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"First Live Look Inside Attacker's Apartment" by ER December 4, 2015 10:47 am

Enter the Mucker by ER December 3, 2015 11:44 am

I'm a John Brunner fan by Robert 2015-12-03 18:34:05
Universe 25 by podrock 2015-12-03 13:28:17
- Human beings are highly adaptable. by ER 2015-12-03 14:09:27
  - So are rats. by podrock 2015-12-03 17:23:22
    - Thanks for the tip by Robert 2015-12-03 18:16:51
    - "...and there is no more want." by ER 2015-12-03 17:45:29

Yo, RL. You're our laser expert.... by ER December 2, 2015 7:24 pm

Typical laser pointers have a power under 5mW. These do not pose a realistic risk of permanent eye damage under ... by RL 2015-12-03 14:37:55
- Thanks. by ER 2015-12-03 15:10:09
  - Go ahead and use a pointer by RL 2015-12-03 15:27:06
I am about to hit the bed, and will answer in more detail tomorrow evening. .. but it depends what ... by RL 2015-12-02 19:47:25

Bleak November by ER December 3, 2015 7:29 am

Defining fascism--a little light reading by Robert November 25, 2015 2:02 pm

A superb description of the Republican Party with their goosestep members of Congress. by bowser 2015-12-01 20:20:31
- Hey, Bowser, grab some popcorn! by TB 2015-12-01 20:31:21
  - Can't argue the facts, can you. Remember the pledge they had to sign? by bowser 2015-12-02 20:59:32
  - Who's up for a Mobius award? n/t by RobVG 2015-12-01 22:12:32
It's funny, even you guys have to look up the definition of fascist.....n/t by RobVG 2015-11-25 20:00:35
- Do you already know one? by Robert 2015-11-25 22:40:43
  - Please.. by RobVG 2015-11-26 10:43:11
    - OK, the long way round, you're saying you don't think Trump is a Fascist by Robert 2015-11-26 14:20:05
      - I think you're just a little too gleeful. by RobVG 2015-11-29 11:24:46
        
        "Glee" is the wrong word by Robert 2015-11-29 20:16:23
        
        I'm sorry you took offense Robert by RobVG 2015-11-30 19:08:56
        
        If you are really asking a question: by TB 2015-11-30 09:45:51
        
        Racism was more of a prominent example than the sole characteristic by Robert 2015-11-30 18:24:14
        
        Excellent post. by ER 2015-11-30 14:27:22
        
        It wasn't that Eco, or even Robert, were wrong. by TB 2015-11-30 20:09:07
        
        Your ideology is showing. by ER 2015-12-01 06:59:18
        
        I should hope so. by TB 2015-12-01 10:31:48
        
        A Wikepedia citation? by mcfly 2015-12-01 14:15:06
        
        Hear that ER? by TB 2015-12-01 16:31:57
        
        Pick that cherry! by mcfly 2015-12-01 17:09:52
        
        Heh, sorry. ER uses Wikepedia a lot, too. by TB 2015-12-01 17:25:31
        
        Read my post again and think about it. Sorry it was so subtle. by mcfly 2015-12-01 17:40:17
        
        Or you could just explain it. by TB 2015-12-01 17:46:13
        
        I have a problem with *your* methodology by mcfly 2015-12-01 18:33:16
        
        C'mon McFly by RobVG 2015-12-01 22:21:07
        
        I'm curious about something by Robert 2015-12-01 11:41:27
        
        Waiting for links on the "economic studies." by TB 2015-12-01 13:23:49
        
        ding! ding! ding! by Robert 2015-12-01 16:10:17
        
        raga man by ER 2015-12-01 18:06:25
        
        Cute. by TB 2015-12-01 18:05:07
        
        Did you know your data removed capital gains from the equation in order to look like that? by RL 2015-12-01 19:08:17
        
        I don't think that changes it being flat. by TB 2015-12-01 19:37:53
        
        You KNOW it does... by RL 2015-12-01 19:58:12
        
        Dude, I quoted the paper you handed me. by TB 2015-12-01 20:29:08
        
        The very first place I looked, right at the top of the stack... by ER 2015-12-01 14:26:13
        
        Well... by TB 2015-12-01 16:58:08
        
        Don't patronize me, Tom. by ER 2015-12-01 18:38:55
        
        Heh. Don't you mean "Tommy?" by TB 2015-12-01 18:49:13
        
        And... by RL 2015-12-01 16:35:55
        
        There is a methodology problem... by TB 2015-12-01 17:21:27
        
        I am curious, TB by RL 2015-12-01 18:04:44
        
        That's just insulting by mcfly 2015-12-01 17:38:37
        
        Bringing engineers in probably wouldn't hurt. :) by TB 2015-12-01 17:57:09
        
        Do we have any? by ER 2015-12-01 18:37:16
        
        Do Lasers count? by RL 2015-12-01 19:37:05
        
        Lasers definitely count! by TB 2015-12-01 19:46:05
        
        I dabble a bit... by TB 2015-12-01 18:56:21
        
        I used to draw maps. by ER 2015-12-01 19:06:16
        
        That's tech, too. by TB 2015-12-01 19:48:40
        
        And yet another insult by mcfly 2015-12-01 18:35:19
        
        I'm sorry. Didn't know you were a social scientist. by TB 2015-12-01 18:39:25
        
        A rising tide lifts all yachts by mcfly 2015-12-01 14:46:53
        
        They want more. by ER 2015-12-01 12:43:31
        
        In the wild west... by ER 2015-12-01 11:21:33
        
        Thanks for that by mcfly 2015-11-30 15:44:20
        
        I'm tending to agree with TB on this by Tony 2015-11-30 12:37:30
        
        Have you read this whole thread? by TB 2015-11-29 22:14:57
        
        Are you nuts? by Robert 2015-11-29 22:23:58
        
        Unclear answer. by TB 2015-11-29 23:58:56
        
        Its perfectly clear to me, by ER 2015-11-30 06:00:02
    - They're in the "furious gibbering" phase. by TB 2015-11-26 11:45:41
      - Who's in "furious gibbering phase?" by mcfly 2015-11-26 19:15:55
      - Tommy tries desperately to hold back the liberal flood by ER 2015-11-26 11:58:39
    - I don't think Trump is making any effort NOT to be shoehorned. by ER 2015-11-26 11:20:22
    - Be honest Rob... by RL 2015-11-26 11:17:01
  - I don't think Trump has a political ideology... by RL 2015-11-26 08:54:13
    - Liberals should also beware of spending too much effort fighting Trump. by ER 2015-11-26 09:24:21
- That's because there IS NO definition of fascist. by ER 2015-11-25 20:19:57
  - Look up number 14 in Eco's list. by TB 2015-11-26 09:34:36
    - Precision of language? by ER 2015-11-26 09:50:49
      - Wow... just...WOW by RL 2015-11-26 10:05:09
Fascism is the dictatorship of the middle class. by ER 2015-11-25 16:42:39
Definitions by ER 2015-11-25 16:00:06

Church readerboard. by bowser November 24, 2015 5:38 pm

The bible is a story told by men. n/t by RobVG 2015-11-24 20:16:44
- I think the account of the Gospels is essentially correct. by ER 2015-11-24 21:49:10
  - There are no contemporaneous accounts of Jesus outside the Bible. by bowser 2015-12-02 20:51:12
Not going there. by Jody 2015-11-24 18:50:28
- It's okay now to have giant statues of Jesus in Poland. by TB 2015-11-24 20:09:52
  - Ah, but Jesus was a communist. by bowser 2015-11-24 20:46:07
  - "Might want to ask the Poles." by RL 2015-11-24 20:18:01
    - There's a ring to it. by bowser 2015-11-24 20:47:57
  - That's right. Jesus invented Communism. by ER 2015-11-24 20:12:30
What they mean by podrock 2015-11-24 18:43:09
- And Jesus is not contemporaneously referenced outside the Bible. by bowser 2015-11-24 20:43:21
  - Well, that's true... by podrock 2015-11-24 20:55:52
    - The red print in the Bible. by bowser 2015-11-24 21:15:58
- Irish, Catholic, atheist. by bowser 2015-11-24 20:37:09
  - Yeah, that whole Irish Catholic thing. by podrock 2015-11-24 20:46:17
"King of what"? by RL 2015-11-24 18:25:37
- Has anyone here read George R.R. Martin's "The Sand Kings"? by ER 2015-11-24 18:58:12
  - Outer Limits did a TV version in the 90s by FrankC 2015-11-24 21:04:15
  - Good story. Creeped me out good years ago. by TB 2015-11-24 19:05:17
    - I remember reading it in "Omni" magazine when I lived in Mountain View. by ER 2015-11-24 19:23:10
      - That's where I read it as well by mcfly 2015-11-25 09:52:33
      - "Omni", that brings back memories n/t by RobVG 2015-11-24 20:17:42
  - Wich kings are those? by RL 2015-11-24 18:59:35
    - Its an SF novella by the author of "Game of Thrones".. by ER 2015-11-24 19:20:59
      - Never read it... by RL 2015-11-24 19:43:36

Desperately seeking agonizing reappraisal. by ER November 30, 2015 9:23 am

Been there, done that... by Jody 2015-12-01 08:40:44
- I'm through being cool. by ER 2015-12-01 09:52:37
  - Me, too. And THAT is cool! by Jody 2015-12-01 14:52:31
    - Jody is this you? by SDG 2015-12-02 16:44:51
      - HEY! by Jody 2015-12-02 17:20:44
    - I spent my whole life waiting for the other shoe to drop. by ER 2015-12-01 15:02:12
Well, - - - - by bowser 2015-11-30 21:26:19
- My story eerily parallels yours. by ER 2015-12-01 07:55:04
The other day I was intimidated by the touch screen soda dispenser at Jack in the Box n/t by RobVG 2015-11-30 21:01:14
I've been lucky by mcfly 2015-11-30 20:29:19
You are not alone. by TB 2015-11-30 19:42:02
- My wife's new stationary exercise bike has a digital control panel. by ER 2015-11-30 20:00:09
  - I go to the store, and refrigerators have monitors on them. by TB 2015-11-30 20:11:42
For me, it's been about embracing that which I like, whether new or old by mcfly 2015-11-30 18:26:31
first of all, you're retired by Robert 2015-11-30 17:57:00
- I feel better already. by ER 2015-11-30 18:20:12
I'm not there yet by SDG 2015-11-30 15:26:42
- Don't worry. Your turn will come. by ER 2015-11-30 18:21:11

“He says that as long as he believes he will be saved, he can do whatever he pleases. He is obsessed with the world coming to an end.” by podrock November 30, 2015 11:30 pm

Just another disciple of the 'religion of peace' by RL 2015-12-01 17:15:11
- original source by podrock 2015-12-01 17:21:36
At least the Muslims get virgins. by ER 2015-12-01 10:16:42
- "Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens" by podrock 2015-12-01 17:26:11
  - Thanks, I needed that. by ER 2015-12-01 19:21:19
    - So did I. by podrock 2015-12-02 15:00:13
No sir. It does not matter which "holy book". by Jody 2015-12-01 08:42:34

Drowning in Sand by ER December 2, 2015 6:15 am

Good article and interesting website. Thanks! by TB 2015-12-02 08:25:28
- I do believe you're right. by ER 2015-12-02 09:43:22

Books you can read over & over by podrock December 1, 2015 12:02 am

Pratchett and Donaldson and Banks by Tony 2015-12-02 08:33:52
The Fabric of the Cosmos by mcfly 2015-12-01 13:53:07
God knows I have tried to digest books. by Jody 2015-12-01 08:44:21
- By digesting books by ER 2015-12-01 08:57:27
The Odyssey -- the WHD Rouse Translation by ER 2015-12-01 07:59:58
I do have a few of these, but not many by SDG 2015-12-01 07:52:50

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