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  1. Budwine! by buckthorn · · Score: 1 · on Coca-Cola's Coffee Soda
    All I know is that I miss Budwine.

    "Budwine! Makes you glad you're thirsty." Or as a friend of mine put it, "One is pleased to thirst in its presence."

    One of my favorite college memories was driving from Athens, GA to Augusta, GA to buy cases (and cases) of Budwine directly from Southern Beverage Packers.

    Anyway. the whole purpose of this particular post is to miss Budwine. Again.

  2. Re:All in one page without the ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on ATi Radeon X1K Graphics Launched, Benchmarked

    And whilst you're at it chaps

    http://www.negia.net/~dandrew/paper/1mbill.jpg

    Save your thanks for this valueable image and donate your change (about $6) to the republican party in the name of "Anonymous Coward".

  3. Re:Watermelon alert! by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 1 · on Water On The North Pole
    Sounds like you're a watermelon... Green on the outside, red on the inside.
    Gee, I thought red-baiting went out in the '50s. Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm more of a Zenarchist or anarchist (or libertarian socialist, if you prefer) than a communist.
    This is stuff we just don't know enough about...
    Right. And when something is valuable - nay, irreplacable - and you don't know how it works, if you have half a brain you just don't fsck with it.

    Or to put it another way:

    ACHTUNG!

    Das ecosystem is nicht fur gerfinger-poken und mittengrabben.

    Oderwise is easy schnappen der icecaps, blowen ozonelayer, und makensturm mit spitzenacidrain.

    Der ecosystem is nicht fur gemessen by das dummkopfen. So relaxen und watchen das growengras.

  4. the next step: by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 3 · on Copyright Comments Redux
    Public hearings will be held in Washington, DC on May 2-4, 2000 and in Stanford, CA, on May 18--19, 2000. Requests to testify must be received in the Office of the General Counsel of the Copyright Office by 5:00 p.m. E.S.T. on April 14, 2000.
    So - who speaks for the geeks? We've got about two weeks to get folks on the list.

    (I'd volunteer, but I doubt the ravings of a longhaired zenarchist freak would help much.)

  5. Re:Free will and Determinism by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 2 · on The Physics of Consciousness
    Randomness is a very important component and is part of free will.
    If it's random, then there is not choice involved.
    The basic problem with free will (or absence of it) is accountability. Essentially, if there is no free will, then humans cannot be held accountable for their behavior (with all the nasty concepts for the concepts of justice, effort, etc.)
    Sorry, but the physical universe is not bound by our notions of ethics, justice, and accountability. The fact that you find a conclusion about physical reality morally unpalatable doesn't mean that it's false; it means that you need to consider changing your ethical system.

    "Your Honor, I killed this guy because that's what I am and what I do -- I cannot change this. I submit that there is no justice in punishing me: I cannot be changed".
    Ideas of "punishment" and "justice" miss the mark. A killer is a threat to others, therefore we cage him. If we can rehabilitate him such that he is no longer a threat, then we can release him. The question of whether he is "accountable" is not meaningful (except as his mental state may impact his rehabilitation or lack thereof); the question we should ask is "What will we do?" (Many ethical problems become much clearer when looked at this way; rather than labelling things "good" and "evil", "right" and "wrong", just ask "What will I do?")

    This has been on my mind lately - I helped send a mentally ill man to prison just a few days ago, because he was stalking my housemate. (A Zenarchist as a witness for the state - whadda hoot. But it made for less trouble than dealing him myself.) Was he "accountable" for his actions? The question seems irrelevent, and possibly meaningless. The fact was that he was a threat; the goal was to remove the threat, not to punish his action.