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| (...) that (...) your (...) 20% of the *adult* population, not just *male*. As to the breakdown between male and female, I don't know. In India, I know it is spread through prostitutes. I'm not familiar with the primary vector in Africa. (...) 20% (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Bill Gates' real crime...
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| (...) Investors (...) behave (...) just (...) Two wrongs make a right? And I see lots of systems at my job that have unix, not windows. (...) I really don't want to sit and enumerate all of Microsoft's trangressions. It's a big, sprawling, complex (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| It seemed to me a pretty clear-cut case of monopolistic practices. Investors big and small should have seen this coming miles away. Microsoft even got a previous wake up call, dodged the bullet on penalties, and proceeded to behave as arrogantly as (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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| (...) data (...) Everything I have read lately has been confirming that the world is indeed slowly warming (currently). Whether this is a natural phenomenon or not seems to be much more under debate. I'll ask my best personal source his opinions (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: positive impeachment
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| (...) Been there, done that. Or at least the California Republicans have. Sorta. They had a one vote edge in one of the two state houses and were exultantant that they would finally replace the demonized Willy Brown as Speaker of the House with one (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Where are you guys?
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| (...) Well, I'm not intending to offend, but I have been a little concerned lately with the adventures group... I posted a bit in the beginning because I do love the Adventures theme (especially the Egyptian stuff!) but lately I've just been (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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| (...) Oh my gosh! Something that returned close to the original point! :-) This is not unreasonable - put the money were it will do the most good. Lots of times my wife and I decide we want a number of things and there isn't enough money to go (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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| (...) No, the research dollars will be spent where there is the *perception* of best return. Further, it may be simply be the perception of the best short-term return. And just to add to that, it may involve more resources than a single company can (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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