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G_frog
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General Discussions
19 Oct 2004, 02:12
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Query Into The Philosophy Of Modern Governance
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Posted By
G_frog
Re: Query Into The Philosophy Of Modern Governance
There's a lot of talk about consensus, but there's a lot of talk about divides. Those are basically the only thing political commentators can talk about (unless, god forbid, they should have to...
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General Discussions
27 May 2004, 23:10
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39
Title of popular culture phenomena
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3,297
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Title of popular culture phenomena
Post expressing astonishment that people are still here and doing their thing, however abstractly.
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General Discussions
21 Mar 2004, 03:36
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25
Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!
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2,112
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!
Bloody hell, I had no idea you could buy R9800pros for about £150. And when did nForce2's get that cheap? Right you are, sir.
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General Discussions
21 Mar 2004, 02:52
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25
Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!
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2,112
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!
He very likely has a 300/350W PSU, which will handle that lot just fine.
On a budget a KT600 board is better bang/buck than an nForce2.
There's no point buying a Radeon 9600 of any flavour when...
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General Discussions
21 Mar 2004, 01:59
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25
Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!
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2,112
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!
My brother just replaced his mobo/processor with something like what I outlined, from a higher starting spec than DM (but similar graphics card). The frame rates have risen enormously. But in order...
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General Discussions
21 Mar 2004, 01:46
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25
Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!
Views:
2,112
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!
An MSI or Gigabyte motherboard featuring the Via KT600 chipset. Which depends on whether you like red or green better.
An Athlon 2500+ Barton, and a big fan. Overclock the Barton to 3200+ levels....
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General Discussions
15 Mar 2004, 13:23
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25
i just nearly landed myself right in it at work
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2,461
Posted By
G_frog
Re: i just nearly landed myself right in it at work
From this we learn that succesful pranks should kill all witnesses.
Forum:
General Discussions
15 Mar 2004, 13:21
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18
The Singhsons
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1,828
Posted By
G_frog
Re: The Singhsons
Either it is a joke about the funny names that foreigners have, or it is having a go at the ludicrous stereotyping in which the Simpsons indulges. I suspect the former, but it was pretty crap either...
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General Discussions
14 Mar 2004, 17:20
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55
Whoever decided it would be a good idea to to put 7 days in a week is an idiot
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3,655
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Whoever decided it would be a good idea to to put 7 days in a week is an idiot
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. My infernal university thinks weeks begin on tuesdays.
Forum:
General Discussions
14 Mar 2004, 17:14
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16
Alternative to Outlook Express
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2,306
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Alternative to Outlook Express
pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk
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General Discussions
14 Mar 2004, 00:19
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33
I hate it when stupid people flock together
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2,673
Posted By
G_frog
Re: I hate it when stupid people flock together
Do you know what's equally annoying (though less frequent)? Being backed up in an argument by people who aren't arguing properly, or sometimes at all. Then you can't get through to educate the moron...
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General Discussions
14 Mar 2004, 00:11
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16
Alternative to Outlook Express
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2,306
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Alternative to Outlook Express
I only have a free yahoo account. It turns out I can, and do, check it and other accounts every day with Thunderbird. Flavius, I don't know what you mean about it being slow, it loads and connects as...
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General Discussions
13 Mar 2004, 17:07
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56
Thunderbirds the Movie
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3,224
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Thunderbirds the Movie
The runway is for the private jet that character no. 2* uses to get around and manage his business empire. Which must have a fairly suspicious hole in its accounts.
T-Bird 1 obviously moves from...
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General Discussions
13 Mar 2004, 16:53
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16
Alternative to Outlook Express
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2,306
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Alternative to Outlook Express
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
Sufficiently similar that you won't miss anything from Outlook, and it's easy to get used to; sufficiently different not to be a security risk; and an...
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General Discussions
13 Mar 2004, 16:45
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please check out my CD!
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5,108
Posted By
G_frog
Re: please check out my CD!
I'd like to point out that Losing My Religion is on Out of Time, which was released in 1989. Although so is Country Feedback, which is a better song. In fact, just use that album for the 80s.
...
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General Discussions
2 Mar 2004, 23:17
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392
World's Smallest Political Quiz
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13,413
Posted By
G_frog
Re: World's Smallest Political Quiz
The UL is pretty prominent from my window. If I had a rocket launcher, i could blow the top off it right now.
I shall not hesitate to do so if Oxford occupy it.
Forum:
General Discussions
29 Jan 2004, 10:37
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
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12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
I'm not arguing in favour of a more careful approach because it is easier - (if anything what I would like to see would be more difficult). I'm arguing that if the case for invasion to remove Hussein...
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General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 15:01
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
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12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
The US is setting the course as things stand, even if it is taking into account international views and arguments (which is happening more, but not to a satisfactory extent imo). I believe the...
Forum:
General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 03:04
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
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12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
that's slightly unfair, he's correct to say that the removal of hussein per se was a good thing. Can't back anything else about this sorry business, though.
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General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 03:03
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
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12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
You will stay the course, but you will set that course. hence the sudden bringing forward of (hardly democratic) elections in Iraq. Hence the reduction of forces at a time when the civil situation is...
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28 Jan 2004, 03:00
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
Views:
12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
We all happen to be online at the same time. we know each other. I assure you we all independently came to the conclusion you are very badly wrong in fact or interpretation in every matter.
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28 Jan 2004, 02:58
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
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12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
I referenced china in my post, look at them. in the long run education (in some areas at least) will increase the despot's power by strengthening their nation. prestige is an issue. A strong...
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General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 02:50
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
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12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
$1.5bn if memory serves (you'll note those funding links I gave said 'excluding arrears') but i couldn't source that properly so I don't try to assert it. Only believe me if you think my memory is...
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28 Jan 2004, 02:44
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
Views:
12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
That's not true, Iraq was becoming quite prosperous under Hussein. He just happened to be an utter bastard who should never have been allowed anywhere near political power.
I think B and D...
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General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 02:37
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
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12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
This isn't a discussion. It'll be a discussion when you stop shifting the subject when your preceding point is dealt with.
Forum:
General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 02:34
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
Views:
12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
No, it's better to conduct foreign policy in a long-term manner that makes things better, not worse. Virtues such as patience, diplomacy, planning, respect for law and life, and honesty were sorely...
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General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 02:31
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
Views:
12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
Umm it wasn't the tyrants who were responsible for putting more tyrants in power you know, it was a democracy with which you may be familiar.
god damn it you're dragging me down to your level, i...
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General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 02:29
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
Views:
12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
I don't think saddam hussein could have been said to be building up his capacity to strike at us.
the middle east isn't messed up because of a few dictators lording it over everybody, that's a...
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General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 02:21
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
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12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3407853.stm
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28 Jan 2004, 02:19
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
Views:
12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
He stipulated latin/classics. Do you know what 'classics' means? You've also rather undermined your own claim to authority. And for the record, yes MrL took classics.
I hate to break it to you,...
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28 Jan 2004, 01:58
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244
ATTN: JonnyBGood
Views:
12,062
Posted By
G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood
I think he means there's a UN building on american soil. I'm not exactly sure what that has to do with anything.
@QDeathstar:
Just because your civil rights have not been violated does not mean...
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General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 01:29
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33
what is Leeds like?
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3,157
Posted By
G_frog
Re: what is Leeds like?
When the martians unleash their horrifying bioweapons against us, and keep the survivors as human guinea pigs in their grotesque, unimaginably painful experiments, that'll be better than...
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General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 01:19
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76
Terrorism in action
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3,133
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Terrorism in action
At least maybe now I won't get those morons leafleting me in the market square every time i try to go into town.
Forum:
General Discussions
28 Jan 2004, 01:13
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66
Tuition fees: Government wins
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3,941
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Tuition fees: Government wins
This measure may help solve the funding crisis on the horizon, but the sources of problems with the UK system are structural and social at the moment, not financial, and this bill doesn't correct...
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General Discussions
26 Jan 2004, 22:00
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115
most used lie in the world?
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7,308
Posted By
G_frog
Re: most used lie in the world?
Just one single fact would do it.
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General Discussions
26 Jan 2004, 20:50
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115
most used lie in the world?
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7,308
Posted By
G_frog
Re: most used lie in the world?
Maybe I'm cynical, but I was going to go with the opposite ('I do know') or some permutation of it.
i suppose 'i don't know' could be the least used truth.
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General Discussions
26 Jan 2004, 00:09
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67
Dante Hicks is not my favourite person.
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3,932
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Dante Hicks is such a faggot
You'd better damn well have some facts in mind. (i'm assuming you mean modern extensions and modifications of Darwin's theory, not the original - if not, what are you talking about?).
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General Discussions
25 Jan 2004, 02:29
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77
So Yahoo is right wing
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4,995
Posted By
G_frog
Re: So Yahoo is right wing
A command economy in europe around the middle of the 20th century might not be incontrovertible evidence of left-wing economic ideas. there may be another explanation.
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General Discussions
25 Jan 2004, 02:10
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80
Religion
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5,405
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Religion
1-X, that's not what you said, but i'll withdraw my comments on the grounds it was what you intended.
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General Discussions
25 Jan 2004, 01:47
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80
Religion
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5,405
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Religion
I don't see how you can go from the response 'no, no, no, atheist' to 'dismissive'. anyone who answered with 'atheist' (or answered at all) clearly hasn't dismissed the question. further, the only...
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General Discussions
25 Jan 2004, 00:02
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80
Religion
Views:
5,405
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Religion
I'm not sure that anyone has established that probabilities in quantum theory are purely epistemological rather than metaphysical.
but ignoring that, epistemological probabilities make perfect...
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General Discussions
24 Jan 2004, 23:31
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80
Religion
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5,405
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Religion
For that to be the case you would have to show (or believe) that (1) entails (2) - a creator deity always intervenes in human life to some extent - or that both have a probability of 0.
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24 Jan 2004, 23:26
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80
Religion
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5,405
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Religion
I was interested in why the numbers were so high, not why they were there. (in any case, obviously (1) is more likely than (2), since (2) entails (1), but beyond that I would say they were all...
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General Discussions
24 Jan 2004, 23:23
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62
worst drink (booze) you've had?
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6,180
Posted By
G_frog
Re: worst drink (booze) you've had?
I had some bloody awful south african red the other day, it's a tossup between that and accidently drinking the dregs of a bottle of cheap tawny port.
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General Discussions
24 Jan 2004, 23:20
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80
Religion
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5,405
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Religion
I'm not sure the proposition "there exists an entity X" is one for which there can be evidence against.
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General Discussions
24 Jan 2004, 23:17
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80
Religion
Views:
5,405
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Religion
no/no/no/atheist
I adopt this position for reasons of lack of positive evidence in favour of the propositions given. I am not aware of either evidence or a priori arguments of value against some...
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General Discussions
19 Jan 2004, 01:17
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122
Kilroy
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4,929
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Kilroy
'Arabs' may contribute nothing major, but I really can't see that Killroy-Silk's motives for mentioning that can have been other than either xenophobic or racist. Considering their internal troubles...
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General Discussions
19 Jan 2004, 00:40
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81
Who here takes (or has taken) anti-depressants
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4,610
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Who here takes (or has taken) anti-depressants
being depressed (in the sense of low/unhappy) is only one symptom of depression. In my case, it's a relatively infrequent one. I do suffer quite badly from anxiety though. Depression also frequently...
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General Discussions
14 Jan 2004, 18:40
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35
sleep or neverwinter nights?
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2,387
Posted By
G_frog
Re: sleep or neverwinter nights?
I haven't played NWN multiplayer, so i guess that could rock, but the single player doesn't come close to BG2 or Torment (or KoTOR). I got bored and didn't finish the story, so maybe that improves....
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General Discussions
19 Dec 2003, 18:45
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43
If you bought an iPod...
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4,292
Posted By
G_frog
Re: If you bought an iPod...
Having actually handled one i'd be inclined to agree.
Forum:
General Discussions
19 Dec 2003, 18:35
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43
If you bought an iPod...
Views:
4,292
Posted By
G_frog
Re: If you bought an iPod...
you should source your quote so it's in context.
iPods have removable-HDD type functionality; as apple don't employ a propriety file system the only way you are "locked into" iTunes is if you want...
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General Discussions
11 Dec 2003, 01:31
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47
Odds are in my favour now...
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2,511
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Odds are in my favour now...
I suppose I'll just have to hire three goons then.
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General Discussions
22 Nov 2003, 23:15
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17
This is a shiny thread for shiny people
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2,636
Posted By
G_frog
Re: This is a shiny thread for shiny people
then explain it
Forum:
General Discussions
22 Nov 2003, 23:10
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17
This is a shiny thread for shiny people
Views:
2,636
Posted By
G_frog
Re: This is a shiny thread for shiny people
worst REM thread ever.
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General Discussions
22 Nov 2003, 23:09
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19
Recommend a song
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2,624
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Recommend a song
Both Leonard Cohen versions of hallelujah, and the Jeff Buckley version from Grace. some people like the john cale version, so get that too.
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General Discussions
22 Nov 2003, 23:06
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22
I am kickarse
Views:
3,148
Posted By
G_frog
Re: I am kickarse
good for you
Now you're even better than Robert Oppenheimer*
*yes i know it's not original to him
there is no decent place to stand in a massacre
but if a woman take your hand then go and...
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General Discussions
22 Nov 2003, 19:23
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19
So I just finished playing the Deus Ex 2 demo
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4,000
Posted By
G_frog
Re: So I just finished playing the Deus Ex 2 demo
oh crap.
....
Oh my god JC! A bomb!
Forum:
General Discussions
20 Nov 2003, 21:33
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210
Fox Hunting is gay
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16,019
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Fox Hunting is gay
wu_trax, that's not for sport.
and this is the biggest political non-issue of our times.
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General Discussions
20 Nov 2003, 20:56
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40
Social Darwinism
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5,209
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Social Darwinism
That you've avoided some of the more common misconceptions, but you should read some more about evolutionary biology (only, for the love of god, not Dawkins).
Darwin's laws are applicable...
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General Discussions
19 Nov 2003, 10:43
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73
I shall be taking my leave of this place, for a time.
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13,116
Posted By
G_frog
Re: I shall be taking my leave of this place, for a time.
"fare thee well"
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General Discussions
19 Nov 2003, 01:14
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21
MSN Messenger
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3,549
Posted By
G_frog
Re: MSN Messenger
paranoid.
Forum:
General Discussions
19 Nov 2003, 00:41
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44
Was given a leaflet from a protester today...
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3,597
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Was given a leaflet from a protester today...
come back when you've had your 700th :P
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General Discussions
19 Nov 2003, 00:23
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44
Was given a leaflet from a protester today...
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3,597
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Was given a leaflet from a protester today...
No decent chap takes advantage of freshers except sexually. honestly. no sense of propriety. it's excusable though, you're at one of those young colleges.
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19 Nov 2003, 00:03
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44
Was given a leaflet from a protester today...
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3,597
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Was given a leaflet from a protester today...
It's alright.
it also leafletted freshers without bothering to distinguish itself from the student union, collected their money, and tried to keep it. (this story is true, despite appearing in...
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18 Nov 2003, 23:51
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44
Was given a leaflet from a protester today...
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3,597
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Was given a leaflet from a protester today...
yes, but they are terrible at it, and they never ever achieve anything at the meetings.
the college JCRs do the actual work of a union. since everyone deals directly with their colleges and...
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18 Nov 2003, 23:31
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90
Favorite UK Broadsheet newspaper
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7,773
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Favorite UK Broadsheet newspaper
can't you get one of your marxist professors to give you a copy or something?
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18 Nov 2003, 23:30
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44
Was given a leaflet from a protester today...
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3,597
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Was given a leaflet from a protester today...
god the leafletting is getting annoying down in studentland. coming to the UK is about the only ome among bush's actions that i don't mind. The student union is having an emergency meeting about it....
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18 Nov 2003, 23:23
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90
Favorite UK Broadsheet newspaper
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7,773
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Favorite UK Broadsheet newspaper
Guardian for preference - i used to like the independent but it has gone downhill. i'm happy reading any broadsheet so long as i have access to some other source with a different bias (i know of none...
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14 Nov 2003, 23:26
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37
now THATS entertainment
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3,908
Posted By
G_frog
Re: now THATS entertainment
well i say good luck, ignore these misanthropes
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General Discussions
14 Nov 2003, 20:38
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58
Are Muslims Xenophobic and Racistic?
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5,899
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Are Muslims Xenophobic and Racistic?
do you mean Muslim as in religion or Muslim as in relationship catastrophe?
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General Discussions
14 Nov 2003, 20:35
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15
Funny joke [geeky]
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3,026
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Funny joke [geeky]
I know who one of them is
it's not like this is the only version of that joke.
it merits 1 1/2 lols
loll
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14 Nov 2003, 20:33
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27
Place your bet's now please...
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2,748
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Place your bet's now please...
Witchcraft! (http://www.machall.com/index.php?strip_id=213)
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General Discussions
13 Nov 2003, 21:26
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44
I am a moron
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4,274
Posted By
G_frog
Re: I am a moron
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?&product_uid=43005
gone up to £40 now
removable backplate, front USB+audio, silver with a side window (but only a 350W PSU if you've somehow...
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General Discussions
13 Nov 2003, 21:17
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69
The games you play at the moment
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6,286
Posted By
G_frog
Re: The games you play at the moment
BW is a poor add-on because it consists mostly of counters, which in some cases are over the top. This means it reduces rather than expands the range of strategies available. Victory fleets may need...
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General Discussions
13 Nov 2003, 20:24
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69
The games you play at the moment
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6,286
Posted By
G_frog
Re: The games you play at the moment
been playing Warcraft 3 (with addon) and galactic civilizations (a bit).
I uninstalled my civ games on the grounds that I need to actually do my degree this year.
My preferred version of AC is...
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13 Nov 2003, 20:17
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33
dancing dead bart simpson avator
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3,256
Posted By
G_frog
Re: dancing dead bart simpson avator
You forgot about Walk of Doooooom, Bad Rubber Piggy, and Backseat Drivers from Beyond The Stars
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General Discussions
13 Nov 2003, 15:25
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78
so where is the stability in iraq?
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7,938
Posted By
G_frog
Re: so where is the stability in iraq?
heh :)
beware the pedantry!
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13 Nov 2003, 15:20
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so where is the stability in iraq?
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Re: so where is the stability in iraq?
Brain -> on
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13 Nov 2003, 02:16
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C0cktails
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Re: C0cktails
pint of guinness + 2 shots of rum = 'special' guiness
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13 Nov 2003, 02:08
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C0cktails
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Re: C0cktails
aryn, did i ever mention you rock?
(NB drunk)
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13 Nov 2003, 00:13
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56
C0cktails
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Re: C0cktails
www.barbug.com
oh and thread hijacking close thread ban users
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12 Nov 2003, 19:25
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Conclusive proof that Americans are stupid
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Re: Conclusive proof that Europeans are stupid
this is why i demand a [football] tag
that and Mark
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12 Nov 2003, 19:21
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164
hard drugs on NHS?
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Re: hard drugs on NHS?
I would make the distinction between something they don't believe in and something they know to be false or flawed.
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12 Nov 2003, 01:08
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I can't get to sleep when my girlfriend is cuddling up to me in bed
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G_frog
Re: I can't get to sleep when my girlfriend is cuddling up to me in bed
usually snuggled up close. when its a bed in student accomodation there isn't a lot of choice anyway.
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12 Nov 2003, 01:03
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I can't get to sleep when my girlfriend is cuddling up to me in bed
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G_frog
Re: I can't get to sleep when my girlfriend is cuddling up to me in bed
I used to have this problem, doesn't bother me any more. you'll get used to it i guess.
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12 Nov 2003, 01:01
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English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
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Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
For it to be shown that a theory is incapable of accurately describing the phenomena it deals with, with the highest level of precision the theory entails.
So, Newton vs. Einstein next up right?...
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12 Nov 2003, 00:56
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Well Done Cyrax
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G_frog
Re: Well Done Cyrax
Gir, unleash the monkey!
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12 Nov 2003, 00:52
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English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
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Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
I've read Popper, i've had reasonable exposure to science being done and the philosophical responses to his work - and philosophy of knowledge in general; as long as you bear in mind that it's...
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11 Nov 2003, 23:00
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English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
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Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
So? that doesn't mean it can't be a science (though it probably isn't).
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11 Nov 2003, 22:59
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English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
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Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
What are you talking about? we all know english is a mish mash, and if i realised the netherlands were a major colonial power it seems scarcely credible that others would actively deny it.
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11 Nov 2003, 22:55
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English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
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Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
Yes, i know.
a lack of control does not prevent an experiment falsifying a statement about the outcome of the experiment, it just makes it hard to determine which factors affect the outcome.
...
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11 Nov 2003, 22:43
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English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
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Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
You don't have to have theory->experiment->new theory on some models of science; you just need statements which can be falsified. falisification by logic or existing evidence will do. it's just hard...
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11 Nov 2003, 22:34
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Steel Tariffs
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Re: Steel Tariffs
This isn't inevitable; if it were, the Airbus consortium would never have bothered to become competitiive with american aerospace, for example. why should it? I'm willing to bet you are right about...
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11 Nov 2003, 22:19
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English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
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Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.
Strongly agree, i've been saying it for years. all the academic rigour of fraggle rock*, dressed up in phrasing which deliberately avoids clarity.
*i was going to say sesame street, before I...
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11 Nov 2003, 17:49
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crazy people
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Re: crazy people
most people can spot the dubious nature of "gluons are hypothetical, so it must be jesus".
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11 Nov 2003, 14:11
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I'm an uncle!!!! \o/
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G_frog
Re: I'm an uncle!!!! \o/
Congratulations
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11 Nov 2003, 14:01
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104
crazy people
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Re: crazy people
I think you can reasonably be a (sceptical) atheist. God has no more support than many other things which we would happily claim we know do not exist.
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11 Nov 2003, 13:58
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Steel Tariffs
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Re: Steel Tariffs
since when were you such an ardent free-marketeer?
I'm not convinced you can overhaul a large and creaking industry overnight.
Don't misunderstand me, I am not claiming that protectionism is...
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11 Nov 2003, 13:31
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hard drugs on NHS?
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Re: hard drugs on NHS?
Actually it's not that simple, "addiction" can be classified in terms of defined biochemical pathways. Hence the recent controversy over whether fast foods were producing this effect (currently it...
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11 Nov 2003, 13:25
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36
Steel Tariffs
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2,960
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G_frog
Re: Steel Tariffs
Everyone agrees that the US steel industry is and was outdated and hence uncompetitive. Assuming that the tariffs were to come off after the allotted span of three years, during which the industry...
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11 Nov 2003, 10:05
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164
hard drugs on NHS?
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13,307
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G_frog
Re: hard drugs on NHS?
Should drug addiction not be considered a special case?
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11 Nov 2003, 09:57
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164
hard drugs on NHS?
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Re: hard drugs on NHS?
What if the individual has been shown to be incapable of making their own rational decisions? (we already assume this to be the case for minors)
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11 Nov 2003, 09:56
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Steel Tariffs
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Steel Tariffs
http://www.iht.com/articles/117178.html for those who don't know.
This is now shaping up to be a good old fashioned trade war, with the additional device of the EU deliberately targetting...
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10 Nov 2003, 23:22
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Absolute Power
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G_frog
Re: Absolute Power
... isn't a contradiction in terms, and if i have to have to keep correcting both sides in theological arguments i'm going to go nuts.
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10 Nov 2003, 22:47
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Chemistry Q
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Re: Chemistry Q
Pu-238 decays to U-234 doesn't it?
Pu-239 is produced from uranium in nuclear reactors, not as a normal decay product.
it's Pu-239 that is used in nuclear bombs.
etc.
can't you just...
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10 Nov 2003, 22:29
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Am I
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Re: Am I
why do so many of those people have heads with proportions outside the human norm?
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10 Nov 2003, 16:55
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73
GD, Volunteers needed!
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G_frog
Re: GD, Volunteers needed!
wouldn't it be quicker to form some kind of naked collective somewhere in scotland?
i think i've just scarred my brain
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9 Nov 2003, 20:20
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49
Oi Teenagers !
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G_frog
Re: Oi Teenagers !
gah, i think you're mixing hoodies and skaters with goths.
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9 Nov 2003, 11:37
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I dont do comics anymore .....
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G_frog
Re: I dont do comics anymore .....
i still say we need a compulsory [football] tag
but i did smile
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9 Nov 2003, 11:33
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164
hard drugs on NHS?
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G_frog
Re: hard drugs on NHS?
The trouble with this policy is the "omg they're spending my taxes giving druggies heroin" reaction which would follow as night does day. this would scare off any mainstream party.
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9 Nov 2003, 01:30
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Help me make a choice!
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2,329
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G_frog
Re: Help me make a choice!
our cousins across the pond call this a "no-brainer"
watch pirates
buy the comic of LXG (or loeg as the comic has it)
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7 Nov 2003, 16:03
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107
The Big Old CrashTester Dumping Thread
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G_frog
Re: Well, I did it...
A proper troll needs to put less effort into replying the thread than he gets out of others, rather than more.
if true, this goes beyond muslim, its more like "the Guidance of relationships".
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7 Nov 2003, 15:26
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Join Me or Die
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G_frog
Re: Join Me or Die
I'm really not confident of that
your sig is from dilbert isn't it?
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7 Nov 2003, 15:12
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21
Join Me or Die
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3,177
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Re: Join Me or Die
I have no choice, a neurotic mathematician is forcing me to go and see it with him tonight.
the hour of my doom draws nigh
"i may be some time"
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7 Nov 2003, 12:48
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if you dont know which hip hop LP to buy next..
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G_frog
Re: if you dont know which hip hop LP to buy next..
plug plug plug (http://www.ishiphop.com/)
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7 Nov 2003, 12:47
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My first time :/
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G_frog
Re: My first time :/
I would imagine that you are bound by a license agreement which forbids giving anyone else account access, ever.
however it clearly is absurd that you were banned.
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7 Nov 2003, 12:36
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107
The Big Old CrashTester Dumping Thread
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G_frog
Re: Well, I did it...
It might be more reasonable to say that you selectively took our advice in order to prove a point. It might be said this is 'cutting off your nose to spite your face'. It might be said this is merely...
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7 Nov 2003, 01:25
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54
What has Chuckles been up to?
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G_frog
Re: What has Chuckles been up to?
i think the important point is that anything that embarasses prince charles, and more importantly distracts him from blathering, is a good thing.
also, this is funny.
who cares if its true?
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7 Nov 2003, 01:23
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59
Computer games. I need help.
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G_frog
Re: Computer games. I need help.
pffft lies and slander
(you're getting confused between the succubus and the half-demon thief who keeps coming on to you. )
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7 Nov 2003, 00:59
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What has Chuckles been up to?
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G_frog
Re: What has Chuckles been up to?
Methinks he doth protest to much. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3249031.stm)
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6 Nov 2003, 23:15
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RealOne player - heap of shit
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G_frog
Re: RealOne player - heap of shit
i think Ultraplayer might be able to play Real stuff. there is also a codec out there somewhere, try google.
if you must use RealOne there is an option buried somewhere to turn the damn things...
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6 Nov 2003, 22:56
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hey she took one for the team
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3,752
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G_frog
Re: hey she took one for the team
It's not famed for being coherent though
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6 Nov 2003, 22:44
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59
Computer games. I need help.
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6,207
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G_frog
Re: Computer games. I need help.
Planescape: Torment has a lot of sex in it. it also happens to be great, and as an added bonus its about repentance and changing.
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6 Nov 2003, 22:40
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hey she took one for the team
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Re: hey she took one for the team
in next week's news, jessica lynch was nailed to a cross for our sins.
It's called propaganda
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6 Nov 2003, 21:00
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Proof Rednecks are from Europe
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2,242
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G_frog
Re: Proof Rednecks are from Europe
you don't see the connection between rednecks, gross stupidity, and leaving loaded shotguns around?
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6 Nov 2003, 13:25
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108
Why do people care about special effects in films so much
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G_frog
Re: Why do people care about special effects in films so much
this is true.
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6 Nov 2003, 13:22
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108
Why do people care about special effects in films so much
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G_frog
Re: Why do people care about special effects in films so much
WC3 does innovate
- RPG elements
- the upkeep component of the economic structure
- shops/merc camps etc
- very creative unit design. properly differentiated races are unusual to start with, but...
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6 Nov 2003, 00:30
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20
I just read about something terrible that happened.
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3,270
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G_frog
Re: I just read about something terrible that happened.
it's not the good life, it's a good life
one might almost say a 'lifestyle choice'
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6 Nov 2003, 00:13
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126
MrL_JaKiri and stuff
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G_frog
Re: MrL_JaKiri and stuff
He's just Mark, no one has a better explanation.
but i get why he's been closing stuff etc.
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5 Nov 2003, 23:08
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35
What do we do when "similar threads" shows an interesting thread that we have somethi
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4,278
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G_frog
Re: What do we do when "similar threads" shows an interesting thread that we have somethi
it is obvious when a thread is being ressurected to add a legitimate novel point when the opportunity to do that has been missing becuase the poster hasn't been online, and ressurecting a thread...
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5 Nov 2003, 23:02
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20
please suggest me some songs to :chill: out to
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G_frog
Re: please suggest me some songs to :chill: out to
spiritualized - cop shoot cop
(or basically anything from "ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space")
edit: and Leonard Cohen - Waiting for a miracle
Flaming Lips - Sleeping on the Roof
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5 Nov 2003, 22:59
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35
What do we do when "similar threads" shows an interesting thread that we have somethi
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4,278
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G_frog
Re: What do we do when "similar threads" shows an interesting thread that we have somethi
for posting a link to a backdoor hacking program i suspect.
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5 Nov 2003, 19:12
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338
Nutty bint
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21,404
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G_frog
Re: Nutty bint
Life is unfair/
Kill yourself or get over it
http://www.yimpan.com/Songsite/Lyric/index.asp?sid=4102
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5 Nov 2003, 19:03
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151
Matrix: Revolutions *spoilers*
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11,513
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G_frog
Re: Matrix: Revolutions *spoilers*
The specified moment was one of suspense, which is why i mentioned hitch****. it's not like hitch****'s movies were exclusively about suspense.
a recent sci fi thriller that was well directed?...
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5 Nov 2003, 18:00
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39
ITT we post the latest piece of music we're <3ing
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5,182
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G_frog
Re: ITT we post the latest piece of music we're <3ing
Nick Cave - Henry's Dream (not his best album, but it has Papa won't Leave You Henry and Loom of the Land)
Bob Dylan - Love and Theft (Bowie describes Dylan's voice as "like sand and glue", which...
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5 Nov 2003, 17:55
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151
Matrix: Revolutions *spoilers*
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11,513
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G_frog
Re: Matrix: Revolutions *spoilers*
but it is fair to say you don't get anything else out of it by watching it a second time?
in fact it gets worse, because once you stop going "wow look at that effect/stunt" you begin to notice...
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5 Nov 2003, 00:53
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7
Oh this is cool
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2,539
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G_frog
Re: Oh this is cool
i think we all realised it was a fake you know.
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4 Nov 2003, 20:13
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10
So I have 24s03e01
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3,098
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G_frog
Re: So I have 24s03e01
Don't watch it. "why not?" i hear you cry
because, like the preceding 48 episodes, it'll be dreadful. download* Six Feet Under instead.
*if you want to go to jail, obviously, i would never...
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4 Nov 2003, 19:06
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23
Illness + Shivering
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2,973
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G_frog
Re: Illness + Shivering
The shivering will generate heat, increasing body temperature above the optimum for the pathogens' metabolism (probably). you can demonstrate this principle by plunging into the sun, which will kill...
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4 Nov 2003, 19:03
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338
Nutty bint
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21,404
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G_frog
Re: Nutty bint
i was half expecting a link to CapMag defending just such a freedom.
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4 Nov 2003, 18:52
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338
Nutty bint
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21,404
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G_frog
Re: Nutty bint
I really think you need to step back a bit, if you believe dealing with arguments so facile, repetitive, and puerile could in any way be considered 'tough' .
I've never before met anyone who...
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4 Nov 2003, 01:00
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34
Carry On Up The Coalfields
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3,100
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G_frog
Re: Carry On Up The Coalfields
Mostly we're just grateful when he isn't around punning, and skinning live ferrets. best not to question providence.
roger says "bless you".
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4 Nov 2003, 00:53
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68
~Tenuous Links To Fame~
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7,153
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G_frog
Re: ~Tenuous Links To Fame~
quiet marlon
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4 Nov 2003, 00:49
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68
~Tenuous Links To Fame~
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7,153
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G_frog
Re: ~Tenuous Links To Fame~
My uncle's shoes are in Chariots of Fire
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4 Nov 2003, 00:47
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32
It's amazing how much notice people take of the mods...
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3,104
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G_frog
Re: It's amazing how much notice people take of the mods...
He so crazee!
(apparently)
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3 Nov 2003, 22:06
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9
[Oldie but Goodie] What is the Internet?
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4,095
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G_frog
Re: [Oldie but Goodie] What is the Internet?
it happens to the best of us
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3 Nov 2003, 21:55
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17
Freelancer
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3,344
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G_frog
Re: Freelancer
what mark said - although there are quite a few mods out there (try lancersreactor) which can add to replay value.
if the goons at digital anvil had spent that ludicrous development time and...
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3 Nov 2003, 12:39
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22
Which decade ...
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2,638
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G_frog
Re: Which decade ...
The 1970s had a pack of directing (coppola, scorcese, spielberg, altman...) and acting (the 'method men') talents appear and make films which pretty much set the benchmark in every area for...
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3 Nov 2003, 12:24
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129
People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
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12,421
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G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
When I posted i thought everyone would ignore me as usual. Now I'm frightened.
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3 Nov 2003, 09:40
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32
Music recommendations
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3,006
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G_frog
Re: Music recommendations
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 revisted + Blood on the tracks
Leonard Cohen - Field Commander Cohen (Tour of 1979)
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 1
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2 Nov 2003, 14:26
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129
People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
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12,421
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G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
All that argument establishes is that morality is implied - or guaranteed - by us having this conversation (after the fashion of the anthropic principle telling us why we live on a habitable planet)....
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1 Nov 2003, 11:58
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24
Iraq, and the people of Iraq, are today better off than they were in the past
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4,741
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G_frog
Re: Iraq, and the people of Iraq, are today better off than they were in the past
Good news, questioning the polls' formulation seems churlish at this point.
i do hope you're not trying to make a crude ends/means argument with that post though.
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31 Oct 2003, 17:49
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129
People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
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12,421
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G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
I would like to say that it is you that keeps introducing the idea of guarantee, i have spoken of correlation alone.
i've never reliably got any kind of work done in my life, yet here I am. If you...
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31 Oct 2003, 17:38
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129
People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
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12,421
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G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
I really don't think native intelligence is an insignificant bias in getting into top universities (at least in the UK). nor are parental genetics - and possibly stimulation at a young age -...
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31 Oct 2003, 17:23
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129
People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
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12,421
Posted By
G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
stop nibbling round the edges! we're going round in circles.
the first two - perhaps three, depending on what sort of company you prefer - of the 'other factors' you list are quite likely to be...
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31 Oct 2003, 17:20
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1
*roar*
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2,437
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G_frog
Re: *roar*
http://underpower.non-essential.com/index.php?comic=20010810
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31 Oct 2003, 17:17
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129
People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
you're right, if i took out the "noticeably" it would work, but thats just logic chopping. This is why I said in my first post on the subject that it is hard to imagine a society where intellect is...
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31 Oct 2003, 16:47
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
Well, its a truism given that our society/environment meets certain criteria. If, for example, people always tended only to employ only those noticeably less intelligent than they were, for reasons...
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31 Oct 2003, 16:27
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
Counter-examples, hypothetical or otherwise, do not affect my point because I am not proposing a single general law governing all success and happiness in terms of intelligence alone. I am saying why...
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31 Oct 2003, 16:19
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
That's not my point at all - he DID have social support comparable to his contemporaries, they were looking for the same thing, but he got to it and they did not. Ergo, it cannot be a general law...
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31 Oct 2003, 16:16
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
I would ascribe intelligence to the machinery of the brain even I did think it was a single real entity, which I don't. IQ specifically is a weighted average of a selection of semi-arbitrary...
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31 Oct 2003, 16:02
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
Those skills which make someone a good engineer are, by and large, traditionally recognised as components of - or indicative of - high intelligence. Problem solving, spatial and mathematical skills,...
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31 Oct 2003, 15:38
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
no no no no i think you've misunderstood me.
the science history point was in relation to your claims about the relationship of genius to the progress of scientific knowledge, which is not as...
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31 Oct 2003, 15:17
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Corruption Everywhere (on my HDD)
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G_frog
Re: Corruption Everywhere (on my HDD)
not with windows defragmenter, but its not very good anyway. i think O&O defrag lets you do such things. probably other disc tools will too. obviously i don't condone pirating such software at all.
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31 Oct 2003, 15:13
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so so so
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Re: so so so
ofc you want mIRC, what were you doing with all that spare time before?
I don't think you can have MSN messenger installed without windows messenger, but who would want to talk to you?
only if...
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31 Oct 2003, 14:52
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
If you want to lecture me in history of science i suggest you contact these people (http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/) and see if they can fit you in. If you want to actually respond to my post you might...
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31 Oct 2003, 13:26
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
I don't think it is a matter of trivial importance - if we accept the idea of genius, it seems to follow that the progress of the sciences at least would probably be slowed substantially by a...
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31 Oct 2003, 11:59
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
I don't agree that the discussion is invalid. Arguing that the difference between a genius and a moron is fairly low implies some kind of absolute scale which goes beyond the normal scale of human...
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31 Oct 2003, 11:02
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Fox are silly
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G_frog
Re: Fox are silly
heh heh heh... cancer jokes (www.theonion.com).
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31 Oct 2003, 10:58
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
Don't think that's it, slightly more than half of my fellow biology students - and slightly less than half of the physics students - are female. This applies both in my traditionally male-dominated...
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31 Oct 2003, 10:45
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
Traditionally it has been education dependent components of IQ tests that have come in for the strongest critisism (eg vocabulary tests), whereas areas like spatial reasoning should be fairly...
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31 Oct 2003, 10:30
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The Gay O Meter
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G_frog
Re: The Gay O Meter
After pasting a few essays in, i find it depends on the subject matter - biology tends to come across as male, philosophy as female (because of all the 'if's), as you might expect from...
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31 Oct 2003, 01:03
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Nutty bint
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21,404
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G_frog
Re: Nutty bint
But you're honest about it, so thats alright.
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31 Oct 2003, 01:00
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Nutty bint
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21,404
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Re: Nutty bint
That is a sentiment whose only precedent is the God of the Old Testament, and i thought it sounded like the words of an arrogant bastard even coming from a supposed creator deity. It is also...
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31 Oct 2003, 00:52
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Job application letter.
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2,523
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G_frog
Re: Job application letter.
i have this advice for your 'mate' *cough cough*
I think the tone could do with slightly more formality, so, for example, change "thanks very much" to "thank you very much".
changing "i am...
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31 Oct 2003, 00:32
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Nutty bint
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Re: Nutty bint
No, you're quite wrong, I'm 18 months or so into a relationship that (within my ability to ascertain, but I have no doubts) is honest. I suspect verm is further along than that. I know MrL's...
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31 Oct 2003, 00:21
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Nutty bint
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Re: Nutty bint
Someone thinks you were 'right' verm...
mook, n
colloq. and derogatory (U.S. and Caribbean).
Forms: mook, mouk.
[Origin uncertain; perh. < MOKE n.2]
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30 Oct 2003, 19:53
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Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work
there was a letter on newscientist.com the other day (and possibly also in the print edition) which pointed out that women have the same mean IQ* as men, but a slightly lower variance. Therefore, at...
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30 Oct 2003, 19:42
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A small bit of grammar naziism
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G_frog
Re: A small bit of grammar naziism
Wittgensteinian.
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30 Oct 2003, 15:09
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Nutty bint
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G_frog
Re: Nutty bint
She appears to think there is some small chance you won't act like a jerk, if thats what you mean.
...
If your arguments on any subject in this thread get more confused or convoluted you'll end...
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30 Oct 2003, 01:38
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Nutty bint
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21,404
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G_frog
Re: Nutty bint
The funny thing about Bowling for Columbine is, although individual sections are misleading, i don't think the overall impression Moore gives could be considered misleading, based on independent...
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29 Oct 2003, 13:28
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338
Nutty bint
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G_frog
Re: Nutty bint
If you're seriously claiming that you've never found yourself to be more emotionally affected by something than you thought you would be, you're not human, and if you expect that of your girlfriend -...
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29 Oct 2003, 11:48
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Nutty bint
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21,404
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G_frog
Re: Nutty bint
Is that a troll or a strawman?
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29 Oct 2003, 11:31
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Nutty bint
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G_frog
Re: Nutty bint
Its obvious from this thread you have no respect for her. If you don't see that as a problem on your side rather than hers you deserve everything you get.
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28 Oct 2003, 22:14
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Communism and Socialism dont work :(
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G_frog
Re: Communism and Socialism dont work :(
Only having one eye is good enough for you?
yes, i know what he got in exchange. you know what i mean.
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28 Oct 2003, 17:49
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IDS faces confidence vote
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G_frog
Re: IDS faces confidence vote
"Ultra pro-business" is not how the CBI et al see this administration. The infamous NI increase could hardly be seen as such.
the hawkish tendencies of our prime minister on foreign policy are...
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28 Oct 2003, 01:57
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100 Scariest Moments
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G_frog
Re: 100 Scariest Moments
The Child Catcher is terrifying. not just "Terror of the Autons" terrifying either, but full on "eric cartman hiding in a body" terrifying.
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27 Oct 2003, 21:02
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Baby alert!!!!!
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3,660
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G_frog
Re: Baby alert!!!!!
I assume infanticide is out?
In which case you would, of course, make this sacrifice for your girlfriend.
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27 Oct 2003, 20:15
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so where is the stability in iraq?
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G_frog
Re: so where is the stability in iraq?
This situation is the result of lots of western nations (yeah, broad brush) conducting foreign policy on the basis of local and/or international political expediency for decades (or centuries if you...
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27 Oct 2003, 19:50
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ITT I thank all the people of london
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3,455
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G_frog
Re: ITT I thank all the people of london
thats right, but if you want to show off K'ung-Fu-Tze is preferrable
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27 Oct 2003, 19:42
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Rnb
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G_frog
Re: Rnb
Because The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is an extremely good record.
other than that, because people are idiots (news.bbc.co.uk).
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27 Oct 2003, 19:39
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8
R.e.m.
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2,902
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G_frog
Re: R.e.m.
Am I alone in finding it really strange that REM are one of the world's biggest bands, but have no (or almost no) soundalikes?
the only thing i can think of offhand is that aimee mann sounds a bit...
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27 Oct 2003, 19:36
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so where is the stability in iraq?
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G_frog
Re: so where is the stability in iraq?
western nations in "terrible foreign policy" shocker.
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27 Oct 2003, 19:32
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82
100 Scariest Moments
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G_frog
Re: 100 Scariest Moments
Well, it's interpreting 'scary' a bit broadly, and some of the moments are wrong even if the source is right, but it could be worse.
Imo the scene from LotR where bilbo turns monstrous for a...
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27 Oct 2003, 12:32
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yo
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3,002
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G_frog
Re: yo
lo nod
'borrow' one of mark's pcs, he won't notice.
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27 Oct 2003, 12:20
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autoimmune diseases
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3,070
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G_frog
Re: autoimmune diseases
Ouch, sorry to hear it. sadly I can't help any more than the next guy.
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26 Oct 2003, 23:15
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Check ma badself, ow!
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G_frog
Re: Check ma badself, ow!
I'd previously thought that sounded like a bad thing, but since you're amazingly hoopy i suppose i must have been wrong.
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26 Oct 2003, 23:14
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So today I was a relationship counsellor AGAIN...
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2,253
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G_frog
Re: So today I was a relationship counsellor AGAIN...
I've had this a few times. It gets easier when you realise it doesn't actually matter what you say (if anything), so long as your 'patient' thinks you are listening.
but yes, it is really annoying.
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26 Oct 2003, 11:35
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never talk to muffin trees
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2,479
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G_frog
Re: never talk to muffin trees
From the OED online:
Must have gone out of fashion since it was in Time and New Scientist.
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25 Oct 2003, 21:17
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Worst EVER sexual experience!
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8,645
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G_frog
Re: Worst EVER sexual experience!
In both its nature and the cicumstances of its practice, female circumcision differs wildly from its namesake.
would it have hurt so much to put "female circumcision" into google?
...
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25 Oct 2003, 09:45
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224
Abortions illegal in the USA?
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18,567
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G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?
The trouble with that is that, in all known cases bar one, organisms are adapted for their own survival and reproduction (or perhaps that of their genes), not that of the species.
EDIT: I don't...
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25 Oct 2003, 09:40
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224
Abortions illegal in the USA?
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18,567
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G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?
If abortion had been legal for as long as it has been possible, there would have been a lot fewer women dead through childbirth and botched illegal surgery.
To say that preventing the possibility...
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25 Oct 2003, 09:35
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224
Abortions illegal in the USA?
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G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?
The definition given there is in terms of survival; it would be more sensible, and from a biological point of view more common, to define parasites in terms of damage to fitness (basically,...
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24 Oct 2003, 19:09
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23
New doctor who?
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2,649
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G_frog
Re: New doctor who?
Doctor Who is gay lolz.
(seriously, the series has a large gay following, no, i don't know why.)
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23 Oct 2003, 22:54
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8
Risk
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3,297
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G_frog
Re: Risk
google mission risk
to get the good AI will require you to register/crack it though
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23 Oct 2003, 22:54
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72
Announcement
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6,000
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G_frog
Re: Announcement
since this thread isn't about much, i feel the need to point out that the link in mister manson's sig expresses a preference for the vodka martini, thus losing all credibility and gaining the...
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23 Oct 2003, 22:08
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224
Abortions illegal in the USA?
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18,567
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G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?
I think it's pretty clear he isn't, since he is not mad, mad, mad.
Phang, you're too kind. thanks :)
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23 Oct 2003, 20:42
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224
Abortions illegal in the USA?
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18,567
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G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?
Let's do a thought experiment.
What if i get a fully concious human brain hooked up to a completely artifical support system, with inputs and outputs provided via electronic means. Is it morally...
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23 Oct 2003, 20:22
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Superhero's and radioactivity
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3,039
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G_frog
Re: Superhero's and radioactivity
Cancer is caused by a mutation, and not all (or even many) mutations are crossovers. Nor do crossovers neccesarily (or even often) cause damage.
A cell is not going to become a virus and...
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23 Oct 2003, 17:40
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Things that drive you batshit insane
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10,129
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G_frog
Re: Things that drive you batshit insane
That's what they are for you tiny fool.
(gratuitous 'new sig' post.)
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23 Oct 2003, 17:10
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123
Things that drive you batshit insane
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10,129
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G_frog
Re: Things that drive you batshit insane
Madness! you're obviously not a 'proper' northener.
also, there's a perfectly good museum almost literally outside my door, many of the departments have museums attached, we have loads of theatre...
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23 Oct 2003, 17:04
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224
Abortions illegal in the USA?
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18,567
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G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?
My point was that it is in conciousness that most non-religious people would place the moral worth of human beings. This is relevant in light of that fact that the 'potential' to become a human being...
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23 Oct 2003, 16:46
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we won something \o/
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2,672
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G_frog
Re: we won something \o/
Yes, more public attention is sure to be a good thing.
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23 Oct 2003, 09:49
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72
Announcement
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6,000
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G_frog
Re: Announcement
Let's do the timewarp again.
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23 Oct 2003, 09:37
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224
Abortions illegal in the USA?
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18,567
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G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?
First up, early foetuses do not possess the characteristics that form the material basis of being a human being. If you believe in a soul that is independent of the body, then (apart from the fact...
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22 Oct 2003, 18:29
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Batman and Robin in quest for Justice.
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3,773
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G_frog
Re: Batman and Robin in quest for Justice.
You would have thought people would have learned a lesson from David "lookatmelookatme" Blaine.
I'm not sure whether this stunt was too stupid, or not stupid enough, but either way it will achieve...
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22 Oct 2003, 09:30
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23
Turbo Capitalist sell-out for the forums
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2,673
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G_frog
Re: Turbo Capitalist sell-out for the forums
If they are advertising private health insurance here, capitalism must be about to implode under the weight of its own stupidity. Once the revolution is over, we can all post about how capitalists...
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21 Oct 2003, 11:13
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123
Things that drive you batshit insane
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10,129
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Things that drive you batshit insane
- The entire contents of a lecture hall taking advantage of me holding a door open for one person.
- People clicking their fingers at me (you know who you are).
- Stupidity, obviously.
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20 Oct 2003, 19:35
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6
bloody amazon
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3,762
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G_frog
Re: bloody amazon
What do we learn from this kiddies?
anything on amazon that isn't in stock when you order it never will be.
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18 Oct 2003, 11:49
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7
Medal of Honor - BreakThrough
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2,654
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Medal of Honor - BreakThrough
The original had a lot of level design issues, if those haven't been fixed i'm not touching the damn thing.
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18 Oct 2003, 09:50
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156
New GD Moderators Wanted
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14,362
Posted By
G_frog
Re: New GD Moderators Wanted
oh god said to karmulian "drive away everyone"
karm said "man you must be putting me on"
god say "no"
karm say "what?"
god say "you can do what you want karm but -
next time you see me log on...
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18 Oct 2003, 09:45
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34
The Matrix Revolutions Pledge
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4,790
Posted By
G_frog
Re: The Matrix Revolutions Pledge
Thx, In my opnion the Matrix is sub par movie and I really couldn't give a **** if the ending ruined.
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18 Oct 2003, 09:41
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47
Your Funeral Arrangements
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4,567
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G_frog
Re: Your Funeral Arrangements
Spike Milligan stipulated he be buried inside a washing machine, to confuse archaeologists. or so I am told. This seems wise, but I don't plan on dying anyway.
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18 Oct 2003, 09:36
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What will the Browns call their new baby?
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3,689
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G_frog
Re: What will the Browns call their new baby?
Prudence?
as in "I'm Prudence"?
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15 Oct 2003, 16:40
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177
Hear me out again!
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11,483
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Hear me out again!
What charge? You have already claimed they didn't tell him what he was supposed to have done wrong.
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15 Oct 2003, 15:48
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33
Chemistry question
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4,579
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G_frog
Re: Chemistry question
I think it's fair to say you will need to know how much energy is tied up in the chemical bonds (i.e. how much you get by burning it), not the amount in the mass.
So yes, you'll need the enthalpy...
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15 Oct 2003, 15:23
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20
Im looking for a song (unspecific details inside,)
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2,987
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G_frog
Re: Im looking for a song (unspecific details inside,)
Give me a few minutes Deffeh, I'll see if I can work it out through the miracle of Kazaa
EDIT: Looks like it's the "green onions" one - there are a couple of other versions too. PM me with an...
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15 Oct 2003, 13:02
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34
Accepted Persecution
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3,234
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G_frog
Re: Accepted Persecution
It's really not you know. It may qualify as a mental disorder, but evil is based on a choice. Unless you're claiming that paedophiles are attracted to children entirely of their own volition.
...
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15 Oct 2003, 12:49
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80
People who pirate copyrighted material
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9,268
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G_frog
Re: People who pirate copyrighted material
I was aiming to pre-empt any attempt to claim that music can't be made on/for the proceeds of performance alone.
admittedly mozart benefitted from the patronage of a royal court, so I should have...
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15 Oct 2003, 10:35
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80
People who pirate copyrighted material
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9,268
Posted By
G_frog
Re: People who pirate copyrighted material
To the best of my knowledge, Mozart didn't sell many CDs during his lifetime.
On a side note, if copyright went the way of the dodo right now - and this miraculously did stop all creative activity...
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14 Oct 2003, 13:37
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177
Hear me out again!
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11,483
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G_frog
Re: Hear me out again!
jesus christ TDO.
you're still being allowed to post aren't you? I can only imagine that you're after an apology, which I doubt you'll get because (i) you can't prove anyone did anything wrong,...
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13 Oct 2003, 12:16
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177
Hear me out again!
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11,483
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Hear me out again!
umm, first "a private medium" is hardly limited to PMs
second, whut? you can post but not PM?
and i'd take Vaio's advice this time.
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13 Oct 2003, 11:39
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177
Hear me out again!
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11,483
Posted By
G_frog
Re: Hear me out again!
oh do be quiet TDO, take your drivel to a private medium (eg PM) or stop telling people to "get out of the thread".
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12 Oct 2003, 22:25
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I just dont know what to do with my haircut
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G_frog
Re: I just dont know what to do with my haircut
I never received abuse for my long hair, you people need to keep better company.
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12 Oct 2003, 22:23
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recommend a song :up:
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G_frog
Re: recommend a song :up:
Bob Dylan - Ballad of a Thin Man
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10 Oct 2003, 14:07
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Time Commanders
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3,124
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G_frog
Re: Time Commanders
RoN tactics depend a great deal on map + race I find. For example, on a less open map (such as himalayas) ground-based armour assaults tend to get bogged down, you'll only get away with it using...
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10 Oct 2003, 13:55
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Ignorance
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G_frog
Re: Ignorance
To be fair, it would probably be possible to have a good working knowledge of economics while avoiding actually knowing the names of economists, but you would probably have to go out of your way to...
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10 Oct 2003, 12:56
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Things that you have never done.
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G_frog
Re: Things that you have never done.
I've never given a fresher a screaming orgasm.
(except on wednesday.)
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9 Oct 2003, 23:47
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41
what the hell is wrong with that bush-guy?
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G_frog
Re: what the hell is wrong with that bush-guy?
Letting Israel do it probably creates more dirty work in the long term.
But since that appears to have be the objective of the US et al.'s middle east policy for the second half of last century,...
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9 Oct 2003, 23:43
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So my access is gone
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G_frog
Re: So my access is gone
Marylin Manson for Mod!
hmm
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9 Oct 2003, 23:42
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64
Bad Words
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11,582
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G_frog
Re: Bad Words
if censoring was about content rather than convention then piss-guzzling badger-buggering pidgeon-tossing man-jam-addicted son-of-your-mother's-brother would be on the censor.
...
i said the...
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9 Oct 2003, 23:36
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Movies based on books, life, comics and other stuff
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G_frog
Re: Movies based on books, life, comics and other stuff
I am hoping that Terry Gilliam gets to make Watchmen (he has been linked with it).
Why no one is filming V for Vendetta when you could basically lift it striaght off the page i don't know. It...
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9 Oct 2003, 23:24
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To all the admins out there
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G_frog
Re: To all the admins out there
my floppy drive doesn't work!
OH YES!
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9 Oct 2003, 19:57
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Jumping on the bandwagon, another show vs show thread
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G_frog
Re: Jumping on the bandwagon, another show vs show thread
Babylon 5 is better
...
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9 Oct 2003, 19:33
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41
what the hell is wrong with that bush-guy?
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G_frog
Re: what the hell is wrong with that bush-guy?
I'd be surprised if they/we can invade syria successfully before the next election. however, if the war is its early stages at that point it might send his approval rating soaring.
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9 Oct 2003, 18:48
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The most stupid thing possible
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G_frog
Re: The most stupid thing possible
Every sperm is sacred.
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9 Oct 2003, 01:00
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Hello GD
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G_frog
Re: Hello GD
Ahoy Taratang, welcome back
i'm glad we have another of my kind here.
Is the TATA-box conserved in the archaea?
(apologies for typos, 8 pints o' guiness + a few units of misc. will do that...
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8 Oct 2003, 17:07
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Whoever said parliament was boring?
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G_frog
Re: Whoever said parliament was boring?
excellent indeed.
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8 Oct 2003, 16:54
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The official :( thread.
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3,070
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G_frog
Re: The official :( thread.
:tragedy:
i stand by my comments. turn them off!
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8 Oct 2003, 13:05
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Best bible?
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G_frog
Re: Best bible?
Not about the bible specifically, but www.landoverbaptist.org and www.bettybowers.com may amuse.
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8 Oct 2003, 13:02
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Arnold wins
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G_frog
Re: Arnold wins
If you tax the top income bracket too heavily they will all leave. That's the problem.
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8 Oct 2003, 11:48
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Arnold wins
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G_frog
Re: Arnold wins
because you missed out the "/"
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8 Oct 2003, 11:42
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Arnold wins
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G_frog
Re: Arnold wins
We're sliding towards "Tony! Tony! Tony! Out! Out! Out!" atm, which presumably means Brown is the next PM unless the Tories have been hiding another half-dozen Oliver Letwins away.
(I just scared...
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8 Oct 2003, 11:35
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simpsons vs futurama vs family guy vs south park
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G_frog
Re: simpsons vs futurama vs family guy vs south park
I'd put the Simpsons top. It's the rarest beast among satires - motivated by sympathy for its targets, its observations on human nature cut deeper than any other show (not just the four listed here)....
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7 Oct 2003, 23:44
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star trek series?
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G_frog
Re: star trek series?
And they were rebelling peacefully against The Man.
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7 Oct 2003, 23:43
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help! i need your wittiness
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G_frog
Re: help! i need your wittiness
"thanks for the mammaries" on the udder is far and away the worst - and thus, the best - pun i can think of off the top of my head.
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7 Oct 2003, 22:36
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star trek series?
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G_frog
Re: star trek series?
The sequence with the reception for emperor turhan, done entirely without dialogue, is up there with Bartlett yelling at god in The West Wing imo.
It's the second time you watch B5 through that...
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7 Oct 2003, 22:26
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star trek series?
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G_frog
Re: star trek series?
pish tosh
all the main designs were apt. leaving aside the first ones, the centauri had floating baroque palaces, the narn ships were ugly and functional, the minbari ships implied limited organic...
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7 Oct 2003, 00:15
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Best film lines ever
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G_frog
Re: Best film lines ever
i know we've already had the film several times, but...
"Yeah well, that's just like, your opinion, man."
not much on the page perhaps
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7 Oct 2003, 00:11
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131
Petition to remove the new smilies.
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G_frog
Re: Petition to remove the new smilies.
I'm pretty sure the forums didn't look this awful a week ago, what's gone wrong?
glancing down the smilies, seemingly it would be a lot quicker to list the ones actually worth keeping.
any...
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1 Oct 2003, 20:08
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How do I win this girl's heart? (includes bonus emotions)
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G_frog
ask her out?
ask her out?
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1 Oct 2003, 19:47
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Addendum D.
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G_frog
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30 Sep 2003, 21:43
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cheer up the sick person
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G_frog
You mean, because he's not an atheist?
You mean, because he's not an atheist?
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30 Sep 2003, 21:07
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someone wuickly tell me please//
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G_frog
do a search for all the tiny jpegs in the windows...
do a search for all the tiny jpegs in the windows dir.
then pay a small child to look through the many gazillions of results.
or BRING BACK SLAVERY
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30 Sep 2003, 21:05
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the caucasian club
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G_frog
yeah, well, there's a reason for that.
yeah, well, there's a reason for that.
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30 Sep 2003, 20:56
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the caucasian club
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G_frog
George Bernard Shaw: I hate the poor, and...
George Bernard Shaw:
I hate the poor, and look forward eagerly to their extermination.
The purpose of all my posts is to tacitly imply that everyone is stupid, so they were on topic.
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30 Sep 2003, 20:16
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what interesting thing have you learned today?
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There's not enough in article to know that the...
There's not enough in article to know that the methodology is determinism-based (and a number of recent meta-studies have avoided it), and the report itself doesn't include it.
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30 Sep 2003, 20:07
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Post your amazon wish list >>>
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G_frog
Re: Post your amazon wish list >>>
Neil Gaiman! hurray.
have you read Sandman and/or the Death mini-series?
first "gay-man" joke wins* a prize.
*doesn't win
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30 Sep 2003, 19:09
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So who's ya daddy now?
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G_frog
If that's how this thread is going, here's my...
If that's how this thread is going, here's my "Old Thin Jew" playlist:
1. Leonard Cohen - Memories (4:39)
2. Leonard Cohen - The Captain (4:10)
3. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue (5:42)
4....
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30 Sep 2003, 19:02
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Laptops for gaming
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er, which command and conquer game? only...
er, which command and conquer game?
only important difference here between PCs and laptops is that laptops tend to have poorer graphics than an otherwise comparable PC, and cost a lot more.
a...
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30 Sep 2003, 18:58
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78
the caucasian club
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G_frog
yes, this is true. but if you think about it, so...
yes, this is true. but if you think about it, so are the other groups, including the "big minorities" hispanics and blacks. this doesn't tell us the actual situation in any given locality though. in...
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29 Sep 2003, 22:59
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6
Up until I posted this thread
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G_frog
you're averaging less than one post/thread ...
you're averaging less than one post/thread
must try harder!
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29 Sep 2003, 22:56
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the caucasian club
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G_frog
The problem is that symmetric application of a...
The problem is that symmetric application of a symmetric principle to an asymmetric situations won't produce symmetric outcomes, to abstract it too much.
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29 Sep 2003, 22:41
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the caucasian club
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G_frog
i don't hear much about comtemporary...
i don't hear much about comtemporary responsibilty for slavery generally, this seems to be one of those funny things foreigners do.
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29 Sep 2003, 22:22
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the caucasian club
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G_frog
because anyone who pretends that race relations...
because anyone who pretends that race relations in america (or here, in fact) are perfect is doing just that, pretending, and because it ain't easy being victimised. being part of a group helps.
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29 Sep 2003, 22:19
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need some data about eu-us trade
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G_frog
nope, sorry, i've only seen data in terms of a...
nope, sorry, i've only seen data in terms of a country's imports and exports. not in terms of trade between nations.
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29 Sep 2003, 22:16
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i need rhetorical help!
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what you said makes perfect sense in english....
what you said makes perfect sense in english. however, it would probably be put differently by a native speaker of english.
1. people usually say "I flew off my bike", though "from" is also...
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29 Sep 2003, 21:52
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Leaving home...
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Many a relationship has been built on coffee. and...
Many a relationship has been built on coffee. and i'm Giles, so I should know.
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29 Sep 2003, 21:47
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i need rhetorical help!
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i was thrown off my bike, [and] high into the...
i was thrown off my bike, [and] high into the air.
your own phrasing would be acceptable, if uncommon.
(technically this is an idiomatic issue, not a rhetorical one.)
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29 Sep 2003, 21:44
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Sorry
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4,485
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G_frog
appeasement in "****-up" shocker!
appeasement in "****-up" shocker!
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29 Sep 2003, 21:42
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the caucasian club
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G_frog
there's no purely theoretical problem ...
there's no purely theoretical problem
however
it's bleedin' obvious why minority associations need to exist, it's not at all clear why this causcasian club needs to exist.
i disagree with...
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29 Sep 2003, 21:35
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UK book websites
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3,354
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G_frog
try www.blackwells.co.uk
try www.blackwells.co.uk
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29 Sep 2003, 19:10
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I demand an answe to a pheonomenon I've never understood
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3,151
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G_frog
fixed
fixed
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29 Sep 2003, 18:09
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star trek series?
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7,285
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G_frog
Abso-fraggin'-lutely dammit!
Abso-fraggin'-lutely dammit!
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29 Sep 2003, 18:08
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star trek series?
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G_frog
great. except that the "shields" in b5 are...
great.
except that the "shields" in b5 are based on diffrative properties of the hull materials, and their ability to absorb and dissipate (not neccesarily in the same form) massive amounts of...
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29 Sep 2003, 17:59
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Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Pyr0 Pyr0
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blast, there goes my vast repertoire of fat...
blast, there goes my vast repertoire of fat controller jokes
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29 Sep 2003, 17:54
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Oi Youse peace campaigner type people
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That's not even a slightly accurate...
That's not even a slightly accurate characterisation of the point being made when someone points out that, for example, rummy personally negotiated bioweaponry-related trade deals with hussein.
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29 Sep 2003, 17:17
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star trek series?
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7,285
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It's blindingly obvious that B5 was more...
It's blindingly obvious that B5 was more coherent, ambitious, thematically complex and intelligent than any of star trek, even if lots of the dialogue is awful (although it turns out that JMS...
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29 Sep 2003, 14:41
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Hmm explanations please
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G_frog
doesn't take much doing :) those "dogs"...
doesn't take much doing :)
those "dogs" could have been werewolves - lycanthropes in newcastle are usually sufficiently hairy, and close to walking on all fours, to change regardless of the state...
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29 Sep 2003, 14:37
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Hmm explanations please
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it seems plausible that, if you reach a certain...
it seems plausible that, if you reach a certain stage of your sleep cycle, you will tend to continue to sleep, but if you are woken up fully then your body goes onto the "wakeful" part of the cycle...
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29 Sep 2003, 14:27
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Do creationists enrage you?
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G_frog
opinionated idiots of all colours annoy me, it...
opinionated idiots of all colours annoy me, it just happens i'm a biologist. although i do argue with creationists in the genuine hope of changing some one's mind, or at least making them more...
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27 Sep 2003, 23:14
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46
So I got my klingon dictionary
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3,402
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G_frog
I beg to differ, my brother owns the klingon...
I beg to differ, my brother owns the klingon dictionary and he hates star trek.
not even if i know what your rank means? I also own all the Foundation novels, even the terrible ones, some in...
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27 Sep 2003, 22:08
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I just seen Pirates of the Carribean.
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G_frog
*kicks self*
*kicks self*
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27 Sep 2003, 22:05
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I just seen Pirates of the Carribean.
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unless that's pavil's way of telling me to make...
unless that's pavil's way of telling me to make sense, i'm completely lost. anyone care to enlighten me?
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27 Sep 2003, 21:59
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I just seen Pirates of the Carribean.
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G_frog
welcome to general discussions, love.
welcome to general discussions, love.
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27 Sep 2003, 21:56
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Classical Music > *
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3,239
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G_frog
Re: Classical Music > *
Fun as the last night is, I f*cking hate f*cking Elgar.
However, the two Proms i was at were enjoyable, especially the Prokofiev (piano concerto 1 and some songs from "The Stone Flower", different...
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27 Sep 2003, 21:35
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Oi Youse peace campaigner type people
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G_frog
there's a phrase for this sort of thing, perhaps...
there's a phrase for this sort of thing, perhaps you're familiar with it.
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27 Sep 2003, 00:44
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42
When you're walking
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4,028
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G_frog
If i'm talking (a frequent state of affairs) i...
If i'm talking (a frequent state of affairs) i tend to be gesturing wildly. otherwise, pockets - or brushing my damn hair out of my eyes.
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26 Sep 2003, 22:30
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Official Nodrog thread for 26/9/03
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lo nod a friend of mine who's saying with me...
lo nod
a friend of mine who's saying with me finished work yesterday too - he captains the college chess team, coincidence! - , so we went to the pub and he made me play pool.
chess on jippii...
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26 Sep 2003, 22:19
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New Muse album...
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3,514
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G_frog
As was pointed out when OoS was released, Showbiz...
As was pointed out when OoS was released, Showbiz was quite radiohead-like (and their chord sequences are still reminiscent, if deployed differently) , but now the only decent point of reference...
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26 Sep 2003, 00:18
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49
Bastard Avatar Stealers
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4,520
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G_frog
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26 Sep 2003, 00:01
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74
Things that you have never done.
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6,452
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Testing, testing... has Giles failed in his...
Testing, testing... has Giles failed in his nefarious scheme to silence his terrible past and the source of mysterious lightbulb-shaped burns?
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25 Sep 2003, 23:54
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If, say, on saturday....
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3,174
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G_frog
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25 Sep 2003, 23:53
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74
Things that you have never done.
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Then I think you're a lazy bastard who wants...
Then I think you're a lazy bastard who wants somebody to wheel him around Darlington when you get too drunk to stand.
And so long as that person is not me, I have no objections.
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25 Sep 2003, 23:49
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Things that you have never done.
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G_frog has gone too far! I should not be allowed...
G_frog has gone too far! I should not be allowed on the internet! Who does that guy think I am?
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25 Sep 2003, 23:47
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74
Things that you have never done.
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Depends, can you attack a cripple and steal his...
Depends, can you attack a cripple and steal his wheelchair?
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25 Sep 2003, 23:43
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74
Things that you have never done.
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6,452
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I, Giles, (in no way someone who is not Giles)...
I, Giles, (in no way someone who is not Giles) would now like to tell the world about my passionate, and yet tragically and unpredicatably doomed relationship with a small art deco table lamp.
And...
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25 Sep 2003, 23:17
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41
Top three threads of all time (TTToaT)
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G_frog
The monster everyone vs. Guidance creationism...
The monster everyone vs. Guidance creationism thread.
well, it got my postcount up when i was a newbie, anyway.
EDIT: did i say monster? I meant, of course, MONSTRO!
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25 Sep 2003, 23:01
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74
Things that you have never done.
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Don't leave yourself logged into my computers,...
Don't leave yourself logged into my computers, honey.
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25 Sep 2003, 22:55
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74
Things that you have never done.
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G_frog
It's hester, blinding herself with the flash....
It's hester, blinding herself with the flash. She's the Father Dougal of bristol.
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25 Sep 2003, 22:48
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74
Things that you have never done.
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G_frog
normally this is a drinking game.
normally this is a drinking game.
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25 Sep 2003, 21:46
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84
Final postcounts?
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G_frog
posting because i'm lazy, i'll edit in comment on...
posting because i'm lazy, i'll edit in comment on the postcount momentarily...
hmm 400+, i can't believe i've ever had 400 worthwhile things to say, and i can't believe anyone here has listened to...
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25 Sep 2003, 00:39
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Yep, me too
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G_frog
Is this goodbye, au revoir or just "I quit"? ...
Is this goodbye, au revoir or just "I quit"?
In any case, that's a shame. From the tone, i guess it's "goodbye, and good fortune."
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24 Sep 2003, 23:16
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In this Thread , i Blame Nodrog for Everything
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G_frog
I diagnose a case of overthinking. Nurse! ...
I diagnose a case of overthinking.
Nurse!
My debraining knife, please!
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24 Sep 2003, 20:22
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kazaa sues music industry
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G_frog
tell me about it (see, edited) if i'd...
tell me about it (see, edited)
if i'd actually read this thread earlier this would make some sense.
I blame nod
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24 Sep 2003, 19:58
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kazaa sues music industry
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EDIT: how the hell did this post end up in this...
EDIT: how the hell did this post end up in this thread?
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24 Sep 2003, 19:12
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4
cambridge entrance exams
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2,542
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G_frog
it won't be testing the same things as the...
it won't be testing the same things as the a-levels, and in any case those sample questions are of approximately the calibre of those i took to get into my secondary school at the age of nine. and...
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23 Sep 2003, 23:56
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7
Usual Suspects
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3,324
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G_frog
you can't actually tell much from the film,...
you can't actually tell much from the film, because all the flashbacks could be false. about the only things we know are that "kobayashi" works for "verbal", that "verbal" isn't who he claims to be,...
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23 Sep 2003, 23:50
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177
I Resign as Mod.
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G_frog
as usual mark, you're managing to do nothing -...
as usual mark, you're managing to do nothing - but with panache. well done an' all that.
giles
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23 Sep 2003, 00:21
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22
I need to learn about film facts and stuff
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4,276
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G_frog
Marlon Brando is completely bonkers, so that's a...
Marlon Brando is completely bonkers, so that's a good source of anecdotes. The Island of Dr. Moreau is just about true to life.
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22 Sep 2003, 23:34
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21
Working out - a Challenge
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3,753
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G_frog
Exercising every day will help you lose weight by...
Exercising every day will help you lose weight by burning calories, but in terms of improving muscle/fitness you should probably exercise every other day instead. The increase in muscle mass should...
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22 Sep 2003, 19:39
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16
Ok... what is going on?
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3,636
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G_frog
will someone make a sticky explaining that you...
will someone make a sticky explaining that you can get a passport for free via "signup" on the portal, WITHOUT having a game account?
jonny, make yourself useful
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22 Sep 2003, 18:55
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36
Yesterday was my birthday
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4,316
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G_frog
Happy birthday belgy
Happy birthday belgy
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21 Sep 2003, 23:47
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12
Im bored
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3,938
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G_frog
That's ironic since Family Guy has been cancelled.
That's ironic since Family Guy has been cancelled.
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21 Sep 2003, 23:42
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Maybe Scorpio isn't a fairy after all
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3,639
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G_frog
<insert simpson's quote here>
<insert simpson's quote here>
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21 Sep 2003, 23:24
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7
Plasma Based Life?
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3,838
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G_frog
It's true: (i) Self-organizing bimembranes...
It's true:
(i) Self-organizing bimembranes aren't new, lipid bilayers do it anyway.
(ii) One thing affecting another without some means of including information isn't communication.
(iii) Where's...
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21 Sep 2003, 23:16
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30
ITT we post our current favourite song
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G_frog
Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind Leonard Cohen - So Long,...
Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne (even though my sig is from Lover Lover Lover)
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.1
Spiritualized - Cop Shoot Cop
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19 Sep 2003, 00:15
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53
antidepressants
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6,608
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G_frog
depression almost always leads to altered sleep...
depression almost always leads to altered sleep patterns, usually disrupted sleep but sometimes excessive sleepiness.
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19 Sep 2003, 00:02
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53
antidepressants
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6,608
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G_frog
In my case the main effect of antidepressents has...
In my case the main effect of antidepressents has been that they have have improved my concentration and memory, and restored my sleep to something like human norms (i.e. <10hrs/night rather than...
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18 Sep 2003, 22:35
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30
Name some cool anime series/movies
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4,596
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G_frog
Make sure you get and watch series 1-3 of...
Make sure you get and watch series 1-3 of kenshin, and in order.
Since no-one has mentioned it yet, Furi Kuri (aka Foolly Coolly, aka FLCL) seems intriguing (haven't watched it all yet).
...
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15 Sep 2003, 14:07
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23
the riaa are getting clever
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4,354
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G_frog
Am I the only one who gets most of his shared...
Am I the only one who gets most of his shared music by actual physical exchange of CDs/HDD etc?
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3 Sep 2003, 20:38
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19
Johnny Depp Likens U.S. to 'Dumb Puppy'
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3,731
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G_frog
This is the kind of tosh that caused that freedom...
This is the kind of tosh that caused that freedom fried debacle in the first place.
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1 Sep 2003, 00:34
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51
How much petrol cost where YOU live
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Posted By
G_frog
In moral terms there is not reason to pay higher...
In moral terms there is not reason to pay higher petrol prices per se, but there are good moral reasons not to nick it from the weak (eg, it is a violation of those principles required to live...
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31 Aug 2003, 16:49
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27
the educational value of discussion
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3,468
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G_frog
no yes no although sometimes i will only...
no yes no
although sometimes i will only come round after an argument (and not just on this board), then forget/not bother/not have the opportunity to say i was wrong.
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30 Aug 2003, 23:04
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10
Ten lies about Iraq
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3,321
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G_frog
I don't care if you're the real davinbrahm or...
I don't care if you're the real davinbrahm or (and since you can punctuate, this seems likely) a gimmick, just go away please.
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27 Aug 2003, 15:59
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92
National debt
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6,579
Posted By
G_frog
Have i not understood, or does this just come...
Have i not understood, or does this just come down to that you can't make money by just shuffling money around, and nothing that you make is worth* anything if no-one will buy it?
*I assume where...
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27 Aug 2003, 14:46
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23
What is the use of spamming...
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4,792
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G_frog
why is your personal stuff in either latin or...
why is your personal stuff in either latin or mock-latin?
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27 Aug 2003, 00:31
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14
This is the thread
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3,936
Posted By
G_frog
i've been double-crossed now for the very last...
i've been double-crossed now for the very last time/
and now i'm finally free
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26 Aug 2003, 21:36
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46
Some things are fab
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3,960
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G_frog
Probably the bbc should hold the copyright, but...
Probably the bbc should hold the copyright, but in trust as it were, with some kind of license automatically extended to british citizens.
getting rid of it entirely would be problematic.
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20 Aug 2003, 01:07
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26
Its all coming up Deffeh!
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3,841
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G_frog
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18 Aug 2003, 23:16
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16
Darwin Was Wrong
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3,286
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G_frog
It was in the notoriously bad later editions of...
It was in the notoriously bad later editions of The Origin.
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18 Aug 2003, 00:13
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81
Homophobia is wrong ! - A Rant of sorts
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G_frog
Once again, my self-restraint in dreadful punning...
Once again, my self-restraint in dreadful punning goes to waste :/
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17 Aug 2003, 23:49
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81
Homophobia is wrong ! - A Rant of sorts
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I think he meant that he had a higher fitness (or...
I think he meant that he had a higher fitness (or expected fitness) than gayle, which would be true. (gayle's fitness is probably zero, unless she gets very drunk or something).
Whereas I guess...
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17 Aug 2003, 23:38
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81
Homophobia is wrong ! - A Rant of sorts
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G_frog
That doesn't follow :/
That doesn't follow :/
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17 Aug 2003, 19:45
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50
Shoot to kill
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6,383
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G_frog
That was by way of irony, but - oh no, too many...
That was by way of irony, but - oh no, too many stereotypes.
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17 Aug 2003, 18:09
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50
Shoot to kill
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6,383
Posted By
G_frog
that all americans are trigger-happy?
that all americans are trigger-happy?
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16 Aug 2003, 22:32
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25
Fat EVIL Dictator Dies - Yay !
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3,599
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G_frog
bush may be the morally misguided puppet of scary...
bush may be the morally misguided puppet of scary vested interests but he's hardly comparable with Idi Amin.
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2 Aug 2003, 00:10
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33
So that sucks
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3,227
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G_frog
:( that's terrible. i hope you're all doing ok
:( that's terrible. i hope you're all doing ok
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25 Jul 2003, 00:21
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34
ITT Deffeh posts something he likes
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3,238
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G_frog
I'll match your stake and raise you a leonard...
I'll match your stake and raise you a leonard cohen.
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24 Jul 2003, 21:58
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11
If I were a scientist..
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2,962
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G_frog
If I were a scientist, i'd brush my teeth.
If I were a scientist, i'd brush my teeth.
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24 Jul 2003, 21:52
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41
George W. Bush is sharper than most of us!
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3,705
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G_frog
First, do not feed the troll. Second, I've...
First, do not feed the troll.
Second, I've met plenty of people at cam who could be said to be stupid in at least one sense. This seems to me better than average at least, since most people appear...
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22 Jul 2003, 23:43
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19
Family Guy Season 3
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4,292
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G_frog
It's very good, but it sometimes grates and can...
It's very good, but it sometimes grates and can become repetitious.
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22 Jul 2003, 20:48
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52
Newspapers
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6,635
Posted By
G_frog
guardian for preference, but frequently the...
guardian for preference, but frequently the telegraph and/or FT if my dad is buying.
On sundays the IoS and the Sunday Times.
ELeeming, for many people it's not the Tories per se, it's just the...
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22 Jul 2003, 20:40
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Who else thinks this is bollocks?
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4,558
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G_frog
I'm sure reliable information will be forthcoming...
I'm sure reliable information will be forthcoming in one of the military-vetted reports from journalists embedded in units selected by the military.
yes-sirree!
P.S. Did you hear that the...
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21 Jul 2003, 22:42
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102
Troll of the week: Complaint
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10,276
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G_frog
The mission of the Washington State Potato...
The mission of the Washington State Potato Commission is to serve the potato growers of Washington State. The main function of the Washington State Potato Commission is to work toward the enhancement...
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21 Jul 2003, 21:13
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102
Troll of the week: Complaint
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10,276
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G_frog
Re: Troll of the week: Complaint
I don't think it's having a minority opinion that did it. Look at Dante Hicks, he doesn't have any trouble and nobody agrees with him, anywhere on the planet, ever.
No, i think its the abuse, the...
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21 Jul 2003, 20:32
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Recommended philosophical reading
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7,512
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G_frog
That was my point. Lewontin is out on one...
That was my point.
Lewontin is out on one reasonable extreme, dawkins is at the reasonable extreme of the other end of the spectrum, and dennett is a fool.
and yes, matt "chaos theory gets me...
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21 Jul 2003, 00:53
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83
Recommended philosophical reading
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7,512
Posted By
G_frog
Try Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/) for...
Try Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/) for ebooks of raw philosophical texts.
Russell's History of Western Philosophy is probably a very good starting point.
P.S. I feel honour-bound to...
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20 Jul 2003, 21:40
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15
Paranoia & the media
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2,738
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G_frog
Are you disputing a causal connection, or just...
Are you disputing a causal connection, or just claiming that you believe in free will?
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20 Jul 2003, 19:17
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17
Dr David Kelly "Committed suicide"
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3,944
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G_frog
Re: Re: Re: ..
Except that, with the collusion of certain papers, they'll try to blame the beeb, in the largest display of humbug since - well, now that I think about it, since the last time we invaded someone.
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20 Jul 2003, 00:32
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13
Americas Terrorism Information Awareness System
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3,628
Posted By
G_frog
We just have Private Eye :/
We just have Private Eye :/
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20 Jul 2003, 00:21
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the most serious thing ive ever posted i think...
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8,352
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G_frog
Tactitus, you're right on that and i should...
Tactitus, you're right on that and i should follow the news more carefully. Just to be clear though, I wasn't suggesting that Taliban loyalists (or any other POWs) be released into their custody....
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20 Jul 2003, 00:13
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16
Hack The Planet!
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2,923
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G_frog
The film "hackers", which appeared to feature...
The film "hackers", which appeared to feature costume and makeup by David Bowie.
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19 Jul 2003, 12:08
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95
the most serious thing ive ever posted i think...
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8,352
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Formal surrenders, like formal declarations of...
Formal surrenders, like formal declarations of war, are basically a thing of the past. The fact that an international interim authority with legal jurisdiction has replaced the government of the...
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19 Jul 2003, 11:57
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95
the most serious thing ive ever posted i think...
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8,352
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You're at cambridge aren't you? That's usually...
You're at cambridge aren't you? That's usually good 'job experience' for treason.
i'm fairly sure they would have to have tried to kill the Queen for that.
I've no idea why it would be...
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19 Jul 2003, 00:53
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95
the most serious thing ive ever posted i think...
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8,352
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The 'war' an al qaeda is not a war in the sense...
The 'war' an al qaeda is not a war in the sense of international law, and more than the 'war on drugs' is. However, the Geneva Convention would consider combatants in the afghanistan war to deserve...
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19 Jul 2003, 00:48
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the most serious thing ive ever posted i think...
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8,352
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okay, that would take a while to wade through,...
okay, that would take a while to wade through, but from first glance there are a few points i don't understand.
- How the laws of the US can take precedence over the geneva convention (which...
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18 Jul 2003, 23:33
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the most serious thing ive ever posted i think...
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8,352
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Being an enemy combatant isn't enough itself -...
Being an enemy combatant isn't enough itself - that would make them an ordinary POW, who have to be repatriated at the 'cessasation of hostilities'. what exactly are they supposed to have done?
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18 Jul 2003, 22:15
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24
Everyone is going to jail
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3,551
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G_frog
ha ha ha.
ha ha ha.
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17 Jul 2003, 01:05
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17
three people in one
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3,439
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G_frog
At least it wasn't a theology thread.
At least it wasn't a theology thread.
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15 Jul 2003, 01:09
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51
riddle
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3,973
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G_frog
Wild stab in the dark. The guy had something...
Wild stab in the dark.
The guy had something (hiccups) he needed the water to cure (i don't know how you use water to cure hiccups, but i bet there is a way), but the shotgun-in-the-face gave him...
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15 Jul 2003, 00:54
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52
Best RPG ever?
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7,124
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G_frog
From my limited experience, Torment just edges...
From my limited experience, Torment just edges out BG2 (partly because Throne of Bhaal was so poor).
2 cents there.
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14 Jul 2003, 22:59
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21
Disposable Heroes of DVD
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3,228
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G_frog
The muddled middle ground is where the practical...
The muddled middle ground is where the practical gains will always lie in a political system like ours.
Moore isn't that bad. his style in stupid white men overwhelms even the chunk of his...
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14 Jul 2003, 22:52
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25
The reason old games are better
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4,038
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G_frog
Re: hmm
First game i bought iirc. Bloody fantastic, although it is upstaged a bit by MOO2 and Civ2. Still, there's nothing quite like it that i've seen.
Do you find the mouse slows down to unusability...
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14 Jul 2003, 22:45
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All Hail!!! MrLCult!!!!
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3,188
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G_frog
Stop it at once, or he'll develop a Kwisatz...
Stop it at once, or he'll develop a Kwisatz Haderach* complex at the least.
*yes yes, god-emperor/mentat bashar etc. are possible too
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14 Jul 2003, 22:39
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32
Morbidity? Have you chosen your funeral song?
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4,317
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G_frog
Obvious choice: Flaming Lips - Do you realise? ...
Obvious choice: Flaming Lips - Do you realise?
maybe Spiritualized - 'cool waves' or 'all of my thoughts'
I'm trying to avoid the more downbeat end of my collection here.
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14 Jul 2003, 22:12
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31
MrL_JaKiri Watch
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3,953
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G_frog
You say that, but i hear portable telegraph...
You say that, but i hear portable telegraph machines spook the horses on these 'aerial carriages' something awful. Carrier pigeons are the way forward.
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12 Jul 2003, 21:31
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31
MrL_JaKiri Watch
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3,953
Posted By
G_frog
Surely it would be quicker to make a list of...
Surely it would be quicker to make a list of threads in which he stays on topic.
I remember he stayed on topic once, back in the summer of 1999. he wore an onion on his belt, as was the fashion at...
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4 Jul 2003, 00:29
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99
British Political System
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7,197
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G_frog
Very few british institutions work as well on...
Very few british institutions work as well on paper as in practice. I don't pretend to know why this is. Seperation of powers? what seperation of powers?
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3 Jul 2003, 23:03
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40
It's About Time We Got Over Our Anti-Incest Rhetoric
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7,076
Posted By
G_frog
yes, i was hoping no one would notice that :/...
yes, i was hoping no one would notice that :/ with the status quo as it is tho, both eugenics and incest are quite seperate taboos so i don't think breaking one would break the other.
(since such...
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3 Jul 2003, 22:50
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40
It's About Time We Got Over Our Anti-Incest Rhetoric
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7,076
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G_frog
I'd be worried about letting eugenics in by the...
I'd be worried about letting eugenics in by the back door.
There's no reason it would happen, but my faith in civilization is at a fairly low ebb.
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3 Jul 2003, 22:43
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13
GM foods and organic foods
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2,722
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G_frog
Three reasons to go on a moral crusade against...
Three reasons to go on a moral crusade against GM:
1) It turns you into an archimboldo picture. This is 'rollocks'.
2) It gets out into the enviroment and creates "superweeds." This is kinda...
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17 Jun 2003, 16:07
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186
Your ideal system of Government
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17,525
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G_frog
Proteus, you probably haven't been here long...
Proteus, you probably haven't been here long enough to realise it's not worth arguing with encyclopedia-head.
Exams go well?
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17 Jun 2003, 13:01
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215
More lies about Iraq
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18,355
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G_frog
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: More lies about Iraq
In something like this you can't tell what's propaganda and what isn't (if you ever really can). Of course John Doe should disregard propaganda if it appears to be such. However, just because he...
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17 Jun 2003, 12:54
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48
How shiet is my board
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5,360
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G_frog
Welcome back mister manson, you are a ray of...
Welcome back mister manson, you are a ray of light in a dark room filled with people bumping into each other or running at the walls.
I would say the boards have remained about the same since you...
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17 Jun 2003, 12:42
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186
Your ideal system of Government
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17,525
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You've gotten confused because socialism has two...
You've gotten confused because socialism has two meanings. One is what Dante (bless his little heart) has been rabbiting on about.
The other is where the state carries out a social program on the...
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17 Jun 2003, 01:48
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186
Your ideal system of Government
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G_frog
I'm all in favour of a large* (if not neccesarily...
I'm all in favour of a large* (if not neccesarily centralised) representative democratic government, on the understanding that certain long term, large scale or universally required projects or...
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17 Jun 2003, 01:34
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215
More lies about Iraq
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18,355
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G_frog
you mean it's fine now?
you mean it's fine now?
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17 Jun 2003, 01:20
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68
Is it wrong ....
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6,530
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G_frog
I have to admit Kura's jokes are better than his...
I have to admit Kura's jokes are better than his attempts to be serious.
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16 Jun 2003, 23:28
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13
manga style music
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3,264
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G_frog
Get Yoko Kanno's soundtrack(s) to Vision of...
Get Yoko Kanno's soundtrack(s) to Vision of Escaflowne. You can get quite a bit on filesharing networks, although obviously this is highly immoral when you could pay £50 to import it.
In fact, get...
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15 Jun 2003, 21:40
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12
I hear............
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3,543
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G_frog
what the hell is it about jonny?
what the hell is it about jonny?
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15 Jun 2003, 21:39
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16
The rhesus factor in blood
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3,195
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G_frog
http://www.paternityangel.com/Articles_zone/Blood/...
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rhesus type is (or approximates to being) controlled by a single locus with two possible alleles, + and -. + is dominant to -, so a...
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15 Jun 2003, 13:42
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The Greatest American Ever is..........
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Because i've only just read up on franklin :/ ...
Because i've only just read up on franklin :/
I'm not wholly convinced of franklin's greatness as a scientist yet though, since his experiments seem directionless and his theories ad hoc....
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How did 'the modern man' become?
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Even single celled organisms can have 'sex' or...
Even single celled organisms can have 'sex' or something like it.
There are lots of organisms of all levels of complexity that are parthenogenic, hermaphroditic, or able to change sex.
There...
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13 Jun 2003, 13:49
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Maybe* Matt Groening should run for president. ...
Maybe* Matt Groening should run for president.
(Seriously? Richard Feynman should probably win the poll. or one of their better political leaders or possibly john rawls.)
*definitely.
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11 Jun 2003, 20:00
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Mark for God
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First, no it isn't, time is an objective feature...
First, no it isn't, time is an objective feature of the universe - even if its measurement is subjective. (unless you're going to claim the universe is just something in your head).
Second, logic...
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11 Jun 2003, 11:10
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GD Pantheon
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Is there a god of hijacking?
Is there a god of hijacking?
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8 Jun 2003, 21:58
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Maths++
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NOBODY POSTS AFTER JONNY
NOBODY POSTS AFTER JONNY
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8 Jun 2003, 21:55
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Congratulations To Poland
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I think you'll find germany is running a trade...
I think you'll find germany is running a trade surplus because they're more productive than everybody else and have low demand at home.
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8 Jun 2003, 21:31
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Maths++
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Maths++
Drilling through so that the HOLE is 6" long when you're done always removes a segment at the top and bottom.
I don't think the spheres are to scale.
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