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Charles, Kingman, AZ — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:59:37 GMT

underground cities...Isaac Asimov wrote a story, "Caves of Steel", where all of earth was covered with a steel sheath and everyone lived underground. It was part of his "Robot Novels".

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Donald, Chatt Tn — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:36:44 GMT

"Deezer.com I had some buffering slowness but that was corrected when I gave the player some time to get ahead of itself." The songs I listened to stopped several times. How did you correct this?

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HockeyCzarina — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:17:48 GMT

Ah yes...the Beloit list...

So scary...and sad!

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NGH, Los Angeles, CA — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:31:40 GMT

I've never considered myself to old (30), but after reading the Beloit list I feel ready for my Geritol. (sigh)

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anon — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:39:15 GMT

I don't think the Australians are doing their version of a 1-finger salute. I think it's more of a *size* comparison....

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Alex, Kansas City, KS — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:54:10 GMT

My wife, the art teacher, says that young children walk a fine line between "art" and "crafts." Works they create that develop technique and fundamentals are "art," and the turkey you make out of your handprint is a "craft!"

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Dan, Mount Prospect, IL — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:57:47 GMT

As a recent graduate with a math degree, I wish Baucus had this idea about seven years ago...

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Patrick, Peoria, AZ — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:02:11 GMT

Re: Australian one-finger-salute...I don't think I'd compare it to the "bird," as much as I think it means that the senders of the salute are saying that the recipient is, ah, under-endowed and/or compensating for other shortcomings.

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Will Femia — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:31:18 GMT

Donald, I just put the song on pause for a minute to let the buffering get father ahead. Some songs loaded more quickly than others. I wonder if I actually register with the site and build a playlist if it loads better.

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Will Femia — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:31:51 GMT

OK, maybe "salute" was he wrong word. I just meant it was a new single figure gesture.

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Steve, King of Prussia, PA — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:19:47 GMT

Hey Will,

About the sitting position link. Fighter jets have angled seats for comfort and to help with the G forces. The F-16 has been around since 1979 or so.

http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=103

"The seat-back angle was expanded from the usual 13 degrees to 30 degrees, increasing pilot comfort and gravity force tolerance."

Time to get me a recliner.
Steve

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Steve - Voorhees, NJ — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:26:01 GMT

Hi Will, love your site.

Arsebook looks more like a hate group coordinator more than what I first imagined it to be.

What I thought it might be (before clicking) was something very useful in the type of world we live in today. Connecting people with who they "hate" - or who they have certain prejudices about - in order to start a dialogue about stereotypes and why not all of GROUP A acts like GROUP B thinks they act. For example: If a person who doesn't care for Caucasion people (or any other group) can get a chance to chat with somebody from that group (one on one), one on one (I presume a large group discussion might turn ugly) - that prejudice or "hate" may be alleviated.

What do you think?

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John — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:01:04 GMT

What the...? The first time I tried it, Stephen Hawking read my IP address.

Him reading it was not quite as hot as you'd expect. I mean, c'mon dude, put some feeling into it!

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Amy Mel Bch Florida — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:29:46 GMT

I have seen many women make that gesture when talking about men. It's not new, and not Australian. I am thinking more American-Italian. Of course, not on video.

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Chris, Allentown, PA — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:32:27 GMT

Sorry Will, that pinkie gesture has been around long enough I'd expect to see it on the Beloit list. Girls were using it in my mid-west middle school back in the early 80’s. (Never in reference me of course.) If the mid-west had it that means New York probably had it at least 5-10 years before that.

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Web Urbanist, Seattle, Wash — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:51:33 GMT

Thanks for linking to Web Urbanist. However, you linked to a cached version of the page. If it isn't too much trouble, could you swap out that link for this one to the original article: http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/08/21/urban-ecological-subversion-the-art-of-guerilla-gardening-in-public-spaces/

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CD, Austin, TX — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:39:36 GMT

The Mindset list never really worked for me. I think that some of the things on the list are totally irrelevant (seriously, Blue Man Group!?).

Not to mention that it does not take into account parents, teachers, and all of those who RAISE these children with their old mindsets. Even a child who was not alive/aware for the Tiananmen Square massacre will still learn about it in school. These children are not growing up in a vaccuum.

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Rob Long Island, NY — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:00:49 GMT

In re Cappadocia: I had never heard of this town until I saw an episode on in on "Cities of the Underground" on the History Channel. Actually a pretty cool show, looks like they are replaying the Cappadocia episode on Sept 18th, just FYI to anyone who cares.

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=53900

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John Doe, Seattle WA — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:38:50 GMT

Women have had men wrapped around their lil pinky since time immemorial.