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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Apr 30, 2004
of Hereford knelt down to fasten his spurs. he was thus made a knight,
The Greatest Traitor : The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ruler of England 1327-1330
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DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! Posted Apr 30, 2004
"A function f(x) is even if f(-x)=f(x). If a"
DELTA Mathematics: A Course in Mathematics with Calculus by Barton, Johnson and Laird.
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Spaceechik, Typomancer Posted Apr 30, 2004
"round southern roof, or of some warm, stony, herb-scented hill-"
The Cookery of the French Provinces, in "French Provincial Cooking" by Elizabeth David
Yeah, I know it's old -- still a great book! 
SC
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Baryonic Being - save GuideML out of a word-processor: A7720562 Posted Apr 30, 2004
'thought experiments. He called his work the theory of special'
(By the way, a game based on this one has been started here: F19585?thread=415238).
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creachy Posted May 1, 2004
Now something really incredible was happening, something
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DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! Posted May 2, 2004
"been 'witch-hunting for scholars who did not pass their litmus tests. Public"
The Real Jesus: Luke Timothy Johnson.
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IMSoP - Safely transferred to the 5th (or 6th?) h2g2 login system Posted May 2, 2004
"might be scanned while the volunteer in the scanner is gazing at a"
The Human Brain, Robert Winston
---or---
"guidance, lacked even the courage of conviction. The peace which"
Last and First Men, Olaf Stapledon
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DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! Posted May 2, 2004
(Just a note - I 
'Last and First Men', it's awesome!!!)
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Jun 5, 2004
from Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives by Alan Bullock
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jun 8, 2004
We never did hear from Duncan, founder of this thread, as to why he specified line 5 of page 23. I would be content to learn it was just an arbitrary choice he plucked randomly out of the ether, but something tells me there is more significance to these numbers. Either way, curious minds want to know. And either way, the results to date have been 'stimulating'. 
From a recent issue (Jan/04) of National Geographic Magazine:
"...no earthly equivalent. During..."
~jwf~
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David B - Singing Librarian Owl Posted Jun 15, 2004
upon so strongly, especially that of Action, the best that can be said in
from 'The Thespian Mirror', R.G.Noyes.
What an intriguing thread...
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Is mise Duncan Posted Jun 15, 2004
>> We never did hear from Duncan, founder of this thread, as to why he specified line 5 of page 23.
It is a meme that seemed to start on April 5th and has been through a number of forums and blogs. I was just its vector into H2G2.
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riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes Posted Jun 15, 2004
...Hindernis / écart m centre de rivet à bord d'obstacle...
(Wörterbuch der Industriellen Technik; Brandstetter Verlag)
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- 61: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Apr 30, 2004)
- 62: DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! (Apr 30, 2004)
- 63: Spaceechik, Typomancer (Apr 30, 2004)
- 64: Baryonic Being - save GuideML out of a word-processor: A7720562 (Apr 30, 2004)
- 65: creachy (May 1, 2004)
- 66: DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! (May 2, 2004)
- 67: IMSoP - Safely transferred to the 5th (or 6th?) h2g2 login system (May 2, 2004)
- 68: DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! (May 2, 2004)
- 69: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Jun 5, 2004)
- 70: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Jun 8, 2004)
- 71: gadarene (Jun 15, 2004)
- 72: David B - Singing Librarian Owl (Jun 15, 2004)
- 73: Is mise Duncan (Jun 15, 2004)
- 74: riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes (Jun 15, 2004)
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