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Have a look at (URL) answer our question if you can. Thank you. Cross posted too Geek because they may be able to help too. -- Nicole widow of Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (23 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: RGB color values for many brick colors
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Hey, thanks for that information. I was actually looking for that this week. You might want to post that under the reference section at Ldraw.org, as well. It might help some people trying to make renderings. Thx, Mike (...) (23 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.trains, lugnet.faq, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Font on Mecha Hall of Fame?
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(...) Whenever someone says "mechs" I think of the boxy things FASA made such a big deal about. :^P ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Font on Mecha Hall of Fame?
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"Mechas" is the incorrect plural form of mecha. Mecha is like the word "fish", it can be used both as a singular and as plural noun. Of course, if you're talking about non-Japanese-anime-inspired robots you can use the word mechs... ;-) (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Math/Optics Problem
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(...) Really? I woulda thought it had more to do with the zoom rather than the focus. But then again, I'm really not sure how the lenses in cameras work. I guess my assumption (based on nothing at all I think) is: {A}--------B--------...E)--F--[G] (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Math/Optics Problem
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(...) Alrighty. Since I have been studying this stuff for the past month and am supposed to pass a test about it, let's see what I can do. (...) Depends. Does it "focus"? The "fisheye" constant you're referring to is, in technical terms, called the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: RGB color values for many brick colors
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Hi All, I updated my element color palette. Thanks for all the fine comments. It's on our club web site www.pnltc.org under "Articles" There are some links at the bottom of the table that point to some nice reference material. SteveB PNLTC (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.trains, lugnet.faq, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Math/Optics Problem
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David: (...) <activate brain/> Hmmm... Maybe not. The focus is probably rather affecting the "small obscure" supposedly only "camera dependent" supposedly "constant". (...) I think I have to open a camera (or an optics textbook) and have a look. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Math/Optics Problem
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(...) Hmm... So both the zoom and the focus affect the fisheye constant? How exactly does the focus change it? I guess I'm imagining the same actual image in and out of focus and not seeing actual change in the image's shapes & relative sizes... (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Math/Optics Problem
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David: (...) No. (...) No. (...) Yes: Focus (I think). (...) dist. from camera = (fisheye const.)*(actual height)/(photo height) + (small obscure camera dependent constant) Since you only ask about the relative distance, the "small doesn't matter. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Math/Optics Problem
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So. Let's assume I have a photograph of Bob standing in front of his house. Knowing Bob the way I do, I know that Bob is 6 feet tall. And asking him later, I know that his house is 30 feet tall. Now I want to find out how far in front of his house (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Brickshelf has moved
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(...) Same URL (www.brickshelf.com) - new IP address (206.131.246.36) ROSCO (23 years ago, 11-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: I thought you preferred Linux? (was: Anyone got windows?)
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(...) Cool! I don't think I ever saw that one! But I often though it woulda been really cool to build a washing machine in one of those RK06 disk drive modules! ROSCO (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Brickshelf has moved
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Yeah, I understand how caching works, I just didn't know that BrickShelf had another URL. ;-) ~Mladen (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Brickshelf has moved
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(...) Yeah, kinda. What happens is pretty much this: - Every computer (essentially) has an address, called an IP address. - The nameservers for the internet associate a name with an IP. So when you type in "www.lugnet.com", the internet nameservers (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Brickshelf has moved
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Let me get this straight, BrickShelf has two URLs. On is 206.131.246.36 and the other is BrickShelf.com, right? Sorry, if I'm not thinking straight today... ;-) ~Mladen (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Brickshelf has moved
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What old address? If you mean 216.2.22.36, that's gone now. If you see anything at that address it is a cached page. KL (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Brickshelf has moved
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The old addresses still work. When, if even ever, will they stop working? ~Mladen (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: When Bill Gates dies
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(...) I think I'd vote for both. While many hate Microsoft and Gates, Gates may be the single individual with the most responsibility towards the "computer in every household (or close to it)" environment we have today. Without Microsoft, we (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: When Bill Gates dies
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(...) (23 years ago, 9-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: When Bill Gates dies
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(...) LOL! The only problem with Bill dying is that then Steve Ballmer gets all his press...and you DID see him last week, right? (URL) Not for those with heart conditions, or those drinking milk while watching. Heart attacks and nose-spit-takes all (...) (23 years ago, 9-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | When Bill Gates dies
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When Bill Gates dies will he receive any postumous plaudits or will there be dancing in the streets? I'd go for the latter. Steve Knowing our luck he'll probably be cryogenically frozen and later revived. (23 years ago, 9-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NeXT Cube
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(...) See, now we've got to get together and do this... 8?> Now, to ask Derek Schin if Vandenberg AFB has some hazerdous materials labs we can use for free like in the story... MWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Disco style: o/` Burn, baby, burn...PowerBook (...) (23 years ago, 8-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NeXT Cube
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(...) I've got a second one, we can use it for kindling. (23 years ago, 8-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Mozilla users, help!
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Hi all, I've got a problem reading Lugnet with Mozilla (v. 0.9.1, 0.9.2, and now 0.9.3). Often when I click on a message title or the "All" link to see an entire thread, I get the a page with following message: An internal server error occurred: No (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NeXT Cube
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The NeXT cube was what really got me excited about computers. I remember walking into the computer lab at the University of Richmond and seeing a NeXT. At the time I had no idea what the specs were or what OS it ran. But just looking at it, you knew (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Most important aspect of a model...
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(...) Actually also a>c for me, since as a small budget and non-US/non-EU builder, I quite limited by the bricks that I already own. (you might already saw my red/black attack helicopter, instead of full black or full gray and red/black Viper (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Desktop Resolutoin / Internet Browser
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(...) This is the entry point(see link), use GET and Bob's-Yer-Etc. (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Most important aspect of a model...
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"Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> skrev i meddelandet news:GHIxLG.DBJ@lugnet.com... (...) model? (...) to (...) For me there are three answers: 1) When looking at MOCs on brickshelf etc., 'a' and 'c' rules almost completely, as these are static (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Bram: (...) Hmmm... Either a*b*c or min{a,b,c} I think. Generally I find b/number of pieces quite important. So I might reformulate the two options, with n being the number of pieces, as: a*(b/n*x-y)*c, x,y > 0 min{a,b/n*x,c}, x > 0 I would probably (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Well, if i'm gonna click the thumbnail on Brickshelf, it darn well better look cool, so color scheme has to such that it will attract my attention. Then it better have some cool details, or I'll just go to the next thumbnail without any study. Now, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NeXT Cube
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(...) That is a classic hack! I was crying all the way through, it was so funny. Thanks for the link. (I hadn't even THOUGHT about NeXT for an aw'fly long time) ++Lar (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | RE: Most important aspect of a model...
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(...) Speaking of which, I had to use those 4 boxes of Znap I bought (for the motors) for something: (URL) (113 KB) It's really fun to watch :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NeXT Cube
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(...) --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Most important aspect of a model...
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(...) functionality, I say make it as buttugly as it needs to be to get the job done. If it's supposed to be pretty with frills and such, put that in first place. If you're making some sort of playset, accessability should be top priority. Since I (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I don't know if any one of those is any more important than the other. The trick to a truly great model is to find the right balance between all three. It also may depend on what you want to get out of the model. For example, with my Viking (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In your opinion (who else's?), what are the most important aspects of a model? a) Overall form, shape, and detail b) Functions, playability, structural integrity, moving bits c) Color scheme, realistic use of color If you needed to write a (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NeXT Cube
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(...) On the other hand...I DO have that old PowerBook Duo 2300C sitting on the kitchen table...that has a magnesium chassis...hmmmm...fire GOOD! Matt (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | NeXT Cube
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I found this really funny. if you can relate to this kind if determination, it's worth reading all of it. -Suz ---...--- To: Dan Ruby, Editor, NeXTWORLD Magazine From: Simson L. Garfinkel, Senior Editor, NeXTWORLD Magazine Subject: NeXTCube Serial (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: code red anyone?
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"Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:20010801133530....ron.com... (...) Yep, I got 144 hits to my servers in the past 24 hours. Not running IIS (yet!), running WebSite on NT4. Logs sent to dshield.org already, if anyone else has hits (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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