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| (...) Definitely studs, as even french people use, not mainly but only, this term. (...) AZMEP plates :) (...) Erling bricks :) (...) If you talk about System plates, I've read "one third brick" from a LEGO book. If you talk about Duplo plates you (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) In the Brickopedia I got away from those two terms, since I agree with you... they can be confusing at times. :) For example, I called this: (URL) an 'Outer Corner' as in the way it's sometimes used to create the outer corner or edge of a (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) I always had a problem with "convex" and "concave" (and, of course, their "doubled" bretheren). I've always associated those words with curved parts. But I can't really think of a better way to describe them.. Darrell (20 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) Part names. One of my favorite topics. :) While I was working on the (URL) for my book I spent a lot of time thinking about part naming and categorization. (...) I don't know that I'd label that name as "ridiculous". It may be outdated(1), but (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) Well, if you want to show the lone pair of electrons you could. (URL) is a link to a pdf. I didn't think that sending you a 385 kB e-mail message was sucha great idea:) I thought the model was a neat idea. Unfortunately, one of the reviewers (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.edu)
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| (...) Excellent Chris, what did you use for the bonds and what did you use for the atoms. And were you also able to show double covalent bonds. (which is something that would be hard to show) I would love to read the article if you want. I get so (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.edu)
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| (...) [snip] (...) Actually, you can model Lewis Structures* with LEGO too. I sent an article describing the LEGO-Lewis Model to the Journal of Chemical Education, but they rejected it :( A reviewer suggested that I re-write the "article" as an (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.edu)
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| (...) [snip] (...) Nah, you don't have to use a new piece (URL) [1] Chris 1. (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts)
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| (...) And we would call them what..... Yes! Diastereomers :) (...) not to the pedantic (...) Chris (20 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts)
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| Hey, Awesome post! Larry has a point with the text on the studs, but when I teach symmetry and chirality and talk about everyday objects I always put in the caveat "this baseball has such-and-such symmetry properties, igoring all imperfections and (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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