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(...) I've watched every episode. Best new show this season. FOX announced yesterday that even though it's getting low ratings (approx. 3.0) it has given the go ahead on two more episodes, with the decision about the rest of the season to come in a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I watched just over half the episode on friday, and I think I've watched one or two epidoses a few weeks ago. (...) Watching the show is a good way to pass an hour but I don't think I will ever follow it. I don't feel anything for the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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This month's Linux Journal has an awesome Lego-based cover picture. (URL) (I'll post a bigger picture once I've got it scanned.) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Looks like you've precipitated a shower of replies. All hail Ross, king of the punsters. Long may he reign. Richie (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) D'oh! I'm not rushin' to judgment, but your puns are all wet. But I'm still a fawn of incorrigible punners and their elk. -John (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Oh, one other thing... It's been suggested that the stud.dat primitive, if used on clone parts, would show up with the LEGO logo when rendered at QUAL 3. Here's my solution: (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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In Russia there once lived a man named Rudolph. Rudolph was very supportive of the communist regime, and provided weather reports to the Kremlin. In all his years, he had 100% accuracy when predicing downpours. When his wife was told this, she asked (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Was I the only one who watched it the other night? Oh boy, there go the ratings. ;) No comments from anyone? Allan (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, this link was provided by Dave! (...) been able to figure out the new Gradebook program (she includes herself here) as "technotontas". Maggie C. (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, I was half right and half wrong. It means scout in some Indian languages, but it also means friend in the Tewa Indian language (or it roughly comes out to it). But of course, that makes Kemosabe -technically- friend in Indian. Hasta La (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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By experimenting with inlined POV-Ray code I've managed to improve a few parts from their earlier clone.dat incarnations. There's still room for improvement, but the journey continues. I've also been playing around with the newly discovered color (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thats ok. I don't see everything all the time either. (...) Should've added the drum-and-symbol sound : ) Hasta La Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah, but they're talking about slow processes monitored over years! How can soft, fuzzy things deserve this metaphor? Try these on: "Increased sunlight seems to impact plant growth" "The volcanic eruption will impact wildlife populations" (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) What makes you think the meteorite imagery wasn't intended? In fact, it's exactly the reason the word is chosen: it implies a quick, overwhelming, and hard-to-unavoid effect. If your complaint is about excessive hyperbole, okay, you have a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I guess I just read from the Spanish sentence to the kimosabe one, and lumped the two together in my mind. Didn't see a tonto reference in your post, but then again, didn't read the post before yours... Everything indicated to me you were (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My predigested self : ) Kimosabe I think is Indian for friend, and I said that I'm taking Spanish so I would've known what tonto means. It's ok you didn't understand though. Only the young know how to read "predigested pap" : ))))) Hasta la (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LOL gotta love, or hate, that pop culture. My University of Chicago Spanish-Engilsh dictionary has 9 entries for words that start with "k," and none of them are "kimosabe." The word vaguely looks like it could be a Spanish word, but something (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Do you have a wrist guard on your desk? (...) touche...Had this discussion been held later in the year, I would know more spanish, I'm taking it this year! Oh, I forgot to say, I now know kimosabe, means possibly, friend? (...) Thanks. Hasta (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well.... I sat through an entire episode tonight, on purpose. :) I can't say that it made a 'fan' out of me. I'd still take Enterprise over this show anytime. However, I still love the concept, though not some of the details. 1) The Union of (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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