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Upgrading my stock Apple G3/233 with a Radeon 7000 gave BrickDraw3D an 85% speed improvement. In pure OpenGL mode the improvement is 60% over the existing OpenGL advantage. The 2002 ATI Retail Card Update worked on G3/233 with 9.1 but BrickDraw3D (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) And Niles Crane is riding one around Frasier's apartment on tonight's episode! I don't believe it, I hardly watch any television and I see one twice in three days! Has it become commonplace or something? BTW I'm impressed by your spelling, (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Thanks for bringing it back to life :) Steve (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Um, shouldn't that last rejoinder have been posted in off-topic.tongue-in-cheek rather than off-topic.geek? We now, er, rejoin the thread currently in progress. (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Nice segue. Dave! (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Andy Rooney allowed himself to be filmed on one for 60 Minutes tonight-- his mode of transportation at some auto show. It was excruciating to watch because it appeared as though he might keel over at any moment and break a hip or something. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Seen on The Reg
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(URL) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Help: in den Materialien 1.2767?
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(...) The answers turned up. P20S, P576, Aluminum 7075. These are Werkstoff numbers used in Germany. I still lack an overview of this system... 1.2312 is P20S steel 40CrMnNiMo8-6-4 1.2767 is KE355 KE896 BS1407 P576 ISO4957 X45NiCrMo16 3.4365 is (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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A diagram from a German engineering company indicates plates "aus vergetetem Stahl 1.2312" -- tempered steel 1.2312. Other parts are available "in den Materialien 1.2767 und 3.4365 erhaltlich". What is the system of these numbers? I am familiar with (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Couldn't resist bringing this to your attention(s)
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(...) <sarcasm> For shame! That's TOTAL LANGUAGE LEARNING, don't you know? That's where it's about phonics and not about spelling or grammar. Grammar, pah, it's so passé--only people with NO LIVES care about others' grammar and spelling! </sarcasm> (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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