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| (...) If you think *that's* a futile argument, you should have stopped by OT.DEBATE a week or two ago! Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Gee Lar, Do you want to ask Todd to add .o-t.geek.mundane and .o-t.geek.real? ;-) BTW: He was looking for who started using that term, not where the idea came from. Wow, I am beginning to sound like you. <grin> Jude (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) OK, I've got to ask, what's the big deal about this? I'm harldy a scifi mundane but I find it easier to refer to Science Fiction as scifi (because it's shorter) than SF (because everyone looks at you and asks what SF means). The whole (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Well, they wouldn't be mundanes if they weren't common! :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Ah! That sounds familiar. I had originally thought of Star Trek but I had a sense that it was older. (...) Certainly not, but I'm surrounded by them here at work... Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn94mt91.6h8.....bu.edu... <snippage> Actually I've made my mind up to get 1) Mindstorms-Mars Exploration 2)Vision command 3) both cause I've read they both come with cameras suited to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) To answer your question, I want to go with E.E. "Doc" Smith and the Lensman series but I might be wrong. The concept of a force beam that can push or pull things, no matter how named, considerably predates Star Trek. BTW: It's SF or Science (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Coolpix 950. Currently easy to find for around $700, then subtract $150 manufacturer's rebate. (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) It depends on how demanding you are of your photos. There are lots of magazines that will give comparisons and a rundown of features - if you are going to spend several hundred dollars the best advise I can give is to make the investment in (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Dave Schuler wrote in message ... (...) I've always wondered that myself. I know it's mentioned in Star Wars in episode 4.. Earlier than that they were used a lot in the original Star Trek series. Beyond that, I have no idea. -- -Bones- = (URL) = (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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