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  Metric system adoption?

  America is pretty conservative these days; still waiting to see if this metric thing catches on...

  Posted 19 Sep 07 in General Conversation

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  Creating a link when editing a message

  1. Edit your message
  2. Highlight some text
  3. Insert a link setting the URL field to some valid page
  4. Hit the "Create" button
  5. Observe the "Please enter an URL" error dialog

  Posted 17 Sep 07 in Tangler Feedback

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  Thirteen by Richard Morgan

  Thirteen is the American title of this Richard Morgan novel. In England it was released as, "Black Man". I just added this to my "to-read" list after hearing an interview with the author. He calls the genre speculative fiction. This novel is set in the future and explores what the world might be like after one hundred years of genetic manipulation.

  It piqued my interest because of a couple of interesting points he made.

  First is the act of looking backwards in time and realizing how difficult it is to fix large scale social mistakes. The example he presented was looking back at colonialism and recognizing it as the root cause of many unsolvable global and political problems. His novel takes a similar vantage point and attempts to look back (from the future setting) to examine unsolvable problems caused by unrestrained biotechnology.

  The second illuminating point he made was about the impetus for genetic modification. Plastic surgery, breast augmentation, and liposuction are examples he gives of elective surgical procedures in great demand today that achieve body shapes that don't naturally occur in nature, but rather in the societal mind (he says pornography). Morgan supposes that genetic alternatives to surgical techniques would find similar acceptance.

  From there he makes the logical conclusion that genetic enhancements would be influenced by society and those in control of the society and novel explores those results.

  Sounds like a very interesting read of an author that is new to me.

  Posted 15 Sep 07 in Book Reviews

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  stop receiving notifications from user dekrazee1

  Just based on how I use it - The topics list is where you go to see what's new, recent, etc. I tend to use the home page to jump to existing topics that I've already participated in.

  Posted 15 Sep 07 in Tangler Feedback

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  Link Tipping

  Why you chose the idea for the Rumble? Positives and negatives the the 48 hours timebox? Any plans to take LinkTipping further or what did you learn that you will take forward to other projects? What about the Amazon API versus other micropayment schemes you probably have looked at?

  Posted 15 Sep 07 in Raleigh Ruby Brigade

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  IQ dealy

  Would that be British or metric units Mr. Dent?

  Posted 14 Sep 07 in General Conversation

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  Social Book Sites

  It's on my "try" list for the weekend. I'll you know how it goes. Bric has me really interested now...

  Posted 14 Sep 07 in Book Reviews

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  Latest Release

  duh..  I don't have a 165 IQ Dealy like Super-King. 

  Posted 13 Sep 07 in Tangler Feedback

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  What's your dream job?

  Tour guide to international travelers for Champions' League matches.

  Dear FIFA, my contact info is available on the profile page...

  Posted 13 Sep 07 in General Conversation

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  Berkeley

  The Blue Nile!

  And the nuclear free zone signs...

  Posted 12 Sep 07 in General Conversation