Forum: Current Events
12-05-2001, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,582
Let's not play games, Jag.
*sigh* POINT...
Let's not play games, Jag.
*sigh* POINT TO A LIST, not pages you claim are there, somewhere. You're the only one who hasn't got time? Try this little exercise. Go to the UNDP site. Click on...
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Forum: Image of the Day
12-05-2001, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,180
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Forum: Current Events
12-04-2001, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,582
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Forum: Current Events
12-04-2001, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 6,477
The only response that is left is take two...
The only response that is left is take two aspirin and try to forget it. It's pretty clear no outside agency is going to be able to fix the problem.
I'm not interested in the 'rightness' of...
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Forum: Current Events
12-04-2001, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,582
Bit of a circular definition problem, Jag -
...
Bit of a circular definition problem, Jag -
This isn't the point I'm going after, what I'm going to do is attack the term 'supported', but I may as well do a clean job of demolition. If...
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Forum: Current Events
12-03-2001, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,445
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Forum: Quality Images and Videos
12-03-2001, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,107
My sister lives in Anchorage with her family. ...
My sister lives in Anchorage with her family. Anchorage is three degrees of latitude south of Nome. This is about 180 n.mi. as the crow flies, assuming it doesn't freeze to death. Maybe it should...
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Forum: Current Events
12-03-2001, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,582
Well, I understand that there are things in my...
Well, I understand that there are things in my house that are made in China (shower curtain), Hungary (light bulbs), Philippines (rubber slippers), and Brazil (clothing). Last night I had asparagus...
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Forum: Current Events
12-01-2001, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,582
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Forum: Current Events
11-30-2001, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,582
How does this follow? I see two conditions:
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How does this follow? I see two conditions:
1) One or more first world countries HAS contact with a given third world one;
2) NO first world country has contact with a given third world one.
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Forum: Current Events
11-30-2001, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,582
When A annoys or injures B on the pretense of...
When A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel. -H. L. Mencken
Simple substitution: A=tagger, B=property owner, X=someone's idea of the 'right' economy. ...
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Forum: Current Events
11-30-2001, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,582
"I would just like to say that i know some ......
"I would just like to say that i know some ... people that decide to 'scrawl' on buildings. ... these are the people that WILL change our economy for the better."
If your voice mainly comes from...
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Forum: Quality Images and Videos
11-28-2001, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,190
This looks like a hoax.
"...vast number of...
This looks like a hoax.
"...vast number of species of all types of animals and vegetals..."
"The value of this area is unable to calculate."
"...possession of these valuable lands to such...
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Forum: Image of the Day
11-28-2001, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 10,665
Fourteen pence = 1 shilling
20 shillings = 1...
Fourteen pence = 1 shilling
20 shillings = 1 pound
21 shillings = 1 guinea
I really will miss the silly, giddy mix of currencies. Certainly there is a point to rationalizing European currency,...
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Forum: Home Base
11-26-2001, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 7,182
Kim-chee farts.
Telemarketing.
Watery beer...
Kim-chee farts.
Telemarketing.
Watery beer (like Coors Light).
Inanity, oka network television.
The DCMA.
Telemarketing.
Spin control.
Bureaucrats.
Adulation of politicians.
Licensing laws.
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Forum: Image of the Day
11-24-2001, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,384
Beautiful, UT.
I thought I'd seen all the...
Beautiful, UT.
I thought I'd seen all the cool atmospherics: aurora, green flash, "sun dogs", Brockengespenstphanomen... this is the first I've ever even heard of a 'sun pillar' and it is...
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Forum: Current Events
11-24-2001, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 10,198
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Forum: Image of the Day
11-23-2001, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 8,877
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Forum: The Internet
11-23-2001, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,572
I got Thom Yorke too.
Too bad the choice...
I got Thom Yorke too.
Too bad the choice of where I'd live didn't include where I live now (and from where I can't see moving): in a place away from cities.
And Yorke's not at all...
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Forum: Current Events
11-21-2001, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 10,198
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Forum: Current Events
11-20-2001, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 10,198
I -hate- Starbucks. As much as I hate, well,...
I -hate- Starbucks. As much as I hate, well, Vegemite and those horrible musk flavored Life Savers.
Bad news for you, Jag, Vegemite was here long before Starbucks was over there. If Australia...
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Forum: Image of the Day
11-18-2001, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,446
You should see the insides
If you think it looks mechanical from the outside, you should see the guts at http://home.earthlink.net/~nbrass1/abwehr.htm.
Anyone who has looked at a fully mechanical autopilot or fire control...
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Forum: Image of the Day
11-16-2001, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,665
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Forum: Arts & Entertainment
11-11-2001, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 13,938
My experience was exactly the opposite. Raised...
My experience was exactly the opposite. Raised on the 70s' mainstream stuff and with -exceedingly- conservative parents in a backwater, I recall listening to radio rock and being increasingly aware...
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Forum: Arts & Entertainment
11-08-2001, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 11,579
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