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9773
... Arvorec wit - gotta love it! Padraic. ===== There was a musician named Packett who'd had it, he just couldn't hack it; he stood with care on a cane backed...
Padraic Brown
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9774
... Indeed! Most of ours make good arguers and haranguers! ... Huh! Druids! ... Well, I fancy a bit of Spanish. They do a good seafood platter and the wine's...
Padraic Brown
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9775
... Keeping in mind that my ideas about the rest of the world are not as developed as those about North America, I do know that a lot of Northern Hemisphere...
Dennis Paul Himes
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Mar 1, 2003
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9776
... This last one has me in stitches. How amusing. :) s. ... Help I'm a rock! -- Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention/Freak Out Stephen Mulraney~~...
Stephen Mulraney
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9777
... Well, _physically_ I suppose I'd divide it Americas v. the rest. I would tend to look on things in a more cultural way; so Europe and Africa certainly I'd...
Padraic Brown
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Mar 3, 2003
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9778
... 'I am a rabbit'?...
Joe
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9779
... Most generous of you and your nation and your glorious navy! ... [Kingdom of Fujian, Taiwan and Hainan] have ... Again much gratitude to SR. We have plenty...
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9780
Andrew has informed me that I am right in saying "Ill Teruin" is the King of Kemr's sole official title. He also thinks that "Kuini o Aotearoa" is appropriate...
John Cowan
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Mar 3, 2003
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9781
... Arrgh. That should be "Queen of Papua New Guinea", obviously. Grrh. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@... To say...
John Cowan
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Mar 3, 2003
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9782
Feel free to try it. It's absolutely delicious. =) If you feel adventurous, try preparing it without having read the English translation. ;-) Condo faeger...
Christian Thalmann <c...
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Mar 3, 2003
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9783
... They're a bit more pervasive than that. The penetration and technology level is at 1987 levels and catching up quickly. ... I can't think of any good...
Keith Gaughan
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Mar 3, 2003
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9784
... Trust me, it will. The Arpanet was just one network in the world of BITnet, CSNET, uucp-net, FidoNet, ... The idea of One Big Network is too compelling to...
John Cowan
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Mar 3, 2003
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9785
... Also, who says it has to be a military thing? It could just as easily be from Educational institutions....
Joe
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9786
... Only before 1953, she wasn't queen ;-)...
Joe
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9787
... Not so. Princess Elizabeth became queen on the day of her father's death, 6 February 1952. She assumed the revised style on 26 March 1953, and was...
John Cowan
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Mar 3, 2003
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9788
... That's why I snuck in the little comment about Ireland having quite a sophisticated academic network. It's a possible start point... K. -- Ceci n'est pas...
Keith Gaughan
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Mar 3, 2003
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9789
... As BITnet and CSNET were, *here*. If it comes to that, the equivalent of Xerox Corporation (as in PARC, not as in copiers) could have invented the ...
John Cowan
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Mar 3, 2003
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9790
... Irish technology co-ops and academia are fairly well intertwined. The protocols used for the academic network are open and free for anybody to use. Time...
Keith Gaughan
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Mar 3, 2003
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9791
... Depends on where you are, of course. ... Well, apart from it being Decided long ago, no, I agree. ... Indeed. The networks that exist seem to have come ...
Padraic Brown
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Mar 4, 2003
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9792
... Shame, really. ... OK. I considered kuini, but thought it sounded a little too English. ... Interesting. When did it change? - or is the Style different...
Padraic Brown
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Mar 4, 2003
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9793
... I thought she was once George VI died, which was in 1952. The coronation was in 1953, yes. Padraic. ===== There was a musician named Packett who'd had it,...
Padraic Brown
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Mar 4, 2003
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9794
... Good guess, though. "lepus" means "hare". My Latin dictionary gives rabbit as "cuniculus" (sounds like the diminutive of a cognate of "coney" to me!). s. ...
Stephen Mulraney
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Mar 4, 2003
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9795
... And keep in mind that there _hasn't_ been a personal computer revolution *there* as of yet. Padraic. ===== There was a musician named Packett who'd had it,...
Padraic Brown
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Mar 4, 2003
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9796
... It's a literal translation of her current English-language style, so it was probably set in May '53. As for the coins, that probably has more to do with...
John Cowan
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Mar 4, 2003
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9797
... Ah, I was thinking of French, 'lapin'. But anyway, rune-writers did a lot of stating the obvious or telling people what things are. The first Germanic ...
Joe
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9798
... Are we getting into the Altair era? Has the microprocessor been invented? And where would Silicon Valley be, because America is looking unlikely in IB?...
Joe
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9799
... Mayhaps Uber-Druids ;) ... Spanish seafood sounds particularly appetizing. Any sea-slugs? :) As to wine, Dragonrobes have sworn not to consume wine or...
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Mar 4, 2003
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9800
... Maybe it was written for educational purposes? I could imagine a professor writing the word "STONE" on a stone in order to demonstrate how it is written......
Jan van Steenbergen
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Mar 4, 2003
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9801
... Presumably because of the social aspect of language. Language isn't just about conveying information, but also about forming a social glue. A lot of what...
Nik Taylor
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Mar 4, 2003
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9802
... Or maybe practice or just showing off. Someone who was just learning to write might well take every opportunity to practice this new skill and to show it...
Nik Taylor
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