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| Displayed name | Drew |
| Member number | 4233 |
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| Postcount | 2242 |
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| Registered | Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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| Two Years and Two Days! in General | |
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 10:14
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Oldbie status is like pornography - you know it when you see it. It will certainly be a while for me. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
| Karma and Bush, and also the WTC in General | |
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 09:24
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There is not. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
| Paradox of Technology and Jobs. in General | |
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 09:13
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When does this become a problem though? Or, to put it differently, how is Europe's "less corporate influenced" nature better/superior to what the US has going? One point I will concede is mass transit, and maybe I'll concede healthcare. Overall, though, there's much more regulation and taxation than the US. Who has the better deal? At the end of the day, voters will remove an incumbant who doesn't represent their interests, whatever they may be. Currently, they seem to be "moral values," which in my mind (as well as anyone else's participating in this topic) is wrong-headed, but that doesn't change what the people's chief interest seems to be. Corporate influence or no, at the end of the day you can't buy votes in the US. Just wait and see what happens in 2006! I'm willing to bet that the Republicans will lose seats, if not the majority in one of the chambers of Congress, because they've strayed too far from their constituents' financial interests. All this Social Security reform talk is going to hurt them. [ Wednesday, May 25, 2005 09:18: Message edited by: Andrew Miller ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
| Whee in General | |
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 09:05
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quote:How ironic! Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
| Life Expectancy in General | |
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 04:41
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Work definitely puts me over the top, especially combined with the odd BoA scenario after work (don't know how I've been getting away with that lately!). I think the point made by Alo on exercise is key. I make an effort to run regularly in order to combat the dreaded force of office-butt. That, and switching to diet soft drinks (Yeehaw for Diet Coke made with Splenda!). The one thing that staring at a computer screen all day will definitely do is ruin your eyes much more quickly. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 04:34
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quote:Your version of Christianity can cause mental damage. [ Wednesday, May 25, 2005 04:35: Message edited by: Andrew Miller ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 04:18
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Word to your moms I came to drop bombs I got more rhymes than the Bible's got psalms. Congrats! Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 24 2005 12:30
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What are you talking about? How about any nation out there that would be considered "corrupt?" Indonesia comes to mind. Corporate money influences politicians the world over ALL THE TIME. In the US, to the extent possible, it's just regulated. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 24 2005 04:55
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It's sad, but people will have to get with the program, get educated, and our (the US) workforce will have to turn to more information-based applications. We simply cannot compete with cheaper unskilled labor in other parts of the world. What's sad, though predictable, is that no one - government, employers, employees - is willing to take proactive measures to address this, largely because transition is expensive and uncertain. quote:I don't know, Thuryl - what was it they say about idle hands? As Tom Friedman at the NYT has pointed out time and time again in his column and books, large numbers of unemployed young men in the Middle East and elsewhere, disatisfied with their lot, are the ones going radical. [ Tuesday, May 24, 2005 04:58: Message edited by: Andrew Miller ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
| Quote on charisma. in General | |
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written Tuesday, May 24 2005 04:51
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I think that's a poor sentiment. Charisma is an enabler, but it's what's at the core of a person that determines how the tool is used. Emperor Augustus was an incredible leader, for example. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 24 2005 04:43
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quote:There's a substantive difference between lard and butter. Southern cuisine rules! Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
| A Fashionably Late Celebratory Gallery Entitled "Nosing Around" in General | |
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written Tuesday, May 24 2005 04:29
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Salut!  Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, May 23 2005 09:40
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I don't believe that the highest paying jobs are manufacturing jobs. Consider all the high-cost services out there - legal, consulting, finance, etc. The trick is coping with the change, because it's inevitable. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Friday, May 20 2005 05:19
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And William Howard Taft  Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
| Drakefyre, Mariann, Jeff, Linda.. you're all dead. in General | |
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written Friday, May 20 2005 04:27
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Pralines are awesome. Have one!  Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
| Are people inherently amoral? in General | |
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written Thursday, May 19 2005 11:45
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I'm not necessarily implying or positing atheism - it's entirely possible that there is a creator in the deist sense - a God that for whatever reason chooses not to intervene. But even within Christianity, some sects or understandings posit almost atheist-like external incentives for behaving a certain way, e.g. "Don't touch yourself or you'll burn in hell!" or "Don't use birth control or you'll go to hell!" As for children, absent authority, don't they tend to run amok? Bullying is certainly a problem, and I have my own not-so-fond memories of riding a school bus in which the driver didn't give a hoot what was going on. Children outside of an authority can be merciless. Doesn't this reflect a lack of any inner moral fiber? Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, May 19 2005 11:40
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PDFs are very useful for business purposes because they can essentially be made unalterable. This is especially important for law documents. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, May 19 2005 10:35
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No serious discussions in a while, so here goes. We've touched on this topic a few times, but I don't think we've addressed it directly. Many of us in school have read books like "Heart of Darkness" or "Lord of the Flies," where people put into situations outside of human authority revert to a primitave state where strength, in whatever form it takes, rules. I've certainly with some degree of regularity/broken-record-ness brought Hobbes to the fore in debates here, in asserting that men outside of a greater authority are inherently amoral; that no right or wrong applies without a greater authority or power to inforce it. What do y'all think? For those of you who will come with a Christian answer, is this morality you will likely posit necessarily inherent in people, or rather externally applied to us by God, much as our governments' laws are applied to us? Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, May 19 2005 10:19
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On the other hand, the women on these boards already enjoy playing cRPGs, so that's one enormous hurdle cleared for the men here. Maybe there's hope! EDIT: 666 w00t! [ Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:22: Message edited by: Andrew Miller ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, May 19 2005 10:17
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 Capitalist ho. As a side note, if anything, what capitalism exactly does not encourage is savings. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, May 19 2005 09:59
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Unfortunately, the balcony is attached to the one-bedroom condo I share with my fiancee on the fourth floor of the building - hoses aren't a good option. :( Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, May 19 2005 09:48
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I don't think your case counts, Kel. Your gal was in the picture prior to her becoming attached to Spidweb, was she not? :Pauses and smugly admires the little snippet of alliteration in the first sentence: The chance of it happening has to be in that range where the curve infinitely approaches zero, if not zero itself. :) [ Thursday, May 19, 2005 09:51: Message edited by: Andrew Miller ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, May 19 2005 09:45
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quote:Perhaps not, but when it comes down to brass tacks, women have their own standards, and a fellow's appearance does play a role in this. quote:Exactly, though with the caveat that men aren't necessarily in the budding friendship to find a brief lover. Many men, and I would say especially men raised on a steady diet of fantasy, are looking for "the one." [ Thursday, May 19, 2005 09:46: Message edited by: Andrew Miller ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, May 19 2005 09:14
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I don't think it's necessarily a Barbie doll v. homely girl issue (over the years I've definitely been attracted to women not so concerned with being feminine) so much as that men have certian standards in mind when they're looking for love, and those standards are usually set higher than they can realistically achieve, i.e. setting themselves up for failure. I certainly don't mean to discredit the potential for formation of relationships from friendships; from my experience, however, generally there's a "window" in which this can happen, usually somewhat early on, after which the "just friends" state kicks in. EDIT: Not to mention, it's the absolute pits when a break up occurs with someone who used to be a good friend. You can never go back... :( [ Thursday, May 19, 2005 09:17: Message edited by: Andrew Miller ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, May 19 2005 08:27
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quote:Approaching women (I've found) can definitely be a source of incredible anxiety, especially given a.) unrealistic expectations and b.) even in the best case, a poor rate of return for time invested. This is because women are the empowered party in this circumstance: they have what men want that men can't (usually) obtain through plain friendship with them - the booty - and so (usually) they can be choosy. Also, attempting anything that isn't familiar or for which skill is lacking (e.g. for me, playing the violin, and in this case, picking up women), can be incredibly frustrating. Comparatively, it requires minimal energy to derive (though I believe not as much) pleasure from playing games or hanging out on the internet. Given this, it's a small wonder that geeky folks will spend hundreds of hours completing their pokedex or destroying the mega-weapons in Final Fantasy VII and never step out the door to try and get some. [ Thursday, May 19, 2005 08:29: Message edited by: Andrew Miller ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |