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whitepony wrote:If my memory is correct, I believe that was where the Executive Officer from the movie "The Hunt for Red October" wanted to retire too.

Oh, yes!

Scott, there's no need to apologize! It was tickling at the back of my memory, and I should have had it

Quill wrote:"Graduate of the Darth Vader School of Personnel Management"

Whose motto is: "Get a Grip!"

I wonder what the connection to Montana is?

Just to let you all know, I *have* been able to FTP into the site so there's no major catastrophe with the uploads... I'm glad I asked. Netscape 7 running AdSubtract is completely prevented from accessing any KeenSpace webcomic. However, IE does get in. How strange. It's the first time I've seen a ...

Synthetic diamonds produced by current mfg processes also glow in UV light. So the claim that at the atomic level they are identical must be false (perhaps over optimistic is a more polite term). The article mentioned that; and specifically, that the latest processes overcame this effect. Just to c...

I did find one cut called the "Princess" cut that was beautiful in appearance. Drawing that would be really difficult though. There is an article in the current (February 03) Scientific American that details the manufacturing processes of synthetic diamonds, and discusses the propietary technique u...

I wish you all success in your endeavors and pursuits.
May you find scope and purpose by exploratory routes.
And when you reach a point where you are steeled to try again,
You'll see that we, your staunch and loyal readers, here remain.

Label me pedantric, but isn't the point to debaters that they don't have a heartfelt reason for backing a particular side of an argument and can switch if required? It may be true of some, but it hardly is a requirement for the role. My own position on many issues is rather moderate, and I do what ...

To "level" with you, I agree -- the events of 9/11 should not be laid on the President's head. However, the economy WAS tanking even before hand, I recall. Indeed; about 18 months before. Though to be fair, the dot-com business was an accident waiting to happen, and it incentivized some very bizarr...

Under "Dubya", the stock market's crashed, CEOs are walking off with billions, our deficit is through the roof It might be useful to review a stock market chart. The first major drop occurred between January and March 2000; the DJIA had been at about 12,000 and was down to around 9,500 just before ...

batty den wrote:And Tasmanian Devils would be so antisocial they'd make great CEOs.

As Lord Vader said: "I find your lack of faith ... disturbing."

===|==============/ Level Head, CEO

I love Galore's confusion about Jack carrying Jenny's bag. In fact, her body language is priceless, as she tries to figure out why a male is doing manual labor...for a female, no less! The ears down, wringing her tail... It is a suprising twist. But this "backward, clueless society" is the source o...

No concentration camps thus far. Though most of the rest of the nation is ready to vote all of Hollywood off the island..... Indeed; several days ago, I published statistics on fuel consumption for the Gulfstream III business jet. It's about the weight of an SUV. Every hour. I am tempted to trade i...

nslashk wrote:Oh, I know what it is. He's gay.

Oh, I don't think I'd bi that.

Welcome to the Twenty-First Century, Merlin! Glad to have you aboard.

I am looking forward to catching up with your site.

The Freefall reference is a reference to Florence's explanation of her creation, in which she made a hypothetical reference to colonizing the planet Pfouts where the native life as an amino acid structure incompatible with humans'. This double strip was both amusing and poignant for me; I engage in...

Kellogg wrote:Writing for aliens is fun.

You do it well.

You mentioned Freefall; are you familiar with Footfall], by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle? It is perhaps the best "alien invasion of Earth" story I have ever read. The aliens

I sometimes check out the links on people's sig lines, to learn more about the people I hang out with. I liked what I saw here, and decided to stick around. I came in from the Suburban Jungle forum, as I was asked to decode what sort of language Dover was speaking during the Hurricane Liska crossov...

Well, The Trip to London has debarked. (Actually, can you say "debarked" among canids?) Some folks in this forum may be regulars to Heathrow; my last travels there were a couple of years ago. It looks good to me! And of course, we're talking 2066 here, so certainly they will have finished that one c...

Oh, and just in case you're wondering: http://straylight.dhs.org/rocket/images/spaar/sp25.jpg Lovely. For those not into the hobby: this is, or is closely related to, an Estes C-engine design called a "boost glider" from the 1960s. There are many variations of the theme; some simply had the engine ...

(From: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=ce24f67f4391402642140618dcde1e00&threadid=138905&perpage=50&pagenumber=1) The Lord of the Rings or The Land of Middle-earth by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan SCENE. -- Front yard of Bag End in Hobbiton, the Shire. Various hobbits discover...