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But here's the $64,000 question
Don't go there.
SDAI-Tech1
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1/11/2006 10:57:37 PM
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The truth....you can't handle the truth.
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HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray
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Tom Brosz
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1/10/2006 12:05:42 AM
The big questions are:
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David F Mayer
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1/11/2006 5:23:30 PM
Availability not Specification
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Doug Ellison
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1/17/2006 6:16:21 PM
BetaMax versus VHS
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Robert
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1/12/2006 11:09:01 PM
"Now I'm going to have to buy the White Album again." - K
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Tom Brosz
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1/14/2006 8:03:36 AM
re: "Now I'm going to have to buy the White Album again." - K
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Robert
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1/14/2006 6:43:58 PM
re: What irks me about Hollywood...
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Scott Evil
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1/17/2006 9:47:45 PM
wavelength?
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Robert
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1/10/2006 10:25:55 PM
Spoken by...
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SDAI-Tech1
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1/11/2006 1:13:44 AM
But here's the $64,000 question
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Robert
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1/11/2006 9:33:49 PM
Hey, it's no sillier than Feng Shui, if you think about it.
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Tom Brosz
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1/12/2006 2:07:28 AM
Feng Shui, Mind Control etc.
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SDAI-Tech1
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1/14/2006 8:53:03 AM
Ever hugged a tree?
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Robert
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1/12/2006 10:55:52 PM
I've understood a tree.
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Tom Brosz
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1/12/2006 11:47:39 PM
No, not really
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Robert
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1/13/2006 4:48:26 AM
P.S.
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Tom Brosz
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1/13/2006 6:18:50 PM
The number of angels which may dance on the head of a pin is...
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Robert
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1/13/2006 10:09:56 PM
Plastic and paper
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Tom Brosz
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1/14/2006 8:15:15 AM
re: Plastic and paper
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Robert
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1/14/2006 6:54:44 PM
Oog impress tribe
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RNE
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1/18/2006 6:36:44 PM
Either way it's woodcraft
(n/t)
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Robert
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1/18/2006 9:08:28 PM
re: No, not really
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Tom Brosz
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1/13/2006 6:16:02 PM
Do you view all living things...
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alcaray
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1/13/2006 12:18:45 AM
re: Do you view all living things...
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Tom Brosz
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1/13/2006 6:11:25 PM
Meat
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Robert
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1/13/2006 10:21:27 PM
re: Meat
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SDG
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1/14/2006 4:42:55 AM
Awwww....
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Robert
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1/14/2006 9:23:42 PM
Yes we are in control
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alcaray
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1/13/2006 6:27:08 PM
"I think there is a big difference between a stack of lumber and a tree."
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Tom Brosz
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1/14/2006 7:55:14 PM
You need a walk in the forest.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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1/16/2006 4:55:36 PM
I like walks in the forest.
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Tom Brosz
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1/17/2006 5:52:20 AM
I never met a typical tree-hugger. doesn't sound like anyone I know.
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alcaray
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1/17/2006 5:00:36 PM
"Tree hugger? What are these 'tree-huggers' of which you speak?"
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Tom Brosz
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1/18/2006 12:00:44 AM
Well at least you have a specific complaint in this last post
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alcaray
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1/18/2006 5:40:33 PM
Florida
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Tom Brosz
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1/19/2006 5:46:49 PM
Now that I think about it, aren't you pretty close to Big Basin?
(n/t)
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alcaray
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1/16/2006 7:26:13 PM
Big Basin
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Robert
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1/16/2006 10:01:56 PM
Amazing place!
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alcaray
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1/16/2006 10:50:10 PM
"A stack of lumber is a house."
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Robert
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1/14/2006 11:53:42 PM
Bone! Pick! Call you on that one.
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RNE
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1/18/2006 6:53:22 PM
Speaking of bones
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Robert
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1/18/2006 9:06:45 PM
re:
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RNE
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1/19/2006 12:48:55 AM
misunderstandings
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Robert
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1/19/2006 2:47:12 AM
re: misunderstandings
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RNE
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1/19/2006 3:54:47 AM
understandings
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Robert
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1/19/2006 5:29:31 PM
Some great comments
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Tom Brosz
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1/19/2006 6:04:42 PM
Oddly enough Tom
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RNE
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1/21/2006 3:58:39 AM
I've noticed that.
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Tom Brosz
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1/21/2006 7:28:19 PM
BTW
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Robert
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1/19/2006 9:37:41 PM
Jared Diamond deserves the credit
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Robert
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1/19/2006 7:59:26 PM
Names, by any other name.
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RNE
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1/20/2006 1:23:33 PM
Fascinating
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Robert
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1/20/2006 8:52:56 PM
A few more comments, but moved over to Off Topic.
(n/t)
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Tom Brosz
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1/23/2006 6:49:33 AM
Property rights.
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Tom Brosz
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1/20/2006 12:59:34 AM
"true" property rights.
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Robert
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1/20/2006 4:58:37 AM
Good point.
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Tom Brosz
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1/21/2006 1:13:22 AM
One last point.
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Robert
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1/21/2006 9:09:48 PM
Which brings up another point Robert
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RNE
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1/21/2006 10:05:51 PM
Not quite the last point after all
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Robert
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1/21/2006 10:58:30 PM
Let's see, the indexing title for this 'page' of Habitable zone is Geek.
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RNE
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1/20/2006 4:24:29 PM
re: Geek.
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Tom Brosz
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1/21/2006 1:17:04 AM
Now Tom
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RNE
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1/21/2006 3:34:07 AM
Let's see the moderator's name up at the top of the page is...
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Robert
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1/20/2006 8:56:54 PM
The Boss is always right
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RNE
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1/21/2006 3:32:19 AM
Meat
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Tom Brosz
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1/15/2006 8:22:43 AM
Spareribs...steak...chicken...mmmmmmm
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Robert
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1/15/2006 6:19:13 PM
Hunters
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Tom Brosz
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1/15/2006 8:07:51 PM
re: Don't you mean Fung Schway?
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Scott Evil
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1/12/2006 2:24:40 AM
Don't go there.
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SDAI-Tech1
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1/11/2006 10:57:37 PM
foil hats are so much cheaper
(n/t)
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alcaray
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1/11/2006 5:39:39 PM
Licensing
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RNE
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1/10/2006 8:12:43 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.