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lio christmas tree...

hub...@clemson.edu (Mike Marshall) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 18:06:00 UT

He must have bought that thing out of the back of the same comic
I bought my MONSTER SIZED 7 foot tall skeleton out of when I was
his age...
-Mike

Re: Signe Wilkinson doesn't understand science

lner4...@juno.com (Alexander Mitchell) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 18:28:47 UT

Okay, objectively:
If Big Oil's side wins, they get to make more money--or, more
accurately, persuade others to buy and consume their products
voluntarily.
If the environmentalists win, they get the power to be dictators over
us--or, more accurately, guide policy to impose sweeping, dramatic
changes in global commerce, economics, and governments, most likely in

Re: zits santa...

ca...@panix.com (Carl Fink) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 16:56:33 UT

Only if the colorist doesn't know how to select an area.

Re: zits santa...

wkharrisjr_i...@yahoo.com (Blinky the Wonder Wombat) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 16:41:57 UT

But won't that also wipeout the black outlines of the figures?

Re: zits santa...

ca...@panix.com (Carl Fink) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 16:36:17 UT

I'm not a colorist, but I can remove the black or turn it red in about 1
second. It's called "flood fill".

Re: Signe Wilkinson doesn't understand science

ca...@panix.com (Carl Fink) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 16:35:14 UT

Correct terminology. See
[link]
and [link]

Re: Signe Wilkinson doesn't understand science

patdone...@verizon.net (Pat O'Neill) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 16:34:19 UT

Sure...but the Sierra Club isn't going to suddenly reap a windfall if
BP goes out of business. OTOH, BP could save literally billions of
dollars if it defeats any form of carbon regulation. The difference is
what the agenda is: the Sierra Club's agenda is improving the
environment; BP's is improving its profits.

Greatest congregation of story strips?

nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 16:32:29 UT

OK, _The Phantom_ and maybe _Annie_ excluded, have all the story
strips decided to embrace their ironic readerships to the point that they
are simultaneously achieving utter greatness? I put forth just today's
lineup:
_Apartment 3-G_: Margo attempts to understand what the hew-mons
mean by `grief'.

Re: Mark Trail attacked by savage irony (14 December)

nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 16:17:35 UT

Maybe, but come the end of next year he'll be ready to play
professional football.
Oh, the story strips are serving a Christmas buffet of wonder
and greatness. I don't know how to pick the winner of the current
stories. Plus _The Phantom_ is actually doing a good story too.

Re: Gasoline Alley's relaxed attitude (14 December)

nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 16:15:53 UT

It does, yeah. I wonder if there's a real person being used as
model for them both. Or whether it's something like in _Cathy_ where
every sales clerk has the same model regardless of whether they're the
same person.
Also on Tuesday's installment, perhaps Rufus is so easy to get
the handle on that she knows there's no sense rushing him.

Re: Synchonicity Is A Hoax 12-15

freeze...@hotspamthismail.com (Freezer) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 15:23:11 UT

If I don't reply to this nickelshrink post, the terroists win.
Ah yes... that's why I switched from TinyURL to FoxyURL...
The Duck
[link]
La Cucaracha
[link]

Re: Signe Wilkinson doesn't understand science

lner4...@juno.com (Alexander Mitchell) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 15:03:04 UT

On Dec 15, 9:25 am, Blinky the Wonder Wombat
Certainly.
That would ultimately mean that it's utterly *impossible* to actually
fund ANY completely neutral, agenda-free "research" in a field with so
many possible variables, missing data (simply put, we do NOT have hard
data of temperature measurements by the same equipment in the same

Re: Synchonicity Is A Hoax 12-15

nickelshr...@yahoo.com (nickelshrink) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 14:50:23 UT

With rare exceptions, i only get 404 errors for chron links
made into tinyurls. In case i'm not the only one, there's this:

Re: Signe Wilkinson doesn't understand science

wkharrisjr_i...@yahoo.com (Blinky the Wonder Wombat) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 14:25:06 UT

Any thought to the possibility that the money seeks out those who
already espouse the views or hoped-for outcome of the donee?

Re: zits santa...

wkharrisjr_i...@yahoo.com (Blinky the Wonder Wombat) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 14:17:09 UT

I think that is one of the unresolved rpoblems with colorizing by
third aprties. The cartoonists prepare their strip for a balck and
white medium. For some reason, many prefer to use balck to indicate
red. When it comes time to colorize the stirp, I assume the black
cannot be removed.
I've also noticed this problem with valentine hearts which can give