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(...) Then grow up and deal with it, you're wrong. Do you actually believe that people MUST read all of your (or anyone's) posts, and comment on them, rather than "ignoring" them, or "looking over" them? GROW UP, the world owes you NOTHING, you (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's fine. (of course some of us realise that "every theme is spare parts for " X (where X is our theme) ) But I think Hop Frog is on to something when he says that one shouldn't leave readers with the opinion that one is unhappy or jealous (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Now there's a resonable counter to my statement :) Actually, I find what you wrote there quite interesting, and would be interested in seeing your grading system when it is finished as well. (...) Well, it would probably be in their own (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Sage advice, Matt! Thanks for putting things in the proper perspective. As far as these old sets being released, I don't give a flying f*** as long as there's one Classic Space set released ;^) So, I didn't post a reply to Brad Justus's (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I must also offer my own apologies to everyone at Lugnet. Though I do not plan to continue to post regularly, it was wrong of me to say that everyone here attributes to Lugnet's problem. However, that does not remove the fact that Lugnet still (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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I'm sorry you feel this way, Anthony. I read through the posts and I think, by and large, that most of the replies were pretty cordial, but there were a couple that went a bit overboard on attacking you personally instead of debating your point. I (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Anthony Please Don't leave Lugnet or stop posting. I have been in your shoes before. When I suggested that some people would not be especially happy if the July surprise was the reissue of the early 80's sets. (specifically the guarded Inn but (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not certain why you set the FUT to .off-topic.debate, because it is certainly on-topic for LUGNET. Anyhow, in keeping with my vow to stay out of this group, this is going to be a fire-and-forget message :] My advice is to just not worry (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Anthony, I 'm posting because I was the person that possibly branded you a complainer. I'd like you to read this whole post objectively, so I'd like to offer my apology in advance, hoping that you'll see a few things differently, and continue to be (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Could this be the same Anthony Sava who referred to the people he assumed would disagree with him as "hypocritic castle heads?" A whiner as well as a complainer. Be sure to bring a good supply of rocks as you retreat to your glass house. And, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Mostly haven't been in this thread, short on time earlier this week. Here's my take overall. Anthony: go ahead and feel that Guarded Inn wasn't the best first release item. Not everyone agrees, I think it *WAS* a great first release but you gave (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I honestly thought it was the other way around! During the last months, everything done by the LEGO Company has been bashed on LUGNET. The Guarded Inn and the Sopwith Camel are probably the exceptions. Should someone take the other view and (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Anthony ,Anthony, Just wait one second it's understandable that you feel like this but I think that sometimes alot of us here do, can and would spent all our time with lego and if we had the time some of us would start a resistance group(Black (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Tim, I think the term "sour grapes" doesn't actually work in this context -- or at least I'm not sure how you mean it. (...) Others can always do as they please. But there are several REALLY good reasons why Lego doesn't fit into the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I certainly did read it, which prompted my reply. (...) Well cry me a river. Sorry but I don't buy your idea of 'fairness.' LEGO has no obligation to treat a theme with favored or non favored status on the basis that they have 'beaten it down' (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Anthony, do PLEASE get a thicker skin! Everybody is thinking that TLC could have picked something else, something better. That's why there are all these posts about what sets should come next -- those are the very sets that a lot of people (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Anthony (et al.), I followed these posts-ALL OF THEM-and there was some really good talk on all three sides of the fence (if you count those sittin' on the pickets-ouch!). From a fresh perspective, I would like to say that no one in the thread typed (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well said Anthony, to each his/her own! -Harvey (24 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Were you neglected as a child? You sure seem to need the attention. Piss off... I'm tired of seeing you here. -Duane (24 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And you're welcome to that title! You got the chops, you earned it! You rock at digging stuff up, man... thanks! ++Lar (24 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Xpost and followup set to .debate, where this belongs. (...) Why of course. Mladen, you just don't get it, do you? We do know you as well as we can know you. You've been a part of this community for about a year now, if my memory serves me right. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A little further legal note: As Rick was in fact commenting on Mladen's statements, the reproduction of his entire email would most likely be construed as "fair use" by a court in the US. The idea is that in order to have a free (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) *Arachnomechatronitroid* Isn't that the instrument Lucy played at the Tropicana for that clown guy? I love that episode! Matt (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thank you for posting those links, I was getting curious enough to look it up and I probably would have been browsing law for hours. Now I'll go whip together that Arachnomechatronitroid. (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Whoops! Guess I should have finished that last post BEFORE posting it (that's how it's SUPPOSED to work, isn't it?)! Larry's the more corrrect in this instance. E-mail confidentiality is mostly a politeness issue. Assume that "anything you say can (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Will I do? Here are a couple: From: (URL) recipient of e-mail is generally free to share the information in the e-mail with anyone..." "Unless the recipient has some duty of confidentiality (e.g., physician-patient, attorney-client, trade (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Really? Wow. Do you have any cites? I thought letters were more like phone calls than like authored works. (only one party to a call needs to consent to it being recorded and disseminated) I had always assumed (1) that when I sent words to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's quite interesting to me--I had no prior knowledge of that. Thanks! Dave! (I just noticed that that came off as a bit sarcastic, but I didn't mean it that way!) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think case law supports copyright protection for the author of a letter (and by extension e-mail). (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry. Everyone is right except Dave! Better? Note how I once again got his name to be at the end of the sentence, although one could argue that the exclamation point is not appropriate in this usage. The reason why is left as an exercise. :-) (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There he goes, fanning the flames again... 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Snip snip... everyone is right. (...) Agreed. While I do understand Rick's motivation in doing what he did to try to handle the situation, it might have been better if he could have done so without directly quoting mails. (...) "keep your words (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Good point. "Fair use" probably has a much broader than usual definition when applied to interpersonal correspondence. Snail-mail letters are made public all the time, often via media "leaks," but they're released nonetheless. I'm not sure how (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Of course, considering the temper tantrum threat Mladen made, posting it to Lugnet probably eliminated any chance at all of Mladen getting any sympathy whatsoever. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support | Netscape Communications (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) While as a general rule I agree with this, I think there also is a time for asking what others think of a communication one has received. In this case, perhaps Rick didn't have to share the whole e-mail, but I understand his desire for (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Also interesting. I suppose I was working from an attitude of "I sent it to him; now it's his to do with as he chooses." Caveat Sender. (...) It's easy, if you're shameless! Dave! (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm with Richard and James on this, one should NEVER share someone's private email without permission (I mean unless it contains a serious death threat or something). I do agree that it is safer to assume that what one says could end up in a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) AFAIK, E-mail is generally considered private. Much like other personal correspondance. Obviously it's not a very enforcable convention, but there ya go. I don't get too steamed about it, although when it happens to me (and I find out), I make (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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