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Study.. why yes! You must sit and watch 20 hours of continuous mecha action. Study material will include everything from Gundam Wing to Patlabor to Macross... Then, after that, proceed to watching another 20 hours and another and another... ;-) (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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The only operating system I have heard of NOT crashing is a Unix/Linux install if it's done right. Does the new MAC not crash? If the new MAC crashes, this thread is the usual boring Guy Kawasaki zombie crap. There are trade offs with everything -- (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Gerber writes: (snipped) (...) It is silly to think that Mac OS isn't already in some computer in most of these nations - I mean, when I was in Cuba in '96 thy had their computers in the hotel quite up to date. And (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Classic, Matthew! I had heard that Apple was going to do this starting with the release of the G4, but I had not seen that actual document. Thanks for posting it. As a loyal Mac Addict myself, I am also considering switching to a less poswerful (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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OK...I admit it...I'm a Mac user, and damn proud of it. But today, I'm a little scared. It seems that Macintosh computers are just to powerful! Everyone remembers the "Supercomputer" commercials...the PowerMac runs calculations at the same giga-flop (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GICJCF.MDr@lugnet.com... (...) I gotta get used to posting to .trains. We had our first meeting yesterday, BTW. For a while, we were discussing buildings so much we thought of (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I know the feeling, opened one a few weeks back... nice feeling. (...) Ya baby, right on... except you should have posted your happiness to TRAINS. Monorails are *trains*, you know. Matters not that they have those silly space doohickeys on (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GI0zED.1vy@lugnet.com... (...) mentioned (...) to (...) about (...) I am pretty sure it is Lego Bricks, since they have a patent and all. -- Markham Carroll Who needs sanity when you (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.space, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> The following are a few more pics taken by Skip and our host Terry (URL) they are a lot bigger and have no previews ++Lar (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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From the "prototype photos" department... I have uploaded a bunch of pics I took on Friday. I was lucky enough to get a "behind the scenes" tour from a friend of a coworker who is in X38 avionics development. (URL) include - The X38:, I got to touch (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Heh heh! Well, as a quarter century Bronco fan, I love to see the Raiders get trounced by just about anyone. Division rival trouncings are my favorite for obvious reasons. I'm still hoping for San Diego to show some life and pound Oakland, but (...) (23 years ago, 16-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) BRONCOS? Oh man... that rivalry was more exciting than the Seattle/Oakland one to me anyday.. I still have the 'Hawks/Bronco's game with "The Hit" on tape somewhere.. Steve Largent will always be one of my heroes. Any receiver that throw down (...) (23 years ago, 16-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Pshaw, y'all have nothing to complain about. I'm a Cleveland Browns fan, after all. If they win 4 games this year, I'll be happy :) Adrian (23 years ago, 16-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) *sigh* That's Seattle for ya, pick a sport..any (...) Fair enough. Personally, I'm eagerly awaiting the football season where I'm expecting the Seahawks to choke constantly axcept for when it counts- Vs. Oakland. Anytime I can watch the Faders (...) (23 years ago, 16-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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What kind of set does the ewoks come in? EWOKS rock! (23 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There is some media precedent, right or wrong, for using "LEGO" to refer to the system of interlocking plastic bricks; in The Simpsons episode in which they went to the Ikea-ish store, Marge referred to certain utensils as being made of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Well, that isn't the real headline of the story, but I saw a story in yesterday's paper which was amusing. The actual headline was "School will begin despite small fire." The 2nd paragraph is what inspired the headline above: "About 8:30 a.m., a (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I wish I could explain it into words that make sense about the LEGO® Company of the proper usage of LEGO. What I mean is over the years many years with the change of trademarks, copyrights, statemarks, slogans, theme logo designs and company logos. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually you not only corrected their misteak, you did it "At The Same Time", an extreme rarity AND you had proof to back you up. Well done! gd&r Thanx, Mark Millere LUGnet # 525 Visit Milissa's LEGO store, Millere's Spares (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, sadly, I am pretty anal, but I think Dan was right... I think The Lego Company has asked (back when it was The Lego Group) that their building brick product be referred to as "Lego bricks" or "Lego toys". IANALR (not a Lego Rep) DaveE (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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