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(...) Fairness was moist emphatically not enforced in the USSR. Marxism has never happened. (...) I wonder where you get your figures. My figures say the costs of administration of the US welfare system are about 2% of the total sum paid out. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I THINK he meant me, and I missed it the first time (1). Anyway... <bzzt> It's wrong. You're cheating the organization when you use different shipping addresses to make it look like you're not in the same household. Thanks for playing, though. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You know, you don't have a gods-given right to purchase DVDs on the cheap. Just thought I'd mention that. Jasper (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
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(...) In a truly chaotic system, where each quantum interaction produces measurable macro effects, no _useful_ predictions can be made. Unless you consider "Ther is on billionth of a percent chance that after a microsecond the state will be this, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
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(...) Can god create a two-sided triangle? Arguing about definitionally impossible things is useless, IMHO. My take: Should an _omnipotent_ god (there is always the possibility of non-omnipotence, after all) exist, he would be able to make a stone (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: B5 (was: Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle)
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(...) Only episode I ever watched from start to finish was one with Chekov as some kind of psychic secret police dude. Mostly sucked. I watched bits and pieces of the show from time to time, but the only lasting impression I got from it was the same (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: B5 (was: Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle)
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(...) Oh, Sorry, those were just stereotypical examples. I don't hate Pepsi or think it sucks, and I don't think Macs suck (even though I mostly hate them), and I haven't watched B5 enough ever to draw any conclusion one way or the other. --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) Every time, without fail. Pepsi is the bad tasting one (to my taste buds, at least). :-) Bruce (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Possibly just as sinister, if not more.. I remember hearing something about the proceedings from a Coca Cola shareholders presentation from 30-40 years ago. One of the items was a picture of a national monument with a water fountain nearby. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No difference, really - they're all horrible. I gave up cola beverages years ago and now, when I end up tasting them from time to time I want to rinse my mouth out immediately. I honestly do see how these companies have foisted these (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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