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I feel compelled to add; When I was a Meccanno fan, some years ago now, and the proud owner of a Set 10, complete with drawer cabinet, Lego hadn't invented gear wheels yet. Because we had Lego too, and it was the construction toy of choice for (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, very much so! I think it would be a great idea to do so! What I am trying to say is that if you understand why the writer has the perception he does, and counteract it, I think your letter will be much more powerful. I think I see why he (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, I had both Meccano and Lego as a kid, and I can tell you that the Meccano didn't get a look in, past building a few things from the instructions. I really tried, but Meccano was just so slow to construct anything, and you couldn't really (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think this is it: ftp://cherupakha.med...oflego.pdf Jennifer (URL) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Hi Larry. Correct me if I misunderstand but you appear to be saying that the Lego idioms are quicker to learn than for the other construction toys. We also appear to agree that the writers perception is wrong. Do you support me attempting to (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think that would be great!!! Like I said, if you can dig out that reference to the fellow from MIT (I think his first name is Fred) and his work on idioms, that would make it even better... I am so bumming that I can't find it. It's not on (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Yup, that certainly is a large part of it, and I don't think there is any point in my life where my skill (or lack thereof) at the two systems was equal therefore allowing a valid comparison. I think there is something else though, a mindset, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nicole, my sincere condolences to you and to all of Ken's family and friends. Ken was a character, and part of the spirit of LUGNET. I also want to say thank you for keeping us informed of what was happening, and letting us know the outcome (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.technic.slizer)
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(...) I sit firmly in the 'sort of don't' camp. I'm going to do a little more work on this tonight, particularly in terms of the ways in which Meccano models civils better than Lego (in my opinion none). (...) One of the reasons why I never liked (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Because you know all the idioms. To draw an analogy, I can code in C++ or Java a lot faster than I can in Lisp, because I know more idioms and patterns. That doesn't (in and of itself) make C++ *better* than Lisp, just different. You need a (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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