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PepperdineG

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    Comment #48258398

    My first computer was an Access Matrix that I'd play on at my dad's office. It was such a neat computer back in the day as a proto-laptop with built-in modem and printer.

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    Comment #47797669

    I blame W.H.F. Talbot

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    Comment #47751513

    I can say for me that after my father died I posted pictures of him at some of his favorite places or from favorite trips.

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    Comment #47566393

    I suspect the key was you used Dr Emmett Brown to tune up the equipment then plugged your electric guitar into his amplifier.

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    Comment #47542663

    >why is boxing, for example, divided into weight classes? A combination of boxer safety and having more competitive matches.

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    Comment #47529326

    The Beach Boys also unabashedly liked money. I saw The Beach Boys - what was left of them anyway - with one the original members talking on stage basically talking about how he sti…

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    Comment #47470340

    Both can be true in homes being unique while also functionally being like commodities. Whether a home or a spec home or tract home the pricing is based similarly to sports stats an…

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    Comment #47469922

    They also have the GDP equivalent of JetBlue Airways

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    Comment #47469890

    Never get involved in a land war in Asia but only slightly less well-known is never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

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    Comment #47468643

    To locate spies look for 'Boris' wearing all black and 'Natasha' who use the code words 'moose and squirrel' to describe their mission.

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    Comment #47441422

    >It's interesting to me that a stone age lifestyle might for some people resemble factory work. There was not only factory work but unpleasant factory work like making birch tar an…

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    Comment #47398484

    I think of the recent study with raccoons how they like to solve puzzles. That was something well-known but not actually scientifically demonstrated and measured until now.

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    Comment #47366079

    DemBones.exe

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    Comment #47346173

    Given the mention of Rockaway this sounds like a story that Richard Feynman would tell about how his wife.

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    Comment #47007758

    They rather put in with Cortez then send their kids off to the annual Aztec Hunger Games [Flower Wars].

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    Comment #47003892

    “Sooner or later everyone comes to Babylon 5."

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    Comment #46990948

    If someone was in college this could be a way for them to get going right after they graduate without having to take some other non-art job instead.

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    Comment #46953568

    Dog the Bounty Hunter

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    Comment #46950094

    Recycling expensive media is a thing that was going on before the common era. Egyptian mummies were for instance wrapped in recycled papyrus. Look at the BBC wiping tapes, which wh…

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    Comment #46231526

    >Do you know of any civilians anywhere in the world that currently use pagers? Dennis Duffy, but he is the Beeper King.

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    Comment #46053467

    >catalogued and archived in some warehouse "We have top men working on the Ark right now."

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    Comment #45965165

    Raccoons are also social animals so they like to maintain good relations. My mom is friends with wild raccoons and they never try and break in even though they know there is food i…

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    Comment #45852899

    Stephen Moore was the original Marvin, which he voiced for both the British radio and TV versions of Hitchhikers.

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    Comment #45629145

    Yeah, have to watch out for S.R. Hadden

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    Comment #45478473

    >For all we know civilization exists inside our car battery. Rick Sanchez uses a microverse battery