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(...) Except for anything directly targeted as feedback to LEGO Direct, it's probably time to migrate the discussion to .off-topic.geek. --Todd (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Free server with CGI?
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Does anyone know of a free web space provider that allows users to upload their own perl cgi scripts? Or does anyone have some space they can let me borrow while I test the scripts I'm writing? (I'm trying to make my website easier to update by (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Off on a tangent (or a sine, anyway)
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(...) Well, that changes everything, yes. (...) If cos(x/51.5) is close, then you are in radians (Shiri already correctly explained where the 1.11 came from, and she's correct if your wavelength of 324 is in degrees. If it's in radians then you have (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hehehehe... I probably did. Math is not by far my *favorite* subject, but it happens to be my strongest (for reasons that are totally beyond me). <shrug> -Shiri (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Thanks for your help, too. I just hope you did well on your test, or I'm in trouble... Dave! (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yep! It's measured from the baseline to a peak (or a valley). (...) <grin> the term for that is half a wavelength, or Crest to Trough. Something like that. (A wavelength is measured from peak to peak, so peak to valley is 1/2 of it). (...) Yes (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Off on a tangent (or a sine, anyway)
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(...) Doh! I was trying to be so careful! I thought amplitude was the "height" from high to low--is it actually half that? At any rate, I meant to write the min occurs at y=60, so that the high points occur along the line y=180 and the low points (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Off on a tangent (or a sine, anyway)
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(...) I'm a little rusty myself, but there are bits and pieces here that don't quite add up, I think. Having a wavelength of 324 (I'm assuming you mean degrees, although you without stating degrees normally means radians) in which case your sin (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Off on a tangent (or a sine, anyway)
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I'm working on something that's taxing my limited knowledge of trig functions, so forgive me if my terminology is a little messed up: I need to graph a sine function with a wavelength of 324 and an amplitude of 120 passing through point (0,180) at a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Because the mind of a bored Legomaniac at work is a dangerous thing...
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(...) And yet another that came to me at work: #9: Little plastic bricks They don't do much by themselves But together? Wow! (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Mecha postings
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(...) Actually, shouldn't houses be pushed to .build.arch? The more and more I use Lugnet, both through NNTP and through the web interface, and the entire web in general, the more I realize the limitations of newsgroups and other topic (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Doom
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(...) Well again, it's only my opinion! It's the only conclusion I can reach. Not suddenly, but gradually over say a 20-year period. I'd been wondering, given all of the things you listed, and now I wonder no more. --Todd (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Doom
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(...) I'm honestly a bit puzzled by this statement. Regarding the MS issue, it's not like LEGO has released lots of software for non-MS OS earlier on. And regarding the implied statement that LEGO used to be a moral company. I don't see that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Because the mind of a bored Legomaniac at work is a dangerous thing...
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(...) Two more on similar lines: #7; Dreams of a sculpture Bigger than stegosaurus One day I'll make it... #8: Harshbarger again Another wonderful thing Why do I bother? (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Not to mention that IF someone DID do it (with all the M$ "Safeguards" in place) then the bottomless pit of money from the evil empire would quickly stamp some poor sod into the ground. NQC, LegOS and Legjos had better watch closely and double (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics)
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In the CAD.DAT group, the write up states (...) I've looked around and found something in the FAQ section. It refers to using LDLite to view dat files. Since I'm using Win2K the instructions don't quite work well, but I think I have it working (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Doom
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(...) The difference is that now, Lego are reasonably open about letting people build their own tools like NQC that use the firmware inside the box. Most Linux enthusiasts would tell you that we don't especially need Lego to release all their (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Because the mind of a bored Legomaniac at work is a dangerous thing...
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(...) #6 Clearance hunting by an addict (true again): Lego here is cheap Only themes which I can't stand Buy it anyway Andrew Lipson (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Doom
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(...) I set Followup-To: lugnet.off-topic.geek on this post... (...) No matter how good M$S@H may turn out to be, it will still be powered by M$ and not by LEGO, if the press release is accurate. BTW: (URL) 2) LEGO licensed the ability to use (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Because the mind of a bored Legomaniac at work is a dangerous thing...
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We proudly present: Lego Haiku! #1 "On the ending of a dark age smack in the middle of December(true story)" See the empty shelves. The staff is tired and cranky. Toy store at christmas. #2 "set collecting philosiphy" I buy three of each: One to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | I.Q. and recommended set ages
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I was looking at the Mindstorms sets and noticed the RIS was recommended for ages 12+. I got to thinking that as far as I can remember, I think I could have handled this set at a much younger age (I am now 25). Then I remembered that I.Q. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Remaining parts
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(...) I actually left out some other possibilities for small error. The weight of the bag itself is certainly an opportunity for error. Another opportunity of course is if any foreign material or scrap gets into a bag or on the scale. Of course this (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I had a relatively brief exposure to statistics, but have picked up bits here and there. I actually got keyed into the theory which is the foundation of the extra parts during a job interview. Yes, I actually learned something at a job (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) WOW Frank! That was rather.... long winded. What's scarier? I followed most of it, from my University imposed, very brief exposure to statistics. Ewe... I think I actually learned something there! Matt (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes. The thing you're missing is that pieces rarely are missing. The scale is there as a check. Further, the bag is weighed after every insertion step, or so the stuff we've read seems to imply. As soon as a problem is noted, it's time to (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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- SNIP - (...) I'm not sure how this would explain kits whose bags are mixed pieces as almost all are. The scale may indicate that a piece is missing but clearly could not indicate which piece. Am I missing something? - Jeff (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Oracle Weirdness?
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(...) I'll have to check with the Mrs for clarification, but I can tell you that her manager is a tool without a solution, so I don't know how much more info is available to my wife. I'll check. Thanks for your answer! Dave! (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That isn't 100% true. The pieces most often duplicated are the very small pieces. Usually an extra one of these is included because one of the quality controls on the sets is the weight of each parts bag. I assume the smallest pieces are too (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Would have to hear more about what exactly they switched to in order to answer... the ORACLE(tm) DB doesn't impose any particular requirements (it's a tool, not a solution). But ORACLE has solution products as well, such as ORACLE Financials, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Oracle Weirdness?
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My wife works for the shipping department of a local company, and recently the company as a whole switched to Oracle as a software platform. I don't know anything about Oracle, but my wife tells me that now, instead of the 6-digit account number she (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Questions about creator
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(...) It is possible to get VCRs in the US which can read European tapes (PAL and I think SECAM is another format?). I think these especially started to become popular when the anime genre really started to take off. FUT: lugnet.off-topic.geek Frank (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Newer version of "lego geek code"
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(...) had never bothered to test MSIE with Netscapes's version-- it works. So never mind. I'll just use the Netscape version since it works in both. Unless, that is, someone informs me that the Netscape version doesn't work with earlier versions of (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Woohoo! I figured it out... Of course it requires me to dynamically re-format the javascript code depending on what browser you're using (and it'll ONLY work for MSIE and NN). But, it works. I think. I've tested it on Netscape 4.05, and MSIE (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Interesting audio puzzle
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(...) No it was just me, but the "hot" spots were definitely on the floor. In some I could rock very slightly and turn on/off the sound. They were also within a few feet of the subwoofer so it seems like there would have to be some real complex wave (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Interesting audio puzzle
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(...) Umm, did you verify this with two people in the room? One moving about, one sitting still. It could be that the noise wasn't changing, but as you moved about the room, you were moving in and out of zones where the noise was audible. Sounds a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Interesting audio puzzle
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(...) <snip> (...) A couple things that may or may not help, but might be fun... Place a heavy object in one of the places that appears to generate a constant tone, and stand in another such place. How does that affect the tone? "Jump" in place (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Interesting audio puzzle
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Over the weekend I experienced a puzzing thing with my home stereo system. My stereo system includes a powered subwoofer, which started humming when I stepped or stood in various places in my apartment. The stereo was on, but the CD playing was (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: 8-bit floating-point number representations?
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(...) <snip> (...) Aah, with your external tables, 0 to 15 would work well. You don't even need to scale it really since the output of your algorithm is just the relative ranking of articles. It would be easy to generate a 0-15 rating for the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: 8-bit floating-point number representations?
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(...) Well, basically, whatever is fast and flexible -- whatever that turns out to be. It might even turn out that a fixed-point representation is flexible enough and maybe even faster since it would involve only a single floating- point multiply by (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I was thinking about this some more, and am really wondering what you will be doing with the numbers. If the only computations you need to do with them are comparisons, then once converted they will be extremely cheap to work with (the reason (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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