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(...) The first problem I have, Jason, is that I am not sure that everyone else is right, either on these bulletin boards and I know for a fact that I am not probably right in my ways of thought in my life. Would an overheated engine become a (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> Rereading that it sounds like I don't like/approve of UML. That would be incorrect. That it has been adopted as a standard instead of several rival notations and methodologies is a *huge( win (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, but the point is you'd roll by 90° to turn, not just bank a little bit. Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well the A-wing flight control system doesn't discriminate between air and space flight either so it's control surfaces move in space as well, producing little affect except a little momentum. I think as a Valkyrie has 2 widely spaced engines (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You're not seen as evil. It's just that if you're unsure of what you're saying, don't try to make out that it's absoulutely right, and people won't mind if your opinion differs from theirs. (...) Just to add to this, possibly blurring the (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I work in the real world and I am usually at the leading edge where we are trying to get the basic concepts down. So UML is overly precise for what I typically need to convey. I am usually at the lines and boxes level and showing a mishmash of (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Heh, good idea, I just submitted it to quotes-r-us.org. If you go to "advanced fatures", set keyword to "mothers", the second or third quote should be this one. ;-) -Shiri (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Wow, quite a "quote of the day", huh?..:-) Selçuk "We're like a whole bunch of mothers, standing over your shoulder" (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Fifteen, but yeah, it does go by fast... sorta. ;-) I remember when you first found out how old I was (in that demented intern thread - gahh!). (...) Ahhhh, ain't no such thing as too old. If you're playing with lego, you can't be that old, (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Wow!.. Little Shiri grows too fast..:-) You were fourteen when we first meet you here, right? Time really rolls too fast. Congrats..:-) Selçuk (will be officially end of his 30 (i.e. too old) in a few months) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) English. (...) He hooked up with a publishing company from Europe, actually, it might even be the Netherlands, but I forget. The publishing company is getting the book out at *their* expense, and he's getting a percentage of the profit (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I've gotta ask the obvious question (or not so obvious?): Is he writing it in English or in Hebrew? Or both? As an editor myself I'm interested in how he's positioned himself and how the publishing process works outside the US and Europe. Is (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) Very. Definitely. BTW, Larry, speaking of geeks of some sort, you're a system architect, right? My dad is writing a book (1) about system modeling, and I'm actually his editor (nobody (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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July 24, 1969 (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.people)
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XFUT lugnet.people Hi all! Well, I'm sure the geeks of us all know that in a room with 30 people, there's a fairly large chance of having two people with the same birthday. (I can explain to the non-geeks if you really want... not now though.) Since (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.people) !!
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(...) We would never do anything like that. (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hey Chris, Isn't it nice to know that LUGNET folks are going to nag you to do your backups from now on, though? We're like a whole bunch of mothers, standing over your shoulder (say...a new LUGNET motto...). Don't make us have to tell you (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Selcuk/Steve Yeh everything has been backed up in several places. I've been slow to do backups of late for a number of reasons. Lack of PC zip disks and getting a new computer and not having the ambition to swap the cd-burner into it. rest assured (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I'm happy to hear that you recovered them...:-) Here are some advice: ** Make at least *two* *more* copies of any data you don't want to lost. ** Never Trust Floppies, they are volatile, literally. ** Make your HDD defargmented by using either (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, okay, this makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Without actually going through the efforts of looking into this, I must wonder about the nature of this software. Is it a self-installing ActiveX control, or is it instead a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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