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(...) I think the admins have dealt with it already because I get a blank page. Can someone (while remaining within the bounds of gentle speech and the LUGNET TOS, please) say what it was? Who or what was it insulting/mocking, etc? Thanks (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It was an image of a totally naked woman with LEGO bricks covering up the genetalia. -Tim (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (gen*I*talia but who's counting) OK, thanks for that info. I've seen nekkid girls before so I guess I didn't miss much there. But was it anyone we KNOW??? Um, can I suggest that someone summarize the larger discussion and see if it can be put (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: -snip- for brevity (...) A fair summary. Wisely left out the emotional baggage that got picked up on the way. (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Just looking at the size of these, they seem negligible even compared to the stuff in my own folders. So I don't think bandwidth is a huge factor. The main beef I would have is that they put each one in a separate folder (which you talk about (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Remember, these aren't seen only by people looking at the Brickshelf recent page. They are loaded everytime the owner posts a message to a webforum, which means every time a person reads one of those messages, the images gets loaded (barring (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Can we stop speculating about the bandwidth used. Kevin is really the only one who can answer that, and until we know they are a bandwidth problem, it's somewhat pointless to speculate about that. (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Absolutely agreed. I think we've got to be careful about how we talk about the bandwidth issue until we have hard data. (...) I definitely agree with the above. (...) Umm, isn't a 9 year old breaking Brickshelf's TOS no matter what he/she (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'd like to highlight this a bit more. I think it would be a big mistake to make any value judgements based on popularity contests for what content is allowed. A "highlights" page which brought forth folders or images which are highly rated (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree 100%, and even if we did have hard data on this, it is not our place to worry about bandwidth, that concern is Kevin's and not ours. Kevin is the one who pays for it, not us - so he should be the one concerned with this. tom (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Larry, while you're here, and if you have a free day, check out the Railroad Museum of PA located in Strasburg, across the street from the Strasburg Railroad. Museum: (URL) Railroad: (URL) fairly easy to get to from Harrisburg (1 hour): Take (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.har)
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