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    That's cause they're already dead - it doesn't matter to them.

    Oh boy, here we go again.

    MOO, Matt

    Richard Ney said:
    andres muro said:

    ............ pruned .....................

    I would vote to elevate Jobst to the status of god if he were willing to pose for a picture
    leaning on a curve, like in the avocet publicity, wearing a helmet like sheldon's.

    A true God shuns helmets.

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  2. Sheldon Brown said:
    Quoted message said:

    ... Sheldon is god...

    Quoted message said:

    Thanks, but, being an agnostic/atheist, it puts me in a quirky position...do I actually
    exist...? ;-)

    To wit cogito ergo sum.

    Iguana "Voltaire" Bwana

  3. In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

    Quoted message said:

    I spoke to you. You had better exist.....🙂


    That's what they ALL say!

    ;-)

    Rick

  4. Iguana Bwana said:

    To wit cogito ergo sum.

    Iguana "Voltaire" Bwana

    Voltaire wrote the funniest book in history, but he didn't write that.

    You're putting Descartes before de horse.

    Sheldon "Cogito Cogito, Ergo Cogito Sum...Cogito" Brown +--------------------------------------+
    | Without deviation from the norm, | progress is not possible | -- Frank Zappa |
    +--------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone
    617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 harriscyclery.comharriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
    captainbike.comcaptainbike.com sheldonbrown.comsheldonbrown.com

  5. "Sheldon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    andres muro wrote

    Quoted message said:

    ... Sheldon is god...

    Thanks, but, being an agnostic/atheist, it puts me in a quirky position...do I actually
    exist...? ;-)

    No, but you do make a noise when you fall in the forest. -- Jay "I should have taken the blue
    pill" Beattie.

  6. Sheldon Brown said:

    Voltaire wrote the funniest book in history, but he didn't write that.

    You're putting Descartes before de horse.

    Sheldon "Cogito Cogito, Ergo Cogito Sum...Cogito" Brown

    Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur.

    -------------------------------
    businesscycles.combusinesscycles.com John Dacey Business Cycles, Miami, Florida 305-273-4440 Now in our
    twentieth year. Our catalog of track equipment: seventh year online
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  7. Sheldon Brown said:

    You're putting Descartes before de horse.

    HOW DESCARTES DIED:

    He walked into a bar.

    Bartender: "Would you like a drink?"

    Descartes: "Oh, I think not."

    --
    Frank Krygowski [email hidden]

  8. ajames54T said:
    Richard Ney said:

    I hear you're an ABBA fan.


    Oooh! Burned!

    (see I can take an insult with good grace...<grin>😉

    What insult?

    --
    Perre

    You have to be smarter than a robot to reply.

  9. Quoted message said:

    Sheldon "Cogito Cogito, Ergo Cogito Sum...Cogito" Brown

    Ok, i get the cog and Ergo bit but what does the rest mean?

    "Sheldon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Iguana Bwana said:

    To wit cogito ergo sum.

    Iguana "Voltaire" Bwana

    Voltaire wrote the funniest book in history, but he didn't write that.

    You're putting Descartes before de horse.

    Sheldon "Cogito Cogito, Ergo Cogito Sum...Cogito" Brown +--------------------------------------+
    | Without deviation from the norm, | progress is not possible | -- Frank Zappa |
    +--------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone
    617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 harriscyclery.comharriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
    captainbike.comcaptainbike.com sheldonbrown.comsheldonbrown.com

  10. In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Sheldon "Cogito Cogito, Ergo Cogito Sum...Cogito" Brown

    Ok, i get the cog and Ergo bit but what does the rest mean?

    In this case, it has nothing to do with bikes (though I guess it could <GGG>😉. It means "I think I
    think, therefore I think I am ... I think"

    ....

    --
    David Kerber An optimist says "Good morning, Lord." While a pessimist says "Good Lord,
    it's morning".

    Remove the ns_ from the address before e-mailing.

  11. Sheldon Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:

    andres muro wrote

    Quoted message said:

    ... Sheldon is god...

    Thanks, but, being an agnostic/atheist, it puts me in a quirky position...do I actually
    exist...? ;-)


    cogito ergo sum

  12. Sheldon Brown said:

    andres muro wrote

    Quoted message said:

    ... Sheldon is god...

    Thanks, but, being an agnostic/atheist, it puts me in a quirky position...do I actually
    exist...? ;-)

    Don't worry. It just means you don't believe in yourself.

    --
    Perre

    You have to be smarter than a robot to reply.

  13. "Jay Beattie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    "Sheldon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Thanks, but, being an agnostic/atheist, it puts me in a quirky position...do I actually
    exist...? ;-)

    No, but you do make a noise when you fall in the forest.

    Only if he's there to hear himself.

    --
    Dave...

  14. Hi:

    Cogito does not relate to cassette cogs, but to cognition or thinking. Ergo does not relate to
    shifting fast, it means therefore. Sum means "to be", in the first person. Descartes argued that
    through cognition/thinking, he was aware that he was a being, even though he could not be sure of
    anything else. That is were the famous phrase "i think therefore I am " came from. Descartes
    continued to argue that the only way to know anything else beyond that he "was" is through god.
    Since god is perfect, and therefore, he cannot lie, everything that we experience must be true.
    Otherwise, it would not make any sense to spend a ton of $$$ in Ergo. The last thought is mine, not
    Descartes.

    Extrapolating form Descartes' thought, we know that the only way we can be sure of anything beyond
    mere existence is through god. God is sheldon. the only way to be sure of things is through sheldon.
    Either you believe in Sheldon, or in nothingness. jobst may start the reform.

    Andres

    archer <ns_archer1960@ns_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Sheldon "Cogito Cogito, Ergo Cogito Sum...Cogito" Brown

    Ok, i get the cog and Ergo bit but what does the rest mean?

    In this case, it has nothing to do with bikes (though I guess it could <GGG>😉. It means "I think I
    think, therefore I think I am ... I think"

    ....

  15. Jeff Pitblado said:

    How can one be both an atheist and an agnostic?

    By not believing in a god, and also not believing it is possible to prove one way or another he or
    she or it exists. It's a matter of definition, though.

    --
    Benjamin Lewis

    How you look depends on where you go.

  16. How can one be both an atheist and an agnostic?

    Jeff

    "Sheldon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    andres muro wrote

    Quoted message said:

    ... Sheldon is god...

    Thanks, but, being an agnostic/atheist, it puts me in a quirky position...do I actually
    exist...? ;-)

    Sheldon "At Least 'g' Wasn't Capitalized" Brown
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
    | The secrets of flight will not be mastered within our lifetime… | …not within a thousand years
    | –Wilbur Wright, 1901 |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton,
    Massachusetts Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 harriscyclery.comharriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts
    shipped Worldwide captainbike.comcaptainbike.com sheldonbrown.comsheldonbrown.com

  17. My point was that atheists and agnostics have differing points of view. By definition
    atheists firmly believe there is no god while agnostics just don't care either way
    (theological fence sitters).

    Jeff

    "Benjamin Lewis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Jeff Pitblado said:

    How can one be both an atheist and an agnostic?

    By not believing in a god, and also not believing it is possible to prove one way or another he or
    she or it exists. It's a matter of definition, though.

    --
    Benjamin Lewis

    How you look depends on where you go.

  18. What if he is deaf?

    Jeff

    "Dave Kahn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    "Jay Beattie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message


    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    "Sheldon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Thanks, but, being an agnostic/atheist, it puts me in a quirky position...do I actually
    exist...? ;-)

    No, but you do make a noise when you fall in the forest.

    Only if he's there to hear himself.

    --
    Dave...

  19. Quoted message said:

    "Benjamin Lewis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Jeff Pitblado said:

    How can one be both an atheist and an agnostic?

    By not believing in a god, and also not believing it is possible to


    prove

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    one way or another he or she or it exists. It's a matter of definition, though.

    --
    Benjamin Lewis

    How you look depends on where you go.


    "Jeff Pitblado" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    My point was that atheists and agnostics have differing points of view. By definition atheists
    firmly believe there is no god while agnostics just don't care either way (theological fence
    sitters).

    The term "agnostic" is often used to mean "weak atheist", someone who does not believe in a god.
    This is opposed to a "strong atheist", who believes that there is not a god. An agnostic is
    therefore a type of atheist when this definition is used. A detailed explanation is available at:

    infidels.orgintro.html

    --Josh

  20. "Jeff Pitblado" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    What if he is deaf?

    Eh?

    --
    Dave...

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