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| (...) Why equally split? Suppose I have a high traffic site that hosts movies and therefore consumes lots of bandwidth. Why should I get to pay the same as some guy who hosts a few highly compressed gifs and doesn't get a lot of traffic. Very unfair (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.animation)
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| (...) Lol. Two points: Space isn't the biggest issue. I have a few other web spaces I could split content about if I needed to. The main problem is the ads. I _hate_ ads. The only thing that drives me nuts faster than neon text on a black (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.publish)
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| I'm unconvinced as to why you'd need this. Plenty of people provide free hosting, for example I bet your ISP does. Now the space available on these sites is limited but then the majority of the large stuff on your site would actually be on (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.publish)
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| (...) Yes. The difference is that MOCPages (which is a great service!) does not allow you to create your own website. You can upload photos and write descriptions but that's as far as it goes. I'm envisioning three stages to this now: Stage 1: (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.publish)
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| (...) This is pretty similar to the idea of MOCPages, except that MOCPages is free? In general, it's a good idea, and I like it :) Some technical problems I can see, but probably nothing that can't be figured out. (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.animation)
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| If this doesn't belong in .general, feel free to just direct it to .publish. As some of you may know, Brinkster.com, which is where I and many other LEGO builders host our websites, has recently announced that it will be adding advertisments to its (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.animation)
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| As more of a newsreader user, incorrectly formatted FTX code on LUGNET has been troubling me lately. Non NNTP users might not realize, but FTX code formatted like the link below is a pain for NNTP users to just click on and be directed to you link (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.space, lugnet.publish)
| | | | | Re: Virtual LEGO now available!
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| (...) Ordering direct from No Starch was fairly painless (so far ;) and it should be here in a week or so according to the email I recieved late last week. I'll be taking it along to the next BUGs meeting if it arrives in time, so there may be an (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) I need to get off my butt and pass along some info so the Australian clubs can bulk order them. Though as I recall, I'm waiting for something to be finalized from the publisher - I'll check up on that. The Australian distributor ordered very (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) Well, based on that, I think Virtual Lego is the one for me. I checked availability here in Australia at the local book shop today. There is one copy in the whole of Australia, and it's SEVENTY NINE DOLLARS!! (about US$55). I ended up ordering (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks, Neils! Glad you enjoy the book so far! I wish I could have been in Zwolle with you all. :-\ But, there's always next year! -Tim (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| I bought a copy yesterday at LegoWorld Zwolle. The price was only 31 Euro's instead of 40 USD + shipping costs. Actually they were all sold out and a new delivery was a bit delayed, but Jaco was kind enough to give me his copy ;-) On my way home by (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) Not that I want to rub salt in it or anything, but that's not entierly true either. Bying just one book has a s&h fee of $8.98 while bying a combo is $13.49 (to Sweden). You did save $4.47 though :) Not to mention how much cheaper it got *not* (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish)
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| (...) Heh, I was fooled. : Well, at least I saved one shipping & handling fee... /Tore (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) Actually, this isn't true, and is a very good example of deceptive advertising on Amazon's part. Add up Amazon's price for the two books individually, and you get the same price they list there. The "discount" is off the standard list price, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| Thanks for the info! I do appreciate it. :) -Alfred (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Virtual LEGO now available!
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| (...) I almost forgot, on the (US) Amazon page for Virtual LEGO, you can buy the two books together for a discount: (URL). Not sure if this offer is good for Australia. -Tim (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) Allister - I've gone through about 1/3 of Powertools, and I'd say the material is organized a bit differently. Virtual LEGO devotes an entire chapter to parts authoring, and from what I've heard, it goes into greater depth with building (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) Orion you are correct. After looking at my notes and reviewing my files, I did make a type-o! The latest update IS 2003-02. My notes had 2003-03 becuase at the time that is what we have estimated would be ready for the book release. =) That (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) I'm just curious - what are the significant differences, if any, between this book and the Power Tools book? Everyone has differnt requirements and I just want to know which one best suits my needs. I'm interested in getting one of these (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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