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IBM's PC DOS version 6.3.... how many diskettes came with that release? 2 sets at work thrown in the rubbish, unused, which of course I rescued. (Might come in handy, you never know! & I no longer have my original DOS disks....). One has 3 disks, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) PC-DOS?!? 6.3 ?!?! Ewwww. There. Now that that's off my chest: Just get a set of 6.22s - available prolly even legally very cheap. And they're only 3 disks, and a better dos than pc-dos :) Jasper (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Didn't PC-DOS have a bunch of really cool features that MS-DOS never had, such as reliable task-switching and reliable disk compression, among other things? I'm always looking out for good replacements for MS-DOS, from the 4DOS replacement (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you _really_ want a command line interface that runs on pretty modest comps, install Linux. Slackware 3.4 works off of 4 megs, even, with some fiddling. Actually, my sentiments run more like: ewwww. DOS. :) Jasper (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm not familiar with PC-DOS, but all versions of MS-DOS up through 6.22 run great on 1MB. Even 640K. Anything more than that is just for improved application functionality/performance. Steve (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, disk compression sucks whatever the platform, and task-switching without the facility to see both programs at the same time, and preferably at least semi-true multitasking, so both run at the same time, is only half a solution. Besides, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) True. But with a 640k MSDOS machine, anything more than wp5.1 is taxing. With a 4 meg, 386sx/16 Linux machine, you can be fully connected to the internet, as a server, bridge, router, or brouter, even, without much trouble. Jasper (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No you can't. :) You can do some of that, yes. Whether or not you would shoot yourself in the head waiting for it is another matter. Although I'm sure a 386sx/16 with 4 megs could probably dial in and run telnet just fine. (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ah, so you're gonna run X on that 386/16 with 4 megs? :) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes. (...) I was never a great fan of DOS...my introduction to PC's came when 3.1 windows was around. (Though then one needed to know DOS to get the most out of it....). I will be buying a couple of refurb 486's that my employers will be (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) But not as cheap as legally free........ 5 would be about right then..... (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sure you can. :) (...) Not really. A server might be slightly slow. Only for say, hosting your scans of instructions so KL can pick them up. I'm talking low-bandwidth applications here. Like, a router for one or two, maybe three people. I know (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Errr.. You prolly could, if you're just planning on running several Xterms... which was kinda the thing I meant. Actually, right here, i was just talking about DOS. You run DOS to play Doom, is about my assessment of the current situation in (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm. I doubt they're the full cd's. Lemme pop my RedHat 5.1 and SuSe 5.0 CD's in my tray and check... Lesse: RH 5.1 (btw, 5.2 is out now.): 577 Megs. Suse 5.2:: 624 megs Slackware 3.5: 645 megs... Anyway, I doubt you'll see two full distro's (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Go with RedHat. For the novice the installation can't be beat. I'm still a novice, so I can say that. I'm waiting a few weeks for Linuxppc to come out with R5. I'll order it then and put it on my G3 at work so I can at least dual-boot into a (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, that's a helluva deal. I thought getting Redhat 5.1 for $1.99 from www.cheapbytes.com was a good deal. Used Star Office yet? I think I'm going to dl it tomorrow since we have it on our Sunsite mirror and give it a shot. (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Really? I have a 386/40 (with an upgrade chip to TI 486/40) sitting here doing diddly. You're tempting me to try Linux on it. Like I really need something new to spend time on.... -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hi all, What's on the top of your list of useless pieces? Rare and/or special pieces might not count -- it's not useless just because it has a label or a sticker on it, or because you've only seen it in one set in your entire life. On the other (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Useless? I'll buy these in any quantity that people want to sell, especially 4591 Good thread, though. Right now I am starting to think that the pieces that I have the most of and use the least of must be the most useless... My #1 contender (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Biggest problem would probably be disk space. If you're going for a good distribution + X, you'd need in the order of 2-300 megs or so. in 80-100 megs, you can just about the most basic tasks , and be a router/gateway. And maybe an inhouse (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually, Linux has been pretty much stationary lately... too much other stuff to do :( (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I would have to say the front slope from Blaze Commander #6525. I can't even decide where to sort this piece, with the low slopes?? or with wheel well pieces?? If you can't sort it, then you can't find it, or use it. Hence, useless. Barry (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Good point. Barbara and I sort everything by color, which for the size of our collection, is starting to become inconvenient. Our black pieces fill a storage drawer which measures 11 x 6 x 16 inches (about 4.5 gallons or 17.4 litres) -- making (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Doom runs nicely on Linux. (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Go for it. But don't even bother trying X -- the fun will vanish. (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) which I JUST don't understand. I have some color sorted stuff now and it is SO hard to find things (...) Well, just in case, I bet Damraska will want it all. (just trying to help) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ok, I had a look. The directory named "Suse" weighs in at 448MB, with the total space used on the CD being 648MB. How much is actually all Suse and the rest DOS/Win format support files I don't know. 'Tis 5.2, kernel 2.0.34. Does this seem (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I know there are quite a few different flavours of the stuff, so my question would be, "Does software, such as SIAG office, work on both???" Or is the software usually written with the one version in mind. I need a new hard disk, 1.6GB doesn't (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I would have said the same about those, too. But my pyramid consumed quite a few of both, especially when I ran out of 2x4's, and 2x3's were all that was left. 1x3's were essential for the corners. For me, probably the most generally useless (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm. bad example, you're right. I pick one of the two commercial games that's been ported successfully. Aarg. (at least, popular ones that I know of, aka, doom and quake.) Jasper (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I find that I end up using most of my bricks regardless of size...I find the 1x1's _very_ useful in my projects because my attempts to replicate 'realistic' architecture on a minifig scale always seem to leave holes in the weirdest places. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, a year ago our entire collection would fit within six 8.5 x 11 x 2 inch drawers. They were so shallow, finding a specific piece was cake. (...) Well, I suppose I would entertain offers. For roughly 18,000 pieces, I'll accept $250,000 or (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'll split that lot with Larry, if he lets me... :) (...) Let me know when you want to let some go. Seriously. (...) Agreed, all doors should be paired. (...) I hope Dave Simmons doesn't read this, but again if you're looking to unload some, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) you can use 4x4 radar dishes to lid them but since the dishes don't come in brown they are really, as you put it, best suited for rain barrels. I love the idea of this thread but where are the suggestions of "how to use them"? Most of the Town (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) For some reason, I have a strong negative reaction to this piece. Maybe because it doesn't play well with other bricks? Steve (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I really like the big western barrels myself. It would be cool to have lids for them, but reversed and on their sides I think they make cool casks for a winery/brewery. Brown would be a weird color for it, but I guess you could use them as (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It should work on both. In some cases, you'll need to do more tweaking if you're using a distribution other than the one the app was targeted at. (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm. Hadn't thot of it that way, but it certainly makes sense. TLG could have accomplished the same thing with 1 2x6, 4 2x2 med slopes and 4 2x2 med inv slopes for use in other ways; or even made the legs themselves into a new type of piece, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) And Ultima Online. (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah I agree. The human mind is really good at sorting by color: if you're trying to find one 2x2 red piece mixed in with 1000 white ones, piece of cake. But try to find one 2x3 mixed in with 1000 2x2s and 2x4s of the same color... (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes, that is very cool. You could make a cool tavern/inn if you didn't have an aversion to acquiring Scala turkeys and legs. 'Twould make a fine feast. (...) Actually I wouldn't mind brown spaceships, or even just parts being brown as long as (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ultima Online can be played on Linux? Or do the servers run on Linux? I wasn't aware that they sold (or provided along with the wintel) a Linux version. Speaking of other OS's, though, I just installed BeOS 3.1 on one of our Macs today. Would (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There's actually a linux client. It's pretty new, so I haven't actually checked it out -- I subscribed this summer, but dropped it because I have an actual life. :) Check this out: ftp://leper.owo.com/...client.tgz (...) Yeah, I've seen Be on (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Pieces we'd like to see (was: Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...))
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A 2x3 offset brick would be very cool! Like the 'zigzag octagonal brick' from Aquazone et al. Except a regular sloped brick. Actually, a 1x3 offset brick would be even better. I'm wanting those things everywhere. Does anyone else have new pieces (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Cool, it has a WD 340 meg drive. Sucker cost $400 dollars new at the time. <shudder> Just think what that can buy now in a hard drive. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) YES. Just about _every_ time I build something I wish for this: A black Technic Axle with Pin, where the "pin" part is high friction. Basically, a cross between part 3749 and 4459. I can't believe TLG has not made this piece. It is so obvious. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You _must_ be insane. How do you find anything? That sorting logic would be fine for socks and underwear, but for Lego? -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Insanity comes with the job. You *can't* walk out of TRU with an armload of Legos without leaving a few brain cells behind! Curiously enough, the same thing occurs at school. Leave with $459 worth of books, leave a few brain cells behind.\ The (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Sproaticus wrote in message <3672DEAC.6FF236B9@g...es.com>... (...) You get that. At least you married someone the same size as you :) Moz (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Going to a totally different sort of off-topiuc now, to keep this thread alive :) When I bought my first comp, from my very own money, I bought a DX2/66/4 meg/420 meg/14" thingy for $1000, added extra 4 meg (at a friggin' $160), and some (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Oh that was the time...mine had a cost of exact 1250$ (in 1992) including 15% tax and had: 386SX 16 cpu with appropriate mathco 1 MB RAM (not even as 30 pin simms, but as 44256 individual chips) an Oak 067 VGA card with 256 KB of mem 40 MB HDD (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sucks, doesn't it? I would LOVE to have a new bleeding edge computer, but I hate that feeling of buyers remorse when the price drops soon thereafter. (...) Hey, that's what this groups for. :-) I remember my dad jumping on the computer (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sounds like what you're leaving behind is a wad of cash. (...) <G> "Sproat, always good for a big grin" (...) Cross-dressing's a no-no in your family unit? -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 01:51:26 GMT, "Selçuk <teyyareci>" <sgore@nospam.superonline.com> wrote: <snip> Selçuk, this is completely irrevelent, but I was just wondering about the <teyyareci> in your header. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) So, Terry, what you're telling me is, that going to college is nothing but a big scam perpetuated by the haves to futher deplete the have-nots in a continuous plot to widen the power gap between the suits and the engineers? Are you implying (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah, well, technically :) (...) *winces* Well, my current system config includes:a Iiyama Visiomaster Pro 17, a Keytronic KB101 PLUS Professional series keyboard I bought second-hand for $10 about 4 or 5 years ago, washed it, and won't be (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Cool. Why both power supplies? You running a dozen HD's in there or something? Sounds interesting. (...) Mrmmm? N-cube? You mean the ram has a 10 year warranty or does N-cube make something else? A buddy showed me a website once of a company (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's a fun little virus, fairly harmless (1). Good start. However, this one footnote is a dangler... no antecedent. 1 - unlike say, the "debating religion in newsgroups" virus, which I seem to have intially vectored into LUGNET inadvertantly (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Er, um, this should be "I'm the DANGLING footnote virus!". So stamp it out. :-) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Is it really a stupid DOS question?..:-D Teyyareci is an old word (used during the first half of the century), coming from Arabic, and meaning is "aviator" or "pilot". Old timers (I mean the grandma- grandpa generation) call aircrafts as "teyyare" (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Muhahahaa...nice. Selçuk (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Terry K wrote in message <36731cf0.713752@lugnet.com>... (...) My brother-in-law (at the time) heard I was taking a computer class, and wanted me to do this huge databasing (is that where you melt floppies in a silver spoon and inject them directly (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That is much more than I imagined. Notice that I was careful to not even try to guess. Good thing, too, because my guesses were way off. To say the least. It did not seem like a proper name, last name or title, and the idea of a nickname did (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hi all, I recently wrote a message in which I used the term "high-school drop-out" in a derogatory fashion. I realize that this may (rightfully so) give someone cause to consider my mental and social stability. This (1) has bothered me ever since, (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not to mention Albert Einstein. (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Einstein was pretty cool, but he's no Billy Joule. Joel. Arg. Whatever. :-, Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmmm... I guess it is about time to go through a Great Re-Org. So soon after a Great Purge of our assembled sets, too. I was thinking a scheme that almost parallels the LDraw naming scheme: e.g. bricks, bricks with studs not on top and (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey, this is off-topic in this newsgroup. :) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <3671185f.2441426@lu...et.com>... (...) I'd like to see 1X1 and 1X2 plates with studs on top and bottom, and the same only with female top and bottom. For inverting pieces whenever you feel like it. -John Van (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Something like this, but I haven't got that many pieces :) Technic beams, terchnic plates, Technic connecting pieces/axles/etc. regular bricks, regular plates, regular tiles Other are just about the main categories. The I sort for example into (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah, well what a hoser you are then. Take off, eh? (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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James Brown writes: <SNIP> (...) My big gripe is the 1 x 2 plate 2 finger and 3 finger hinge pieces. TLG does a good job matching colors in sets, but I always end up with two 1 x 2 plate 2 finger hinge pieces in white (1) and two 1 x 2 plate 3 (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <AHEM> You ain't so tough, eh? Yeah like, Bob my brother an' me, we was talkin', eh, about like, how tough we was when we got lost in the woods, you know? Like, this ranger guy, he found us, he was Ned, what a knob, eh? Dressed up in that red (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Remember that time we went to the Provincial Park? So I guess there's nothing more needs to be said, eh? (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Are you sure you don't mean Wisconson State Park?? You can't tell a WI and an ON accent apart none too good, eh? Doncha think? You betcha. (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I wouldn't count hinge-plates in pairs, because there are a fair number of elements with 2- or 3-finger hinges which aren't paired -- the control lever (rod with end-stud and 3-finger hinge), the robot finger (3L rod with 3-finger hinge at one (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You want that with light friction, or stick-a-metal-rod-in-the-center friction? :) Steve (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Here's a simple one: 1x2 plate with *2-finger* hinge on the side. Sounds silly, but I could have used a bunch of these in one particular model. The alternatives I came up with weren't as good. How about port- and starboard- halves of the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Isn't the UP actually part of Canada? Yah sure. Steve (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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So does this belong in lugnet.admin.database, or lugnet.storage? Steve (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) a (...) a (...) the (...) OK Point well taken. I was speaking strictly from the instance where the hinges are used in pairs. I can see not including the mating hinge half when using it with other elements, but my opinion remains unchanged when (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Four pounds of backbacon, three french toasts, two turtlenecks... and a beer, in a tree."(1) (...) From Tom McDonald Anti-spam block in place. (URL) You haven't lived until the vacuum cleaner has pulled the tape out of a cassette for you. Do what (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, from experience I have come to trust their basic Office set (Word, Excel, Access) and Win NT. That's most likely because MS didn't write the things, but just bought the companies that wrote them. Though I have to agree, it *is* a (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Huh? I thought MS wrote all the above. Who did MS buy them from? (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ah, NOW i get it. Is this it? "Suppose you have a model that for artistic reasons should have blue white hinges. Fine. Make one blue end the 2 end and the other blue end the 3 end, when possible. Ditto for white Then the builder later has one (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oops - NT was written by IBM, which MS obvisouly didn't buy. It was originally called something like "Windows OS/2" or something, then after the split, most of the really good parts went into OS/2. I don't remember exactly who wrote Word, (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Correctamundo (...) I can see their point in the manufacturing/packaging processes. With their volume though, the added costs should be minimal. Think about the variety of parts in many of their sets. I could argue this point for quite a while (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Pieces we'd like to see (was: Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...))
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(...) At times, I need the SAMRITC type. So a mix of types sure wouldn't hurt. BTW, I needed some of those old super high friction types the other day, so I searched through my bin. Of all those, I only found _one_ of that type. Man, was I PO'd. I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Are ya sure they bought it? Or did they just steal it, like Windows itself? Mark "WinErr:007 System price error - Inadequate money spent on hardware" (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not to mention what it would do to their molding production runs... The 'hinge runs' are relatively small (hinges aren't *that* common), and alternating colors would give them twice as many hinge runs, each at half the size. Steve (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's splitting hairs when it comes to MS... I'll give them credit for one thing: they're very good about their choice of companies when it comes to product plundering. Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Indeed - I've been trying to hunt down transparent blue plates for a little while now, and have had to come to the conclusion they don't exist. Transparent blue bricks would be great too! (26 years ago, 18-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I can't swear about this, but I think the new Space Port series may have some trans-blue plates. At least in 2x2 size. I saw some of them today at a TRU in Mesa, AZ and I seem to recall seeing those. At the time, I was too interested in the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I had a 4x6 trans blue plate. And I know there much included into space sets in mid 80's. Selçuk (26 years ago, 19-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Also sprach Selçuk <teyyareci>: : I had a 4x6 trans blue plate. And I know there much included into space sets i : mid 80's. Indeed. 6927 (the All-Terrain Vehicle) had two 3x6 trans-blue slopes and 2 1x4 trans-blue bricks. 6929 (Starfleet Voyager) (...) (26 years ago, 20-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <devil's advocate> They didn't steal windows. They stole the "look 'n' Feel" of windows. (sound familiar? :) ) Anyway, The company they stole it from also stole it from someone else, so why they even _bothered_to sue is beyong me.... (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Also sprach Jasper Janssen: : <devil's advocate> They didn't steal windows. They stole the "look 'n' : Feel" of windows. (sound familiar? :) ) Anyway, The company they stole : it from also stole it from someone else, so why they even _bothered_to : (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Shouldn't that be "the Windows buyer gets the bugs"? I just worked with MacOS and I was impressed! After a whole days work, I didn't get a single ErrorMessage, BSoD or Dr. Watson!!! This is proof: it CAN be done right! (Please mr. Gates. Steel (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh I don't know... "640k ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates, 1983 or thereabouts.... Of course, that was later, so your statement still stands :) (...) Possibly. Tho personally, I find the apple UI somewhat worse than the current (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Linux isn't stable because it's an open source project. It's not portable, it's not scalable, no one uses it for anything serious, and it'll soon be in violation of the standards as soon as Microsoft invents them. Microsoft invented the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I just thought I'd mention that VB is my personal bogeyman of the moment. I very much prefer a scripting language that has meat to it, such as Perl. Having said that, I just read something that chilled my blood. Evidently, PC Magazine named (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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fun what fun, staring at a chip on your video baord becuase probe won't work is fun. Trying to get a stink program to fit on your monitor because a %^$ programmer has a %$$ 21 inch monitor at a billion by a billion resolution. If that's fun, I pity (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, it isn't stable because it's an open source project. It's stable because it's stable. (...) Not portable huh? Did I see Red Hat on Intel, Alpha, PowerPC, and some others? not serious? How many ISPs do I know that use Linux as their *nix (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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