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(...) Looks like Xterms on a Unix box to me. :) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: New LEGO photos from Toy Fair 2003
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(...) I was basing this on the color scheme of the two windows open in the middle of the screen. They don't look like my Mac, but the Windows machines in the computer lab across the hall have the same color pattern. Bruce (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: New LEGO photos from Toy Fair 2003
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(...) Hmm, I dunno. Could be any modern (or even semi-modern) GUI. Or is there something specifically microsofty that I'm missing? (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: How would you move a planet?
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(...) They aren't just ignoring it and making it up! See, between the episode that said one thing, and the episode that said something else, there was a time travel episode. When they went back in time something they did (even if it was something (...) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) According to the World War I navel model, the belly is the most exploitable weak spot. Maggie C. (BTW Dave! Orange you sorry you couldn't be at work to deal with this yourself?) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Actually Star Wars uses the World War I navel model. Capital ships are the main combat units. Fighters travel roughly the same speed as the capital ships and are used primarily for harrasment. They have very little ability to cause serious (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) to (...) Obviously this disproves the inital assumption made by Starfleet that the Borg Cube would still be functional with 75% damage. It also shows that a concentrated barrage of fire overwhelms the Borg ability to adapt to energy weapons. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ya know, I'm not sure I've really seen ANY sci-fi shows that feature "realistic" starship tactical combat. They all tend to rely on surface naval formations at least a hundred years old... The only possible exceptions I can think of are Star (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I thought the story behind that was, that as Locutus, Piccard had insider knowledge of a borg cube's weakspot, hence it's rapid destruction. The Cube being basd on a modular repeating redundant structure means you have to destroy 75% just to (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Odd rare video searches...
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Hey Y'all: Does anyone know of any legitimate sources (VHS/DVD) for the following: 1. Neo-Tokyo (but in particular the short "The Running Man" by Yoshiaki Kawajiri) 2. The complete "Liquid Television" (but in particular "The Art School Girls of (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Ozbricks.net is down AGAIN. Any ideas for web hosting?
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(...) More as in "Oh no! Not yet another cheap/lame kitty gag." :) Best DaveG (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Heh. Oralse kitty. I personally use the .gif someone made of the kitty flying whenever I feel the need to link to a kitten. Or else one of the "No Hands Kitten" parodies. All you have to do now is find a puppy and a Scala bun. Anyways, getting (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Ozbricks.net is down AGAIN. Any ideas for web hosting?
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(...) HA! Not much would probably mess with Drew's head though, i've seen him in many different states of mind, and he was always pretty composed :) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And on that note feel free to put a "We was all FARK-ed on xx/xxx/xx" and a deeplink to this picture (URL) only to mess with Drew's head. :) Best DaveG PS: Large. (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Upset there is no cartoon just another Fax-Gag. Well here is a MOC one to tide you over (URL) Klerck'O'Vision. Best DaveG (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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hi! as off-topic.geek won't allow dat data here i'll point to where i put the data. (URL) dat might be of interest to star gazers, wich i'd presume to find lurking here. thomas (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: A name for the game project...
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(...) Compare your spelling to the dictionary's, please. (...) Good luck - sounds confusing to me. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Why is it that whenever YOU think, MY head hurts? I really wish this were clear enough to follow, because it sounds semi-interesting, but as it is, I'm just painfully confused. Take care, Soren (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Keep in mind that even people who run at high resolutions don't always have their browser window maximized. I prefer a narrower window -- 800 or so pixels wide. This is because text is easier to read if it's not in long long lines (you tend to (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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As I'm building a webpage I wonder this... What is the standard size I should make the page? Seems like people would say 800x600, which I assume is a good size for 15in monitors. But I don't have one, right now I'm on a 17, and that's because the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Illegal Operations
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(...) Sean, Dude, I think the problem's MSN Messenger. I have problems when running that, too. I have an older 100 MHz computer that runs Win95, and it gets all kind of gummed up when I run MM... so now I don't, and my computer works as well as (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Wanna' Solotrek?
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(...) And say bye-bye big windows in the office. Due to problems with people driving cars through the front door, most IBM locations I've visited have all sorts of concrete barriers around the door ways and lobby areas. Nothing so simple would (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Wanna' Solotrek?
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(...) Can't you just picture the day when your local building regulations require all new structures to be built with super reinforced roofs so that falling Solotrek riders don't injure the occupants? (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Allister McLaren" <allistermclaren@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:H8uBI7.5Fp@lugnet.com... (...) Who says a Solotrek licence would be as easy to earn as a car licence? -- Cheers, Paul LUGNET member 164 (URL) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Wanna' Solotrek?
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(...) I'm not so sure. Is it really a good idea for the skies to be full of the same people that are driving cars today? Same goes for the Skycar. Allister (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Illegal Operations
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(...) Well, first off for the record, I'm against upgrading. I feel that the lowest system you can get away with is the best. NOT the newest. I need usb ports, and 95 won't work, so I have 98. My 98 has hardly EVER, if EVER, crashed or (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Looks like their fund-raising failed. On TechTV I'm watching a bit about how bogus bidders on ebay ran up the auction and killed it. They closed the auction because of the bids and solotrek was trying to use it to keep the business open. Looks (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Illegal Operations
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(...) In short, the problem is that you need to remove Windows and install Linux. In more depth: every program running on your system is given a chunk of RAM, and is only supposed to use that specific memory area. If the program tries to write to an (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Illegal Operations
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Wassssup Everyone, Being only partly computer knowledgeable, I have a question. What is up with those freakin' 'illegal operation' warnings that the Windows 98 system tends to put out for just about anything? What makes these illegal(1) and why the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Wanna' Solotrek?
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(...) I'm confused...I swear this was at $6.7mil yesterday... --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (22 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Wanna' Solotrek?
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We all know Solotrek is closing up shop: (URL) I bet someone out there would love to get their hands on this: (URL) can you spare a dime (or 500,000)? Matt (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Too bad some people just can't help but exalt and rave over the trilogy. Sheesh, can people ever stop complaining about the 'dialogue problems' or 'improper adaption' and 'lack of adherence to the original storyline'?!!! Let me sum this into (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) My son loved it and it got him to read "The Hobbit", so it can't be all bad! Lucas wins the goofy-names contest hands down. Tolkien, on the other hand, wins the tedious and confusing names contest: Melkor, also known as Morgoth, and named "The (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: A space physics question
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(...) Great job on the .space page so far! A few points first: - in the absence of gravity, the force on the pulleys will only exist if the object in tow is continuously accelerating. Remember, accelerating can mean following a curved path as well (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A space physics question
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(...) Great job on the .space page so far! A few points first: - in the absence of gravity, the force on the pulleys will only exist if the object in tow is continuously accelerating. Remember, accelerating can mean following a curved path as well (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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(...) Hey! I love that music, and all the sound effects, and all the voice actors! I have replayed them daily for .. um .. 26 years! Scary, huh? (plays Sting sound effect - oops, Time Warner deleted that from the movies.) Actually Elrond is a bit of (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: A space physics question
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Great reply. I've got to resolve this. Sorry I let it go but I was trying to keep my weird idea under wraps...not very cool considering how much interest I drummed up. Read this chat transcript and it might be more clear: (URL) j o n ] -- | Lego - (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A space physics question
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(...) SNIP (...) Why not just artificial singularities instead of pulleys? Place pairs of singularities orbiting around each other in a ring pattern. the orbital plane of each pair is perpendicular & equidistant to the center anchor singularity. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A space physics question
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(...) Imagine a thread. A really interesting thread. The thread gets started but is arranged in a linear fashion, so that none of the responses are responded to. Apparently linear isn't as interesting as a zig zag pattern, so the thread appears to (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: URL: Fifty Innovations Driven By NSF Research Funding
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(...) Oh and, from this article: The vBNS is only available for meritorious research projects with high-bandwidth uses and is not used for general Internet traffic. Y'know, like students swapping movies before they've come out in theaters, that sort (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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