On Tuesday 19 June 2018 16:00:36 Kate Draven wrote:
> > On Sunday 17 June 2018 20:52:34 Felix Miata wrote:
> > > Gene Heskett composed on 2018-06-10 23:25 (UTC-0400):
> > > > William Morder wrote:
> > > >> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > >>> William Morder wrote:
> > > >>>> I swear, this mailing list is sort of like Jurassic Park: a place
> > > >>>> where dinosaurs still roam the earth.
> > > >>>>
> > > >> > They still roam the earth, Bill, except now we call them birds. :)
> > > >>
> > > >> I wonder if they tasted like chicken or turkey, or more gamey like
> > > >> pheasant?
> > > >
> > > > I'd have to say that mere mortals like us will never know. Ostrich
> > > > maybe?, its pretty ancient.
> > > >
> > > > Evolution has changed almost everything on this planet in the last 70
> > > > million years, including us.
> > >
> > > "Evolution" as taught in public schools and universities is 6/7
> > > religion, 1/7 science. http://www.ep.tc/problems/59/ is a relatively
> > > short 1974
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> comic
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> > > that explains without fractions.
> > >
> > > Evolution as taught has 7 meanings, only one of which is proven
> > > science. The rest is entirely based on faith in various theories that
> > > have not been and almost certainly will not ever be proven. More at
> > > http://www.icr.org/ and elsewhere.
> >
> > I believe it's fine for us to express our opinions on subjects about
> > which
>
> we
>
> > disagree in our individual ways. However, if we start to debate evolution
> > versus religion, then I think (or maybe, I believe) that we need to start
> > another thread, if not indeed a separate forum, list, or whatever.
> >
> > As I mentioned in an earlier post, we're all here for the same reason:
> > that amorphous THAT (which is TDE, Linux, free software, etc.), and I
> > hope that our common interest in THAT doesn't get derailed by disputes.
> >
> > Anyway, I am comfortable with my own beliefs, and do not feel the need to
> > bring enlightenment to others (unless of course they beg me to teach
> > them, and offer YUGE sums of cold hard cash).
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
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> There are only 7 subject I will freely discuss.
> Chocolate
> FOSS
> Sci Fi
> animals
> Kids (noisier animals)
> Pizza
> Chocolate
>
> Kate
>
So actually only about three categories (once duplications are eliminated); 
and these can be reduced to two or maybe three categories: Sci Fi, things to 
do or eat while watching Sci Fi, and things that interrupt the watching of 
Sci Fi. 

Bill