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(...) Looks sharp! I would be quite pleased with this design, especially if "Top Stories" were listed at the bottom of the page. That's the feature I use most. A minor tweak I would make would be to list the links at the beginning of each bullet (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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What I like best about Suzanne's design over some of the other proposed here, is the absence of a visual logo fest. Hower great looking each (community) logo can be, twenty graphically unrelated logo's on one page make an incoherent design and are (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Chats with people at BrickFest PDX last weekend got me thinking a lot more about LUGNET and its role in the community. I've bounced some of my thoughts off of various people (including three people from LEGO) and responses varied from positive to (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish, lugnet.trains, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX) !!
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(...) Very true, but I've found that simply specifying the correct doctype for pages works like magic, at least on modern browsers: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "(URL) Using this works amazingly well - the results (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I know my opinion doesn't count for much but I have to say I really like the layout and feel of this. It’s simple, yet it gets the job done. With some slight updating to fit all of the new great sites out there I believe this would work well. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (URL) --Todd (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Do you have the link to Suzanne's concept new homepage handy? -Tim (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, new homepage, anyway. (...) (1) All the talk last week about WorldLUG and LEGOFan. (2) Abner Finley reminded me at BrickFest PDX. (...) Yes, definitely. Suzanne will alsohave constructive comments to make as things get closer. --Todd (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) How about someone just paste the text in here? Giving credit to the original website please.... -AHui A&M LWorks (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.quatro, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Ya, or rather it worked too well. It was actually used quite a bit, but it saw almost immediate abuse when people discovered that they could mark posts as zero from people they didn't like, just to be mean. Internally, it was represented by a (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) These are pretty much the improvements I would like to see on the LUGNET homepage. I think adding in some sort of blog feature would allow moderators/curators to easily post content to the homepage (disclaimer: I don't know anything about how (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I agree: Don't Do That. The web isn't a brochure-display mechanism. (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ow, my brain! In seriousness, one of the problems with this design is difficulty of expansion. If some new vital site comes out, where does it fit in? (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) If I remember right, the initial news rating system *was* 0-10, and it didn't work very well. Too many options, too much work. (...) I'm not sure this is a good thing. It can lead to a sort of "clique" of Famous Posters and interesting things (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) (snip) (...) I agree. (...) Great idea! I could help with the translation to French. (more seriously than I did for "schleim" at PDX with John Neal! ;D) (...) That would be interesting. (...) Pierre (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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No, the first thing a first-time visitor sees should tell something about the available places to go -- not display only icons. Icons are not language, they are little puzzles that you have to figure out. (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Well, this looks really "busy" and crowded. Erik Bush (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey, WOW! A new LUGNET site! :> This is GREAT. I like the one that is hear but a change can be good! Out of curiosity, what brought upon these interesting thoughts of changing the site? I design websites often, well actually almost everyday I am (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I agree with Gary, except for one big thing. Precise CSS positioning that's cross-browser compatible (IE, Mozilla, Opera, Netscape, Mac) is a pain royalé, sitting right next to impossible. I've done it and it's nuts. Unless you don't care if (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I don't think that's off-topic at all, Gary. Kind of a side-topic, but definitely an important consideration. The more that can be done via CSS instead of dynamic content on the server, too, the better. --Todd (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) It's funny you should mention that. We have the subdomain (URL) my.lugnet.com> with the intention of doing something like this at some point. Suz and I talked about replacing the "Sign In" key in the toolbar with a minifig head that links to (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) It may be off topic, but I think it would be very cool if the site was designed using CSS layout, i.e. no nested tables. A great example site is: (URL) would make site development very straightforward, and allow people to switch look and feels (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Ya, exactly! Some kind of attributes grid or "help me locate" or "what's out there" layout is needed. (...) Excellent, excellent, excellent idea. Yes! The homepage ought to have several languages available. (...) That could be something for (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Ya, that's gotta stay. (...) It may not be broken to you, who are familiar with it and have been using it for years...but it's been pointed out by many that it can be quite confusing for first-time visitors. (...) Well, LUGNET was created to (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Wow, cool, I didn't know that! --Todd (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I understand this has become a tiresome topic but I think this is worth a mention since it’s so odd. While browsing brickshelf I came upon this image (2 URLs) anyone have more info? OnDrew (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP (...) well, it's not ALL a complete redesign, as i like the easy spotlight bar on the left-the rest is brand spankin new. This hexagonal brick design was originally going to be my webpage (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Read those two sentences again. Someone already chooses them. Why not just grab two or three at random from that much smaller selection? Good idea though. It'd be good to see a parade of excellent models there on the homepage. (...) Another (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote: <schnipp> (...) <schnapp> (...) I'd rather like to see some more add-ons to the LUGNET newsgroups and a new frontpage than a complete redesign. The design of the newsgroups is excellent in both ways: (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I noticed recently when I was browsing instructions that many on brickshelf were PDFs. I wondered if they came from the source. Top quality looking instructions, but (URL) NO THUMBNAIL! grr.> Allister (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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It needs to be easier for members to get to their member info. A "My Lugnet" button on the front page would make it easier to get to the member-specific info. Of course, if no registered user cookie is detected then the same spot on the page could (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) oh, thanks! I didn't know it was an exclusive, I just saw it in the USA shop at home catalog & the recent official pictures releases & wondered what was going on. again, thanks! Jeff (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) ZING! (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm sorry to reply to my own post, but I forgot to add that CLSotW was a key player in the end of my dark ages (along with cheap promotional sets at Shell gas stations). Seeing all of these great creations by AFOLs made me want to dig my (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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A couple of ideas: 1. Classic-castle and FBTB both prominently feature admin-generated announcements on the front pages that are updated every day or so--new set announcments, contests, fests, etc (presumably other sites, too, these are just the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Karen and I sidestep this problem by just dumping it all together. This is made easier since (some Technic bits aside) the entire collection is stuff we've accumulated since we've been together -- our childhood troves are held hostage by (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote: (snirp) (...) (snorp) (...) Whatever you do, don't replace the super-awesome Escheristic logo. Further, I'll voice my opinion that the homepage looks just fine and a complete overhaul isn't going to bring (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Same with me and my wife. She does get tired of me showing her the same MOC over and over (with 1 piece changed), asking "OK, how does it look now?" Marc Nelson Jr. (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi all, I can't offer my html knowledge - it's only poor. But I like to suggest some ideas following up Todd's ideas. An umbrella on a very first level might really be helpful. So users might got the chance to go their way while starting at (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) Besides, Susan Rich Green has apologized about this subject on many occassions for the Membership packetts no going as originally envisioned. Give them a break, I have a gut feeling that many of us Lugnetters have forgiven them as (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Change is good sometimes - and seeing that LUGNET hasn't had any major aesthetic changes in a while, perhaps it's time to "freshen up." I have a poor imagination when it comes to dreaming up creative new web appearances, but I know my share of (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Having a hot topics module would be a great addition. Also, the LUGNET Traffic page (link at the top right corner) shows you which groups are hot, but not which topics are hot. The Top Stories is determined using the (member) Spotlight feature (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) We've got something kind of like that over at BZPower too... one of the features that the members really seem to like is "Today's Hot Topics" on the front page. It links to the most posted-in threads of the last 24 hours, updated hourly. There (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't expect it to ship like that either. I just said to expect to see a lot of future MOCs looking like that, because that's how they're going to look whenever you make something from the new colors that eventually ship and any bricks that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general)
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(...) What Lugnet should *really* do is keep track of read and unread posts, like a proper newsreader. Even better than a calendar. But that's a major change that's going to take a while to get implemented. Not that there's anything wrong with the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't get it. Does Legofan.net have better membership packets? (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) And that's precisely why he should look here instead, for what EuroBricks is about: (URL) it as a kind of knowledge center platform where newer LUG's can profit and share the experience from the longer established LUG's, for instance in the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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(...) This has been on my list for awhile, I guess I'll speak up... BL has a cool feature for the discussion forum. It has a calender showing posts by date: (URL) I'm out of town for a weekend, it makes it very easy to pick up where I left off. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I've been a 'member' for a while and I couldn't give a rip for a 'packet'. The pros of LUGNET by far outweigh the "at the time was a good idea but now that it's only Todd and time marches on so, eh, whatrya gonna do?" missing membership (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Oh please. Todd asked for some constructive input and volunteers to help improve on LUGNET, and you totally sidestep the point of his post and use this as an opportunity to take a pot shot at it. If you want to point out problems, I for one (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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So what was all this about? (URL) have two words to explain why some people are getting disatisfied with LUGNET: "membership packet" (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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FUT: lugnet.off-topic.debate "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrnc385ha.8ka.....bu.edu... (...) good (...) It's a little silly to say "Simply have all users convince their ISP to change their email infrastructure". I'll (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Someone brought this up at BrickFest PDX and others agreed it would be an excellent idea: Rather than mainly linking to internal LUGNET resources, the first thing someone should see when they visit the LUGNET homepage is iconic links to other major (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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(...) DO YOU HAVE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT? IF YOU DO CAN ANYONE COPY THE ARTICLE AND EMAIL IT TO ME PLEASE? - JEFF (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.quatro, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) But, 7212 is not a new set, it came out at about the same time as 4098. They are very similar, but 7212 was originally an airline exclusive. The previous airline exclusives, have AFAIK all been smaller sets so there must be some reason for (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) hey afols! fyi, my wife jennifer and i are super fans of lego! i own roughly 2 million pieces, and she own %50 of those by law! i am the avid modeler, she gets most joy dissassemling torsos and endangering their lives on my 9v train tracks. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I inferred that excerpt to suggest that licensed (and juniorized, incidentally) playset/diorama-style sets were less successful than the more interactive vehicles. I suppose we could both be correct. (...) That's news to me, too. I figured (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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Thomas & All, Thanks for the link, interesting read. put my response to just general. Here is what caught my eye in this article, Thomas pointed out some good ones already. (...) This is a fascinating bit of text. I was under the impression that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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I saw this picture today of the new 4755 Knight Bus from the 2004 HP line: (URL) really makes me wonder. The color on the box art is so radically different from the actual bricks. Is this just a probem with the photo? What color is the bus going to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.harrypotter)
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There are some really interesting tidbits about Lego and Mega Bloks in this article from the Kansas City Star (requires registration to view): (URL) there is a lot in here that is general knowledge, including a concise report on the falling numbers (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.quatro, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Altered States Magazine has their coverage of LEGO from the Toy Fair up. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - Carolina Train Builders (URL) - CTB/Brick Depot (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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(...) Does anyone care to answer Kelly's original post? I'm curious. (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's the exact same setup my wife and I have. She completely tolerates my hobby, buys me Lego to surprise me, helps me sort occasionally, and every once in a blue moon actually puts brick together. But otherwise, I have my hobbies and she (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Start (URL) HERE>, Dave. You can find further threads by using the search engine and typing in "Cleaning". HTH, JOHN (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I am sure this subject has been discussed a Trillion and one times. I dont intend on starting a new Thread, However I do recall reading a forum somewhere that had cvovered this topic thoroughly, I just cant seem to find it. I was just curious as to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Sort of in the same vein as the first part of Suz's reply: Most were familiar with the Chris and Shiri show (that lasted 2.5 years). And we also weren't married, for the record. :-) (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi, Not sure if this has been noted yet, but you can now download official instructions in PDF format from LEGO.com! Here's the link: (URL) quick inspection, they have the newer instructions that Brickshelf doesn't have, but not the instructions for (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm, okay, so although we weren't actually married, Todd Lehman and I had an awesome, wicked-fun 5 years together. We ate LEGO for food. (...) My husband and I both do the LEGO-thang. We met at a NELUG meeting! :-) Happily married for 1.3 (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) Although I'm not married yet, my gf of 7 years has put up with my addiction/hobby for quite some time. She only gets angered if I spend too much on LEGO (how much is too much?). For Christmas she half jokingly half seriously asked for 4101 (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) why don't you guys just take over WorldLUG. I'll give you the whole architecture. Anybody can develop any module in any language, plus you can syndicate all the content out to people's sites using XML/SOAP/RSS etc. jus email me if you want, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) My wife builds some, not as much as me but she still builds. A large portion of our chatting during the day revolves around LEGO in some way. She is in full support of the hobby. I think she'd like me to drop some of my other hobbies and just (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The only others I could think of right off the bat were Dan and Jennifer Boger and perhaps Mark Sandlin and his wife (I had to assume she wouldn't be sporting a fleebnork shirt if she wasn't involved somehow!) (...) The most important lessons (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Or simply SPF. (URL) No encryption needed, and it happens automagically behind the scenes. (...) Or, GPG signatures are *entirely* free. Any decent mail client should support that. (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm... judging by the number of replies (this is the only one at this point!), I'd say it's pretty rare! My wife tolerates my hobby and sometimes will help me sorting parts or even build a model (very rare!), so I'd say we qualify, but she (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You makin' a better offer? A (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'd hold out John, we all know Allister will pay more ;) jt (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hallo Jojo, (...) (URL) only in German regards Marmaris (Volker Draschka) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, FTX)
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why did Lego make a repeat of set 4098 high flyers, with the new 7212 sky squad? I'm not complaining, as high fliers was one of my favorite designer sets; so more of the same is great. actually i still play with that set alone (it's so fantastic by (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Please respect the charters of this NG and post to either .auction or B-S-T:-) JOHN (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'll give you 10 bucks, plus postage. Allister (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that my website SWAT: Some Weird Action Team has moved to a new location, so update those bookmarks! You can find the new location at: (URL) for your time! ~Nick (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Funny you should ask: (URL) YOUR SCHLEIM TEES HERE> :-) JOHN (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The Lego company "listen to its customers" out of desperation, at best. (...) I never bashed the dark grey, I loved it from the first brick. In fact, I was hoping that *one* specific element would eventually come out in dark grey, because I (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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This is just the kind of email spoofing that makes digital signatures a good idea. Nowadays about 95% of email clients across a variety of OS's support S/MIME digital signatures. Verisign sells them for a yearly fee - but there are at least two (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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You could use Digital Rights Management on your emails and set them to self-destruct after a certain time. :) Or you could encrypt your emails to that person - then anyone accessing them (viruses included) would need to enter the password to open (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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This morning the rest of my family and I were joking around at the breakfast table and as usual I managed to pull LEGO into the conversation. I don't remember all we talked about that followed, but we ended up with a laughing half-kidding qeution, (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) <<...>> (...) Okay, I'll bite. As I have both a large LEGO collection and a model railroad collection (N-scale), I can tell you this: In the little trains industry, nobody from the suppliers even thinks about what YOU want! Heck, the american (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Can't speak for everyone, but this 1/150th of the paid attendees went home tired but very satisfied. It was a loooong weekend, but oddly not long enough. The best part about it was meeting people for the first (or second) time, and they're (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nope! Not the fault of anyone associated with Brickfest, they all did a great job and I had a wonderful time in rainy Portland. I'm upset that the Lego company can be so stupid! What they're basically saying to us fans is "<censored> you! We (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:HtAo1y.23MB@lugnet.com... (...) virii (...) to (...) email (...) When I receive mail like that (with fake "from"), I compare the headers from old letters in my mailbox with the one containing (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, the definitive answer would be to post the email headers (not the virii and/or any attachments) and lets see where it came from. If you don't want to post them, then email the headers to me and I'll have a look (since my email comes in (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't want to know about your sheep, Holger. It's baaaaad form to talk about that in public. ;-) Schleim! -Tim (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) I third that! I (we all) spent some of the most exiting days in my lifetime in Portland. I enjoyed it completly and it was no problem getting only a little bit of sleep (or sheep?) a night. Except of the barkeeper at Windows I only met really (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) Isn't that what is about for every fest. I spent a week in Washington DC for Brickfest 2003, and I wished it was longer. :( Anyways, sounds like you guys had a blast. I wish I could have made it there. Ben M. (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But it would have cost you another carat;-) JOHN (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I second that! Wonderful fest, but it ended too soon. I loved the time I had there and wish there was more of it to spend with some of the best LEGO builders and funniest people I know. -Tim (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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NOT ME!!!! I wish that it didn't have to end for a couple more days... SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In this case, I really doubt that. (...) Of course I know that, but the virus has been known by Symantec for less than three hours when it hit my mailbox. And the update from Symantec arrived just a couple of minutes ago... :( I had to clean (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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That was an awesome fest! It was great visiting with everyone and putting faces to those I had not met in person before. Just to name a few it was great visiting with... Keith Goldman - You got a Brammy! Ryan Rubino - Looking forward to the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space) !
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If you look at the MyWorldLUG section in this post: (URL) you will see we intended precisely that (like MyYahoo, or MyMSN) -paul (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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