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| | | (...) If I were to pose the hypothesis--"If I were to let go of a hammer, the hammer would fall. I do not have to watch the hammer fall to see that this is true."--what does it matter *where* this hypothesis came from? This line (paraphrased to be (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes: <snip> My point stands. You're welcome to get your ideas about reality from wherever you like, including from TV shows that force feed bias while pretending to be balanced... Just don't cite them in (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) And my point still stands--whether I'm citing West Wing, the DOI, the Bible or just common sense, what does it matter where the cite came from--if the cite is Just, proper and gosh darn it, makes alotta sense, why does it matter where it came (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | (...) Hahaha! Guilty. I'm amused that he seems ("seems": I don't read his posts any more, but I do note what message he is replying to) to be going back and arguing with old posts of mine since I'm not posting new ones to him. I mean, pathetic. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) Well you seemed to have figured that out (again?? this time?? (1) ) faster than I used to do.. only what, 40-50 posts in that thread between the two of you? Contrast that with me and he(2), we've managed to spin out hundreds of posts in one (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) Please don't call me Shirley. How does one explain the movie "Airplane" to anyone else? It's one of my favourite "funniest of all-time" movies... it comes across like the Stooges, but (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Gosh, was it that many? The amusing thing is that in my very first post I noted that my answers to him were not entirely serious, nor did they particularly represent my own viewpoint. As to the "again?? this time??" I must note that I don't (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | Snipped for effect. (...) "Again" as in; you previously had it figured out, seemed to have gone through a patch just now where you didn't, and now you do have it figured out "again". NOT as in; you got into it with him before... Helps? (...) As far (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) Y'know, I've actually thought about Scott's communciation style here a little bit and my general impression is that he, like many of us, tries to read what is here and make reasonably quick responses without getting too bogged down in the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well said Richard. What I would endeavour to change in the above, though, is, well, let me put it this way-- Having a debate where one side says, "This, this, this, this and this proves my point" (of course, all 'this''s are backed up by link (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) I'm not sure I agree here. A bit of logic might help. If I assert: (-> == implies ) A -> B and B -> C and C -> D are all true , and thus A -> D is true and provide facts or evidence FAB in support of A -> B FBC in support of B -> C FCD in (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Very nicely put, Larry... However, my point was outlined with the second reasoning you made--that given a list of claims, (FEF1 (blood), FEF2 (DNA), FEF3 (motive), FEF4 (whatever)... FEFn) and one of those claims was refuted, it does not mean (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) David please do not mark up my words as you did in the next paragraph. It is confusing to the readership and extremely poor form. (...) Everything in parenthesis was added by David, and is incorrectly associated with the same inference. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Everything in the *paragraph* was written by me and was *exactly* what I wanted to say with my first post about refuting an arguement by refuting one point--that by disputing one point of the list of evidence does not make *all* points null (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Thank you for the clarification, on rereading I see that they are your words, my apologies. Point still stands though. (...) A list neither IS nor ISN'T a sequence (or chain of inferences, note the difference). Further it neither IS nor ISN'T (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) If the point that still stands is "Everything in parenthesis was added by David", that is correct. If, however, the point that still stands is "and is incorrectly associated with the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Just for reference, I don't think "quoteth" is a word (TIMBW). Are you thinking of "quoth" perhaps? (...) Since you're on a laudable anti-postmodernist kick, I'll throw a PM word at you for your arsenal: Rhizome. In its basic meaning it (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) I would claim that the most correct answer to this problem in a math class is "I can't answer that question because insufficient information is given." A teacher who did give this problem though should award credit to anyone who provides an (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I totally agree with the above two paragraphs, whether they're applied to you, or to someone else, anyone doing these things is doing off-topic.debate a significant disservice in my view, and really ought not to do that. What I would question (...) (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I am one of the people that I think Dave is talking about. And I don't know how to correct it. My perception is that in threads on fairly disparate topics in which both he and I have been involved, he has advanced arguments that look like: (...) (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes: <snip> (...) I love purple--is my favourite colour--coincidental that my high school colours happened to be purple and white! :) If you want to get really confused, I am technically (...) (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yeah, they botched the case alright... Frankly, I don't know who did this double homicide -- nor does anyone else as aptly pointed out by Larry. O.J. looks good for it, but I can't see why a person of his apparent means would do something like (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) People do lots of weird stuff for sake of amusement. Is amusing yourself (and others) a waste of time? Chris (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) I keep coming back here for the sheer entertainment value. Is better than tv! At least there's "dem dar edumicated talking" going on here... ;) Dave K (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) A minor digression... You *do* need to make further observations to determine if it's true that the hammer would fall. Either you would need to make your deduction based on your witnessing of the descent of the hammer from your hand to the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | (...) <snip> intellectual posturor! (...) This is what I meant by Spock phrasing it better--he said something like 'on a planet with positive gravity'--it's ST:TOS--when was the last time I caught one of those episodes? ;) I don't have to witness (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | I don't "believe" in Australia (was Re: John Leo's opinion) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Was that from "The Alternative Factor?" I haven't seen much TOS in quite a while, so my memory may be faulty. The problem is that his statement as you quoted it had no boundaries, so we could only assume that it applied to the universe at (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: I don't "believe" in Australia (was Re: John Leo's opinion) —Constantine Hannaher
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| | | | | | (...) Actually, the phrase can be Googled and a WAV of it found fairly readily. The episode was "Court Martial" and Spock was comparing his confidence in knowing that if he let go of a hammer on a planet with positive gravity, he would know that it (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | I believe in IDIC (was Re: I don't "believe" in Australia (was Re: John Leo's opinion)) —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) It was Spocks way of saying human nature is as reliable as the forces of natural law. I thought that idea, though others might disagree, was quite astute. (...) <snip> Yes, also don't miss the "heart filter" that McCoy uses to filter out the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Frank Filz
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| | | | | (...) I've wondered this in the past also. If the planet were not rotating, I think the answer would be that your analysis is correct. Note that you would be in a zero-G environment (or close to it) at the center assuming the Earth is close to an (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) Never thought about the rotation--there was an H.G. Wells story about a guy that was granted a wish and his was for the earth to stop spinning--turns out that when the wish was mentioned, the earth stopped instantly anad everything that wasn't (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) Ok, that would eliminate the rotation. (...) Since your original problem statement assumed there was no problem with a molten core, I think it's also reasonable to assume the water isn't a problem (you can make a dam from all the earth you (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) Would it be a $#*crash*#$ into the side or more of a 'rubbing' every once in a while to stop the sideways velocity. Considering that gravity is pulling straight down, and the original velocity from the surface spin is moving you east at (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | Quoting David Koudys <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca>: (...) I think it'll feel like you're rolling down a steep hill, constantly crashing against the eastern wall. (...) uh, why? gravity is pulling straight down, your momentum is at 90 degs to the force - (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | (...) Now that I pictured that, I understand it better--the force of gravity is always pointing straight to the center from the object, even if you're a foot to the right from where you were a second ago--my visual image is reprocessed--thanks! (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Tunnel through the center of the Earth (was Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing") —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | (...) The terminal velocity will primarily be a function of the density of the air and the surface area of the body. The force being applied will have some effect. Basically what will happen is that near the center of the Earth, the friction from (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Tunnel through the center of the Earth (was Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing") —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) Which of course happens as soon as you pass the center... Though the friction of rolling down the side of the tunnel might be enough to stop you at the center. Frank (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: another goofy question from our resident Canadian! 8^) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: another goofy question from our resident Canadian! 8^) —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) Oh my goodness!! I forgot all about that one! Thanks Dave! That's awesome! Dave K (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing" —Dave Schuler
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