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The biological advantage of being awestruck. - Jody - 8/18/2012 11:32:49 PM
- It's a theme I've been trying to develop and flesh out here... - ER - 8/19/2012 1:08:10 AM
  - The real world - TB - 8/19/2012 6:51:26 PM
    - Re: The real world - ER - 8/19/2012 8:02:05 PM
    - A lot of the learning is done by trial and error, rather than by reading Newton. - alcaray - 8/19/2012 7:28:10 PM
      - We live in an enlightened age. - ER - 8/19/2012 8:55:31 PM

I want one of these... - Jody - 8/15/2012 1:57:39 AM
- What is it? - ER - 8/15/2012 2:01:40 AM
  - In the latest go-round... - alcaray - 8/15/2012 2:04:49 AM
  - Cylon toaster! Heh...get it? - TB - 8/15/2012 2:02:51 AM
    - I've never seen a complete episode of Battlestar Galactica. - ER - 8/15/2012 3:08:42 AM
      - Re: I've never seen a complete episode of Battlestar Galactica. - Jody - 8/15/2012 2:58:51 PM
        
        You have to admit... - ER - 8/15/2012 3:59:02 PM
        
        Re: You have to admit... - Jody - 8/15/2012 5:03:26 PM
        
        You don't have to be smokin' - ER - 8/15/2012 7:07:00 PM
      - Re: I've never seen a complete episode of Battlestar Galactica. - podrock - 8/15/2012 3:30:03 AM
        
        Johnny Depp plays the lead in the film version - Ainz - 8/15/2012 5:44:19 AM

Mind blowing - Jody - 8/15/2012 5:49:55 PM

Cesar's way - Jody - 8/15/2012 4:58:59 PM

Kabang is getting a new nose - Jody - 8/15/2012 2:50:00 AM

Can Godzilla be far behind? - BuckGalaxy - 8/15/2012 1:14:24 AM
- Sounds more like radiation damage than mutation. - alcaray - 8/15/2012 2:03:30 AM

I am sick, sick, sick... - FrankC - 8/13/2012 8:55:29 PM
- Look at the bright side. - bowser - 8/14/2012 5:19:15 AM
- Re: I am sick, sick, sick... - Jody - 8/14/2012 1:02:01 AM
  - As appealing as that is in one sense... - FrankC - 8/14/2012 6:05:54 AM
    - I drove through El Paso once. - ER - 8/14/2012 3:36:41 PM
- I spent a couple of weeks in Mobile, - ER - 8/14/2012 12:31:43 AM
  - Still there and the most visited attraction in the State - FrankC - 8/14/2012 12:36:40 AM
    - The sub was there, but I don't remember the museum. - ER - 8/14/2012 1:18:56 AM
- Where do you live, Frank? - ER - 8/13/2012 10:08:43 PM
  - Mobile, AL about 50 mi. West of Pensacola - FrankC - 8/13/2012 10:32:04 PM

5 psychological experiments that humanity is doomed. - Jody - 8/10/2012 8:11:56 PM
- In one training class we had a requirement that we mark our 2 pair of shoes "I" and "II". - bowser - 8/11/2012 5:28:36 PM
- I was a test-subject in a study somewhat similar to the first one in the article. - alcaray - 8/10/2012 8:37:18 PM
  - Re: I was a test-subject in a study somewhat similar to the first one in the article. - Jody - 8/11/2012 2:08:04 AM
    - I was a psych major for 1 year. - alcaray - 8/11/2012 5:46:51 AM

Odd links for the day - TB - 8/11/2012 12:39:33 AM

Wish You Were Here; the documentary - podrock - 8/9/2012 7:00:35 PM
- Thanks, Pod. I really enjoyed that. - ER - 8/9/2012 9:11:53 PM
  - Kinda figured you would. - podrock - 8/9/2012 10:37:41 PM
    - My home town has its distinctive blues style - ER - 8/10/2012 1:09:51 AM
      - You chose wisely. - podrock - 8/10/2012 3:19:16 AM

NASA coverup: JPL censors Curiosity image!!! (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse) - ER - 8/8/2012 6:45:56 PM
- I've eaten at the restaurant on top of that tower. - TB - 8/8/2012 7:20:22 PM
  - And you can wash down your meal with a fine glass of vintage canal water. n/t - ER - 8/8/2012 7:42:14 PM
    - Re: And you can wash down your meal with a fine glass of vintage canal water. n/t - podrock - 8/8/2012 8:30:28 PM
    - You have to kill that with a fork, too. - TB - 8/8/2012 7:49:57 PM
      - Hi, I'm Lance. I'll be your server for the evening. - ER - 8/10/2012 1:34:13 AM

One reason I feel we have let the gay community down... - Jody - 8/7/2012 4:46:47 PM
- We don't owe the gay community anything. - ER - 8/7/2012 5:50:42 PM
  - Re: We don't owe the gay community anything. - Jody - 8/8/2012 5:05:23 PM
    - We're all doing what we can.---John Lennon - ER - 8/8/2012 6:28:37 PM
      - Re: We're all doing what we can.---John Lennon - Jody - 8/8/2012 6:35:38 PM
  - Re: We don't owe the gay community anything. - Jody - 8/8/2012 1:08:34 AM
    - Its not a civil rights, or even a bigotry issue any more. - ER - 8/8/2012 3:33:00 AM
      - Re: Its not a civil rights, or even a bigotry issue any more. - Jody - 8/8/2012 3:51:48 PM
        
        Well, I never did disagree with you, did I? - ER - 8/8/2012 4:25:43 PM
        
        Re: Well, I never did disagree with you, did I? - Jody - 8/8/2012 4:37:03 PM
      - Do you know how many companies already offer same-sex benefits? - TB - 8/8/2012 4:30:16 AM
        
        Well, good for them! - ER - 8/8/2012 1:19:30 PM
        
        That question wasn't rhetorical. I was talking numbers. - TB - 8/8/2012 4:36:44 PM
        
        Gay prejudice isn't caused by capitalism. - ER - 8/8/2012 4:44:02 PM
        
        You put up a specific premise, I responded. - TB - 8/8/2012 7:16:34 PM
        
        I didn't need to read it... - ER - 8/8/2012 7:34:27 PM
        
        "The problem right now seems to be tax laws." - ER - 8/8/2012 4:49:37 PM
    - Re: We don't owe the gay community anything. - Jody - 8/8/2012 1:10:22 AM
  - "We have an obligation to treat them wih courtesy, respect, and fairness, just like we should treat everybody else." - alcaray - 8/7/2012 8:50:01 PM
    - At the risk of putting words in Jody's mouth... - ER - 8/7/2012 9:28:11 PM
      - You don't see anything self-contradictory in... - alcaray - 8/7/2012 9:54:30 PM
        
        "Not that there's anything wrong with that..." - ER - 8/7/2012 10:21:23 PM
        
        Ah, I agree. - alcaray - 8/7/2012 11:17:50 PM
        
        Furthermore, I admire the way you overlooked my sarcasm. n/t - alcaray - 8/7/2012 11:23:43 PM
        
        That wasn't sarcasm. - ER - 8/8/2012 12:13:21 AM
        
        Ouch! n/t - alcaray - 8/8/2012 12:19:01 AM

Anyone notice Béla Károlyi in the stands? - RobVG - 8/8/2012 5:09:32 AM
- He's over there. - TB - 8/8/2012 5:16:45 AM
  - Actually I meant anyone 'else'. I've spotted him twice so far. n/t - RobVG - 8/8/2012 5:50:34 AM

The pleasure of finding things out... - Jody - 8/7/2012 4:29:40 PM
- When you know the name of a bird... - ER - 8/7/2012 5:29:05 PM

From the "I did NOT see that coming" department... - TB - 8/6/2012 5:38:12 PM
- Re: From the "I did NOT see that coming" department... - Jody - 8/6/2012 10:04:38 PM
  - Hmmm. Link vanished. I replaced it. Let's see if it sticks. - TB - 8/6/2012 10:40:16 PM
    - Re: Hmmm. Link vanished. I replaced it. Let's see if it sticks. - Jody - 8/7/2012 1:14:23 AM
      - Re: Hmmm. Link vanished. I replaced it. Let's see if it sticks. - TB - 8/7/2012 1:58:22 AM
        
        Re: Hmmm. Link vanished. I replaced it. Let's see if it sticks. - Jody - 8/7/2012 4:42:12 AM
- WWWTF's - Ainz - 8/6/2012 9:41:30 PM

I babysat the granddaughter last night (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse) - Jody - 8/7/2012 3:26:15 AM

Money... - Jody - 8/6/2012 5:22:42 PM
- Must be class traitors - ER - 8/6/2012 6:48:29 PM
  - Re: Must be class traitors - Jody - 8/6/2012 7:50:02 PM
- Re: Money... - TB - 8/6/2012 5:46:39 PM

Why We Should Scam the Scammers - Ainz - 8/5/2012 4:41:47 PM
- Human nature - FrankC - 8/5/2012 8:38:22 PM
- You got me thinking about 2.0 - Robert - 8/5/2012 6:11:41 PM
  - I love that idea... - Ainz - 8/5/2012 8:55:57 PM
  - Re: You got me thinking about 2.0 - Jody - 8/5/2012 6:24:46 PM
    - I played the role of oil magnate Rooster T. Cockburn, CEO of Petrocock Industries - Robert - 8/5/2012 7:00:06 PM
      - Re: I played the role of oil magnate Rooster T. Cockburn, CEO of Petrocock Industries - Jody - 8/6/2012 3:31:08 AM
- Unintended consequences - ER - 8/5/2012 5:47:39 PM

For ER... - Jody - 8/6/2012 2:48:58 AM
- Thanks! - ER - 8/6/2012 2:58:07 AM
  - Re: Thanks! - Jody - 8/6/2012 3:18:07 AM

How the air conditioner changed the world. - Jody - 8/5/2012 5:58:34 PM
- I love looking at old, turn of the century photographs of Florida, - ER - 8/5/2012 11:38:10 PM
- Especially the Southeast - FrankC - 8/5/2012 7:04:04 PM
  - Re: Especially the Southeast - Jody - 8/5/2012 8:42:45 PM

This probably should be on the science board - FrankC - 8/4/2012 4:04:11 PM
- Re: This probably should be on the science board - Jody - 8/4/2012 5:49:10 PM
- I don't think its fair. - ER - 8/4/2012 5:03:40 PM
  - I've long thought we need several specialized Olympics - Robert - 8/5/2012 6:19:14 PM
  - Maybe you are right, but... - FrankC - 8/4/2012 5:42:15 PM

The "Fermi" God (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse) - TB - 7/28/2012 5:45:54 PM
- Anthropomorphic speculation - FrankC - 8/4/2012 5:11:00 PM
  - Funny you should say that. - ER - 8/4/2012 7:01:13 PM
- A basic, underlying problem. - bowser - 8/2/2012 5:26:01 PM
  - Stanley Kubrick once said...(or maybe it was Jack Nicholson)... - ER - 8/3/2012 12:53:10 PM
- Re: The "Fermi" God - Jody - 7/28/2012 9:17:41 PM
  - A rat's neurons and macro structure in the cosmos are totally unrelated... - ER - 7/28/2012 10:30:31 PM
    - Re: A rat's neurons and macro structure in the cosmos are totally unrelated... - Jody - 7/29/2012 4:37:29 PM
- Lots of good ideas there. - ER - 7/28/2012 6:09:35 PM
  - Well... - TB - 7/28/2012 9:08:05 PM
    - You've got a point. - ER - 7/28/2012 10:08:42 PM

Oh dear gawd...Gay Bomb? - Jody - 8/3/2012 3:16:37 AM
- The non-sexual ideas are not bad if they are possible... - FrankC - 8/3/2012 5:16:58 PM
  - Heck... - TB - 8/3/2012 5:39:49 PM
- It's obvious no one considered the consequences of friendly fire. - ER - 8/3/2012 10:03:44 AM

Odd links of the day - TB - 8/2/2012 4:38:22 PM

Mile after mile of corn as high as a grasshoppers eye. - bowser - 8/1/2012 1:34:16 AM

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