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(...) It's interesting how we have made action figures out of industrial legends. We imagine new adventures for them, going on to command such-and-such a ship, turning the world inside out, or just repeating the favorite hero moves to comic effect. (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This is an even more interesting question, because it implies that Woz designed Lego instead of computers. After all, without Woz, Steve Jobs is just another drugged-up early '70s hippie. :) (To be fair, without Jobs, Woz is just another (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: From the first LEGO(r) Train Summit: LEGO(r) Trains are alive and well
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Hey Lar, Did the topic of "WINDOWS" come up at all?? Old, new, current or other colors?? Besides Train windows that is.... Gary Istok (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And the Studebaker company isn't selling a lot of cars these days even though the Gullwing was an elegant, high quality machine. So was the Avanti. (...) In the area of web sites they have... and *thank goodness* for that. (1) The technology (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You're right. Hrmmm - maybe I saw a price list at the computer store on campus with a misprint or something, or maybe I'm thinking of the low-end iBook. Ok, out of the box the $2500 (guess we get a whole $100 off for educational purchases - (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Huh? The 400mhz model comes with 128mb. That's livable. 256 is swimming. (But some games--theme park world for one--now demand 80mb ram.. won't be long til their kind refuse to run..) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Don't have to necessarily be a PC Nazi to see Apple as 60% hype / 40% product. :) Although you'd have to be a nice PC user to be that generous. (...) They're cheap enough for now, although you'd have to slap another 64m minimum in that (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, because what's really important in my choice of a computer is how it looks, what shape it is, and what colors it comes in. :) And just think, if I want to run some of those highly-tweaked Photoshop filter benchmarks Jobs is so fond of I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Heh. Well, when I say "later" I mean "fall" or even "winter" In any case, it has to go through several layers of bureaucracy first. Our IS manager was talking about how the bean counters want him to list all of the entire next year's IS (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I hear it becomes even more likely if you get on a waiting list for one! f.u.t. geek (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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(...) Cool! I rather imagined that such might be possible-- And actually I suppose it wouldn't be *all* that difficult to write an algorithm to prove so, seeing that a game lasts no longer than 49 moves, and at each step, there are a max of 8 moves. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I remember reading some years ago that this game has actually been solved; that is, there is a way for whoever goes first to win every time. *does google search* Yeah. Victor Allis of Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think I'd quantify that to something along the lines of (tell me if this sounds wrong): A. If there exists a line of 5 or more available spaces wherein my opponent has not taken any of them: B - If I have 0 of these spaces (excluding the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You have a math degree and think you're not a geek??? Wahahahaha! (FUT just lugnet.off-topic.geek) ++Lar (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm not! You don't want to know how long it took me to figure out how to post on Lugnet! And one of the more painful experiences of my life was having to take a programming course in Pascal to get my math degree. Of course, as the daughter of (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Aah, but you don't have your own (original) streaming newsreader, cutsomized for LUGNET, do you? ;) -Tim (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Slower than Todd so Ditto!!!!! DaveG (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) homemaker / mom ... the one who keeps all the plates spinning... sheree (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Who? :-) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) heh, I liked it. Never thought of trying a connect 4 game... I did write a tic-tac-toe that learned from experiance... hmmm... I'm trying to think of a way to quantify the killing play (one that leaves you two ways to win next turn) without (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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