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(...) nnggahhh I can't believe I spelled obnoxious wrong! junior (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) This wouldn't be why everyone left RTL en masse is it? or why I only post obnoxiuous one-liners instead of epic posts? junior (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ahh...I love it when I see people make comments like this. I need to show this thread to the higher ups here at my company. I have been doing web design for the past 6 years. I love it and I always stick with the basics. I can make a site look (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) FYI under MSIE 5.0, Windows NT4, the micro-scale text scrolls in the same stupid way. The page also ignores the text-size menu commands in MSIE. Come on LEGO, competent web designers are easy to hire these days... (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish.html)
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"Sean Harrington" <harrington@macgenius.com> wrote in message news:G79o0J.1H4@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) LUGNET (...) I agree. My 'very interesting' comment related to the fact the option existed, as opposed to the actual sets on sale regards (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Yup, that's what I'm afraid of. (...) I fully agree with Frank Filz here. I usually try to stay out of many discussions (I rather post info or answer peoples' questions) but this thread caught my attention because it expresses exactly what I (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) 'Hard to Find' - AKA 'hard to sell'? I'd be most happy if lego uk were to mimic the S@H specials which the USA gets - see this week's: (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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I completely agree with the other posts here. LEGO needs to hire a web designer, not a magazine designer. Whoever is doing the site seems to be forgetting that they are designing for an interactive medium that is, ultimately, interpreted to the user (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) An agreement to exchange some technology and marketting is nowhere near a merger. If that was a "merger", there probably would effectively be a monopoly, a single "company" would serve the whole world. (...) Yes, I've come to expect that (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !!
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(...) Maybe I should have wrote more, maybe I should have wrote less. With regards to my use of the word "merger", I used it to describe the shared direction that Microsoft and Lego have taken. In essence they have merged, although on an official (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ho-freaking, hum! The US S@H page has six items (as of 9:30am PDT), most of them Arachnoid items... Robo Stalker, 2153, US$29.99 (URL) Dance Ridge, 6718, US$7.99 (URL) Creeper, 6837, US$7.99 (URL) Prowler, 6919, US$39.99 (URL) Stinger, 6969 (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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It was me (I ?) that posted that, and I stand by it. It is based on the behavior of Microsoft in the past with respect to competitors or enhancers to MS-DOS and later Windows. It has happened many times: a developer writes a cool utility or (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Perhaps _they_ can't find them? :-) Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Wow, that is huge! The scrolling works fine in Netscape 4.7 (though you have to click or move your mouse away from the arrow to stop scrolling--I'd rather click to scroll than click to stop scrolling) The text is awfully small at my resolution (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish.html)
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Very interesting! Noticed a new 'Hard to Find' menu option on shop @ home It's on the 'Shop at home exclusives' menu Swear it wasnt there last week, at least on the UK site I visit. In the USA site there are several sets listed Unfortunately there (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) to (...) beyond I find the text scrolls much more slowly than yours Todd, but then I'm on what's almost certainly a slower machine (P 233). It's still too fast to read. What's just as bad is that the width of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) AFAIK there is no official mention of the two companies merging or MS buying TLC, please point me to the source of this info otherwise this is one of the 'wild speculations' Jake was talking about. <snipped all the stuff about merging (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Kirby Warden" <inourimage@msn.com> wrote in message news:G79JMx.B3B@lugnet.com... (...) get (...) Kirby, I'm sure there are lots of reasons why Jake cannot post everyday to Lugnet. For example: - The day to day demands and responsibilities of his (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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I'm using NetScape 4.5 on NT 4.0 and it works (techinally, I can see all of the text with the up/down arrows). The html source seems to have a lot of work arounds for NetScape (WM_netscapeCssFix, WM_netscapeCssFixCheckIn, ...) To print, I can (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) I'm not so sure you helped a whole lot. Please, I'm not trying to be rude or anything, I'll explain. I won't assume anything about you personnaly here, I just want to explain why I think the feedback became so negative. As a collective, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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