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April 03, 2009, at 05:14 PM by Martin Fick -

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   All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against
 the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him
 and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then
 it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law
 against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic,
 then it seeks to protect the man who is inferior in every way
 against both. One of its primary functions is to regiment men
 by force, to make them as much alike as possible to
 search out and combat originality among them. All it can see
 in an original idea is potential change, and hence an invasion
 of its prerogatives. The most dangerous man, to any
 government, is the man who is able to think things out for
 himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and
 taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the
 government he lives under is dishonest, insane and
 intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it.
 And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to
 spread discontent among those who are.

 The ideal government of all reflective men, from Aristotle
 onward, is one which lets the individual alone one
 which barely escapes being no government at all. This ideal, I
 believe, will be realized in the world twenty or thirty
 centuries after I have taken up my public duties in 
 Hell.
 Mencken

October 03, 2007, at 10:38 PM by Martin Fick -

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 [=  All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic, then it seeks to protect the man who is inferior in every way against both. One of its primary functions is to regiment men by force, to make them as much alike as possible … to search out and combat originality among them. All it can see in an original idea is potential change, and hence an invasion of its prerogatives. The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are….

The ideal government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone — one which barely escapes being no government at all. This ideal, I believe, will be realized in the world twenty or thirty centuries after I have … taken up my public duties in Hell.

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 [=  All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against
 the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him
 and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then
 it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law
 against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic,
 then it seeks to protect the man who is inferior in every way
 against both. One of its primary functions is to regiment men
 by force, to make them as much alike as possible to
 search out and combat originality among them. All it can see
 in an original idea is potential change, and hence an invasion
 of its prerogatives. The most dangerous man, to any
 government, is the man who is able to think things out for
 himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and
 taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the
 government he lives under is dishonest, insane and
 intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it.
 And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to
 spread discontent among those who are.

 The ideal government of all reflective men, from Aristotle
 onward, is one which lets the individual alone one
 which barely escapes being no government at all. This ideal, I
 believe, will be realized in the world twenty or thirty
 centuries after I have taken up my public duties in 
 Hell.

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October 03, 2007, at 09:42 PM by Martin Fick -

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   All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic, then it seeks to protect the man who is inferior in every way against both. One of its primary functions is to regiment men by force, to make them as much alike as possible &#8230; to search out and combat originality among them. All it can see in an original idea is potential change, and hence an invasion of its prerogatives. The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are&#8230;.
The ideal government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone &#8212; one which barely escapes being no government at all. This ideal, I believe, will be realized in the world twenty or thirty centuries after I have &#8230; taken up my public duties in Hell.
 Mencken

March 23, 2007, at 02:39 PM by Martin Fick -

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Our Family (back in Virginia)

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Our Family

Me and the kids:

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Molly and the kids: (:photo imgp2466.jpg:)

March 23, 2007, at 02:23 PM by Martin Fick -

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I have been thinking a lot about putting together a Biking Trip in the Ardennes of Belgium. I found this picture among these inspiring pictures of the Brussels Metro

image:http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4787/2547/400/988148/met-bru_27-07.jpg

This building is so typically Belgian looking, I wanted to display it:

image:http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4787/2547/400/met-bru_17-02.jpg

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I have been thinking a lot about putting together a Biking Trip in the Ardennes of Belgium. I found this picture among these inspiring pictures of the Brussels Metro

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4787/2547/400/988148/met-bru_27-07.jpg

This building is so typically Belgian looking, it seemed worthy of display:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4787/2547/400/met-bru_17-02.jpg

March 23, 2007, at 02:19 PM by Martin Fick -

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Is Your PC "Owned"?

Most of the internet spam is sent out by innocent PC owners such as yourself. Spam senders will highjack your PC and use it to send spam on their part behind your back. This graph shows the operating system that most of these "owned" pcs are running.

http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/14/0,1425,sz=1&i=146176,00.jpg

What can you do about it? Buy a mac? Maybe, or you could try out Linux. You can download a CD image for knoppix, simply burn this image to a CD and reboot off of that CD. This will allow you to run Linux directly off the CD without having to modify your hardrive. In fact you could even (not that I would) remove the hardrive from your PC entirely and simlpy run off of the CD and never be "owned" again!

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Belgium

I have been thinking a lot about putting together a Biking Trip in the Ardennes of Belgium. I found this picture among these inspiring pictures of the Brussels Metro

image:http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4787/2547/400/988148/met-bru_27-07.jpg

This building is so typically Belgian looking, I wanted to display it:

image:http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4787/2547/400/met-bru_17-02.jpg

November 17, 2006, at 12:58 PM by Martin Fick -

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The Himalayas

(:table:) (:cell:) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Himalayas.jpg/180px-Himalayas.jpg (:cell:) Are you familiar with Wikipedia yet? If not, you really should check out this amazing testament to human collaboration. I have been staring at this picture of the Himalayas for some time now, it is fantastic. (:tableend:)

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Is Your PC "Owned"?

Most of the internet spam is sent out by innocent PC owners such as yourself. Spam senders will highjack your PC and use it to send spam on their part behind your back. This graph shows the operating system that most of these "owned" pcs are running.

http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/14/0,1425,sz=1&i=146176,00.jpg

What can you do about it? Buy a mac? Maybe, or you could try out Linux. You can download a CD image for knoppix, simply burn this image to a CD and reboot off of that CD. This will allow you to run Linux directly off the CD without having to modify your hardrive. In fact you could even (not that I would) remove the hardrive from your PC entirely and simlpy run off of the CD and never be "owned" again!

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Our latest album has a few pictures from our C & O Canal Bike Ride.

Our Family

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Our latest album has a few pictures from our ride through Rocky Mountain Nation Park.

Our Family (back in Virginia)

May 30, 2006, at 03:26 PM by MartinFick -

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Martin, Molly and Renée's HomePage

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Martin, Molly, Renée and Alexander's HomePage

November 01, 2005, at 03:00 PM by fick -

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(:table:) (:cell:)

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Chess

Check out these 4 new games. They are simple fun Chess derivatives.

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The Himalayas

(:table:)

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Himalayas.jpg/180px-Himalayas.jpg (:cell:) Are you familiar with Wikipedia yet? If not, you really should check out this amazing testament to human collaboration. I have been staring at this picture of the Himalayas for some time now, it is fantastic.

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Our latest album has a few pictures from the MS Tour.

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Our latest album has a few pictures from our C & O Canal Bike Ride.

Our Family

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(:table:) (:cell:)

Chess

Check out these 4 new games. They are simple fun Chess derivatives.

(:cell:)

http://www.theficks.name/chess/render.php?a2=WP&b2=WP&c2=WP&d2=WP&e2=WP&f2=WP&g2=WP&h2=WP&a8=BR&h8=BR&BSIZE=176.gif (:tableend:)

July 12, 2005, at 10:07 PM by Martin -

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MS Tour.

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MS Tour.

July 06, 2005, at 08:10 PM by 192.168.1.11 -

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June 26, 2005, at 10:36 AM by 192.168.1.11 -

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Our latest album has a few some pictures from the

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Our latest album has a few pictures from the

June 25, 2005, at 05:36 PM by 192.168.1.11 -

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http://www.theficks.name/chess/render.php?a2=WP&b2=WP&c2=WP&d2=WP&e2=WP&f2=WP&g2=WP&h2=WP&a8=BR&h8=BR&BSIZE=176.gif

June 25, 2005, at 09:47 AM by 192.168.1.11 -

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Welcome To Martin, Molly and Renée's HomePage

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(:cell align=top:)

Chess

Check out these 4 new games. They are simple fun Chess derivatives.

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Martin, Molly and Renée's HomePage

Chess

Check out these 4 new games. They are simple fun Chess derivatives. (:cell:)

June 25, 2005, at 09:45 AM by 192.168.1.11 -

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Our latest album has a few some pictures from the MS Tour.

(:photo imgp1273.jpg:)

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(:table:) (:cell align=top:)

Chess

Check out these 4 new games. They are simple fun Chess derivatives. (:cell:)

http://www.theficks.name/chess/render.php?a2=WP&b2=WP&c2=WP&d2=WP&e2=WP&f2=WP&g2=WP&h2=WP&a8=BR&h8=BR&.gif (:tableend:)

Albums

Our latest album has a few some pictures from the MS Tour.

(:photo imgp1273.jpg:)

June 04, 2005, at 06:30 PM by Martin -

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Welcome To Our HomePage: Martin, Molly and Renée

Our latest album has some picture from the MS Tour.

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Welcome To Martin, Molly and Renée's HomePage

Our latest album has a few some pictures from the MS Tour.

June 02, 2005, at 10:54 AM by Martin -

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Martin, Molly and Renée

Not much here yet, just this slideshow from our trip to florida.

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Welcome To Our HomePage: Martin, Molly and Renée

Our latest album has some picture from the MS Tour.

(:photo imgp1273.jpg:)

April 16, 2005, at 11:55 PM by Martin -

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April 16, 2005, at 11:53 PM by Martin -

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April 16, 2005, at 11:51 PM by Martin -

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Hi, I temproraily deleted the FLorida slideshow by accident, I am restoring it now. Please check back later. -Martin

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Not much here yet, just this slideshow from our trip to florida.

(:photo impg1087:)

April 16, 2005, at 03:13 PM by Martin -

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There is not much here yet, just some photos, try these

Wiki Plans (for Martin)

Some themes for the wiki

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Hi, I temproraily deleted the FLorida slideshow by accident, I am restoring it now. Please check back later. -Martin

April 03, 2005, at 01:40 PM by Martin -

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I would like to use some of the following CSS layouts:

For a Travels Page - ParAvion
For Renee's Newborn Days - Golden Cut
For my Martial Arts Page - Uncultivated

or Attitude

For the video clip page - Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Libertarian Thoughts - The Hall
Comunity Coperation - Cube Garden
Lock Picking or PC Setup - Pixelization
Music Collection - DJ Style
Construction Projects - Museum

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Martin, Molly and Renée

There is not much here yet, just some photos, try these

Wiki Plans (for Martin)

Some themes for the wiki

March 13, 2005, at 10:10 PM by Martin -

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Music Collection - DJ Style

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Music Collection - DJ Style
Construction Projects - Museum

March 13, 2005, at 09:56 PM by Martin -

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For a Travels Page -
For Renee's Newborn Days -
For my Martial Arts Page -
For the video clip page -
Libertarian Thoughts -

http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/140/140.css&page=2

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For a Travels Page - ParAvion
For Renee's Newborn Days - Golden Cut
For my Martial Arts Page - Uncultivated

or Attitude

For the video clip page - Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Libertarian Thoughts - The Hall
Comunity Coperation - Cube Garden
Lock Picking or PC Setup - Pixelization
Music Collection - DJ Style

March 13, 2005, at 09:37 PM by Martin -

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Here are some useful default pages installed along with the PmWiki software:

PmWiki documentation is available at PmWiki.DocumentationIndex.
What is the WikiWikiWeb?
TipsForEditing ? and TextFormattingRules describe how to create pages in PmWiki.
Practice editing pages in the WikiSandbox.

More information about PmWiki can be found at http://www.pmwiki.org/.

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I would like to use some of the following CSS layouts:

For a Travels Page -
For Renee's Newborn Days -
For my Martial Arts Page -
For the video clip page -
Libertarian Thoughts -

http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/140/140.css&page=2

Main » Home Page

Our Other Sites:

Main.HomePage History

Our Family (back in Virginia)

Our Family

Is Your PC "Owned"?

Belgium

The Himalayas

Is Your PC "Owned"?

Our Family

Our Family (back in Virginia)

Martin, Molly and Renée's HomePage

Martin, Molly, Renée and Alexander's HomePage

Chess

The Himalayas

Our Family

Chess

Welcome To Martin, Molly and Renée's HomePage

Chess

Martin, Molly and Renée's HomePage

Chess

Chess

Albums

Welcome To Our HomePage: Martin, Molly and Renée

Welcome To Martin, Molly and Renée's HomePage

Martin, Molly and Renée

Welcome To Our HomePage: Martin, Molly and Renée

Wiki Plans (for Martin)

I would like to use some of the following CSS layouts:

Martin, Molly and Renée

Wiki Plans (for Martin)

I would like to use some of the following CSS layouts: