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From: Eeyore on 8 Jan 2007 10:49 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >It is however pretty clear to me that a former g/f of mine had her land > >> >> >line tapped for being active in CND. It was hilariously obvious. > >> >> > >> >> So you've already realized that privacy does not include landlines. > >> >> Why do you think it is going to include broadcasts over thru the air? > >> >> > >> >> I don't understand this logic. > >> > > >> >That tap would have needed a warrant though. > >> > >> And the tap gets one; it's the law. > > > >Your taps don't need warrants any more though do they ? > > Yes, they do require warrants. Perhaps you should stop > confusing tapping with monitoring. How can you monitor without tapping ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Jan 2007 11:07 unsettled wrote: > T Wake wrote: > > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >>>Maybe. Personally I think of McDonalds as a choice in the same manner as > >>>(for example) Sayers. > > >>I don't know Sayers ! > > > Bakers chain. Make lovely pasties. (Of Cornish fame). > > I live in a region with a strong mining history. Pasties > not only famous here but there are actually specialty > restaurants that have only pasties and something to drink > on the menu. Grab your drink out of a glass front fridge > next to the register. > > Of course we have variations, including what is called > a Pizza Pasty, vegetarian pasties, and occasionally > some other variation plays in the region for a while. > > Pasty pockets are little 2 inch versions of their big > brothers. Handy to grab out of a bag to eat while driving. > They're sold in groups of 4 for $1.00. > > Great alternative to McDonald s, replacing lots of grease > with plenty of carbohydrates and not overwhelming the > individual with protein either. A good pasty is a very satisfying meal. Which region is that btw. I recall in Bill Bryson's book 'The Lost Continent' he mentioned driving through a quite noticeably delineated area area where roadside outlets offered pasties. Graham
From: Jonathan Kirwan on 8 Jan 2007 11:07 On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:35:33 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >It's just a shame that such places can't sell healthier food. >> >> They are. It costs more money to not use real fat when frying >> potatoes. > >Trans-fats are manufactured. They're not *real* ! > > >> So the prices went up. If McDonald's prices are so >> high that they can't stay in budiness, there going to be an >> awful messy economy pretty soon. > >What !! ?? > >Graham Yes, Graham, you heard it here. The secret is finally out, darn it. The entire US economy has been secretly based upon McDonalds. The idea is so insidious, few around the world recognized how we actually managed to hide our softer underbelly. But there it is now, exposed for all to see. Drat. ;) Jon
From: Eeyore on 8 Jan 2007 11:19 Ken Smith wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >The problem is heart disease and removing trans fats from ppls' diets > >will reduce that. > > Maybe we have ahold of the wrong end of the problem. Some people die of > heart disease if they eat trans fats. Others only get a little sicker > than they normally would be. A bit of "unnatural selection" could be at > work here and eventually, only those who survive eating trans fats will be > left. Outlawing them only prevents the breeding of this stronger race of > humans. :) I don't want to be one of those who die of it ! Graham
From: unsettled on 8 Jan 2007 11:29
Ken Smith wrote: > In article <9a890$45a1abb9$cdd0848c$5296(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >>Ken Smith wrote: >> >> >>>In article <b01ac$45a0f7f9$cdd08512$1347(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>[...] >>> >>> >>>>>You have forgotten the most important part of education: access >>>>>to the knowledge that's been written down. >>>> >>>>Nope, the most important part of education is eagerness >>>>for knowledge followed closely by the ability to understand. >>>> >>>>Access to data is critical, while useless in the absence of >>>>the two above. >> >>>I own a three legged stool. Is one leg more important than the others? >> >>I've sat on a one legged stool before. The fact yours has >>three might be a cute argument but is of no consequence >>to the discussion at hand. > > > All three items are needed for learning to happen. If any one is in > short supply, it becomes the limiting factor. If that is so, you can't > all one more important than the other. Untrue. An individual can learn without "access to data" in the context BAH discusses it and we start that at birth. The points I mentioned have to do with the individual. Data access is external. Given an individual with the eagerness for knowledge and the capacity to understand you can't hold that individual back from learning, regardless of their "access to knowledge that's been written down." They may be hampered in the content of what they learn, but they sure won't be kept from learning. How do you think humankind managed to develop the database of knowledge we presently possess? Divine revelation? |