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Boilerplate - ER - 3/28/2009 12:34:09 AM
- In defense of boilerplate. - alcaray - 3/29/2009 6:25:50 AM
  - In the archaeo-boilerplate era - ER - 3/29/2009 10:58:20 AM
    - Approved by 4 out of 5 Powerpoint hacks - TB - 3/29/2009 2:34:30 PM
- Very true. - TB - 3/28/2009 1:30:56 AM
  - Another example - podrock - 3/28/2009 3:45:37 AM
    - I'd have to agree. - TB - 3/28/2009 5:01:16 AM

For movie-lovers everywhere - McFly - 3/29/2009 12:50:51 AM
- Hah! I can do that without using my hands. - TB - 3/29/2009 2:43:11 AM
  - Le Petomane - ER - 3/29/2009 2:07:58 PM

"You can have any color..." - TB - 3/27/2009 3:27:34 AM
- You're also free to tow an anchor down the freeway... - et - 3/27/2009 9:24:58 PM
- How about the FEDS??? - carl - 3/27/2009 5:11:09 PM
  - As is often the case, I suspect certain groups will have exemptions. (n/t) - TB - 3/27/2009 5:51:55 PM
- Elimination of Dark Colored Cars to Save Fuel Is Like Spitting On a Forest Fire. Too Small to Matter. - David F Mayer - 3/27/2009 11:58:34 AM
  - What the hell. Ban all the cars that carry more than four people. - TB - 3/27/2009 1:43:37 PM
    - I am only proposing REASONABLE fuel economy standards. - David F Mayer - 3/27/2009 9:34:43 PM
      - It's always "reasonable." Rarely enough. - TB - 3/28/2009 2:09:20 AM
        
        Average is not good enough. - David F Mayer - 3/29/2009 12:20:44 PM
- I wouldn't own a black car. - alcaray - 3/27/2009 8:09:56 AM
  - All my cars are black.... - FrankC - 3/27/2009 6:38:01 PM
    - What you need is a matching helicopter. (n/t) - ER - 3/27/2009 6:39:37 PM
  - All my cars are white. - ER - 3/27/2009 2:35:36 PM
    - Me too. (n/t) - et - 3/27/2009 5:47:26 PM
- The Brave Old World - Bowser - 3/27/2009 3:39:13 AM
  - Another "brain barf." - TB - 3/27/2009 3:50:25 AM

Spring is here. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/24/2009 9:20:05 PM
- 6 inches of snow in 3 hours... - podrock - 3/26/2009 1:20:30 PM
  - ....12".... (n/t) - podrock - 3/26/2009 4:20:16 PM
    - Wow - take it easy dealing with all that! - Laurie Street - 3/26/2009 6:10:52 PM
      - Snow total: 19 inches - podrock - 3/27/2009 5:27:27 PM
        
        Ah the mountains in sunshine after a new snowfall! - Laurie Street - 3/27/2009 8:31:24 PM
        
        Big trucks - podrock - 3/28/2009 8:39:49 PM
- re: Spring is here. - podrock - 3/24/2009 11:17:49 PM
  - My geology studies... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/25/2009 7:32:10 PM
    - They stole your rock collection??? - podrock - 3/26/2009 1:21:16 PM
    - At least you're drinking hot green tea - Lindy - 3/26/2009 12:47:56 AM
      - re: At least - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/27/2009 5:30:55 AM
      - Best green tea - TB - 3/26/2009 2:33:17 AM

Hyper Fairy Tale - TB - 3/28/2009 8:11:12 PM

This is doing it! - Bowser - 3/27/2009 8:52:41 PM

An interesting conversation with a WWII vet - Laurie Street - 3/26/2009 6:51:58 PM
- Deimos kai Phobos - ER - 3/27/2009 5:01:47 PM
  - Link - TB - 3/27/2009 6:01:42 PM
    - Thanks. - ER - 3/27/2009 6:45:47 PM
- You're very fortunate - TB - 3/26/2009 8:28:59 PM
  - DAD Did talk towards the END - carl - 3/27/2009 2:25:28 PM
  - Anyone ever wonder why? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/27/2009 3:39:59 AM
    - re: Anyone ever wonder why? - TB - 3/27/2009 3:51:55 AM
      - That's part of it, maybe most. - Bowser - 3/27/2009 5:33:16 AM
  - I know - Laurie Street - 3/26/2009 9:32:36 PM

Simon Jester has a website - TB - 3/27/2009 3:35:17 PM
- Some nice cross-fertilization - TB - 3/27/2009 3:39:31 PM
  - So, modern version of "who is John Gault". - et - 3/27/2009 5:46:18 PM
    - Actually, a modern version of "Moon is a Harsh Mistress." - TB - 3/27/2009 5:51:11 PM

Obama action figure - TB - 3/22/2009 1:10:45 AM
- Speaking of weird - Obama ice cream in Russia? - Laurie Street - 3/27/2009 5:21:38 PM
- Japanese Weird Zone, cont. - TB - 3/27/2009 5:00:41 AM
- High Strange - ER - 3/22/2009 1:29:47 AM
  - re: High Strange - TB - 3/22/2009 2:59:34 AM

A change of environment - McFly - 3/25/2009 12:46:37 AM
- Humanity is part of the environment - FrankC - 3/26/2009 5:36:57 PM
  - Some interesting thoughts, Frank...thanks - McFly - 3/27/2009 2:07:41 AM
    - living in vs with - FrankC - 3/27/2009 4:09:04 AM
  - In fact we are the only part that matters - FrankC - 3/26/2009 8:23:08 PM
- A while back - podrock - 3/25/2009 1:27:30 AM
  - "...a different landscape..." - McFly - 3/25/2009 6:20:54 AM
    - re: "...a different landscape..." - TB - 3/25/2009 2:56:31 PM
      - Why I Recommend the Film. - podrock - 3/27/2009 3:19:33 AM
      - Tail gunner TB... - ER - 3/25/2009 10:23:44 PM
      - Dismissed, just like that? - McFly - 3/25/2009 10:01:07 PM
        
        Not dismissed. - TB - 3/25/2009 10:36:31 PM
        
        "57 channels and there's nothing on." - ER - 3/26/2009 12:37:54 AM
        
        Call me Baltar :) - REB - 3/26/2009 1:24:26 PM
        
        re: Call me Baltar :) - TB - 3/26/2009 5:48:11 PM
        
        You're really missing the point - McFly - 3/27/2009 2:14:09 AM
        
        "Unable to see it?" I've been hearing it all my life. - TB - 3/27/2009 4:56:08 AM
        
        Ah! A Discussion! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2009 7:44:52 AM
        
        Populuxe. - ER - 3/26/2009 9:59:56 AM
        
        re: Populuxe. - TB - 3/26/2009 2:43:59 PM
        
        "Who provides "luxury goods"?" - ER - 3/26/2009 4:55:12 PM
        
        Have you seen the movie Brazil - REB - 3/26/2009 1:31:10 PM
        
        "Brazil" did a great job of describing the present. - ER - 3/26/2009 2:35:01 PM
        
        I don't quite follow you. - TB - 3/26/2009 2:21:59 AM
        
        Sour grapes? Moi? - ER - 3/26/2009 9:40:03 AM
        
        Sour grapes has an exact meaning. - TB - 3/26/2009 2:40:25 PM
        
        Wealth has nothing to do with it. - ER - 3/26/2009 4:31:35 PM
        
        "Waste" is subjective. - TB - 3/26/2009 4:47:12 PM
        
        re: "Waste" is not 10 brands of identical cereal on the shelf. - ER - 3/26/2009 5:12:37 PM
        
        P.S. - TB - 3/26/2009 4:48:10 PM
        
        re: P.S. - ER - 3/26/2009 5:03:11 PM

For those of you in Arizona... - TB - 3/26/2009 4:45:25 AM
- How about the bobcat in Cottonwood that walked into a bar and attacked it's patrons? - Lindy - 3/27/2009 12:47:16 AM
  - Is that the one with the deaf priest and blind hooker? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/27/2009 3:48:13 AM
- Whoops. Make that Tempe. (n/t) - TB - 3/26/2009 4:46:06 AM
  - Tempe... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2009 5:14:05 AM

Now this blew me away - azstrummer - 3/25/2009 11:09:43 AM
- Guess my prediction will come to pass faster than I thought. - Lee - 3/27/2009 2:04:22 AM
- Jack Horner says, - ER - 3/25/2009 10:37:10 PM
  - The real problem - Eri - 3/25/2009 11:48:53 PM
    - The world is full of creatures that eat people. - ER - 3/26/2009 12:53:20 AM
- Just don't see a downside here... - McFly - 3/25/2009 9:52:03 PM
- Nothing would be cooler than to see a Tyrannusaur in a zoo. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/25/2009 9:33:46 PM
  - Or even a thirty-foot chicken! - TB - 3/25/2009 10:14:28 PM
- Cool! - TB - 3/25/2009 2:18:00 PM
  - Saw the movie. - RobVG - 3/25/2009 5:35:00 PM
    - Read the book. - TB - 3/25/2009 7:42:18 PM

Suit over hidden porn found on flights - RobVG - 3/24/2009 3:28:42 AM
- Seems odd - azstrummer - 3/25/2009 7:14:17 PM
- So THAT's what they mean by "Turbulence"... (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 3/25/2009 5:04:28 AM
  - "Joey, have you ever seen a grown man naked?" - RobVG - 3/25/2009 5:39:46 AM
- There is a time and place for everything - z - 3/25/2009 1:04:23 AM
- She found herself right at the upper limits of human endurance. - Bowser - 3/24/2009 4:13:53 AM
  - On the other hand... - alcaray - 3/24/2009 8:27:50 AM
    - Separate issue, I think. - Bowser - 3/24/2009 2:18:05 PM
- Link - RobVG - 3/24/2009 4:07:31 AM
  - Sounds like she was set up for harrassment - Lindy - 3/24/2009 12:41:54 PM
    - Sounds to me like the setup was the other way around. - TB - 3/26/2009 5:58:39 PM
      - re: Sounds to me like the setup was the other way around. - Lindy - 3/27/2009 12:49:24 AM
- Yeh, right. What a pile of doggie do! Who told her to read the stuff? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/24/2009 4:06:02 AM
  - No one has to read a photograph. - Mary Anne - 3/25/2009 10:32:58 PM
    - She could have torn the stuff down an put it into the trash. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/25/2009 11:43:07 PM
      - Which she had people do after documenting it. - Mary Anne - 3/26/2009 3:26:46 AM
        
        Thank you Mary Anne.... - Jody - 3/27/2009 1:25:10 AM

Climate 'denial' is now a mental disorder - S - 3/10/2009 8:25:34 PM
- If enough people believe anything it's considered "normal". - Bowser - 3/11/2009 10:44:27 AM
  - The problem is that almost all consideration of global warming is VERY short-term. - David F Mayer - 3/12/2009 10:45:10 PM
    - re: The problem - S - 3/26/2009 7:53:58 PM
  - The Null Hypothesis - S - 3/11/2009 8:54:28 PM
    - And what is there that says there are drivers to keep the current conditions are stable? - Bowser - 3/11/2009 10:25:23 PM
      - There is no permanent stasis in Nature - S - 3/12/2009 8:26:17 PM
        
        I didn't say it very well. - Bowser - 3/15/2009 1:27:05 AM
  - Falsification of the Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect - S - 3/11/2009 8:05:01 PM
    - Gee, that's odd. - ER - 3/11/2009 10:35:43 PM
      - Well, actually... - Laurie Street - 3/11/2009 11:01:57 PM
        
        I didn't want to confuse the poor boy. - ER - 3/12/2009 12:04:09 AM
        
        And all this... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/12/2009 10:11:04 PM
        
        re: And all this... - ER - 3/12/2009 10:42:03 PM
        
        Hardly. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/13/2009 12:32:30 AM
        
        re: Hardly. - ER - 3/13/2009 3:02:05 AM
        
        Hey Mr. S.... - Jody - 3/15/2009 2:35:59 PM
        
        re: Hey Mr. S.... - S - 3/26/2009 7:45:17 PM
        
        Yes, I suppose that was insensitive of me. (n/t) - Laurie Street - 3/12/2009 2:28:54 AM
    - So what you are saying is... - Laurie Street - 3/11/2009 9:16:17 PM
      - Threadbare argument - S - 3/11/2009 9:44:58 PM
        
        I don't even know where to start... (n/t) - Laurie Street - 3/11/2009 11:02:55 PM
        
        Perhaps with my first question - S - 3/12/2009 7:43:31 PM
        
        No. Next? (n/t) - Tony - 3/12/2009 8:03:39 PM
        
        And also... - S - 3/12/2009 8:53:59 PM
        
        Show me the conclusive physics/models that show increasing "greenhouse gasses" produces no "greenhouse effect" (n/t) - Tony - 3/13/2009 12:16:34 PM
        
        Good luck. For AGW there aint no such animal as falsification. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/12/2009 10:06:26 PM
        
        Bingo. - TB - 3/13/2009 5:23:20 PM
        
        Well said - S - 3/26/2009 7:59:44 PM
        
        Once Upon a Time... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/14/2009 1:27:13 AM
        
        CO2 vs temperature - Laurie Street - 3/13/2009 8:36:37 PM
        
        Ice graphs to present - Laurie Street - 3/13/2009 8:21:17 PM
        
        It's the mean calculation that stops at 2000, not the data. (n/t) - TB - 3/13/2009 10:55:32 PM
        
        I don't understand what you're saying - ER - 3/13/2009 11:39:50 PM
        
        re: I don't understand what you're saying - TB - 3/14/2009 12:45:01 AM
        
        You obviously don't understand what a linear regression is. - ER - 3/14/2009 2:08:15 AM
        
        I think I see the source of your confusion - ER - 3/14/2009 2:39:27 AM
        
        re: I think I see the source of your confusion - ER - 3/14/2009 2:46:57 AM
        
        re: confusion - TB - 3/14/2009 4:15:28 PM
        
        fusion confusion - ER - 3/14/2009 5:16:28 PM
        
        Average - TB - 3/14/2009 6:25:12 PM
        
        A better link to the graph in question - ER - 3/13/2009 11:56:46 PM
        
        Oh? - S - 3/12/2009 8:51:28 PM
        
        try looking @ more than a decade - tony - 3/12/2009 10:56:20 PM
- It's not a mental disorder. They know exactly what they're doing. (n/t) - ER - 3/11/2009 2:07:02 AM
- Not surprising. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/11/2009 1:30:19 AM

F-22 goes down, at $140 million per. (B-2s are $737 million, per each.) - Bowser - 3/26/2009 1:28:52 AM
- I suppose that such an accident makes you happy. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/26/2009 3:06:20 AM
  - To be fair, he was ragging on the costs, not expressing glee in the mishaps. - TB - 3/26/2009 4:27:29 AM
    - The costs are due to Businesscrooks in Action. - David F Mayer - 3/26/2009 12:42:22 PM
    - Exactly. I love those toys, cannot believe the costs. - Bowser - 3/26/2009 4:48:36 AM

"Bees and ants 'operate in teams'." - Bowser - 3/23/2009 1:29:54 PM
- That is why socialism fails so miserably. We are much closer to the bison than to the ant. - David F Mayer - 3/23/2009 10:49:04 PM
  - You never tire of just making things up, do you? Live in your own world. - Bowser - 3/23/2009 11:00:00 PM
    - Funny how it's just the left here that suggest the other side leave. (n/t) - RobVG - 3/23/2009 11:38:58 PM
      - Get outa here! (n/t) - McFly - 3/24/2009 1:53:18 AM
        
        See! (n/t) - RobVG - 3/24/2009 2:00:18 AM
      - I believe I suggested he could either make sense or be more comfortable in his own world. - Bowser - 3/24/2009 12:32:51 AM
        
        My bad. (n/t) - RobVG - 3/24/2009 12:44:08 AM
    - What did I make up? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/23/2009 11:25:47 PM
      - Socialism failing so miserably. - Bowser - 3/24/2009 3:16:57 AM
        
        USSR-Defunct. China has abandoned socialism for the stock market. That's the two BIGGEST. - David F Mayer - 3/24/2009 4:00:58 AM
        
        Move on to First World countries. Try Europe. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/24/2009 2:19:11 PM
        
        There are no truly socialist countries in Europe. - David F Mayer - 3/25/2009 9:41:07 PM
- ER - this is how it operates. Steven Jay Gould had it. - Bowser - 3/23/2009 10:01:55 PM
  - Humans DO have an External Nervous System. - ER - 3/24/2009 12:53:27 AM
    - Interesting points, not my point. - Bowser - 3/24/2009 2:33:16 AM
    - Excellent point - TB - 3/24/2009 1:04:09 AM
      - Le Chatelier's Principle - ER - 3/24/2009 1:25:33 AM
- As far as humans are concerned... - Eri - 3/23/2009 3:48:06 PM

How to fix the Economy - Lindy - 3/24/2009 3:47:11 AM
- Printing up $40 trillion dollars would fix the economy all right. (n/t) - TB - 3/24/2009 4:02:15 AM
  - Privatize the mint. Deregulate production. Rely upon the honesty of capitalists. And there you go. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/24/2009 4:50:01 AM
    - "honesty of capitalists"???? Why not rely on the flying ability of elephants? - David F Mayer - 3/25/2009 9:37:59 PM
  - Tub of Toothpaste: $78; Loaf of Bread: $120; Galllon of Gasoline: $295; Pound of Chicken: $685; Some Fix! (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/24/2009 4:04:49 AM

White men can't dunk? - z - 3/25/2009 12:24:08 AM
- And if you say a black man can't bowl, you'd be [rightly] condemned a racist. - Jacob - 3/25/2009 3:33:41 PM
  - No, it's a play on the title of a classic Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes film - z - 3/25/2009 7:54:30 PM
- I saw that on the Today Show this morning. - Eri - 3/25/2009 1:30:46 AM
- Oh yeah? Just point me at a donut and stand back. (n/t) - TB - 3/25/2009 12:29:40 AM

Any thoughts on the Battlestar Galactica finale? - Lee - 3/22/2009 12:39:58 AM
- For the most part I really liked it. - REB - 3/24/2009 8:26:47 PM
  - They let the Centurions go free - Socrates II - 3/25/2009 11:34:57 AM
    - re: They let the Centurions go free - REB - 3/25/2009 12:06:41 PM
      - Think of the spinoffs! - TB - 3/25/2009 2:21:03 PM
        
        3's Company with an all Centurian cast? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/25/2009 7:04:55 PM
- Side note - Laurie Street - 3/23/2009 9:32:05 PM
  - "It would have been interesting to see some of the shoots..." - McFly - 3/24/2009 1:51:18 AM
- Just a quick note: You can get Babylon 5 on DVD... (n/t) - TB - 3/23/2009 6:19:43 PM
- Deus ex machina (all spoilers all the time) - Robert - 3/22/2009 5:46:10 PM
  - Respectfully disagree :-) - McFly - 3/23/2009 3:29:31 AM
    - Respectfully disagree :-) - Robert - 3/23/2009 7:42:31 PM
    - re: Respectfully agree :-) - SDG - 3/23/2009 2:39:57 PM
  - Agree. Too much magic in the scifi. - alcaray - 3/22/2009 10:44:49 PM
    - And perhaps too much religion - Robert - 3/23/2009 7:24:11 PM
      - Characters or Science: Why not both? - Socrates II - 3/24/2009 2:30:48 PM
        
        basic storytelling competency - Robert - 3/24/2009 3:46:11 PM
        
        SF as second class - Socrates II - 3/24/2009 4:48:22 PM
- Didn't see your post - FrankC - 3/22/2009 5:55:36 AM
  - I just want to know-- - Eri - 3/22/2009 1:43:37 PM
    - re: I just want to know-- (Spoilers) - Lee - 3/22/2009 3:40:01 PM
      - Thanks! - Eri - 3/22/2009 8:37:06 PM
        
        A Fantasy on Several Levels - Socrates II - 3/23/2009 3:16:02 PM
        
        Back to Nature - TB - 3/23/2009 5:29:03 PM
        
        Agree - alcaray - 3/23/2009 5:09:37 PM
        
        At least they sent them off with the original series theme music - Socrates II - 3/23/2009 5:54:32 PM
        
        Excellent analysis - Eri - 3/23/2009 3:45:56 PM
        
        More core dumping, Part 2 - Socrates II - 3/23/2009 5:17:04 PM
        
        since you seem to be up on it - FrankC - 3/23/2009 6:00:55 PM
        
        re: since you seem to be up on it - Socrates II - 3/23/2009 6:32:54 PM
        
        It's an experiment. - podrock - 3/24/2009 12:27:32 AM
        
        My entry in the nitpicking contest - Robert - 3/23/2009 5:33:45 PM
        
        Don't work too hard at this. - TB - 3/23/2009 5:26:35 PM
        
        re: Don't work too hard at this. - McFly - 3/23/2009 6:37:27 PM
        
        No, I must analyze these things to their logical geek conclusions - Socrates II - 3/23/2009 5:42:40 PM
        
        This blog post sums up BSG best - Socrates II - 3/24/2009 3:07:17 PM

Coolest model railroad ever - TB - 3/23/2009 10:53:33 PM
- Mind-boggling! Thanks. (n/t) - Laurie Street - 3/25/2009 12:00:12 AM
- Thanks, Tom, - podrock - 3/24/2009 10:05:09 PM
  - I spoke too soon. - podrock - 3/24/2009 10:47:50 PM
  - You should post a Pic! (Always wanted an N guage.) (n/t) - RobVG - 3/24/2009 10:46:34 PM
    - The railway - podrock - 3/24/2009 11:43:19 PM

"Lucky" Yamaguchi - TB - 3/24/2009 7:25:16 PM

Love on the rocks. - Bowser - 3/24/2009 2:40:31 PM

"Military Finds Love For "Osprey" In Iraq." - Bowser - 3/24/2009 4:47:41 AM

"Items I can pass up" Dept. - "Portia De Rossi "Apologizes" for Marrying Ellen" - Bowser - 3/22/2009 7:33:22 PM
- I always thought she could do better, myself. - ER - 3/22/2009 8:46:02 PM
  - It's all in their genes - Lindy - 3/23/2009 1:02:38 PM
    - I don't care about their sexuality - whatever gets them through the night! - Bowser - 3/24/2009 2:35:22 AM
    - Anyone that can find a moment of happiness in this wretched life.... - Jody - 3/23/2009 1:39:34 PM

I wonder what it means. - Bowser - 3/24/2009 1:06:12 AM
- re: I wonder what it means. - Marcia - 3/24/2009 2:03:10 AM

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