"To each of us, Universe must be all that isn't me, plus me"

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"To each of us, Universe must be all that isn't me, plus me"

jms — 10/25/2004 4:44:37 AM (archived)

From Synergetics, 305.06

Looking for this quote I was forced to consult "Synergetics". Here it is open on the desk - I see sheharazade numbers, anti-tetrahedrons, Tensegrity, twelve universal degrees of freedom, Vector equalibrium, and a whole lot of hyphens. you are right Tom, a looney genius. Amazing, all the same.

Close the book, jms, now!

Where in Nevada is the Dymaxion car?

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New game - Name the source - Art Martin - 10/22/2004 11:00:27 PM
- Staying in the religious tone... - Art Martin - 10/26/2004 10:32:18 PM
- Who's next? - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 1:10:45 PM
  - Try this one - but guess first without Googling - LJ - 10/25/2004 7:32:50 PM
    - The answer - LJ - 10/26/2004 4:50:04 PM
    - Yoko Ono? - Fox - 10/26/2004 1:43:51 AM
      - No, wait........... - Lindy - 10/26/2004 2:49:45 AM
    - Um... Theodore Roosevelt? (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 9:50:17 PM
      - re: Um... Theodore Roosevelt? - LJ - 10/25/2004 11:09:01 PM
        
        Unfair? No. It's actually more fun to try and guess. - Mary Anne - 10/26/2004 12:14:23 AM
        
        Hint: it was a woman (n/t) - LJ - 10/26/2004 12:46:01 AM
        
        re: Hint: first woman elected as a representative to the government in her country (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 2:48:41 AM
        
        Correct hint! (n/t) - LJ - 10/26/2004 4:54:31 AM
        
        Yeah, but I cheated, of course. This is like an open book test. - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 5:19:47 AM
        
        Fact-finding contest - hmmm, interesting idea - LJ - 10/26/2004 4:52:18 PM
- Three from one source - jms - 10/25/2004 1:21:13 AM
  - "The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun." - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 3:32:32 AM
    - Well done - jms - 10/25/2004 4:57:58 AM
    - You take a big step in enlightenment when you realize that the first move in politics is picking up a gun. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 4:04:32 AM
      - "To each of us, Universe must be all that isn't me, plus me" - jms - 10/25/2004 4:44:37 AM
        
        Dymaxion car - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 5:25:30 AM
        
        just marvellous - Daniel - 10/25/2004 11:31:43 AM
- May I place the next entry? - Mary Anne - 10/24/2004 3:48:49 PM
  - re: May I place the next entry? - Art Martin - 10/24/2004 5:18:50 PM
    - re: May I place the next entry? - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 3:43:13 AM
- re: New game - Name the source - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2004 12:21:55 AM
  - Point was - Tag, you're it. - Art Martin - 10/23/2004 10:14:28 PM
    - Hint: If Tom posts the next round, look at the collected works of Ayn Rand and Robert A. Heinlein first - Fox - 10/24/2004 3:14:39 AM
      - You know me too well! ;) - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 4:39:39 AM
    - Okay, here's three quick ones. No real stumpers. - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 3:12:47 AM
      - My guesses - Fox - 10/24/2004 3:20:21 AM
        
        Missed number 3. I'm a bit surprised. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 4:41:02 AM
        
        So much for sarcasm... *grin* - Fox - 10/24/2004 1:33:16 PM
        
        John Kerry - Mary Anne - 10/24/2004 2:28:27 PM
        
        Bingo. - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 9:37:08 PM
  - The point is, it's a game. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2004 2:21:09 AM
    - Not really fair... - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2004 3:32:01 AM
      - Got it! - McFly - 10/23/2004 1:52:05 PM
      - Think of it like geo-caching - Fox - 10/23/2004 3:43:10 AM
        
        re: Think of it like geo-caching - Raoul - 10/23/2004 9:06:35 AM
        
        Google...the dark side - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2004 4:26:51 AM

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