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(...) Try the program Paint Shop Pro and use the image capture function. -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I'm trying to make a map for my website with the map maker from warcraft 2. Anyone ever try to do this? There must be a way to pull the whole map and make it a pic. I found a utility called Pudbrowser and it gives a nasty looking 8 color gif. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geekshelf is online!
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(...) I've always wanted a good place to host such pictures but they don't quite seem to fit Geekshelf (at least most of my vacation pictures, now if I had pictures from the trip I took in college with my sister where we went to a hamfest, an (...) (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: New MOC: Module!
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(...) rope? A bunch of cavers rigged a 3230' cliff on Mt. Thor in Canada. Here's a couple links (the 2nd is in a Nordic language, but has some drawings with English labels): (URL) course with a rappel rope the structure which is supporting the (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: New MOC: Module!
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(...) Um, isn't that "EX" tower? I heard it came crashing down last week. list of tallest structures as of a while ago: (URL) it wasn't that one.. the one that came down was in Omaha and was actually reported as 1965 feet... Collapse was reported by (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The first smiley?
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There was a bit here (URL) here (URL) Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:sandlin-7DEC1E....net.com... (...) story (...) (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The first smiley?
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(...) used in an advertisement as long ago as the 60s. I'll see if I can find it. (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Big things (was Re: For Those That *Don't Get* the 2nd Amendement (was Re: Those stupid liberal))
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(...) I could argue that, but we're in the wrong place for it now. ;p (...) Don't forget the infamous Moller Air Car: (URL) the US Mil, in the incarnation of NARPA is funding exoskeleton research to the tune of mumble mumble million $$. In my fairly (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Big things (was Re: For Those That *Don't Get* the 2nd Amendement (was Re: Those stupid liberal))
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(...) GM may not be making hovercars, but the good people at Moller certainly are. (URL) know this link's been posted before, because somebody made a Lego version of the Skycar. Adrian (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Big things (was Re: For Those That *Don't Get* the 2nd Amendement (was Re: Those stupid liberal))
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The following post of James's is off-topic for debate. :-) But it's neat anyway. XFUT geek Let's see, we have John Deere prototyping walker/spider timber harvesters, and Caterpillar prototyping mechs. What's next? GM showing hovercars? Turboprop (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: BBS systems and Planet Busters
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snipped stuff about the BBS scene and my game, Planet Busters> Well we are at an intergame point again, if you have an interest in playing this blast from the past (and possibly trouncing me at (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | The first smiley?
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Possibly apocryphal, possibly not really the first but an interesting story of computer archeaology nontheless: (URL) got the URL from an old IBMers mailing list I am on) I don't think it has anything to do with MS other than that's where the story (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Robert L. Forward 1932-2002
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Robert L. Forward 1932-2002 Robert Forward, physicist, might be known to you as the author of Dragon's Egg (1987), a hard sf novel in which humans communicate with accelerated lifeforms on the surface of a neutron star and affect their history. SFWA (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Stumbled across this while reading my Mac news sites. Not hilarious, but amusing: (URL) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The ultimate computer peripheral
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(...) Now that's dissapointing...how can Hubzilla wreak havok upon the Disneyland Indiana Jones figure that lives on my desk? Still damn funny though. Matt (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The ultimate computer peripheral
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Alas, Hubzilla does not have movable limbs. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The ultimate computer peripheral
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Yes, but how does it rate as an action figure? I emailed them to find out. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | The ultimate computer peripheral
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I don't recall any computer product ever actually making me laugh out loud before (unless you count Gateway trying to compare their lame Profile system to Apple's iMac...), but then this came along: (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek) !
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| | Re: Original Smiley Found (-:
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(...) Well, back in the days when 40 column screens were common for BBS users (Commodore 64, Apple ][, etc.) the :) version was preferable, since :-) looked very much out of proportion. Interestingly enough I remember from my BBS days that -) was (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Original Smiley Found (-:
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(...) Its main benefit, of course, is that it doesn't smell so much! Cheers, - jsproat (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Original Smiley Found (-:
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(...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Original Smiley Found (-:
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Wow: "The smiley :-) and its many variants are an important (and fun!) part of the worldwide online social culture -- allowing emotions to be conveyed in plain text. It has been in widespread use since the early '80s, when it was first proposed. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Farscape Cancelled-Geeks Up In Arms!
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(...) Fret not, at least we're getting Roswell... --Electro-- (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Farscape Cancelled-Geeks Up In Arms!
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(...) Speaking of Friday nights...I find it odd that after building up the hype over the new Stargate (my show)/Farscape lineup (in fact, I just saw the cover of SciFi magazine at Barnes and Noble today, featuring Ben Browder and Richard Dean (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Farscape Cancelled-Geeks Up In Arms!
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Dude, I'm still choked up by all this dren! Cindy and I are Frelling Farscape Freaks! We have all the alvailble DVDs! We're bummed! When Sandy called me the first thing she said was: "Are you sitting down?" Legomaster Friday Nights just got slimmer. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Farscape Cancelled-Geeks Up In Arms!
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(...) Unsurprising. Sci-fi's been trying to get away from that sort of thing, not realizing that when we tune into the sci-fi channel, chances are we don't want a cheesy paranormal horror flick or some looney psychic, we want, well, sci-fi. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Bulk Purchases: 100 lb too small
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(...) That's cool. I should include that Silly Putty is what it is after Binney-Smith packages it. Dow calls it 3179 Dilatant Compound. (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Bulk Purchases: 100 lb too small
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(...) We did that about 10 years ago when I was working at Apple. Our whole department went in on a bulk purchase of Silly Putty. --Bill. (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Bulk Purchases: 100 lb too small
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(...) Heh. This is particularly amusing to me, as I work at the other end of the line. If I had a window, I could look at the production tanks that Dow uses as temporary storage before loading and shipping. 100 lbs isn't just small, it's negligable. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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The "funny" column of the WSJ today (9/10/02) tells how Adult Fans of Silly Putty organized bulk purchases and annoyed Dow Chemical with small 100lb orders. "Ten pounds is bigger than your head" says Jeff Kivert. But fans express frustration with (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Farscape Cancelled-Geeks Up In Arms!
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Hey I'm right here with ya (or your wife). I have no cable (or reception for that matter) and hate TV but I love Farscape and try to keep up with it via downloads. While I think this is terrible that they are canceling it I'm really not surprised at (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Farscape Cancelled-Geeks Up In Arms!
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All these geeks at LUGNET, and no one has posted about this yet? Amazing. The news is that SciFi Channel has cancelled Farscape, as announced in a chat with series staff. If you are a fan of the show (like my wife...I find it pretty incomprehensible (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Need help with Windows 98/HD formatting
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(...) Before your question can be properly answered, here are a few questions first... What is your system hard drive configuration (in particular hard drive partitions)? Do you want to keep any data on the O/S partition? Do you have a backup medium (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Need help with Windows 98/HD formatting
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I'm hoping someone can help me. What is the easiet way to reformat my hard drive and re-install Windows? If I do that, would my secondary hard drive be affected? Any help would be nice. Thanks. (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Engineering's not as simple as you thought.
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(...) Er, No wonder you lot make fun of the kiwis... :-) Memo to self, don't fly ANZ for a while. (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Engineering's not as simple as you thought.
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Andrew Miller, Air NZ's acting chief executive advises that "Engineering's a very technical area." For the full story, see: (URL) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: How to maximize 90-piece bags?
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(...) Ah, yes -- thank you very much Frank! So now...assuming all the "accesories" besides the 1x1's are purchased together, and the hypothetical 1x1 plate pack is purchased with shipping costs, and there are no other variables I left out, we should (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: How to maximize 90-piece bags?
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(...) Some quibbles with your math: - Your math assumes no shipping cost for the hypothetical 1x1 plate packs - If you factor shipping into the cost, you should assume all individual items are purchased at once - I wonder how many brick separators (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: How to maximize 90-piece bags?
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(...) Wow, I screwed up a little on typos. The Mosaic comes to 34.94, not 39.94. Also, the brick separator is 4.64 total, I forgot to include that. Amazingly, my math was still correct! (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: How to maximize 90-piece bags?
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(...) Actually, subtract ($9.99 + $2.95 shipping = $12.94) the X-large baseplate, and (7.99 + $2.95 shipping = $10.94) the 100 pack of black slopes and a ($1.69 + $2.95 shipping) brick separator from the ($29.99 + $4.95 shipping = $39.94) Mosaic (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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