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Re: OMR Submission and Storage
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Fri, 23 Jul 1999 14:18:43 GMT
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On 7/22/99, at 9:59 PM, Tim Courtney wrote:
> At 06:39 PM 7/22/99 , Scott R Dennett wrote:
> > Do you have links for either of these. I know I'd be able to
> > find them
> > by doing a search, but I'm just too lazy right now. :)
>
> Just go to download.com and search for it, its downloadable • from
> there. I'd search for it for you, but I'm just too lazy right
now. ;)
I wouldn't expect a lazy person like you to go searching for a
link :)
I didn't know if you might happen to know what it was off the
top of
your head. I know that would be asking a lot :)
> > > But some people would want a zip file, so its best to offer
> > both.
> >
> > Ah, wouldn't you mean mpd instead of zip since we were talking
> > about
> > zip, and here you're adding another file type(implied by
> > sentance type),
> > but its actually the same file type. Did I lose • you??......Good
> > :) I know
> > you get my point. And oh, yes I am in favor of having both • types
> > of files.
>
> Wow, you're good. At losing people I mean :) No, I meant zip, • since you
> said you would prefer MPD. I'm not adding another file type, • these should
> be made available through MPD, zip, and tarball. That's it.
Actually I said I'd prefer zip. Here's the sentence I wrote.
">>I would
prefer zip over mpd, but the zip program I'm currently
> > using(FreeZip)
>>can't do stuff like what would be needed."
> ...on the tarball, do people actually use that for Windows/dos? • Because
> LDraw itself is a DOS program and most of the support programs • are for
> DOS/Windows, do we really need to package it for a Unix • machine? At least
> I strongly recall tarball being of Unix origin....slap me • upside the head
> if wrong :)
That might be why I've never heard of it, or don't remember
hearing of
it. I would say just MPD and Zip.
> I wasn't thinking in ranges of thousands, but having each • placeholder
> signify a different thing. The first placeholder could signify • theme,
> second subtheme (0 if not applicable), third and fourth year of • set?? And
> then we could do letters after that or something. So:
>
> st2592a could be a Space (2), Ice Planet (5), 1992 (92), • something
> sticker. But Ice Planet never had stickers...did it? Oh well, • its just an
> example.
Gotcha. Interesting idea, which might work. I was just kinda
taking what
we had talked about with a possible change in the minifig torso
#ing.
> ...Ice Planet was 92, wasn't it?
Yes, I believe so.
> > page. It's not really a big deal, just an idea that I had • since
> > that was how
> > I found Ldraw.
>
> *ramble ramble ramble* ...I get your point :)
Yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh, I know, I know, SO QUIT COMPLANING ;-)
All in good fun, you realize :)
Ryan
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| (...) So do I. But I probably wouldn't subscribe to a sets or omr newsgroup by mail. It would work, but why not avoid possible confusion and go for 100% certainty on a completely new dedicated newsgroup? Some people might think that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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