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Message 443935 - Posted: 26 Oct 2006, 4:43:12 UTC - in response to Message 443931.  
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OK checking thru Google's superior archive you were BOTD on Feb 27, 2005 and Jan 6, 2006. You also placed 5th in our 2005 BOTY contest.

oh wow you rigged the votes for me 3 times lol i only ever got one email :(

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Message 443940 - Posted: 26 Oct 2006, 4:52:49 UTC - in response to Message 443935.  

OK checking thru Google's superior archive you were BOTD on Feb 27, 2005 and Jan 6, 2006. You also placed 5th in our 2005 BOTY contest.

oh wow you rigged the votes for me 3 times lol i only ever got one email :(


i just voted for ya and get tae yer bed woman ;o)

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Message 443944 - Posted: 26 Oct 2006, 5:08:13 UTC - in response to Message 443940.  

OK checking thru Google's superior archive you were BOTD on Feb 27, 2005 and Jan 6, 2006. You also placed 5th in our 2005 BOTY contest.

oh wow you rigged the votes for me 3 times lol i only ever got one email :(


i just voted for ya and get tae yer bed woman ;o)

i cant sleep my gf wont let me sleep just yet :(
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Message 443950 - Posted: 26 Oct 2006, 5:19:39 UTC

ach well, sub or what? :|
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Message 443990 - Posted: 26 Oct 2006, 7:50:19 UTC - in response to Message 443950.  

ach well, sub or what? :|

when it's right then yes
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Message 444188 - Posted: 26 Oct 2006, 16:39:13 UTC - in response to Message 443950.  

ach well, sub or what? :|


UrbanFlux was asking the kid-friendly question of whether you have ever been a substitute teacher. (LOL.)
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Message 444189 - Posted: 26 Oct 2006, 16:40:35 UTC

Which leads us back to B-IV's question.
For example, discerning the true meaning of someone else's utterances or writings/typings.
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Message 444243 - Posted: 26 Oct 2006, 19:47:33 UTC

I was wondering when someone was going to get back on topic!













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Message 444474 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 5:39:43 UTC - in response to Message 444243.  

I was wondering when someone was going to get back on topic!
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I vaguely remember a line in the movie "Ground Hog Day" where Bill Murray's character says something to the effect that God appears to be "all knowing" because he's everywhere and has been around so long.

I do not think that all things can be known, at least by mortals, simply because data storage is finite.
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Message 444514 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 9:51:03 UTC - in response to Message 443500.  

That,s the mystery and mystique of mechanics...A realm that men alone can experience and enjoy.

PS If the guy from AA didn,t spend that time under the bonnet ...how would he know how to fix your car?

The AA men always fix my car for me...and they are always very polite and helpful and always give me their phone numbers incase I need to call them back for anything.

..but nevermind car mechanincs, according to Quantum Mechanics we can't know everything.

..and Sarge II must know more about Chaos theory than me, but I understood that you can prove that there are certain systems whos behaviour cannot be predicted. So in the end it has nothing to do with the human brain. Some things are just unknowable.
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Message 444569 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 14:35:42 UTC - in response to Message 444474.  

I do not think that all things can be known, at least by mortals, simply because data storage is finite.


Excellent point! This is one of the limitations of humanity I had in the back of my mind when debating Chuck over in the religion thread.
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Message 444572 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 14:48:22 UTC - in response to Message 444514.  

..and Sarge II must know more about Chaos theory than me, but I understood that you can prove that there are certain systems whos behaviour cannot be predicted. So in the end it has nothing to do with the human brain. Some things are just unknowable.


Well, there's a lot of mathematics out there, and I do not claim to have a deep knowledge about every single bit of it. Here's one related piece of info.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Chaos.html

Being sensitive to the initial condition of the system (so that initially nearby points can evolve quickly into very different states), a property sometimes known as the butterfly effect, and
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Message 444653 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 18:31:12 UTC

no man can know what pregnancy or child birth is like, and the same for a woman, she'll never know what the male orgasm is like. just 2 things that put an end to this question once and for all, "no" all things cannot be known

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oh boy aint i good. ;p
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Message 444658 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 18:44:21 UTC - in response to Message 444653.  

no man can know what pregnancy or child birth is like, and the same for a woman, she'll never know what the male orgasm is like. just 2 things that put an end to this question once and for all, "no" all things cannot be known

see lol
oh boy aint i good. ;p
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Except in the future when it becomes possible to download our experiences onto a computer to share with others.
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Message 444693 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 19:45:32 UTC - in response to Message 444658.  

Except in the future when it becomes possible to download our experiences onto a computer to share with others.


You mean thaT literally, right - in which case - i seriously can't wait . . . ;_)
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Message 444701 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 19:59:09 UTC - in response to Message 444693.  

Except in the future when it becomes possible to download our experiences onto a computer to share with others.


You mean thaT literally, right - in which case - i seriously can't wait . . . ;_)


Anybody remember the '83 movie Brainstorm?
"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

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Message 444706 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 20:05:03 UTC - in response to Message 444658.  

no man can know what pregnancy or child birth is like, and the same for a woman, she'll never know what the male orgasm is like. just 2 things that put an end to this question once and for all, "no" all things cannot be known

see lol
oh boy aint i good. ;p
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Except in the future when it becomes possible to download our experiences onto a computer to share with others.


i would love to see how they plan to download a female reproductive system to a guy, and then watch him give birth,

think you have to be the guy i am chatting with on messenger just now he sure aint on this plannet either:

axeman***: hello
asksam2: hi
axeman***: Are you the one on profile?
asksam2: no i am a 400 year old gay gobblin from mars, you reached the wrong number, dail again omitting the plannet code
axeman***: what?
axeman***: dialing
axeman***: ...
axeman***: you sound hilarious
asksam2: no humor or intelligence i see
axeman***: what?
axeman***: you talk like you are not feeling well
asksam2: thank god seti is looking to the stars for intelligence, sure aint any on earth
axeman***: aha
axeman***: where are you located in the UK?



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Message 444717 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 20:34:58 UTC - in response to Message 444693.  

Except in the future when it becomes possible to download our experiences onto a computer to share with others.


>a reference to the 'experiences' IS a much 'warranted' endeavor

You mean thaT literally, right - in which case - i seriously can't wait . . . ;_)

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Message 444765 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 22:14:02 UTC - in response to Message 444706.  

Except in the future when it becomes possible to download our experiences onto a computer to share with others.


i would love to see how they plan to download a female reproductive system to a guy, and then watch him give birth,

Well I was talking about the experience direct from the brain..there would be no need to actually download the whole reproductive system of a woman into a guy..but it might be worth doing just for the laughs. (I don't know if you've ever given birth yourself..but it's bloody painful, I'd rather have my legs broken than go through that again.)

think you have to be the guy i am chatting with on messenger just now he sure aint on this plannet either:

axeman***: hello
asksam2: hi
axeman***: Are you the one on profile?
asksam2: no i am a 400 year old gay gobblin from mars, you reached the wrong number, dail again omitting the plannet code
axeman***: what?
axeman***: dialing
axeman***: ...
axeman***: you sound hilarious
asksam2: no humor or intelligence i see
axeman***: what?
axeman***: you talk like you are not feeling well
asksam2: thank god seti is looking to the stars for intelligence, sure aint any on earth
axeman***: aha
axeman***: where are you located in the UK?



I might suggest you are more choosy about who you talk to on messenger. There are some right nutters out there.
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Message 444768 - Posted: 27 Oct 2006, 22:20:56 UTC - in response to Message 444765.  

I might suggest you are more choosy about who you talk to on messenger. There are some right nutters out there.


For example, Es has never chatted with me on a messenger. ;)
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