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(...) ***snip*** (...) Good info--thanks. It started out as an idle curiosity, but then I really got to wondering about it. (...) That's what I get for leaving out the 8^) You'll probably poo-poo my plan to install a screen door on the airlock, too. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Only if there are sufficient holes in the obstacle to allow the sonar to read objects through them. You should be able to read another object through a chain-link fence, but not a privacy fence with overlapping boards. (...) Sound waves bounce (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Universal Universal remote
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I think I want one of these: :-) (URL) wonder what the societal norms about turning off TVs without permission will evolve to be? (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Can sonar "see" around objects? Can it detect, for example, a sub hiding on the other side of a reef or similar underwater obstacle? Here's why I'm asking: The kitchenette in my office is around the corner and down a hall, so I can't see when (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Worst Scheduler Ever
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(...) Hey, as long as you got paid twice.... (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I had the wonderful experience of being part of a team that switched to the software back when I used to work in web hosting support. Appearently, it was going to be used to make sure that we had only enough support staff on hand for the (...) (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Does anyone else suffer under the benighted corporate monstrosity known as Blue Pumpkin? I'd be gratified to hear of others' frustrations with this idiotic piece of pseudo-useful software. Thanks. Dave! (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.people)
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(...) No. Why would you think so? Most(1) government RFPs state "award will be made to the offer which demonstrates the best overall value to the government considering price, technical merit and past performance." I'd say LM's past performance is (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(URL) for Lockheed Martin. I'd wonder how many contracts NASA would be throwing their way, but as a government agency, aren't they sorta required to always go with the lowest bid? (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: SourceForge Questions
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(...) Works perfectly, thanks. Not having to answer that question a bunch of times makes like a little easier! Thanks, Mike (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Assuming you're using openssh, you can look at ssh-agent. Basically, it's a process that runs in the background, that you can load your keys into (entering your passphrase once), and it will make the keys available for the ssh sessions that (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I have a question for all of you SourceForge gurus out there. I have a non-LEGO project (its related to work) hosted on SourceForge. I have my Sun workstation and my WinXP PC both configured to use CVS and both work without any problems. I use (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Lavender Brick Society
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(...) I actually sat down and examined the way right- and left-handed scissors work and figured out how to use either style in either hand. It's visciously uncomfortable to use scissors in the wrong hand, but it can be done. (...) I've also trained (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I was pretty much ambidexterous when I was young--wrote with both hands until my Gr. 1 or 2 teacher (can't remember which) sat me down and told me to 'pick a hand' 'cause my printing of letters would either slant to the left or to the right, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:I4CG4p.nt4@lugnet.com... (...) alone, but (...) and he (...) either (...) grab a (...) the (...) trained (...) I can only write with my left hand.. and only use a scissor with my (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | LENNI Specification v0.2 Request For Comment
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Thanks so far to everyone who's participated in the LEGO Enthusiast News Network Initiative (LENNI) discussions. I've gotten a very clear idea of what types of things should be in this proposal, and have completed the draft of version 0.2, which is (...) (20 years ago, 12-Sep-04, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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(...) I like this solution. The schema can be used not only for validation, but can be pulled to get the list of possible values. Quick question though - can't the list of allowed values be specified in the DTD, which we're going to maintain anyway? (...) (20 years ago, 11-Sep-04, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Next techie question for LENNI… including semi-dynamic options for filters. OK, now that I've gotten a pretty good idea of what to do with the LENNI spec (which should have a v0.2 draft this weekend), the one big question that is still bugging me is (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-04, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: Starcraft Protoss MOC
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(...) (URL) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Moses was Protoss? Awesome. I'll bet he was a High Templar. What upgrade do you need to get the "part seas" ability? Cuz there were times I coulda used that... Who says la-za-zurg, anyway? I don't see anything like it on that page we found: (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'd be happy with SC re-released with the WC3 interface. Lots of cool functions that would have been super useful... That said, SC2 would be totally awesome. Though, having had the chance to play the Worlds of Warcraft beta this week, I can (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) My Favourite-- 'Turn your head and cough!' ranking up there with 'I'm gonna drop the hammer--and dispense some indiscriminate justice!' What a game. For me, the peak of RTS. Dave K -who wishes that Blizzard would come out with an expansion, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) My personal favorite: La-za-zurg! (Sounds very close to "Damn it" in Hebrew! I think Israelites must be descendants of the Protoss :) -- Dan Boger dan@peeron.com (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Starcraft Protoss MOC
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(...) Tree-house! DaveE (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) As far as "the dozen or so most powerful militaries" today, it is them that have all (or most of) the ABC-weapons and mines, and the only treaties I'm awere of has been ones designed to prevent others from getting them, or scrapping outdated (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) With a particular hostile environment like a planet uninhabitable by humans, infested with nanorobots designed to gnaw off skinn or armour (or other ABCN-weapons), or swarms of assasinationdrones, in urban theaters, think Mogadisho. I don't (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Well, the nations that are most likely to be able to develop hover tanks are also the nations that are most likely to be able to develop anti-HT mines. Generally, they're also the same countries that will sign arms reduction treaties. Granted, (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: I hate MOCPages
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(...) Or, you could use Mozilla Thunderbird for email. (URL) it free (it is opensource): (URL) (20 years ago, 4-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Get OE-QuoteFix (or Outlook-quotefix) from (URL) Outlook (and Express) behaves like a real program... (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) In lugnet.general, Stephen F. Roberts wrote: (...) I don't think it's only that. In my workplace, the general practice is to always include the whole text of the message to which you are responding, but to put the new content at the top. The (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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On 14:31 09/02/04, Don Heyse wrote (...) When you hit reply, it does that stoopid indent thing. You just have to go down to where you want to insert things and use the "decrease indent" (has a little left arrow beside some horizontal bars). You may (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) A shot to the head will do pretty much the same thing ;-) But seriously, it still need some powersource and a lot of logistics, I read somewhere that in Operation Iraqi Liberation, one of the problems were the to acquire enough batteries for (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I think I saw that briefly on Scientific American Frontiers a while back. Still, even if you were wearing full combat body armor with that strapped on top, all it would take was one shot to the battery to render it useless (and if they're able (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I agree on the fact that, no groundforces are immune to mines, but regarding treaties, they only survive as long as politicians back them up and with regarding the mines, sorry, the bad guys still have them and won’t sign any treaty so they're (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Yup and that's the difference of perspective, I talked about: You can't expect to have that kind of airsuperiority as it is now (unless you're an American), and if we're talking about aliens, well, space superiorty pretty much eats (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) We're working on it: (URL) Project> The current powered exos in the lab weigh about 100 lb apiece and can carry a payload of over 70 lbs, but mobility is still rather limited. --Bram (20 years ago, 29-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Half of that. 1000 pounds. Think "compact car", or 1/10th of a Hummer, if you prefer. Consider the various systems that would have to be strapped onto the pilot. You start out with a frame designed to fit around a human body. You'd need (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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Dude, one ton? I'm not even considdering using enough armor to withstand an artillery or missle barrage. That's way to inconcieveable. That kind of PA wouldn't be woth the trouble. Lightweight, durable materials like carbon fiber, magnesium alloys, (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Okay, now you're just fantasizing. A human-sized PA would probably weigh at least half a ton, so it'd need a huge boost to get off the ground. To get enough boost for airlift that doesn't look sluggish, you're probably looking at having to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Well, the driver ought to be fine...assuming the turret crew doesn't collectively puke all over him, that is... (hmm, imagine them spinning around like that at full speed with the governor removed) But yeah, if a mecha/PA tries advancing on an (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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