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Err, can we keep this out of off-topic.debate? FUT: lugnet.general (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If I were an executive at LEGO I would not consider the AFOL market a group to which to cater. AFOLs are only incidental to the core market and marketing that LEGO has developed over DECADES. AFOLs may just be a temporary anomaly. Yes, we seem (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Jonathan Lill" <jonathanl@myriadweb.com> wrote in message news:G853FG.2ID@lugnet.com... (...) [snip] (...) my (...) This is a good point. It is difficult now as an adult not to impose our desire for more complexity, more complete sets, etc. onto (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The Fake Fossil (Was: Problems with Darwin's theory)
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(...) Actually, yep. I should've listened to my insticts more. After corresponding with Bruce, it's now clear that the article he was referring to was in the July 1998 National Geographic, pp. 74-99. A great article, lots of great side articles, it (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The Fake Fossil (Was: Problems with Darwin's theory)
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(...) Dave! (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Bruce and Lindsay are both right. (...) Agreed. Although I would argue that it's more likely in some systems than others... (c.f. the wacky trait inheritance theories popular in the SovUnion under Stalin which were there to please him, supposedly) (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, but to be honest, I'm not sure it's off-topic and thus I don't think it needs to be relegated to .o-t.debate. Best to keep it where it is (er, was...), where LEGO-interested folks will continue to comment. (But for actual o-t xposts, you (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I hope my ambivalence on the subject is clear. I, too, have always preferred the minifigures without names and without predefined stories, enemies, etc. However is the pleasure I take in the Star Wars line based solely on the strength of the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm making the jump that this would not be an issue under Libertarian non-government schools. We'd have a bunch of scientific morons in the Creationist schools, which is why I say on the theoritical level. You are correct in my estimation that (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How is Larry's viewpoint necessarily Libertarian? Libertarians can espouse good science, but espousing good science (and freedom) is not necessarily Libertarian (though it can't hurt). :) best LFB (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It tells one a lot about the scientific profession--and academia in general--when things like that happen. Thanks to Jeremy for providing the cites; I read both the "original" and the followup in National Geographic. As in religion, vanity can (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Kinda throws things into confusion, but it also reminds everyone to be wary. (...) Pretty much. If they want to seize on the small number of fakes, they'll have to answer to the large number of fake faith healers as a disproof of God. I don't (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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My God! Someone actually noted a source! Miracles do happen! :-) My wife has been on a anti-packrat campaign of late (me) and has been tossing my National Geographics when the new one comes in, whether I've read it or not. I'll have to go back and (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Dave Low <stinglessbee@hotSPA...Email.com> wrote in message news:G80HMz.7vD@lugnet.com... (...) knows (...) in (...) haven't (...) which (...) dictating (...) we'll (...) an (...) talking (...) choosing my (...) absolutely (...) our path (...) (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Fakes happen. Defaking stuff is fun, as Bruce alludes to. Investigating why people do fakes is interesting. But the question is not whether a particular observation is faked. The question, rather, is whether there the preponderance of evidence (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry -- I wasn't aiming that one at anyone specifically -- just hoping for some colattoral damage. An old nasty habit. :-, (...) Wow, chilly. Touche. OK, I thought that since you were familiar with the first Geographic article ("Feathered (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't claim that God didn't make everything. I'm only concerned here with the evidence on hand on what happened. I'm not addressing whether it was directed by God in any fashion or not, but simply what actually took place. (...) If it's (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) how incredibly undeniably ludicrous it is to punish someone for pretending poultry is a gun, let's focus on the scary comment in the last paragraph: "Sullivan said punishment for a threat "depends on the tone, the demeanor, and in some manner (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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A fascinating discussion, from the POV of one who believes in both evolution and creationism. It's also a bit amusing to find that so many on both sides apparently (1) reject the notion that it's a little bit of both. But anyway, concerning the fake (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It should be extremely obvious what I mean, except for someone doing their best to dodge the point. (...) November 98, if I recall. (...) By all means, share your source for it being a fake. (...) You don't admit beating your wife, is the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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