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| (...) Unfortunately, sometimes they are cites of the caliber of the ones given in this post (URL) first one is an unattributed false (1) claim that tars by association(2) and the next one is facile... the cited material is not much more than satire (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: New uses for steering wheels
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| (...) It looks like a big pipe valve, perfect for the "industrial look". Cool! I'm not convinced about your other one as a train thing. Real grab irons tend to be a bit flatter to the body. Maybe the spacers will like it though, Another use for (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Justice for all.....
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| (...) Agreed. I don't think you actually can have a pure anything. But you can have systems that are more libertarian or less, and more socialist or less, and more fascist or less, etc. I claim that the more libertarian you go, the better things (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Justice for all.....
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| (...) It (in pure form) hasn't been tried in practice. (...) Why? Take as your base assumption that people are basically good, with some exceptions, and set up your system to reward goodness and punish badness. Suffering the consequences of your (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Justice for all.....
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| (...) Good example. The system has been set up to exempt tickets from due process, in my view, because they say driving is a priv, and it's not a criminal offence but rather a civil infraction and a bunch of other stuff. That's their explanation, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Bah, Humbug!
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| So close to the big holiday (and thinking of the bills I'll be saddled with, Josette decided everyone at the barn needed a new saddle blanket with their name embroidered on it as a gift and guess who gets to pay!), I found this story amusing, but (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: BBB wheels + availability?
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| (...) you didn't! (...) I think for the most part, yes. That animated diagram (and your concise explanation of it) is pretty nifty. is it at a stable location? It seems worth linking from the header, or if ti's embedded in an info page that could be (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: While You Were Out on TLC ("LEGOS")
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| (...) { "Natural" == "Correct" } == FALSE (...) Saying LEGOS (instead of LEGO brand building elements) shows lack of respect for the brand and the concept. Most mundanes could care less about the distinction (but not much less (1) ). Pointing it out (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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pieniazek
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| | Re: BBB wheels + availability?
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| (...) I suggest that you look again as that's counter to my experience, every steamer I have ever seen has the rods quartered. Is this a static model that maybe was disassembled and incorrectly reassembled? Or are you being fooled by something else? (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Justice for all.....
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| (...) I think actually that was what sohmer did, at least it seemed that way to me early this morning but I was a bit bleary eyed... (...) Or in this case just use it! Tangentially I believe that Todd has that feature under development for here. (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Powerpoint rots your brain
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| What if Honest Abe had had Powerpoint available to him? (URL) some background (URL) a very controversial book (URL) if this is all old news to you all. It had me snickering (and I've been told I "give good foil" as we used to say in IBM)... (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 1) That's not the best reason to dislike it, 2) I know what forum that's from... :-) so what do you think of habnut's recent action? Was ryu being babyish or justified given everything? (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Democracy.... Dubya Style
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| (...) Just tossing out cites does not in and of itself "prove the case"... You need to actually make a cogent argument that comes to a particular conclusion, and the cites then serve as evidence in support of your claims, assuming they themselves (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Democracy.... Dubya Style
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| (...) When uttered by Scott, "Easy" and "prove me wrong" don't belong anywhere near each other. He happens to be mostly right (about the Bush II Admin and the great stink emanating from it) this time, but when he's wrong about something, proving it (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: sea monkey vehicle
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| (...) "the better to see you with, my dear lost Aquanaut!" I would call it the BEM or Bug Eyed Monster but that's just me. Nice. (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Windmill and Bakery
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| (...) ladder piece for blades is a "duh! why didn't I think of that" brilliant usage. Nice work. Spotlighted. Since the start of the CC movement, castle MOCs have just rocked! (er, was that a pun? Sorry!) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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pieniazek
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| Let's see if it sticks, and if Rummy can follow directions, but this is a bit of good news: From: (URL) Bush (news - web sites) does not have power to detain American citizen Jose Padilla, the former gang member seized on U.S. soil, as an enemy (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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