This was probably the best task undertaken by any b3tan, this evening.

( Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Sun 17 May 2009, 0:10, archived)

I done stuff
months-worth of offline stuff
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:18, archived)

Hello!
not seen you here in ages. Y'aright?
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:19, archived)

aye, no bad
how's you?
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:20, archived)

:O It's JV!
She's probably in bed now, and in any case won't notice this because it's halfway down the board, but let a :O and a wheyyyy be recorded nonetheless.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 17 May 2009, 1:08, archived)

Depends which book
but, this being MGT, I'm guessing that it was an Improving Text.
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:19, archived)

Berkeley - Principles of Human Knowledge

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:23, archived)

Never heard of it, but it sounds good
what's the central thrust of the argument?
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:24, archived)

There's no such thing as material substance.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:25, archived)

Right
is this physics, or philosophy?
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:25, archived)

Philosophy
1710
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:26, archived)

Thought so
how many points do you give it, out of ten?
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:28, archived)

It's a good 8, at least.
I find this sort of thing quite difficult to read, to be honest. Not because I find the arguments challenging so much as because it always gives me more ideas and my mind goes off on a tangent, and I suddenly find myself 5 pages further on without actually having consciously read any of it.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:32, archived)

I got that reading Generation Kill.

( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Sun 17 May 2009, 0:34, archived)

I'd like to continue this one
can you let me know the ISBN, etc?
I miss this kind of discussion.
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:39, archived)

0-14-043293-0

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:43, archived)

Ta
I shall try to get hold of a copy.
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Sun 17 May 2009, 0:49, archived)