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OK, so here's my first submission to the Inventory group. I've seen lots of people having formatting problems when posting an inventory, so this is my trial run. Hope it comes out in some usable form. I can tell already that some of the lines are (...) (27 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | 4271 - Freestyle Box
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4271 - Freestyle Box Box Count: 179 Distinct elements: 70 (minifig head counted as 1) Total Count: 80 (minifig head counted as 1) Count Color Name, Description (part number) ----- ----- ---...--- 1 white antenna, 1x1x4 (3957) 1 bt green baseplate, (...) (27 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | 8735 Power Pack Motor Set
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Thanks to my friend Stephen for helping me identify all 19 languages! 8735 Names: Power Pack Motor Set [US], Ensemble moteur de l'unite' motorise'e [US-fr], Motor [US-sp] Genres: Technic Year: 1997 Bought: 19990713 in northeast US (Toys R Us, (...) (27 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | partlist key for mrob's inventories, 19990709
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Here is the current version of my parts list file. I'm posting this here because it helps explain the part numbers in my inventories. I'm also posting part of it to lugnet.db.bricktionary because it might give people some useful ideas. This is my (...) (27 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | 9719 Mindstorms Robotics Invention System
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After the feedback I've heard from others on lugnet, I decided this time, what the heck, let's put color between the count and the ID. So I made it spit out the data in this format. 9719 Names: Mindstorms Robotics Invention System [US] Genres: (...) (27 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Inventory format (was Re: 8250 Search Sub)
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(...) My point was that it would be useful for people to be able to use the inventory data in as many different ways as possible. For a lot of people, using the data means opening a list in Excel. Non-techies need data in better formats than (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) Right. Identification and reference and browsing and all that. Massively cross-referenced within itself and to/from set inventories, MOC's, and the marketplace. So it's really a sub-database of the larger database. The "Brictionary" part is (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) Steve, I totally agree what is needed is a complete classification/taxonomy system so you can find a part. The naming component is useful and interesting but this project should be a parts database not just a name database. If the (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
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(...) Personally I prefer Gary Istoc. ;-) [f-up set to lugnet.off-topic.fun] -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake roping has just been outlawed by the Montana Rodeo Commission. (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: The Bricktionary project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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(...) Great. I'd love to contribute to the Lugnet Bricktionary in any way possible. Of course, I'd love to contribute to just about any effort to establish a public db for part identification and reference. Steve (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) Sounds good. Right place in the hierarchy. (...) And it's not actually part names, but a parts identification database, right? Having standard/prefered names is good, but it's the pictures (and maybe schematics) that actually identify the (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Inventory format (was Re: 8250 Search Sub)
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I don't think you'll be able to use Excel macros to do the type of processing that inventory work requires. You need a programming language that includes native string data types, grep-style regular expression pattern matching, and associative (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
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Doesn't seem like they were hidden to me. Just go to "www.lugnet.com", then click on the "Set Inventory Repository" link under "Links & Resources" at the left side of the page, and then select the "800 Town, Train, and other sets inventoried by Tim (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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This seems like it is reaching critical mass (a good thing) and perhaps at this point a dedicated newsgroup should be created for this (i.e., efforts to standardize parts nomenclature). How does lugnet.db.brictionary sound? I wouldn't quite put it (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: The Bricktionary project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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(...) Oops -- I think there has been a major misunderstanding; that's not what I meant at all. When I wrote: TSL> As they say in Canada, Minnesota, and Maine, "O-ya, it's been parta da TSL> plan since day one." :-) Lots of little prototypes and (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
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(...) I guess it looks fine with a "K"Gary Istok (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
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(...) And don't forget to include the folks in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan or Yoopers as they are called. "Dey talk like dat too". (...) I like it! Especially without a "K". John Matthews brought up an interesting point about not calling (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
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(...) Ok, I could go with: 1x2 45 degree slope, half pyramid Here's an attempt at the rest of the more or less normal slope parts: 1x2 45 degree slope 2x2 45 degree slope 3x2 45 degree slope (3) ... 1x2 45 degree slope, peak 2x2 45 degree slope, (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Bricktionary project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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[Followup-To set to lugnet.admin.database -- can we please corral this (important) discussion to one location? It's getting cross-posted to too many ng's] (...) I've got some LDraw-to-AucZILLA cross-reference information. Let me dig it out... (...) (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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