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(...) LOL - oh what a dork I am! I just tried raising that question in a reply earlier in your post here, without realizing you raised it yourself a few lines down. Glad I didn't post it and make a fool out of myself :^) [1] Anyways... I've seen (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Hey Ken - Thanks for posting this. I happened across your post first, then Matt's. I was very close to posting a reply I had written to his post, but didn't want to taint the thread with something negative. I think the ideas put forth in this (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) I have pondered this sort of topic a bit. I have intentionally only read one post here so as not to color my thoughts up front. Only a couple of small points frist on the LEGO 'community.' It's hard to say 'what' that is. I generally consider (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Isn't pondering the unaswerables pretty much what philosphy is generally about? You seemed to be interested in writing a lot in response to a question you didn't seem to deem worthy of answering. You seem to want to disagree with this post on (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) If you are logged in via the web interface, and post via the web interface, you don't have to authenticate. But, if you are posting via email or NNTP news, you have to authenticate. This is because we've had problems in the past with people (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.people.newbie)
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Is there any way to have my client authenticate to the lugnet news server using my lugnet membership login and password instead of having to manualy authorize each individual post. Do the regular members that post a lot really confirm each and every (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.people.newbie)
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(...) Okay, it looks like you must have had a nice amount of time on your hands in order to come up with such a question - time I would normally spend building. (...) Step back and look at the arrangement of themes. For some reason, the community (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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"Adrian Egli" <aegli@san.rr.com> skrev i meddelandet news:HD34nv.uo8@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) I don't agree with you there! At least if by 'the medium' you only mean real, physical bricks. I haven't got much opportunity to build with real Lego, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) I don't disagree, but being a member of 'The friendliest place on the internet', I like the idea that people 'into Lego' are automatically included just because they are intrinsically valued as people to begin with. Hmm...here's a (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) My personal feeling is that the "LEGO community" doesn't really exist. That is to say there isn't a singular entity that can qualify to classify the group that might make up this definition. But rather, in my mind what you might really be (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Certainly anyone who does is welcome, but perhaps being a part of the community, or one of many 'LEGO communities' is a matter of individuals actively identifying with such groups...? -Tim (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes: SNIP (...) HUGE SNIP (...) basically, any one that plays or works with ANY Lego building product. Jeff (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Great topic, Tim! Hmm... Well time for Hendo to babble again... :) In my analysis, the term "Lego Community" is a group of humanity that reaches far beyond any of the limitations you have suggested. The entire Lego Community includes TLC (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Thanks, Felix. (...) I haven't had time to formulate thoughts in reply to the other posts, but they're floating around in my head somewhere. You bring up a very good point, I think. Some individuals identify only with some components of "the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Hi Tim, These kind of conversations are what help us develop as a community. I applaude you for bringing it up. Its nice to see us going a step beyond merely coming together to share likes and dislikes. By stimulating this type of (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:HD21C7.1yst@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) WHEW! This is quite a topic to cover! But, hey, I like it :-) (...) As someone has already mentioned, LEGO is a medium. If someone uses that medium (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) But Lugnet is NOT the only internet community of LEGO fans, so calling Lugnet "the LEGO internet community" is innapropriate. Actually, "the LEGO internet community" is (URL) since the word order implies ownership by or direct association with (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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That's efficiency ;o)) Philo (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.people)
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(...) My thoughts are that there are many aspects of the LEGO community...as you mention later, there are those with different interests with LEGO from Bionicle to Mindstorms. And the common thread of all of these groups that make an overall (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Me too! (...) One of the things I have noticed, is, when I have met people who are on the "fringes" of the community, I guess they don't realize how much we all would like them to a part of this experience. I figure the top percent of people (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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