 | | Re: One of the Mindfest pics
|
|
(...) I actually read about this in a cheesy digital camera mag that I signed up for at Comdex a year or two ago. Lemme try Google... Turning up nothing. Hope this wasn't bogus in that mag... but I did find a post in rec.photo.digital that mentioned (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: One of the Mindfest pics
|
|
Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) (I'll have to pop over to altavista...[1]) We have had excellent results with Sony Mavica FD-83's at school. They are floppy based, but can also take short mpeg movies with sound. Even people who have never (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: One of the Mindfest pics
|
|
(...) Ooh, twoooo whole bedrooms. I can only dream.... :) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: One of the Mindfest pics
|
|
(...) Ah, ok. Well, this is one reason why we're moving into a 3 bedroom apt from a 2 bedroom. (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: One of the Mindfest pics
|
|
(...) Part of the problem is again, the space thing. No room to store everything, and karen hates having the apartment cluttered with computer junk. (she likes having computers, but wants them to _work_....) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | 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)
|
| |
| | (canceled)
|
|
|
| |
| | Re: Lowest Common Denominator (was: Re: Lego.com - new look)
|
|
(...) Yet another definition clash -- LOL! -- this just keeps getting confusinger and confusinger. Now I'm totally confusticated. :) In common English usage, does the phrase "common denominator" mean "denominators in common" (common within some (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Lowest Common Denominator (was: Re: Lego.com - new look)
|
|
(...) Yeah, maybe I'll stop now. :) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Lowest Common Denominator (was: Re: Lego.com - new look)
|
|
(...) Uh, I think that'd be "inconsistency in my bookmark file". For a while, we were pedantic about the something-can't-be-b...d-a-domain rule, but then we decided to give in to the New World Order of web/dns. *grin* (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Lowest Common Denominator (was: Re: Lego.com - new look)
|
|
(...) I'm not sure that makes sense. By definition, all things that are in common occur the same amount -- i.e. everywhere. 'Cause otherwise, it wouldn't be common. Another possible alternative phrase might be "broadest common denominator"... (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Lowest Common Denominator (was: Re: Lego.com - new look)
|
|
(...) Whoops, I didn't mean welcoming and accommodating the most infrequent ingredients per se -- glittery things like Shockwave or RealAudio, for example. I meant welcoming and accommodating browsers which happen to support special or infrequent (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
