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Message 734585 - Posted: 5 Apr 2008, 8:42:54 UTC - in response to Message 734577.  

Thought of the night:

'RAC' has its privileges... ;)

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

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Message 734588 - Posted: 5 Apr 2008, 8:49:27 UTC - in response to Message 734585.  

Thought of the night:

'RAC' has its privileges... ;)

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Hmm, so now my RAC is creeping up I get to join a special "club" do I? Mark - we're special, do you feel it? ;)
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Message 734590 - Posted: 5 Apr 2008, 8:57:06 UTC - in response to Message 734588.  

Thought of the night:

'RAC' has its privileges... ;)

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Hmm, so now my RAC is creeping up I get to join a special "club" do I? Mark - we're special, do you feel it? ;)

I always knew I was special.......the kitties tell me all the time with their purrs.....
The RAC is just a bonus..LOL.
"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

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Message 734592 - Posted: 5 Apr 2008, 9:00:54 UTC

LOL. Yep, you're special, in your own little way.
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Message 734593 - Posted: 5 Apr 2008, 9:01:58 UTC

Cream rises to the top... Then again so does scum...
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Message 734595 - Posted: 5 Apr 2008, 9:03:01 UTC - in response to Message 734592.  

LOL. Yep, you're special, in your own little way.

Thanx, Dude.

I cannot please everybody, so I gots to please myself.
And I hope along the way, I do manage to bring a bit of joy to others.
"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

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Message 736351 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 5:25:11 UTC

A lot can be learned from the unspoken words... ;)
It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .
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Message 736692 - Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 2:32:21 UTC

The football world cup final has 1 billion viewers, it is the worlds number 1 game. The game is a version of a challenge which originated from british town disputes. The countries of the teams with the victories and most victories have produced players of acknowledged elite status.

Is this the start of the new gods?

Demographics could show serious trends.
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Message 737202 - Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 2:43:52 UTC

Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.


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Message 737204 - Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 2:48:57 UTC - in response to Message 731047.  

"Lets' have ID cards, they will stop terrorism"

We already have them, they're called a drivers license and a social security card... ;)

(Don't let the recent propaganda fool you into thinking ID cards are something new.)

Both of these are miserable excuses for ID.

Social Security Numbers are about 40% used. Pick a random one and you are in the database about 40% of the time.

Many states do not require you to provide any proof of who you are when you get a drivers license.

Neither of these is proof of who you are, all they are is an indication of who you claim to be.


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Message 737271 - Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 8:57:02 UTC - in response to Message 737204.  

Neither of these is proof of who you are, all they are is an indication of who you claim to be.

We must live in two separate worlds... ;)
It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .
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Message 737273 - Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 9:12:25 UTC - in response to Message 730181.  
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"When 'the common good' of a society is regarded as something apart from and superior

to the individual good of its members, it means that the good of some men takes precedence

over the good of others, with those others consigned to the status of sacrificial animals"

~ Ayn Rand ~

Preach it, brother. :-P
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Message 737275 - Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 9:15:38 UTC

"Death is something that will inevitably happen to you but something you will never experience."
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Message 737568 - Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 0:27:18 UTC - in response to Message 737275.  

"Death is something that will inevitably happen to you but something you will never experience."

I wouldn't bet on that... ;)
It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .
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Message 737579 - Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 0:42:14 UTC

Don't confuse me with facts, my mind is made up.
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Message 737625 - Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 1:47:44 UTC - in response to Message 737581.  

If you were under house arrest and you lived in a mobile home, wouldn’t you be able to go anywhere you want?

If you are under house arrest and you are homeless?


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Message 737649 - Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 2:42:01 UTC

"Don't make toast in the bath."
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Message 737657 - Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 3:04:05 UTC - in response to Message 737649.  
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"Don't make toast in the bath."

Very good advice Mark, oh and welcome to the SETI community!

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Message 737981 - Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 18:09:09 UTC

Just because you're paranoid does not mean that they're not our to get you.


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Message 738013 - Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 19:37:57 UTC

An apt quote for some of my postings... ;-)

When Windows doesn't work, Microsoft is evil.

When Linux doesn't work, it's the user's fault.

When OS X doesn't work, it's a feature.

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