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(...) Yup. Same here, only now I'm starting to retool with DVD:-p -John (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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TLM (The Little Mermaid) using some of the diver components, maybe pirate ship parts for Prince Eric's ship. -- (...) shelf. I had (...) So now (...) some fun (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Rent? Huh? Oh, yeah--you've got no children. Heh. At our house, one entire shelf is devoted to Disney videos. 2 deep. And we've got Snow White and Wizard of Oz on LaserDisc. Steve (26 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Go in the spring early before school is out sometime. It's awesome then. (-> .off-topic.fun) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Famous last words there, -OR- KER-BOOOOM!!! :) Jeff "I will not be gored... by any old demon sword!" (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Bath-tubs, meet Mr Tap. I even forgot to do _that_... (...) See? Edison strikes again! (see .debate ;) ) Jasper (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ah, I see. I thought it was because of an unbelief in God:-p It is confusing because, as you say, the Hebrew name for God as written in the OT is YHWH (however it's pronounced, no one knows for sure). So to spell the generic word for God (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) _And_ the one before that, and presumably before that as well, except that the newspaper/magazine hadn't been invented yet so we have no documentation. Jasper (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, I have been going nuts on all the people that were stocking up water, etc. My mom even did that! (30+ Gallons!) My boss Steve isn't the most technical person in the world, he has a hard time logging in in the morning, but Detroit Edison (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Naturally enough, since the concept of zero wasn't accepted in western thought until about five centuries later. (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) yea, I think so too (though it was a *long* day... :-) -S (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Going to publish statistics? I'm interested... ;) Jasper (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yah, I figured that was probably it. That was just my bit of rant for the day. (...) I haven't been able to get a Y2K problem while trying.. barney:~$ uptime 10:32am up 47 days, 11:36, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01 barney:~$ date Tue (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Technically, there was, even if it was only defined 525 years later (I think the system was generated in 526). Y'see, when Dionysus Exuugus [sp, it's late and my Latin sucks] generated the "compiled, authoritative" Christian annular calendar, (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's amazing how a large heavy object can make "Y2K compliance" totally irrelevant, though. Think about it...just think...mmmm. *crunch* LFB (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, this administration doesn't see themselves as a branch so much as the trunk of the tree. -Tom McD. when replying, Gore-Spamcake 2000! The San Francisco Bay Area Users Group (URL) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) TRVTH isn't the job of the executive branch. :) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Odd, how "TRVTH" never made it to the White House mansion. -Tom McD. when replying, due to a small Y2K glitch, instead of soy filler, various amounts of spamcake were leaked into an unnamed pork processing plant production chain in Atlanta. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I still can't believe the U.S. Constitution says "Congrefs" all over it. Not to mention "TRVTH" all over all the justice buildings. --Todd ;-) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Darn fingers always get in the way when touched-typing. --Todd (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Indeed it does. Second paragraph: " Take a good, close look at yourself, Jasper. What you'll probably find is that you're ornery. He maintains a cozy relationship with wild brown-nosing porn stars. " So, Larry.. why was it my name in (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <Snip Nena><I thought they only did that to males? -- Shut up, Pinky.> (...) To tell you the truth, I copied them off a random web page this time. I didn't have the .mp3 handy, or I'd have typed it in. (...) Nah, my second language is English, (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I don't think that's at issue. The thing is, we don't count what year we've completed, we count what year we're IN. (AD = "in the year of our Lord".) So we're currently IN the 2000th year; therefore, we've not finished the current millennium (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) See: (URL) my rebuttal of the "well the dating system is wrong, arbitrary, etc" idea. (...) No, you can't. If we take as a given that we are accepting the current dating system, and if we take as a given the currently accepted definition of a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Dave Schuler (<Fnrwno.43A@lugnet.com>) wrote at 18:57:24 (...) Well, I've bitten my tongue so far, but here goes: The current system for numbering years was only invented some time in the fifth or sixth century, IIRC. Therefore, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) OK, to REALLY set the record straight. That was a joke! Really. Stop with the emails telling me <x>(1) already. I picked Jasper's name from a hat. I just wanted to show off that insult generator that was used on RTL to somewhat comedic effect. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I thought that was Al Franken, or did I miss something and Al came in wearing a shirt, in order to make fun of the first guy (who I did not see)?? (...) Na... go ahead. (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Or to say it another way, we count the year we're IN, not the year we've finished. It's different from the way we count people's birthdays, for example. I just turned 25, which means I'm in my 26th year. And the years just "turned" 1999, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) For the anal-retentive amongst us, there is no year 0, therefore the last year of the 20th century (big clue: 20 x 100) is 2000, which means the start of the third millennium A.D. (it's an abitrary start date, never mind it isn't really the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 2MI? 2M1? One or the other - basically maintining that "the big event" isn't really going to happen until 2001 (MMI in Roman Numbers). ABC's lovely anchor looked at him like he had two heads and three arms, then pointed at the hoards filling (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I didn't see it- a brief explanation please? Chris (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Amen! (or Right On! or Exactly!, whichever floats your pirate ship.) It wouldn't be so bad if there weren't *so* many people (well over 90% by my informal reconing, including almost all of the news media - did you see Peter Jennings' reaction (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) of (...) first (...) It's not that I care so much either. I believe that the year 2000 is a big deal, and worth celebrating. The thing that bothers me is that folks I respect and expect more of are making such a simple mistake. I don't read (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's called, the boss calling you into his office, saying, Steve: "Scott, I want you to pull the plugs on the equipment." Scott: "Yes sir, how far?" I didn't at home, or anywhere else. But when your boss calls, you don't go into the arguments (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes. Specifically, repeating it for the benefit of others: "Jasper's cronies are often caught trying to force us to do things or take stands against our will." Jasper's cronies in this context are the mean nasty big government statists... (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LOL! I wish. No, they are working fine, so no Y2K here. My co-worker said about the same thing though... Hmm... :) Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator/CAD Operator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote: SPOILER WARNING... (...) Heh heh. I've used that site (or something like it) before. Is your note about the 1st sentence in the 2nd paragraph relating to the text you posted? I don't know if you noticed that each time you (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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To set the record straight here people. I just can't take it any more and I have to say the following: I feel that it is my duty to supply the missing ingredient that could stop the worldwide slide into emotionalism. Let me cut to the chase: Only (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's a very ancient belief that one is not to utter (and by extension, express in writing) the name of God. Or YHWH, or whatever. It's fairly doubtful that "God" is the _actual name_ of any deity, but, y'know, better safe than damned in hell (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Keep Quotes'r'Us running! (was: Re: Good Luck everyone)
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(...) Thanks, y'all. We appreciate the support. (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Heh. Well I haven't subscribed via email because I get too much and it would be just another piece of delete-key-clutter. But I do visit the site on occasion for laughs. Which reminds me, I gotta unsubscribe to the lugnet groups by mail if I'm (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "My fellow Americans, I have just signed legislation that outlaws Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." Thanks for typing those words--I've always been able to remember little swatches of the German version, but I can't think in (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) works fine. (...) This is arguably my fault too, in that it means some of the software on the machine didn't get updated, but oh well, at least it's non-fatal. (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) :) Thanks, I'm glad you like it. It _really_ needs some updating; one of my new year's resolutions should be to put in some serious overhaul work. (Hall of Fame hasn't been updated in years, and we're several thousand quotes behind on the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) :) Well, as you discovered, we're sending out messages dated in the year 100. (Should be fixed tonight.) The problem is that for no particularly good reason, we're piping the outgoing message through elm's send-file feature, rather than direct (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) And they started singing: Whoa-hoa, this here Anakin guy, maybe....<scratch> <muffle> <mike feedback> Oops. I-uh.. wrong song. Let's try this again, shall we.. One two, three four! Hast du etwas Zeit für mich Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) And how, exactly, is pulling the plug going to help? What do you think will happen when you start up again one the first, or the third? There will be mailstorms like the world hasn't even known when the various forms of melissa hit.. Jasper (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh, grow up, double-oh-ten. Jasper (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually, I think that's the probably the "worst" age to do it in that regard. Not that I've personally ever particularly cared what people thought, or noticed, but that age group is right slap-dang in the "too-old-to-buy-for-...ngs'-kids" age (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, since you quoted it here, it looks like you recieved *two* quotes today instead of one. If you consider that "100" quotable, that is. LFB (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I forgot about those! Imagine being the third-grader who started WWIII... (...) In Michigan, if it flies or explodes, it's illegal. Feh. (...) Counting national assets is pretty anachronistic. Most Dutch investment is highly transnational--I (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Read the BOFH. He'd know what to do. ("kill -9 1" should do the trick) Jasper (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What about the childrens' balloons from one of those "whose gets the farthest when the ticket is returned" which were detected as incoming nukes by the Russian aged and failing early-warning system a few months/years back? (...) Yup. Our $100 (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) IT, or something between IT and me, or ME, is/are not quite right. Here's the header I received for today's quote. Subject: QRU QOTD for 1 January, 2000 Date: Sat, 1 Jan 100 02:50:01 -0500 (EST) From: qru-qotd@kagomi.com Reply-To: (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) NORAD almost freaked at the triple Scud launch near Midnight, Moscow time, that was taken as a nuke launch at first--turns out they were just sending some Happy New Year missiles to Chechnya. :( Stupid gits. (Not Russians in general, just (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah, but if they, um, "fail" anyhow, who's gonna be the wiser for it? :) Not That I'm Advocating Anything Immoral. best, LFB (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wegpage? I'd expect to see weimariners on it, not LEGO. ;) LFB (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Agent 1.5 isn't, however. Our messages were posted on "1-1-0". Not that it's any great bug causing mayhem, you understand. Agent 1.7, now with improved Y2K fixes, shows the same date as "1-1-00". Wow. I'm impressed, Forte guys. That took you (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wouldn't that mean that it's more on the "corporate" side? I wouldn't exactly call typical pointy-haired corporate weenies "heavy". (...) I think the name is probably right. I believe the term most often used to refer to her is "cast-iron (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You create a bit of universe, make a planet, seed it with nearly intelligent simians, and toy with them for a few million years... You watch them shoot nuclear explosion amounts of fireworks in the sky one millennium.. Jasper (total fireworks (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Happy New Year to the Eastern Time Zone!! Michael ---...--- Auld Lang Syne Chorus For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne, We'll take a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne! I Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind ? (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Responding to my own message, hmm... Anyway, down goes the server! Hope everyone has a great New Year, and no computer bugs! :) Scott S. (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well it hasn't happened here yet, so don't spoil the fun ;-) Still an hour and 12 minutes to go... (...) You too! (Hey, notice your message was posted in the year 2000 - guess Todd's server is Y2K compatible...) -Shiri (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not to mention the execrable Buck Rogers TV series. At least STTNG took the bull by the horns in Season One by identifying the positronic brain as Asimov's vision. It's not as though they were trying to fool anyone. Dave! (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Yeah, I didn't think otherwise, but just in case I never hear from you guys again... :-) (...) I hope so too ;-) -Shiri (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yep, it's basically the only e-mail I'm getting - helps me feel not-so-useless ;-) Don't let it stop - It's the best! (...) Me too... (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Drat! I was hoping the two older computers would die so I can get some decent machines here at AEI! :) Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator/CAD Operator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm just glad that the computers aren't going to party like it's eighteen ninety nine! :-) Erin -- (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) As well as in a little story called bicentennial man which happens to predate STTNG by quite a while. Jasper "what do you mean, posting while drunk on too much bubbly is bad?" Janssen (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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It's happened, the world hasn't fallen down. So I guess wishing y'all a happy and safe not-the-new-millennium is safe now. Happy not-the-new-millennium! Jasper (26 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah, it better be compliant. That has got to be one of the funniest sites I've seen in a long time. Keep it coming, Matt! (...) LOL! I like that one :) -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (26 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes! And thank you(us?) each and every one. However, I am in agreement with the quoted stat that says most of the Y2K problems will not occur tomorrow (today in some places, Happy all digits rolled year to our Kiwi and Strine friends) but (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I agree (and so far evidence does too). But in a lot of cases, it's not because the whole thing was a hoax, as some will now have you believe, but because a lot of people did a lot of work getting systems up to date. (26 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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To All, (...) Well, I am here at AEI to finish backing up the network, shutting down the server and hardware, and pulling the plug on everything, just in case. I don't think anything is going to happen, but better to be safe than sorry. Scott S. (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The only virus I'm worried about is the Stupid People virus. Looting, crazies, 2 million people picking up their phone at 12:01 to make sure it works, etc. You know, that Stupid People virus... (not quite as tongue-in-cheek as I might like) (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LOL As of 11:20 pm PST Thursday night, they still haven't fixed it! That was fun to see. (...) Conan O'Brien once asked Kate Mulgrew if she resented the fact that now that they've got a woman "behind the wheel" of a ship why the shows creators (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (which century? This one or the next one? all the bad stuff happens in the last year of this century, technically :-) ) NO WAY, it's DISASTER in the making! You wanna see an already manifested bug with serious, dare I say it, GALACTIC (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The only question is...which century? :) -- David Schilling (26 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well if something DOES happen we ("we" meaning the west coast of North America) will be the last to know....so if something happens in Sidney Australia my family has plenty of time to grab food, gas, candles, and a makeshift bomb shelter Until (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I don't know about you, but I expect it to be the biggest non-event of the century. (...) I hope you're getting paid well... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) But now Ronald, and I hear they are in bed with Mickey as well (must be getting crowded in there;) Can John Cleese be far off? -John (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The new "Q". Not *that* "Q", the other one. Oh, grow up, Bond. -John (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually, as I started to type that one, it kept on growing and growing. I didn't plan on it being that big. (...) Excellent. And they do come in bigger sizes that than those dinky spares. (...) at (...) I have them somewhere on my machine, as (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) currently (...) years. (...) (which (...) That makes your point clearer. In that case, I agree. (...) Yes, I am E2L (or ESL), and thanks for the tip. -Shiri (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) /ray looks at /lar... I don't think I ever want to play Lego Chess with you ;) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You know, Wild Bill's statement gets a lot of press, and rightly so, given its idiocy. However, a considerable amount of time and effort has been spent in the field of Philosophy to resolve exactly this question, so we can't simply act as (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think it's incumbent upon us to recognize this. (...) I'm bowled over by the mere thought. T'anks, I'm flush with horror now! (...) My understanding from most "genuine" Scots of my acquaintance is that they don't mind being British, but (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Well, I wouldn't debate U-M's leftist slant, but I've seen some pretty far-right Ann Arborites around. I keep remembering Fred Zinn's old cartoon from the Michigan Daily, with the "Recognizing Ann Arbor Wildlife #54: Native Ann Arborite" (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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It sure is good to get a big dose of Spamcake. Thanks, Tom I once tried spamcake as a spare tire--worked pretty well for about 2 weeks!! BTW, do you have these spamcake anecdotes recorded somewhere....besides here at Lugnet, I mean? (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Now there's a precedent for vice! (...) light a (...) I'd rather give you a swirly. (...) left (...) Actually, I find it easier to type 'theatre' than 'theater'. But I draw the line at 'meter' vs 'metre'. That just looks too French. And I (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) I know what you mean. I'm 15.5, but I'm short and look younger for my age, so I don't look so weird. -Shiri FUP to .fun (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ...tired and shagged out from a long squawk... -John (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not to insult or something but I didn't say that immortality was the same thing as living for 200 years, I merely said that I could easily see wanting to go 200 years and that I would like to have a choice about how long to live rather than a (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Michigan STATE is second RATE (was Re: For Sale: Mindstorms RIS 1.5 $160 inc. shp.
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(...) <snip> I shan't debate A-squared's leftist slant. We'd call it Michigan's Berkeley but we have a Berkeley already! Nor shall I debate U of M's internal failings. So stipulated. (and corroborated by my cousin who does post doctorate level (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I thought it was just resting. Ray (26 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I saw that lame attempt to convert the verb "to try" coming, I just didn't expect *you* to resort to it! For shame. ;) As for most Michiganders/anians being U-M fans, I disagree--in-state, I see more MSU fans. However, unlike U-M's fan base, (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Michigan STATE is truly GREAT ;) (was Re: For Sale: Mindstorms RIS 1.5 $160 inc. shp.
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(...) It is very nice, but I found the University itself very leftist leaning. U of M is in downtown Ann Arbor, which I try to avoid like the plague, since I work and live about 10 minutes away from. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The line said "tried," not "trying." I've mostly found U-M/Ann Arborites to be the trying ones. Of course, I've never been found wanting. (...) Actually, the "chief of staff" over at Princeton's department was an OSU grad, so she and I would (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Aaaah! Suffice to say, 'tis the one word the Knights cannot stand to hear!" -LFB (26 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not to insult or something, but being immortal is much more than 200 years. It's for eternity. If you can't grasp eternity, think 1 million years. (which is nothing compared to eternity.) Think of this - everybody you know dies. You meet new (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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