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Topic: Happy Darwin Day!
Javert
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posted February 12, 2008 07:56 AM
How are you going to celebrate this joyous occasion? I don't know about anybody else, but I'm off to find a monkey!
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C3PO the Dragon Slayer
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posted February 12, 2008 08:06 AM
And what will you do with that monkey once you find him? And I thought we got a day off today because of the primaries...
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Icarus
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posted February 12, 2008 08:27 AM
Day off? I could use a day off.
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pooka
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posted February 12, 2008 08:49 AM
My kids have today off. I don't. And I'll use Darwin Day to grouse about how no one remembers Alfred Russel Wallace's contributions.
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Javert
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posted February 12, 2008 09:08 AM
quote: Originally posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer: And what will you do with that monkey once you find him? Why, teach him how to use tools and communicate with sign language. Makes building a monkey army so much easier if you can talk to them.
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sylvrdragon
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posted February 12, 2008 09:47 AM
quote: Originally posted by pooka: My kids have today off. I don't. And I'll use Darwin Day to grouse about how no one remembers Alfred Russel Wallace's contributions. Darwin himself remembered, and that's all that really matters. Either way: YAY DARWIN!
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Javert
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posted February 12, 2008 09:54 AM
It occurred to me, I may be celebrating the wrong day. Yay Darwin?
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sylvrdragon
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posted February 12, 2008 09:54 AM
Fitting that I'm currently reading a Dawkins book with Origin next on my reading list.
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sylvrdragon
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posted February 12, 2008 09:56 AM
quote: Originally posted by Javert: It occurred to me, I may be celebrating the wrong day. Yay Darwin? Quoth the server: 404 Edit: Actually, a 403 THEN a 404 "...while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request." [ February 12, 2008, 10:25 AM: Message edited by: sylvrdragon ]
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Javert
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posted February 12, 2008 10:29 AM
quote: Originally posted by sylvrdragon: quote: Originally posted by Javert: It occurred to me, I may be celebrating the wrong day. Yay Darwin? Quoth the server: 404 Edit: Actually, a 403 THEN a 404 "...while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request." *shrug* The link works for me.
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fugu13
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posted February 12, 2008 10:40 AM
The server with the image has hot linking protection. Just copy and paste the URL into a new browser window (or refresh the page) to see the image. It probably works for you, Javert, because you've been to the site and have a cookie set.
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sylvrdragon
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posted February 12, 2008 10:44 AM
quote: Originally posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer: And what will you do with that monkey once you find him? The correct answer is: Give him a keyboard and watch him type Shakespeare.
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Javert
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posted February 12, 2008 10:55 AM
quote: Originally posted by fugu13: The server with the image has hot linking protection. Just copy and paste the URL into a new browser window (or refresh the page) to see the image. It probably works for you, Javert, because you've been to the site and have a cookie set. Dang internet, ruining my fun...
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anti_maven
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posted February 12, 2008 01:10 PM
Sing hey nonny nonny for evolution. I was a single-celled amoeba, and now I ain't. You just can't get better than that.
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pooka
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posted February 12, 2008 04:10 PM
I celebrated Darwin day by playing with a staple remover until I "accidentally" made my finger bleed. Now I'm playing with it some more.
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