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(...) Well, let's back up a moment. I am suspicious of anything such as a "book of the year" award, *especially* if it is open to a public vote. What the public likes is often quite silly and rarely serious. I would hope that a winner of such an (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey, that was a pretty good answer. So your complaint is a comment on the award process itself, rather than on which book received the award? I can accept that. (...) Maybe, but it's also useful to Know Thine Enemy! (...) Let's leave Franken (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I try...:-) (...) Yes. Reminds me of the People's Choice Awards. I am suspicious of those as well-- I am a believer in relying on the marketplace to define the success of many things. After all, a platinum record sold 1,000,000 (or whatever (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) See, I think this paragraph very neatly spotlights the problem with the one dimensional labeling system in use (because it's simple?) left-right ... liberal-conservative To be fair you did not explicitly label Bruce and Dave! (1) But the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> er, forgot to include the footnote so here it is: 1 - Correct placement for Dave! My record on this is certainly among the top posters here... ++Lar (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, labels are restrictive and simplistic and I wouldn't necessarily hold anyone to a category. My analysis was chiefly based upon my observation that I am almost always in philosophical disagreement with these 2 guys on many issues, and I am (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I haven't listened to him at all for several years, except for an occasional snippet while I'm driving. When I did listen, he played at least as fast-and-loose with facts as Moore does, and (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You make a fine point, though I should confess that I don't really mind being grouped that way. It's kind of like being thrown into the generic category of "animal" versus "vegetable" or "mineral." You're also correct that the range of (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think you also hold the record for most successful uses in a single post, though I can't find it right now. Dave! (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No. There's more to it than that. I am saying it's a field (of two or more dimensions), not a spectrum (which is one dimensional). We have in the past discussed possible axes... Using such axes it's possible to more correctly describe areas of (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey buddy, *I'll* tell you what you're saying. And if my spectra have more dimensions than yours, pooh-pooh for you. So there! 8^) **snip of some good elucidation*** Dave! (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Typical Liberal! The State knows best and all that. :-) I'm a man, not a number! (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) One of my fav. Simpsons eps is when they parodied "The Prisoner" No. 6 built this boat out of toothpicks 'n such, and Homer jumps in and takes it, leaving No 6 crying, "Not again!!!"... Then the bubble's chasing Homer and he pulls out this (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Tank? What tank? There is no tank. (URL) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry I missed that one. Since the Prisoner is being brought up, why did 6 drive a 7? More importantly, could Larry fit into one? -->Bruce<-- I am not a number, I am a free man....oh, my Liberal Social Security number is 000-00-0006....as I (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) makeshift tank, or bin (I only saw the ep. once and that was so long ago I can't remember). Before the website, as posted above, was around, the euphimism for any show that has gone south was known as "jumping the shark tank" Of course, there (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: <snip> (...) K, this is a question for those that actually are fans of "The Prisoner" A long time ago I woke up at like 2 a.m. and couldn't fall back to sleep so I turned on the telly and (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not a big fan, but here's a link that may be interesting: (URL) Dave! (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thanks! Combined with my 2 a.m. status, that show was really weird. Now I know it wasn't just me, it was the show itself ;) Dave K (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The order of the episodes is apparently the subject of much debate, they apparently were shown in the order they were completed (as the series was much behind schedule, over budget etc) rather than an order that makes "sense". "Fallout", the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It helps a lot! Thanks. Reading thru the first couple episode synopsis hearkened me back to the day when I could debate Star Trek eps. with the best of 'em--wow that's alotta info! Camera positions and all! These types of things always bring (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: <snip> (...) Just in case you're flipping thru the channels and come across a Simpsons ep--here's the brief overview of this particular ep (iirc) Homer starts his own website but is getting no (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The truth is by this point in the show, Patrick MacGoohan was writing and directing it himself, and thats when it started to go a little .. shall we say odd. Being a fan of the program I have to say the straightdope article is a littile harsh, (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If there were 17 eps, I've seen half the series. CityTV ran the series a few years back, and I watched when I wasn't so tired (12 a.m. to 1 a.m.) It was just that particular 2 a.m. ep that left me wondering what was going on. My overall (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey! When did you stop travelling incommunicado? Maggie C. (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's what happens to ex spies, I understand. (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Ah well you can't travel incommunicado whn you are just a number (and I reformatted my machine and havent set up my sig files yet :) ) James ---insert quote here--- "Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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