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(...) Well, I'm not without lameness, but I did view the source for his page. (the links didn't work with Mozilla on a Mac either) All his outside links take you away to those sites as expected, but his internal links point to "2004/index.php" etc. (...) (20 years ago, 14-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: Inspiration
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(...) Nah, I don't think it's you. I tried the site on Firefox and IE with no success of seeing pics. Maybe some other browser is needed? I didn't try Netscape but I somehow don't think that'd work either. Adding to .geek for input to see if I'm (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Help with neopets (Totally off topic!)
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Hey everyone, I need some help with the MMOG Neopets. I need to get some neopoints, an easy way to do this seems to be referals. So, to this end, could everyone here please click this link: (URL) And sign up for neopets? It's not a lot of time out (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: Googolplex (was: Is lego *truly* unlimited?)
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(...) build' question, given that it only obtains a googolplex by measuring the number of "distinct" states by a wholly ridiculous number of particles. And try as I might, I can't get the number of Lego configurations to get much beyond (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Googolplex (was: Is lego *truly* unlimited?)
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(...) I found the following amusing description of how to visualise a googolplex: "...if one put this black hole into a hypothetical rigid nonpermeable box, a few million light years in size, and looked at the contents once a year, it would look (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Is lego *truly* unlimited? (some thoughts)
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(...) Ok, so it's asymptotic, not logarithmic, and it approaches 4, so 4 was a perfectly cromulent guess. However. Since the sum of any line N of Pascal's triangle is apparently 2^N (starting at row 0), and you'd theoretically count EVERYTHING (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Is lego *truly* unlimited? (some thoughts)
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(...) Hi David, Thats why I said something more finite, like our collections would be easier/possible to calculate. (...) All that fancy math........ (...) I shouldve x-posted there in the beginning. Thanks, Samarth (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Is lego *truly* unlimited? (some thoughts)
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(...) The 2004 LEGO Company Profile white-paper says "Over the years, enough LEGO bricks have been manufactured to give an average of 52 each to every single one of the world's 6 billion inhabitants." Another place indicates "Annual production is (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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(...) The only emulator that I know of is Microsoft's own Virtual PC. It comes in various flavors, starting at about $120 US. That seems a little steep just for running a little (and free) Lego app. But yes, it is an option. (20 years ago, 13-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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All right here we go. Finally my profession pays off to my past-time and AFOL peers. Have discoverd that lego.com is multihomed. I traced the LEGO site from Sydney as my (and USA) domain servers appear to connect to one host 192.208.45.167. I then (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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(...) Definitely! To me it came up as trying to be hung off a LUGNET path which clearly is wrong unless I *really* missed a memo! FTX URLs can be tricky to get right. But hats off to Jake for bringing us this info in a hurry, FTX URL snafus are not (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The Final Frontier never saw this...
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(...) Not at all. The Pathfinder, Challenger, Enterprise and Columbia were all built under the original contract to Rockwell. Pathfinder was strictly a mockup (an 'orbiter simulator'), Challenger was (originally) constructed for stress-testing the (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The Final Frontier never saw this...
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(...) Originally only funding for three orbiters were authorized and two shuttles (Columbia and Enterprise) were ordered in the summer of 1972. NASA wanted five orbiters but the Office of Management and Budget felt three was sufficient to meet the (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | The Final Frontier never saw this...
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(URL) it was sad, but the Enterprise still makes my eyes misty. I was 9 years old when I saw this on the telly for the first time. I remember hearing the Trekkie writing campaign to get Carter to name the first shuttle 'Enterprise'. I also remember (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Anyone seen the LEGO 65537 at hobby shops yet?
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(URL) Since I own the store I think we can work out something to help a fellow fan;) If you have any questions please feel free to write to me. Bill Connick (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Wonderfull!
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Great pics! I love pretty much all celestial fireworks. They make me feel very small and insignificant, and that's always a good thing! More people should pay attention to astronomy. It definitely whacks me on the side of the head with the proper (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Anyone seen the LEGO 65537 at hobby shops yet?
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(...) Yep, 65537 in hexadecimal is 10001... I wonder if we'll see others in this number range? Mark (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Transient Lunar Phenomenon
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(...) I watched the whole thing all night long with some friends, It was astounding! :-Devin (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) I saw it... and yet... Yes, I can understand hating TV. But in your own home, you have your own remote, so you don't need this. In a public place, isn't it the proprietor's privilage to choose what, if anything, is on? Can you imagine the riot (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | TV-B-Gone
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My dad told me about this a few days ago, and Jake just blogged it. (URL) can't wait to get mine. I hate those dang idiot boxes. -Tim (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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