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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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(...) Is there a way to download ALL files with folders in one single command or something like that? For example I want to download everything one user has. So that files can easily be transferred to maj.com. Thanks, Saso (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote: SNIP a lot of interesting info (...) Y'know, I'm really glad your on Lugnet, Gerhard, because you really provide a wealth of historcal background on Lego, which in turn gives the hobby & community a lot of (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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Just like many AFOL's/ALE's, USA Lego went thru the dark ages. Interestingly enough, it was around the same time I went thru my own dark ages. The years were the 1970's. In the beginning of the 1970's USA Lego sales were licensed to the Samsonite (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.general) !!
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(...) I seem to be getting some decidely mixed signals. Should we be migrating our files? If Brickshelf is not going away, why tell us to go away? If uploads go away, Brickshelf becomes an archive only and is effectively dead for the future. If this (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.general) !!
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Ok, thanks for confirmation. I was wondering about the site's status, as it's my favorite LEGO website. (Next to LUGNET, of course :) )Congrats to the happy couple! -Josh (21 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Agreed. I havent looked much at maj.com, but there are tonnes of other pictures than lego. Micropayments on Bricklink could be the way. But - my opinion - it should be by used storages. Some people upload _huge_ pictures of sizes of e.g. 1MB - (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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Well its been a long time coming, but I've finally gotten around to making some more scenes for you all. I decided I'd better get around to finishing this story soon, or I never will (and besides I'm running out of gypsy adjectives ). I'm hoping the (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) Is there a reason why the major sponsor was lost? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't The LEGO Group itself sponsoring or co-sponsoring the instruction scans? Did this loss come with any warning? (21 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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I started downloading the instructions back in 1999. Whenever something new became available, I would download it. Slow and steady. Easy like Sunday mornin'. I doubt this bothered Kevin :) Along the way, I would replace brickshelf scans with better (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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Instructions: 6.5 gigs (all zip files). Some of these files also have box art. Catalogs: 1.25 gigs (all zip files) Most DVDs store 4.7 gigs. A double layer DVD (8+ gigs) would fit this all. "David "Fuzzy" Gregory" <crazylegoman@earthlink.net> wrote (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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