Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:00 PM Wednesday 1/23/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: >On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > > On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > > >> Okay, I got a stack dump at the above link. Too much of an in-joke > >> for me. Could you explain what is so funny about the e

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 24, 2008, at 12:25 AM, Dave Land wrote: > On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:14 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > >> On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: >> >>> Okay, I got a stack dump at the above link. Too much of an in-joke >>> for me. Could you explain what is so funny about the error

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-23 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:14 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > >> Okay, I got a stack dump at the above link. Too much of an in-joke >> for me. Could you explain what is so funny about the error for those >> of us who are obviously out-joked? > > Me

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-23 Thread Charlie Bell
On 24/01/2008, at 4:00 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: >>> >> >> The joke sort of spun off from there and recurs cyclically, generally >> when some religidiot makes an inane argument about evolution or >> biology. > > Thank you. I never read pharyngula, but sometimes the stuff spills > over > to Re

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-23 Thread Charlie Bell
On 24/01/2008, at 1:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: >> > > > > Okay, I got a stack dump at the above link. Too much of an in-joke > for me. Could you explain what is so funny about the error for those > of us who are obviously out-joked? "PYGMIES + DWARFS" is from a Jim Pinkowski cartoon, a fun

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-23 Thread Julia Thompson
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > >> Okay, I got a stack dump at the above link. Too much of an in-joke >> for me. Could you explain what is so funny about the error for those >> of us who are obviously out-joked? > > > Meta:

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-23 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > Okay, I got a stack dump at the above link. Too much of an in-joke > for me. Could you explain what is so funny about the error for those > of us who are obviously out-joked? Meta:

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-23 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:08 AM Wednesday 1/23/2008, Charlie Bell wrote: >On 23/01/2008, at 11:46 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > > On Jan 19, 2008, at 6:59 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > > > >> http://www.fstdt.com/fundies/top100.aspx?archive=1 > >> > >> "No, everyone is born Christian. > > > > Really? Huh. So why ba

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-23 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 23, 2008, at 4:08 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: > On 23/01/2008, at 11:46 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: >> >> Really? Huh. So why baptism? And ... and why are there PYGMIES + >> DWARFS? > > *chuckle* That's become one of my favourite injokes. Used sparingly, it's a fun reference -- but like "Don't

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-23 Thread Charlie Bell
On 23/01/2008, at 11:46 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > On Jan 19, 2008, at 6:59 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > >> http://www.fstdt.com/fundies/top100.aspx?archive=1 >> >> "No, everyone is born Christian. > > Really? Huh. So why baptism? And ... and why are there PYGMIES + > DWARFS? *chuckle* Tha

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-22 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 19, 2008, at 6:59 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > http://www.fstdt.com/fundies/top100.aspx?archive=1 > > "No, everyone is born Christian. Really? Huh. So why baptism? And ... and why are there PYGMIES + DWARFS? -- Warren Ockrassa Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://b

Re: Portal (was RE: Fundamentalist Wisdom)

2008-01-22 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >I couldn't play TF because my PC had a crappy Nvidia 5200 card You need to upgrade then, because TF2 is a complete blast! At least, assuming you can find non-a--holes to play with, anyway. If you get yourself up and running, let me know. My forum has a great server. J

Re: Portal (was RE: Fundamentalist Wisdom)

2008-01-22 Thread Charlie Bell
On 22/01/2008, at 9:58 AM, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > I couldn't play TF because my PC had a crappy Nvidia 5200 card, but I > suffered through *all* the HL2 episodes with the 5200 and in > frustration upgraded to a 7300GT only to find it still isn't quite > powerful enough to give good frame rate

Re: Portal (was RE: Fundamentalist Wisdom)

2008-01-21 Thread Robert Seeberger
On 1/21/2008 7:06:27 AM, Jim Sharkey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Robert Seeberger wrote: > >Jim Sharkey wrote: > >>William T Goodall wrote: > >>>Evolution is a lie > >>So is the cake. > > I was going to have a party and invite all your friends. > > I'm glad at least someone knew that one. Despit

Portal (was RE: Fundamentalist Wisdom)

2008-01-21 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >>William T Goodall wrote: >>>Evolution is a lie >>So is the cake. > I was going to have a party and invite all your friends. I'm glad at least someone knew that one. Despite its brevity, I think Portal ought to be game of the year. It was fun, darkly

RE: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
On 1/20/2008 2:22:01 PM, Jim Sharkey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >William T Goodall wrote: > >Evolution is a lie > > So is the cake. > I was going to have a party and invite all your friends. xponent Portal Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mail

RE: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-20 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, Jim Sharkey wrote: > >> William T Goodall wrote: >> Evolution is a lie > > So is the cake. > > Jim > Aperture Science Maru The pi, however, is true. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-20 Thread Jim Sharkey
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Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-19 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:48 PM Saturday 1/19/2008, Dave Land wrote: >On Jan 19, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > > At 07:59 AM Saturday 1/19/2008, William T Goodall wrote: > > > >> "I can sum it all up in three words: Evolution is a lie" > >> "One of the most basic laws in the universe is the Second Law

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-19 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 19, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > At 07:59 AM Saturday 1/19/2008, William T Goodall wrote: > >> "I can sum it all up in three words: Evolution is a lie" >> "One of the most basic laws in the universe is the Second Law of >> Thermodynamics. This states that as time goes by, en

Re: Fundamentalist Wisdom

2008-01-19 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:59 AM Saturday 1/19/2008, William T Goodall wrote: >"I can sum it all up in three words: Evolution is a lie" >"One of the most basic laws in the universe is the Second Law of >Thermodynamics. This states that as time goes by, entropy in an >environment will increase. Evolution argues differe