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Your ability to completely miss points continues to amaze me! (...) took (...) Two things: 1. What does this have to do with the argument? yes, Windows may not be perfect, but it's what people use. The argument is that the government meddling is (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well said Tom. I think it's hilarious when people say how much better their country is than the US because they get free X, and then whine about why everything costs more in their country or why businesses don't want to set up or expand (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Perhaps you misunderstood my point; I'm asserting that trolleys and the like *do not* equal the convenience of a car, and they likely never will. In fact, every week I do the grocery shopping for my family of two, lugging the bags the 1/4 mile (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And one day you'll (maybe) be grocery shopping for a family of 4, and you'll think Wow, it would suck to have to carry all this on the trolley, every week. I'm a do-things-for-yourself kind of guy. Yet my NLSO thinks it's great when we can pay (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, those silly consumers don't know enough to make sure that their computer comes with a programming language, or kernel sources. As a result they can't fix things that are broken, and that makes it a sucky computer that they bought. Sheesh, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) They will be having a discussion at their next meeting. Hopefully they will see this message and realize that it would be a good idea to start a new thread to say whatever they are going to say about the decision. Optionally, just watch (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oops. That should probably read "If I were selling something @ $10 per..." Dave! (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Was a decision ever made on changing NELUG's age limit? I don't have time to run through oer 200 messages, unfortunately. Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Worst in what way? Popularity? Identifiability? Public recognition? Its near-iconic status in the computer industry? My Windows usage primarily involves word processing, personal finance, the web, and low-key graphics applications. Since (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You're misunderstanding the nature of collusion; you and I aren't colluding to post to Lugnet, but we're both doing it. Likewise the recording industry isn't conspiring to keep CD prices high, but prices are high nonetheless. (...) Sure it (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm (...) any (...) one (...) ANY (...) the (...) is (...) "white" (...) Interesting. I have always (even as a child) thought of mini-figs as the inhabitants of Legoland. There are no humans in Legoland on Planet Lego or otherwise. They did (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ROTFLMAO Windows is one of the worst programs to ever hit the PC. The fact that it took off is testament to the blatant stupidity of the average consumer. I would be more than willing to spend twice as much on an OS that is reliable. Oh wait, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That is what they are doing. Hence the artifical inflating prices statement. (...) simply (...) just (...) costs (...) CD (...) As i stated most artists make next to nothing off CD sales anyway. This is the reason most artists don't care, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's approximately how I did my Christmas shopping this past year, but it wasn't anything like a convenience. Among my purchases were a 10 quart glass punch bowl, an armful of books, a CD player and several CD's. As such, I had to make about (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have no doubt that an effective mass transit system is possible, and in some regions even necessary, but in the (only) five cities where I've lived, mass transit couldn't compete against cars for convenience. I guess that's my thesis, in (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I should correct myself. I personally don't consider Miami's MetroRail a waste of money. I'm actually a semi-fan of mass rail transit (subways, etc.). However, I'm not surprised that only 45,000 to 50,000 people ride this system in the largest (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ->snip<- (...) ->snip<- (...) I posed the question to my son (who's now nine, but I think he was seven at the time). I pointed out that (almost) all Lego minifigs are yellow, but no one is actually bright yellow - did he think of them as a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, to my knowledge, CDs were not designed by the record industry, they were designed by Philips, and they were not designed to hold just music, but that happened to be a good use for them. (...) I really don't see that the record (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) First off, the duplo-figs are different than the minifigs. They are not portrayed as yellow at all, only 'white' or 'black'. OTOH, there aren't any black *mini*figs. True, TLC created one (1! just one!) red minifig, but that was over 20 years (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Gerry and all, Well said, in terms of the race issue. I was making a sarcastic reply to the "black pack" when I referred to the "white pack". I am rather tired of the endless debates in terms of SW, TLG, and race, and that is where this comment came (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)
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