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(...) :-) Pretty dramatic, I must say. I'm still alive and kicking. I see you've been busy - congrats on your CLSotW. I voted for you. Great site - very slick, I loved it. And it's good to see you're still tinkering with dat files - is your Datsort (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) partsref@home.com (...) Thank you for submitting this important piece of information for us. I myself have several parts ready to submit. (Half of those ARE official, such as the 1980s solid minifig head and the Old 4 x 10 x 2/3 Car Base. (see (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) <snip> (...) Terry K!!!! As I live and breathe! Long time no see... good to see that name on a post again. J (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi all, The November entries are available for viewing and voting at: (URL) that the only "rollover" entry is the one that requested I do so. If you wish for your previous entry to be re-entered, you must let me know by email. I will not be (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Post submission info ? What's the maximum part description length ?
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Hello all, I've completely forgotten what the maximum length of the part description was (including "0 " at the beginning of the line) Could someone please remind me ? I think there we should put up some submission info resource somewhere. I suspect (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | The original James Jessiman website now on ldraw.org
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Thanks to permission from Don and Robyn Jessiman, ldraw.org is now the host for James Jessiman' Home Page. Besides the historic significance of this spartan site, the big features are several of James' creations, modeled in LDraw, and James' (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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"Dan Simonson" <jedi101673@aol.com> wrote in message news:G2AGpC.D1v@lugnet.com... (...) Adds (...) Heh...well...that's a bit of a long shot :-) Not saying that it won't work in the long run though. I don't know anyone right now who works with (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) ROM, (...) in (...) Hmm, I saw adds in Mania Magazine for Sunkist oranges and Ortega tacos. Adds probabally cost a lot, but it's an idea. Word of mouth works. (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G28nw5.LMC@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) lay (...) yours, (...) I see your point clearly. I would like to do the graphical stuff from the ground up, what I would like someone else to (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
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(...) Shorthand for "throwing cold water on X" where X could be any number of things... such as "ideas", "dogs in lust", etc. You often hear it as "I don't want to throw cold water on your idea, but..." followed by some reason why the speaker thinks (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G28KMH.Dqo@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) water. Again, pardon my ignorance on the phrase 'cold water.' What does it mean? (...) level of (...) done, (...) recoalesce at (...) As far as (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) ROM, (...) in (...) It would be a nice to have, in my view. I do try to usually be supportive of ideas, because nothing kills forward progress as much as premature cold water. I'd say that it was a very ambitious and expensive project given (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
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(...) Well yeah... I was more referring to the apathy (by non response) after I announced that I was too busy to work on a project - because, from everything everyone has told me, online and in person, they were very much looking forward to the CD. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
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(...) I guess I'd kinda figure that the people who'd care the most are the ones who aren't online enough to know about it and speak up. I'd love an LDraw CD-ROM, for example, if I didn't have net access...but since I do, there's on value in it to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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yet...surprisingly (or not) no one really seems to care. -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: 23951114 - AIM: TimCourtne "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Well... I guess its about time for an update. First off, I must apologize to everyone, because I've been way too busy to work on this project. I feel like I'm letting you down. At this point, I have too many things going on to think about an LDraw (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Re: ldraw.org going off-line for a few hours - again
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(...) I've messed something up, so don't expect the machine to be online again until sometime tomorrow. Play well, Jacob (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | ldraw.org going off-line for a few hours - again
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Due to some tecnical problems after the hardware upgrade yesterday, I will take ldraw.org off-line again today. I hope to have the machine up and running again before 10:00 UTC (maybe 11:00). Play well, Jacob PS: Write <sparre-sms@sslug.dk> if you (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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In a moment I will take ldraw.org off-line to install a new harddisk. I expect to have the machine up and running again before 17:00 UTC. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: ATTENTION: all current MOTM participants
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Terry & all - Good thoughts. There should possibly be a limit for how many times a model can be entered period as well. And hopefully soon (after a few other things are taken care of) we can have a fully automated MOTM voting system. Jacob and I had (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: October MOTM voting - - We have a winner!
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(...) Dang! I knew I forgot something: (URL) Terry K -- (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | ATTENTION: all current MOTM participants
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Hi, To all of the people who have entries in the LDraw MOTM competition. We have some entries that have "rolled over" for several months now. The page is getting kind of full, and I need to know if you still want your scene to continue to be in the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | October MOTM voting - - We have a winner!
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Greetings, The winner of this months MOTM is the one and only(1) Jeremy Sproat. His 'Baby Roc' model took a commanding lead early on and just kept going. Congrats to Sproat. :-) -- Terry K -- 1. probably a good thing. (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | RE: October MOTM Voting is ready
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Hi Terry, Tougher to pick this month. Though I own an FX star patroller, I like renderings with backgrounds so, I voted for the "Baby Roc over Mars" but was wondering why much of the wings are upside down. Mark (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Ack... *must decide* *can't vote on multiple models* *must decide* ;-) (...) One question: could you, in addition to the archive with the past winners, offer an archive of the second-, third- and all other entries? Some of those pictures are (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: October MOTM Voting is ready
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G1H41D.LH5@lugnet.com... (...) doing, (...) keyboard? (...) Yup. :-) No, I had just sat down to check on some stuff after being off the machine doing whatever--I do periodic lugnet checks (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: October MOTM Voting is ready
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(...) Dang, Tim. You posted this 9 minutes after I announced. What were you doing, sitting around waiting for me with your reply finger poised over the keyboard? :-) -- Terry (got his fave already picked) K -- (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: October MOTM Voting is ready
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G1H2L0.I50@lugnet.com... (...) Come (...) vote (...) be (...) Thanks Terry. Wow...the competition is VERY tough this month. My decision will take a little while. -- Tim Courtney - (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | October MOTM Voting is ready
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Hi all, The voting for the LDraw.org October Model Of The Month is ready to go. Come on over and take a gander at what's new, and what's still in the running. Pick your fave and make someone happy. (URL) a reminder - one vote only. The system logs (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Re: mirror site for downloading?...
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(...) The mirror Tim mentioned, put up by Mike Stanley, is at (URL). Steve (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thanks, Kevin. I've just checked this URL, and so far, all we have there is LDLite. Unfortunately, what I really need are the two parts for LEdit/LDraw (i.e., "complete.exe" and the other one, I forget what it's called...). Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) The best place for distribution files would be someting like ftp://ftp.brickshelf...pub/ldraw/ just upload what you want to /incoming, send me an email and I will move it over. KL KL (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message news:G1B1x5.Bqx@lugnet.com... (...) Mike Stanley has a parts update mirror on his site, linked to from the updates page on ldraw.org. Its possible to put them on Brickshelf - but I would want them (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: mirror site for downloading?...
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(...) Perhaps the distro files can be mirrored on Brickshelf? Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi! Now that I've gotten a 20GB hard drive installed in my PC, I'm reloading all the various LCAD programs onto the new drive. But I have a problem. I *STILL* cannot access www.ldraw.org, so I cannot get the basic LEdit/LDraw stuff. So, I'm (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Posting notices about ldraw.org (and other website) inaccessability
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(...) It wouldn't work. People reporting anything inaccessable about ldraw.org would crosspost to .cad.dev.org.ldraw. And issues about the ldraw.org website are what the group is for anyway. --Todd (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Posting notices about ldraw.org (and other website) inaccessability
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"Adam Ogle" <oglewood@lcs.net> wrote in message news:G156s0.55D@lugnet.com... (...) Sounds like a good idea! Todd? Anyone? -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: 23951114 AIM: TimCourtne (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Posting notices about ldraw.org (and other website) inaccessability
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Hey Tim, I have a better idea. Why not start a group, e.g. lugnet.webpage It could have subgroups of .updates .inaccessable I would be worth a try and I am tired of cheking this group and all it having is post about inaccessablilty. Oh Well Adam O (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: parts available?
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(...) hiya! (...) I'm not sure if you mean you want to create the LEGO sets in MLCAD, or you're using pieces from those sets for your own creations. If it's the former, there's already a version of the 8448 posted to lugnet.cad.dat.models. Steve (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: parts available?
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(pulls out inventory of set) the "horn" piece is available as "plant tree palm body" the 4 pronged rotor piece doesnt exist at all the piece with the towballs exist but its only a mock-up the flexible axles do exist the ribbed tubing does exist the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: parts available?
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(...) hehe...all the parts to build the sets... from the 8444, the odd parts that stand out in my mind are these - there's an odd shaped round one that is around the rotor, it is round like a wheel with two small spheres sticking out of it and an (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: parts available?
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all of the parts are available for the 8448 except for the wheels, I dont know about the other 2 sets, I think that all of the parts for the 8445 are available but I think there are some missing for the 8444. What parts in particular do you want? (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Posting notices about ldraw.org (and other website) inaccessability
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It seems to me that every so often someone posts about not being able to get to www.ldraw.org. I'm concerned with some problems that users of the site may have getting to it - its definitely frustrating every time a site goes down. One thing I'd (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general)
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| | parts available?
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hello i was thinking about doing my technic set up in mlcad...but i dont want to put that kind of effort into it if all the parts arent available so, my question is this do you know if all the parts are available for ldraw and mlcad for the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Off-topic: website building
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"Ryan J Farrington" <ryanjf2@juno.com> wrote in message news:20000913.090209...uno.com... (...) Though you did certainly hit an appropriate group to gain the attention of web authors/designers, I think the question was a tad too off-topic. Why not (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Off-topic: website building
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To all who have made their own websites: I am going to be building a website of my own, and I was curious which tools all of you have used to make yours. And does anyone write directly in HTML or JavaScript? Please respond to my personal e-mail (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: September MOTM Winner :-)
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"Joseph Gonzalez" <hsadm2.jgonzale@ema...ate.ut.us> wrote in message news:G0Iyo0.862@lugnet.com... (...) jump (...) Yeah I can understand. But you realize that that kind of advice would have been given to anyone - and it really does make the image a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: September MOTM Winner :-)
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congrats, jonathan! (...) this kind of hurts, though, considering the hoops you guys suggested i jump through to improve the picture i originally submitted. oh well! ..joseph g (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: cannot connect to site / lack of support from MediaOne.net - DAY THREE (KMM78820C0KM) [lego]
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"Franklin W. Cain" <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20000822183735....ail.com... (...) This indicates that there is no problem sending packets to www.ldraw.org, and that they are coming back to you, but if there is a routing problem and the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk> wrote in message news:FzMpLH.K8A@lugnet.com... (...) Jacob, there is a problem with your tracert - if you compare it to Frank's tracert and my own you'll see that the packets take different paths (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk> wrote in message news:G0GMuJ.JFL@lugnet.com... (...) No, definitely no proxy. I'm the admin for our firewall and internet connections and we don't have a proxy. Our firewall uses NAT and does not (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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(...) Using "www.anonymiser.com", I was able to get to the LDraw site to vote on the parts update. However, I was *not* able to download the file, *nor* was I able to see all of the images (exceeded the limits for "free" use of the anonymiser, and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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Daniel: (...) If your machine is behind a firewall, it is very likely that you are using a proxy without knowing it. It is not uncommon to put a "transparent proxy", which intercepts HTTP requests, in a firewall. Franklin: Did you get through to (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk> wrote in message news:FzMpLH.K8A@lugnet.com... (...) I have run a tracert from my machine here and there are 32 hops to www.ldraw.org, but I can pull the pages up fine. I don't have my browser using (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New Converter from LDraw To Lightwave
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I'll give it a twirl!! No more DXF's!!! I use 3DS MAX, but have Polytrans, so conversions from LWO to MAX is a snap. Maybe I will test this weekend, and FINALLY, maybe, get Bram Lambrecht's awesome mining truck rendered! Thanks! Eric Regner soon to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | September MOTM Winner :-)
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Hi All, The winner of the ldraw.org model of the month for September is Jonathan Wilson. By a wide margin I might add. *Very wide* Not even any close contenders. Veritable blowout I must say. :-) Good job, Jonathan. See it at: (URL) Terry K -- P.S. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | New Converter from LDraw To Lightwave
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Hello, a new converter exists since a few days. It can convert LDraw Objects (*.DAT) into Lightwave Objects (*.lwo) and Lightwave Scene Files (*.lws) (compatible with Version 5.5, 5.6, 6.x); running under Win 95 / 98 / NT / 2000. It is completly (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: File management
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(...) put (...) you (...) That sounds reasonable. I was already kind of thinking of doing that, but it is nice to hear what others do. Regards, --Ryan ---...--- -- E-mail: Ryanjf2@juno.com -- Amateur Radio call sign: KB1FOB ---...--- (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Parts-authoring FAQ? (Was: Hacked my first part -- 4349 Town Loudhailer)
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[FUT lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw] In lugnet.cad.[various], Sproaticus wrote: [snipped details] (...) There's not one yet, but I've been thinking more about putting one together. I think having such a document will more important in the very near (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: File management
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I have separate directories in which I store models. example: /models /mine /fire /space /others /Tim Courtney /Terry Keller /TLG /s1234 /s2345 This is basically how I do it. This is where I store all dats and mpds. hope that helps. Ryan (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Parts-authoring FAQ? (Was: Hacked my first part -- 4349 Town Loudhailer)
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(...) ...and... (...) ...and... (...) Sounds like good fodder for a parts-authoring FAQ. Is there one? Other than Q24 in the LDraw FAQ (1), of course... Perhaps Q24 (and Q31 and the primitives reference (2)) should be broken out and re-organized as (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: File management
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(...) If you've got the files stuffed into an MPD, there's no real need to keep separate copies of them. I do it anyway, but I'm weird. If a file is truly junk, I'll delete it. I move all my completed/inactive projects out of the Models directory, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | File management
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When making official models (and unofficial models for that matter), there are minifigs, submodels, and sub assemblies to deal with. You put them all together in one .mpd file, but then you also have these other files left in the \Models directory. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: September MOTM voting is ready
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(...) Agreed. There are a lot of good ones. Your Welcome Tim - not a big deal once Jacob told me about that cgi script to "register" each entrant. That solved a lot of problems. :-) So thanks to Jacob Sparre Andersen for once again putting on his (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: September MOTM voting is ready
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(...) Yup. VERY tough voting, I'll have to think about where to cast my vote for a long time. Great models this month! And a big thanks goes out to Terry who is filling in for me while I can't update the site for a few days. -Tim (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: September MOTM voting is ready
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(...) All great stuff! That Petrol Station that Jonathan Wilson made is a gem!!! --Todd (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | September MOTM voting is ready
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Hi all, The September LDraw.org Model Of The Month voting is up and ready at: (URL) entries to choose from this time. And just a reminder, entries should be submitted WITH a short text about the model and/or scene. And can the entrants for this (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: cannot connect to site / lack of support from MediaOne.net - DAY THREE (KMM78820C0KM) [lego]
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I have no idea if this is of any help but, I also use mediaone for web access and I can go to www.ldraw.org fine... I have no idea about all the proxy stuff so I cant help you there. HTH (...) [4.24.144.73] (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: cannot connect to site / lack of support from MediaOne.net - DAY THREE (KMM78820C0KM) [lego]
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(...) [snip] (...) Didn't someone suggest using an anonymous proxy that might be located a few hops closer to ldraw.org? There's a list of proxy sites here: (URL) don't work. The proxy at webcache worked for me. YMMV... Or you could sample the free (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | cannot connect to site / lack of support from MediaOne.net - DAY THREE (KMM78820C0KM) [lego]
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This is the *third* day I have been trying to access "www.ldraw.org" without success. I have *yet* to receive a response from a human being at Media One. No phone calls, no email (other than the original email from some anonymous techie at Media One (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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Dan: (...) It is. There are 33 hops to www.ldraw.org (see below). (...) Yes, but how can you change it? (...) [...] (...) [...] (...) I did a traceroute from a machine in Copenhagen: alf$ traceroute www.ldraw.org traceroute to www.ldraw.org (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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I wonder if it's just too many hops? I can get there, takes me 29 hops... Isn't the default TTL for tcp/ip set for 30? Dan (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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(Follow-up directed to ".geek"...) OK, since I was visiting my parents tonight anyway, I decided to run this traceroute at their place over their connection, since I could *not* access LDraw.ORG from their computer *either*. :-P This is what I got: (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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(Since this thread has migrated sufficiently from CAD stuff in general, I'm changing the "follow up" to ".geek" if that's OK with y'all. Thnx, Franklin) (...) Jacob, Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, I'm still having the problem! :-( I sent in (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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Franklin: There has been a disruption of the network somewhere, which had the result that a part of the world has been unable to get through to www.ldraw.org between roughly between 10 and 12 Saturday morning (Danish time). Play well, Jacob PS: (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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(...) I've got a similar problem a week or 2 back. I couldn't link to the main page (index page), but i could link to all subpages without a problem. Only the main page gave me a problem. perhaps try a subpage. regards, Ludo (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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"Nathan Falslev" <nfalslev@netscape.net> wrote in message news:FzKqI5.58@lugnet.com... (...) just (...) obviously (...) just (...) The site isn't down for me either. Franklin - its probaby something between you and the server in Denmark. There's (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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(...) I don't know a lot about this stuff, but www.lugnet.org is not down, I just checked it. So I'm guessing it's a problem on your end. You can obviously get here. This same thing happens once in a while to me, usually if you just wait it out (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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I've tried connecting to www.ldraw.org for several hours now, and I've consistently gotten the "No response - server may be down" error message! I've tried clicking on a link (for the 2000-02 parts update vote), another link (going to the domain (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Some parts in RIS
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"Zhengrong Zang" <legozang@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:399A4580.E59E81...hoo.com... (...) Just a heads-up FYI... I think your part requests might be more appropriate for lugnet.cad or lugnet.cad.dev versus this group. cad.dev.org.ldraw is (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Some parts in RIS
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Sorry, I found it in past message, it is 32007.dat and 32007b.dat Zhengrong (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Some parts in RIS
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I want to use the caterpillar with its wheel that includes in RIS, does anyone knew that .dat files? Zhengrong (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Scout and micro-scout dat file
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"Zhengrong Zang" <legozang@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3999FEEA.297A4B...hoo.com... (...) Zhengrong, You should submit it to the parts tracker, which I believe still has a link from the news bar (right hand side) on www.ldraw.org. Otherwise, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Scout and micro-scout dat file
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I want to use scout and micro-scout in my works, but I don't know where I can find their dat file, does anyone help me? Zhengrong (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: A CD-ROM Update of sorts...
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(...) I have the linux stuff ready, don't forget to email me when you need it. I don't want to send it now because someone might update a program and I'd like to have the latest version available. Leonardo (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | A CD-ROM Update of sorts...
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Hey.. Just thought I'd fill everybody in on the status of the CD-ROM. As of now, I haven't gotten a big chance to work on it. I'm bogged down with work for the internet startup (one of 4 members at this point) and getting ready to go away to school. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw Kidvention Display Pictures (a little late)
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"Tony Kilaras" <kilaras@speedus.com> wrote in message news:FyM6AJ.3Fn@lugnet.com... (...) The ship belongs to Thomas Michon, no I don't have any other pictures. He's 13, and an international Lego building champion. That ship is EXTREMELY detailed (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Improvements to ldraw.org
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I just uploaded a few improvements to the Get Started part of the site, including highly visible links to getting started and downloading parts updates from the main page. LMKWYT - I plan to keep this area as easy as possible for people to get (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | MOTM Winner for August
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Hey! This month's MOTM winner is Todd Lehman, with his Chess Set rendering. Congrats! (URL) Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: 23951114 AIM: TimCourtne (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Re: LDraw Kidvention Display Pictures (a little late)
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(...) In this pic: bricksmiths2_ship.jpg you have a ship I've never seen before. Are there any other pics of it available? It looks very interesting. (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw Kidvention Display Pictures (a little late)
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Hey everybody... I just uploaded some pictures of the LDraw Kidvention event to Brickshelf. Check them out: (URL) there isn't that many. I was terribly busy then, and we couldn't get my USB smartmedia drive to work with any of our computers. So I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Re: No MOTM Entries for August
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Thanks Fredrik! Since I don't really know how to do effects in POV-Ray (however, I have gone through the tutorial half-way, than stopped), I can't really add anything to the badckground. Anyways, I'll be rendering it again, along with every other (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: No MOTM Entries for August
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(...) like about the model is the highly detailed, organic look. And besides, it looks really evil. If the author had spent a little bit effort on the lightning and background, I think that this could have been a really great rendering. Perhaps some (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: No MOTM Entries for August
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Wow! That's kind of you... I'm glad at you use it as wallpaper, that's why I made the image so large. ;-) Thanks again! However, I still feel it doesn't deserve to be the MOTM. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: No MOTM Entries for August
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(...) Actually, I liked this model so much, I made it my desktop wallpaper -Chuck (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: No MOTM Entries for August
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Thanks Chuck, but I don't deserve it... And anyways, all those images are gonna be gone, I'm completely re-doing my site, making it 100% POV-Ray, and all the images are gonna be consistant size (800x600). Also, the Mirage was too big, quite a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: No MOTM Entries for August
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(...) I don't exactly how this works, but if you take nominations, this lugnet article points to a really great model. I love it! (URL) sommerville (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | No MOTM Entries for August
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Hey... Just letting all of you know that so far I don't have any MOTM entries for this month, and its coming down to the time to make up the vote. I *have* seen MANY renderings though more than worthy of the title. If you would like to be in this (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Advanced User/Beginning User Sections at ldraw.org
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Yeah, Sounds like a great idea! Mike (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Advanced User/Beginning User Sections at ldraw.org
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(...) or (...) (URL) - the articles halfway down, regarding Kidvention. They have a shaded title for the name and subj, and a four-line preview of contents, and then what groups it was posted to and the date. That's what I'd be interested in having. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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