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(...) I think this is a great question.... it gets to the heart of why companies share preannounced info with the general public (or rabid fans, or some spectrum of in between). My comments are more about the train summit but I suspect Steve or Tim (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G8nLoJ.5Iw@lugnet.com... (...) First off, good thoughts Larry, and good question, Eric. I'll attempt to add to the comments as they apply to the CAD summit. (...) I don't think anyone (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) A gift? Please. LEGO got just as much, if not more, out of having you lot up there. Otherwise, they wouldn't have bothered. I haven't been nosey enough to ask about travel and boarding expenses. It would be a bit shocking to me to find out (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Not sure if this is the specifically right place to post this question, but here goes. Even if you (collectively) can't disclose what was discussed, can you disclose when you can disclose what was discussed? Dave! (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Are they planning on having a TOWN Summit? Or Castle or Space? Gary Istok (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Or pirate? I'd be a little surprised to see other summits, though I'd sure love to be invited to one (but I realize that at a minimum, Larry is a good representative for me, and probably others also). The train and cad summits have clearly (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) They've already answered this question, albiet indirectly, by saying that what does get released will be released by LEGO Direct in LD's time frame. So, IOW, no. James (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Fair enough. I figured it was something like that, but I thought I might have missed a more specific answer (like, "don't say anything until Wednesday") Dave! (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G8nq6u.H0x@lugnet.com... (...) Wednesday") (...) No problem. Believe me - we're going to actively be working with LEGO Direct ASAP on what to announce, etc. We all would like to be set at ease (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Tim said something about "how those not present must feel..." I think it would be super if LDRAW people organized *own* summit. Just to talk amongst ourselves. Also show programs and eat. Maybe a sub-conference of Brickfest. I had an idea yesterday. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Greetings from the CAD Summit!
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(...) Oh dear, the names are lowercase and run together. It's: Fleming*, Lars, Michael, Tomas*. Leo, Olga*, Erik, Steve. Tim, Rene*, Fleming*. * = LEGO employees. That's Tomas Clark from LEGO Direct, New York. I don't remember all their last names, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G8nstH.Ip@lugnet.com... (...) Actually...Steve and I thought about that before but never really talked more about it. Good idea. Phone is another good thing, perhaps even Voice over IP - (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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All, Some of you have noticed that LEGO.com is giving an error on occasion when you try to load a new page. Due to high traffic volumes, we are experiencing some issues with the server. We are currently working as fast as possible to remedy the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) And thank you for letting us know you're working on it! Wow, that's fast response time! :D eric (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I was browsing some of the LUGNET sites I usually don't have time for, such as lugnet.town, (I usually hang out in lugnet.general) when I stumbled across this classic beauty.... (URL) Chan built this nice classical building called Laural Hall. He (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) No really. We all considered it a privilege to be invited. (...) Sure, LD has something to gain-- otherwise, as you say, they wouldn't have invited us. But a lot of the conversation was about how TLC can help out LTCs and what they are doing. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That is beautiful. (...) So many designs are compromised by parts restrictions, in colour and number. Lack of good window options keeps me focused on castle-type structures. (...) The Lego train clubs are out there reaching the widest possible (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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How do they know who's buying what percentage? I mean, when I buy a set at Walmart or Meijers or K-mart (hooray for BOGO) nobody is tracking who I'm buying it for (almost always me, but I do get them frequently for Birthday kids). How do I express (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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You are so right, Gary! From my own experience, I have built/am building 5 large buildings which all employ bricks from bulk which simply were not obtainable in any economical sense otherwise. I am turning into a "Townie";-) -John (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) A priviledge, yes. A gift? No. LEGO got just as much, if not more, out of the meeting than you did. It's important to remember that LEGO is a company. LEGO is not your friend, it's not your enemy, it's not Santa's workshop. They don't do (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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To All, Gary makes an excellent point. Although my building has not been too much as of late, the building I have built for the train show would not have been possible without some strategic orders, mainly the 1x4x3 windows and the arious white (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) We will never mock you for having a building that is to wide ;-) Martin (...) <snip> (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) And let's face it: profit has to be a primary motive in any company. It doesn't matter how altruistic you are, how much good you do, or how right you are-- if you don't turn a profit, you only get to do it once. Even though LEGO has no (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G8nxyB.FC4@lugnet.com... (...) And that's OK. (...) True for the company - but my experience with the individuals in the company is that they are good people and they do do things out of the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Although I wouldn't call myself a genius I would have to agree with you 100%. I have been working on my Main Street scene for the NELUG Train Layout and the Town building contest and Much of it would not have been possible without bulk sales. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Mac Java Clarification
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(...) Jake, I know other people have commented on this item, but I wanted to clarify a few things. I work at Apple and used to work very closely with the MRJ (Macintosh runtime for Java) team in their developer support organization. It sounds like (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Michael, Thanks for the great info! I will pass that on down the line! Jake (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Mostly agree, so mostly snipped. (...) Can you elaborate on this? I agree that knowing that LEGO is a company and does things for company-ish reasons is important... I mean, I've been saying since *forever* that LEGO is a company and that things (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Right. There are so many OTHER things to mock him for! All other themes provide scenery for Trains. ++Lar (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I didn't say it wasn't. (...) I didn't say anything about the individuals in question. I have no opinion of any of the individuals in question, never having met any of them. Even if I were to meet them, though, it would be important to (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Drastically snipped... (...) Is there anyone that finds this as ironic as I do? To run the great anti MS language on the great anti MS computer from within a browser, the browser that works best is the MS browser. FUT .geek ++Lar (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Sure. Lately people have become infected with the idea that LEGO Direct will or won't like us based on posts in lugnet.lego.direct. They've somehow gotten the idea that LEGO Direct, as a part of The LEGO Company, will or won't form an (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Wow Eric, great job! Looks like small town Main Street USA. I really love folks building in historical styles. With attention to historical detail, the results can be great. I noticed Eric that you used one of my favorite pieces, namely the very (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) But the meetings were just the beginning. They are history. The dialog continues here with all AFOLs. We should all continue to provide input to help make TLC a better company. (...) Okay, your point is well taken. The term "gift" probably (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi Todd, (...) Hm, right now, not even one week later, the first images of the JP3 sets have popped up at another website and people started a discussion about them on Lugnet: (URL) do you say now? Would you now say we are allowed to talk about (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks. (...) Indeed. OK, thanks for the clarification. I agree, mostly (of course). But, and this may be straining at gnats and swallowing camels, and it may well be second order effects rather than direct, while LEGO Direct, not being a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Here are some relevant URL's I forgot to include in my original message: Specific MacOS Java information for Mac OS 8 and 9 can be found here: (URL) Macintosh-specific Java information can be found here: (URL) Apple's General Java page can be found (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Snipped for comedic effect. This is the last post, I gotta get back to work. (...) (1) (...) Except they get to build with their bricks at work without having to explain. 1 - Surely J2 meant "as JUST a company" as I never really thought of TLC as (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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And who knows..... when an expanded window assortment is available, there will be a lot of towns that will emulate the real world towns and cities, namely when the land area becomes too cramped, there is nowhere else to go but up..... skyscrapers (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) be (...) it's (...) I agree. But for a while the only posts they responded to were rather rudely phrased. The posts that politely asked a question were ignored. LD needs to demonstrate that they will (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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