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| | | (...) Let's start with an very very easy one: From: (URL) It was, at least for the 20+ fests, meetings, events, (...) Scott: This is all noise, BUT where did you get the averages from? =*= Next we will do a very easy one. Scott A (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Not going to play this game any more, sorry. I've justified my assertion that LUGNET members are more white and more male than the averages to my satisfaction, and surely to the satisfaction of any reasonable person. If it's not to *your* (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) Like I say Larry, you are full of opinion which you just cannot justify. All I am asking for, on this one, is a simple reference – but you are simply unable to mange it. (...) ...another insult - how adult. (...) I think it is a fair question (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Oh, I'm able, all right. I could just go to the UN site or wherever and quote demographics. I'm just unwilling to continue to spar with you about the assertion that LUGNET is demographically more white and more male than the norm because it's (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | (...) \ (...) Water vapor. Bruce (we'll skip the dicussion on light absorbtion and leave it for some anal-retentive type) :-) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) Um, who would that be? We don't have any of *those* here, do we? :-) PS, I think you spelled absorption wrong. :-) ++Lar (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Jeff Jardine
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| | | | | | (...) Actually... Although water and the sky appear blue for the same reason, it is not directly related to water itself (in vapour or liquid form). Oxygen, nitrogen, and water molecules are all approximately the same size, which happens to be just (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | (...) "(we'll skip the dicussion on light absorbtion and leave it for some anal-retentive type)" (restored snip) I knew some anal-retentive type would take the bait.... :-) Bruce (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Wow. A delayed reaction insult. It was just sitting there saying "don't touch me". Scott A (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Jeff Jardine
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| | | | | | | | (...) ? But I didn't even mention absorption! Blathering on about absorption when discussing a phenomenon that is entirely due to scattering - now THAT would be anal-retentive. ;) Jeff J (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Is the sky blue in Libertopia —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | (...) You're only proving my point. :-) Beside, the sky isn't blue. Bruce (lost somewhere in the SoCal haze) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) Yep... the molecules in the atmosphere are the ones causing the sky's blue appearance. That's also why the sun appears yellow on the background of the sky (blue and yellow are complementary/opposite on the RGB scale, which is what our eyes (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Nor any drop to drink —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) That's not at all true--there's a toilet down the hall with blue water, and it's indoors. (...) <cap ish> adj. of or pertaining to a cape Dave! (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Nor any drop to drink —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | (...) LOL... I was gonna say something like "unless you have food coloring in *your* water"... I wouldn't drink anything that looked blue, but maybe Chris's dog would. I don't think it's good form to drink out of toilets, even for dogs! (...) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Why the sky is blue (was: Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)) —Jeff Jardine
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| | | | | | (...) Well... the colour of the Sun will be subjective to how each individual perceives colour, but it's peak output definitely lies in the range that most people would call yellow. It is a whitish-yellow, because the Sun also radiates at all other (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Why the sky is blue (was: Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)) —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | (...) Art 101: large bodies of water take on the color of the sky. If the sky is gray, the water is gray, not blue. Lemme see.... (URL) down a bit - they even use the gray sky/gray water in the example. Bruce (Arrr...rrrgh! I've become (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Why the sky is blue —Jeff Jardine
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| | | | | | | | (...) That is misinformation! Water DOES have an intrinsic blue colour: (URL) Learning" indeed! However, I must apologise for my earlier starement that the bluish tinge of water is due to scattering. It is due to selective absorption (there's the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Why the sky is blue —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | (...) "Why the *ocean* is blue" is not quite the same as the three sources you note, which all address "why *water* is blue". The phenomenom of the ocean taking on the color of the sky (in general) has been long observed and recorded by artists. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Why the sky is blue —Jeff Jardine
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| | | | | | | | (...) I've done so on many occasions, seriously trying to answer this very question (is the ocean blue, or is it reflecting the sky?) for myself. One tends to do this sort of thing when studying atmospheric science at the graduate level. There are (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Why the sky is blue —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) ... (...) ... This is off-topic for .debate! FUT .geek ++Lar (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Scott Arthur
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| | | | Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) All (...) Really? (...) I am not asking what you *could* do, I am asking what you *did* do. (...) Nope, this is an illustration of how hard it is to get you to justify yourself on an exceedingly minor (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | Tom answered you quite adequately already. You, however, don't seem to grasp just how ridiculous you look for repeatedly asking me to justify my opinion that LUGNET is more white and more male than the averages when everyone else in the thread has (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda) —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) Really? (...) I am not asking you to justify that - not even anything near that difficult. As I said before, I am only trying to get you to justify your statements. I have became tired of all your unsubstantiated facts and hollow opinion. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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