happy to offer, but my 18-month old daughter still doesn't have her own room and I've been working (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Parts Tracker Prototype Posted
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This is *not* the news all good LCAD-heads have been waiting for, but it is a small step in the right direction. For the past month, I've been working on a prototype for a new Parts Tracker. I've been busy, so developments have gone slowly. Here's a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | No one interested in editing but...
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Wow, it looks like no one is interested in helping edit sections. Funny how no one wants to chip in, but we always get questions about when the next thing (parts update, article, software addition) will be. (and its kinda frustrating too) -Tim "Tim (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: What happened reagdring formalisation?
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500? wow thats pretty lot of parts. hope it has some custom parts in millenium facton. -- And they said 'Computers will never be in general use' "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GA4Cz3.Dwo@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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