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(...) It did? That's news to me. I saw them only a few months back, last time I had occasion to notice. Their website doesn't seem to be answering though... maybe you're right. Bummer. It was a thin shadow of its former self too, just a quarter inch (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | For Win98se!!! (was Re: Motherboard, CPU, Memory)
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Sorry, one Last thing -- I'd prefer for this stuff to work under Win98se (much preferred) or WinMe (at the worst). Again, many thanks in advance, -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey Y'all: I am trying to help a friend with her computer woes and I think it may be necessary for her to simply upgrade to a more robust system at this time (she currently has one of those old Celeron all-in-one deals, the modem seems to have (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Brickshelf problems?
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(...) I think my computer was deeply confused yesterday. . . Entering 206.131.246.52 in Galeon gave "library.brickshelf.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again.", which has to qualify as one of the most bizarre error messages (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: HHEELLPPP! parts tracker messed up
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(...) It could be one of the Imsai Series 2, supposed to ship in July: (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: HHEELLPPP! parts tracker messed up
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(...) Front panel?!? What kind of hardware are you on? Real computers for real OSs don't have a front panel. You solder your switches directly onto the board... ;-) Jacob (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: HHEELLPPP! parts tracker messed up
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(...) But real OSs don't know anything about lines! And they're booted by entering a JMP instruction with switches on the front panel & executing it... ROSCO FUT: .o-t.geek (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Looking for a movie - Robot Carnival
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Hi, I am looking for a movie, Robot Carnival, if anyone is selling. I am looking for a VHS version, original, w/box in good condition. I can find it out on the web, but everyone wants an arm & leg. I would like to keep it around 15 w/shipping. My (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: More info here
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(...) The solution seems obvious. Comment out the code that does this: numListeners += 1; (22 years ago, 23-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(URL) sure plenty of you have seen this but I missed it until just now. Just posting to let others like me know. -Jon -- | The Shipyard - (URL) My Lego Creations - (URL) Attack of the Bricks - (URL) Palmer" <jpalmer@oklahoma.net> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Sad day for internet radio
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(well, 2 days ago anyway...) (URL) The Shipyard - (URL) My Lego Creations - (URL) Attack of the Bricks - (URL) (22 years ago, 23-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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BBS systems are possibly making a modest comeback, among the die hards that used to run them with lots of phone lines or call in to them a lot. With the internet and newer emulation software it's possible to run one that uses a telnet connection (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) I lived in Reston from 1971-2001. That poster is from 1981. I know there was another one made in 1988, and probably some other years as well. If anyone has the others, I would love to borrow them to scan them in. My brother works for Vidar (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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Is there going to be a companion "geeknet" for highly topical posts to go along with the pics on geekshelf? JB (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I remember Kevin when a lot of that sun hardware was in a closet... Hey cool, Kevin posted that image of Reston that I gave you-- (URL) was seriously was talking about an aerial view of Reston the other day, and all I had available was some (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) Well, I'm not a geek, I only play one online. Check out my antique circular slide rule (every geek gallery should have one!): (URL) I have time I may even put up the instruction booklet. Maggie C. Geekshelf user #22 (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) * Maybe you should make a new logo and color scheme. * The e-mail I got still said "brickshelf" in the headers. * I didn't manage to get user #2 :-(. 28 isn't too shabby though. * Not sure what I'll post here... can you write up some sort of (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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Got my (our) account! User 21, first folder 29. Only image is of the pc I'm assembling. (URL) Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:Gy0w6B.Aq4@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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Yes. Geekshelf is a completely different site with a different DB. It just happens to use the same software and be owned by the same company :) I have no idea where this will go so I diddn't want to mess up Brickshelf.com in the process. It's also (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) Likewise. Looks like some guy called Kevin Loch is busy posting heaps of neat geek-stuff 8?) ROSCO (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) hehe... userID 6 here and folder 12 contains my first content (URL) think the "aerial view" qualifies as geeky since it's from a satellite. (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) COOL! I signed up and an waiting on the email (how long does that take?) Mark (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) I am gonna go with yes as BrickShelf one didn't work... Got the same ID though and improved my position on the "earliest user" list... :-) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) Looks like it - I tried signing in with my current Brickshelf account info and it did NOT work. So I created a new Geekshelf one and am ready to roll... Hurry up folks - those prized low member numbers are going fast... Greg (more of a nerd (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) Do we need to create new accounts? Jude (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) Nerds allowed to use Geekshelf? Or is it only for certified geeks? G. (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Geekshelf is online!
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I have created a Brickshelf-like gallery for more general geek topics: (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: twisted map followup
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Oops.. Alfred is not the author: For those who want a general introduction to cartography, technical or historical, try John Noble Wilford's _The Mapmakers_. (Wilford is science editor at the New York Times) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: twisted map followup
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(...) is the *only* improved map -- just the point that the Mercator projection was designed for navigation, not getting a view of the world as a whole. They've been pretty forthright in saying that all projections inherently have a bias, and that (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Your political bias is showing! The article shows that Peter's "ostensible goal" was to advance a political agenda at the expense of science. It's always that way, isn't it? For those who want a general introduction to cartography, technical (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) hehe thanks for the link. I had no idea of the controversies going WRT *maps* :-) As a junior high schooler who really only know about the Mercator, the equal area map was quite a mind-blower. I do agree, though, that it really makes a crappy (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Many thanks, LFB! I didn't know nuthin' about this stuff before now. -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Here's a quick follow-up to the matter of Arno Peters as a shameless self-promoter and his map as not novel. Here's an article that's rather well-written and goes over the general points (including why the Peters/Gall maps aren't really that (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: twisted map
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<snip> Christopher Tracey <ctracey@enviroweb.org> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: 3CFE0A26.C0A7C942@en...web.org... <snip> (...) <snip> oh do provide more info on that little side project of yours, maybe on a little site of it's own? it really sounds (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: punch cards (was "Minifig Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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(...) 1890 (1) (...) Actually, punch cards were in use before this: (URL) other page from that site: (URL) suggest the census computer was not really the first mechanical computing device, though it perhaps was the first general purpose machine. (1) (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | punch cards (was "Minifig Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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(...) Tell me about it. Sheesh. :-P Trivia note: Punch cards are the size that they are because that was the size of the U.S. bills printed by the U.S. Treasury at the time that punch cards were invented. What decade/era was this? (Answer is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Elements of a brick oriented RPG
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(...) Ok, this points out a problem with constructions like this, they will have far more holes than something that was thought out. This particular construction is actually a good thought exercise for working out gming and campaign style. If (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Elements of a brick oriented RPG
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(...) It was just a quick example off the top of my head-- certainly, any such example will have piles of nits one can pick, and that's sort of my point-- anything's gonna have those sorts of problems, and finding those problems is exactly what PCs (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Elements of a brick oriented RPG
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(...) I'm curious, was this an example of a real scenario, and I'm just missing things because there's no way you can compress a game session into a posting or two, or is this a constructed example? If the latter, it sounds like a poorly constructed (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Because I'd like my players to be happy. I could instead, decide about how long it takes for a saboteur to blow up the ship, and then after fifteen minutes of game time have passed, say, "The walls of the ship glow white-hot and then you don't (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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