-------------------- Five billion years from now the Sun will go nova and obliterate the Earth. Don't sweat the small stuff!
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-------------------- Five billion years from now the Sun will go nova and obliterate the Earth. Don't sweat the small stuff!
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Click Here For A SpoilerRockhopper Lad has no secrets!
-------------------- The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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Click Here For A SpoilerFor all we know, Arthur C. Clarke originally might have intended to call his HAL character LMB instead, but ultimately didn't for some reason. But the good news is that there apparently is a God, because the letters "M" and "B" were put to even better use eventually in another reality.
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-------------------- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so the meek[s] shall inherit inherit the Earth, but what about the geeks? I still want Baffin Island--polar bears and all! :)
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Click Here For A SpoilerThere are Durlan spies among us
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quote:Originally posted by Mediocre Boy: Click Here For A SpoilerFor all we know, Arthur C. Clarke originally might have intended to call his HAL character LMB instead, but ultimately didn't for some reason. But the good news is that there apparently is a God, because the letters "M" and "B" were put to even better use eventually in another reality.
Click Here For A SpoilerActually, HAL was deliberately chosen as each letter of the acronym is the letter before Big Blue. H precedes I, A precedes B, and L precedes M.
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Excuse me but can you please direct me to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles?
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quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare:
quote:Originally posted by Mediocre Boy: Click Here For A SpoilerFor all we know, Arthur C. Clarke originally might have intended to call his HAL character LMB instead, but ultimately didn't for some reason. But the good news is that there apparently is a God, because the letters "M" and "B" were put to even better use eventually in another reality.
Click Here For A SpoilerActually, HAL was deliberately chosen as each letter of the acronym is the letter before Big Blue. H precedes I, A precedes B, and L precedes M.
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