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(...) And the sixth dumbest thing is how vi makes a big deal about "all the most import keys are right on the home row", and then a) foolishly has your right hand shifted one key to the left of where it should be and b) makes you hit ESC a lot, even (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'll nominate a fifth dumbest thing: contemporary use of QWERTY keyboards that were originally designed to make typing slower and more difficult. John (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I thought the DIN A4, B5, etc. paper sizes were based on the Golden Mean, not the square root of 2. Or are those two different flavors of the same universal constant? But your #3 item is just a variation of #1. Heck, so is #2. Earlier in the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Uh-huh. But that's not limited to US - as I've found out several times after a power blackout... Regards ROSCO (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Paper sizes ! Weights and measures are bad enough. (...) Working rotating shiftwork, this happens. In the eighties I was working nightshift (midnight-8am) one night, when one of the operators on evening shift came rushing in at 6am, thinking (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) ...oh, I forgot to mention...the DIN paper sizes fully rule. :-) I just remembered the fouth dumbest thing: it's 12-hour clocks with a.m. and p.m. instead of 24-hour clocks -- especially digital alarm clocks. I wonder if anyone has ever -not- (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Awesome. Lemme know if you find any problems. Or have any suggestions. I've fixed a few minor bugs and such and am gonna release the 1.0 version real soon now.... (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) funny you should write, dan's playing it again now :) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) :) thanks. (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It's a bug in the way that MSIE 4.5 sends new lines. I had this problem as well, until I upgraded to MSIE 5.0. HTH, ~Mark (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That's so bizzare, but IIRC it seems to be consistent with other posts you've made being chopped, IIRC. Anyway, if by "this service" you mean MSIE 4.5 for Mac_PowerPC (the browser used to post your message, according to its headers), that (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Many people feel that the Member password checks on LUGNET are overly stringent -- that it is too hard to come up with a good password that passes the strength appraisal: (URL) is also comfortable to remember. In anticipation of lowering the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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(...) heh, cool and fun :) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(URL) :) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ugh, that's what I was afraid of. This means it would be really nice to have the info in the lugnet database .... (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.database)
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To follow-up on my own post, I do most of my shopping at the LEGO Outlet Store in Potomac Mills Mall, Woodbridge, Virginia, and scan the codes on the packages using a Wasp bar code reader directly into a relational database table from which I (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Does anyone know where I can get the best deal on a Coolpix 990? Thanks, --Bram (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Yes, there are cases where this is not true. Sets using 00428840 as the company identifier follow with the set number and checksum digit. However, Lego has another company identifier which is 57020109 followed by the set number and checksum digit. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) hmm... it's registered to a MacGenuius.com.... *boggled* (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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