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(...) 'The database' should allow multiple descriptions per piece. And should have the major descriptions pre-loaded. The core element table should have an abstract key value, and a pointer to a graphic image for each part. A second table, call it (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: The Lepanadat Project (update 1)
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(...) Of course you can use the database I'm working on now for a set inventory. Creating a set inventory was also one of my goals when I started with the Lepanadat project, but it takes a lot of time, so it would probably take many, many years (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) One problem we have at the moment is that the various sources of parts lists (LDraw, Tim Vattima's set inventories, Auczilla, Technica, etc) all contain different subsets of the full parts list and use different descriptions. We need to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) I (...) to (...) Perhaps (...) be (...) Sounds good to me! I'm going to begin by designing the database to hold the data, and deciding on the best method to catalog the parts, or the best existing database to use for the parts. Any suggestions (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) It was... 2 letters off is less than 10% margin of error, which is good enough when you're estimating. :-) Are you sure there isn't an umlaut or AE joined or something in his last name? :-) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Nope, "Linnaeus" is spelled correctly. However if the "A" above refers to his first name that's wrong, his first name is Carolus. If not, nevermind. -Chris (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Respectfully disagree. Animals are all related (1), and the nomenclature, driven by the Linnaeus classification system, reflects that relationship. Lego elements, except in limited cases, are not related to each other by derivation or (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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After thinking about this a lot, I think we need a nomenclature that is similar to the binomial nomenclature that they use for animals. These could be coupled to a standard name, such as lupus wilus, aka Wiley Coyote. The technical name would allow (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: The Lepanadat Project (update 1)
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I will be creating a set inventory database, with a web-based searchable interface, and will be, of course, needing some way to refer to each of the parts int he inventory. I would like to put your database online also, in a searchable format, and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) I had also thought about this subject. One of the names that also should appear in the Lepanadat project is some sort of systematic name. This would allow people to find a picture of the piece and the various names for the piece. I had a few (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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It has been a while since I updated the page for the last time. Because I found a new job and had to move, I lately had not very much time over. I also still had to do many things for my own collection, so the Lepanadat project was somewhat on the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Or "How good a missile is it to throw at my kid brother?" Both are hard to quantify, don't you think? I'm sure neither question will be asked by my version of the brictionary. I do have a small JPG file of the MS Access display of (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) A common piece of information, that many neophytes could supply: "How much does it hurt when you step on the piece barefoot?" Steve (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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One of the tasks of the bricktionary is to allow the identification of an in-hand Lego element. The user would supply various descriptor words based on what he sees of the object in front of him. What might then happen is a sort of expert system (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Mike, I have consolidated Margo's castle/pirate inventories into one file with the fields Set Number, Quantity, Part Description, and Colour. I could extract a list of unique contents of Part Description as well, and I'm working on adding the field (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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If I can get somebody to get the nomenclature down, I will offer to set up a database that will accept the inventories. I was starting on that same project, but it was indeed too immense for me to do alone. I would really like to see an updated (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Has anyone heard anything more about this project? The site has apparently not been updated since the 22nd of September 1999. In the absence of any substantive news, I have embarked on my own consolidation of piece descriptions and image files. It (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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"2,172 is the total of different moulded elements in 1999. There are 97 LEGO PRIMO elements, 399 LEGO DUPLO elements, 157 LEGO SCALA elements, 903 LEGO SYSTEM elements, 357 LEGO TECHNIC elements and 137 LEGO DACTA elements – and that’s not counting (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yah. Keeping my _sed & awk_ and _Programming Perl_ within reach isn't a matter of life and death -- it's much more important than that. But make is really a simple tool. I wonder just how useful an entire book for it would be. The last one I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Oh, I dunno about O'Reilly... :-) Their stuff is spotty. It varies from good, up through Insanely Great, all the way to YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THIS BOOK. I wish they'd just pick a quality level and stick to it. :-) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.ray)
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