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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GF928K.xD@lugnet.com... (...) Some of the time, but not all of the time. And I'd say, beyond a certain point, the majority won't care who is at fault - because its been beaten down so (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Courtney writes: <snip> Like I said, it *does* matter who is at fault, some of the time. I reject the notion that there is no difference between the person who asks silly questions and the person who just can't resist (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Frank and Lindsay write: (...) Higher than what? (...) I've been asking something of RPGers for years: Does what you value about playing RPGs lean more toward the role-playing (i.e. acting) or more toward the problem solving? I've been playing RPGs (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) True. But are problem-solving and critical analysis that different? The only difference I can see is that the latter is played out against a second thinking human being (which, granted, is significant). Is this why we engage in office (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes and yes. I support the right of Mr. Livingstone in his attempt to form segregated schools in order to protect a class of students from society. But I think it is the wrong solution. From the article: (...) If this is a serious problem (I (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Y'know, the odd thing is I usually find Scott's remarks to be rather arguing the absurd, but I will admit that he's not wrong. Just pointless. (...) You're absoloutely right. Larry should indeed indicate that his statistics for the countries he was (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GF7zI5.LBL@lugnet.com... (...) Here you two go AGAIN! You obviously haven't gotten the whole point of this thread. I doubt many of us CARE who is right, who is wrong, who is insulting who, or (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes. Was there something else you wanted to know? ;-) ++Lar (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Programming does require higher brain function, but it tends to be very different from the critical examination used in debate. I haven't ever gone deeply into the types of stimulation I get from each activity that I do, but there are definite (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I just re-read the page and the numbers are in thousands, my mistake.... (...) -Duane (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Anyone have an opinion? (Now THERE'S a silly question!) (URL) Dave! (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK, here's some personal data from my observations. All AFOLs (10) that I have met (granted, a small sampling) in person have been white. Of those, one was a female. According to November 1, 2000 US Government Census estimates: (URL) of the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh. My. Goodness. Say this isn't so, Frank! I'd debate you, but I'm afraid we don't have that much to argue about. :) I had somehow presumed your job would require some sort of higher brain function--but am I taking mental engagement for (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree 100% Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Tom, If it was a HUNCH, Larry needs to make it clear that it was a complete fabrication - not dress it up as fact. Read the text I quoted again - does it sound like a hunch. When Larry said he was "unwilling" to tell us all where he found the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've done so on many occasions, seriously trying to answer this very question (is the ocean blue, or is it reflecting the sky?) for myself. One tends to do this sort of thing when studying atmospheric science at the graduate level. There are (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) HUNCH. Do you know what that word means? Obviously not. (...) What about the word HUNCH do you not understand? Once again, as usual, you've latched onto one word or phrase in a post and pounded it into the ground, ignoring the entire post (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<snip> Further, it is my opinion that punishing both children whenever it is not easily determinable who is at fault engenders the notion that if you can just muddy the waters as to fault, you can get away with stuff to the extent of your victim (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) "Why the *ocean* is blue" is not quite the same as the three sources you note, which all address "why *water* is blue". The phenomenom of the ocean taking on the color of the sky (in general) has been long observed and recorded by artists. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) From a simply pragmatic standpoint, I never saw the "no supper" punishment as that effective, including those few occasions when I was subject to it. It was too vague a punishment to have any lasting effect, even in terms of negative (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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