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  bad microsoft, bad.
 
yay! (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: web design (was Re: Scout secrets revealed)
 
(...) Good point. It all depends on how often the nav bar stuff is going to be used. I can imagine some sites/types of content where you're going to want to always have the navigation stuff handy. For others, it's in the way most of the time. One (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: web design (was Re: Scout secrets revealed)
 
(...) up (...) Yes, but that's the difference between doing it with frames and doing it without. Put the navigation stuff in a frame across the top of the browser, and suddenly, when you scroll down the page you're reading, the navigation frame (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  web design (was Re: Scout secrets revealed)
 
(...) Not true, Eric. It's too bad so few web designers get confused by this. The navigation stuff only takes up space if it is currently scrolled into view. Any long message on LUGNET serves as a good example. Visit: (URL) is a set inventory). See (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Ed Boxer Goes to Enfiled - reformatted and updated
 
Steve: (...) There is nothing in the HTML specification that prevents this (AFAIR). It is just like the "BANNER" element - nobody cares to implement it. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Biting tin foil (Was: Lego VCR)
 
(...) I used to have perfect teeth up to one or two years ago, and I never had any problems with chewing tin foil (Hey, I chew a lot of things.. Urmm.. forget I said that.). Then I got two fillings, and when pretty much anything made of metal (be it (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Engine Speed Regulation
 
(...) (yes, they do regulate power, but I'm used to models not full size, where the water is of more concern usually than the power. Larry, take a look at (URL) some pics of my engines. For info, the Britannia (the green railway engine!) is very (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Engine Speed Regulation
 
Well, James corrected me and he's right(1). The Throttle is a restrictor (if you look up throttle, one meaning is to cut off airflow) in the steamline. Restricting the flow reduces the pressure in the steam chest. However most valve gear (cf. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Engine Speed Regulation
 
Thanks for the explanation! (Wow, so it is really possible to explain how the steam engine works without using a single picture!) (...) This looks like the PWM (pulse width modulation) method RCX uses to control its motor powers. Why the steam (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Ed Boxer Goes to Enfiled - reformatted and updated
 
(...) Or if there was a some sort of floating table concept, where mini-tables could be laid out, and the renderer/browser would arrange these atomic mini-tables simliar to the way images are handled. Steve (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Engine Speed Regulation
 
An otto and a diesel are different things. An otto is not reversible without a lot of thought about how to get the spark timing right. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Engine Speed Regulation
 
Great detailed explanations! If I simplify things, the throttle on a steam engine controls Torque. To set a certain speed with a certain load, a certain torque is needed. The speed regulator (governor) is a device that controls the applied torque so (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Engine Speed Regulation
 
(...) Sorry Larry, not true. The throttle controls the pressure in the steam chest (Ideally), which controls the speed. (in fact, it does regulate pressure, but also regulates volume) What you are suggesting is done on some engines (corliss mill (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Engine Speed Regulation
 
(...) Working from memory and I could be wrong. But I doubt it. Review. Reciprocating steam engines function by admitting pressurised steam into a chamber (the cylinder) where it expands, doing work against the walls. One of the walls (the piston (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: One of the Mindfest pics
 
(...) Yes, it does. Newer models have two, even. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: One of the Mindfest pics
 
(...) Heh, I have a single 20mb CF card right now. I'd probably want a minimum of 2 of the 64mb cards to feel comfortable if I was bringing a Libretto along with me... (...) Yeah, the one I had in my office had either 1 or 2 PCMCIA slots in the unit (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  JPEG compression (was: Re: One of the Mindfest pics)
 
(...) Speaking of JPEG compression, here's a comparison of JPEG (lossy) vs. TIFF (non-lossy) for three images: (3 URLs) the last of the three pages contains several megabytes of inline images. --Todd (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: One of the Mindfest pics
 
Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) I was a real strong believer in uncompressed (I'm allergic to jpeg compression). But I have to say, after playing a little with them (and the D700), I can tolerate the image quality they output at their (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Engine Speed Regulation
 
Here are some of the questions that have been nagging me since I was a kid. How does the press of the throttle affect the RPM and the torque of the engine? By looking at the R/C model engines, it seems to me that the throttle controls the amount of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: One of the Mindfest pics
 
(...) I don't think that they even _have_ an uncompressed mode. 1024x768x24bit = 2.3M. Too big for a floppy. The FD-based mavicas, from what I've heard, do reallly nasty jpeg compression in order to fit stuff in such a small space. Compact flash is (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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