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(...) Jake, generating thumbnails automatically is actually pretty easy to do. There are several ways of doing it, depending on your OS, etc. Even if you are not able to generate them on your server, it's still easy to set something up. If you're (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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"Nick Oranzi" <cheez11111@yahoo.com> mumbled in news:HB9B36.C7q@lugnet.com: (...) just tried to find the formula so we could get the molar weight... Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resins consist of a styrene- acrylonitrile copolymer matrix (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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"Nick Oranzi" <cheez11111@yahoo.com> mumbled in news:HB9B36.C7q@lugnet.com: (...) well that's an interesting question.. let's see.. search google for "lego material plastic carbon" lots of results.. but this one: (URL) us that the material is in (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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Just met a guy in a bar tonight that told me his good friend named George that lived in Omaha Nebraska died when he was 10 or so from inhaling and choking on a Lego brick. I'm guessing that this was about 14-16 years ago. I was amazed, but not quite (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) snip (...) HEY!!! I got a 2003 catalog in the Geonosian Fighter set (#4478)! woohoo! I can scan & post pics on Brickshelf if anyone wants, but there's nothing new that hasn't been seen on the Marz Distribution website. Jeff (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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does anyone know the molecular weight of legos? How much is one mole of our favorite building bricks? Ever since i began chemistry, this question has been bothering me. Fire up the ole mass specs and let's get some data! (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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Hello, Well, after experimenting with another batch of parts from bricklink, I built a small village module. (Unfortunately, it's about 1.5 times larger than MM standard. 24x24) Here's the gallery. (URL) some more description behind the pictures. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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I hope this is the right group to post this, i didn't seem to find a .poetry section... Here's my sonnet i wrote for English class, It is really bad but it was my first attempt at iambic pentameter. I based it on the italian sonnet style but i (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ask Kevin Loch how he generates the Brickshelf thumbnails... ROSCO (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) How about resizing the images via code. i.e. look at the dimensions of the image and scale it down to meet your requirements. I guess it depends on the type of code you are working in, I know that Java has something, (I believe its part of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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Thanks Eric! :-) Dave "Eric Harshbarger" <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:HB7Es3.6z7@lugnet.com... (...) holes (...) to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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:D, that's OK. You can show me up!! I've only been doing this 6 months... You may have been programming for years! -Rob "Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMO...tninet.se> wrote in message news:HB8pCn.uq@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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From WFSB-CBS Channel 3 in Hartford, CT Danish toy maker Lego is laying off workers from its Enfield-based operations. The company's North American operations are based in Enfield. A company spokesman says today's 72 layoffs are part of the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm interesting. My conclusion from that would be that the "cylinder" containing the holes is significantly thinner than the brick walls. ROSCO (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have thought about that a lot. The problem is that it increases the amount of time I have to moderate... meaning, what if someone submits an image that is 4mb? Do I reject it and then go back and forth via email to explain why? Or do I open (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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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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