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(...) Explain the Civil War (from {either} vantage point). (...) That is an extremely false analogy - is Frank saying that we need to have flintlock rifles and muskets? No, so where does this stuff about candles and dirt come in? Technological (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In my view you always want both a router and a software firewall behind it. I just bought a Linksys BEFSR41 at Best Buy for $40 after the mail-in rebate. With a hub the thing expands to something like 50 DHCP/static IP boxes -- more than (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You do realize, of course, the irony of not cross-posting that? ;p James (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) of course, answers just about nothing beyond what it says right there in the URL, and the date of November 23rd. Be sure to check your underpants before then. ;-) -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think Breathed is going to feature Opus. I dunno if it's going to be a remade 'Bloom County' or 'Outland' or something completely new, but supposedly Opus will be in it. Dave K (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And I mentioned that in other countries, an armed citizenry is needed in order for them to make it to the end of a day. Are you saying that America is on par with Afghanistan? That you face the same problems? (...) Cites please. Show me at (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ya, but so can cleaning up after worms and virii! These days, running directly connected to the internet without some sort of firewall between you and the rest of the world is not good, in my view. I was running that way for a while and was (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yay! Is our favorite penguin going to be part of this, or is this a totally new creation? Bruce (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A cynic might even claim that the only reason the civil rights movement progressed was that a white minister was killed... See: (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) However, fighter jets and ICBMs don't "hold" territory. Just look at what's going on in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Palestine for examples of what an "armed" citizenry might be able to do to resist oppressors. (...) Right now the situation is not (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why do people post 1600x1200 pictures on BrickShelf? I love looking at these pictures where I have no idea what on earth the thing is because you have to scroll all over creation. People are just lazy sometimes. Personally, I crop pictures (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, I just tried to get DSL. It's not cheap for me. I would have to upgrade my OS (I'm still running Windows 95 at home - I just tried to get DSL, they wouldn't sell it to me because I'm not using a supported OS), which would probably (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Supposedly from 'The Daily Show' last night... (since I only have basic cable and don't get to watch it) " "Let's see. Darrell Issa found an obscure clause in the CA Constitution from over 130 years ago, shelled out over $2 million of his own money (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) there are glimmers of hope. There are hints of salvation. Because Berkeley Breathed, genius creator of the much-loved and expertly drawn and slyly wry "Bloom County" strip from the '80s, is returning to the Sunday comics page. " " "Bloom (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Wow, that's big news: The Admiral is a Compartmentalized Dork! CDs Unite! JOHN (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Constant avoidance of the truth does not make the truth go away. A citizen cannot purchase an F22. A citizen cannot have at his or her disposal an ICBM. A citizen can only have, at best, a gun. This makes the differntial rather large. It's the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:HLCGG1.y1w@lugnet.com... (...) in the (...) naming (...) something (...) 575 (...) images and (...) even (...) software (...) This is stuff you'd have to ask Mark, but I know the only (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(3 URLs) I'm with Mike P. What exactly is the excuse for not web-optimizing these very fuzzy images in the first place? It takes like 1 minute to do (even though I screwed up my naming convention on the last image). The new versions of these images (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) download. <snip> Ducking in here for a moment. If this is a text issue then why aren't you just using a newsreader? [ j o n ] (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ok maybe people interprited that a little more harshly than it was intended. (Very funny post, Matt.) But, seriously anything over 200k in one post just seems a little excessive to me. (...) Well first off text does not take any significant (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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