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re: Vortex technology
I'm working on a video game where a child can play with a top on-line.
Scott Evil
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2/13/2007 2:43:15 PM
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Duck and Cover
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ER
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2/10/2007 1:24:59 AM
Every Friday afternoon.
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RNE
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2/14/2007 6:48:33 PM
Yep.
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alcaray
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2/12/2007 6:23:32 PM
re: Duck and Cover
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REB
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2/12/2007 4:17:50 PM
re: Duck and Cover
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azstrummer
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2/12/2007 4:48:46 AM
re: Duck and Cover
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Martha
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2/12/2007 2:16:25 AM
Perspective
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Martha
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2/12/2007 6:40:31 AM
re: Perspective
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Marthas' Mom
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2/12/2007 11:15:19 PM
No duck and cover
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FrankC
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2/11/2007 10:17:10 PM
re: Duck and Cover
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Mary Anne
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2/11/2007 9:34:00 PM
Not me, but...
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Fox
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2/11/2007 6:41:01 PM
This is where I came in.
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ER
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2/10/2007 1:53:37 PM
Still a good post
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FrankC
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2/11/2007 10:36:16 PM
And yet...
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podrock
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2/11/2007 6:38:41 AM
Actually...
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/11/2007 7:24:16 AM
Farm pranks...
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TB
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2/12/2007 12:29:35 AM
Don't worry Tom...
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/13/2007 4:32:16 AM
Vortex technology
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ER
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2/11/2007 2:53:53 PM
re: Vortex technology
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/13/2007 4:53:01 AM
re: Vortex technology
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ER
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2/13/2007 3:47:29 PM
I'm working on a video game where a child can play with a top on-line.
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Scott Evil
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2/13/2007 2:43:15 PM
You've got the brown thumb, Scott.
(n/t)
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ER
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2/13/2007 3:49:50 PM
Refuse, when he tells you to smell it, is my advice.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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2/13/2007 6:11:50 PM
Is a draedel similar? (however you spell it)......
(n/t)
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Martha
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2/13/2007 10:42:01 AM
Vaguely,
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ER
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2/13/2007 3:20:26 PM
You're correct, ER - neither too fast, or for very long.
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Fox
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2/13/2007 6:52:26 PM
Not necessarily...
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ER
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2/13/2007 5:15:29 AM
The flow of the conversation wasn't that surprising.
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TB
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2/11/2007 12:17:10 AM
re: The flow of the conversation wasn't that surprising.
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ER
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2/11/2007 12:59:23 AM
Oh, and on the Vietnam veterans being spat on...
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TB
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2/11/2007 8:00:33 AM
Here we go again
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ER
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2/11/2007 1:26:29 PM
Did you read the link? Click "read the rest" at the bottom.
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TB
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2/11/2007 7:15:38 PM
re: Did you read the link? Click "read the rest" at the bottom.
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ER
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2/11/2007 7:39:04 PM
Hippies
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Lindy
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2/12/2007 12:59:15 AM
Idle threat
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ER
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2/12/2007 1:07:19 AM
re: Idle threat
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Martha
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2/12/2007 2:28:42 AM
re: Idle threat
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Lindy
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2/12/2007 1:21:20 AM
Hah.
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TB
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2/12/2007 6:07:33 AM
re: Hah.
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Lindy
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2/12/2007 2:55:20 PM
re: Hah.
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Lindy
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2/12/2007 2:55:16 PM
To be fair...
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TB
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2/12/2007 6:14:25 PM
Your daughter seems to be impressive
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Arrell
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2/13/2007 12:50:03 AM
Yo, TB! Wanna come over to my house? I got some yard work...
(n/t)
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ER
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2/12/2007 2:39:44 PM
I know what you mean
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Robert
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2/10/2007 5:53:32 PM
Long Beach...
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/10/2007 6:45:15 PM
I loved the Pike!
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alcaray
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2/12/2007 6:18:06 PM
Now we know why you are so nice to Mary Anne!
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/13/2007 5:20:16 AM
Pike's pix
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Robert
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2/12/2007 11:14:43 PM
Woops!
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alcaray
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2/13/2007 9:12:26 PM
"Childhood"
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Lindy
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2/13/2007 3:34:40 AM
freaky
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Robert
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2/10/2007 9:34:45 PM
Long Beach
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azstrummer
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2/12/2007 8:38:07 PM
Yeah, this is where it gets strange...
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/11/2007 1:20:38 AM
freaky Sunday
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Robert
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2/11/2007 6:32:06 PM
ye olde reminisce post
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/13/2007 4:24:51 AM
Hmmm...
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/11/2007 5:29:50 AM
Uh oh
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Lindy
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2/11/2007 5:20:59 AM
re: Long Beach...
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ER
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2/10/2007 7:06:23 PM
26 miles across the sea....
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/10/2007 7:14:11 PM
Do you play poker?
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/10/2007 3:39:36 PM
Only when I can get away with cheating.
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ER
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2/10/2007 3:58:47 PM
Now that you mention it...
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/10/2007 4:13:45 PM
That's rubbish.
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ER
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2/10/2007 4:40:37 PM
A tip...
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TB
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2/11/2007 12:11:39 AM
C'mon...
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/10/2007 6:14:04 PM
SDAI picks his nose and eats it.
(n/t)
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TB
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2/11/2007 12:13:05 AM
Did I win?
(n/t)
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TB
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2/11/2007 12:13:44 AM
re: Did I win?
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/11/2007 6:05:35 AM
from "To a Louse", Robert Burns, 1759-1796
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ER
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2/10/2007 6:48:50 PM
A little Grey Poop On with that Tech1?
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Lindy
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2/10/2007 6:43:20 PM
Awww, bitter that some of us dont buy your BS?
(n/t)
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R.L.
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2/10/2007 6:19:13 PM
No duck, no cover, but some interesting books.
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podrock
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2/10/2007 4:23:05 AM
Herman Kahn.
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ER
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2/10/2007 5:02:17 AM
synchronicity
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podrock
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2/11/2007 6:31:33 AM
re: Duck and Cover
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Lindy
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2/10/2007 2:27:02 AM
Of course. We thought we were hot targets.
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Bowser
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2/10/2007 1:59:23 AM
Two days from San Francisco
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TB
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2/10/2007 2:45:17 AM
Early '60s strategy.
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Bowser
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2/10/2007 3:11:16 AM
The most pervasive myth of the nuclear age...
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TB
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2/10/2007 3:27:48 AM
Tom, ever read about the suffering of the barely survivors and the actual horror of it all?
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R.L.
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2/10/2007 5:11:24 AM
re: the actual horror of it all
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TB
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2/10/2007 7:14:45 AM
For God's Sake, Tom.
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Bowser
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2/10/2007 4:53:41 AM
Overly flippant remark. Let me follow up.
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ER
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2/10/2007 4:47:40 AM
Analysis
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TB
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2/10/2007 6:46:22 AM
Of course Civil Defense was big in the USSR.
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Bowser
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2/10/2007 7:17:03 AM
That was pretty much right out of the book.
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TB
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2/10/2007 7:24:19 AM
Conspiracy-minded person? Here? Naaaaaaah?
(n/t)
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ER
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2/10/2007 3:30:56 AM
I am in my 30's
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R.L.
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2/10/2007 1:45:54 AM
re: Duck and Cover
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TB
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2/10/2007 1:38:52 AM
How long can you hold your breath?
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ER
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2/10/2007 2:53:59 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.