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(...) I think you might have cut too much away as I have no idea what you're getting on about. Referring to a post in what way? As flame bait? Mine. To baldly state what some people don't like to acknowledge is indeed flame bait (0). In this case (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:FxBDoK.IEy@lugnet.com... Which post are you referring to? Yours or his? Or both? If I see nothing from you but childish insults, I'll just ignore you and move on. If I see an argument I (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hit fire too soon, forgot to say "and that sucks, by the way... blue laws have the unintended consequence of keeping women unliberated..." although maybe it's NOT unintended... Laws are passed mostly by old men, after all, and if keeping (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) equal (...) week. (...) Yep. I like them as a tourist (and would as a commuter) but I'd never ever want to do grocery shopping the way US people do using them. Here in Zurich (and in Heidelberg per my cousin the PhD molecular geneticist who is (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think the meeting on Tuesday (which I am toying with trying to make, turns out it's hypothetically possible) will decide that. ++Lar (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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