 | | Re: B5 (was: Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle)
|
|
(...) Compare that episode to set 666-2 "Burp Adventure" (...) That's fair enough - a lot of it doesn't make sense unless you see it in context. (...) That's fair enough too :) But it's kind of like seeing some Town Jr and Ninja sets and saying (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | One item per... (was: Blue Hopper Car Mania)
|
|
(...) However, in your dotage you are forgetting to use the spell check functionality of your e-mail software, if any. :-) Seriously, I have to disagree with you, Larry, on the "one per household" item referenced above. If I ship to my work address, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Motive vs Action (was Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...)
|
|
(...) Cop is alone when incident happens, cop goes to jail. Cop is with more than one person who swears he saw the crime committed, cop doesn't go to jail. Cop has a partner who swears same for him, which didn't actually happen. Cop doesn't go to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Motive vs Action (was Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...)
|
|
(...) Explain how "stepping on the accelerator to speed up" and "driving along, without stopping" are the same. Discuss this further. Jasper (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
|
|
(...) Taking this remark out of the post.. So what you're saying is, someone, not the state, should have the right to decide that a) someone is guilty b) that the crime deserves death c) that he has the right to do this. So essentially, a random (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Discussion (Was: Blue Hopper Car Mania...)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: B5 (was: Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: B5 (was: Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
|
|
(...) Pepsi is waaayy too sweet for my taste, so I possibly could. It got me to thinking - re the pepsi taste challange.. could you 'feel' the difference between Lego and Megablocks blindfolded? Sounds almost like a LegoFest party-game :) Richard (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
|
|
(...) What is the difference between Coke, Pepsi, and any other cola? I bet that if you tasted unmarked samples, you wouldn't be able to tell which was which... --Bram BTW, I have two black falcon fortresses, but that's the extent of my castle (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
|
|
(...) Hey, I like Pepsi :-) Much better than Coke, IMO. It is sweeter. I'll drink either, but when I have the choice, it is always Pepsi for me. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Stallman mentions Lego in newspaper article
|
|
Followups to off-topic.debate, because... suffice it to say, I do not agree, sir. :-) Stallman may be a bit flakey as a person, but I think the general theme that one can create "free" software and make a healthy living from it is extremely valid. I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
|
|
(...) There is no inherent conflict with respecting other peoples opinions and calling them into question. Unless you call them into question without respect. In the absence of universal truth surely everyones opinions are equally valid, and deserve (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
