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Yeah it's a common term...
Yeah, who would expect ER to use a common naval term?
alcaray
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10/13/2007 9:19:05 AM
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You are nuts.
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Ok...you anti-human environmentalist psychos...
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/10/2007 5:03:59 AM
What prevents us from turning the entire surface of the earth into a mile-high metroplex?
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alcaray
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10/10/2007 8:29:44 PM
Nothing to fear.
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RobVG
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10/13/2007 4:50:15 PM
Heat Dissipation, for one...
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nick hoffman
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10/11/2007 3:14:43 PM
It's really more of a zoning issue, isn't it?
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McFly
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10/12/2007 4:28:59 PM
I think that man can be pretty clever when we have an obstacle to overcome.
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alcaray
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10/11/2007 8:53:09 PM
Unfortunately, if you're a planet, you don't have a lot of choices.
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TB
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10/12/2007 12:23:41 AM
But if there are engineers involved...
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alcaray
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10/12/2007 6:37:58 AM
The key to this whole discussion...
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ER
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10/12/2007 12:58:33 PM
You are very attached to the earth. You must be a darned liberal.
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alcaray
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10/12/2007 10:20:18 PM
I can't help it. I live here.
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ER
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10/13/2007 12:30:50 AM
"Do not think about what they do with all the sewage."
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TB
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10/11/2007 7:09:09 PM
That it isn't sensible, economic, or necessary.
(n/t)
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TB
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10/11/2007 1:44:21 AM
re: What prevents us from turning the entire surface of the earth into a mile-high metroplex?
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2007 12:01:45 AM
Also engineering issues
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TB
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10/11/2007 2:33:25 AM
why the hell use a planet that already has a unique ecosystem?
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nick hoffman
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10/11/2007 3:37:27 PM
We're actually not doing half-bad.
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TB
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10/11/2007 7:02:29 PM
I know.
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2007 2:53:59 AM
Let me pause and adjust to the incredible idea that I debate with one who thinks the earth would be perfectly fine if it was covered with a mile-high metroplex.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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10/11/2007 12:20:19 AM
Please do. Think, calculate and make it very, very real. ;-)
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2007 12:24:27 AM
Sorry, can't do it.
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alcaray
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10/11/2007 1:30:30 AM
It would be lonely
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2007 3:01:18 AM
re: It would be lonely
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nick hoffman
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10/11/2007 3:41:20 PM
What other species?
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/12/2007 7:11:13 AM
Answer: Spaceships orbiting near Saturn, in dozens of little domes.
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TB
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10/11/2007 7:15:05 PM
Not New York, Calcutta.
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ER
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10/11/2007 1:57:58 AM
From what I hear, that is true.
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alcaray
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10/11/2007 7:11:23 AM
Humans, the stupidest species on Earth!
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Robert
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10/10/2007 4:33:33 PM
PS
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podrock
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10/10/2007 2:58:34 PM
No...
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2007 12:22:21 AM
Don't you know that you can count me in.
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ER
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10/10/2007 12:48:25 PM
re: Don't you know that you can count me in.
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2007 12:36:20 AM
below with the black gang
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ER
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10/11/2007 2:45:03 AM
Now it's racism?
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2007 3:34:15 AM
black gang
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alcaray
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10/11/2007 7:55:31 PM
ER chose his words carefully.
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/12/2007 7:05:35 AM
No, it's a common term.
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TB
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10/12/2007 4:40:28 PM
Yeah it's a common term...
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/13/2007 8:52:08 AM
Oye, Technoman...
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ER
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10/13/2007 9:24:30 PM
Yeah, who would expect ER to use a common naval term?
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alcaray
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10/13/2007 9:19:05 AM
re: People 8 or 9 feet tall
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TAFKASE
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10/11/2007 4:57:03 PM
But...
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/12/2007 7:08:31 AM
I am trying my best!
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Jody
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10/11/2007 9:12:06 PM
First we need to get rid of cats...
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TAFKASE
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10/11/2007 4:58:50 PM
I think you've pulled enough chains for a while.
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TB
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10/11/2007 3:53:55 AM
Oh do you?
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/12/2007 7:55:59 AM
And just one short step from Black Gang to Morlocks...
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TB
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10/11/2007 2:53:10 AM
Hmmm... I did not think anyone could make a tempting argument for cannibalism.
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alcaray
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10/11/2007 7:56:47 PM
Ironically...
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TB
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10/10/2007 5:52:04 AM
LOL!
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/10/2007 6:19:53 AM
Another tragic case of enzyme breakdown.
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ER
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10/10/2007 12:51:04 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.