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(...) Probably. Apologies for the glib answers here -- I'm more interested in the logic behind them. (...) Worst case scenario -- global catastrophe. Even if Greenhouse _itself_ isn't catastrophic, it might be in combination with other ecological (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As soon as the discussion loses its LEGO nature, go to off-topic I think. (...) Or at least the three main narrative threads in the Pentateuch have three different names for God, that reflect different understandings of God. Does rendering the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well of course God existed first, that truth is tattooed on our arms at birth. That is after all how we know absolutely for certain. (...) If that were true why don't we all look alike? (...) If God is really a God why is it that he can only (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Does God have a name for God? (was: 20 Years of TLC's Frustration with "LEGOS")
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(...) looks (...) God, (...) But thats *human* religions!! What if God has It's own religion? What does It call Its Grand Overseer?? ROSCO (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's the wrong question, because it begs the answer. I would suggest that a different line of questioning may be more fruitful. - Is the specific problem that Kyoto purports to solve really a problem? If so, how bad? If we're not sure, what (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You bring up some very good points that are pertinent to some Lego/Life things that I've been musing on. I may be alone in this, but I do sometimes feel that the bricks own me...I just *have* to get such and such a set to top off my (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What is the singular of Legos then? ;-) Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Gah! My mistake, wrong James! We've achieved critical James-mass, just like we exceeded the Eric limit! Dave! (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I thought you wrote that there was no such thing as "a LEGO," unless you're indicating that the company's half-life is 2.5B. 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) 2.5 billion years. james (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) "There is no god but Allah." Same God, by the way. Anyway, the question is whether God has a name for God, not whether we have a name for God. I suppose if God invented Aramaic or Arabic, that could be debated (scratching head and pondering (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: 20 Years of TLC's Frustration with "LEGOS"
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(...) Yes, you could say either of those things, but they wouldn't be accurate (except insofar as 'Lego' is a noun in the vernacular(1)). There is no product called "LEGO". To collect LEGO, you would have to start buying companies. I don't think (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am not sure I agree. Kyoto provided a framework for the worlds biggest polluters to reduce their polluting output. If you think it is not as good as it could be as it focuses on 40 or so industrialised economies - but ignores the developing (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Beware the JubJub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch... Though in this case, like the Snark, the Bandersnatch turned out to be a Boojum. There's a Carrollian logic buried in there somewhere. :-) Bruce (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Regardless, I see your site refers to "Virtual Legos," so you've apparently got a vested interest in both parts of this thread! 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) First of all, I don't know if I am supposed to take this discussion only to off-topic.debate or also have it cross-posted to general. If someone knows better, let me know. God existed first, before anything else. He created all things, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I had forgotten entirely about IT - the only thing I know about this is what I read on the How Stuff Works web site. It reminds me of the hype surrounding a couple of vapourware computer games on the old ZX Spectrum back in the mid eighties (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Whoa. I thought Ginger was IT. Well, that explains all the hype of the last few months. Steve (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I gather that in most modern monotheistic type religions, it all ends up at God, and that is that. No infinite regressions - God is IT, the be all and end all, the omnipotent, the Grand Overseer, He Who Knows all, etc. etc. Often the existence (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Quick Poll - Kyoto
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(...) Simpler. Kyoto is a bad idea. The one who wasn't brave was Clinton for not saying so. And I'll happily take my lumps from greens for that view. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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