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Is the Party coming to an end? - LJK - 10/19/2005 2:49:53 PM
- re: When the lights will go out - Raoul - 10/19/2005 8:48:45 PM
  - Eating less is good. - Lee - 10/23/2005 6:18:19 AM
    - Please tell me how you've done it! - Scott Evil - 10/24/2005 2:09:09 PM
    - Not bad at all - Daniel - 10/24/2005 1:50:43 PM
    - Under 1,000 calories for a grown-up??? - Mary Anne - 10/23/2005 6:42:44 PM
      - I'm eating well, just small amounts. - Lee - 10/23/2005 8:34:52 PM
        
        add some protein calories - FrankC - 10/24/2005 5:11:39 PM
        
        Low caloric intake may not be so bad. - Lee - 10/24/2005 7:16:38 PM
        
        **post deleted** - Mary Anne (moderator) - 10/24/2005 2:09:42 PM
        
        It's true that portion control is our downfall. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2005 1:47:28 AM
        
        BTW - Lee - 10/23/2005 8:43:56 PM
        
        Ah.. - FrankC - 10/24/2005 5:23:21 PM
    - Do us a favour? - Nick Hoffman - 10/23/2005 1:50:26 PM
      - you sicko (n/t) - Scott Evil - 10/24/2005 2:06:23 PM
        
        Hey! 18 is legit! - Mary Anne - 10/24/2005 2:11:37 PM
        
        ;) and fun (n/t) - :) - 10/24/2005 3:30:14 PM
        
        Not as much fun as the older ones. - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2005 10:33:48 PM
        
        I'm with you and Ben Franklin on this one Tom - FrankC - 10/25/2005 5:08:25 AM
        
        re: I'm with you and Ben Franklin on this one Tom - REB - 10/25/2005 2:46:28 PM
  - Obesity in the US is an epidemic - Bowser - 10/19/2005 8:56:17 PM
- Sounds like the predictions from the Club of Rome back in 1972 - Larry J - 10/19/2005 7:22:39 PM
  - Don't forget about tar sand and oil shale. - Lee - 10/23/2005 6:32:16 AM
  - linear metathinking - Robert - 10/20/2005 5:57:07 PM
    - You're not actually comparing us to dinosaurs I hope - Lee - 10/23/2005 6:24:40 AM
    - Just making a simple point - Tom Brosz - 10/22/2005 7:50:23 AM
    - And lest we forget... - Mary Anne - 10/21/2005 12:55:27 PM
    - re: linear metathinking - LJK - 10/20/2005 6:41:50 PM
  - Such predictions go back a long way. - Tom Brosz - 10/19/2005 7:38:57 PM
    - ;Who was it that wanted to close the Patent Office about a hundred years ago because "everything had been invented?" ' - R.L. - 10/23/2005 6:53:18 AM
      - Don't worry, Tom- you are in good company... - R.L. - 10/23/2005 7:21:12 AM
        
        Shows what happens when I don't bother to look something up. - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2005 4:55:07 PM
        
        And hidden effects in industries we think of as traditional. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2005 6:10:15 PM
        
        re: And hidden effects in industries we think of as traditional. - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2005 9:08:29 PM
        
        Agreed. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2005 12:51:48 PM
        
        Diversity - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2005 12:28:47 AM
        
        And with food irradiation... - Larry J - 10/25/2005 5:36:04 PM
    - I believe there is a reason for everything. - Eri - 10/20/2005 2:18:40 AM
- Undoubtedly - McFly - 10/19/2005 5:30:59 PM
  - Looking for the reasons for our current behavior - LJK - 10/19/2005 5:49:26 PM
    - "Natural selection drives evolution?" - Tom Brosz - 10/19/2005 7:26:39 PM
      - re: "Natural selection drives evolution?" - LJK - 10/20/2005 4:16:32 PM
        
        I bought the concept of natural selection after the finches. - Tom Brosz - 10/20/2005 4:28:28 PM
        
        UCSD Study Shows 'Junk' DNA Has Evolutionary Importance - LJK - 10/21/2005 1:08:11 PM

Where some of my sweepstakes winnings are going - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2005 9:11:04 PM
- More to my tastes... - Larry J - 10/25/2005 2:10:38 PM
  - re: More to my tastes... - REB - 10/25/2005 2:23:15 PM
    - A friend of mine owned an original... - FrankC - 10/25/2005 4:28:04 PM
      - But they look cool. - REB - 10/25/2005 4:33:45 PM
        
        Would finding one be a problem? - FrankC - 10/25/2005 6:30:01 PM
        
        re: Would finding one be a problem? - REB - 10/25/2005 6:34:26 PM
- I might be tempted.... - FrankC - 10/24/2005 9:43:13 PM
- This is much cheaper... - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2005 9:15:44 PM

AudioBooksForFree - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2005 10:31:57 PM
- Oh, yeah... - Mary Anne - 10/25/2005 4:15:14 PM
  - Downloads - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2005 5:08:32 PM
    - I read the copyright agreement pretty carefully. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2005 5:32:10 PM

IDEAs invading college campuses? - LJK - 10/21/2005 2:16:50 PM
- Cornell President Rawlings Condemns Intelligent Design - LJK - 10/21/2005 4:28:13 PM
  - re: Cornell President Rawlings Condemns Intelligent Design - LJK - 10/24/2005 2:56:03 PM

Condi Rice.... - FrankC - 10/23/2005 12:02:13 AM

Normally I would avoid restarting one of these Johannes threads... - alcaray - 10/21/2005 5:48:41 PM
- re: There is no contradiction in what he says and what I say. - Johannes - 10/21/2005 9:44:21 PM

second type perpetual motion machine is existent . - zbl1905 - 10/19/2005 12:40:20 PM
- All your base are belong to us. (n/t) - Lee - 10/21/2005 5:55:39 AM
- re: Everything in the universe is constantly in motion, in fact....... - Johannes - 10/20/2005 9:13:48 PM
- How can someone with knowledge of physics terms... - alcaray - 10/19/2005 4:29:37 PM
  - It is called "Pseudoscience" for a reason... - ModBob - 10/20/2005 6:26:46 AM
    - You already moved it from the Space board. - Mary Anne (moderator) - 10/20/2005 5:27:15 PM
      - And I promised to explain my actions.... - ModBob - 10/21/2005 7:45:49 AM
        
        Think I'll have to be more careful with my questions. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/21/2005 5:52:03 PM
        
        No! No! A thousand times no! - Mary Anne - 10/21/2005 5:54:46 PM
        
        The discussion about different board "applications" was started a long time ago and never finished. - Mary Anne - 10/21/2005 1:30:25 PM
        
        Oh, shoot. Please add (moderator) to my signature, above. - Mary Anne (moderator) - 10/21/2005 1:31:53 PM
  - The colorblind know about rainbows imperfectly. - Mary Anne - 10/19/2005 5:33:13 PM
- **Moved from Space** (n/t) - ModBob - 10/19/2005 4:16:43 PM
- WTF ?! (n/t) - SDF - 10/19/2005 12:58:44 PM

"Good night, and good luck" - Fox - 10/21/2005 2:22:12 PM
- Just like the Roman Empire with the Gladiator fights in the Colliseum - LJK - 10/21/2005 4:35:07 PM

Tnis is kind of cool... - Tom Brosz - 10/20/2005 4:08:00 AM
- amazing - how much work went into that? (n/t) - Daniel - 10/20/2005 4:10:22 AM
  - re: amazing... and fantastic, and astounding, and thrilling wonder, and analog, and... (n/t) - Fox - 10/20/2005 11:33:29 PM
  - Possibly very little. - Tom Brosz - 10/20/2005 4:15:32 AM
    - Lots of SF magazine covers online - LJK - 10/20/2005 2:36:03 PM
      - check this .. - Daniel - 10/20/2005 5:42:21 PM
        
        Covers - Tom Brosz - 10/20/2005 11:49:34 PM
        
        re: Covers - Daniel - 10/21/2005 5:02:18 AM
        
        SF Predicting the Future - LJK - 10/21/2005 12:54:20 PM
        
        re: check this .. - LJK - 10/20/2005 5:47:46 PM
        
        PS those were from your link, so thanks (n/t) - D. - 10/20/2005 5:44:25 PM
    - BTW ... - Daniel - 10/20/2005 4:43:51 AM

How the Idea of Religious Toleration Came to the West - LJK - 10/20/2005 2:24:00 PM
- Christian Religious Toleration (huh?) - Lindy - 10/21/2005 3:42:15 AM

Interesting, kinda cute, Google search - Bowser - 10/19/2005 4:30:44 PM
- Does Google determine that result? (n/t) - Sam F. - 10/19/2005 5:29:57 PM
  - No. - Tom Brosz - 10/19/2005 7:19:29 PM
    - It's da bomb all right. - Sam F. - 10/19/2005 8:06:51 PM
      - "Bowser" and "I'm feeling lucky" - Tom Brosz - 10/19/2005 10:54:01 PM
        
        My "feelng lucky" - Fox - 10/21/2005 2:40:42 AM
        
        Apparently, I went back in time and gave some lecture here in Houston in 1970 :) - REB - 10/20/2005 2:59:52 PM
        
        Mine is very boring... - R.L. - 10/20/2005 6:33:18 PM
        
        This is much better. - REB - 10/20/2005 3:06:19 PM
        
        beats the heck out of mine... - FrankC - 10/19/2005 11:22:30 PM
        
        Glad I met you on-line before your demise... - Eri - 10/19/2005 11:36:39 PM
        
        Yikes! (n/t) - alcaray - 10/19/2005 11:36:09 PM

Reference question - Fox - 10/18/2005 11:06:34 PM
- re: Reference question - REB - 10/20/2005 6:43:07 PM
- Thanks Fox et al - Tony - 10/19/2005 4:23:05 PM
  - I searched and... - R.L. - 10/20/2005 8:07:54 AM
- First cut turns up nothing. - Mary Anne - 10/19/2005 1:24:51 PM
  - The best I've got: - Mary Anne - 10/20/2005 9:21:40 PM
- Be still my heart.... - FrankC - 10/19/2005 1:38:04 AM
  - I learned "be still my heart" as an expression, from my parents. - alcaray - 10/19/2005 4:32:39 PM
- Hallmark? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/18/2005 11:54:23 PM
- re: Reference question - Tom Brosz - 10/18/2005 11:39:44 PM

"There's a Bad Moon on the Rise......" - Lindy - 10/17/2005 2:19:37 AM
- After 72 hours: sounds like a fair test. - Mary Anne - 10/17/2005 1:28:15 PM
  - A fair response- - R.L. - 10/20/2005 5:51:55 AM
    - Thank you for your vigilance. - Mary Anne - 10/20/2005 5:29:56 PM
- There's a bathroom on the right...? - McFly - 10/17/2005 3:30:51 AM
  - We can't do that! - LJK - 10/17/2005 7:38:38 PM
  - Looks like we're in for mashed potatoes...? - Mary Anne - 10/17/2005 1:25:05 PM
    - Exhaustive listing! Thanks MA :-) (n/t) - McFly - 10/17/2005 11:59:55 PM

Do the Climate Mash! - et - 10/19/2005 11:04:06 PM
- Wind turbine smashing zombies. - RobVG - 10/20/2005 2:21:57 AM
  - Don't forget Ted Kennedy and the other NIMBYs at Cape Cod. - Tom Brosz - 10/20/2005 3:52:47 AM
    - Was mentioned in passing on page 2 of the article. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/20/2005 3:54:24 AM
- LOL! - Tom Brosz - 10/19/2005 11:36:28 PM
- Funny! And, unfortunately, right on the mark! (n/t) - Eri - 10/19/2005 11:22:40 PM

ID, DNA and Field data - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2005 12:24:06 AM
- re: ID, DNA and Field data - Tom Brosz - 10/19/2005 1:30:27 AM
  - Intelligence is a misnomer - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2005 2:12:38 AM
    - LOL! "This just in: God not as bright as once thought" (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/19/2005 1:14:59 PM
    - Not touching THAT straight line. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/19/2005 3:24:54 AM

Rome, anyone? - FrankC - 10/17/2005 7:07:35 AM
- Comparisons with I, Claudius - LJK - 10/17/2005 6:20:07 PM
  - I, Claudius - FrankC - 10/17/2005 7:48:15 PM
    - re: I, Claudius - LJK - 10/17/2005 7:56:33 PM
      - This one does that - FrankC - 10/17/2005 8:13:26 PM
        
        Hannibal vs. Rome on the National Geographic Channel - LJK - 10/18/2005 11:53:49 PM

New Bradbury book - Tom Brosz - 10/18/2005 10:24:19 PM

Excerpts from Carl Sagan's study of the nuclear winter. - Johannes - 10/18/2005 1:11:21 AM
- Long excerpts from The Cold and the Dark - LJK - 10/18/2005 2:44:41 PM
  - re: Thanks. It is interesting that renowned scientists can overlook important physics effects even in the areas of their study. - Johannes - 10/18/2005 8:42:12 PM

Your UNICEF pennies at work... - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2005 6:09:53 PM
- Video here - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 7:30:52 PM
  - I thought that that was a great Smuff film. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 10/11/2005 9:21:15 PM
    - Go smurf yourself, scott... - Papa smurf - 10/11/2005 9:42:16 PM
      - You smut mouthed little smaggot. - Murph the Smurf - 10/11/2005 10:45:56 PM
- They had it coming (n/t) - alcaray - 10/10/2005 10:49:01 PM
  - Actually, I agree with you there... - R.L. - 10/11/2005 6:02:54 AM
    - Actually I thought one of the most suffocatingly awful programs ever was... - LJK - 10/11/2005 2:02:37 PM
      - re: They were a community of Smaggots. - Scott Evil (Warning Post may offend) - 10/11/2005 9:15:28 PM
        
        There was only one chick. - Sam F. - 10/11/2005 11:51:58 PM
        
        She was created by Gargamel. - Lee - 10/15/2005 2:34:00 AM
        
        So you're saying..... - Sam F. - 10/15/2005 9:02:10 AM
        
        Why do you thing he was always trying to turn the smurfs into gold? - Lee - 10/15/2005 11:56:23 PM
        
        Correction: Why do you think.... (n/t) - Lee - 10/15/2005 11:57:33 PM
- And this upsets you...why? (n/t) - R.L. - 10/10/2005 9:31:58 PM
  - The politics are a bit obvious. - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 2:21:07 AM
    - Tom is right - Real PoliticaL - 10/11/2005 11:46:47 AM
      - re:Le cosmoschtroumpf - Raoul - 10/16/2005 5:56:36 PM
      - smurf-tastic. - jms - 10/15/2005 4:40:53 PM
      - That's classic! - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 2:49:22 PM
        
        re: That's classic! - R.L. - 10/13/2005 5:55:46 PM
        
        They watch blue movies to compensate (n/t) - Sam F. - 10/14/2005 2:37:23 AM
        
        re: That's classic! - :) - 10/11/2005 3:08:44 PM
      - very good RL (n/t) - SDG - 10/11/2005 2:41:42 PM
    - It was to raise money to rehabilitate child soldiers in Burundi... - R.L. - 10/11/2005 10:11:48 AM
      - re: child soldiers in Burundi - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 2:57:21 PM
        
        I see... - ? - 10/11/2005 3:17:25 PM
        
        It would have had more shock value - Sam F. - 10/11/2005 11:47:23 PM
        
        re: I see... - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 7:34:31 PM
    - Bombing a civilian population is terrorism in uniform. - Bowser - 10/11/2005 2:47:26 AM

Cheney's Halliburton Stock Rose 3,281% in One Year - Lindy - 10/13/2005 3:31:14 AM
- And now, the Rest of the Story. - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 4:24:34 AM
  - A casual observer might take that to mean Lindy's subject is false. - et - 10/14/2005 2:43:10 AM
    - Yeah, I got that same crap on another board. - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2005 4:17:30 AM
      - re: Yeah, I got that same crap on another board. - Doug Ellison - 10/15/2005 8:45:03 AM
        
        Halliburton is a great American Company. Why the angst? - Scott Evil - 10/15/2005 1:07:04 PM
        
        Is there a moral question? - FrankC - 10/15/2005 11:42:18 AM
        
        Feeding at the trough of the American Public - Lindy - 10/16/2005 6:40:41 AM

Clever Proof of Intellegent Design - alcaray - 10/15/2005 4:30:12 PM
- However, - - - - Bowser - 10/16/2005 3:39:28 AM

'Our Inner Ape,' by Frans de Waal - LJK - 10/10/2005 3:13:08 PM
- Did anyone point out that bonobos are almost extinct? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2005 6:07:46 PM
  - Here's one big reason why the bonobos are in trouble - LJK - 10/10/2005 8:05:55 PM
    - Maybe we should be arming and training bonobos to defend themselves... - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 2:14:02 AM
  - re: Did anyone point out that bonobos are almost extinct? - LJK - 10/10/2005 6:13:49 PM
    - Well, your ancestors really did a number on us! (n/t) - homo neanderthalensis - 10/12/2005 3:20:47 AM
      - Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthals are doing pretty good for themselves - LJK - 10/12/2005 3:31:38 PM
    - Nasty survival of the fittest types - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2005 6:39:12 PM
      - re: Nasty survival of the fittest types - LJK - 10/10/2005 6:55:11 PM
- subtitle: 'A Guide to Zoners' - Robert - 10/10/2005 5:13:55 PM
  - re: subtitle: 'A Guide to Zoners' - LJK - 10/10/2005 6:21:43 PM
    - Haven't read it - Robert - 10/10/2005 10:05:26 PM
      - re: Haven't read it - LJK - 10/11/2005 1:53:58 PM

Enough to restore one's faith in the web? - McFly - 10/10/2005 11:46:25 PM
- Saving dogs? - Lindy - 10/11/2005 3:02:21 AM
  - Sorry if a little bit of goodness isn't enough for you - McFly - 10/11/2005 3:43:11 AM
    - re: Sorry if a little bit of goodness isn't enough for you - Lindy - 10/11/2005 4:33:37 AM
      - err...sorry about that Lindy - McFly - 10/11/2005 5:35:12 PM
      - I hope this is for real, but... - LJK - 10/11/2005 1:56:51 PM
        
        Caution is well-advised - McFly - 10/11/2005 5:38:13 PM
        
        It does seem to be wide open to abuse - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 2:46:39 PM
- Not a bad idea. - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 2:18:39 AM

I hereby begin an absolutely SPOILER-FILLED Serenity review thread. - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 6:01:41 PM
- SF today is so crappy, that I had to write my own - E.P. - 10/10/2005 3:44:04 PM
- re: I hereby begin an absolutely SPOILER-FILLED Serenity review thread. - SDG - 10/10/2005 3:34:51 AM
  - Foundation - Eri - 10/11/2005 1:13:18 AM
- "Used Up all The Resources" - Mark Eby - 10/4/2005 2:35:16 AM
  - I think Kevin Sorbo got involved... - FrankC - 10/4/2005 6:41:42 PM
- re: I hereby begin an absolutely SPOILER-FILLED Serenity review thread. - alcaray - 10/3/2005 7:34:35 PM
  - Characters (still spoilers here, folks.) - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 9:45:59 PM
    - re: Characters (still spoilers here, folks.) - Fox - 10/3/2005 11:30:56 PM
      - People, please - this is science fiction - LJK - 10/4/2005 8:01:06 PM
        
        re: "this is science fiction" - Fox - 10/5/2005 1:25:56 AM
        
        Ooooh, I'll give you such a pinch! - LJK - 10/5/2005 1:47:17 PM
        
        The SF ghetto still lives. - Mary Anne - 10/6/2005 12:45:21 PM
        
        re: The SF ghetto still lives. - LJK - 10/6/2005 1:22:26 PM
        
        re: Truly alien "aliens" - Fox - 10/6/2005 9:52:53 PM
        
        Moties - FrankC - 10/7/2005 1:54:06 AM
        
        Cherryh's methane-breathing species in the Chanur novels get my vote. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/6/2005 10:10:53 PM
        
        Good call. - Tom Brosz - 10/7/2005 12:57:31 AM
        
        re: Cherryh's Chanur novels -- adding them to my read list (n/t) - Fox - 10/6/2005 11:06:21 PM
        
        a bunch of young white early-21st Century Americans - FrankC - 10/5/2005 11:50:51 PM
        
        re: a bunch of young white early-21st Century Americans - LJK - 10/6/2005 12:53:10 PM
        
        OK, ya got me - Fox - 10/5/2005 3:33:53 PM
        
        Spoiling answer: - alcaray - 10/4/2005 8:31:50 PM
        
        Or better yet, go the soap route. - Lee - 10/5/2005 6:27:31 AM
      - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 4:07:47 AM
      - Character and continued spoilers - McFly - 10/4/2005 2:08:15 AM
        
        An interesting point. - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 4:06:57 AM
    - Sometimes a story is just a story (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 9:54:27 PM
      - This combo cracked me up! - LJK - 10/5/2005 1:27:52 PM

Stop being so darn confident! - LJK - 10/7/2005 6:33:49 PM
- re: I thought it was exactly the opposite - Raoul - 10/7/2005 8:19:19 PM
  - Why people do what they do day-to-day - LJK - 10/10/2005 7:36:20 PM

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