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(...) So the guy's been drinking for a while, but he stands the whole time, complaining that he can't sit for more than a few moments without pain. "Is that your asphalt?" asks a woman, noticing the hunk of pavement. "No," says the guy. "It's my (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) So this guy walks up to a bar with a piece of asphalt under his arm. He plops the hunk of pavement beside him and says to the bartender--'I want a drink for me and one for the road...' (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That just proves I'm too avant garde. Mark my words--by the end of the month, all the kids will be using "autodenasalation." I think I even heard it on MTV the other day, somethere during their weekly 168-hour Newlyweds marathon. Dave! (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Don't get a big head, Dave!-- he had no idea what I was talking about! Hmmm:-) JOHN (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) No, Dawn, it was the mecha. :P -Tim (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) been meaning to buy that, Loved "Night Watch" (...) Sounds like something Vimes might say. or Susan. hmmmmm..... or maybe about Susan I'll look into that... (...) Ohhhh, that's a top idea... Leg Godt Travis Matheson (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (URL) problems, kinda fun to figure out. Your question reminded me of game 3. (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) This really sad. Apparently you're versed enough in both "Torque" and Briteny's videos and feel the need to reference them in them regular converstion. More than sad... it's downright tragic. :P (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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"Terry Prosper" <t@rotule.qc.ca> wrote in message news:Hu41Cw.80G@lugnet.com... (...) To (...) trilogy (...) Back (...) the original book was great, the film missed loads of the subtlety (andI personally found it a bit dull) and the less said about (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh Gee, how could they possibly screw it up? ;) It's not like they will be going for a PG or at most a PG-13 rating. I wonder how they will portray the fact that Ender beats two kids to death rather brutally? Dan Rubin (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: Pretty girls that usually get their photo taken with your Mecha
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(...) omg (...) wha..? (...) Yes and that would be Jeff Ranjo that has the honor of first clear creator. He goes by the name Thraxis. LMHoFammer too. (...) Ahh, (...) Thank you and that is nice of you to say. If you knew the pain, you'd let me take (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Hmmm...you are easy. Can I get a Cinnabon this time too? :) (...) K, never had the pleasure of seeing Thraxis before, very impressive. Maybe I've been talking to the wrong builder... Guess I owe you at least one pic for showing me Thraxis. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) I just checked the original message. He wrote "*A* group of people must cross the bridge" emphasis mine. That means, "we have a group of people quantity unspecified, and all of them must get across this bridge in some manner to be determined." (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Let's do some number-crunching, to illustrate. Let's say that the rope will take a maximum stress-load of one thousand (1,000) pounds, cumulative, before snapping. Let's futher assume we've got the following people, identified solely by their (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I thought one of the restrictions was people had to go in "groups". JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Great for the lightest people, but almost certainly guaranteeing the death of the heaviest, or someone before, because of the build-up of damage. On the other hand, if you go from heaviest to lightest, it's possible that the incremental damage (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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One at a time, from the lightest to the heaviest. (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) mmmmnnkay (...) Oh no! Help (URL) Thraxis!> (...) uh oh, I'll try. (...) e (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Hmmm. I would do this: I'd first send the heaviest guy and the lightest. If the bridge collapses, at least the loss of life would be kept to a minimum:-/ If they survived, I'd send across the ones whose sum weights were the closest to the sum (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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Here’s a fun little thought experiment hatched in my heat-oppressed brain. Please comment. Given a rope bridge over a chasm, assume the following: 1. The strength of the bridge cannot be determined precisely. 2. A fall from the bridge will certainly (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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