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(...) I agree, but for a slightly different reason. Try living where broadband simply isn't available. There are still places in the US (and other countries I'm sure) that have not yet received broadband rollout. Try clicking on one of those (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This has already happened. More and more, when people get serious about the online community, they get their own website(1). In order to keep up-to-date on MOCs, etc, I usually check four or five websites a day. -Lenny (1)= For example, (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think the issue has always been that it just doesn't work in practice. I mean sure, I wouldn't mind paying a penny per picture, but actually having to go through both paypal AND the upload process, I dunno. It would create more of a bother. (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm that's a good point. But I wasn't really trying to "weed people out" so I may have sent the wrong message! (...) Yeah that's a possibility - but the key point is that LUGNET memberships are lifetime memberships (if I remember correctly). (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe I'm in the minority, but I would not be willing to pay $0.02 or even $0.01 per picture I put on Brickshelf. With that pricing scheme, I'd much sooner setup my own domain and pay for a website hosting. (...) I'd be suprised if anyone (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think that this is a very important point. IMHO big images are just a waste of bandwidth (people get frustruated anyway when they realise the dimensions of the image, and hit back in disgust) as well as space. Also, delete unused accounts, (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes I would also support a free to view, pay to upload system on Brickshelf. I don't know how much work it would take to implement this, but you could have a monthly, quarterly, and/or annual subscription fee that may give you (un)limited (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Updated a bit, under the 'community' bit, since RTL was really the second online community, being preceeded by ATL. There was mention recently about the Lego community in 1991 (in reference to the switch to 9V tracks), but I don't know if that (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) OK, I went. And this is the result: (URL) with any Wikipedia article, everyone is free to correct or improve the entry. Yours, Christan Trezoks (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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<snip> Gary, thank you so very much for posting this. You've answered a couple of Lego questions I've had since the early '70s, namely why certain sets were listed in catalogs but not on actual store shelves. Thanks for doing this. It's quite useful (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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