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(...) There's no f*#$ing reason for authentication emails. NNTP has a good and fine password authentication mechanism built in. Jacob (14 years ago, 29-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My main sticking point with NNTP is the authentication emails. They are annoying, very annoying but unavoidable due to the inherent spoofing problems with NNTP. -Orion (14 years ago, 29-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But that doesn't have an NNTP port, does it? Or email digests? I find reading lugnet through a news reader (Outlook Express, XanaNews, whatever) is a much better experience than trying to read EuroBricks, for example. There's a much better (...) (14 years ago, 28-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm a strong opponent of the non-threaded BB style. (...) Agreed. (...) Thanks but I have the ability to add this to the site so it would be located at LDraw.org. -Orion (14 years ago, 28-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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Hey all, I just did a show at the NJ Science and Engineering Festival in Clifton, NJ. What a great event! (URL) 1 (2 URLs) Lapse I also did a show by town square in Newport where I live. (URL) ...a few days later I did a show in Newport Mall. It was (...) (14 years ago, 28-Oct-10, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.nj)
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This is sad news. I will send condolences to his family. RIP, Dan. -Suzanne Rich Eaton (14 years ago, 27-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, it is a sad day to hear of the passing of Dan Jezek. Who started BrickBay.com and later change its name to Bricklink.com. He started something wonderful for the LEGO community. He will be missed very much. Founder of BrickLink.com, Daniel (...) (14 years ago, 27-Oct-10, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(URL) Such a sad day today. You will be missed sir. :( (14 years ago, 27-Oct-10, to lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) Wow! Thanks! I was going to dig out mine and count, but... y'know... my old eyes and such... not as good as they used to be.... Anyway, I do appreciate that you did this Dave K (14 years ago, 27-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And just as a follow-up, because I know you were all on the edges of your seats waiting for this: Half Curve Right (part #2891) - 110 (inner), 115 (outer) Half Curve Left (part #2892) - 113 (inner), 113 (outer) Switch Right (part #2889): when (...) (14 years ago, 26-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | It's a Virus! The Hot Zone: Collectible MiniFigures Presentation (video)
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The Hot Zone: LEGO Collectible MiniFigures Presentation If you were not able to make it to (URL) BrickCon 2010> in Seattle, WA. There was a great presentation given by Hillel Cooperman. It was a video how the AFOL's feel about the LEGO Collectible (...) (14 years ago, 19-Oct-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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Forest Park resident builds business with LEGO From Communitypress.Cincinnati website on Sept. 24, 2010. William Lynch enjoys building with LEGO, and has turned that love into a profitable business. Lynch, a Forest Park resident, started Cincinnati (...) (14 years ago, 15-Oct-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cin, FTX)
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| | Traditional toy market is alive: LEGO (India Market)
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From: The Economic Times website about the India Market. Oct. 11, 2010. Traditional toy market is alive: LEGO It’s time for LEGO to 'play well' in the Indian market. One of the world’s largest toy makers that started its journey in 1932, the (...) (14 years ago, 15-Oct-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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LEGO® will double retail presence in two years By G Balachandar Oct. 07, 2010 , Chennai About six months into its distribution pact with Funskool India, Denmark-headquartered toy maker LEGO Group seeks to pursue an aggressive growth strategy on the (...) (14 years ago, 15-Oct-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | RAILBRICKS Issue 7 is Out!
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A new issue RAILBRICKS is here! Inside you'll find articles for beginners, lessons on how to photograph your trains, more RCX/PF train experimentation, new ideas for smooth curves, instructions, and more! To download the new issue, go to: (URL) Big (...) (14 years ago, 13-Oct-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) It's that Canadian conversion, eh! :) Dave K (14 years ago, 12-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | RR Donnelley to Provide Building Instructions for the LEGO® Group
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Chicago, Oct. 7, 2010 RR Donnelley Awarded Multi-Year International Agreement to Provide Building Instructions by the LEGO Group Producing Materials Packaged With LEGO® Products in the Americas and Europe. (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- R. R. (...) (14 years ago, 10-Oct-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That was a dumb question, there's only a gear on one side of the power unit, not both. I was misremembering (14 years ago, 10-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep! Easiest way to verify is just to look at the ends and compare them with the midpoint. The teeth are directly opposite each other on the ends, but are off by half-a-tooth in the middle, thanks to there being an odd number on the inside and (...) (14 years ago, 9-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK wait, the number of teeth on the inside and outside of a curve are different? I never took a monorail power unit apart but I always figured the gearing was locked together from one side to the other. Does it have a friction clutch? (14 years ago, 9-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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