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(...) You seem to imply there's a difference between being 'wrong' and being 'unsavoury', but I can't see any difference in principle - perhaps a small difference of degree in that 'unsavoury' implies a smaller amount of wrongness. Also, aren't you (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm. What about selling stock off in advance of the release of bad news? This happened quite recently with Correl Corp... Shortly before they announced lower than expected profits (dropping the stock price), the president sold off 1/3 of his (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If you're asking me for a legal definition, I'm not sure. but my common sense opinion is that common sense is indeed required. (...) Here I think i am on a bit firmer ground when I say that I think, legally, saying something is one way when (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I sort of meant that if everyone affected by the deal agrees to it, then nothing else matters. I assume you agree that you can waive your rights if you so choose. (...) I know that Libertarians are into the Force 'n' Fraud phrase, and I (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) identified as "Technic Pin 1/2". :p Steve (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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A few nits. Clarifications, really. (...) And as long as it doesn't violate the rights of others. (remember, free goods are not a right, nor is it a right that you must accept custom from anyone) (...) or fraud. But of course I hold fraud to be a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Cute. I think the difference is that one is voluntary. (...) I guess what you're talking about is whether there is a net benefit. Clearly I'd be benifitting some people - the ones who buy them from me. (...) This must be why I prefer the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I believe it's this one: (URL) >I have a standing offer on those, as well as on 1x2 tilting top hinges (...) Whoops? I want both halves. It's a tilting-top hinge... I just hate hyphens so I omitted it. so I want the top and bottom halves of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's an interesting one, which you could argue on both sides. Oddly, the service you'd claim to be providing here is as much as anything a redistribution service - from people who want sets now to people who may want the sets next year (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'll try to find it, but if you can give me an LDraw part # for this I'll hold any I come across in breaking up sets for you. (...) Hrmmm... any color, but only the top half. Ok. (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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John, (...) Pointless, yes, as always, but still there. I'm used to getting crispy every now and then, part of debate, I guess. (...) I don't think it is wrong. If that's the way they want to be, that is their right, unless the government intervenes (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) wonder: if the collision of two elementary charged particles generates a huge amount of energy within a tiny space, what would happen if someone just happened to be sitting in the collision chamber at the instant of collision? - Would he (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You'd get in because you had good intentions. But then you'd be given tasks where you could not hurt yourself, because what I actually NEED scads of are the 1.2l pins (technic loose pin on one side, open top stud on the other) I have a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Drat! I sold all my technic half-pins. Those would have gotten me in for sure. Steve (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Scott Edward Sanburn wrote: <snippage of some pointless flames [come on, guys]> (...) This is just a random post to something Scott said, but it made me think of why I was a Liberal and why I'm not completely Libertarian. It has to do with stuff. I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is entirely possible. (...) I've actually seen more badly-written code in C and Java. (1) Programmers who: a. can't write code for other people, and; b. use comments and good readability; shouldn't write code for other people. Just like (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I understand your point to be that the GPL is invalid because my OS isn't free...? Simply because the OS isn't free (1) doesn't mean that the GPL forbids using GNU code on it... "The act of running the Program is not restricted...only if its (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You are pretty close to the mark. Here's some snippets from what I heard back from the licensing guys at MySQL: Michael Widenius wrote: (...) That last paragraph is pretty interesting -- theyopenly admit they're using the sales of the Win32 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Simon, (...) Heaven forbid I might use a word. (...) As I do yours, but I digress. (...) I can tell you things about political name calling, but I don't feel like bringing that up again. (...) First of all, Simon, I was not really replying to you, I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK, what if I buy up ten of them now at $35 each from Larry or wherever with the intent of holding them for a year and selling them for $60. That's still a useful service. There are a whole slew categories of customers that would be receiving (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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