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(...) You created Lugnet. Why not something more complex? (...) That does not mean that Data didn't have observable shortcomings. But Noonian Sung knew everything about Data. (...) "Anything" is a much misused word. :-) But in the case of humans, we (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> wrote in message news:FH13En.Mnt@lugnet.com... (...) (snip) (...) We don't. Our federal govenment has tons of debt. Any news to the contrary is just smoke and mirrors. Adam (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> (...) provides a (...) I'm with Richard on that one. In the UK we pay the equivalent of about $5 a gallon. People here do complain about the huge petrol tax here but I'd say it's fair. Driving *DOES* damage the environment. You drive a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I (...) Hehe. If you so intimately knew your creation, say Lugnet for instance, wouldn't you know what it would do ahead of time given just about any situation? Maybe you could anticipate what it would do 95, 96, 97, or even 100% of the time. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's true of all countries. Yes, we all need to be a lot more aware of what goes on elsewhere in the world. It's great to hear someone saying that. Simon (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've just seen some very strange answers to this question. Jesse, I think what you've written comes closest to the truth. Eric Kingsley was pretty close to the mark too. Coming from the UK, I think that yes it is true that *in general* many (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Aw, he's jus' yanking yer chain, cousin. (...) Yep! By virtue of military superiority, if anything else. (...) 'Cause we're extremely arrogant. Even more so than the French, and possibly even the Dutch. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If I were to wax philosophical, like Mr. Lehman, days would seem like millennia, if I were to wax philosophical. ;-) Perhaps -- and this is purely guesswork -- time was conceived to allow good things to happen. It's pretty much stated in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Utilitarianism is very similar-- the consequences of the action are critical. An action is judged according to the level of happiness after the fact. The consequences of the action affect people's happiness, even in little ways, and the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) They resent the fact that we saved their bacon, twice, for free. (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So stipulated. I did use both "Most" and "maybe" in my post. Doesn't dilute the argument... (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Straw man alert. Who is? You may be pretty sure that your book has all the answers, and you may be prepared to abide by whatever it says, no matter whether it makes sense or not, but that, in and of itself doesn't make you a moron, I don't (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Say, if it took God six days to create the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, this would seem to indicate that God isn't infinitely fast...that good things take time. Maybe He could make the Universe blink *out* of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Questions: If this little Universe we're in is a simple enough dynamical system that all aspects of it can be pre-known by God, or if God can compute the answer faster than the machine (the Universe) itself can, then why did God create such a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Whoa -- cool! Great example! OK, so if fraternal twins have two souls right from the start, then how about identical twins? Does an embryo or a zygote which is destined to become a pair of identical twins have two souls to begin with -- one (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:37c37276.223080...net.com... [snip clone stuff] I have no clue. I think successfully cloning a human would send metaphysical shockwaves all over the place. the only good places to draw a solid (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm. Does a clone of yourself count as a blood relative? And would that fall under incest or homosexuality? How about an opposite-sex clone? (If there is such a thing. I'm sure there will be someday!) Do human clones have souls? Or only those (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) IMHO, it's difficult not to conclude that bonobo apes probably have the mental faculties for moral codes. --Todd (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Reply-To: cjc@newsguy.com Followup-To: (...) Because they see us as being from a country without much history at all compared to some of theirs. And because that same history-less country has rendered a great many of them irrelevant and/or (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Adam Howard <abhoward10@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FGzy1q.A59@lugnet.com... (...) I'm a Yankee. Although don't tell anyone, as I currently reside in Texas. Ever look at the productivity rates in Europe? Or the unemployment? I like it better (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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