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  Re: One of the Mindfest pics
 
(...) Ah, I see. Well, I gave MS my $40 for NT a long time ago (friend was an employee then) so I forget that most people don't have it laying around. (...) Those Libretto's are cool. I wish I could have taken the one from my old office to my new (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: One of the Mindfest pics
 
(...) I'm dual-booting to Win95 (haven't gotten around to bothering with NT, and don't want to give MS any more of my money) to use Photoshop. The GIMP is decent, but it's not there yet in power, features, or ease of use. I hope it will be someday, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Mini, Micro, Maxi, Macro, Kilo, etc. (was: Re: Pink spaceship)
 
(...) I saw some of those in the dollar store the other day. Unfortunately, they were from the time after Micheal Golden had left, but before Broderick had come on board. No wait, maybe it was after Broderick had left, too. Anyway, Karza was back, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Mini, Micro, Maxi, Macro, Kilo, etc. (was: Re: Pink spaceship)
 
(...) Unless it's a hard drive, and then a Kilobyte is 10^3 (and for awhile was even actually measuring the "unformatted" capacity). (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Mini, Micro, Maxi, Macro, Kilo, etc. (was: Re: Pink spaceship)
 
Great, now I´ll have to learn all of this ;-) I didn´t know there was such defined standards for mini, micro and nanofigs. But, well, times are changing.... But whats kibifig then? --Tobias <380a50fb.190663701@...et.com>... (...) size (...) 2^10 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Lego.com - new look)
 
lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) writes: [big snip about LCD, GCF, GCD, LCM, etc...] You should teach fractions, Todd :) That's a much more in-depth explanation than my 5th grade math teacher ever gave (the one who kept asking me to tell her if she (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Mini, Micro, Maxi, Macro, Kilo, etc. (was: Re: Pink spaceship)
 
(...) old (...) I suppose I should have had more soda before I wrote that. I got very little sleep last night. Megafig is what they have at Legoland and is also on Joe Davenport's web site. They actually have their own name (Legoland) but I have (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Mini, Micro, Maxi, Macro, Kilo, etc. (was: Re: Pink spaceship)
 
(...) Yes, Micro- is 10^-6, but Mini- is not necessarily 10^-3. Mini- is any size less than 1. Milli- is 10^-3. (...) Macro is any size greater than 1 or greater than usual. It *can* be 10^3, but it isn't necessarily 10^3. Macroeconomics, for (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Lowest Common Denominator (was: Re: Lego.com - new look)
 
(...) I forgot adult LEGO-ness! It's a wonderful opportunity to make a very confusing and misleading true statment! :) :) Male adult LEGO fans are quite uncommon. Hee hee! It's true!! :) --Todd (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
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