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| | My Gun Control Rant
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| Well...as of a couple days ago if you own guns and live in Canada and didn't apply for a liscence (for the guns you already own of course) you are now a criminal subject to fines or jail time. In 2 years if you are still a law-abiding citizen and (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | 2001 Ancient Theme Building Contest
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| 2001 Ancient Theme Building Contest Jan 1-Mar 15, 2001 email: 2001@ancient-theme.com website: (URL) Build a Lego model of any place or thing from ancient history. You can draw on any ancient civilization. For instance, the classical cultures of (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.castle) !!
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| | Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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| (...) I agree, not all selfishness is bad, yet I believe it to be the root of most of what ails us. Any crime or perversion can be sifted down to an illicit focus on meeting a selfish desire. Again, our freedom only exists in our ability to respect (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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| (...) The idea that any system will/can get rid of poor starving folks is naive, at best. It is impossible to do away with poverty. Mainly because in some, if not most, instances it is self-imposed. Some people just do not have the desire or courage (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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| (...) Rights? I don't disagree with your fundamental assertions here, Mark -- but what exactly do you think happens when you post several detailed images of your stuff to the internet? Sure, maybe some people write to you and want either the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LP POINT 1
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| (...) You are, off course, assuming a linear scale. I'd view it as logarithmic. (...) One of the big criticisms of the LP argument is that they harp on too much about the evils of "Big Government", without tempering that sentiment with a reflection (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: My Gun Control Rant
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| (...) <pulling out my wallet> $5 - Wilfred Laurier and a belted kingfisher $10 - John A. MacDonald and an osprey $20 - the Queen and a common loon $50 - now property of the casino $100 - Robert Borden she is on all the coins, however, IIRC. (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Visual NQC 2001 Beta 2
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| To all testers, Runtime error 380 stands for invalid property. This can happen when you try to compile a program in the editor. I had the error ones during development but it didn't come up anymore. Next week I'm starting bugfixing again and see if (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: IP ( was Re: LP POINT 1
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| (...) Changed it, anyway <grin>... I now interpret that as "voice dissent at", and now I get it. Recall the question Maggie asked about libertarian views on abortion? She was surprised at that informal unscientific poll result showing division of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Polyamory
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| (...) No, I'm sure he means State/Government. If you distil "society" (as you're referring to it here) down, it amounts to two forces: - market (in that if "society" frowns upon certain activities, there will be influence on cost/benefit analysis (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Christian morality (cont)
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| (...) Oh ya. And I see you just posted a good thought starter about where morality comes from, etc. I don't speak for all atheists. I don't speak for all libertarians. (technically I'm not even atheist, actually... I'm atheist leaning agnostic) But (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: IP ( was Re: LP POINT 1
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| (...) I do not conceed that that is a victiless crime. I'm sure their are "happy hookers", but a good deal of them are being exploited. (...) They are not _my_ values - they are those of the society I live. In your LP dreamland you impose your (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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| (...) The same as doing it with software. You own the rights (in my case) to make unlimited copies for personal use. You can sell the instructions (with or without the bricks) but if you do so, you must destroy all copies in your possession or (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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| My concern is this: If I design a set and post it, and it's extremely popular, what do I gain from it? Will LEGO give me a royalty on it? Will they instead reward me with bricks? Publicity? A job? If I submit my own design and stand to lose my (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Motor mis-match.
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| At 09:53 PM 1/14/01 -0600, you wrote: > I was having a boring evening - so I decided to test some theories > about Lego motors - and at the risk of seeming pedantic - here are > my findings: Did you reverse the motors by issuing the "Reverse" (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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