[2281] in Central_America
New quotes for Sat Mar 17
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Mar 17 01:30:12 1990
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 90 01:29:36 EST
From: root@CHARON.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU
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celine (Robert Fullmer):
I simply try to aid in letting the light of historical truth into that
decaying mass of outworn thought which attaches the modern world to
medieval conceptions of Christianity, and which still lingers among us --
a most serious barrier to religion and morals, and a menace to the whole
normal evolution of society.
- Andrew D. White, author, first president of Cornell University, 1896
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ereidell (Evan A. Reidell):
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ermulga (gee, I forgot how much fun Central America was...)
Greetings. This is my .plan file. It is exciting and it is fun. I
enjoy writing my .plan file. If you finger me and my directory is
attached, you will be able to read my .plan file. You can send me
e-mail. If you want to call me, you can do that too. My phone number
is (617) 623-5426. If it is busy for long periods of time, I am
probably using a modem and I am writable on UseNet. (ArpaNet? TelNet?)
I should get call waiting. I am supposed to write something about my
purpose in life in this file. What do I .plan to do? I .plan to
graduate, I suppose.
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hoffmann (Ron M. Hoffmann):
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jdsindlr (Joel D Sindelar):
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jik (Jonathan I. Kamens):
Entertaining NetNews signatures, number 2 in a series:
--
This is not an official statement of Hewlett-Packard Corp., and does not
necessarily reflect the views of HP. It is provided completely without warranty
of any kind. Lawyers take 3d10 damage and roll a saving throw vs. ego attack.
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montreal (It's just Toby):
A troubled man paid a visit to his rabbi. A wise and good old
rabbi, as all rabbis try to be. "Rabbi," said he, wringing his hands,
"I am a failure. More than half the time I do not succeed in doing
what I must do."
"Oh?" said the rabbi.
"Please say something wise, rabbi," said the man.
After much pondering, the rabbit spoke as follows: "Ah, my
son, I give you this wisdom: Go and look on page 930 of The New York
Times Almanac for the year 1970, and you will find peace of mind
maybe."
"Ah," said the man, and he went away and did that thing.
Now this is what he found: The listing of the lifetime batting
averages of all the greatest baseball players. Ty Cobb, the greatest
of them all, had a lifetime average of only .367. Even Babe Ruth
didn't do so good.
So the man went back to the rabbi and said in a questioning
tone: "Ty Cobb -- .367 -- that's it?"
"Right," said the rabbi. "Ty Cobb -- .367. He got a hit once
out of every three times at bat. He didn't even bat .500 -- so what
can YOU expect already?"
"Ah," said the man, who thought he was a wretched failure
because only half the time he did not succeed at what he must do.
Theology is amazing, and holy books abound.
-- Robert Fulghum --
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murph (Keith E Murphy):
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paul (Paul Boutin):
D D C B A B A G F# E F# E D C# A
F# E D C# D C# B...
or something like that...
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rlcarr (Animato):
Note:
_The Wizard of Speed and Time_ now has 21 total votes in the rec.arts.movies
rating poll. If it gets to 30, it will be included in the Top/Bottom Ten
list. So, if you haven't already voted, send in your vote. Maybe WoS&T will
make it by next week.
To vote for _The Wizard of Speed and Time_ (or any movie, for that matter) send
email to:
movies@trantor.harris-atd.com
Each line in the BODY of your message (subject line is irrelevant) can contain
one vote. Each line should be in the form:
vote n Title of Movie
'vote' must be the first thing on the line.
where n is an INTEGER from 1 to 10, 1=BAD, 10=GOOD, i.e.
vote 10 Wizard of Speed and Time, The
vote 1 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
All tabulation is done automagically, no human sees your votes. The
results are posted on rec.arts.movies every week. Over 2000 movies have
been rated.
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tytso (Theodore Y. Ts'o):
From rec.humor.funny
I think the crucial question is not why God doesn't reveal himself us,
he may simply be to busy, creating new universes or something.
Rather, why didn't he make his existence obvious from his creations ?
For example, he could easily have signed his creatures so that we
somewhere on the animal would find something like:
Copyright (c) The Sixth Day, God.
This animal is commanded to be fruitful and multiply.
It may do so freely, provided that this copyright
notice is included.
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setenv TEDPATH 3-7788:3-4261:5-6389:3-3791
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wchuang (Mithrandir):
What do *you* want there?
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