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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Will Steinberg via extropy-chat<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>…half-assed notion…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>>… think of it Will: that concept in itself is something that can only really be done in a sim. Everybody knows that buns come in pairs…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>…Ah yes, the Bun Argument. ;)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ja, Will, but after I wrote it, I realized there are other ways to interpret the notion. Its bilateral symmetry suggests a vertical division, but doesn’t actually require it. Division could be imagined horizontally, or even with a division by a vertical plane whose perpendicular vector points in the direction the hapless flat-ass is facing. The mind boggles, but… if one is open minded, there are even versions of the idea which require no plastic surgery or falling sheets of plate glass: think of the heroin-chic fashions where it is (somehow) considered cool to wear what looks like someone-else’s pants, with the someone else being at least four sizes bigger.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or… booty shorts, would be something a bit more appealing to imagine, but either visual fails to really come anywhere close to the actual meaning of the original term which I think originated with “half-hearted effort.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>