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(...) I know about as many people with lots of money who denounce capitalism, as I do people with not very much money who praise it. So maybe it's a case of circumstance influencing opinion? But how much bias this puts on each side I don't really (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not undeservedly. (...) I considered asking Todd to cancel it, but decided to let it stand as a form of mortification to remind me not to do it again. Besides, now people have replied to it, etc. eric (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh...OK. Sorry about that. I guess I got my hackles up. When I've regretted sending a note, I just cancel it. I like being able to do that even if it's only been used a couple of times. Chris (feeling disarmed :-) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nope, you were right on target. I was wrong. I let a particularly frustrating day at work mix with a bunch of other stuff and went off. I pretty much regretted it shortly after sending it, but c'est la vie. eric (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why? What does it matter what our opinion on this is? It's only tangentially related to the day to day operation of LUGNET, so let it go. ++Lar (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, but I think it is a step in the right direction. (...) That is right I do not know. Neither do you. Lets wait and see what TLC's response is. (...) Well, I do care what the groups opinion is. It does not mean that Todd or Suz must accept (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I guess if that's all it takes (for you) to have them make up for years of blowing us off, you must be pretty happy. (...) Does it? Exactly who in TLC/TLG contacted you to explain the purpose behind having that there. I gotta tell you, I'm (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Right! :-) I've been pretty sporadic but my latest eBates check came so another tiny dollop is coming. since I switched to the web I haven't had my siggy reminding people that if you sign up for eBates and use member ID lar 1/2 of my income (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, it isn't. And the mob agrees. There is no way that Joe Average is going to give up his petrol and plastics and lots of electricity even if it does mean that we'll leave the Earth a burnt-out husk. (...) I think that there are specific and (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know. That explanation seems plausible especially given how SEAsian river fish behave given the option of a current. You have to be a pretty hard-core cichlidiot to keep track of all the different P.zebra strains. But I raised (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) feeding (...) caught, has advocates, and will be slow to ruin the whole of the lake. I guess we'll wait and see. Chris (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) They are plenty of ways to confidently estimate temperture. I'm looking at a graph I'm placing into a report right now that has sea-surface temperature estimates off the coast of California back to 130 kyears ago. As Dave said, they are other (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) in (...) Thats right. They did ignore the online LEGO community for a very long time, but now thet are not. I good example of this is the fact that the LUGNET logo is in the Mania Magazine. (...) Yes that is the progress I am talking about. (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I haven't seen one, but I don't think anyone would have recognized as needing a trademark or I don't think it would have appeared at all. I'm pretty sure most people at Lego didn't make the connection at all or even know our existence. I think (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) for further worries... (URL) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Answered it 4 days ago, let me know when you have a chance to answer in turn... ++Lar (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I understood that, I have probably been influenced/corrupted by Richard Dawkins... (...) perhaps. I guess that would fall under artificial selection. I think we may be bordering on eugenics here, which has its own set of problems. (...) true, (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Maybe we use too much energy then. We waste so much electricity. Many of the modern TV's use energy to keep the picture tube warm will it is off. I don't know how much this is but, since I began to unplug my television when I am not using it, (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, I was out of range for the WAMU broadcast and the NPR near where I was doesn't carry it. You only get the national hour right? Kojo also has a local hour that is really good. I wish i could get realaudio working so I can listen to the (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Agreed! I was wondering, though; does the Mania magazine have anything like a general Trademark disclaimer? I've read other magazines that say something like "individual trademarks are held by their respective owners, and their mention here (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) in (...) This is a good point. These days, within society as a whole, people are too concerned about staying within the law (often just within the law). I think one can be inside the law - but still be morally wrong. If "thinking people", as (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've got just one comment here: A trademark owner is obligated to pursue situations like this or they could lose their trademark. That perhaps doesn't justify the discussion which is going on here, but that's beside the point. Note also that (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) not (...) purchase. (...) OK, OK, OK. You've convinced me. There is no way to compromise on this issue. The gun-control advocates will have to be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. Chris. (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think that a strict reading of the 2nd goes against background checks entirely. It doesn't say "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, unless they don't think the same way that you do." (...) I think the first (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not only that; in the Big Brother world you envision, they would no doubt make a note of your presence in a gun shop, whether or not you made a purchase. And in any case, if the function of this card were to clear you for gun purchases, they (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I guess it'll have to be another bazooka for me again this year, then! Dave! (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I guess that could be part of it, but my main thought was that the organization issuing the license would need to be sufficiently recognized as having good requirements, but maybe that's unworkable without something very specific. Of course (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, whenever anyone trots out the "but there are loonies out there with guns who shoot people" I trot out the example of the Texas McD massacre in which one victim, who lost her father or brother, I forget, but who got off scot free, said (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not sure, but is what you are envisioning, like firearms rights insurance? Where the licensing authority would be liable for misuse of the firearms by holders of their license? (...) Do you mean at the time of purchase? Presumably the (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I had specifically envisioned a card that wouldn't leave a paper trail. Since it's for a limited time - say two months - it just affirms my right to purchase arms, and a dealer of arms would be able to sell to me without verifying anything. I (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) they (...) What does this rebut? I hear people make arguments based on the idea that the founders didn't know what weapons would be like, but I never really get how that matters. The point is that the people must have access to weapons (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You really think so, in today's infocentric society? Come on, you're smarter than that. If grocery stores keep track of our purchases through their stupid little "value" cards how hard do you think it would be for the government to pull (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Christopher Weeks wrote in message ... (...) least (...) I would be in favor of a gun "license", however, I would like to see any group who can show that their are serious about how they give out the license being able to give them out (a huge (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ignoring for a moment that this is the classic falacy of "slippery slope" reasoning, as well as the spectre of "nazi=forfeited argument," you've made a few compelling points. By the way, can you cite a web-reference for that translated Nazi (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) When the 2nd was written, cutting-edge weapons technology took about a minute to load a single shot. Today, how long does anyone realistically think that anything other than a phenomenally large group of organized, trained, private civilians (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) carried (...) Why should that be limited to man-portable weapons. I disagree. Since the ponit of the 2nd is clearly to keep the citizens armed to the point where they can reject the government, then all ordnance available to the government (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Wow. (...) Well, I don't think that it's that simple. For instance the MMM's main goal is to have universal registration federally organized. I think it is pretty clearly (mostly) possible to maintain a registry of weapons entering the nation (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) 100 percent aggreed (...) Exactly. Did you guys know Sarah Brady fonder of Handgun Control Inc. was qouted some years ago as saying, "Socialist America can not be realized until those who would oppose us have been totally disarmed." Everyone (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) for (...) people (...) carried (...) Preach on, Brother Larry! While I don't think that we need to be packing around assault rifles, I agree with everything else you say. They say guns kill people? Please. I've never seen a gun, even a loaded (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) 2 points on MMM. - it's so political it's not funny. Organised by the sister in law of Susan Thomases? Like that's grass roots. Please. - If they really wanted to do something about gun violence, more gun control laws aren't what is needed. (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) no (...) It was an example. There are other "free" mail services out there as well, such as yahoo. Of course, they're not really FREE, they're only "free". And it's tangential in that I agree with your main point, your email box should not be (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) to (...) Yeah, I do. I like both shows. Did you listen to Kojo's show today about the John Brown play and history? It was good. Chris (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Wow, another Diane Rehm listener... Do you also get Public Interest(with Kojo Namndi)? One of my daydreams is to meet Diane or Kojo on the metro and just get to hang out with them for a bit... .... i need better dreams. :) -chris (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ooh...so I could supply you with a taped manifesto, and you could just put it in...Bwaaahaaaahaaaa...oh wait...I just woke up. :-) Chris (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The sound company I do work for on the side is doing the rally on Sunday. I'll be mixing the media feed, so if you catch any of it on C-SPAN or the networks, you'll hear some of my work :) (this is not meant to imply support for the rally's (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi all, So this Million Mom March is getting quite a bit of press. I was listening to Diane Rehm again today and she had several organizers as guests for the second half of the show. I should've called in, but I was busy sanding lumber that will (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not to mention that it requires JavaScript, and I can't access it via POP3 or IMAP. It's not an e-mail service, it's an ad revenue generator. Sorry, but no thanks. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My thoughts entirely. They were 'very well organised and structured' anarchists! Poll Tax riots were a different matter though - at least half the population in the UK supported their cause then, if not particularly their actions. I still have (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Is the difference always clear? It seems that Alex isn't talking about law-abiding demonstration at the Cenotaph since laws were broken. (...) You list three specific conditions, one of which must be met for insurrection to be justified. Do (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not really. The Bulk Mail feature allows you to specify certain addresses that are not classified as Spam no matter what. When the feature first started I was cautious, so I checked my "Bulk Mail" folder every day to see if it didn't take any (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I happen to agree as well. An armed inssruection against genuine tyranny ,dictatorship or threats to democratic freedom is justisified (cv. Rumaina (c 1990) ,Cezchsolovakia 1968,Hungary 1956 and some actions in South America). But violence (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And Not just that!, For some people it has become a symbol for the remberance of the victims of any conflict.-including the civilian population(they are frequently the forgetten vicitims of conflict.). ISTR there also beign something about The (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) True, but there are still inherent risks with unprotected sex (including a dishonest partner "sure, honey, I'm clean"), and unless you're prepared to accept the responsibilities, wrap it up or put it away. (...) My point exactly, it's just (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) While I sort of agree with the general thrust here, there are two problems I can see - Most other STD have short incubation periods and obvious symptoms. SO one could have, in 1984, beleived oneself to be completely disease free and thus told (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I know you don't know Turkish, but here is a link: (URL) was first page news in almost all the other newspapers here, too. Actually, "Turkish Communist Groups" are not so enough to describe. They are actually terrorists. Although I have quite (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Unless you just read it for the "articles". Sarcasm, Larry. I was being sarcastic, hence the winking smiley after the statement. You could be no more religious than I could be an American. Can I surmise that the rest of my post was so (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've said that before, you could look it up. It's not exactly a quote as I believe the quote is more along the lines of: 'Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"' (NIV (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I would go one step further. Venereal diseases have been around (and have been known about) for a lot longer than AIDS has been on the scene. Most are curable, some are not, and not all are limited in transmission to sexual contact. My point (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) fund (...) That's a Hobson's choice, and a really unrealistic one to boot. But if it will get you to answer much more important questions, OK. Assuming those are the only two possible alternative answers (which they aren't, there are tons of (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) in (...) Leave it to a scaly Libertarian to carp!! And anytime you wanna slug it out, I'm ready for you. I'll snail you with my left hook. Don't be so conchy, you'll get the baiting of your life. Yea, I wrote bass, I meant viol. (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I may be wrong, but I think Larry's answer to this question will be similar to mine. If I were to agree that we should be funding SS & Medicaid/Medicare at all (and for the most part I don't) I might agree that money spent on research to find (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: [snip] (...) that (...) to (...) to (...) You'll get my answers once you have answered my question (which YOU have refused to answer and I am now asking now for the THIRD time) - Most AIDS victims (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) clogged (...) Dan Quayle for president, baby! Tanned, rested, ready, and too dim to cause any trouble. ++Lar (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) never (...) infrastructure. (...) Oh, sorry about this but.... I agree with you. And with Alex. You're talking about armed insurrection and you are as usual, spot on. Alex is talking about law abiding peaceful demonstration and he is right as (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Been there, done that. Or at least the California Republicans have. Sorta. They had a one vote edge in one of the two state houses and were exultantant that they would finally replace the demonized Willy Brown as Speaker of the House with one (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think it was erected after World War One (aka The Great War). It symbolises all losses of the Commonwealth in all wars and conflicts (I think) - I will not list the coutries in this as I'd never remeber them all. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Is the Cenotaph the World War II memorial? I think I heard that on the news, but I don't remember... (...) Have you ever spent a winter in Russia? ;) Jeff (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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It is all a matter of perspective. I can remember all the monuments in the USSR falling when the "Cold" {1} War "Ended". If the society, as a whole, considers that a monument no longer represents it's ideals then it is time for change. I'm playing (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi all, I was listening to the Diane Rehm show today and there was a caller after an interview with President Clinton who complained about all the time that the executive and legislative branches wasted conducting and hearing the impeachment of the (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Has the off-topic.pun group suddenly closed? This is the fifth note that I've just read with the sole (sorry, I couldn't resist) purpose of presenting puns. Chris (...) in (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Bull. Destruction of property has a very valid role in aggressive conflict resolution. It is a key part of disrupting mobility and supply infrastructure. Were I to stage a revolt, careful distruction of property would be the PRIMARY means of (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Rule Number 1: If you make something foolproof, they'll only go out and invent a better fool. :-) (Actually, until the working railgun exists, missles are the only option, and even getting teeny-tiny reactors for deep-space satellites takes an (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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That's assuming we'd use boosters, of course. I figure railguns would be more foolproof. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think I was mixing the way that I was using the phrase "in the interest of." Obviously organisms don't know what's in their species' "best interest" in terms of adaptability. I'd revise my statement above to be something like: It is probably (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) groups. (...) It was mentioned in an Evening Standard (A London Evening Newspaper) on Firday 5th? of May. Plus some of the grafiti looked supicously like old soviet symbols to me... Alex (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is the first I've heard of it; can you please give some pointers? I'm doubly curious as it happened on my birthday, and we're vacationing to London a a couple of weeks (not exactly a double whammy, but still, I'm curious.) Cheersm - (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I can only assume that you are from Turkey. If so your'e the first non UK view I'v heard on the issue. Further to my earlier posting: I condem the action of those that defaced the monument. However apart from that some of the groups invloved (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) packed (...) Which is worse, losing 3 dolphins or all of California? Mmmm, gotta get back to you on that one. ++Lar (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Booster blows up - you now have radioactive material spread over an extremely wide area. And to make the launch somewhat econonomically feasible, you packed it to the max. Thankfully, it took off from Florida (which if we recall, is going to (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ^^^^ (...) ^^^^^^ Oh, and one other thing, I'm more of a tenor than a bass. It's a BASEless accusation to charge me with having singing talent, as I cannot carry a tuna in a bucket, but I did manage to be in the choir for our HS production of (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The determinations of temperature prior to accurate, systematic measurements by humans are derived from other environmental evidence, rather than simply noting what the thermometer said 150 years ago. I regret that I don’t have the particulars (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How can anyone debates on this one? I'm truly with you. It's a very big shame that they have Turkish origins (assuming that you are mentioning the ones painted slogans and signs on the monument of Churchill). They also protested by all kind (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Part of the objection to this scheme stems from the (currently) prohibitive expense of such launches, as well as the perceived potential for wide scattering of radioactive waste in the event of a disastrous launch. Granted, both of these (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Back in college, I was researching power technologies a bit for SF RPGs. I remember that there was some theoretical maximum efficiency for solar panels which I'm pretty sure was less than 50% (might have even less than 25%). It's pretty clear (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) fate (...) Cite please. I never said precisely that. What I did say is that those who catch it NOW through their own poor choices should know better. I did not make the sweeping generalization you claim. I've never said that those who get it (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hell has frozen over! Pigs are flying! I agree with Larry! Run everyone! The apocalypse is coming!! :) Jeff (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm ducking, yeah right. You have repeatedly made the statements in this thread that those who have AIDS should have known better and deserve their fate . Yet you neither acknowledge or deny my asertation of your stand. (...) Really, I'm (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry to disappoint you, but I agree. Defacing or destroying property is never a valid response. ++Lar (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I would hope that the readers of Lugnet would join me in condeming the actions of the indiviuals who rioted in London on May 1st. Defacing a national monument (The Cenotaph) is not legitamate protest. If a group in Washington were to attack the (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Heck yeah fission is cleaner. We always seem to be worried about what to do with the spent rods - why not drop them into the sun? It's not like it's going to pollute the sun or anything, and the canisters wouldn't need much of a boost at all. I was (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That data is suspect. 100 years ago we did not have the technology to determine what the temperature was in a repeatable way over enough sample points to determine what the average temperature is at a given location. We've had that technology (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Because there aren't any? <grins, ducks and runs> (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) IIRC, the 'trends' have been measured as 1 degree celsius (1.8 F) over the past [hundred I think] years. (Dang, wish I had some sources; but I never kept my notes...) The years might be way off, but it's definitely not more than 100; if (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Comes from being stoned all the time. But hey, I getta get my rocks off somehow. Bruce (...) drag (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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ROTL!!! that's too much... stop it!!! you are definately boulder than me when it comes to geology puns. (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Many grade school teachers don't know squat about science, I once got an email from a concerned parent because her son's teacher was telling the students that the grand canyon was formed by a meteorite, as opposed to the less obvious river.... (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The schist you say! Okay, no more mister gneiss guy if you are going to drag the whole U.S. Geologic Survey. But I'll bet their busy playing with their orogenous zones. Bruce (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) LOL!!! It's like the cafeteria at the US Geological Survey... umm, why can't i remember any good geology jokes... -chris (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Christopher Weeks wrote: <snip> (...) Ok- I'll assume. This may spawn a separate discussion, but did anyone read that 'natural history of rape' book that made a lot of headlines a few months ago. i haven't read it yet, but i have read some other (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) level (...) (trust (...) Are you thrusting the fault onto me? You dip, I'll strike you. Bruce (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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