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Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:41:40 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Cale Leiphart wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Chris Gray wrote:
> > > On 12-12-18 01:32 PM, David Koudys wrote:
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> > > > I think many of us are not going to be happy when migrating to a new system :(
> > >
> > > I for one am glad this conversation came up - I want to get a new system just after
> > > Christmas (I want one of the quiet ones).
> > >
> > > After a lot of searching I hadn't found my PW before lunch. But, I did just now.
> > > Whew! Thinking about it now, I expect if I just copy enough files over, I won't
> > > need it.
> >
> > If you use Firefox and it autosaves your LUGNet PW for you (as mine does) you
> > can see it in your list of saved passwords. Use FEBE or something similar to
> > back up your personal FF data and restore on the new system and all your saved
> > PWs will still work. IIRC anyway.
>
> So in conclusion with a tragically flawed system not allowing new prospective
> members to join and all the older members eventually forgetting their passwords
> and not being able to reset them it seems LUGNET is destined to whither away and
> die. It really sad. I can remember how absolutely amazing this place was when I
> first found it 12 years ago. Wow! Has it really been that long?
>
> Cale
Yep. Many points for improvement (admins are presumably working on it), but I
know of no direct replacement out there. I've been to most of the major LEGO
discussion groups out there and none of them have the same
functionality/versatility and readability as LUGNET. The original programmer of
this site really knew how to parse loads of data into very readable and easily
followable chunks.
I still have this as my default web page for LUGNET--
http://news.lugnet.com/?n=*,-100&v=c
which means I see all the latest posts in all threads (mostly just lugnet
automatic updates now 'cause I don't use any filters, either). But then I can
go into my groups, or space or whatever and just read those... In any PHPBB or
whatever, I have to go into each category and catch up.
Moreover, there as no other single website that encompasses all aspects of the
hobby and the AFOL. Now all these other sites are 'niche'. I get that--I mean
if you're a star wars fan, why do you want to hear about robots and such...
However, a single point of contact for fans of all genres and all aspects of
this hobby is non-existant now, really.
And that kinda blows.
Dave K
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| (...) Neither do I, but for example the discussion groups at Embarcadero (current owners of the former Borland Delphi programming tool) are AFAIK using a standard product, and are usable both on the web and via nntp. (URL) which means I see all the (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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