Douglas Richard Hofstadter discussions, anyone?

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Don Stockbauer

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Feb 1, 2017, 10:23:53 PM2/1/17
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Feel free to start one.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 3, 2017, 10:05:47 AM2/3/17
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Oh well, guess not.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 5, 2017, 9:12:59 AM2/5/17
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Olly olly oxen free?

Mudge

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Feb 5, 2017, 11:09:45 PM2/5/17
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On 2017-02-05 14:12:59 +0000, Don Stockbauer said:

> Olly olly oxen free?

I need to think of something :)

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Don Stockbauer

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Feb 6, 2017, 12:33:13 AM2/6/17
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Over in facebook, they told me you had passed away.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 6, 2017, 9:32:08 AM2/6/17
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Believe nothing you read here.

Mudge

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Feb 6, 2017, 3:17:26 PM2/6/17
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On 2017-02-06 05:33:12 +0000, Don Stockbauer said:

taking longer than I thought to figure this out ;)



> On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 8:09:45 PM UTC-8, Mudge wrote:
>> On 2017-02-05 14:12:59 +0000, Don Stockbauer said:
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>>> Olly olly oxen free?
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>> I need to think of something :)
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>> Sprog of The Canadian Curmudgeon (in Calgary)

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 6, 2017, 5:16:44 PM2/6/17
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You're dead.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 7, 2017, 10:16:14 AM2/7/17
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It's pretty sick posting imitating a dead person.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 8, 2017, 7:52:59 AM2/8/17
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Oh, well, the user groups are like the wild, wild West. Anything goes.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 17, 2017, 10:09:00 PM2/17/17
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I guess we'll wait around for this usergroup to die.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 20, 2017, 9:39:24 AM2/20/17
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Oh well I guess he's famous enough already.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 20, 2017, 5:24:08 PM2/20/17
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Please, Doug, please start posting here, only you can save your user group.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 21, 2017, 7:25:05 AM2/21/17
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You attract more flies with honey than vinegar. The trouble is then you've got a bunch of flies.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 22, 2017, 8:17:32 AM2/22/17
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Don't pay any attention to me. I'll just sit here continuing my game of solitaire.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 23, 2017, 10:33:25 AM2/23/17
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The World is too complex to try to figure out.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 23, 2017, 10:13:28 PM2/23/17
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Sonata for unaccompanied Stockbauer.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 23, 2017, 10:15:07 PM2/23/17
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OK, then: GEB. Does anyone want to discuss GEB?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 24, 2017, 3:27:54 AM2/24/17
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Would anyone like to discuss my left little toenail?

Why discuss anything?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 24, 2017, 9:26:14 AM2/24/17
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Please ignore all my previous posts to this user group.

The statements are inoperative.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 24, 2017, 8:15:18 PM2/24/17
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We could post to alt.fan.hofstadter, but it would be wrong.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 26, 2017, 6:13:16 AM2/26/17
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Oh, well. Barn roofs to patch. Also, wood to chop and water to carry. After all, I am an aquarium. Aquarian? Aquarius?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 26, 2017, 3:15:14 PM2/26/17
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Just luv donating platelets. You know, tiny plates to Goodwill. Or Goodfortune?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 26, 2017, 3:22:36 PM2/26/17
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Barn roof patching coming along fine. Why is it that everyone tells
me to be careful? Unless I'm suicidal, doesn't that go without saying?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 26, 2017, 3:33:02 PM2/26/17
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As was said in High Plains Drifter - "WHO ARE YOU?????"

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 27, 2017, 12:26:53 AM2/27/17
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Who are you that imitates Mudge?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 27, 2017, 9:48:14 AM2/27/17
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So, how's the global brain doing this morning?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 27, 2017, 10:14:56 AM2/27/17
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99.9999999% of all human dialogue is just filling time before we die.

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 1, 2017, 8:05:28 AM3/1/17
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The United States can get along perfectly well without the rest of the globe, can't it?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 1, 2017, 6:21:39 PM3/1/17
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What's a more important question?

Can machines think? Or,

Can the Earth as a whole think?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 2, 2017, 10:49:55 PM3/2/17
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Boy, Hofstadter sure covered a lot of topics in his books, didn't he?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 7, 2017, 8:00:07 PM3/7/17
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Does Hofstadter ever have to wait in a noisy Denny's to get a meal?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 8, 2017, 9:25:30 AM3/8/17
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And then finally leave due to slow service?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 8, 2017, 8:31:44 PM3/8/17
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OH GOD THE HUMANITY!

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 9, 2017, 8:52:10 AM3/9/17
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What's the deal with all those people walking around in Escher prints?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 10, 2017, 9:04:16 AM3/10/17
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Is it OK to say "groovy" nowadays?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 10, 2017, 9:33:21 PM3/10/17