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A genuine Beta gesture
CHON food
Lindy
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9/18/2007 5:18:33 PM
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Kudos Robert, rather funny, eh?
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General Petraeus' greatest accomplishment this week
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TB
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9/11/2007 6:58:17 PM
another take on this
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azstrummer
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9/13/2007 2:13:43 PM
He was attacked by crabs?
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alcaray
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9/11/2007 11:24:58 PM
I was thinking shrimp, myself
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TB
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9/12/2007 12:29:40 AM
Why do you suppose the methodology for this new spate of statistics should be secret?
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alcaray
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9/12/2007 3:36:51 AM
It isn't secret.
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TB
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9/12/2007 3:50:08 AM
I said methodology. Not numbers. so tiresome
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alcaray
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9/12/2007 5:12:52 AM
Which statistics in particular bother you? And why?
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TB
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9/12/2007 4:00:25 PM
statistics = numbers. You just repeated your stupid objection that I already corrected.
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alcaray
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9/12/2007 8:30:49 PM
*sigh*
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TB
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9/12/2007 9:04:04 PM
you are stuck in winger broken record mode
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alcaray
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9/12/2007 11:10:27 PM
Walk a mile in TB's shoes
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Robert
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9/13/2007 6:18:09 PM
"He's the father-figure who will never abandon you."
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Lindy
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9/18/2007 4:13:01 PM
Tom's posts as AI
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Lindy
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9/17/2007 3:30:23 AM
re: Tom's posts as AI
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/17/2007 2:57:19 PM
The government does best at mind games
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Lindy
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9/18/2007 3:51:11 PM
Affirmative
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Jody
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9/18/2007 11:57:49 AM
re: Walk a mile
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TB
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9/13/2007 11:25:26 PM
"AP's methodology blew goats"
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Lindy
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9/18/2007 4:25:09 PM
Understanding
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Robert
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9/15/2007 5:39:12 PM
Apparently, drinking less coffee. ;)
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TB
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9/15/2007 6:07:22 PM
Beats formaldehyde
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Robert
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9/15/2007 8:30:48 PM
"how dare you play intellectual games when the life of my family is on the line?"
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Lindy
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9/18/2007 4:55:05 PM
Which is why small government is the best solution.
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Lee
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9/16/2007 5:15:21 AM
re: Which is why small government is the best solution.
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Robert
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9/16/2007 9:31:55 PM
Oh and BTW
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Lee
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9/17/2007 12:29:39 AM
Most people don't even vote
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Lee
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9/16/2007 11:48:11 PM
I have to say...I have always voted
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Jody
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9/17/2007 6:58:22 PM
That's their choice
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Robert
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9/17/2007 5:21:44 PM
I'm sure you feel that's true.
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TB
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9/15/2007 9:04:49 PM
I'm sorry
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Robert
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9/15/2007 9:40:23 PM
re: I'm sorry
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/15/2007 11:47:43 PM
Primate psychology
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Robert
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9/16/2007 2:07:40 AM
"Beta ass kissing"
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Lindy
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9/17/2007 10:13:16 PM
Now THAT's funny!
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TB
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9/18/2007 4:22:47 PM
I know...
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/16/2007 2:59:48 AM
PPS... The real Alpha Beta hangout...
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/16/2007 11:12:47 AM
A genuine Beta gesture
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Robert
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9/16/2007 6:47:51 PM
CHON food
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Lindy
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9/18/2007 5:18:33 PM
re: A genuine Beta gesture
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/17/2007 3:28:09 PM
Can I have some coffee with my Entemann's?
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Lindy
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9/18/2007 5:22:35 PM
Revised criticality estimate
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Robert
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9/17/2007 4:52:18 PM
re: I'm sorry
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TB
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9/15/2007 10:15:28 PM
"It's about discarding reason".......
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Lindy
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9/18/2007 10:56:35 PM
I wonder if the problem is freezer burn?
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Robert
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9/19/2007 6:56:41 PM
Shorter version:
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TB
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9/15/2007 6:08:20 PM
Is democracy not a principle?
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Robert
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9/15/2007 9:23:50 PM
No. It's a consequence of more important principles.
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TB
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9/15/2007 10:25:28 PM
Your signal must be breaking up, I didn't follow any of that. Say again?
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Robert
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9/16/2007 2:09:01 AM
No, you didn't follow that.
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TB
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9/16/2007 2:54:53 AM
You're still not making sense
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Robert
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9/16/2007 4:20:45 PM
re: You're still not making sense
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/16/2007 6:01:54 PM
The contagion is spreading
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Robert
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9/16/2007 7:23:29 PM
Democracy is a side effect...
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Lee
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9/17/2007 3:24:48 AM
"Universal Democracy"
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/16/2007 11:06:34 PM
re: Walk a mile
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McFly
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9/14/2007 4:57:00 PM
Well blow me down!!
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Jody
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9/14/2007 9:53:35 PM
He didn't have too... They sstomped on themselves.
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TAFKASE
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9/11/2007 8:34:00 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.