Re: Google Groups becomes even less useful.

David DeLaney

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Jul 1, 2012, 8:46:36 PM7/1/12

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Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
>> On 7/1/12 11:00 AM, Kip Williams wrote:
>>> William December Starr wrote:
>>>> Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> said:
>>>>> So. The universe. Why?
>>>>
>>>> Objection: the question presupposes that it has an answer.
>>>
>>> For at least some uses of the word "why," yes.
>>
>> But not necessarily for any use of that word which is relevant to
>> the subject.
>
>There's no point in asking how the universe came to be?

Not until we get some better research grants for experimentation thereon. And
higher-powered explosives.

Dave
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Kip Williams

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Jul 1, 2012, 9:31:56 PM7/1/12

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David DeLaney wrote:
> Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
>>> On 7/1/12 11:00 AM, Kip Williams wrote:
>>>> William December Starr wrote:
>>>>> Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> said:
>>>>>> So. The universe. Why?
>>>>>
>>>>> Objection: the question presupposes that it has an answer.
>>>>
>>>> For at least some uses of the word "why," yes.
>>>
>>> But not necessarily for any use of that word which is relevant to
>>> the subject.
>>
>> There's no point in asking how the universe came to be?
>
> Not until we get some better research grants for experimentation thereon. And
> higher-powered explosives.

Well, I guess I can keep asking in a pointless way, at least.

Kip W
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Greg Goss

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Jul 5, 2012, 3:10:56 AM7/5/12

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d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:

>Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
>>> On 7/1/12 11:00 AM, Kip Williams wrote:
>>>> William December Starr wrote:
>>>>> Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> said:
>>>>>> So. The universe. Why?
>>>>>
>>>>> Objection: the question presupposes that it has an answer.
>>>>
>>>> For at least some uses of the word "why," yes.
>>>
>>> But not necessarily for any use of that word which is relevant to
>>> the subject.
>>
>>There's no point in asking how the universe came to be?
>
>Not until we get some better research grants for experimentation thereon. And
>higher-powered explosives.

So you're saying that the Big Bang was the conclusion to a
particularly dramatic Mythbusters episode?
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Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it
wouldn't have rusted like this.

David DeLaney

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Jul 5, 2012, 3:29:43 PM7/5/12

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Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
>d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
>>Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>There's no point in asking how the universe came to be?
>>
>>Not until we get some better research grants for experimentation thereon. And
>>higher-powered explosives.
>
>So you're saying that the Big Bang was the conclusion to a
>particularly dramatic Mythbusters episode?

It could have been. How are we going to find out?

Juho Julkunen

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Jul 6, 2012, 3:36:07 PM7/6/12

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In article <slrnjvbpd...@gatekeeper.vic.com>,
d...@gatekeeper.vic.com says...

>
> Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> >d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
> >>Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>There's no point in asking how the universe came to be?
> >>
> >>Not until we get some better research grants for experimentation thereon. And
> >>higher-powered explosives.
> >
> >So you're saying that the Big Bang was the conclusion to a
> >particularly dramatic Mythbusters episode?
>
> It could have been. How are we going to find out?

By consulting the archives?

http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2242.html

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Juho Julkunen