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| (...) The point was brought up elsewhere that SLLUGNET is too close to LUGNET by name, without any of the official affiliations (1) -- a potential trademark dilution problem for LUGNET. Cheers, - jsproat 1. "official affiliations" -- say that 10 (...) (27 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug
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| In lugnet.loc.us.ut, Eric Kingsley writes: In response to the name proposal for SLLUG or SLUGGNET ...it would be nice to have some uniformity (Makes us look all the more organized which can't hurt). ...it may actually help us as a larger LEGO (...) (27 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: More name ideas
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| (...) Well again my 2 cents... Just to be anti-uniform for anti-uniformity's sake is not allways the way to go in my opinion. I am not suggesting some sort of Facist or Socialist standard that we all must follow and then Salute to the LEGO flag of (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: More name ideas
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| (...) Ahhhh, I like SLLUG! And next to a lake absolutely *filled* with salt... :-, SLLUGNET is really cool too. (...) Well, I don't speak for the others, but I'm decidedly anti-uniform. I'm not against the idea of calling ourselves a "LUG", but (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: More name ideas
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| (...) Congrats on a great meeting and what appears to be another strong LEGO group. If I may throw in my 2 cents worth here as far as a name goes. There are currently 3 general LEGO User Groups or "LUG's" in existance (BayLUG, NELUG, and GMLUG) and (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | More name ideas
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| Here are some more proposed names for our nameless Lego group: UTACS--Utah tube and clutch society SLLUG--Salt Lake Lego Users Group ("SLUG") DBUG--Deseret Brick Users Group ULUG--Utah Lego Users Group ULEC--Utah Lego Enthusiasts Club ULC--Utah Lego (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> wrote in message news:FJnF0x.rn@lugnet.com... (...) Many thanks Eric. You can bet I will have a folded up copy of those instructions in my pocket Thursday night. Mike G. (27 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| (...) Well, I WILL admit I had a mockup of a green line car partially completed but I just could not get a center pivot that looked good from the outside, worked, and would at least allow a minifig (turned sideways so he was only 1 stud wide) to (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| (...) <snipped out more gory transit details...> (...) Hmmm, Larry does not live in Boston, and yet he is intimately familiar with the transit system. Coincidence, I think not. The more likely explanation is that he is obsessed with trains, and (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| There may or may not be a free shuttle but my advice is learn the T. Even if you're only in town for a weekend, it's a much better way to go. Plus the trains are much tighter headings than the 1/2 hour heading a shuttle is likely to be on. A cab (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| Wait... For those of us staying at the Marriot, ther should be a free shuttle from the airport, right? I'll check up on this and let you know... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| <snipped Eric's description of how to get around> Eric, this kind of information is great! I'm going to be at Mindfest and my NLSO architect will be lollygagging around the downtown Boston area. Now it looks like I'll have all the info we need to do (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| Welcome to Boston!!! (...) The easiest (and cheapest) way in my opinion is to take the Subway (We call it the "T" ). It is very safe and easy to use as long as you don't have a problem or fear of Subway's (Some, like my father do so I just thought (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Chicago Legofest
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| (...) Oops :) I was *really* tired when I wrote this one...heheh. I'm guesstimating at 15-20 people. It would rock if we had more - perhaps if we hold a fest the lurkers will come out of the woodwork :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Bumper (...) (27 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us)
| | | | | Re: Chicago Legofest
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| (...) I really can't tell on either one of those. My guess would be we might have (...) Yeah, once we get a better idea of how many would be interested, lets go from there on a location. (...) December looks ok for me. The first weekend is out, but (...) (27 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us)
| | | | | Re: Chicago Legofest
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| tim@zacktron.com (Tim Courtney) wrote in <4.2.0.58.1999092915...comm.com>: (...) Tim, how many people does it look like so far, and roughly when? I might be able to help find a spot, but depends on the number of people we'd have and how much space (...) (27 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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| (...) I'd guess a group from up north would be MTULUG (Mich. Tech. Univ. LUG) or UPLUG (Upper Penninsula LUG). I suppose Camp Northern could have a group, but they'd be NMULUG. Steve (27 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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| (...) I guess it's because I'd never heard of the Univ. of Maryland before, but I've heard of Upper Michigan before. Anyway, the Univ. of Maryland seems like such a tiny area for such a short two-letter prefix. :) --Todd (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Utah Legomaniac Group Name Ideas
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| GULP - Greater Utah Lego People GULF - Greater Utah Lego Fans GULAG - Greater Utah Lego Admirers Group KEWL - Kollectors and Enthusiasts of Wasatch Lego DROLL - Deseret Region Online Lego Lovers WFLUG - Wasatch Front Lego Users Group WALUG - Wasatch (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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| (...) The Wasatch Front is the Rocky Mountain range that runs along the eastern side of Salt Lake Valley. It's pretty much a Utah thing. :-, (...) Not sure. Everyone I've ever met here is pretty much a Win32 bigot. >:-P Linux.org (1) offers these (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us)
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