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Jimro
@jimro
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Joined: Aug 1, 2004
Topics: 21 / Replies: 645
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RE: Bush's solution to the energy crisis: TAX CUTS FOR THE WIN!

Feel sorry for the French? the bulk of their electricity comes from fission reactors, zero "greenhouse gas" emissions. But the truth is,...

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RE: Is sacrifice a sin?

Dirk, The websight you linked is an excellent resource, but I disagree. Pain is temporary. Suicide IS a permanent solution to a temporary problem. ...

19 years ago
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RE: Bush's solution to the energy crisis: TAX CUTS FOR THE WIN!

The current price of oil has more to do with increasing demand from China and India than any other factor. After 9/11 it was financial speculators on...

19 years ago
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RE: Offensive phrases and stereotypes.

Salt? The only thing I can think of is it's religious connotations, ie, ye are the salt of the earth? if salt loses it's savour, what is there to sea...

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RE: Is sacrifice a sin?

Emerald, No, Jesus' sacrifice is not an exception. Many "Christian Hero's" were killed against their will while serving as missionaries, r...

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RE: Life in Hawaii

They could exclude non-Hawaiin's (sp?) if they could get a reservation and make it a tribal affair. However, I doubt the BIA is going to take up thei...

19 years ago
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RE: Bush's solution to the energy crisis: TAX CUTS FOR THE WIN!

You know, if we use up all the oil and coal, there won't be any oil or coal to burn, so industrial CO2 emissions would drop to zero, and the planet co...

19 years ago
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RE: Bush's solution to the energy crisis: TAX CUTS FOR THE WIN!

During the last great Ice Age atmospheric CO2 levels were fourteen times what they are today. There is no such thing as "man made carbon dioxide...

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RE: How to obtain a job.

How is your resume? Write it up, MS Office comes with a few stock resume formats, and have someone review it, preferably someone who has experience r...

19 years ago
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RE: Is sacrifice a sin?

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Theologians over the centuries have analyzed the question of suicide and sin and come to the ...

19 years ago
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RE: Half-empty or half-full?

half empty or half full? Depends if you are pouring or drinking. Jimro

19 years ago
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RE: Final Fantasy VII BANNED

It's pretty easy to clone a websight's format and icons in the name of satire, and it's pretty easy for those running scams on ebay as well. Oh yeah,...

19 years ago
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RE: Nebraska man charged for sex with wife...buuuuuuuuut....

Interesting, for the bulk of human history 13 is prime marrying age for a woman, and 22 was considered middle age. It has only been recently that the...

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RE: Offensive phrases and stereotypes.

There is a huge difference between deliberate offense and passive offense. I am "passively offended" when two African American men call eac...

19 years ago
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RE: Is sacrifice a sin?

John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Jimro

19 years ago
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RE: A foreshadowing of the 2008 presidential election....?

I think Condee Rice is the most viable female candidate for the White House. Of course having a female Executive would not endear the US to Muslim na...

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RE: Car obssession

I am not convinced that carbon dioxide is bad for the environment, nor are many other respectable chemists and climatologists. During the last great ...

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RE: G8 Climate

Harley, show me proof that Carbon Dioxide is pollution. Air pollution and "greenhouse gasses" are such a political issue not because of leg...

19 years ago
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RE: Explosions in London, Underground closes...

There are two types of killers, those that kill to oppress, and those that kill to liberate. I hope the liberators find the oppressors and kill them....

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RE: tentative UN approval of GM crops

Plants that have been modified to be hardier or multiply more rapidly have the potential to take over entire ecosystems. Seeds with an artificial suic...

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RE: Ska is not dead

this brings back memories... "Naughty Hedgehogs" was always my favorite rathergood.com snippet. Ooo baby I'm thinking about your ________ ...

19 years ago
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RE: tentative UN approval of GM crops

These crops are not perfect, just a better alternative. A useful way of reducing herbicide and pesticide use and increasing crop yield. What would ...

19 years ago
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RE: tentative UN approval of GM crops

I didn't want to edit for history purposes. I'd rather have a clear line of events than a continually edited post, but that is solely my preference. ...

19 years ago
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RE: We're going to eat out of a WHAT?

I dunno, I've drank grog out of a toilet bowl.... The funny part was somebody tossed in a candy bar (looked like a Baby Ruth) so it really did look l...

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RE: o.0 milk is threatned by bioterror

Yes, it's a vulnerability, but not a likely target of attack. There is a lot of testing done on milk to ensure that it is safe for consumption, and h...

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RE: 30 Days on Micky D's, lose 10 lbs

Cycle, I had a friend in college a couple years back who did the "ramen only" diet and lasted all of three weeks before ending up in the em...

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RE: 30 Days on Micky D's, lose 10 lbs

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't soda highly acidic and it can eat away at your kidneys? I heard that before but I'm not too sure whether it's fact.....

19 years ago
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RE: 30 Days on Micky D's, lose 10 lbs

Spurlock has shown us that living off of stuff like this for thirty days will probably make you very sick. And "Me and Micky D" shows that ...

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RE: tentative UN approval of GM crops

www.guardian.co.uk/uk_new...24,00.html EU votes to continue ban on GM crops Britain warns ministers of threat of trade war with US Paul Brown, envi...

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RE: 30 Days on Micky D's, lose 10 lbs

Cycle, More to the point, Supersize Me was more an attack on the lifestyle of consumption that permeates our culture. Spurlock is saying, this is wha...

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RE: 30 Days on Micky D's, lose 10 lbs

Morgan Spurlock proved that it wasn't, he didn't prove that McDonalds were to blame for making people unhealthy but he proved that the food is NOT GOO...

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RE: tentative UN approval of GM crops

A pdf copy of the "WHO study on modern food biotechnology, human health and development" can be found here: www.who.int/foodsafety/bi...inde...

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RE: 12 top truths

Better yet get the FDA on them. The FDA can track one BSE infected cow from two years ago back to it's stall in Canada. All we have to do is issue f...

19 years ago
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment 😀

lexei Pajitnov didn't compose it; it's a traditional Russian tune whose name I can't remember. But If you like "The Tetris Music", you'll lo...

19 years ago
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RE: experimenting with linux..........

Fedora Core is sponsored by Redhat, sort of a proving ground for stuff they want to integrate into commercial releases of Redhat. That way they get a...

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RE: experimenting with linux..........

Slackware is often a difficult setup, but it is rock solid true to it's UNIX heritage. Debian gets good marks for stability. FreeBSD is not Linux, i...

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RE: Is it Really Called Writing, Though?

Story telling is not writing. These people do deserve union representation, but the WGA is not the union to represent them, the Editors Guild www.edi...

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RE: PETA kills: employees charged w/ animal cruelty

Free range chicken almost invarialby tastes better, and freerange chicken eggs are almost invariably bigger. And yet such a concrete value as "t...

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RE: Region 0 DVDs

Or pick up a program that allows you to watch any region DVD's on your PC. Some of them make you download the files to your hard disk first, others d...

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RE: Audigy 2 ZS problem

This may sound dumb, but does your motherboard have built in sound? If so make sure it's turned off in the BIOS because it could be causing the sympt...

19 years ago
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RE: Heatsink Issues

I also recommend Arctic Alumina or Arctic Silver thermal grease to fill any microscopic air gaps. Those thermal pads that come on the bottom of heats...

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RE: You've got soul, baby

so how do you explain that kind of variation within society? Simply because everyone in your society has had different experiences, different perspec...

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RE: On Bullies...

Got in fights a lot. Stand up to a bully and most of the time they back down. When they don't you might get your butt kicked, but I'd rather have a ...

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RE: You've got soul, baby

If what you say is "true" then the rationalist movement would still be as popular as it was....instead we see more and more "modern&quo...

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RE: Airport screeners could see X-rated X-rays

Nothing is foolproof. There is no detection system that cannot be duped. However, there are ways to minimize risk. The easiest is to stop allowing ...

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RE: You've got soul, baby

I believe that your guess as to what is right is as good as mine, from an objective standpoint. However, from my perspective, I consider various belie...

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RE: I'm in a rush, but...

People applaud when an activist Judge's rule in their favor, and boo when they do something like this. I agree that that the ruling is wrong, and I t...

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