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(...) You don't think it's a good idea to rename slopes? ;) But I agree with you, it's not a bad alternate name for them. In the Brickopedia I tried to find a balance between taxonomically correct labels and groupings/names that made sense from a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Yes, exactly. (...) I wasn't seriously suggesting we try to rename slopes. But bevel would be so much more ... taxonimetrical. (...) We shoulda just stuck with "Roof tile" -- to be extra confusing. (...) Ooo. Good guess. But it was actually (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) I will admit to being a big UNfan of acronyms, so I steer clear of using them, much less creating new ones. :) (...) Very good to know. (...) Ah ok, I see. :) Thanks for those links. Those are both excellent pages. (...) I think you're right. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) IMHO, studs make sense more than knobs because of terms such "studless" or "SNOT"....knobs will lead to knobless and "KNOT". (...) In french, tiles are named "plaques lisses" (smooth plates)...but even more commonly "tiles". (...) Sorry. This (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) Back to my childhood: They are bumps. One bumper, two bumper, four bumper (I never had any three bumpers when I named them) are 1x bricks. (...) One bumper center plate! (plates with no bumps are smooth plates.) (...) Headlight bricks. But the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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