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Forum: Current Events 12-05-2001, 11:30 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 11,112
Posted By jet_silver
Let's not play games, Jag. *sigh* POINT...

Let's not play games, Jag.


*sigh* POINT TO A LIST, not pages you claim are there, somewhere. You're the only one who hasn't got time? Try this little exercise. Go to the UNDP site. Click on...
Forum: Image of the Day 12-05-2001, 10:20 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,034
Posted By jet_silver
A lot of these triggering problems were solved by...

A lot of these triggering problems were solved by Harold Edgerton, the E in EG&G for you physical sciences wonks. He developed this kind of stroboscopic photography, among other things.

There...
Forum: Current Events 12-04-2001, 11:07 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 11,112
Posted By jet_silver
Jag, it isn't permissible to frame the definition...

Jag, it isn't permissible to frame the definition of one thing in terms of another that points back to the first, like this: A=B; B=A. That is a circular definition. It also is Not Done to...
Forum: Current Events 12-04-2001, 01:11 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 6,251
Posted By jet_silver
The only response that is left is take two...

The only response that is left is take two aspirin and try to forget it. It's pretty clear no outside agency is going to be able to fix the problem.

I'm not interested in the 'rightness' of...
Forum: Current Events 12-04-2001, 09:50 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 11,112
Posted By jet_silver
Bit of a circular definition problem, Jag - ...

Bit of a circular definition problem, Jag -




This isn't the point I'm going after, what I'm going to do is attack the term 'supported', but I may as well do a clean job of demolition. If...
Forum: Current Events 12-03-2001, 04:33 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,118
Posted By jet_silver
Maybe it was the indigestion they got when they...

Maybe it was the indigestion they got when they swallowed Earthgrains. Those "The promise of Earthgrains" commercials made me want to huck up my breakfast anyway.

I don't know how many times...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 12-03-2001, 11:22 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 8,917
Posted By jet_silver
My sister lives in Anchorage with her family. ...

My sister lives in Anchorage with her family. Anchorage is three degrees of latitude south of Nome. This is about 180 n.mi. as the crow flies, assuming it doesn't freeze to death. Maybe it should...
Forum: Current Events 12-03-2001, 10:37 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 11,112
Posted By jet_silver
Well, I understand that there are things in my...

Well, I understand that there are things in my house that are made in China (shower curtain), Hungary (light bulbs), Philippines (rubber slippers), and Brazil (clothing). Last night I had asparagus...
Forum: Current Events 12-01-2001, 04:12 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 11,112
Posted By jet_silver
Jag, if you said "The first world has more stuff...

Jag, if you said "The first world has more stuff when it trades with the third" I would agree in the sense of three TVs instead of one, six pairs of sneakers instead of one, steel at half the price...
Forum: Current Events 11-30-2001, 10:13 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 11,112
Posted By jet_silver
How does this follow? I see two conditions: ...

How does this follow? I see two conditions:

1) One or more first world countries HAS contact with a given third world one;

2) NO first world country has contact with a given third world one.
...
Forum: Current Events 11-30-2001, 05:21 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 11,112
Posted By jet_silver
When A annoys or injures B on the pretense of...

When A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel. -H. L. Mencken

Simple substitution: A=tagger, B=property owner, X=someone's idea of the 'right' economy. ...
Forum: Current Events 11-30-2001, 09:52 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 11,112
Posted By jet_silver
"I would just like to say that i know some ......

"I would just like to say that i know some ... people that decide to 'scrawl' on buildings. ... these are the people that WILL change our economy for the better."

If your voice mainly comes from...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 11-28-2001, 04:37 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 9,482
Posted By jet_silver
This looks like a hoax. "...vast number of...

This looks like a hoax.

"...vast number of species of all types of animals and vegetals..."

"The value of this area is unable to calculate."

"...possession of these valuable lands to such...
Forum: Image of the Day 11-28-2001, 12:31 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 10,512
Posted By jet_silver
Fourteen pence = 1 shilling 20 shillings = 1...

Fourteen pence = 1 shilling
20 shillings = 1 pound
21 shillings = 1 guinea

I really will miss the silly, giddy mix of currencies. Certainly there is a point to rationalizing European currency,...
Forum: Home Base 11-26-2001, 04:01 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,928
Posted By jet_silver
Kim-chee farts. Telemarketing. Watery beer...

Kim-chee farts.
Telemarketing.
Watery beer (like Coors Light).
Inanity, oka network television.
The DCMA.
Telemarketing.
Spin control.
Bureaucrats.
Adulation of politicians.
Licensing laws.
Forum: Image of the Day 11-24-2001, 10:10 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,309
Posted By jet_silver
Beautiful, UT. I thought I'd seen all the...

Beautiful, UT.

I thought I'd seen all the cool atmospherics: aurora, green flash, "sun dogs", Brockengespenstphanomen... this is the first I've ever even heard of a 'sun pillar' and it is...
Forum: Current Events 11-24-2001, 08:31 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 9,829
Posted By jet_silver
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest Ever...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest

Ever since 9/11 when -they- were the site I could get to and load, I've gotten my news there.
Forum: Image of the Day 11-23-2001, 07:33 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 8,699
Posted By jet_silver
What bothers me about these license plates isn't...

What bothers me about these license plates isn't even the message. It's the God-awful -designs-. I can't think of a state whose "special cause" license plates don't look as though they were...
Forum: The Internet 11-23-2001, 07:27 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,866
Posted By jet_silver
I got Thom Yorke too. Too bad the choice...

I got Thom Yorke too.

Too bad the choice of where I'd live didn't include where I live now (and from where I can't see moving): in a place away from cities.

And Yorke's not at all...
Forum: Current Events 11-21-2001, 09:38 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 9,829
Posted By jet_silver
Where I used to live there was this little, poky...

Where I used to live there was this little, poky cafe that was comfortable. It was very much in the European idiom. You could stay there as long as you liked, there was a pleasant muddle of...
Forum: Current Events 11-20-2001, 10:02 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 9,829
Posted By jet_silver
I -hate- Starbucks. As much as I hate, well,...

I -hate- Starbucks. As much as I hate, well, Vegemite and those horrible musk flavored Life Savers.

Bad news for you, Jag, Vegemite was here long before Starbucks was over there. If Australia...
Forum: Image of the Day 11-18-2001, 09:25 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,374
Posted By jet_silver
You should see the insides

If you think it looks mechanical from the outside, you should see the guts at http://home.earthlink.net/~nbrass1/abwehr.htm.

Anyone who has looked at a fully mechanical autopilot or fire control...
Forum: Image of the Day 11-16-2001, 11:48 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,595
Posted By jet_silver
P.J. O'Rourke describes this game in "Holidays in...

P.J. O'Rourke describes this game in "Holidays in Hell".

I was trying to remember where I read that this game was originally played using, instead of a goat, a live, bound human prisoner. If it...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 11-11-2001, 10:43 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,485
Posted By jet_silver
My experience was exactly the opposite. Raised...

My experience was exactly the opposite. Raised on the 70s' mainstream stuff and with -exceedingly- conservative parents in a backwater, I recall listening to radio rock and being increasingly aware...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 11-08-2001, 11:03 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 11,233
Posted By jet_silver
X - Los Angeles is a song I'd -have- to have on...

X - Los Angeles is a song I'd -have- to have on the proverbial desert island.

The Raybeats - Holiday Inn Spain is the quintessence of surf music IMO, but since it doesn't have lyrics it might...
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