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(...) Yeah, that is probably an overly broad statement. About the Caesar quote... The importance of getting the cite and who said it correctly has to do with a rhetorical technique called an appeal to authority. The person making the quote is (...) (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing"
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(...) As I may have mentioned before, we have to look at, struggle with, refute, and generally deal with the *issues*, and not the person. Larry's point was that he would never accept ideas and concepts coming from the idiot box, or specifically (...) (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Iraqi official suggests Bush, Saddam duel (Oh, please!)
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(...) This is actually a victory for Bush. His sabre rattling has led to SH saying he will allow inspectors back in. Bush's bluster has made him look like he has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. (...) As I understand it, the only limitation (...) (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: A Lego personal ad?
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(...) Ah, tu-shay tu-shay... It could also be "E: Wild On..." HA HA Oh we should stop this could get ugly. e. (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | 40% off sale at Kohl's (M***bloks, NOT LEGO)
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If'n you were curious about the Dragons sets nows the time to buy as Kohl's will have their entire stock of Megabloks construction toys 40% off (their normally inflated prices) during their 2-day sale Friday & Saturday October 4 & 5 8am-10pm. -- (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Well, that's probably as overstated as Larry's original point. I think Larry's more general point is how information is fed to one subliminally through various media, and how often people do not put the source of the information under much (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Geez, you mean it isn't real. Wow a TV show that isn't grounded in reality? You mean Mr. Ed really couldn't talk? Sally Fields really couldn't fly as a nun? All those police, hospital and family shows are fake? Larry, exactly how uninformed do (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Tunnel through the center of the Earth (was Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing")
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(...) The terminal velocity will primarily be a function of the density of the air and the surface area of the body. The force being applied will have some effect. Basically what will happen is that near the center of the Earth, the friction from (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Tunnel through the center of the Earth (was Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing")
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(...) Which of course happens as soon as you pass the center... Though the friction of rolling down the side of the tunnel might be enough to stop you at the center. Frank (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Chris Lindsey to the Rescue! (was Re: Update on new CW Site)
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(...) Hey, I finally found what I think is a tolerably solid windows tool that does the same thing. It's called HTTrack Website Copier, find it at: (URL) achieve good results I found that one has to get into the options, and in particular one *must* (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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