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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I don't get the internet eitherI understand how it works, but I still find it incomprehensible, like giant numbers. I don't get how something like electronic switches can turn into a game like GTA.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:54,
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YES!Let's rise up and be honest!
We know fuck all about PHYSICS!
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chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:55,
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You know what else I don't get? (at the risk of angering the Chomp)Reaction. Everything having an equal reaction. Why does it? Why? We learned it by pushing on a wall when standing on a skateboard. But HOW? How does the wall push back? ARGH!
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:11,
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The wall pushes back because it enjoys it.(
chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:12,
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the skateboard/wall thing doesn't seem like a good way of explaining it to methe wall isn't pushing back, and that's not what the action-reaction law means.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:28,
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