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Question of the day for US HZers - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2006 5:35:31 PM
- This report smacks of Mormon bashing.... - et - 10/22/2006 2:17:13 AM
  - What report? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/23/2006 4:54:46 AM
    - High School - Mary Anne - 10/23/2006 6:43:07 PM
      - re: High School - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/25/2006 12:04:23 AM
        
        re: High School - Mary Anne - 10/25/2006 3:39:35 AM
      - re: High School - SDG - 10/23/2006 7:59:19 PM
        
        Every day?? Whoa. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2006 1:25:40 PM
        
        Are you attempting to exclude Santeria? whoa..... (n/t) - Publius - 10/26/2006 8:36:32 PM
        
        most people are shocked to hear it - SDG - 10/25/2006 7:28:27 PM
- I wonder what would happen... - alcaray - 10/20/2006 3:36:59 PM
- " Is this what's been going on in backwater regions ?" - Lindy - 10/19/2006 9:58:58 PM
  - re: " Is this what's been going on in backwater regions ?" - SDG - 10/19/2006 10:43:47 PM
- re: Question of the day for US HZers - SDG - 10/19/2006 8:44:09 PM
  - Thanks SDG - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2006 11:04:00 PM
- re: Question of the day for US HZers - azstrummer - 10/19/2006 8:08:21 PM
  - re: Question of the day for US HZers - SDG - 10/19/2006 8:45:16 PM
- "Release time" religious instruction. - Mary Anne - 10/19/2006 6:52:53 PM
- There is no such thing as "religious instruction". - ER - 10/19/2006 6:21:14 PM
  - Well according to a great number of holy books... - alcaray - 10/20/2006 6:46:51 PM
    - A wry observation... - ER - 10/21/2006 1:29:34 PM
      - I like to think that I alluded to what you say. - alcaray - 10/23/2006 3:46:12 PM
      - Conceptualization of Religion - Lindy - 10/21/2006 4:33:05 PM
        
        It's possible to be "touched" and still be agnostic. - Mary Anne - 10/22/2006 4:14:06 PM
        
        Beyond belief lies understanding, and beyond that enlightenment. - ER - 10/23/2006 8:55:50 PM
        
        Simplicity - Mary Anne - 10/24/2006 1:14:55 PM
        
        We're not all Unitarians. - ER - 10/24/2006 2:05:17 PM
        
        I should think not. Hopelessly vanilla. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2006 2:11:41 AM
        
        Moral and ethical values.... - Publius - 10/24/2006 3:02:16 PM
        
        re: Moral and ethical values.... - ER - 10/24/2006 3:48:55 PM
        
        an ethical preference - Publius - 10/25/2006 1:08:22 AM
        
        but... - nick hoffman - 10/26/2006 10:00:01 AM
        
        pretty much on the same page, but - Publius - 10/26/2006 8:41:02 PM
        
        OK... - Mary Anne - 10/26/2006 2:17:45 PM
        
        re: Beyond belief lies understanding, and beyond that enlightenment. - Lindy - 10/24/2006 1:40:20 AM
        
        Beautifully said Mary Anne - Lindy - 10/23/2006 3:11:41 AM
        
        Not the kind of touch I had in mind, but nonetheless... - Mary Anne - 10/23/2006 4:38:09 AM
        
        Hey, I'm sure people here are touched too...but that's yet another kind... (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/23/2006 4:43:42 AM
- I'm a little skeptical - alcaray - 10/19/2006 6:11:55 PM
  - re: I'm a little skeptical - SDG - 10/19/2006 8:47:59 PM

Question: how do you find 3 points on a plywood circle 120 degrees apart, without a protractor? (n/t) - RobVg - 10/23/2006 3:22:08 AM
- Without a template, you put your anchor bolts in. Drill out the plate. - Bowser - 10/24/2006 6:34:51 AM
  - Slight addendum. - Bowser - 10/24/2006 3:41:35 PM
    - You are correct. - RobVG - 10/24/2006 4:26:51 PM
- Yet another method - Fox - 10/24/2006 2:50:16 AM
  - Oops... Laurie beat me to it. - Fox - 10/24/2006 2:51:19 AM
    - Laurie beat me to it, too. - podrock - 10/24/2006 4:04:21 AM
- Here you go, have a protractor: - podrock - 10/23/2006 4:35:57 PM
  - Or... - podrock - 10/23/2006 5:53:39 PM
  - Sorry, that's a compass. ;) (n/t) - RobVG - 10/23/2006 4:41:01 PM
    - Without the needle, it's a protractor. :) - podrock - 10/23/2006 5:01:16 PM
- If I remember enough geometry... - alcaray - 10/23/2006 3:33:38 PM
  - Close. It's 2R sin (60 degrees). (n/t) - ER - 10/23/2006 5:16:08 PM
    - I used geometry, not trig... - alcaray - 10/23/2006 8:36:56 PM
      - What is "rad-5"? - ER - 10/23/2006 10:51:36 PM
        
        final answer! - alcaray - 10/24/2006 5:09:43 PM
        
        Correct! - ER - 10/24/2006 6:28:41 PM
- Cut a circle out of paper, exactly the same size as your plywood circle - SDF - 10/23/2006 1:19:47 PM
  - Rule of thumb method. This is probably close enough for home carpentry. - ER - 10/23/2006 5:24:00 PM
    - Geometrically precise. Error comes from application - nick hoffman - 10/25/2006 12:36:46 PM
      - belay my last - it was just a senior moment - ER - 10/25/2006 2:56:07 PM
      - Another job for the CRC. - ER - 10/25/2006 1:33:16 PM
- Yes, there is a way! - ER - 10/23/2006 11:04:03 AM
- So... tell us what you're building! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 10/23/2006 5:18:08 AM
  - Backyard Observatory. - RobVG - 10/23/2006 4:02:47 PM
    - re: Backyard Observatory. - Laurie Street - 10/23/2006 4:10:28 PM
      - Sure. - RobVG - 10/23/2006 4:32:49 PM
- Why can't you use a protractor? - ER - 10/23/2006 4:22:17 AM
  - Yes, there is a way! - ER - 10/23/2006 11:00:51 AM
  - re: Why can't you use a protractor? - Laurie Street - 10/23/2006 5:19:24 AM
    - Trisecting the angle--attention Mary Anne - ER - 10/23/2006 1:16:37 PM
      - While we're at it: Cameron's Hydraulic Tables? - Fox - 10/24/2006 2:35:29 AM
      - CRC Handbooks - Laurie Street - 10/23/2006 4:02:00 PM
      - Pocket Ref - SDG - 10/23/2006 3:34:20 PM
  - Because I don't have one smarty pants. - RobVG - 10/23/2006 4:40:17 AM
- It's impossible - Laurie Street - 10/23/2006 3:35:48 AM
  - Thanks Laurie, your method is close enough. (now where did I put that string?) (n/t) - RobVG - 10/23/2006 3:44:38 AM

must ... destroy ... Communist HQ .. - Daniel - 10/23/2006 5:25:04 PM
- "Do the hokey-pokey and turn yourself around..." (n/t) - ER - 10/25/2006 1:34:47 AM
- Heckuva picture. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/24/2006 5:13:50 AM
- Amazing photo. Awesome symbolism! (n/t) - alcaray - 10/23/2006 8:17:31 PM
  - still wondering: - Daniel - 10/25/2006 5:05:32 AM

Manhattan Project for energy in biofuels - ljk - 2/23/2006 8:30:58 PM
- It will NOT work because it will be run by the Department of Energy. - David F Mayer - 2/24/2006 4:44:18 PM
- Problems with the "Manhattan Project" concept - Tom Brosz - 2/23/2006 8:49:13 PM
  - It's also possible that people will opt for the easiest, most obvious solution - SDF - 2/24/2006 1:11:09 AM
    - encourage competetion for corn with beet and cane eth. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/24/2006 6:16:12 PM
    - re: Ideas - Tom Brosz - 2/24/2006 2:44:01 AM
      - Depends on your definition of "force" - SDF - 2/24/2006 2:03:05 PM
        
        re: Depends on your definition of "force" - Ben - 10/25/2006 2:28:52 AM
    - Additional note - SDF - 2/24/2006 1:50:23 AM
      - How about more Amtrak! (n/t) - A. Leftleaner - 2/24/2006 7:19:56 PM

Another great Lileks column - TB - 10/24/2006 4:16:00 AM

Civilian prison camps on Army bases? - Lindy - 10/23/2006 3:02:26 AM
- Does someone from the left want to help Lindy out? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/23/2006 5:45:48 AM
  - Certainly plans are in the making - Lindy - 10/23/2006 3:22:05 PM

'Useful Idiot' Moments&#169 2006 - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2006 7:11:08 PM
- Baiting again Tech1? - Lindy - 10/22/2006 10:33:23 PM
  - Are you implying there are 'useful idiots' here? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/23/2006 2:40:46 AM
  - An attempt to control the debate. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2006 1:41:16 AM
- re: 'Useful Idiot' Moments - Raoul - 10/22/2006 8:38:17 PM
  - I'll see you one and raise you one - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2006 10:27:42 PM
    - Then there's... - Laurie Street - 10/23/2006 5:22:49 AM
  - Touche, Raoul! (n/t) - ER - 10/22/2006 8:52:03 PM

Has anyone else been observing the - Johannes - 10/21/2006 7:47:39 PM
- I don't know what your hypothesis was but... - et - 10/21/2006 9:45:46 PM
  - re: You are right about the - Johannes - 10/23/2006 3:30:12 AM

HZ education poll - FrankC - 10/19/2006 8:23:30 PM
- If this belongs anywhere, it's probably Community. - Bowser - 10/20/2006 2:36:52 AM
  - Geez, lighten up, Bows - it's just for fun. (n/t) - Laurie Street - 10/20/2006 5:22:29 PM
  - Poll on whether it belongs here - FrankC - 10/20/2006 5:35:00 AM
    - Sometimes it's better to say nothing at all. *sigh* (n/t) - Mary Anne (moderator) - 10/22/2006 3:39:06 PM
- Minor quibble - Fox - 10/20/2006 1:28:03 AM
  - You are right Fox, my bad - FrankC - 10/20/2006 1:34:40 AM
    - Depends on the degree.. (n/t) - Yeti - 10/21/2006 5:51:07 AM
      - Yes - FrankC - 10/22/2006 6:17:59 AM
    - re: "Once a person is past 30 all the degree stuff means little..." - Fox - 10/20/2006 1:52:47 AM
- Thanks for setting those up, Frank - Laurie Street - 10/19/2006 9:00:31 PM
  - Quite welcome - FrankC - 10/19/2006 9:28:02 PM
- You do realize all online polls are crap, right? - TB - 10/19/2006 8:25:20 PM
  - Of course - FrankC - 10/19/2006 8:49:26 PM

Sleasy political ad: A youtube embed test - et - 10/21/2006 10:20:48 PM
- Pretty good stuff. Love the casting! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2006 3:05:26 AM
- Oy vey - tony - 10/22/2006 1:42:51 AM

Knife? That's not a knife... - TB - 10/20/2006 3:45:09 AM
- Like to see the pockets deep enough for that knife (n/t) - SDG - 10/20/2006 4:24:44 PM
- Good Lord! - Bowser - 10/20/2006 5:25:11 AM
  - I used to carry a Leatherman - TB - 10/20/2006 3:53:31 PM
- Mineral crystal magnifier with precision screwdriver - podrock - 10/20/2006 4:56:55 AM
- no, it's the world's dumbest product - Daniel - 10/20/2006 4:49:59 AM
  - It is, of course, a novelty collector's item (n/t) - TB - 10/20/2006 3:51:18 PM
    - yes, on reflection, 'dumbest' is the wrong word - Daniel - 10/20/2006 4:00:34 PM
      - No argument there. - TB - 10/20/2006 5:04:19 PM
        
        bet you're waiting for me to ask: - Daniel - 10/21/2006 3:51:38 PM
  - the world's dumbest product--don't forget the salad shooter...... (n/t) - Publius - 10/20/2006 3:35:15 PM
  - And they left out the USB flash drive and cell phone (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 10/20/2006 9:15:09 AM
    - No, you missed it - they're inside the Golf divot repair tool (n/t) - Daniel - 10/20/2006 12:38:25 PM
- re: Knife? That's not a knife... - RobVG - 10/20/2006 3:57:29 AM
  - Testing... - TB - 10/20/2006 4:27:24 AM
  - (Though I dumped my cache?) (n/t) - RobVG - 10/20/2006 3:58:22 AM

One Nation Under Seige - Lindy - 10/21/2006 3:42:16 AM
- And if that doesn't grab you - Lindy - 10/21/2006 3:53:57 AM

Hey Frank, how about a lurker poll? - RobVG - 10/20/2006 12:36:01 AM
- I wait at the threshold... (n/t) - The Lurker - 10/20/2006 3:29:42 AM
- re: Hey Frank, how about a lurker poll? - Lindy - 10/20/2006 3:18:16 AM
  - Come on, you can get more creative than that!? - RobVG - 10/20/2006 3:45:57 AM
    - Reasons for not posting - Lindy - 10/20/2006 4:43:49 AM
      - re: Not familiar with the english language! (n/t) - Raoul - 10/20/2006 4:13:40 PM
      - Hmm... - RobVG - 10/20/2006 2:28:23 PM
        
        Not you, - Lindy - 10/20/2006 3:07:17 PM
        
        Who the hell are you saying is non-confrontational?!? - Laurie Street - 10/20/2006 5:20:32 PM
        
        LOL - Lindy - 10/21/2006 12:07:46 AM
- Good idea, will do tommorrow if not sooner (n/t) - FrankC - 10/20/2006 1:36:42 AM
- Excellent suggestion! (n/t) - ER - 10/20/2006 12:44:57 AM

Habitable Zone Age Poll - FrankC - 10/19/2006 7:45:50 PM
- Damn, I should have lied! (n/t) - Lindy - 10/19/2006 9:23:39 PM
  - You, what about me? I am sure there is nothing anonymous about my selection. (n/t) - FrankC - 10/19/2006 9:32:47 PM
    - You voted? 0-25 is still blank..........:-D (n/t) - Tony - 10/20/2006 6:17:50 PM
      - OOPS, important categories omitted - FrankC - 10/20/2006 8:25:34 PM

Lurker Poll - FrankC - 10/20/2006 7:07:16 PM
- Poll is for everybody! Results are fascinating! Vote today! (n/t) - alcaray - 10/20/2006 7:19:47 PM

Vietnam and the press - TB - 10/19/2006 7:07:34 PM
- Deja vu all over again - ER - 10/19/2006 8:42:27 PM
- re: Vietnam and the press - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2006 7:51:05 PM
  - "Don't count on it." - Lindy - 10/20/2006 12:00:11 AM
- Didn't President George H.W. Bush kick the "Vietnam Syndrome" once and for all ten years later? - Alan G. Archer - 10/19/2006 7:50:03 PM
  - Relapse - Fox - 10/20/2006 2:03:36 AM
    - Can't do the audio. What was the quote? - alcaray - 10/20/2006 6:44:14 PM
    - re: Relapse - TB - 10/20/2006 2:50:43 AM

CENTCOM is infiltrating blogs and message boards - Lindy - 10/18/2006 3:30:36 AM
- re: CENTCOM is infiltrating blogs and message boards - ER - 10/19/2006 3:21:42 AM
  - Whew! That's heavy ER - Lindy - 10/19/2006 2:24:34 PM
  - I hope that's another satire (n/t) - TB - 10/19/2006 5:54:23 AM
    - Not the way I read it (n/t) - Fox - 10/20/2006 1:40:16 AM
- And yet, thousands of tinfoil-hatters screech on, year after year, completely unsuppressed. - TB - 10/18/2006 6:29:20 AM
  - And yet, that proves absolutely nothing - Robert - 10/18/2006 4:46:25 PM
    - TB is in favor of every government intrusion possible, including torture. - Bowser - 10/19/2006 1:42:41 AM
      - Inaccurate, and spectacularly irrelevant to the point. Par for the course. - TB - 10/19/2006 2:41:05 AM
        
        Now THAT'S inaccurate and irrelevant. - Bowser - 10/19/2006 3:58:34 AM
    - re: And yet, that proves absolutely nothing - TB - 10/18/2006 9:00:32 PM
      - re: And yet, that proves absolutely nothing - Yeti - 10/18/2006 9:47:42 PM
        
        TB: I would like your thoughts on the above. It seems to me that you have selectively applied criteria.... (n/t) - Yeti - 10/19/2006 10:04:50 PM
        
        Sure. - TB - 10/19/2006 10:22:22 PM
        
        I take umbrage that.... - Lindy - 10/20/2006 12:22:16 AM
  - Some people do it free. Some get paid. Like a lot of things. - Bowser - 10/18/2006 4:00:01 PM
  - Information collection programs - Lindy - 10/18/2006 2:19:31 PM
    - Not to worry... - ER - 10/18/2006 3:00:04 PM
- Link - Lindy - 10/18/2006 3:32:46 AM

HZ income poll - FrankC - 10/19/2006 8:16:21 PM
- This year or last? - Lindy - 10/19/2006 9:24:18 PM

perhaps we should set up a support group here at the zone... - SDG - 10/17/2006 9:02:16 PM
- Hmmm. - Tom Brosz - 10/18/2006 6:36:22 AM
  - It would take you longer at the library. - Mary Anne - 10/18/2006 12:11:51 PM
    - re: It would take you longer at the library. - TB - 10/18/2006 9:03:20 PM
- re: perhaps we should set up a support group here at the zone... - Lindy - 10/18/2006 2:12:10 AM
- Man...you're playing with fire here... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/18/2006 1:13:24 AM
  - It might be interesting to test that hypothesis... - ER - 10/18/2006 2:07:27 AM
    - Link to poll at the top of the page (currently) - FrankC - 10/19/2006 7:50:52 PM
    - re: It might be interesting to test that hypothesis... - Lindy - 10/18/2006 2:14:18 AM
      - I propose we bus in some folks to make things 'equal' - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/18/2006 7:03:16 AM
        
        " constantly striving for political correctness" - Lindy - 10/18/2006 2:24:10 PM
        
        Absolutamente. Estoy completamente de acuerdo. (n/t) - ER - 10/18/2006 11:22:59 AM
      - No bet - Fox - 10/18/2006 2:53:13 AM

Uh oh. Morlocks. - TB - 10/19/2006 6:30:25 AM
- It's inconceivable the guy on the left can reproduce at all. (n/t) - ER - 10/19/2006 12:45:50 PM
  - Retractable junk will be one of the first goals of genetic modification. (n/t) - TB - 10/19/2006 4:20:30 PM
    - To believe the email I get, the first goal will be... - alcaray - 10/19/2006 5:28:15 PM
    - It all appears to be rather self-limiting... - ER - 10/19/2006 5:08:55 PM
  - Inconceivable! (n/t) - SDG - 10/19/2006 2:39:11 PM

"Peter. Are you going to ask that question with shades on?" - George W. Bush - 10/19/2006 3:54:02 PM

After mankind - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2006 5:10:31 AM
- Rail beds - ER - 10/14/2006 2:39:20 PM
  - and power lines - Fox - 10/19/2006 4:06:58 AM
- The landfills... - podrock - 10/14/2006 3:57:13 AM
- Anything in the Sun will disappear rather rapidly. - Bowser - 10/14/2006 2:54:55 AM
- Fascinating! - RNE - 10/14/2006 12:21:59 AM
  - Marking the Moon: A Modest Proposal. - dtb - 10/14/2006 3:56:06 PM
    - re: Marking the Moon: Another proposal - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2006 2:47:02 AM
      - Kliroy wuz here! (n/t) - RNE - 10/18/2006 12:02:25 PM
    - I actually like this idea... - Fox - 10/15/2006 3:42:49 AM
      - Give the old man on the moon a beard! (n/t) - Yeti - 10/15/2006 6:47:38 PM
- Dam! - Fox - 10/14/2006 12:01:00 AM
  - Downstream damage - Laurie Street - 10/14/2006 6:33:15 AM
    - Re: Avoiding glaciation - Fox - 10/15/2006 3:35:39 AM
    - Rivers too shall pass - dtb - 10/14/2006 3:46:27 PM
- I've seen a Cambrian Jelly fish bounce and an Ordivician lightning strike mark - Tony - 10/13/2006 4:43:16 PM
  - ... but I sure ain't seen no elephant fly - Fox - 10/18/2006 3:41:16 AM
  - Bounce them too hard - Yeti - 10/14/2006 5:13:43 AM
    - *groan* (n/t) - Fox - 10/14/2006 6:00:24 AM
      - I could go on, but I'm sure someone else will, er, triasic joke themselves - Extinct Yeti - 10/15/2006 6:39:10 PM
        
        re: I could go on... - Fox - 10/15/2006 10:13:06 PM

Child abuse - Bowser - 10/18/2006 6:15:09 PM
- "The dingo ate your baby!" - RobVG - 10/19/2006 2:59:08 AM
  - No, no "baiting". - Bowser - 10/19/2006 4:01:04 AM

Doing the Renaissance Faire - TB - 10/17/2006 5:53:22 AM
- Sounds like fun - Laurie Street - 10/17/2006 4:07:18 PM
  - What does a troll do? - TB - 10/17/2006 11:32:35 PM
    - I spent an hour and a half... - alcaray - 10/18/2006 9:13:37 PM
      - boy scouts and fire - SDG - 10/18/2006 10:26:19 PM
    - Oh, come on Tom! - Laurie Street - 10/18/2006 2:27:08 AM
      - Whoa, now that you mention it... - TB - 10/18/2006 6:42:35 AM
      - re: Oh, come on Tom! - Lindy - 10/18/2006 2:34:53 AM
        
        Cripes, Lindy - Tom Brosz - 10/18/2006 6:43:45 AM
        
        re: Cripes, Lindy - Lindy - 10/18/2006 2:26:27 PM
    - Ahhhh..now I understand... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/18/2006 12:34:25 AM
- T, T, T...Really? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/17/2006 6:54:06 AM
  - re: T, T, T no shadow movement during all that time??? It must be on Venus (n/t) - Raoul - 10/17/2006 3:04:54 PM

Irwin daughter to have own TV show - TB - 10/17/2006 5:21:48 AM
- re: Irwin daughter to have own TV show - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/17/2006 7:12:29 AM
  - re: Irwin daughter to have own TV show - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2006 11:40:23 PM
    - you didn't answer the main objections - Daniel - 10/18/2006 3:57:05 AM
      - re: you didn't answer the main objections - Tom Brosz - 10/18/2006 6:46:32 AM
    - re: Irwin daughter to have own TV show - Lindy - 10/18/2006 2:20:54 AM
      - BTW... - TB - 10/18/2006 6:47:27 AM
        
        Yes indeed: - Daniel - 10/18/2006 1:02:07 PM
- Oh for Kreissakes - Daniel - 10/17/2006 7:10:20 AM

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