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(...) Then I will sincerely ask.... what kind of blog is it? (...) And then why not just use it the way the company has asked? I honestly don't see why people put up such a fuss over this. When speaking with friends, or just in your own head while (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yup. :) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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-snip- (...) -snip- Lar, I'm glad to hear that you have included Classic-Castle in on this. I've posted this over there in our forums: (URL) And hopefully some of our members will take you up on this. ;o) -Lenny (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure a webcast is in the cards. I don't think we have the bandwidth for one. However I am going to try mightily to capture the talk in real time as I usually do, and further, I am going to try to have chat sessions open to get incoming (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) *having fingers crossed Larry Pieniazek will use his fast typing skills once more* (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I'm not sure if the BrickFest organizers have that in place. I'll defer this question to that group of hard working people. (...) Absolutely! I can't wait! Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Update; In VLC it works fine. VLC also has good functions for "Play faster" and "Play slower". I recommend it for anyone looking at video from their computer (including MAC): (URL) why I didn't try that first :) /Tobbe (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) :þ (...) Too slow :) Dunno exactly, but it should be fine. I can play DivX's with no problem. It might be a slow disk. Funny thing is that it freeze on identical frames each time (at least two times :). (...) Yikes! (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There are a lot of frames that are practically identical from the train layout. (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's very impressive erik! Now all you need to do is make it in these colours :) : (URL) and the gallery: (URL) Oh, and if you could make it the same scale as yours, that would be awesome (I try and I try, but I cannot seem to do it... :( ) (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi, Jake, How about a webcast for those who can't come? We european AFOLs would like to see, too, where the community is heading. Yours, Christian PS: Will you attend 1000Steine-Land in Berlin (Germany), too? (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) They haven't been discontinued AFAIK (...) I'm not really interested in belaboring the point, but I think the message we should be sending our kids is that people should be treated equally, even though they are very different. Having only one (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Paul - I think there's significant interest to warrant you releasing your code on Sourceforge. Regardless of whether these features are implemented on LUGNET or as a part of a separate project, programmers could benefit from having a look (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) ( here goes Ray making yet another offhand/foolish suggestion ) So, TLC appears to be getting into the groove of making things in varying colors (i.e. "Collect the Entire Set!"). So I think they should carry this to the next logical step... (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Sure, it would be ideal to realize these changes under the LUGNET banner. I think we have a good promise of cooperation and support from Todd, and the timing is perfect to discuss this at BrickFest. Its too late to get a session on the event (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Eric Brok wrote: (snip) (...) OOPS, I was wrong! Please take note the above statement is false. I was writing from memory and checked it when I got home. As it turned out, the Danish and Dutch catalog are simply the same WRT skin (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've always liked Steve Bliss's idea from 1998 or so: (URL) (As you can see from my reply there. *grin*) But I don't think they're going to do that. (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think that's unlikely. It certainly *decrease* the appeal to me. That's obviously a small sample size, but I've been right before. :) (...) Possibly. I don't mind the not-exact-classic-smiley faces, but I *do* prefer the ones that are more (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) My favorite line from Star Trek: TNG when Pulaski refers to Data as Dah-ta and says "What's the difference?" to which he replies "One is my name, the other is not." -Brian P. Gefrich LEGO Pet Peeve Guy (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) It's not just any blog. (...) Sure, I'll *spell* it right. :) (...) Setting it back, because What-Ever. (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Hey, this is pretty good! It's also a really accurate size or the Minifigs I think. Terry (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Why is going back not possible? If DUPLO can be revived, so can yellow figs (...) We may need to agree to disagree. I know I've taught my children well when they tell me who their friends are without referring to skin color. In an ideal world, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think Tim's idea to talk about this at BrickFest PDX this month is a great one. I do see the need for this WorldLUG concept--but I'm such a lazy guy that I really, really want the easy solution to work...to me, that solution involves using (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi All, This is my newest MOC... (URL) When I make a new car, although ugly, I like to race it against others that I have made. Luckily for me, my driveway has a wonderful slope that levels out after about 20 to 25 ft. (I have not measured it) and (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ahhh, but Pandora's box has been opened, and going back is not possible. And frankly, I think it was cowardice to remain "neutral" WRT the racial issue. They simply chose to stick their collective heads in the sand. Look at the figs in the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey guys. It's time for a contest: (URL) Like the page says, this is a contest for spacecraft that look like the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. I figure we can use a poll here on LUGNET to decide the winner, unless we get a massive amount of (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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(...) Yes. (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) maybe some guy at TLG are portuguese. DUPLO means "double" QUATRO means "four (4)" but PRIMO means "cousin" :) i think PRIMO means "first" in italian LBaixinho (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) At this point, I think I'd rather see the line get partially Simpsonized. Mixing yellow with Caucasian or Oriental fleshtones would just look stupid, but Lando has pretty effectively opened the door for at least having brown as a second (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not sure what pains me more: the fact that this issue seems to come up again and again or the fact that we are now spotlighting 'news' articles from blogs. (...) Which is all well and good except for two things: 1) Many of us around here (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hm...wonder if a 2 x 2 round brick will fit inside a Quattro stud? would be interesting if the quattro studs lined up with the tops of the creator buckets as well... Scott (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) You mean that if there is a competitor with minifigs being 'more human', children would choose it just for that? In such case everybody would play with Ken & Barbie (pun intended). (...) Oh my. The grins (you call that 'facial expression') are (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think LEGO QUATRO is a great idea! Smaller than PRIMO, yet bigger than DUPLO. And hopefully much more compatible with SYSTEM than PRIMO is. From the pictures, it looks like this is 4x the scale of LEGO SYSTEM (hence the "quat-") and 2x the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) What if it meant more sales and wider appeal? (...) But TLC is already moving in that direction! Take facial expressions on the minifigs. I think these enhance playability (and apparently so does TLC) over a ubiquitous classic smiley. You are (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) You're right, Tim... I don't think there can be any single point of entry for people to discover the LEGO fan community online. There's too much, and it's too diverse. From the description I've read here, WorldLUG actually seems like a way to (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmm, sounds a lot like what PRIMO used to be....? Oh well, as soon as my wife and I have a little toddler, we'll be buying whatever toddler bricks LEGO will put on the market :-) /\/\ark "nop, nuffin' yet" de Kock (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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I can't believe we are already a month into 2004. In fact, I’m not entirely sure where 2003 went! Certainly lots of changes in 2003, and change can often lead to uncertainty. I've sensed from the private inquiries I've gotten that there is a bit of (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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(...) From another press release, about the second Mars lander landing on Mars: "Sandy Moondust is the second LEGO Minifigure on Mars. She and Biff will write a dairy during the journey to Mars, and in this way the exploration of space could be more (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Good grief. And the dumb just keeps on dumbering. --D (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Believe me, I understand the basis for your fears. I'm interested in discussing this if you are. I venture to say there's a few good people out there who could offer excellent advice and guidance also. (...) Open online discussion is a good (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I question the need to "enhance" the realism. The Lego world is its *own* very special and unique realism. Changing the minifigs to be more like exact models of the real world rather than abstract (and well-recognized!) representations is a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Todd - PDX is just around the corner - how about lets find some time to circle up with people who are interested at the fest and discuss the prospects? -Tim (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey, please, if stuff needs saying, just come out and say it. (...) Tim, although I can't offer development services, please don't hesitate to give me a call and bounce ideas off me, etc. --Todd (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) We have our first arrival- the good Professor has been spotted in New Seattle! He hasn't yet hooked up with the sigfig participation facilitator, AndroDan, but he's there. Rumor has it there are a few more on the way... (URL) Whateverly, (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) True, but that shouldn't hinder other projects aiming to do the same. If something can be done better elsewhere, or done at all elsewhere, it's a win for the whole community. (...) I think Tony is probably correct here. (...) Yes, only about a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Paul, I support you in this and please let me know if there's anything I can do to help nurture discussions. --Todd (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have a lot. This was in development for about 2 years, but none of us had the time to dedicate to it. Some $$$ would've helped, which was why we talked to TLC, but they didn't want to get into a standards/site war, which was probably pretty (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Community involvement is the key. I posted all this because I don't really care who picks up the ball: Lugnet or whomever. I'm happy to help out, too. But the ideas and intentions are sound community policy. -paul (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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From Lego: (URL) Company is positive about its pre-school business with plans to introduce twelve new DUPLO products this year and the launch of the new QUATRO brick. The new QUATRO brick is eight times larger than a traditional DUPLO brick and (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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In lugnet.general, Marc Nelson, Jr. wrote: (snip) (...) That's one way to look at it. Another way would be that they are improving on a good thing. (...) lol Nothing will forstall the destructive actions of that man, the worst enemy blacks ever had. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi Paul, thanks for sharing your ideas and thoughts about a future "umbrella" covering all the community ressources available on the web these days. Some times ago I had a similar discussion with Jake form LEGO Direct. I want to highlight two (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Ted Michon" <ted@michon.com> wrote in message news:HsDqtK.17I@lugnet.com... (...) slower (...) to see. (...) A good answer to this (and Terry Prosper's question) is a program called VideoMach, see (URL) . It's a great tool that allows you much (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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While I was trying to say it nicely, Troy I commend you for cutting to the chase and saying what needed to be said in public. I agree 100% with your post. That said, I hope people are interested in discussing this topic of integrating resources, and (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I put the movie on a CD and played it in my DVD player at 1/16th speed. Aside from the occasional orientation problem, it was a really nice way to view to movie. Excellent pics, Todd. I hope a coffee table book does come out one day!! -- (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) My point was that at a time when TLC has already made a lot of costly and pointless changes, they shouldn't make any more. The minifig is one of the most recognizable and beloved LEGO products of the last quarter-century. Putting feet on it (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) I wasn't sure when I wrote that (TLG just put DUPLO stickers on EXPLORE boxes as a temporary clarification), but now it turns out to be very clear, with DUPLO and QUATTRO now officially (re)launched. Eric Brok (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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TLC has confirmed, that the name DUPLO is to be re-launched for pre-school bricks. The change from DUPLO to Lego Explore has costed the company about a billion Danish Kroner. The article (in Danish!): (URL) Copenhagen (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo) !!
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(...) This is *very* peculiar. In the Danish catalog the Spider Man and HP figs clearly show 'natural' skin tones. This was already hinted on by TLC, so it's very unlikely to be a printing or lighting glitch. But the new dutch catalog which the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I disagree. I think it's standard yellow and blame the different hue on clever lighting when the photo was taken. Christian (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've had mixed feelings about this, but now I am prepared to welcome the changes. While I love yellow minifigs, I believe having the chance to see skin-toned figures will enhance the realism of the LEGO line. -Tim (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) While this may be the "ideal" scenerio, it is also the one that is least likely to happen. Todd and Suz have done a great thing here with Lugnet. Lets keep in mind, however, that Lugnet was SUPPOSED to be the all-encompasing site for Lego fans (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Minifigs are one of the huge appeal of Lego, at least to people from my generation. (The first sets I had had the armless variety.) Mucking with that doesn't seem like a great idea to me either. (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think he's saying that if you want fleshtoned figures that have some of the other features you ask for, maybe Playmobil may suit your needs better. I'm not sure I agree. but I am also not sure I think that changing from yellow to fleshtones (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) What is your point? That because Playmobil uses flesh tones TLC shouldn't? I'm sorry but I don't get your drift. JOHN (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) LUGNET leaves a lot to be desired as a single point of entry, I think. It's confusing to navigate - especially for newbies, and doesn't do a good job of linking out to other sites from obvious places - ie guide.lugnet.com/shop doesn't even (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmm, I don't know, guys. I see a lot of the above mission either already being taken care of by LUGNET, or being something that LUGNET could grow into. However, I do love the idea of a single point of entry for newbies...Eight or ten years ago (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This sounds pretty interesting. You mention that a lot of it is coded - do you have a description of what's already created, such as specifications, proof of concept code, features, programming language(s) used, etc.? I'd like to follow this, (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I agree with Jon here. LUGNET is a good thing, it allows us to discuss serious aspects of our hobby with other like-minded folks, but its time to start looking ahead to integrating all of the wonderful community resources out there in a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (snip) Bearing in mind that I adore LUGNET, I think this post and this way of thinking is extremely important for the future of our community. All developers within ear shot should think about it. I'm barely a graphic designer but I would (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, thank you for the link - I have a Lee Valley near my house and will definitely be buying a bunch of these for my space and castle creations. Regards, Nick M. Gill (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, FTX)
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howD all, a couple of things have precipitated this post: 1) my domain name of WorldLUG is expiring soon 2) due to my being in graduate school I will have no time to implement WorldLUG 3) I believe in cooperation over competition and open-access (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) Purists, shmurists. Man, those are very cool. I'm going to order bunches at that price. And nice burn time. More than enough for many shows. They will look great in my moonbase modules and space monorail station. Thanks very much for the link. (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford wrote: (snip) Nicely summed up. This issue is one that seems to trip folks up a fair bit... you see it a lot in the LEGO animation community. I think David Goeb (and Matthew Miller) give the best advice, avoid the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(Sorry for the test post to a non-test newsgroup. Something weird just happened, and I couldn't repeat it in the test group.) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey! I'd *love* a Mindstorms sensor that did that! (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It'd make a pretty good repeating-loop background thing. (...) mplayer can play back pretty much anything at an arbitrary framerate. (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Whoops, sorry, disregard the above post. I thought you wanted to make a montage not slow down Todd movie. Teaches me to read carefully before replying. -Orion (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Steve, maybe it has something to do with who you work for. *grin* --Todd (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(URL) Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> (URL) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) the three in minifig scale. The technic racer looks too much like the silver champion i.m.h.o. /\/\ark "counting the days till april" de Kock (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Try Slide Show Movie Maker (SSMM). I've had good luck with it in the past. (URL) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not sure why I have the feature and you don't... Did a google search for the menu title and found this page: (URL) see any jittering in WMP, but definitely noticed the lagged start in QT. I thought it was a neat feature actually - kinda like (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) hooooo -- hmmm -- that would be, like, almost 4 hours to sit through. Wouldn't you fall sleep? Not sure off-hand about an application. I was disappointed with the frame rate selections of MPEG (24 fps, 25 fps, and similar fractions)... no 18 (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Playtime in the land of LEGO® From: spectrum online. Jan. 31, 2004 "UP THERE is where I have my table, but, unfortunately, you can't see it," says Lau Kofoed Kierstein, smiling sheepishly and pointing at some second-story windows in a brick building (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Or, look online for bands that release their music under freely-redistributable or open-content licenses. (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hello all of you non-Purists out there (any purists should stop right here)... Browsing my Lee Valley-Veritas woodworking catalog today I came across an item that caught my eye, and I think it will yours as well. Miniature lights, designed for (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Stephen- (...) I couldn't find any frame rate settings on the WMP that came with my less-than-a-month-old 1.7 GHz Pentium M laptop running W2000. The default supplied player would run for a few seconds, then freeze a frame, then run and repeat. I (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) There is no cost-efficient way to do it. When dealing with solid particle coloring agents instead of dyes, the particles reorient with the flow pattern, which is where you get the dark banding from. The only way I can think of to get rid of it (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There are a wide number of metallic greyish colors that have been released. The six BIONICLE Toa masks were released briefly in a metallic "silver" that has a distinct green tint. Many TECHNIC parts (panels, Roborider heads, liftarms, (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I believe the 20% rule applies to all parts of the music, not just the piece as a whole. Cutting out every fifth part doesn't count. If you use just the drum line, that drum line would still have to be 20% different (and yes, "20%" is tricky (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I tried it in QuickTime and had a heck of a time configuring the playspeed and skipping frames when trying to pause. Windows Media Player on the other hand worked much better for my purposes (no axe to grind, just happened that way)... I have (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) They already make minifigs like that: (URL) Play On! Marc Nelson Jr. (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey Arne, Yes it has. I've noticed it in at least one new Bionicle set in the mask (the part # is 32571) although that part in this color is not yet listed on Peeron. I really hope that TLG doesn't go overboard with these metallic mixes. I dislike (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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Todd- Can you (or someone else) suggest an application to view the montage at a slower rate (like 1 fps)? I'd like to set up the montage at a show for visitors to see. -Ted (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Just so you know the tag below line is assumed under copyright law and does need to appear. "...may not reproduce in whole or in part without prior permission..." The amount you my use in your movies is 0%. That's the rules. Not one single (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) Wow, if they are starting to produce a new skin tone, that is huge news in my book! I am astonished. I love the idea of switching to more realistic skin tones as used in the Basketball figs, and frankly I think the time has come for an update (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, you are right. Previous HP figs were yellow. This new one has a different skin colour (unless the catalog is badly printed, but I don't think so). The same colour is applied at least to some of the Spider-Man figs as well. Kecia (22 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Is it the printing, the scan or my monitor... but that HP minifig appears to have flesh toned head and hands ?? Previous HP figs were standard LEGO yellow I thought. Ray (22 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No. Only the ad, which translated says: Here are the all new LEGO(R) Harry Potter(TM) products, available from May 2004... (...if you can't see them, you are a Muggle!) So no HP images before the next catalog comes out... Kecia (22 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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