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(...) They suck! So that would make me a antiantidisestablish...itarian;-) -John (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Louiedepalmasaurus? Marylourettidon? -John (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, that clue wouldn't've helped me much, if I hadn't known the dino's name. Personally, I would've said that it sounds like an annoying singer's name from an early '80s animated TV series. :) Jeff P.S. For those wondering, the name is (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That'd be the Emu! Oh, wait, you want classical dinos. The answer is "Minmi"! Here's an easy one: What dinosaur looks like Stegosaurus but has spikes instead of plates on its back? Jeff (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) [ ratcheting up the rhetoric one more notch ] Somewhere off to the right of me (in a pile of non-Lego stuff) is my second hobby computer, a SWTPC-6800. One of the '75-'76 breed. It has a whole whopping 20K of ram in it :) My first was the MITS (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I have to agree, I can't leave a used-bookstore empty-handed if they have any old sci-fi in there. There's something refreshing about its optimism and imagination, especially the 50s-60s era. Unfortunately modern sci-fi tends to reflect recent (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thanks! There are plenty of cars that should be on the site but aren't. About every other time I look in a Road&Track, I see another car which might fit :) I don't plan on changing the site, though--too much work. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) i overly geeked on this answer. just to set the record straight before one of you other dino geeks catch it, micropachycephalosaur means "tiny thick-headed lizard" (i've known a few, lol!). one of the tiniest known dinosaurs at about 20 inches (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) sorry, john, it's not troodon. was "small"(= micro..) a clue in the first question? i missed it if it was. here's a clue for the shortest dino name: armor down under, or america's favorite midget. he he he! later ~ dino-craigo-lego! (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Would that make you an Antidisestablishment...usitarian? <grin & duck> James (URL) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Troodon"? -John (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Are we forgetting Antidisestablishment...saurus...? };^D -John Dinogeek Neal (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) of course! the "tiny hadrosaur", only abot 8 ft long... supposedly. the identity on this one is rather doubtful, because so little of it was found. ok. (rolling up sleaves) care to take a guess as to the _shortest_ dino name? he he he later ~ (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup, it is the November 1999 issue. The cover says "Inca Sacrifice" in big letters. I'll let ya'll know how the article was when I finish reading it. Jeff (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually, I was refering to micropachycephalosaurus, with 23 letters. :) Ahh... I love Dino Trivia! I'll see if I can find some more stuff to quiz ya on! :) Jeff P.S. I think *I* just outed myself as a total Dino Geek. :) P.P.S (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) think (...) As I recall, I went in to buy my Apple ][ (not II) in 1979, but the ][+ had just come out that month. It's horrifying to think I have had a computer of some sort for 20 years. The Commodore PET was available, TRaSh 80, Sol 20 and (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeff Stembel writes: <snip!> (...) By what must be an absolutely stunning coincidence, I actually read that (or something virtually indentical) in a book today. But then, that might be because I'm re-reading the Lensman (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) remember (...) . (...) I remember in the late 80s, when most folks had Apples or Comodore 64s, my buddy got an Atari computer (can't remember the model) that had 2 meg of RAM. We thought that was so huge. "You'll never need to store anything (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) We got our first computer in the early '80s and it was an Apple IIe, a "portable" computer. I thought it was so cool! I only remember 3 games from it, a Lord of the Rings game, Oregon Trail, and an early Sierra game called "Mark's Tale" or (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) We're knights of the round table we dance when e'er we're able... :) James (URL) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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