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(...) Oh goody, it's my turn! Here's a picture of me and some crazy talented guy I met atop my office computer speaker (1): (URL) a picture taken in the park of me, my wife Barbara, and our dog Pomai: (URL) here's a lovely picture of Pomai taken (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LoL! Well, fortunately (or perhaps un-fortunately) for you, I am taken ;-) (although she does not know about my 'secret' obsession. Erin -- (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) Very nice! (uh-oh... hope I'm not makin' my boy jealous ;-) (...) I think I started it, IIDSSM... I put some on Brickshelf a while back, and suddenly noticed a lot of people followed suit... neat. (...) -Shiri bedtime... grrr... stupid camp (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) Cool. Thanks for sharing, Erin. I hadn't noticed said trend. But if it's a trend, I must follow. Friend Bear deems it must-be so. (URL) 8^D PS: Go to www.FriendBear.com You won't regret it. (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Well, following in the trend of taking pictures of yourself, I have posted a pic of me at: (URL) you know what I look like. :) Erin -- (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You're talking about two points on the circumfrence of the circle, right? ATM, I don't see how you could figure it out without also knowing the arc between the two points (err, IOW, the angle that they form if connected to the center of the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) [x-post and f.u.t. to off-topic.geek since this could get complicated] Well, I have a B.A. in math, but I think this should be a simple enough answer: you can't. The main explanation is that it generally takes three distinct points to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Since I haven't had geometry in a zillion years, I'm ill-equipped to solve a little dilemma I've run across, and I thought a few of the more math-minded among us might be able to help. Here goes: Given two points on a circle, can one compute the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) that (...) True. that's the only way to SOLVE it. But double posting is due to human error. This human errs because there are more steps than necessary. I claim I'd make less mistakes if the path from post initiation to return to my original (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Having two buttons (rather than just one) wouldn't solve the problem that it would solve -- i.e., the problem of accidental double-posting. Only way AFAIK to solve that is to embed a unique code into the posting form or to compare new incoming (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) How about an automatic edit box below the preview, with a pair of buttons on the left (preview and post) and a cancel button on the right (just like the FTX page editing thingie but with different button labels)? That way you could just (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That sounds really really slick. But why bother? Isn't it way easier to just give us two buttons than put a bunch of special purpose code in place for that use? Don't outthink yourself, and don't try to make things foolproof, fools are too (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hey Todd - what are those strange-looking guys with the bomb-disposal equipment on your front lawn looking for? ;-) Or are they bomb-disposal experts - those containers do look a bit like cooking pots, come to think of it! <g> Cheers ... Geoffrey (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That would certainly be nifty. How about an "edit" button on the preview page? Internet Explorer is so worried about people hitting "back" and stealing passwords etc. that it discards all the modified text when you hit the back button (or is (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) One thing the preview screens makes possible now is putting a special single- use code into the form -- something that could be a hidden field so that if the button was clicked twice from that page, the second time it was received, it could (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's the preview mode and my habit of trying to follow the recommendation and hit back on the browser. Now that there are 2 screens to back through it's about 4 times easier to forget that you already posted.. you can screw up by pressing the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) mmmm, did it! Made a proto-test-batch version last week and made what I think may be a final candidate last night. Wrote down all the ingredients as they went in so I'll be able to reconstruct it the night before the BBQ. One last adjustment (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Now is that Larry or his evil twin double speaking... Must be his double, Larry would never make the misteak of posting twice posting twice... FUT: lugnet.off-topic.fun (25 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) old (...) 40 (...) that (...) One of the things I often point out as to why trains should be so popular is that it is really the only model of a real life SYSTEM which can be so completely simulated. RC boats, cars, and planes are lots of fun, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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