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Hiway29 got it. It's "Measure of a Man." I liked the episode, but was disappointed in 2 things: A) Picard did not prepare his case well. He did not anticipate Riker's case, and Riker made a fair, but refutable one. "He's not alive because he can be switched off?" Well, 10 seconds, you can switch any human unconscious if you know how, or (as Raf pointed out when I said that) in 1 second, a vulcan can throw the switch. "He's not alive because of his physical makeup?" There's no "that's formism" defense? Are Starfleet members' rights limited to their resemblance to humanoids? B) Data had been accepted at Starfleet Academy as a student. At the time, he HAD to have been fully accepted as alive and a fully-participating member of the United Federation of Planets. Data had since spent YEARS serving in Starfleet as an officer. Can Starfleet retroactively dismiss the entire service record of ANY officer and declare them a non-entity whenever they want? Is there no 'CLU equivalent in the future? This is the kind of case they LIVE for!!! :) Seems to me that would have been the most DANGEROUS precedent to set, and there had to be TONS of caselaw showing that the rights of any citizen, any officer, can't be revoked. I mean, their Seventh Guarantee is against self-incrimination (the US' Fifth Amendment), but they can't guarantee non-slavery? While you're a slave (lacking control over your own body and whether or not it's disassembled), however, you're protected against incriminating yourself at trial-doesn't that make you feel better? No? Well, me neither.

I understand venting, but was the profanity really necessary? I think you could have had more impact without the cursing. After all, cursing never made lcm any more effective a speaker...

I'm waiting to hear 2 different results of the tests. A) The chromosome count. B) A genetic test confirming the cat is the actual mother of the puppies. See, a mother cat had kittens. She was found with puppies and kittens. Jumping to the conclusion that she birthed the puppies is silly-when there are more likely possibilities that have happened before. One link I read said that there's been plenty of times that's happened- and I've read stories down the years where one animal of one species raised an animal of another species.

Strawman 1. A) Supposedly, I claimed Creationism was "cold science." I claimed my reply had NOTHING TO DO WITH CREATIONISM, any more than my liking Rock and Roll had nothing to do with my reply. Your treatment of my post's content was careless, which doesn't impress me with your ability to view evidence (which may be better than this, of course...) B) All Creationists believe in a 6000-year-old earth. There's several positions held by Creationists. ONE of those is that one, and I myself have argued AGAINST it. Since you knew even vpw never claimed a 6000 year old earth, you HAD to know there was at least ONE other position-but you slapped that label on me without hesitation. As a Creationist who's never based his beliefs on whatever crackpot you've managed to find, I reject your suggestion that most Creationists base their beliefs on him or his work. I CAN ask around, if it amuses me, and see if anyone's heard of him or his. Also note that I've no problem believing any scientific theory, so long as the evidence actually SUPPORTS IT. Saying "Creationists are wrong because some of them are crackpots with silly ideas" is not "supporting" evolution any more than it's refuting anyone except certain crackpots. And I'm supposed to take your word that the thing is actually the logical conclusion supported bythe evidence, of course. Please spare ME the line that you're fairly representing what I actually TYPED ABOVE. You've already passed judgement long before I ever posted. Don't blame me if your own scientific background THEN was that shallow, and don't decide mine is equally shallow, since you know little about it. A cat was found with kittens and puppies, and the ONLY conclusion is that she gave birthto both? That's more than "premature", that's silly. Well, Gregor Mendel was hardly a scientific hack, and if you want to dismiss a man considered important enough to be a "household name" among scientists, that's your choice. BTW, no science is "irrefutable"-but there are degrees of validation in REAL science. If you held otherwise, that's hardly my fault, but that's not "good science", that's "religion." And vpw plus Hovind = ALL CREATIONISTS?Sloppy reasoning, Garth. You can certainly do better than that. Crackpots do not set the standard for rational people. I don't have any numbers-but it sounds like you've been keeping count... No I don't. I don't follow all the news. Maybe you're on some "anti-Creationist" mailing list that keeps you informed on that one better than me. So, you DID post that link with the specific goal of slapping Creationists. I'll adjust my expectations of further posts accordingly. Let me know if that ever changes.

I'm a Creationist. And my comments were based ENTIRELY on genetics and cold science. Someone made a claim that seems to violate taxonomic categorization as we know it, and BLATANTLY so (like someone just jumping off a sidewalk and flying into the sky.) What does that have to do with Creationism? If anything, it might WEAKEN the case for evolution, if something could violatenot only species, but genus and so on. I'd say that's a matter of opinion-I've seen evidence that the basis of evolutionary thought has already been disproven on a biochemical level. But you're entitled to your own opinion on things. I'm curious, though. Was this entire thread meant as an attempt to give Creationists here "the finger"? If so, saying "your mother" would have been faster, and more topical. Just because your exposure to Mendel's Law was confined to twi does not mean it's either obscure or unscientific. It's basic genetics, and any properly-educated Darwinist would have had the same reaction I had. Just because something was said in pfal is neither a guarantee it is right OR wrong.

*wild swing* Friends???? No, no, 2 spinoffs, one worked- it's CHEERS!

I think of it more as the Phantom Zone Planet, which I thought of when discussing Superman 2. The episode is called "Meridian." Dax thought of living there, which would mean 60 years before she saw the gang again. (And O'Brien STILL wouldn't be finished with the upgrades..) Meanwhile, on the station, someone was paying Quark a fortune for a Major Kira holo-program. So, he was trying to access her records, then trying to get her likeness on a holocam, then trying to trick her into a holosuite.... Go, Raf!

"I was admiring... your markings. Are they decorative?" "No. Are yours?" "No. ...If you don't mind me asking... how far down do they go?" "All the way." "Do you think you'll be done overhauling the station by the next time I see you?" "I doubt it." "Well, let me put it another way - if I ever catch you pointing a holo-imager at me again, you will end up EATING IT." ""Quark! I don't have time for this! Why don't you make HIM your one millionth customer?" "But Major, that would be dishonest." "Oh, that never stopped you before!" "But this is a special occasion! An event like this only happens once in a bar owner's lifetime. Let me tell you about your prizes!" "You mean I won something??" "Of course you won something. It's part of the celebration." "I never won anything before." "Well. Now you have. Congratulations." "The gravimetric distortions are intensifying, but they don't seem to be coming from the star itself." "But where else could they be coming from? There aren't any planets in this system." "There are now." Well, if the last quote didn't do it, what can I find? This one's approximate, I THINK it's exact... "..later, I may let you count them." "The trick is to scoop out the pulp, and eat the thin layer inside the rind. Here, try some." "It's delicious." "Especially if you've been looking forward to it for sixty years." "Sixty years?" "Huh. That's a long time between meals." "If all that fresh air and sunshine start getting to you, you're welcome to come back up here to the Defiant." "We're managing... just fine." "I'm sure you are." This is the episode I remember for a most obvious continuity gaffe. It wasn't the FIRST time this mistake was probably made, but it was a very obvious occurrence of this mistake...

Uncle Harry did. He said that when vpw was in the forest neglecting his chores, he (UH) didn't see him, but he knew vpw was preaching to the trees. Of course, he just KNEW this without ever SEEING it himself. On the other hand, Billy Graham WAS seen practing by preaching to trees. ""He transferred in January of 1937 to Florida Bible Institute (now Trinity College) from which he graduated in 1940 with a bachelor of theology degree. Graham's mother and younger brother Melvin had gone to visit him there and found him talking to the trees, Melvin Graham said. "When we arrived, someone at the Bible Institute told us Billy was out in the woods practicing his preaching," he said. "We walked out into the woods and there he was doing an altar call to the trees." "

I remember it clearly. I was taking Genetics classes during the day and pfal at night in the same semester. We used the EXACT same chart in both. For a split second, I thought I'd lost about 12 hours of memory and went straight from pfal to Genetics class before I woke all the way up. (I was on a long schedule at the time...) I heard that in the news. I'm waiting a few days for the whole story to be researched before I'm even BOTHERING. If somehow it's true, the extra documentation will help convince me. More likely, this will give them time to debunk it.

I only know Cleavon Little from one other movie. (Which I was discussing the other day, oddly enough.) I'm SURE of one other actor from it. Once Bitten Jim Carrey Batman Forever (But I think it was mean to pull that one...)

Saw a comic strip. One guy's holding a tape. "People who see this die in seven days." *runs tape* "Welcome to Martha Stewart Living." (other guy): "This is going to kill me faster than that..."

"I was admiring... your markings. Are they decorative?" "No. Are yours?" "No. ...If you don't mind me asking... how far down do they go?" "All the way." "Do you think you'll be done overhauling the station by the next time I see you?" "I doubt it." "Well, let me put it another way - if I ever catch you pointing a holo-imager at me again, you will end up EATING IT." ""Quark! I don't have time for this! Why don't you make HIM your one millionth customer?" "But Major, that would be dishonest." "Oh, that never stopped you before!" "But this is a special occasion! An event like this only happens once in a bar owner's lifetime. Let me tell you about your prizes!" "You mean I won something??" "Of course you won something. It's part of the celebration." "I never won anything before." "Well. Now you have. Congratulations." "The gravimetric distortions are intensifying, but they don't seem to be coming from the star itself." "But where else could they be coming from? There aren't any planets in this system." "There are now."

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Clearly. If you remembered the context, you'd know why this line was worth remembering... WHY is she chewing him out? And why is he daring her anger? The other stuff was correct, but not this.

"I was admiring... your markings. Are they decoratiive?" "No. Are yours?" "No. ...If you don't mind me asking... how far down do they go?" "All the way." "Do you think you'll be done overhauling the station by the next time I see you?" "I doubt it." "Well, let me put it another way - if I ever catch you pointing a holo-imager at me again, you will end up EATING IT."

Click on the musical note, select a sound, then click "SEND".

We can, but isn't this beneath us? Can't we wait until he restarts trouble before invoking it? It's equally possible he's grown beyond this position and we're needlessly taunting him with it. Ok, maybe not EQUALLY possible, but possible and fair.

Looks like she doesnt want a taste of the treatment she gave Mrs W. And "term limits" was a campaign promise-you don't expect her to tell the TRUTH, do you? And yes, they're reshuffling the chairs to make it LOOK like there's more people. Because if they keep SAYING there's more people, some will believe it... Gotta justify the budget... Let's see... 20 x 8 x 8 x 7= 8,960 in the state. Supposing all of those were "typical." (Average-sized twig, and branch, etc.) And of course, that was one of the biggest states (NY, vs CA which were about it.) Later... 7 x1=7 in a state. My the numbers sure have gone down a bit, haven't they?

Reminds me of 1984. The Ministry of Truth ran the propaganda. The Ministry of Peace ran the war. The Ministry of Love ran the brainwashing. The Ministry of Plenty ran the rationing.

I think it was one of the Wayans brothers. Talked about his daughter crashing her car. Like any teen, the first words out of her mouth must have been "My daddy's gonna kill me!" Cops checked her ID. "Yeah, he will. He'll get away with it, too." I also liked the Saturday Night Live coverage. Like when they supposedly had him on, and he was talking about how if you love something, it's ok to kill it. For example, that Ebola virus that loved all those people...

No, that guy was sure they were tribal tattoos. He'd gotten some back in the 90s when everyone else was getting them. :) Not the same scene. In mine, he wasn't sure if they were added or inborn.

"I was admiring... your markings. Are they decoratiive?" "No. Are yours?" "No. ...If you don't mind me asking... how far down do they go?" "All the way."

Should be any day now, IIRC.

YES.