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Limeade. Only Limeade.

CA limeade. Anything else is just plain silly.

Bevis, here, have some limeade, courtesy of the Canadian Alliance.

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I nearly always try to avoid cracks in the sidewalk. Not really a superstition, I suppose, since I don't think anything will happen if I do, but I just don't for some reason.

("Nearly" always, because the other times I deliberately step on them to try and shake my habit.)

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One of my favourite poems, a classic by William Carlos Williams

This is just to say

!!!

I love this poem. I first heard it in a high school English class, and have loved it ever since. Thank you for reminding me of it.

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We seem to be calling it Pweb 1 and 2, now. (This incarnation being 3.) Or possibly Ye Olde and Ye Older Pweb.

Oh, and wahoo, Slim is back! Here is your limeade, courtesy of the CA.

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Actually, all new Macs run on x86 processors Isn't that what I said? Oh, pardon me, new powerbooks and mac minis, and whatever other shiny new toy they're marketing these days. Yes, all Macs are techincally PCs, but in this case, the term PC refers to computers running a non-Apple operating system ...

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Technically speaking Macs are PCs. Since the term PC means personal computer, and a Mac is nothing more than a personal computer, Except that the term PC almost always refers to "IBM PC Compatible" (or at least has since that computer was made), which runs on an x86 architecture, and almo...

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Hey, what can I say. It has a good melody; just ignore what the words actually mean.

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My advice: Don't bother with Digital Fortress.

I second this. Though I haven't read Brown's other works, so I can't say much else about the rest of what Mahatma wrote, but I do agree that Fortress, well, sucked.

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*waits for the Linux guys to complain about getting left out* Actually, it depends on what he's asking. He could be asking preference of hardware architecture (in which case I am x86, or "PC", over the older Mac architecture of PowerPC), or operating system. In either case, more options t...

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I haven't actually been listening to it, but "Barbie Girl" has been in my head on and off over the past couple days.

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Dear Bob, Hans Reiser has been arrested on suspicion of murder . Just... wow, I don't know what much more to say. I just felt like saying this somewhere. I didn't make this it's own thread, since only a few people on the board at most even know who this is. But still, it's a very surprising event in...

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I think that deserves a link to be closer to a real Dobie.

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Are we allowed to make jokes here?

No. Now you must die.

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I mean, some of us have to be in good relationships, right? And some of us are just so beyond the breakup that thinking about the good memories doesn't hurt anymore. I like this thread, because it reminded me to think of the better memories with my ex. Usually all I can remember is hurtful stuff, a...

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Welcome back, though you are a bit late.

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I wrote a Prolog code to evaluate the grammaticality of simple sentences! And it WORKS! (Now if only I could figure out how to save my test files...)

I can understand this, I think. Prolog is certainly an.... interesting language to learn, to say the least.

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Not a Star Trek fan.

Neither am I, but I'm inclined to vote for Janeway just to annoy Jebus.

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It took me about half an hour to find where the (non-reference) books are. And I was inside a library . (I saw newspapers, magazines, empty bookshelves, and DVDs before I found them.) I don't really think that it's my fault, since there are not any signs to them. But still. Edit: And then, I couldn'...

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Irrational irritation: When people claim they're "not telling" some secret, then proceed to answer yes/no questions for no reason at all, and then act all annoyed when the other person figures it out. Apparently they think that if something is a yes/no question, they're always required to ...

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Songmaster better not be a disappointment, since "Mikal's Songbird" was one of my favorite short stories of OSC's.

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I usually go "the eighth" or, "the eighth of October", depending on the context needed. Y/M/D or D/M/Y just makes sense to me because it's either most-important to least-important or the other way around. Seeing M/D/Y, I always forget which one is the month and which is the day. ...

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In between Dune Messiah and Children of Dune right now (need to get to a library). Just re-reading the series so I can read the new sequel without being utterly confused.

After that, probably Songmaster and Treason by OSC, since I just got them recently.

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So zeroguy reminded me that I'm no better myself.

Minor, but important correction: EL did that, not me.

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I rather like the e-dating scheme. Today is [ae]16.07.08 (in my time zone, at least).

And M/D/Y makes no sense, for the record. I prefer Y/M/D to it. Or possibly D M Y, with the month spelled out. Like `8 Oct 2006'. There, no ambiguity whatsoever.

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Nobel prize for the cobe project (most people don't know much about the cobe project, even though it's pretty old news, it is REALLY kool. so everyone should read up on it.)

You found this out from xkcd, didn't you?

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I just realized when talking with a friend today that I absolutely despise the college application process. I got into all of the colleges I applied to, but it was the worst experience of my life. I just hate it, and I'm so very glad that I don't have to go through it again. Sorry to any Americans w...

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I get confused whenever someone makes reference to that adage of the pot calling the kettle black. Usually, I try not to contest comments regarding it, because I think I'll just have misunderstood it.

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That is not what Mr. Hawthorne said. Cause and effect are reversed of what you seem to think.

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i don't have to worry about making a bigoted joke, not really. i'm not actually a bigot.

"No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true."
-Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The professor of a friend of mine: "I don't want to hear any cellphone ringtones during class. Put them on vibrate, and put them in a fun place."

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What would convince you of their existence? What kind of proof do you need?

My guess is a credible argument about why someone believes it to be "correct".

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(we do NOT allow linking to anything even resembling pornography, for starters) Er, oops? Some of the webcomics I linked in the webcomics thread do contain nudity (although they are marked), and at least one rather gratuitously. And a couple of them are created by someone who creates and sells porn...

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After not using the "thumbs up" smilie for years, now all of a sudden I have a need for it, from the previous reply. I guess I'll go for this one:

because it makes me laugh, too.

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I am but a simple fuzzy-headed student, but I don't recall ever checking Pweb whilst at work when I had a job. I always felt too nervous when I was getting paid by the hour, and having to itemize what I did for all of those hours... And it's hard enough to remember what I did when I don't have to ma...

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When I saw "Cheater: A Han Tzu Story", I first thought of that other Han Tzu.

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