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| HEY! What's going on? Why does a space station have to be some butt-ugly assembly of modules? I think a space station, ship, etc. should be designed and built as a single unit. It looks so much better that way, and it works better that way too. Z (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Works better how? (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) While modules aren't designed for any particular setup, the space stations designed and built as one unit are designed so that certain components function with certain other components. Such specific design results in a better functioning (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Well-designed modules can produce a better whole than a designed-as-a-lump one, for a complicated-enough system. This is why object-oriented programming is so popular. Or why networking protocols are thought of as layers. (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Nonetheless, the modular stuff is structurally weaker, and UGLIER than that which is designed as one. I don't ever build modular stations, due to such things. Z (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Nah, I'm a modular junkie myself. They can be bigger modules, but still modules. I like spindly things sticking off of a central hub, or central hubs. My sketches (I haven't had the time/energy to LDraw or build them) are just that. Like, the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) My space stations are either built like cities, like a big solid battlestation [kinda like the Death Star, but without that kind of mass [duh]], or in platforms, like the top section of an oil rig. But, I usually just do battlecarriers instead (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) But think about how you'd build a _real_ space station. Wouldn't a modular design make sense? I understand where you're coming from on the ugliness point. Modular designs tend to look very functional and mechanical. (But that can have it's own (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Form follows function, baby, and something that does the thing it is intended to do, and does it well and efficiently, is a thing of beauty, as beauty follows form. At least that's MY aesthetic opinion. (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Remember: We're talking about LEGOS here, and therefore coolness is more important than realism. Z (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Perhaps you are. I'm talking about LEGO brand building bricks, and the constructions we can make from them, not about whatever it is you are talking about. If you want me to take you seriously, take The LEGO Company and their rights seriously, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Butt-ugly eh? :) I hope I provide more inspiration for newsgroup fodder for years to come! (And he's only seen 4 out of dozens of configurations.) And BTW, when referring to ugliness, some folks might not be able to take it, so using "IMO" in (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) you hear what they stand for. Z (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Say Tom? Is your space station powered by those new spamcake fusion fuel cells that NASA Is developing ? <g> John (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) This is lugnet.space, not lugnet.splitting-hairs. Need you point out small, insignificant errors? Z (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) IMO, aside from a sour-cream substitute, stands for "In My Opinion" A permutation of IMO is IMHO, where all is as above, and H=Humble. Some people view IMHO as an oxymoron, because if you are truly humble, you don't go around giving your own (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Z (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I don't automatically agree. For some, realism *is* coolness, as the more realistic a creation is, the cooler it can be. And some build for realism with no thought of coolness (which can occur naturally as a bonus). -Tom McD. when replying, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| I'm working on a modular one now but its not as neat as my mostly brick ones. See CLSotW: Aug 22 99 Original LEGO® creations by Rick L. Kujawa. The modular design takes many more specialized pieces. I'll post some pics soon. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) theoretically possible. Z (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| Well, I built a starship bridge, I still have it somewhere, and it took so much space for what I wanted, I can't imagine a space station I would like to build (I think of station McKinley from ST) Sometimes, you have to build only what your bricks (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Was it the big white/transblue one that spun around a central axis? It had cut outs on the side where you could look in and see scores of minifigs working on computers and such. Right next to it they had a modular land base that had a space (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Maybe, it has been so long. I think they had those 45D 1x4x5 white angled windows, perhaps. Ugh, bad memory! (...) I would like to see them, maybe I can stir up the old memory banks! Scott S. (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) That spacestation (and the accompanying show) went through here many moons ago, and one of the few pieces of Lego nostalgia I have is the guide booklet from the tour. IIRC, the theme of the show was inventions, and so forth. Would people be (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| Please post the scans>>> (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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