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(...) Well, the outplacement stuff is standard practice when firing in Europe. I think the Unions might get upset otherwise... Jasper (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, in the area of browsers I guess I would tend to choose Communicator over IE. But, in general, Mac users are more accustomed to getting very little of anything and paying more for it when they get it, so wouldn't it make a lot of sense (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Michael Hopkins: : What a disappointment! I go to this page, and I get the message "We do not : support Internet Explorer for Mac." You have a Mac and you use Internet Explorer? Why? On a system that offers you as much freedom as (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Right. It was just a thought, albeit not necessarily a good one. MLM wouldn't work with lego because as you indicate, it's a toy: it couldn't generate enough cash to float because the product line is too narrow. Amway is really for people who (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36abdc17.2168556@lu...et.com>... (...) Sure, but TLG isn't a pyramid scheme, so there's a big difference. Amway has to hit a slump, because there's only so many people willing to sign on as salespeople. TLG is a toy (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I find this to be very cool, if it actually works. I say this only because probablity dictates that there is not a 100% success rate. But nonetheless if TLG is anything like the Amway Corp., that's great. On another tangent, wouldn't that be (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've got a little bit of authority to speak to this. My employer, Amway Corporation, has (from the organizational side of things) some similarities to TLG[1]. They are family-owned, multi-national companies. They have both been in a slump (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree. In all likelihood, no. They are very protective. But I find it very interesting that TLG has let LDraw hang around this long - it obviously copies their own pieces, not just 2x4's: IMO, a flagrant violation of their copyrighted (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Muhahahaa...This damned typos.:-D I prefer leaving my english spell checker off, since I also use Turkish, obviously much more than in my messages. I'd better not to..:-D Selçuk (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) government (...) I won't call it snuggling if you won't... but the ladies might have a different opinion. As a U.S. citizin, I won't even get into the topic of government & snuggling :-) -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hrmmm, I saw that in a very (hopeful) different way. Maybe a semi Lego-sanctioned parts source? Nah... (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hrmmm, while I admire your convictions on this subject, I have to admit that I am rather pleased that my toy habit is almost self-sufficient, given enough time. Well, maybe not almost, but I bet my sales and auctions have paid for at least (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <quote> Help with their future careers and help, if they so wish, to establish themselves a business. </quote> That might prove interesting. Could we see TLG's competition picking up strength after some folks are asked to leave, that is if the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You could have been pretty right about that, considering I'm the only Turk here, but wrong about me. I'm not a "trader" type of man. I never wanted to face the hassle of the whole thing for an additional amount(1). I had some occasions during (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's what I had expected when the whole SW-LEGO thing started. An X-wing made out of maybe a dozen pieces. Steve (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I wondered that, too. It makes some sense--Lucas can pick and choose their licensees. So if they contract with LEGO, it's because they want to see Star Wars in LEGO form. So why make it in a watered-down, Star Wars, Jr. style? Steve (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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John and I had a great conversation on Friday and one of the topics that came up is what exactly we would want out of a club. We agreed that too much structure can be detrimental as people get sucked up into the structure aspects instead of the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) That probably won't happen, because if it did, a grey market would quickly spring up. I certainly would have no qualms about making a certain Turk (1) very rich if it meant I could get sets for far less than retail with a little "smuggling". (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Probably Shockwave Flash files, and I would imagine you do need to either view them with a browser with the plugin, possibly coming from a server, or maybe within the Flash creator program itself, which I doubt you have (or want to fool with (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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[followup set to lugnet.off-topic.fun] (...) We went through this in the robotics group; it was a mess. But I believe the US usage is derived from the French, so blame them. (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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