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    Marc Clifton
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    Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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    Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
    People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
    There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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      Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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      Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
      People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
      There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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      Chris Losinger
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      Marc Clifton wrote:

      Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future?

      i refuse to be bounded by your primitive 1D world-view. my universe has four dimensions, and i choose to live in the space slightly above and to the left of reality.

      image processing | blogging

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        Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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        Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
        People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
        There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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        Red Stateler
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        I'm probably a future person, but experience has taught me not to get over-excited about potential. It's usually less than perceived.


        "I curse economic prosperity as it puts an end to much-needed poverty, famine and pestilence." -dennisd45

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          Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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          Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
          People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
          There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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          brianwelsch
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          I'm mostly a future person. Though I do get mired in the past and regret those times I didn't live enough in the present..

          BW


          If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
          -- Steven Wright

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            Marc Clifton wrote:

            Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future?

            i refuse to be bounded by your primitive 1D world-view. my universe has four dimensions, and i choose to live in the space slightly above and to the left of reality.

            image processing | blogging

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            Paul Brower
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            :-D

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              Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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              Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
              People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
              There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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              Paul Brower
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              I can't live without my 80's music ... Men without Hats, anyone? :) :) :)

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                Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                Josh Smith
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                Marc Clifton wrote:

                Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future?

                Eh, I'm not sure what hyper-space-time-continuum you might live in, but AFAIK I have no choice in the matter...I'm always here in the present. :~ :-D

                :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                  Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                  Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                  People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                  There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                  Ashley van Gerven
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                  When the present sucks I live in the past. And if the past sucks as well, I live in the future :D

                  "Nothing ever changes by staying the same." - David Brent (BBC's The Office)

                  ~ ScrollingGrid: A cross-browser freeze-header control for the ASP.NET DataGrid

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                    Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                    Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                    People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                    There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                    J Dunlap
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                    Marc Clifton wrote:

                    Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future?

                    I'm a future person for the most part. I can rejoice in future possibilities almost as much as present realities. I always look at things how they could be, or the "ideal state" that they resemble, sometimes to the neglect of paying attention to how they are. I suppose that's what one might call an idealist or a visionary. I suppose that's part of being an INFTP (i.e. a mix of INTP[^] and INFP[^]). Oh yes, and here's the mandatory Dickens quote: "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach." - Ebenezer Scrooge :rolleyes:

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                      Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                      Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                      People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                      There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                      The past is done and gone. The future isn't what it used to be, it inevitably turns out to be less interesting than we're led to believe and the pace of "new possibilities" has slowed dramatically in the last few decades so that we are being asked to be ever more excited about ever smaller "new" changes. This is the day and age when you can change the colour of a package and print NEW on it with big bold letters. These are the times when a car company can put a tv in the headrest and call themselves "innovative". The future is all washed up. That leaves what is here and now which I find very interesting.

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                        Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                        Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                        People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                        There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                        Jeremy Falcon
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                        I think it also depends on your stage in life. A lot of old people live in the past and a lot of young kids live in the future. At any given point, these philosophies may swap.

                        Jeremy Falcon

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                          Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                          Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                          People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                          There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                          Lost User
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                          I plan for the present yet to be, live for the now and reminisce about the now that was. Elaine (chronologically flexible fluffy tigress)

                          The tigress is here :-D

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                            Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                            Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                            People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                            There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                            Joe Woodbury
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                            The past is a cesspool of tragic and depressing memories. :)

                            Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                              Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                              Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                              People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                              There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                              Christian Graus
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                              Depends on who you ask. Tech wise, I'm always in the future. Music wise, I am hopelessly in the past...

                              Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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                                Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                                Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                                People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                                There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                                Gary Kirkham
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                                I live in the present. The past is gone and you aren't guaranteed tomorrow. It would be a shame to miss a blessing today while you are fretting over the past. 1-2-3-4 Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today :)

                                Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read

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                                  Marc Clifton wrote:

                                  Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future?

                                  i refuse to be bounded by your primitive 1D world-view. my universe has four dimensions, and i choose to live in the space slightly above and to the left of reality.

                                  image processing | blogging

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                                  Graham Bradshaw
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                                  Chris Losinger wrote:

                                  i choose to live in the space slightly above and to the left of reality

                                  Really? I mean, it's just wierd there...

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                                    Chris Losinger wrote:

                                    i choose to live in the space slightly above and to the left of reality

                                    Really? I mean, it's just wierd there...

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                                    Chris Losinger
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                                    nah. it's awesome. we have the best chocolate eclairs on Thursdays.

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                                      Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                                      Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                                      People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                                      There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                                      Shog9 0
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                                      Yes. I live in the present, looking expectantly ahead and regretfully behind.

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                                      • A Ashley van Gerven

                                        When the present sucks I live in the past. And if the past sucks as well, I live in the future :D

                                        "Nothing ever changes by staying the same." - David Brent (BBC's The Office)

                                        ~ ScrollingGrid: A cross-browser freeze-header control for the ASP.NET DataGrid

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                                        DavidNohejl
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                                        What if future sucks? :~


                                        "I am the gay super hero "The Corruptor", and my vengeance on the ungay will be swift, hard and penetrating." - Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                                          Besides a great Jethro Tull song, what kind of personality are you? Do you live more in the past, the present, or the future? Me, I'm a "future" kind of person, always excited about some new possibility. However, there are certain things in the past I simply can't seem to move past (or, erm, is that "beyond"?). Marc

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                                          Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
                                          People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                                          There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                                          Joe Woodbury
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                                          I once tried living five seconds in the future, but then I always knew what people were going to say and it made them mad.

                                          Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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