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podrock
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Microsoft "spy" software patent.
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TAFKASE
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1/16/2008 8:38:27 PM
Hook it up to a device that delivers an electric shock and you've got something.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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1/17/2008 2:36:32 AM
I knew Microsoft was Evit!
(n/t)
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Eri
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1/17/2008 1:59:49 AM
What would be *truly* evit...
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McFly
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1/17/2008 2:42:58 PM
Not the first, possibly not the worst
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Robert
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1/17/2008 1:01:49 AM
Speaking of online project listings
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Robert
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1/17/2008 7:07:56 PM
I'm in...
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Lindy
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1/18/2008 12:33:23 AM
Not up to me, you need to respond to the ad
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Robert
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1/18/2008 4:06:38 AM
Sounds like a flake
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Lindy
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1/18/2008 5:41:14 AM
Sounds like the Feds in Snowcrash, only taken further....
(n/t)
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tony
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1/17/2008 5:53:00 PM
I wonder if that was the inspiration?
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Robert
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1/17/2008 7:09:50 PM
Turn that around...
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Fox
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1/17/2008 10:32:16 PM
Oh I know
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Robert
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1/18/2008 12:25:56 AM
Utopians are boring
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SDG
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1/18/2008 4:02:18 PM
Apparently sci-fi readers agree
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Robert
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1/18/2008 7:15:57 PM
"Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
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TB
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1/19/2008 1:40:27 AM
re: Utopian SF
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Fox
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1/19/2008 1:37:39 AM
Oath of Fealty
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REB
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1/21/2008 8:28:04 PM
re: Utopian SF
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Robert
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1/19/2008 3:12:14 AM
Another aspect
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Fox
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1/20/2008 4:49:02 PM
Persistance of Vision - J. Varley.
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podrock
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1/19/2008 2:58:07 AM
I thought of Varley, too.
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Fox
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1/19/2008 10:25:13 PM
Varley
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Robert
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1/19/2008 3:20:41 AM
www.varley.net
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podrock
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1/19/2008 4:36:08 AM
ASAIK, me too.
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podrock
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1/19/2008 4:04:47 AM
Coincidently...
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alcaray
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1/21/2008 3:07:20 AM
Sometime after March 4th, 2008, I'll be reading...
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podrock
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1/21/2008 4:07:33 AM
What I meant was: "AFAIK".
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podrock
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1/19/2008 4:14:52 AM
The Time Machine
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Tony
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1/18/2008 9:17:32 PM
"other than that, Mrs. Lincoln..."
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Robert
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1/18/2008 9:47:45 PM
It was Utopic only on the surface :)
(n/t)
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SDG
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1/18/2008 10:02:15 PM
Nah, the utopia was down under.
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SDAI-Tech1
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1/19/2008 4:55:52 AM
What Fox said!
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Robert
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1/19/2008 2:55:47 AM
~groan~
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Fox
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1/19/2008 12:59:56 AM
How about STTNG?
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SDG
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1/18/2008 8:13:55 PM
Good question
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Robert
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1/18/2008 9:29:10 PM
Nice analysis
(n/t)
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Fox
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1/19/2008 1:04:49 AM
I'm so vain...
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Robert
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1/19/2008 2:55:04 AM
I bet you thought this post was about you ;)
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Jody
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1/19/2008 3:46:30 PM
:-)
(n/t)
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Robert
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1/19/2008 5:27:19 PM
I blame it all on "Human Resources".
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TAFKASE
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1/17/2008 2:34:22 PM
re: I blame it all on "Human Resources".
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Robert
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1/17/2008 4:55:05 PM
re: I blame it all on "Human Resources".
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Lindy
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1/17/2008 5:32:29 PM
re: Not the first, possibly not the worst
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TB
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1/17/2008 4:46:46 AM
re: Not the first, possibly not the worst
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Robert
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1/17/2008 5:07:00 PM
re: Not the first, possibly not the worst
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TB
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1/17/2008 7:27:42 PM
The joys of synopticon living
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Robert
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1/17/2008 10:37:27 PM
"Your comments about surveillance societies and the attempt to blame them on Liberal values is a bit of a hoot"
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Lindy
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1/18/2008 12:43:28 AM
Called that one, didn't I?
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Robert
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1/18/2008 5:28:59 AM
And yet...
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TB
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1/18/2008 5:54:40 AM
He was wrong, but what the hell.
(n/t)
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TB
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1/18/2008 1:32:27 AM
re: synopticon living
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TB
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1/18/2008 12:30:24 AM
"The 2007 International Privacy Ranking"
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Robert
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1/18/2008 5:16:00 AM
Well, I asked for it!
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TB
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1/18/2008 5:48:35 AM
And now you'll find a way to shunt it aside
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Yeti
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1/18/2008 8:43:30 PM
U.S. = Russia = Red China?
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TB
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1/19/2008 12:59:24 AM
The mote in your eye
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Robert
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1/18/2008 7:58:58 PM
You know, I must have made this point fifty times...
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TB
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1/19/2008 12:45:31 AM
quantity versus quality
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Robert
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1/19/2008 5:51:31 PM
Geez.
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TB
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1/19/2008 8:00:10 PM
abstractions
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Robert
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1/20/2008 6:43:47 PM
re: abstractions
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TB
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1/20/2008 7:14:38 PM
And let us not forget...
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Robert
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1/18/2008 8:11:51 PM
Okay, now that was just lame.
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TB
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1/19/2008 12:46:54 AM
Hmmm...I note a small blind spot.
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TB
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1/18/2008 6:28:31 AM
IRS
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Yeti
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1/18/2008 8:45:49 PM
Again...
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TB
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1/19/2008 1:37:44 AM
A veritable chasm...
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Robert
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1/18/2008 4:52:54 AM
re: A veritable chasm...
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TB
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1/18/2008 6:10:17 AM
Found it
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Robert
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1/18/2008 7:38:06 PM
Appreciate it! Thanks!
(n/t)
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TB
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1/19/2008 12:51:46 AM
Freekin BS
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Lindy
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1/17/2008 4:11:50 AM
Text of the application
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TB
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1/17/2008 12:34:40 AM
Images require TIFF plug in.
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RobVG
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1/17/2008 1:07:06 AM
Big Brother wants to know if you are telling the truth!
(n/t)
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Watching you right now
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1/16/2008 9:20:14 PM
There goes "fake it 'till yah make it".
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RobVG
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1/16/2008 8:55:11 PM
Goin postal
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Lindy
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1/17/2008 4:16:44 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.