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carson
response 74 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 15:38 UTC 2000

(being another one of the people who's argued with Brighn more than the
average guy, I second jazz's comment.  anyway, brighn's right on target
this time.)

resp:65  (I read it in a "power of positive thinking" book that my dad
        lent to me last time I was home.  ask me again in four days, and
        I'll specify the cite.)
tpryan
response 75 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 16:26 UTC 2000

        Okay, short question:  How do I set in motion a script to 
ask the question in this item in four days, creating it now.  ie, like
reposond,when=+4days?
tod
response 76 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 17:10 UTC 2000

When one argues with a fool, that makes them what?
brighn
response 77 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 17:13 UTC 2000

(thanks for the support, john and carson)
(and yes, they've argued with me plenty. the difference is, they DEBATE...
they bring forth points of their own, instead of just sarcasing.)

#70> Actually, I support that theory to a point. I do think that most dream
images are manifestations of random neurological impulses... that's in my
post, actually, if you read between the lines. What's relevant is how the
brain then creates a narrative around those random images. You may be thinking
about teeth because you're grinding your teeth in your sleep, but why all that
other stuff? 

My general approach is to take the obvious stuff out right away and see what's
left -- Sarah lives in a Victorian neighborhood, so it's not a surprise (as
she says) that she dreams about a Victorian time period. If she's grinding
her teeth in her sleep, it's not surprising she dreams about losing teeth.
Putting that together -- that her teeth are being lost because she's living
in a Victorian era -- isn't all that surprising, either. It's the added
component -- that she's apparently giving some level of consciousness to her
teeth (they're rebelling against the lack of technology) -- that I'd
immediately pursue.

(Remove the H... sorry, Sara.)

For the record, here are the topics that I am most opinionated about:
Language/linguistics
Oneirology/dream interpretation
Theology in anthropological and sociological context
Sociology and psychology
Ethics

Go ahead and ask me the carburetor size of a 76 Mustang, the economical
ramifications of Clinton's program, the systematic differences between C++
and Pascal, or whether I think Moss will take his team all the way this year,
and I'll stare at you blankly. There are plenty of things I know little about,
and will readily admit as much.

brighn
response 78 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 17:14 UTC 2000

76> Whatever I am, since I've tried arguing with you, Tod.
tod
response 79 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 17:17 UTC 2000

I don't do dream therapy. Thanks.
jep
response 80 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 17:21 UTC 2000

Are there more sesame seeds on a Big Mac bun, or dimples on a golf ball?
tod
response 81 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 17:27 UTC 2000

Actually, the crown is where the seeds are. The question is, are
those "sesame" seeds?
jazz
response 82 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 17:33 UTC 2000

        (you're also very opinionated about human sexuality, Paul)
anderyn
response 83 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 17:42 UTC 2000

In re: dreams -- does anyone else have a dream "neighborhood" that they dream
about on a regular basis? I have two. One is my hometown, filtered through
most of the places I've lived, and one is my office, which is *definitely*
not my real physical office, since it has lots of secret floors and elevators
that go to them, and like that. I always enjoy the office dreams, since there
are some way cool places hidden away in it.
brighn
response 84 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 18:00 UTC 2000

(good point... both from the civil rights standpoint -- which I'd put under
ethics -- and the ontogeny standpoint)

Oh, I definitely have a dreamscape. I call it Castrovalva (from a Doctor Who
episode, which took it from an Escher painting), and it's a hodgepodge of
everywhere I've been, with a few non-existent places, and even a few places
I haven't been yet.
rksjr
response 85 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 18:05 UTC 2000

  The following is a question on returning to the motd screen (which includes
the last login time et cetera) after it vanishes:

On Fri, Dec 18, 1998, C. Keesan posted in Co-op item #50, response #37:
>  For those of us who cannot remember how to back up after the motd goes
> whizzing by,...

  I could hardly have expressed it better myself; how does one back up to
return to the motd screen after it goes whizzing by?
rcurl
response 86 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 18:08 UTC 2000

I agree completely with brighn re #69, but there is still a puzzle. Teeth
do not "fall out" rapidly in real life, so it is a fantasy, not ever an
experience (except to those that have had them knocked out). Even though
(if, if you wish) dreams are mental processing of random signals arising
in the brain stem (or thererabouts), it must still be explained how the
brain so readily constructs fantasy events from them. We all have
conscious fantasy lives, which are are constructs that then leave memories
of themselves. We can readily construct "cartoons"  (or jokes) from the
expression "his teeth fell out". So, is the unconscious mind playing that
game? 

brighn
response 87 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 18:34 UTC 2000

It's hard to tell what games the mind's playing at any given time. Mine likes
to pun for instance. Once I dreamed that I'd died, and that a group of friends
were holding a funeral, and one with a Southern-ish accent mourned of me
walking between the veils. A few days later, I was at a do in A2, and went
through a doorway where my Val and Val Szopko were chatting, so I had to walk
between them. I was halfway through before I saw the pun (which is why the
accent was important). One of my many precognizant dreams, too, though a
rather mundane one. =}

As to the scrolling issue, I have my telnet set to buffer 250 lines. that's
one solution for getting around the "whizzing by" issue.
jep
response 88 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 19:10 UTC 2000

One more trivia question:
What continent has neither an active volcano or a glacier?
flem
response 89 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 19:16 UTC 2000

You can read the motd by typing "motd" (or "!motd", whichever's appropriate)
at the command line.  If it scrolls by too fast, try "motd | less".
brighn
response 90 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 20:34 UTC 2000

#88> Hmmmm... Asia has volcanos (Japan), North America has glaciers (Alaska),
South America has volcanoes (errr... doesn't it?), Europe probably has
glaciers up in Scandanavia, Antarctica obviously has glaciers.

that would leave Australia and Africa. *ponders* There are volcanoes in the
Pacific islands. So I'll guess Africa.
tpryan
response 91 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 21:45 UTC 2000

        Africa has Mt. Kiliminjuaro(sp?).  Doesn't a volcano erupt in
Lion King.  Must leave Australia volcano less and glacier less.
mcnally
response 92 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 22:28 UTC 2000

  the "great lakes" region of Africa has a fair amount of volcanic activity,
  and although they may really wish they didn't, several of the Andean nations
  in South America have volcanoes which have had disastrous eruptions in
  recent years.  Australia seems like the only remaining choice..
keesan
response 93 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 23:08 UTC 2000

There is volcanic activity along the great rift in Africa, through Ethiopia,
and along the Red Sea (I think).
Kilimanjaro.
jep
response 94 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 23:27 UTC 2000

It appeared the answer I was looking for was Australia.  The questioner 
seems to have meant "mainland Australia".  There are volcanos in New 
Zealand and Tonga, according to information at 
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/world.html, which I would consider to 
be part of continental Australia.
jep
response 95 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 3 23:28 UTC 2000

One more trivia question:
How much did the lifeboat oars for the original Titanic cost?

(There is a weird trivia contest going on at work, you see.)
other
response 96 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 4 01:09 UTC 2000

$19.12 in total.  Ironic, eh?
ea
response 97 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 4 02:58 UTC 2000

Is there any utility on Grex that will allow you to punch in an IP # and 
find out which domain it goes to?
gelinas
response 98 of 365: Mark Unseen   Oct 4 03:13 UTC 2000

!host 141.211.168.30
Name: rhum.ifs.umich.edu
Address: 141.211.168.30
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