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(...) as long as i'm not the only one on the list :) (...) how about hosting the thumbnails? each thumbnail should be in the range of 2.5kb, so even at 1000 instructions, you'd be under 5mb. (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) Very good ideas. So what would be interesting is a way that users could upload a text file or something that contains description data for the parts... something more "formalized" than a simple dump from MLCad, but not much more than that. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) Noted and added to the list. I have noticed this problem too, and really the key is that I need to add the ability to add an instruction to more than one category. This is a major requirement and first step. Once that's done, then I need to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Jake, I don't know how hard this would be, but how about a searchable flag or label for instructions that are alternate models from another set or set(s)? This would be good for folks who are looking to see what neat models they can build (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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"Sonnich Jensen" <sonnich@hot.ee> skrev i meddelandet news:HB6tu7.JqI@lugnet.com... (...) Well, as you noticed, it's not so small - you need to download one or more VB dll:s to get it to work (up to 2-4 MB). A 300kB Delphi prog. wouldn't need (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) you asked, so here it goes :) there seem to be a lot of instructions mis-categorized, like lots of vehicles directly under town, instead of being in the vehicle sub-category. i realize that this is a big job, so here's the idea -- how about (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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Hello, I decided to build a dark red building and went with plates since they are so readily available. In building, I had to stack about 18 1x2's next to 18 2x4 wing plates (like from the mini jedi starfighter). They do not come out to be the same (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) << Major great ideas snip-o-rama >> Jason, great point, and thanks for the suggestions. I will try to figure out a good way to get this changed up. You are probably right, the nav might be a bit hidden. So on this front, what else would you (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) I had never seen one until two tan ones showed up in Yoda. However, I just call them 1 x 16 'bricks'. I only think of 'beam' when referring to the Technic versions. I'm not sure how much it matters... they're both LEGO pieces. :) Here's a list (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You can actually use nothing but LEGO bricks to answer the original question. Since the question was "Which weighs more?" I went on the assumption that he didn't care "how much does each beam weigh?" but rather which one is heavier as compared (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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I've got a another update for the A&M LEGO Place website! This one is a new FLASH animation entitled LEGO TRON! Check it out at: (URL) to the bottom of the page) For those of you who atteneded brickswest 2003 (www.brickswest.com) this version is an (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Amazing!(1) And quite counterintuitive, if you ask me. Volume and surface are not always tightly correlated but the Technic beam has lots more surface area. 1 - I'm assuming you actually weighed 50 of each and did the math or whatever. I have (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Nope, My scale shows: 1x16 regular brick: 6 grams 1x16 Technic beam: 5 grams Eric Harshbarger (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've never seen a non-Technic 1x16 beam. (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My guess is the technic beam would probably weigh slightly more. ROSCO (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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All, Today was a landmark day for the Building Instructions Portal...today we surpassed 100,000 click thrus! (URL) more than 100,000 occasions, a user of the B.I. Portal has searched for an instruction, clicked the link to that instruction, and then (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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Over the past few months I've been building a web service that will allow anyone to create their own mini web site for their MOCs. It's free, you can make unlimited pages, there are no annyoing ads or pop-ups, and it's easy -- you don't even need to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general) !!
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That is because you do not have that DLL in your computer. There are numerous websites that allow you to download that file from the internet. I will add this file to my website in case anyone else needs it. Thanks for pointing that out. -Rob (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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It gives an error: A required .DLL file, MSVBVM60.DKLL, was not found! Seems like you made in VB60 :-) Amazing how small it is. The same thing in Delphi would be 300 Kb. Sonnich Rob Hendrix <rhendrix.removebefo...g@cei.net> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Lar, I'm not sure about the popup blocker aspect. I didn't take those into consideration when designing this software. My first assumption would be that if you are having problems, then you may have to disable the popup blocker. I have a firewall (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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