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(...) Todd's just as much a part of this community as anyone else here, and I don't think anything should limit him from speaking his mind, aside from his own discresion of course. I think he's also looking out for the community by standing up to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) community's (...) Todd, I don't think this is a good idea. You, of all people, don't need to get into a shooting match about who has done what for the community. I myself think highly of you and, through what I've seen on Lugnet, you are (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Matthew, please move your drivel to .off-topic.debate or somewhere else off of LUGNET. You're adding no value to the .space group -- in fact, by all these off-topic posts, you're detracting value from it. (...) I hope you leave. --Todd (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | memoriam (was: Re: No promises when I'll be done, but...)
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(...) Matthew, when will you realize that the more you try to discourage people from this, the more it will have the opposite effect? I bet that makes you very frustrated. (...) A one-dimensional, warped perception of reality. (...) Humans need (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (tone down your sarcasm meter - it might go off) AH, I see. So you're only a jerk other places! Here, you're the essence of good-natured fun. Sorry, bub. You seem to have some capacity for critical thought (albiet used very childishly - just (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I generally share that belief. However, it seems to me that you come here to make not criticism but noise. Harsh criticism only has a chance of positive results when those doing the criticizing are respected and well articulated. --Todd (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Tin God, no. Maybe a tin spitoon. --Todd (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I used to be a fan of Matthew's weapons designs, but I'm afraid that I too am going to suffer, going forward, from limited interest in things Matthew says and creates. It's my own fault for not being able to ignore his rotten attitude, but I (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Words from someone who has been eating too much humble pie? (cough) (...) I must be missing something -- all I saw that Jude said in his announcement was, "I left you a little teaser for now." I don't see how that is tantamount to making (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thats what i meant, sorry (...) True (...) On TV in the UK i have seen it in books as well in the College Libery (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Is this a US only usage? In Australia AFAIK "Lego" is "Lego", a collective noun for the toy system, and the bricks are "Lego bricks". Maybe it's because we're used to sheep and wheat, or maybe we're just smarter ;^)(hey, this is o- t-d!). (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Aspirin is still a trademark here (Canada) but not in the UK. It varies from country to country. Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Exactly. That was the initial motivation of my post. (...) Heh! You're right--even insofar as AFOLs already face a certain stigma, unfounded though it may be, the sort of pedantry we're describing stands out as somehow more extreme. Dave! (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) but (...) brick (...) Good general example, but bad specifics, both of these product names are still protected trademarks. Contrast cola and aspirin, lost by The Coca Cola Company, Inc. and Bayer Farben AG respectively, I believe. ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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You also have to consider that most people just don't care. If you go around correcting people, they're going to roll their eyes and give you that look reserved for Trekkie conventions and people like me who stood out in line all night for Star Wars (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not disputing that. In fact, one of the first points in my original post was a recognition of the possibility of product dilution. Nor am I asserting "Legos" as the correct form; I'm simply saying that, if a person identifies a single (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This has nothing to due with the English language's rules for pluralization. It's a legal issue of trademark dilution. By referring to their products as LEGO bricks, LEGO building toys, etc., the Lego Company is trying to avoid having their (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Fair enough, but this *is* a LEGO-based discussion group, and the demographic here might reasonably be expected to make a more thoughtful effort to adhere to the "correct" form. In my experience, though, this simply doesn't pan-out to the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Amen, Aaron (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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