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| Displayed name | *i |
| Member number | 6 |
| Title | The Establishment |
| Postcount | 3726 |
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| Registered | Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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The Establishment
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written Monday, December 12 2005 05:40
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Although true, I suspect the amount of entropy we generate is negligible compared to the entropy generated by stars. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
| Movie Trivia Challenge: ROUND VIII in General | |
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 16:50
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Henry Winkler in Happy Days will earn no points because of violation of the time limit. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 15:19
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Jack Klugman in Quincy, M.E. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 13:26
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I know, but I'm just saying. Allowing SNL guest appearances make this game almost trivial for any modern actors. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 05:25
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Just a reminder: For shows like SNL, they had to have actually starred on the show to count. They cannot have been just guest appearances. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, December 10 2005 18:07
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Have patience...they have not told you because they do not want you to know. It is not quite ready yet. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, December 10 2005 15:51
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Jack Klugman in "The Odd Couple" -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
| Short Political Quiz in General | |
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written Saturday, December 10 2005 06:00
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The counter argument as to being rich is that societies system has allowed you to live the lifestyle you do. As part of society allowing you to live an affluent lifestyle, you also take more of part (as compensation for having more) of a responsibility in helping maintain that society. As far as projects for the public good, I give a current example. Suppose we as a society want more wind generated electricity. We have two choices (1) government building of the projects or (2) having businesses do it. Choice (2) is hindered by that, all things being equal, businesses do not want to build these expensive windfarms because they do not want to take the capital risk, which is immense for large capital projects. Now, if we all agree wind power is a good thing and we want to see them and we would rather the government not just build them, we would need to encourage investors and businesses with some incentive to take on the risk. Note that the business would still make a profit, it is just that the initial capital investment is large and hence risky. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 19:25
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I don't think you can really make that argument as some secrecy is required to have a good defense. If your enemy knows everything about you, it is easy to exploit your system, as nothing is perfect and without weakness. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 19:09
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Well yes, suppose you somehow came across classified information that is vital to our national security. Does the government have the right to restrict your ability to talk reveal that information to the public? -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 17:28
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More clarifications: 1) You may replace "can" with "should, if necessary" if you would like. 2) For citizens of fighting age/ability if they are needed as determed by the army and other leaders. 3) Intentionally vague. Define obscene however you would normally define it and answer the question. 10) Higher can be defined as higher than the status quo or a higher rate than those of the lower class...define as you interpret the question. [ Friday, December 09, 2005 17:33: Message edited by: *i ] -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 17:17
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EDIT: Put the clarifications higher up so people could see them. 1) You may replace "can" with "should, if necessary" if you would like. 2) For citizens of fighting age/ability if they are needed as determed by the army and other leaders. 3) Intentionally vague. Define obscene however you would normally define it and answer the question. 10) Higher can be defined as higher than the status quo or a higher rate than those of the lower class...define as you interpret the question. [ Friday, December 09, 2005 17:35: Message edited by: *i ] -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 16:59
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These mostly focus on the US, but anyone is free to participate. I'm trying to get a fairly accurate account of community views, so please answer honestly. Poll Information This poll contains 10 question(s). 68 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=SMSzwgbGQYHT"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=SMSzwgbGQYHT"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window   -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
| The Political Compass Reloaded in General | |
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The Establishment
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written Friday, December 9 2005 16:20
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I agree the questions at Political Compass are not perfect, I never said they were. However, there is more balance in those questions as they at least attempt to alternate between making one "side" sound positive and then doing the fair thing with the other. It is true that some questions are poorly worded, but they do keep some balance to all sides. The libertarian one makes NO attempt to do this whatsoever and clearly uses one sided language for ALL of the questions. As far as everyone answering agree, that's not the point. It's a game of numbers, and anyone with any political education knows this. They aren't stupid over there and probably well versed in the intricacies of setting up such polls. I know for a fact this unsavory practice is indeed taught in many poli sci programs. The point being, that these subtle things like "yes" answers add up. Especially when your sample of questions is so low, having an extra one or two a certain way makes a big difference in the final result. Also, I contend it is not possible to answer all the questions honestly when such loaded words are used. For example, the word "corporate welfare" or "government handouts" carries such a stigma with it that most people will oppose it. If I phrase it "federal financial assistance programs for businesses", we have essentially asked the exact same question, but I am willing to bet more people would support it. The fact is "financial assistance programs" ARE "corporate welfare" and "government handouts". [ Friday, December 09, 2005 16:24: Message edited by: *i ] -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 13:48
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Tony Randall in "The Odd Couple". -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 13:21
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The self-gov polls is perhaps one of the worst I have found on the web. At least the creators of the poll make no attempts to hide their interests. A couple issues I have with it are: 1) Answering all 'yes' yields a libertarian worldview. People are, overall, more likely to agree than disagree with a question. It's part of human nature. 2) The questions use loaded words like "censor", "corporate welfare", "barriers", etc. A good poll should try to make the questions phrased as neutrally as possible. What is worse is that the wording pushes toward the bias of the creators of the poll. I agree, the original quiz should be improved, but at least they try to word questions in an objective way and are fairly evenhanded in the yes-no responses. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 06:36
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I would consider myself a strict authoritarian. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 23:29
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I disagree with your statements as long as these tests are taken with the appropriate caveats. Of course these tests cannot be used as a sole indicator of success in particular jobs. However, they are useful in getting a broad idea of what sort of jobs might appeal to a person more and the general manager-employee interaction. A more introverted person would generally prefer jobs where they are given a task and they alone work on it which tends to be the opposite for extroverts. Some personality types are more apt to lead than others. Is it perfect? No. A simple questionaire cannot hope to fully categorize something as complicated as a human personality. However, behavioral science has identified statistical trends with these tests. There is no answer this group of questions this way and you will be good at a certain job; however, there are trends that can be established so that on average they would have a decent amount of accurracy. I would refine your statement to say that if an employer uses Myers-Briggs or any other personality test as the sole indicator then I would be worried. If it were used as just a component and applied with knowledge of its limitations, then it is a useful tool. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 23:07
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Aw drat, missed that one...anyway, because this was too easy, I'm gonna change it up a bit. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 22:26
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The game is played as follows: two actors are given and must be connected through appearances in television shows or movies. The object is to connect the two actors with the fewest connections possible. Please READ THE RULES BEFORE POSTING, KEY RULES HAVE BEEN PUT IN BOLD! ROUND VIII Pat Morita to Tony Randall Set point value = 10 Some rules: 1) You may only post a connection of an actor to a movie/TV show already established in the list. For instance, you may say "Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump" only if either Tom Hanks or Forrest Gump have been previously mentioned. 2) Posts should be in the form of: "actor" in "movie/television show" format. Do NOT do "actor X to actor Y in movie A". This keeps the game so others can participate. 3a) You may only post ONE connection every three hours. After posting your connection, you must wait for three hours unless the connection has been established. 3b) You may not double post. This is to prevent people from getting too far ahead as is the case now. 4) Once the actors are connected, you may post a list of all the connections regardless of any previous rules. The next round will begin in ~24 hours (at the discretion of the administrator) after the original connection is established. 5) During the ~24 hour period after the original chain, a shorter connection may try to be established. Should one be established, the one who establishes it (and any others who may help) will receive half points for each link they provided. All those who participated in the original chain will still receive full points. If participation is good, 3 points will be awarded for each unused connection. 6) You may only use movie appearances or TV show appearances. The exception are TV shows which regularly have guest appearances as part of the show (Saturday Night Live, Jay Leno, etc.). However, a guest appearance on, say, M*A*S*H* would be acceptable. 7) You may NOT use cartoon voices, directing/production roles. The actor must have actually appeared in the movie to be valid. 8) You may NOT use IMDB or any other refererence/database to assist you. There is no way to enforce this, but let's keep the game honest. Points are awarded for each person having a piece of the shortest connection. The number of points awarded are given in each round. The winner and possibly runners up will be granted a custom title. Even if you do not know a lot of movies, feel free to post what you know. For reference: Round I Round II Round III Round IV Round V Round VI Round VII [ Thursday, December 08, 2005 23:18: Message edited by: *i ] -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
| Movie Trivia Challenge: ROUND VII in General | |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 22:23
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Moving right along, the chain established is: Mary Tyler Moore --> Mary Tyler Moore Show (TM) Mary Tyler Moore Show --> Ed Asner (Lt. Sullust) Ed Asner --> Elf (Alorael) Elf --> Will Farrell (Lt. Sullust) Will Farrell --> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Alorael) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back --> Kevin Smith (Lt. Sullust) Kevin Smith --> Dogma (Alorael) Dogma --> Alan Rickman (Aranea Hirsuta) 1 point will also be awarded for everything else: Alorael: 24 Aranea Hirsuta: 8 Kelandon: 1 Lt. Sullust: 24 TM: 9 wz. arsenic: 1 Point totals are now: Alorael: 75 Lt. Sullust: 73 Kelandon: 27 Wizcozski: 24 Terrors Martyr: 16 Belisarius: 12 *i : 9 Aranea Hirsuta: 14 David: 6 Drakefyre: 3 Salmon: 3 Error -13: 3 BainIhrno: 1 Saunders: 1 Zoso: 1 wz. arsenic: 1 If a shorter connection can be established by 24 hours after the original is established, please PM me. Next round posted shortly. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 21:30
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Goodie goodie! -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 15:19
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I steal in the game, but rarley kill unless necesarry. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 13:20
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INTJ is my typical ranking. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, December 7 2005 19:15
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Re = density*flow velocity*flow diameter/viscosity If Re > 2300ish it is turbulent, below that the flow becomes more and more laminar. Although the transistion region is still a very important theoretical problem (as is the turbulent region, but we know more about that). Given some values of water at 20 C and a modest hole size of 1 cm and a flow velocity of 1 m/s: density = 1 000 kg/m^3 diamter = 0.01 m velocity = 1 m/s viscosity = 0.001 N-s/m^2 Re = 10 000 or well into the turbulent region. It is possible for flow to be laminar, but you would need a pretty small hole and slow velocities. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |