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(...) <sits back and waits for PC Nazis to make snide comments> (...) Mmmmm, yes. There's a possibility I may have one at work later this year. <cross fingers> ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm not really too worried about what he may or may not have said or thought or did back in 1983-84 -- it's the recent stuff that counts, IMHO. Since Jobs came back to Apple, things have greatly improved. Jobs has excellent taste knows how to (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Now that's one thing I sure would like to see... Having just looked at the Swedish catalog, I'm excited by the little pile of transparent bricks in each of the new Belville sets. Frank (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hmmm, some might point out an unexpected parallel... Note that neither TLC or Apple were the originator of their signature idea (well, in Apple's case, their 2nd signature idea), and some might argue they "stole" the idea from the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Alot of transparent bricks :) Seriously -- he would try to run the company with an iron fist but not have a clue about what they actually do (Im sorry -- thats Pixar!!) He would cancel every product and project that was in place before he took (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Steve Jobs? The man who thought that no one would ever need to add anything to the original Mac so he sealed the case. If he ran LEGO we might never be able to get into the the box to play with the LEGO. (I know, not a great analogy, but I am (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The product line would be divided into: Adult desktop sets, Adult portable sets, Junorized desktop sets and Junorized portable sets. Titanium bricks only available in Adult Portable sets. Pretty new friut flavored transparent bricks in the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) He'd have let Bill Gates steal the idea for the brick and MicroBlok would be the king of the building block empire. Microblok would make inferior products, but would force all toy buyers to also purchase their product. Meanwhile, Steve's Lego (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | What if Steve Jobs ran The LEGO Company?
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What if Steve Jobs ran The LEGO Company? What would be different? What would be the same? What would the software titles be like? What would the website be like? What would the idea books be like? What would the overall product designs be like? How (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) [snip] Must be! I looked at the HTML and it's not "Bloated"! <GDAR> DaveG (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The voice you hear in the movies is dubbed. Jeremy Bulloch is British. (...) You did what on Darth? ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Did he speak, or was it a voice over that sounded kinda electronically enhanced? Just wondering... Aaron (once squashed by Darth at a convention when I was wee, did not speak. Either of us.) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, it's the scene where Leia is screaming "Luke, it's a trap!" and the officer who uses her for a shield is Jeremy Bulloch. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Jeremy Bulloch = Boba Fett :^P ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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If I'm not mistaken, which I ususally am, Jeremy Bulloch was the guy who ran around as Boba Fett in Star Wars. I think he also was some sort of Imperial officer somewhere in the background somewhere. Specific, aren't I? ;-) -Adam (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm saying "Jeremy who?" *and* I can't remember the event -- it must've been really strong beer. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Oh yeah? Well, *I* have Jeremy Bulloch's autograph that I got from him at a SciFi Con *and* I had a beer with him in the hotel bar afterwards. So there. (If you're saying "Jeremy who?" you aren't nearly geeky enough) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) On the other hand, you didn't write it as a math equation in RPN, so you can still be turned from the Geek side of the force... -JDF [who can be described as most of the things you listed, though my leatherman is full-sized and my (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Me? Computer programmer + Loves math + Likes Star Wars... to the point of analyzing frames of the movie for scale reference + Ditto Star Trek (but to a much lesser degree) + Once transcribed Monty Python and the Holy Grail by hand + Knows how (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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