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(...) Ho...ly...smokes. This is cool. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [FAQ] Is there somewhere online where I can order sets directly from LEGO®?
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Subject: Is there somewhere online where I can order sets directly from LEGO®? Topic-Level: 1 Content-Language: en Originator: Jeremy Sproat, 1999-05-05 Revision: Robert Munafo, 1999-07-21 Location: /market/shopping/ <p>There are two online (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: 8 millimeters or 5/16 inches? (was Re: Scales (Was: New Lego page!)
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Are you trying to measure the size of the brick, or the pitch of the bricks when they are interconnected? Steve (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | 8 millimeters or 5/16 inches? (was Re: Scales (Was: New Lego page!)
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I've been looking for the discussions you alluded to but haven't found any yet. The FAQ entry for this question is here: (URL) it doesn't actually answer the question asked (it gives ratios only, not actual dimensions). Neither do the message (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
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(...) I should also point out that I have an almost pathological affinity for using ASCII when about 99.5 % of the sane world would use graphics. For example, see: (URL) actually wrote general-purpose code for converting bitmap images of line art (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Hornet multi-role fighter
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(...) Not supposed to be. --Todd (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.faq)
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| | The way of the Math Geek (was Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
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(...) I actually believe my main reason for doing it was that I had to create hundreds of pages of HTML, and I didn't trust any of the "HTML authoring tools" to do what I wanted. Basically, I thought other people's tools would have bugs or (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Hornet multi-role fighter
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(...) Oh -- yeah. That ranks as one of my duh's for the day. :-, Thanks both Larry and Matthew. (...) It's not just a good idea -- it's the law. Is Todd now allowing MIME attachments for DAT files in the lugnet.cad.dat.* groups? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Gulp, I made the same mistake in my URL detection code on the web interface here. Just tightened up the set of allowable characters a bit and regression tested...much better now. BTW, I'm consciously going against what W3 says about the ~ (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
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(...) Hee hee! COOL! Say, I wonder if math-geeks have a strong natural affinity toward custom tools like that? Why design a special tool and a custom markup when HTML already exists? Answer: Because it's easy, more pleasant to work with for lots of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: autoFAQpost /general/~u.can_i_use_lugnet_name_or_logo.en.faq
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(...) Er, ah... I mean THIS QUESTION, which deals with Todd's property rights... NOT the ENTIRE FAQ, although that's the way it read to me when I re-read it... (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: autoFAQpost /general/~u.can_i_use_lugnet_name_or_logo.en.faq
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(...) prolly. I said intense because it was nuanced, not because there were hard feelings. I DID get a little frustrated at myself because every time I thought I had the nuances grokked and I restated what I thought I understood, I didn't quite have (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Hornet multi-role fighter
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(...) I'd go .publish... Well within that charter. (...) Yes. But in addition to being in the TOS, it's actually stopped by the news server, so it's not just prohibited, it's prevented. (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Hornet multi-role fighter
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(...) Why not lugnet.publish? (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: autoFAQpost /general/~u.can_i_use_lugnet_name_or_logo.en.faq
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(...) Hey, you almost make it sound like there was some kind of heated discussion/ argument/debate or something. I thought it was all very civilized, with mostly just questions and answers and things. (Were you holding back anger or frustration?? (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Hornet multi-role fighter
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(...) Free Web page FAQqage on .off-topic.geek, maybe? MIME attachment policy is handled in the LUGNET Terms of Service, right? But then, the TOS itself could be a FAQ item... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: autoFAQpost /general/~u.can_i_use_lugnet_name_or_logo.en.faq
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Thanks Todd, I get it now. It's good to hear from you since it's your trademark we're talking about (-: I happen to dislike "AFOL" personally because it reminds me of "SMOF", "secret masters of fandom", (which is a card in the Illuminati trading (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Usable HTML tags (Was: 202 FAQ items posted to lugnet.faq)
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(...) Nah. Don't worry about it. I'm taking the position that individual FAQ items written or edited by an individual might as well carry some of that individual's stylistic techniques -- "stylistic techniques" to me means things like writing style, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: autoFAQpost /general/~u.can_i_use_lugnet_name_or_logo.en.faq
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(...) Hmm. That certainly seems to be the most natural pronunciation. But then again, I'd pronounc Lehman "Layman". :) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Hornet multi-role fighter
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(...) Thanks for the help, I'm seriously considering one. Gotta wait for my parents to get home to see what they think before I jump into it. (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.publish, lugnet.faq)
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