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written Wednesday, May 24 2006 05:54
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quote:   Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 24 2006 03:37
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33 lbs. of muscle mass in one year from Judo? Sure... :rolleyes: Are you sure it wasn't also because you grew three inches as well, or some other life-developmental change was occurring? Thirty pounds is a lot of muscle mass to put on in one year. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 23 2006 06:26
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I run and I have horrendously flat feet, and I find that ASICS 2100 work fine. The trick is just replacing them frequently enough that you never run without support. My shoes usually last about six months. Currently, I run about five to six miles on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, with a ten to twelve mile run on Saturday or Sunday morning. Last year, I ran four 10ks, two ten milers, and my first half-marathon. This year, I have run two 10ks so far. I was training for a marathon this spring, but a heinous persistent back cramp and subsequent injury to my right Achilles took me out of that. I'm hoping to get back on track for the Marine Corp. marathon in October. My dream is to one day qualify for the Boston marathon. I'm not sure that this will ever happen though - until you're 35, the qualifying split time is about 7:10 per mile, and I can barely manage a 7:45 during a 10k. We'll see though. After age 35, they allow more time. In the mean time, my wife and I will work at getting her qualified first. :) I also rowed when I was in college, and would like to start doing so again, but unfortunately studying for law school and lack of a car prevent pursuing this desire. :( [ Tuesday, May 23, 2006 06:27: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, May 22 2006 12:52
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...especially in rural Wisconsin! There's a higher rate of incest there than in my home state, and that's sayin' somethin'! :eek: Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, May 22 2006 12:37
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What did you do last night? —Move two friends into their new apartment The last thing you downloaded onto your computer? —Steve Colbert's Whitehouse Correspondent's Dinner speech Have you ever licked a 9 volt battery? —Yes Type of music you dislike most? —Contemporary Country Are you registered to vote? —Yes Ever made a prank phone call? —No Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving? —Maybe Furthest place you ever traveled? —Not sure, but probably Adelaide, Australia What's your favorite comic strip? —Pearls Before Swine Best movie you've seen in the past month? —His Girl Friday Favorite chocolate bar? —Peanut Butter Twix Have you ever won a trophy? —Yes Favorite arcade game? —Gauntlet Legends Ever thrown up in public? —If you mean outside, then yes Would you prefer being a millionaire or finding true love? —Having found true love, I would opt for the million If you had to spend a romantic evening with any sw member, who would you pick? —Umm... Do you believe in love at first sight? —Yes Who do you think about most? —Me Which celebrity do you think is hot, both female and male? —Naomi Watts and Johnny Depp What's the worst medical problem you've ever had? —Inner ear infection What's your favorite sitcom? —Family Guy Hottest sw male —Stug Last computer/video game you played —Kingdom Hearts 2 Last movie you rented —Through Netflix, Wedding Crashers Would you rather dump someone or be dumped? —Dump Which sw member has the dirties mind? —TM Have you ever kissed someone and regretted it? —Yes Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 16 2006 11:24
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Nice, Thracymachus. That's why we have society now. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 16 2006 11:06
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quote:Political purposes. Watergate ring a bell? EDIT: Whoops! A little late on this one. Still though, Jewels, I think you need to seriously consider what you're saying. Say a particular interest group seized power after such authoritarian devices were established in our government. It's not much of a stretch from there before "religious police" or "thought police" a la Iran come into being, and then your very rights as a women could come into question. The rights we enjoy live and die by how transparent our government is. I don't think it's a coincidence that the current regime is so secretive and the state of foreign and domestic affairs so craptastic for everyone except the wealthiest 1%. Don't be surprised if you see even Republican congressmen start to balk at these measures. [ Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:17: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Sunday, May 14 2006 18:01
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quote:I don't know that it's so antiquated. Consider any other nation in which the military has a vital "internal security" role. I posit that it's the start of a slippery slope. Maybe a SWAT-like response for very specific purposes could be warranted, but only if there was a correspondingly incredible degree of transparency regarding the implementation of the measures, which is something the current regime is reluctant to grant and that the military is naturally predisposed against, given its cultural reluctance towards having orders reviewed or questioned. "You can't handle the truth!!!" Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Sunday, May 14 2006 15:28
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By design, the US military is almost never allowed to engage in actions on or over US soil. This is a part of maintaining civilian control of the military, which in my opinion is crucial to maintaining our form of government. Nations whose militaries turn their attention to what goes on inside their borders, as opposed to outwards, become dictatorships real quick, and I'm not for that. Security for the US in the terms you're speaking of, Jewels, would come at the cost of the liberties we enjoy. I am not willing to cede my liberties to the government, especially one with an executive branch as numbnuts as our current one. Feel good about the NSA having the calling records for all phonecalls made in the US from three out of the four major phone carriers? Kind of tramples our right to privacy under the Ninth Amendment. But of course, those people outside of any public oversight would never use those records for purposes other than fighting terrorism, right? Of *course* you can trust the current administration, right? Right... As for the movie, it strikes me as merely cashing in on a disaster. What really can be told again better here, to what end? Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 10 2006 15:57
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The xbox 360 is seeming like an ever better deal when compared with the announced price of the PS3 - $500 - zoinks! Not that I'll be getting either of them, though. I'm afraid my gaming days are near numbered. Yeehaw marriage! :( [ Wednesday, May 10, 2006 15:58: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Friday, May 5 2006 03:56
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quote:Care to qualify that? I'm certain people are just as bright 'round where you live, pal. EDIT: As for the actual issue, I would argue we're certainly way more prepared now than the folks were during the Middle Ages for the plagues. For one, the practice of washing one's hands is more or less ubiquitous in society, and that makes an enormous difference. Also, knowledge and information are key. These days, it seems the spread of an epidemic is limited as soon as knowledge about it becomes available. For example, when SARS broke out a few years ago, it was largely limited to China and Southeast Asia, and mainly because those areas probably were not well informed for one reason or another. [ Friday, May 05, 2006 04:01: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 3 2006 18:31
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Professional sports teams really are just parasites on society, if you think about it. That they actually get communities to shell out millions of dollars to build stadiums for them to make money in is pretty galling, in my opinion. But as Tiberius said, "panem et circenses..." (I for one have been happy about the upswing in relatively thoughtful conversations.) Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Sunday, April 30 2006 12:31
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Almost all I've been listening to lately is The Strokes and Weezer, and I reckon that's becaust it's all my mind can handle right now on account of it being the middle of finals. Yay rhythm guitar! :) Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
| Question 2: Imbalance of Wealth in General | |
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written Sunday, April 30 2006 12:01
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*i - that game was alright, except for when you start meeting with success and become relatively impervious to the negative events. Given that you could achieve such wealth, I thought it was unreasonable that it wouldn't provide means of further defending yourself - like guards or fenses, etc. I do realize that the point of the game is to lose, however. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Sunday, April 30 2006 04:57
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Cairo Jim, if you believe that most aid money goes directly to the people it is intended to help, I have a great deal on some swamp land in Florida for you... Let me direct your attention to the efforts of none other than Paul Wolfowitz, who as president of the World Bank has (surprisingly to me, as a flaming Dem) actually started taking nations to task for their corruption, and denying loans that in the past they would have received with little discretion. This is *revolutionary* for the bank. Hopefully it will continue. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Saturday, April 29 2006 07:02
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quote:What sort of logic is that? I guarantee there are more iPod owners using Windows than Macs. AAC is a format type that Apple uses as a part of its business strategy. I'm pretty certain if they wanted to they could adapt iTunes and iPod software to support WMA. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Saturday, April 29 2006 04:29
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There will always be "imbalance," because different people have different levels of ambition, diffierent incentives to pursue material wealth. A lot of people rant on this site about the vices of the capitalist system, but problems with "imbalance" have been around long since before formal "capitalism" was replaced. I think the real problem isn't imbalance so much as poverty A lot of people on this board would promote some form of communism as the cure. I don't know all that much about communism, but I'm pretty certain that every time it has been implemented in the world, it has failed, despite looking good on paper. Why has it failed? Because (a) it was quickly overwhelmed by corrupt, ambitious leaders, and (b) it reduced incentives to work hard because it rewarded all members the same no matter how much they contribute. It's a sad world view, but I think the reality of our natures is that we operate on a system of incentives, and are inclined to free ride when able - i.e., no one will choose to do something if they think it's likely someone else will do it for them, or pay for something they can get for free. Some might be quick to point out that their are societies where the good of the many outweigh the few, but even there, the strength of that view fluctuates based on how much a member values that aspect of society. The problem with foreign aid then is that it reduces its recipients' incentives to take steps to extract themselves out of their situations and improve their lot. If you're receiving free food, why bother to go out and try to grow it. In addition, foreign aid suffers from a terrible lack of oversight, and as such, is frequently intercepted by corrupt, ambitious government officials in countries where the aid is needed. As such, it may well be the case that our aid is some ways strangling these countries that we're trying to help. Anyway, William Easterly says it all much better than I can in his recent book, "The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good." I think that the solution, in so far as there is one, is to create incentives for people in poverty to improve their lives. One thing we can do is foster women's rights in countries where women are treated as chattel. When women are empowered, increased financial growth occurs amongst those stricken with poverty. Second, we can create an incentive for developing nations to produce exports by eliminating tarriffs on products they produce, but more importantly, eliminate agricultural subsidies, which not only are an incredibly economically inefficient use of tax dollars, but also severly limit developing nations' ability to compete. I'm afraid we're spitting into the wind on this one though. What it would probably take is a Michael Moore-style documentary on the vast sums of agricultural subsidies/tax dollars used with corresponding profiles of the people/corporations the money is going to, and even then, the message of the movie couldn't be that this money should be used for aid; rather, that it's being "stolen" from taxpayers' pockets. The only way we'll get big ag to change is by villifying them. Until then, the outlook is "our fellow citizens" v. "undeserving third world people," and in that case the fellow citizens will always win. Anyway, just a few thoughts. [ Saturday, April 29, 2006 04:33: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, April 27 2006 16:20
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Maybe he means a butter spread tub. Or perhaps an old peanut butter can:  Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, April 27 2006 14:48
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Writter's block - when a writ of certiorari is denied by the Supreme Court. Of course, technically, it would be Petitioner's block. :D [ Thursday, April 27, 2006 15:08: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, April 27 2006 04:09
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quote:Have you taken physics? Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, April 27 2006 04:05
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Be sure to test it well away from people and property that people care about. (Sorry - my torts exam is on Monday.) [ Thursday, April 27, 2006 04:05: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, April 27 2006 03:48
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quote:I reserve the right to vehemently disapprove of conduct and viewpoints I find offensive and incorrect. Note that I didn't say "you," I said "anyone moronic enough." My opinion is just that - my opinion. Should someone be offended by this, I challenge them to come up with a legitimate reason why denying something that has been recorded on film and that people still living remember isn't out of touch with reality - it's the same as denying that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, as far as I'm concerned. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, April 26 2006 10:12
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Hitler took the blame for mistakes the allies made? Like what? I think you're going off the deep end here. In criminal law, generally it's the aggressor who's held accountable for all damages resulting from his initiating actions. EDIT: That's great, Thrasymachus. Why don't you move to Iraq and see how great it is living in your State of War? If death is, as you say, always a tragedy, how is it ever justified? [ Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:15: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, April 26 2006 10:03
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I disagree. I don't think any "positive contribution" Hitler might have made could possibly offset the devastation of launching a war that resulted in the deaths of millions of people, including hundreds of thousands of innocent Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, etc. Do you approve of what's occurring in Sudan currently? The Holocaust was really not substantively different. EDIT: Also, fascist governments can lie, sure, but representative governments leak like sieves. And in this case, the Polish government isn't trying to cover anything up. [ Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:10: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, April 26 2006 09:56
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It was my understanding that ridiculously fuel-efficient hybrid technology is available now. An article in the New York Times a few months ago discussed the fact that many hybrid owners have had their cars modified so that they can be plugged in when they're at home. Doing this reduced the amount of time that the internal combustion engine had to be used in order to recharge it, which brought city driving mileage sharply down: about 80-95 mpg. The article didn't discuss what sort of a hit the home electric bill took, though. Nevertheless, I think plug-ins will be a part of our automotive future. Problems still remain, however, for long-distance/highway mileage solutions. Also, I'm particularly interested to find out what in the world we'll do about air travel when the petrofuels run out - from what I understand, there aren't really any good substitutes for jet fuel. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
