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(...) fizz. (...) I mentioned that DVDs don't wear out before. My statement was meant as though, if both are brand new they will be the same. It is true however that only DVD retains that quality. (...) :-) -Lord Insanity (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not after ten watchings. Even a nice gentle VCR running VHS will degrade the tape perceptably after ten watchings. Not if exposed to even slight magnetic fields over the long haul, like those caused by the speakers in your home theater. The (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) order (...) does (...) them (...) If you have a good VCR (a SuperVHS for example) they picture is the same, as DVD must be forced to NTSC. (...) The (...) While there are some DVD's that are NTSC by default any disc that is Digitally Mastered (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This seems like a funny issue. I've tried to talk about it before without much success. Who gets to decide purpose? I own a handgun. Do I get to decide what it's purpose is as the owner? Does the company (Ruger) that manufactured it get to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) $599 check around (...) neccesary (...) VHS, (...) If you can't see the difference on an NTSC TV you should have your eyes examined! (...) DVD's that are released currently are for NTSC format. Viewing them on an HDTV will make no difference (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?)
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(...) I (...) to (...) The purpose of bleach is not to kill people, and the purpose of handguns is, so it's kind of a misleading comparison that you are making when you talk about banning. My point was simply that people *do* consider household (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?)
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(...) What I assert is that "no one is lobbying to remove bleach from the public." And to the best of my knowledge, this is true. Trying to get people to lock their bleach away from kids is different -- in several senses -- than trying to remove (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I refuse to pay that myself because DVDs are cheaper to make. I only buy them when they are $15-$20, same as a VHS. (...) The true difference can not be seen unless you have a High Definition TV. The picture and sound of a DVD is far superior (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Bargain buying (was: New support group: Lego Anonymous)
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(...) Imagination (...) and (...) came (...) Lego (...) greatest (...) bargains (...) buy in (...) 349,-, (...) down. (...) get the (...) ¨We (...) the (...) fast. (...) Motor (...) I never have, I don't now, nor will I ever. It is a free market (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?)
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(...) ingestion (...) Actually, they are trying frantically to get people to lock up dangerous chemicals and keep them away from kids, so I can't agree with this line of logic. Thinking about it more, this line of logic is: hey, people are stupid (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm pretty sure that it would be called assault. Possibly assault with a deadly weapon. I'm sure it was a felony. My friend was startled for a moment and then recovered by shout-laughing something like 'you're going to shoot me because we (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?)
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(...) Yikes! Is that sort of sociopathy legally actionable in any way? It doesn't seem to me too far-fetched that a jerk sufficiently insecure and out of balance to threaten a 14 year old with both fist and firearm might act on his those same (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Here are a few stats that you might find interesting: Did you know-- * Every 13 seconds one of America's 70 million gun owners uses a firearm in defense against a criminal? * American women use handguns 416 times a day in defense against (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) firearms. (...) I do know of a young woman filling an electric Uzi-style squirtgun with bleach and using to deface people. But I agree that it's pretty rare. But, people lobbying/arguing/whining against guns invariably say that it's for the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think part of the reason that no such lobby exists is because the frequency of bleach-related violence is very low, and almost no one robs a convenience store with a bottle of soap. Of course you're correct, though; the incidence of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think we'd be in a very crowded England. Military might was the enabler of colonialism. And maybe the world would have been a mroe fair place, but it would be very different. (...) Not I. Exposure to both is OK. (...) Me too! The more (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am comfortable enough with it that my son plays that way sometimes without being hassled by me. I choose not to partake. Just like I choose not to enact gunfights with LEGO (with him...obviously I was doing just that in the pirate game). (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) For what it's worth, the 2nd doesn't provide for arming the population. It merely allows the population to arm itself. As I understand it the Swiss government actively arms the population they seem to feel that it works quite nicely. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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