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(...) This restaurant is the best thing to come along since badly-peeled potatoes hit the streets of Europe back in the early 18th century. That Nova spud thing or whatever you're calling it is mighty tasty. The other deep-fried offerings are swell (...) (19 years ago, 3-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Being a good clicker, I clicked... "Model not found!" A stealth model, that rocks! You are teh kewl man, no one else can do all grey models the way you do... So I spelunked around to "main" for you and got " MOC Quick View: (see links below (...) (19 years ago, 3-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Presenting the Five-Fingers of Death, otherwise known as Newbrickorder.com, the crazy-sexy-cool new website your mother warned you about. Since you can't very well launch a new site without new mocs, we humbly offer this smorgasbord to you, the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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(...) Drive is the theory used to move through space. Engine is the technology used to implement the theory. The engines changes as technology increases, but the drives only change as theory/knowledge increases. Few people keep up with which engine (...) (19 years ago, 3-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
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(URL) an excellent description of the Star Trek warp drives - from what I can see in it it has components which fulfil the requirements of being an engine, and other components which fulfil the requirements of being a drive. :-) Google is quite a (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) My limited understanding is that, in Star Trek at least, the warp *drive* creates the "warp bubble," that moves surrounds and moves along with the ship and within which the normal light-speed limitation does not hold. The warp *engines* propel (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) And this is my question :) Is it a warp _drive_ or a warp _engine_? Peter's division would indicate that a drive needs an engine... I've always called them "warp drives" ( and ion drives etc.) but was trying to think of why they are not (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Just thought I might clarify on the warp-drive part. I think that the purpose of the warp drive is to deform (warp) space-time in such a fashion that the craft is accelerated forwards. If the space-time is compressed in an area in front of the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Ok, I certainly don't claim to be any expert but....... Thrusters are small thrust generating devices of any type that are used to change direction or to be used when no other mode of propulsion is available/appropriate (e.g. in a planets (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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My 10 year old and I were building some small swooshing ships the other week, and he asked a question I didn't have a good answer for: "What is the difference between a drive and an engine" And while trying to come up with an answer based on my (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) werd! (...) Thanks, man! (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Glad you enjoyed them, Nathan, thanks for your comments! (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Well, not in basketball *cough*2000 NCAA champs*cough*, but in football, yeah, I'm afraid so. (...) That scheme would work for the Iowa Hawkeyes, too. The orange and blue of the Fighting Illini might make a cool MOC scheme. I've also thought (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Good to hear from you, Mladen! I've gotten other comments (on previous MOCs, too) about introducing additional accent colors. Once I start blocking the colors, I have a tendency to go as strict as my parts will allow. I like your idea of (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Sorry about the catalogs, I strongly suspect that Fradel put you on the mailing list in retaliation for stealing his hat. Have you also been getting deliveries of pizzas you didn't order, or free samples of "personal care products"? (...) (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Tony,thanks for the comments on the interior. Usually my interiors are a snore, resulting from cramped quarters dictated by the exterior design. That canopy is so tall that you can easily tile the sides of the cockpit, without forcing the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Does the Spartan taste like peppermint? Mmm... DELICIOUS! LOL Kyle, both of these MOCs rock! The Spartan's cockpit looks very room and probably gives awesome situational awareness to the pilot and wizzo. The oversized front gun is also nice, (...) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Mr. Vrieze, please stop sending me your catalogs, I have no interest in purchasing any of your high-end erotica or low-rise footwear. In the last 3 months I've received 9 of your catalogs and they emit an oily, toxic smoke when I attempt to burn (...) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 12: A Day In The Life>. In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk about the newest S@H catalog, rant about building copyrights, & Serenity (spoiler alert!). Have fun! --Mike (& Dave) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
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(...) The overall shape is gorgeous- I love the three rear-pointing triangles. Filling the wedges with greebles works really well. I'm not crazy about the stepped color blocks between the red and white on the flat part of the top of the body, (...) (19 years ago, 31-Oct-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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