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<!--QuoteBegin-Tom Flapwell+Feb 22 2006, 12:40 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Tom Flapwell @ Feb 22 2006, 12:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Regarding the potato, I remembered a speculation from my teen friends nearly 10 years ago. One noted the use of potato clocks and suggested a giant potato for a time machine. Another said that that use would run the risk of an explosion -- specifically a 4D explosion, the logical result of which is that the shrapnel appears at different points in time.<br><br>I should get in touch with those friends again. They'd love to know about O&M. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> I'd rather like to meet them too. <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> They sound... <i>interesting.</i>
<!--QuoteBegin-Rooster+Feb 22 2006, 02:46 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Rooster @ Feb 22 2006, 02:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> If they build a windfarm, no doubt they'll have some idiot saying "It ruins the countryside, blah blah"<br><br>That's the reason we're resorting to Nuclear power again over here. Lord, I will be so glad to leave this twisted country behind... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Which is strange, because windfarms are purdy. Not to mention the fact that the world's largest windfarm built off shore couldn't possably "spoil the view" however ugly they are, if it were built off the coast of Blackpool.<br><br>We already have three bloody off shore oil rigs spoiling the view, I don't see how the view could get any more spoilt.<br><br>...And is it my imagination or is the pie larger in this strip than it was in the last one?
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<!--QuoteBegin-Richard K Niner+Feb 22 2006, 06:04 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Richard K Niner @ Feb 22 2006, 06:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Mmm... potato!<br><br>For some reason, I feel an urge to make a Quayle emoticon.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>I'm surprised no one's bothered with a quail emoticon. <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--><br><br><!--QuoteBegin-Rooster+Feb 22 2006, 08:46 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Rooster @ Feb 22 2006, 08:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> If they build a windfarm, no doubt they'll have some idiot saying "It ruins the countryside, blah blah"<br><br>That's the reason we're resorting to Nuclear power again over here. Lord, I will be so glad to leave this twisted country behind...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Return of the Homeowner's Association! <!--emo&:o--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--><br><br>Well, going back to the whole thing about power generation, there is some effort being done in using wave power for generation. The generators are essentially housed in snakelike units that collect energy by letting the waves bend and twist them.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Tavis+Feb 22 2006, 10:35 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Tavis @ Feb 22 2006, 10:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Return of the Homeowner's Association! <!--emo&:o--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Which poses an interesting question: can the local Homeowner's Association complain about the wind mill being constructed when it's being constructed in a foreign country? <!--emo&:huh:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/huh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='huh.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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