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(...) First off, wait and see what the database looks like (it doesn't exist until it's published, right?). Then, *you* can take the time and effort to transport the data from the database into your inventory generator. Stop asking for people to do (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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when this massive database of parts gets off the ground does everyone here woorking on it think that they could make a data file (updated regularly) to go with my inverntory generator? all i need in it is part #'s and descriptions (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Shows me what happens with stale followup-to's... (...) Interesting ideas. Could be useful, especially for parts with no simple description. (...) Steve (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | The Lepanadat Project (update 1)
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Hello everybody, I've been working on the Lepanadat project (parts names database) for some time now. It doesn't go very fast as I had also much other things to do, so it probably will take some time before it is finished. As I'm leaving Switzerland (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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I just noticed that the treasure chest (parts 4738 and 4739) comes in two variations. One (which appears older based on the fact that my current sets have the other variation) has a smaller hinge pins and holes. The lid with the smaller pins will (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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What's this all about? You guys playing hide and seek in here? Adam Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:3786467b.729193...net.com... (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Partsref Updated
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[this should have been a cross-posting with (at least) lugnet.cad.dev, but I forgot to remember it] Finally! I've refreshed the parts-reference pages at (URL). The display is slightly reformatted. Just cosmetic changes, it's still frames-based :( (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: part database issues I have had to deal with
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(...) will (...) It might be obvious, but I'll just point out that most of those names either come from the technica registry: (URL) from the LDraw image catalog at: (URL) as you can see I rearranged the words to eliminate the awkward use of commas. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: The Lepanadat project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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(...) For the moment I will keep the name Lepanadat, otherwise I have to change to change the name in some files again. Also I think there isn't that much people that visit the site at the moment, so the actual name still isn't important. As soon as (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Hello Robert, Thanks for your list and your comments about identification of the pieces. It is very interesting. I have copied the names you used for the parts to my computer and will add them to the names I already have for parts, but that (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: The Lepanadat project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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(...) business in (...) Dang. I stay away for one whole day and the brown bricks hit the fan! (...) all...please (...) Hey, IMO, why pick a strange acronym when a pun will do better? (...) Yeah, kinda like Capt. Kirk's evil twin: "Where's the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: The Lepanadat project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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Tom? Tom? Oh *there* you are. Now come here this instant! I'm sorry guys. Sometimes Tom gets out of his yard (.pun) and wanders through the neighboring NGs-- he's harmless really. Come on, Tom: Now! Ever since that nasty business in .qotd a while (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: The Lepanadat project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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In lugnet.db.brictionary, Sybrand Bonsma writes: <snip> (...) slightly, (...) are (...) How about a Lego piecesaurus or bricksaurus? Just a thought. Maybe not a good one either. -Tom McD. when replying, be sure to tune for the TV special on the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) I actually had something to say in reply to Jim's message, but I posted it incorrectly once (defaulted the Newsgroup field), so I canceled and reposted, but didn't paste in the earlier text. Oh, well. Steve (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) The LDraw numbers aren't "always right", but new part files go through a serious review process before being published. There is a lot of discussion about this on ldraw.cad.dev. Also, the number stamped on parts isn't always right. This can (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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I have just posted my current parts list in the message: (URL) might be of interest to this discussion group because it illustrates how to deal with several issues I had to overcome when I started dealing with parts identification (which I was doing (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: The Lepanadat project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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(...) Yes, there was a misunderstanding. I thought that you mentioned the name for this project, which you appearently did not. My goal has been changed slightly, from a name database to a searchable database with the different names that are used (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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Hehe, I found you! 8-) /Tore (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.db.brictionary
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[Followups set to lugnet.db.brictionary] A new newsgroup lugnet.db.brictionary has just been created. For background information, please see: (3 URLs) lugnet.db.brictionary (group): Discussions of parts nomenclature and taxonomy; planning for the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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