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Status: Post-Pro. YES!!! I can't wait to see this when it comes out. There's been a great many rumors on this. Thanks for the info! -Stefan- (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I never saw this show when it was on the air, but I just stumbled onto this and hoped it might be of interest to fans: (URL) if this is old news to you. Dave! FUT: OT.Geek only (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Maybe it's related to this? (URL) thing I could find that looks possible...? (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Everyone knows that only my commendable humility exceeds my near-boundless wit, and yet I have stumbled upon a pun-reference that eludes me. I just read Arthur C. Clarke's short story "Patent Pending," copyright 1957, in which Clarke nicely (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Not too geeky for me! I love this sort of stuff; it helps us visualize our lego models. Accurate measurements help in the design process. Keep it up! (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Thanks, Adrian! Now, can you send me a sample? Dave! (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) Hi, I would suggest installing and using Firefox for all web surfing. That should hopefully stop most of them from appearing. Its free (as in beer and as in press) and good!!! Here's a link (URL) Tim (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Maybe it was coming in for a landing. Dave! (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Who needs knowledge when you have google? Solid hydrogen has a density of .088 g/cm^3. Which is, incidentally, about 10,000 times heavier than its gaseous form. (URL) Adrian (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) This article: (URL) gives it as ~17.6km, and states: "2004: The reference book Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Trilogy by James Luceno corrects the record of the Executor's length: nearly a dozen times the length of a star destroyer. In other (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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What would be the mass of a cubic centimeter of solid hydrogen? I ask because it occurred to me last week that the dry ice I was fiddling with weighed substantially more in solid form than as a gas (now there’s a groundbreaking scientific (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) 10-11 Imperial Class Star Destroyers long has been my understanding, which would mean that the Lego ISD would be about the length of a SSD when compared to the Mini ISD Leg Godt Travis Matheson (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) According to starwars.com it is 12.800 meters: "The size of a Super Star Destroyer has vacillated in numerous publications, starting with an eight-kilometer length in 1984's A Guide to the Star Wars Universe. The latest measurements peg the (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I dunno, it sounds like it makes sense. I mean, imagine how big a Boeing 747 looks at 50,000 feet (I get about 1/8th of a degree, assuming 70.7m length for a 747). Actually, considering how crasily long many clouds are, I wouldn't be suprised (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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OK, this is WAY geeky, but I just thought I'd share... This was triggered by a cloud visible at sunset a couple of evenings ago. It was long and triangular, and took up about 5 "hand-widths" at arms length. I started thinking, how close (or far (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Some more Googling yielded this: -*-*-*- One thing you do not want to do is click on any of those fake popup "notices" about "spyware found on your computer" You may have the Windows Messenger service which apparently is where you are (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Another reason to avoid IE whenever possible. (Disclaimer: the following info was given to me by an IT pro friend of mine, he's smarter at this stuff than me, that's why I listened to him. Why? Because he can hack, and occassionaly, does) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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I forgot to mention that the pop-ups occur even when I'm not online. Dave "Mark" <snowleopard@foxinternet.net> wrote in message news:IBqCty.MwB@lugnet.com... (...) woes. I (...) free, (...) windows, (...) does (...) reccomended. (...) have no clue (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Such is the invariable burden of a network connected Windows machine. Unfortunately, the only "fix" (I put that term in quotes deliberately) is to stay up to date with Microsoft's patches to the OS. The version of IE that comes with XP SP2 (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Using a good, non-microsoft web browser will help a great many of these woes. I personally like (URL) Firefox>. It's free, installs in seconds, MUCH faster than some other browsers, has tabbed windows, built in protective measures. Yeah. Just try (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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