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maarsen reacted to a post in a topic: History In Books -- Fiction and Non 2
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Just a reminder of the timeline of 2001 book and movie. The movie was based on Clarke's story The Sentinel. Kubrick liked the story and wanted to make it into a movie. Clarke and Kubrick wrote the screenplay and began to film it. Clarke then took the script and novelized it to come out with the movie but Kubrick was slow in filming all the bits and the book came out before the movie, leading everyone to assume Kubrick adapted the book.
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All the above assumes he holds all those properties without mortgages or liens. There is more evidence that he is underwater with his assets than that he is free and clear. Remember he had trouble posting the $5 million bond in the defamation case when all he needed to do was have $500,000 on hand. All the grifting he has been doing since losing the election is not the sign of a billionaire but the sign of a nearly broke and desperate man.
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Well our latest dog, a Puli, is approaching 13 years of age, and while still very active, she is slowing down. My wife has been talking about getting another and on Friday she came home with a 8 week old Puli puppy. She is all black, just like her older sister. except for a white spot on her chest. Like our first she is very affectionate and loves being close to people. She is just adorable.
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The Small Stuff That Doesn't Need a Thread. #8
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Which makes 2 divisors. 1 has only itself. -
The Small Stuff That Doesn't Need a Thread. #8
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When working with prime numbers in mathematics, having 1 as a prime causes problems. Also every prime has 1 and itself as divisors. 1 only has1 as a divisor. Without 2 divisors it isn't prime. -
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The old "I'm so stupid I hired stupid lawyers" defense. Considering how well it worked when he really did hire a stupid lawyer I have high hopes for a conviction. -
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maarsen reacted to a post in a topic: The Small Stuff That Doesn't Need a Thread. #8
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Nevada's secret treasure, Wonderhussy, no longer lives there but is now just across the border in California. She has an extensive video library of her travels and adventures in Nevada. -
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Curtailment of expression? Cuba was run by a fascist dictator for the benefit of the American businesses and Mafia there before Castro. -
UK politics - not inspiring but effective
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Pneumonic? Did you mean Mnemonic? -
Napoleon once said that god is on the side with the heaviest artillery. What one says to the masses and what one truly thinks are two different things.
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Every leader who believes he is appointed by a God to lead the lesser beings is truly guilty of delusional behaviour. No surprise they fail, and badly.
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It happens at least once a year but as most of the surface of Earth is water, most eclipses are only visible over water.
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That was a steel pan not cast iron. Cast iron doesn't fold or twist when subjected to stress. It cracks.