January 10, 2003, 05:43
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King
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I'm Surprised ...
... that, upon logging on to 'Poly at 3:45 a.m. local time (CST USA), I saw that there were 504 users online. Wow.
And, yes, I know that comes nowhere close to the 900 or so we had during the premiere of Civ III some time ago. Nonetheless ...
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January 10, 2003, 05:49
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King
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What does ... mean?
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January 10, 2003, 05:52
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President of the OT
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Apolyton's linked on the frontpage of www.slashdot.org, which means thousands upon thousands of geeks will be converging here any minute now. I hope the server holds.
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January 10, 2003, 06:03
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You put a comma on the inside of that link Asher. 
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January 10, 2003, 06:05
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President of the OT
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You'd think the parser would be smarter than that, wouldn't you.
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January 10, 2003, 06:20
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Mine would be. 
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January 10, 2003, 09:26
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I didn't see the Poly link, but I saw this
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"Cedar Point amusement park unveiled the tallest roller coaster in the world today. Top Thrill Dragster launches you from 0 to 120 MPH in 4 seconds via a hydraulic launch. The dragster looking like cars take you straight up a 420 foot tower, into a top hat element, and twists you 270 degrees straight down. All in about 20 seconds from start to finish. How about that one?
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By my reckoning average g's only 1 1/ 3, but sounds pretty impressive nevertheless.
Edit - WHy can't these boards cope with all characters of a given font?
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January 10, 2003, 09:49
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Aha, more geeks me want to eat... *gronk gronk*
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January 10, 2003, 11:19
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Yes, Apolyton is great.
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January 10, 2003, 14:54
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Taz:
"..." used in a journalistic sense means that parts of a thought have been left out, usually when a source has been rambling on and on and we only need the relevant information (i.e. if we're talking about military policy and s/he suddenly veers into a golf game or something, then returns to military policy).
When I use it here, it's mainly just a way of separating thoughts on a subject.
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January 10, 2003, 15:45
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King
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Oh, I see, nevertheless ...
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January 10, 2003, 20:51
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King
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Don't ask next time, Taz, and you won't get a long-winded explanation that reminds you all-too-much of taking an English class.
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January 11, 2003, 06:39
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Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
I didn't see the Poly link, but I saw this
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"Cedar Point amusement park unveiled the tallest roller coaster in the world today. Top Thrill Dragster launches you from 0 to 120 MPH in 4 seconds via a hydraulic launch. The dragster looking like cars take you straight up a 420 foot tower, into a top hat element, and twists you 270 degrees straight down. All in about 20 seconds from start to finish. How about that one?
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By my reckoning average g's only 11/3, but sounds pretty impressive nevertheless.
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That reminds me of when we went to an amusement park for a physics excursion.  Then spent the rest of the week analyzing the rides. 
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