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(...) I concede that point but there will still be alot of propagation delay that will probably confuse people here because of all the non lugnet originated RTL posts, unless of course, everybody migrated to lugnet which would then make the whole (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Drat. Here's something: Note that unlike usenet, LUGNET is a private service and in order to participate you will need to reveal your real name. Further, LUGNET requires you to acknowledge that you will abide by the LUGNET terms and conditions (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think part of it is that some of the more civil voices are gone. A lot of the recent flames seem to be about the same things over and over. The same people come on and spam the same thing day after day and that starts things all over again. (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If you and I are both reading RTL here, that means that THIS news server is serving up the posts. If you post while reading HERE, the post will go to this news server first (before being propagated outward in the classic chaotic usenet (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Swag: (done rather quickly, so hack away) -- begin -- To old and new readers of RTL: There is another place to share the joy of Lego, make friends, share ideas, and participate in our special community. LUGNET is a privately hosted, fan (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This is why I would say don't include RTL, you start to get into issues like this. Besides, if you have to filter messages by non approved posters, what's the point of carrying RTL any ways. Anyone who is approved will probably already be (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ok, then what happens if somebody who is approved cross posts to rtl and a lugnet group and it propagates out to the web and then someone on the web who is not approved does a reply without modifying the headers, what happens when that article (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't think it would help this as you are still at the mercy of message propagation, remember the messages won't be originating here. (...) Paul Foster (URL) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes. As would getting it updated. I think we all acknowledge that doing a FAQ is a labor of love, and **I** certainly don't have time, but it is pretty out of date in spots. In fact, I think a few canned responses to general sorts of questions (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Mmm, good point. Maybe turn a small LEGO box inside-out, and put another one inside that and use $.55 postage x2 ? Or how about a bubble-pad envelope -- are those safe? --Todd (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe the FAQ isn't posted there often enough...might that help? --Todd (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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A heartfelt plea, ---Warning---, I am a technician that has worked on Postal machinery. The Postal service uses machines to sort their mail and would crush and mangle the minifigs. Normal flat letters are okay, but a minifig would catch in the belts (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Agreed. When I first started reading RTL (May 97?), I would read virtually each and every post. And I enjoyed doing so. Now I skip the majority of it, only occasionally parsing a thread to see what it's about. Often, as in the case of the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Huhhhh-whooah! You mean I could send my favorite minifig to Star Trek: Insurrection?! Oh, man, he wants to go!!! How about if I indemnify you against loss? --Todd (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If I weren't concerned about possible loss I'd take them with me to the opening night of Star Trek: Insurrection as well. :) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sure, I'm still willing to do it. :) It would give me an excuse to take my digicam to work and snap a bunch of shots. (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK, fair enough. What I meant by it not being designed as a barrier was that its original intent was not to be a barrier, even though in practice it is of course a small barrier. I hate to see it tossed about AS a barrier as if that were its (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ (...) ^^^...^^^ (...) ^^^...^^^ (...) ^^^...^^^ (...) Interesting... OK, so there are still probably quite a few people out there who don't read RTL regularly enough to have noticed that there are specialized newsgroups here... And (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote: <snip> (...) This would be a good thing. I'd say it ought to just present the facts in a fairly dry way. All the "evangelists" would have a copy and just post it in reply. I could take a swag, I guess. (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's my perception anyway, I have heard many people saying that they no longer post to RTL. (...) Well not if RTL was used instead of lugnet.general (but as has been said they have different purposes), then LUGNET people would still post to (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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