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(...) Thanks for the cite... two points. It's a one-time blanket consent (who's not going to consent if the alternative is no treatment?), and this is the standard that applies to orgs, not to the government. The government is exempt from it and can (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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If this is the same act a read about a while ago, I think you'll have to give your consent before your data may be used: (URL) the rules, health care organizations would need to have patients sign a one-time consent agreement allowing their health (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Okay, but the only problem with that is that Jesus claimed to be more than a prophet. I mean that's what got him killed was the "blasphemy" of referring to himself as "I Am." I'm sure the Moslems have a problem with that. By calling Jesus a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I've mentioned various government anti-privacy initiatives here in the past, and the anti-initiatives that various organizations have started to try to counteract them, with varying levels of success. The group has with varying levels of (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, you'd enjoy the Moslem's perspective on Jesus (which I agree with) as a prophet who took care of business. Moslem's acknowledge the willful, uncorruptable, rebellious personality of Jesus--standing up for the oppressed, weak and poor (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's an interesting perspective that I've never considered before. I've always considered the true power of Jesus' message being the fact that God wants a relationship with me. That's a mind-boggling concept. That the Creator of the Universe (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually it was originally called "Colossal cave" (by Willie Crowther). I only ever played it on a PDP 11/70 until I decided to learn Perl a couple of years ago - someday I'll get around to putting my Perl port of the original (350 pts) game (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Or...your life, your mother's grave, The Bat of the Great DiMaggio, etc etc. But I wouldn't suggest one swear at anyone holding a weapon. best LFB (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Now that you mention it, I remember reading about that years and years ago, but I'd never seen anything from ADVENT first hand. Very cool stuff, though! Dave! (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's kind of neat the caver connection to Advent. Crowther's wife was one of the people who participated in the exploration which connected Mammoth and Flint Ridge caves (and is what really won the cold war - at the time of the connection, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You can also swear on the Constitution. It wouldn't suprise me if there are other recognized religious and non-religious documents you can swear on. Jeff (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You know, I never actually played Zork. My pastiche paid homage to Zork's predecessor, ADVENT, which I *have* played on such machines as the UNIVAC 1100/80, the IBM 4341, and the Commodore PET. (URL) don't think the above link is to the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh definitely (though I've never finished it, I've just always loved the idea from the very beginning when Infocom brought computers to Boskone to show off their nifty new game). These days Zork fits on your Palm Pilot. Several folks have (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ? Verbose Maximum verbosity. ? Babel Fish. (computer meltdown ensues....) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I see--two prokaryotes and two eukaryotes. *Now* I understand! What could I have been thinking?? (...) Ah, Zork! An all-time favorites! Dave! (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh, come, come now. They didn't really mean that every SPECIES of animal went in the ark. Just every KIND. So there was plenty of room. And the kinds must have quick-evolved back into all the species... er, oops, I said a naughty word. There (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) When my mom says she prays for me, I equivocate it with saying "My thoughts and hopes are with you." In that sense, any sort of prayer (whether it's praying to God, Jesus, Shivva, Buddha, poking pins in voodoo dolls, doing a rain dance, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Exactly, a moment of "prayer" in my case would a moment of clarity for self reflection or meditation (clearing the mind and focusing on the moment). I personally would not give praise or thanks to any higher power, but I'd certainly be a fool (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) One might draw a distinction, however, between "had a marked impact on a focus point of developing civilization" and "killed everything but those few animals that one guy could stuff into an apparently Tardis-like ark." 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) about (...) keep (...) practiced (...) faiths, (...) Up to here is where I agree with you, and I believe the Bible precludes the possibility of evolution. That's as much common ground as I think we'll get. Now I have another job with more (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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