... wrote: I long ago came to terms with the fact that I, like all human beings, am more or less helpless before the forces of nature and society. >>> How...
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Jan 2, 2005 6:40 am
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[David Prenatt:] ... [Arttworks:] ... I wholeheartedly disagree, and through the ages many great thinkers from Ecclesiastes to Emerson have stated the truth on...
Excessively gratuitous quotation of the long dead, is really a cheap debate tactic. I think if we dug up the great thinkers of history, and could reanimate...
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Jan 2, 2005 3:36 pm
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[arttworks:] ... I wholeheartedly disagree. Indeed, excessively gratuitous quotation of the long dead is a fairly effective way of demonstrating that the...
Why don't you take both of your gripes some place where somebody cares. Sign me.. OUT OF HERE Please Un-Subscribe me permanently. Willer2 _____ From: David F....
[net]-- I wholeheartedly disagree. Indeed, excessively gratuitous quotation of the long dead is a fairly effective way of demonstrating that the problems that...
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Jan 3, 2005 2:56 am
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[arttworks:] ... What a truly incoherent jumble of thoughts. I think what you mean by "'dilemmas' of existence" is what Erich Fromm referred to as existential...
"""" . . . The fact that there are some "dilemmas" of existence--namely the problem of crude origins and its theoretical pointlessness-- that do transcend time...
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Jan 3, 2005 3:11 pm
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[arttworks:] ... As I suspected, your incoherent thoughts were making a not-so-artful reference to what existential humanists refer to as the dichotomies of...
[net]-- (BTW, dichotomy is pronounced "DIE"-"COT"-"OH"-"ME".) [art]-- I was apprehensive about making the dickotomy JOKE as I anticipated my history of...
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Jan 3, 2005 11:06 pm
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[arttworks:] ... I'll concede this point. To wit, there's nothing stopping us -- as individuals -- from rising above our crude origins. However, whenever a...
[reckless exaggerater]-- I'll concede this point. To wit, there's nothing stopping us -- as individuals-- from rising above our crude origins. However,...
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Jan 4, 2005 8:20 am
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[arttworks:] ... I'm really not sure who's more to blame here for letting this discussion get so far afield from anything even remotely akin to how the...
The Troll That Ate Googlevania Once upon a time there was a giant lake full of "good stuff". The good stuff made people happy and efficient and it was declared...
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Jan 5, 2005 5:34 pm
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Chapter Two Over the years David the Pompous would have many encounters with Gary the troll. Almost without exception these encounters would be strained and...
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Jan 8, 2005 1:31 am
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About 2 1/2 months ago, I posted an exposition that asked and answered the question of whether there is any comprehensive scheme currently in place for...
Just tying up loose ends. [net]As I have stated before, if a budget ballot were instituted, then you might beable to get the additional funding for public ...
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Jan 10, 2005 9:38 pm
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[arttworks:] ... Yeah, right. [arttworks:] ... Your thoughts on funding for your WHATIS proposal are not particularly clear, other than the very general idea...
[net] Your thoughts on funding for your WHATIS proposal are not particularly clear, other than the very general idea that "the government" should fund...
arttworks
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Jan 11, 2005 2:58 am
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[arttworks:] ... It's all a matter of context. At first blush, the idea of enhancing the WHOIS database to include WHATIS data fields for site title, site...
[arttworks:] ... [Netesq:] ... Perhaps Gary would like to see his friends, former Senator Robert Torricelli or former Governor James McGreevey (the most...
Rob O. Zilla
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Jan 11, 2005 6:59 am
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Chapter Three At the XOPD David and the Troll would sometimes just relax and chew on some of David's abundant fat, but much more often they would engage in...
arttworks
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Jan 11, 2005 6:53 pm
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[rob] Perhaps Gary would like to see his friends, former Senator Robert Torricelli or former Governor James McGreevey (the most corrupt officials that the...
arttworks
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Jan 11, 2005 6:54 pm
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[arttworks:] ... Once again, vague and ambiguous plans. Ideas as ambitious as your WHATIS proposal need clear, detailed plans before they can be sold to...
I posted this yesterday but it never went public. [net] It is this type of reluctance that has left the important task of indexing the Internet to a relatively...
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Jan 11, 2005 9:16 pm
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The most recent installment of Danny Sullivan's search engine trade show, Search Engine Strategies Winter 2004 Conference and Expo (SES), was held in Chicago...
[net] Once again, vague and ambiguous plans. Ideas as ambitious as your WHATIS proposal need clear, detailed plans before they can be sold to anyone of import....
arttworks
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Jan 12, 2005 12:23 am
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... Turnabout is fair play Art. "This big, scary corrupt business crap is an incredibly immature argument." ... As I recall, when the US GOVERNMENT originally...
Rob O. Zilla
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Jan 12, 2005 1:33 am
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[rob] Turnabout is fair play Art. "This big, scary corrupt business crap is an incredibly immature argument." [art] But the difference is you have a ignorant...