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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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Does this mean that they give you 50 Mb of space total? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D.who is thinking of going with geocitities "carsten sorensen" <carsten11@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G6AAqs.GDr@lugnet.com... (...) don't (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I believe Star Trek Rick (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I use spree.com, you can't upload any files larger than 50mb, but they don't have any excess advertising. (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Can anyone recommend a digital camera? I can spend as much as 600-700 dollars. Thanks in advance. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. who wants one to snap pictures of his creations. (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Try www.crosswinds.net there are no banners and the popup ad is in a separate window that doesn't stay on top of any other windows (like the Geocities one). Tell them Hokie sent you. Will Lego Beach Fire and Rescue: www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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That's what I thought. Thanks again. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. who is going to lock himself in his computer room this weekend and install Linux. "Daniel Crichton" <danielc@helio.co.uk> wrote in message news:G6A89s.Aro@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.test)
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"Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D." <arcanamachi@netzero.net> wrote in message news:G69vzz.DCz@lugnet.com... (...) my (...) I'm (...) Unfortunately OE treats all messages, whether news or mail, as the same thing. You're better off getting a dedicated news (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.test)
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Earliest I remember is in Star Trek the original. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D.who isn't that big of a Star Trek know it all. "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G6A7Kn.8z5@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Anybody have a GOOD suggestion for a free website that doesn't have a ton of banner ads and popup ads?. I'm already looking into Geocities. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. who wants a site for his creations (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Does anyone know who coined this term and when it might first have crept into the scifi lexicon? Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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