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Hi folks, Two weeks ago, the National Post (one of Canada's national newspapers) called me up for an interview to talk about the enthusiast view of the Lego world. Here's the article, it was in today's edition of the Saturday Post: (URL) will have a (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.ca) !!
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(...) Wow, that was a way better article than one usually gets from the media! Thanks for the link. I've spotlighted your post. (as I am sure many others will as well) Can peach handle being slashdotted as everyone visits? (or, did you know that (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not a bad article… (some comments below) (...) Doesn’t the “Land of Childhood” sound trippy! (...) A few years age? Wasn’t the fun-house developed back in the 70s’? I remember reading once that the place was extremely outdated, with record (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think you've got the idea that we control what gets printed in the media. Journalists aren't allowed to let you choose what gets written in their pieces, because if they did, then they wouldn't be journalists anymore, they'd be ad (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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You CRASHED peach...... WHAT were you thinking!!! :) NOW where am i supposed to go when i need to see a picture of Dave or Jeff's Face???? BTW the only "link" in the article was to YOUR page not RTL. hrumph. ;) (...) This is an interesting (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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That first part of the article reminded me alot about one of Iain's dreams.... Jeff VW "Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:Gv9H15.BIL@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) Post: (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) D'OH!!!...!!! Poor Peachy-Server!!! Time to get the real "Mango" server (AKA Supercomputer) to help "little" peachy handle the traffic.... (...) To me it shows you how little they actually do care about the Canadian market. Their target market (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) MIE Computing Services rebooted Peach today. Though I've long been concerned the machine couldn't handle a Slashdot type of load as Larry describes, I don't believe the crash was due to Peach itself or people visiting from the article. I think (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Here's a scan of the actual paper: (URL) just to give you an idea of the layout of the photographs that are present on the webpage. Calum (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GvD091.Fv3@lugnet.com... (...) Awesome, man! Keep that hand strong ;) "Where did I put my cane?" Iain (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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After reading about that crazy house, I understand why Lego designers come up with ideas like this: (URL) a sad state of affairs. Rob (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I am in full agreement with you, Rob. If TLC has been finding themselves in the red *and* they say they want to go back to basics, this isn't it. At least, imho ;) OTOH, I have the Santa Fe engine, which, again, imho, is exactly what TLC's all (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Rob Stehlik" <robbby31@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GvF1oC.88M@lugnet.com... (...) *My* mom said not to play with guns. (and not to rip off my arms and replace them with turbofans.) Iain (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3CD0BFD1.99831F...ers.com... (...) Actually, I was being semi-sarchastic. My mom activley encouraged me to play with guns when I was younger - she's the one that bought me a rifle, and she's (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) At the risk of starting a HUGE off topic debate. go and tell your mom that there is NOTHING wrong with guns!!! On this other hand those tiny hot fast bits of moving lead aimed at parts of you that you like.... NOW that's bad! :) more off (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Your welcome. :) -- Chris Pretend this says something funny (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ROSCO (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hey, now THAT is pretty cool-rtlToronto, worldwide, courtesy of your friendly neighbourhood multinational media conglomerate that repurposes materials. Thanks for the link, Ross! Calum (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch)
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