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TomS

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Nov 22, 2009, 10:56:14 AM11/22/09
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<http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/earth-destroyed-by-large-hadron-collider-martian-questioned/>


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---Tom S.
the failure to nail currant jelly to a wall is not due to the nail; it is due to
the currant jelly.
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Boikat

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Nov 22, 2009, 11:05:25 AM11/22/09
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On Nov 22, 9:56 am, TomS <TomS_mem...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> <http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/earth-destroyed-by-large-hadron-...>
>

I hated it when that happened! :P

So, here we are, blown into an alternate reality....

Boikat

macaddicted

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Nov 22, 2009, 3:10:35 PM11/22/09
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Boikat <boi...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

....and it's not even an All-seeing I thread.


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VoiceOfReason

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Nov 22, 2009, 3:36:55 PM11/22/09
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Hmm, I THOUGHT I felt a disturbance in the force. I guess that
explains it.

Cory Albrecht

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Nov 22, 2009, 3:40:45 PM11/22/09
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Boikat wrote, on 09-11-22 11:05 AM:

Do all the men have goatees in this one?

Boikat

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Nov 22, 2009, 4:37:46 PM11/22/09
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Yes, under pain of torture by fluffy pillow, followed by confinement
to the comfy couch.

Boikat

Bob Casanova

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Nov 22, 2009, 4:51:42 PM11/22/09
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On 22 Nov 2009 07:56:14 -0800, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by TomS <TomS_...@newsguy.com>:

><http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/earth-destroyed-by-large-hadron-collider-martian-questioned/>

Refuted:

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/
--

Bob C.

"Evidence confirming an observation is
evidence that the observation is wrong."
- McNameless

John Wilkins

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Nov 22, 2009, 5:19:41 PM11/22/09
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In article <0jcjg5pbu03pvc4tb...@4ax.com>, Bob Casanova
<nos...@buzz.off> wrote:

> On 22 Nov 2009 07:56:14 -0800, the following appeared in
> talk.origins, posted by TomS <TomS_...@newsguy.com>:
>
>
> >><http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/earth-destroyed-by-large-hadron-collid
> >er-martian-questioned/>
>
> Refuted:
>
> http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

I don't trust the algorithm used on that site. It seems to be
committing the fallacy of affirming the consequent.

Desertphile

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Nov 22, 2009, 5:52:03 PM11/22/09
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On 22 Nov 2009 07:56:14 -0800, TomS <TomS_...@newsguy.com>
wrote:

> Subject: earth destroyed by large hadron collider

Would anyone notice?


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Ye Old One

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Nov 22, 2009, 5:57:47 PM11/22/09
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And we still have Mudbrain and Spincronic to deal with :(

>
>Boikat


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Bob.

Read a Spincronic post in the morning and nothing worse will happen to
you for the rest of the day.

Paul J Gans

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Nov 22, 2009, 9:25:42 PM11/22/09
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Desertphile <deser...@invalid-address.net> wrote:
>On 22 Nov 2009 07:56:14 -0800, TomS <TomS_...@newsguy.com>
>wrote:

>> Subject: earth destroyed by large hadron collider

>Would anyone notice?

At least then I could stop looking for my keys...

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--- Paul J. Gans

John Wilkins

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Nov 22, 2009, 10:21:19 PM11/22/09
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In article <hecrr6$dnv$4...@reader1.panix.com>, Paul J Gans
<gan...@panix.com> wrote:

You would stop, out of necessity

Paul J Gans

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Nov 23, 2009, 12:03:15 AM11/23/09
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And if I didn't, who'd notice?

Klaus Hellnick

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Nov 23, 2009, 12:00:47 AM11/23/09
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Actually, it was a Star Trek reference, not Monty Python.

John Wilkins

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Nov 23, 2009, 12:15:15 AM11/23/09
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In article <hed52j$g8k$2...@reader1.panix.com>, Paul J Gans
<gan...@panix.com> wrote:

> John Wilkins <jo...@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
> >In article <hecrr6$dnv$4...@reader1.panix.com>, Paul J Gans
> ><gan...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> >> Desertphile <deser...@invalid-address.net> wrote:
> >> >On 22 Nov 2009 07:56:14 -0800, TomS <TomS_...@newsguy.com>
> >> >wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Subject: earth destroyed by large hadron collider
> >>
> >> >Would anyone notice?
> >>
> >> At least then I could stop looking for my keys...
>
> >You would stop, out of necessity
>
> And if I didn't, who'd notice?

Not me.

Boikat

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Nov 23, 2009, 12:30:15 AM11/23/09
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Clearly a case of the collision of two parallel universes. ;)

Dakota

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Nov 23, 2009, 2:38:05 AM11/23/09
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On 11/22/2009 4:57 PM, Ye Old One wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:05:25 -0800 (PST), Boikat
> <boi...@bellsouth.net> enriched this group when s/he wrote:
>
>> On Nov 22, 9:56 am, TomS<TomS_mem...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>>> <http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/earth-destroyed-by-large-hadron-...>
>>>
>>
>> I hated it when that happened! :P
>>
>> So, here we are, blown into an alternate reality....
>
> And we still have Mudbrain and Spincronic to deal with :(
>
>>
>> Boikat
>
>
Or as Steven Wright might say, the earth was totally destroyed and
replaced by an exact duplicate.

John Wilkins

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Nov 23, 2009, 4:20:06 AM11/23/09
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In article <bdOdnfOskrdGppfW...@giganews.com>, Dakota
<ma...@NOSPAMmail.com> wrote:

And moved one foot to the left.

Walter Bushell

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Nov 23, 2009, 8:07:03 AM11/23/09
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In article <231120092020064546%jo...@wilkins.id.au>,
John Wilkins <jo...@wilkins.id.au> wrote:

Happens all the time.

"Worlds on worlds are hurling ever
From creation to decay,
Like the bubbles on a river
Sparkling bursting borne away." Shelly

--
A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard.

Klaus Hellnick

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Nov 23, 2009, 8:46:08 AM11/23/09
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Do we have dolphins?

Klaus Hellnick

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Nov 23, 2009, 8:45:35 AM11/23/09
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Paul J Gans

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Nov 23, 2009, 9:16:52 AM11/23/09
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Except that the average IQ has dropped 20 points.

Paul J Gans

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Nov 23, 2009, 9:15:56 AM11/23/09
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John Wilkins <jo...@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
>In article <hed52j$g8k$2...@reader1.panix.com>, Paul J Gans
><gan...@panix.com> wrote:

>> John Wilkins <jo...@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
>> >In article <hecrr6$dnv$4...@reader1.panix.com>, Paul J Gans
>> ><gan...@panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> Desertphile <deser...@invalid-address.net> wrote:
>> >> >On 22 Nov 2009 07:56:14 -0800, TomS <TomS_...@newsguy.com>
>> >> >wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> Subject: earth destroyed by large hadron collider
>> >>
>> >> >Would anyone notice?
>> >>
>> >> At least then I could stop looking for my keys...
>>
>> >You would stop, out of necessity
>>
>> And if I didn't, who'd notice?

>Not me.

Besides, I've never seen a large hadron, much less seeing two
of them collide.

heekster

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Nov 23, 2009, 11:32:05 AM11/23/09
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Similar events occurred in the Deep Space Nine spin-off.

Desertphile

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Nov 23, 2009, 2:32:29 PM11/23/09
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On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:30:15 -0800 (PST), Boikat
<boi...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On Nov 22, 11:00 pm, Klaus Hellnick <khelln...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Boikat wrote:
> > > On Nov 22, 2:40 pm, Cory Albrecht <coryalbre...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Boikat wrote, on 09-11-22 11:05 AM:
> >
> > >>> On Nov 22, 9:56 am, TomS<TomS_mem...@newsguy.com>  wrote:
> > >>>> <http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/earth-destroyed-by-large-hadron-...>
> > >>> I hated it when that happened! :P
> > >>> So, here we are, blown into an alternate reality....
> > >> Do all the men have goatees in this one?
> >
> > > Yes, under pain of torture by fluffy pillow, followed by confinement
> > > to the comfy couch.

> > Actually, it was a Star Trek reference, not Monty Python.



> Clearly a case of the collision of two parallel universes. ;)

Boikat, your agonizer! Your agonizer, please!

Boikat

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Nov 23, 2009, 2:38:04 PM11/23/09
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On Nov 23, 1:32 pm, Desertphile <desertph...@invalid-address.net>
wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:30:15 -0800 (PST), Boikat
>
>
>
>
>
> <boi...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > On Nov 22, 11:00 pm, Klaus Hellnick <khelln...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > Boikat wrote:
> > > > On Nov 22, 2:40 pm, Cory Albrecht <coryalbre...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> Boikat wrote, on 09-11-22 11:05 AM:
>
> > > >>> On Nov 22, 9:56 am, TomS<TomS_mem...@newsguy.com>  wrote:
> > > >>>> <http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/earth-destroyed-by-large-hadron-...>
> > > >>> I hated it when that happened! :P
> > > >>> So, here we are, blown into an alternate reality....
> > > >> Do all the men have goatees in this one?
>
> > > > Yes, under pain of torture by fluffy pillow, followed by confinement
> > > > to the comfy couch.
> > > Actually, it was a Star Trek reference, not Monty Python.
> > Clearly a case of the collision of two parallel universes. ;)
>
> Boikat, your agonizer! Your agonizer, please!
>

No agonizer, but you can use my fluffy pillow...

Boikat

rmacfarl

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Nov 23, 2009, 4:59:35 PM11/23/09
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"John Wilkins" <jo...@wilkins.id.au> wrote in message
news:231120092020064546%jo...@wilkins.id.au...

Didn't that happen just over a year ago? About the first Tuesday
in November (US time)?

Bob Casanova

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Nov 23, 2009, 8:28:51 PM11/23/09
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On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:52:03 -0700, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by Desertphile
<deser...@invalid-address.net>:

>On 22 Nov 2009 07:56:14 -0800, TomS <TomS_...@newsguy.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Subject: earth destroyed by large hadron collider
>
>Would anyone notice?

Actually, no, they wouldn't. Maybe if we manage to establish
Lunar colonies...

Paul J Gans

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Nov 23, 2009, 9:10:09 PM11/23/09
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>Happens all the time.

Yeah. No wonder the Right Wing is upset. The earth is always
moving, step by step, to the left.

John Wilkins

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Nov 23, 2009, 9:20:25 PM11/23/09
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In article <heffa1$9r$3...@reader1.panix.com>, Paul J Gans
<gan...@panix.com> wrote:

Unfortunately, the Left is moving, giant leap by giant leap, to the
Right.

JohnN

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Nov 23, 2009, 10:07:50 PM11/23/09
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On Nov 23, 4:20 am, John Wilkins <j...@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
> In article <bdOdnfOskrdGppfWnZ2dnUVZ_o9i4...@giganews.com>, Dakota

It's just a jump to the left...

JohnN

J.J. O'Shea

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Nov 24, 2009, 12:10:31 AM11/24/09
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On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:28:51 -0500, Bob Casanova wrote
(in article <4ldmg5tvumht558ld...@4ax.com>):

> On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:52:03 -0700, the following appeared
> in talk.origins, posted by Desertphile
> <deser...@invalid-address.net>:
>
>> On 22 Nov 2009 07:56:14 -0800, TomS <TomS_...@newsguy.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Subject: earth destroyed by large hadron collider
>>
>> Would anyone notice?
>
> Actually, no, they wouldn't. Maybe if we manage to establish
> Lunar colonies...
>

In related news, the first steps towards doing a movie (with perhaps a remake
to follow) of the 1969 Gerry & Sylvia Anderson SF seriers _UFO_ have been
taken. Ah. Extremely mammalian young women in fishnet jumpsuits on submarines
and in very tight silver jumpsuits (and purple wigs...) running Moonbase.
Ah, yes. Now there's a film project I want to succeed.

--
email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.

Walter Bushell

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Nov 24, 2009, 12:56:07 AM11/24/09
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In article <heffa1$9r$3...@reader1.panix.com>,
Paul J Gans <gan...@panix.com> wrote:

No, no no, it's recreated every billionth of a second each one much like
it predecessor. The succession gives the illusion of movement.

Thus we avoid Zeno's paradox, without calculus.

Some physical theories state that time is quantized, IOW that there is a
smallest time. If this is true, then whether every unit time is a
different universe or the same one with a time increment is a
philosophical rather than scientific question, like choosing between the
various interpretations of quantum mechanics.

J. J. Lodder

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:42:20 AM11/24/09
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rmacfarl <rmac...@alphalink.com.au> wrote:

Always on thursday,

Jan

J. J. Lodder

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:42:20 AM11/24/09
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John Wilkins <jo...@wilkins.id.au> wrote:

> In article <heffa1$9r$3...@reader1.panix.com>, Paul J Gans
> <gan...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> > Walter Bushell <pr...@panix.com> wrote:
> > >In article <231120092020064546%jo...@wilkins.id.au>,
> > > John Wilkins <jo...@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
> >
> > >> In article <bdOdnfOskrdGppfW...@giganews.com>, Dakota
> > >> <ma...@NOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > On 11/22/2009 4:57 PM, Ye Old One wrote:
> > >> > > On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:05:25 -0800 (PST), Boikat
> > >> > > <boi...@bellsouth.net> enriched this group when s/he wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > >> On Nov 22, 9:56 am, TomS<TomS_mem...@newsguy.com> wrote:

> > >> > Or as Steven Wright might say, the earth was totally destroyed and
> > >> > replaced by an exact duplicate.
> > >> >
> > >> And moved one foot to the left.
> >
> >
> >
> > >Happens all the time.
> >
> > >"Worlds on worlds are hurling ever
> > >From creation to decay,
> > >Like the bubbles on a river
> > >Sparkling bursting borne away." Shelly
> >
> > Yeah. No wonder the Right Wing is upset. The earth is always
> > moving, step by step, to the left.
>
> Unfortunately, the Left is moving, giant leap by giant leap, to the
> Right.

There is an American left to begin with?

Wonders never cease,

Jan

heekster

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Nov 24, 2009, 8:36:14 AM11/24/09
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A little wobbly on that concept, are you?

>Wonders never cease,
>
>Jan

J. J. Lodder

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Nov 24, 2009, 10:43:37 AM11/24/09
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oheekster <heek...@ifiwxtc.net> wrote:

It makes my herpolhode roll over,

Jan

Paul J Gans

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Nov 24, 2009, 1:43:16 PM11/24/09
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Ugh. I think I'm joining the Last Tuesdayans. There's a branch
here, the Church of the Warm Mantlepiece, IIRC, that has some
cool folks in it. And lots of cats.

Then all I have to do is hold out until tonight at 1800 UT and it
will all be over.

There's a new world being built right now!

heekster

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Nov 24, 2009, 2:08:46 PM11/24/09
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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:43:37 +0100, nos...@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:

heheheheh

Good one.

Not that kind of wobbly, though.

http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Course%20Index/Lessons/18/18.html

Paul J Gans

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Nov 24, 2009, 2:23:06 PM11/24/09
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Well, we could always ask Wilkins....

Paul J Gans

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Nov 24, 2009, 2:27:44 PM11/24/09
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>Wonders never cease,

You can't see it because you are not looking to your right.

Paul J Gans

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Nov 24, 2009, 2:28:40 PM11/24/09
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J. J. Lodder <nos...@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>rmacfarl <rmac...@alphalink.com.au> wrote:

>Always on thursday,

Tuesday, you heretic.

Dan Drake

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Nov 24, 2009, 2:38:43 PM11/24/09
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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:43:16 -0800, Paul J Gans wrote
(in article <heh9g4$mur$2...@reader1.panix.com>):

'Tis a fine old conflict.

--
Dan Drake
d...@dandrake.com


Bob Casanova

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Nov 24, 2009, 7:17:13 PM11/24/09
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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:10:31 -0500, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by "J.J. O'Shea"
<try.n...@but.see.sig>:

Yeah, the fundies here are ripe for a story in which a main
plot point is the aliens' "hereditary sterility"; I can hear
the chortling even now...

I agree about the eye candy, though. ;-)

John Wilkins

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Nov 24, 2009, 7:16:29 PM11/24/09
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In article <hehbqq$6gv$2...@reader1.panix.com>, Paul J Gans
<gan...@panix.com> wrote:

I'm completely uncertain on the matter. I tend towards causal realism,
though.

Paul J Gans

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Nov 25, 2009, 12:21:08 PM11/25/09
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That's certainly a realistic viewpoint. All I know is that the
current state of the world isn't *my* fault...

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