Profile for Sarachim
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| Displayed name | Sarachim |
| Member number | 95 |
| Title | For Carnage, Apply Within |
| Postcount | 567 |
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| Registered | Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, December 4 2003 19:09
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- - - - - - o WHAM - - - - - o POW - - - - - - - o HORP FOR GREAT JUSTICE -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, October 31 2003 22:43
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Jordo. Oh, and hello. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, October 31 2003 22:31
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"Possible Pasts," Pink Floyd, when I started writing this. It just moved on to "San Tropez," by the same. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Rock the Casbah! in General | |
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written Saturday, August 16 2003 19:27
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quote:That's why you're not invited  -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 4 2003 19:34
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*claps* Well said, brother. Meaningless partying is fun, but today is probably the least appropriate day for it. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| If You Had To Be Stranded On A Desert Island... in General | |
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written Sunday, June 15 2003 17:46
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Haven't you learned not to ask these things by now? -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, June 15 2003 14:37
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quote:Hey, the Burnside is due for a comeback. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, June 1 2003 11:32
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I know about Ghost, but that's not what I meant. What I've been hearing is that a full-blown sequel, in the same genre, is under way. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, June 1 2003 05:11
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From what I hear, an SC2 is in the works. Not sure when it's due out, though. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, May 26 2003 15:59
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I think Amon's point is that it's unsettling how lightly people can take something as serious as a war, and how much that attitude is manifesting itself here in the U.S. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, May 26 2003 14:26
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1. Sarachim (surprise, surprise) 2. But of course! -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Poll for Atheists and Agnostics... in General | |
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written Thursday, May 22 2003 18:26
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My family is pretty areligious, and I think Dad's atheism has a lot to do with mine. It's not that I believe something just becuase he does, but it's easier to be open-minded when a certain set of beliefs isn't being forced on you from birth. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 21 2003 13:27
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Almost every year in New York City, there's some major scandal involving nervous or trigger-happy white policemen shooting some innocent, unarmed person in a black or Hispanic neighborhood. Most policemen aren't like that, but given how little the police department seems to care, I have a hard trusting policemen with their guns any more than I would my neighbors. -------------------- It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| The ever classic "what did you have for dinner" topic in General | |
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written Wednesday, May 21 2003 13:19
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Omelette, with onions, peppers, and tomatoes. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| No Taxes! in General | |
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written Wednesday, May 21 2003 13:18
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quote:I disagree, but that depends what economic school of thought you identify with. If the economy and the money supply grow at the same rate, zero inflation should result (if there's 3% more to buy than last year and 3% more money, then the value of money shouldn't decline). Most economic theories dictate that the money supply does little to contribute to overall growth (Friedman and the monetarists are a big exception), and it definitely takes more than just more money to stimulate economic growth. "Full capacity" is a dangerous term to use. Keynesian economic theory may dictate that such a point exists, but defining it has proven tricky. During the Reagan and Bush I years, full employment was thought to be in the 6-8% range, and anything lower impossible to achieve without causing hyperinflation. The 90s disproved this thoroughly: unemployment was in the 4-6% range for years while inflation actually went down. In some future economic boom, we may go lower still, and disprove the idea of 4% full employment. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 20 2003 11:29
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Well, that's partly true, but as long as the growth in the money supply stays even with economic growth, inflation should be zero. In practice, inflation still exists because the government still increases the money supply faster than the economy grows, but not nearly so severely as in the hyperinflation cases of the past century. As for the Iraq bit, I hadn't heard that. I'll be sure to incorporate it into my all-encompassing conspiracy theory. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, May 19 2003 13:58
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That's been tried before. The problem is that it's a downward spiral, and will always get out of control eventually. Also, if nobody saves money (and nobody will under this system), they'll be no money avaliable for investment, which pretty much obliterates economic growth. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, May 18 2003 11:07
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You left out smuggling. I think smuggling is a much bigger source of illegal guns than either of the two you named. -------------------- It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, May 17 2003 14:19
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Alorael makes a good point. If ordinary, law-abiding citizens can't keep tanks or F-14s in their garage, they'll be unable to defend themselves from the criminals who are going to get tanks and planes on the black market no matter what you do. -------------------- It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, May 17 2003 08:55
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People who say that the Constitution makes the right to bear arms inalienable don't seem to be reading it very carefully: quote:The Second Amendment is phrased as a conditional statement. Because statement A (the need for a militia) is true, statement B (the right to gun ownership) is also true. Logically, if this first statement becomes false, as it has, the second is no longer valid. [ Saturday, May 17, 2003 08:57: Message edited by: [Sarachim] ] -------------------- It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| The Flawless Proof in General | |
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written Sunday, May 11 2003 15:31
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Alec, Gundam Wing being equal to 0 doesn't invalidate his proof. In fact, it shortens it. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, May 3 2003 08:23
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Alec: The man you're thinking of is Robert Owen, probably the most successful of the Utopian socialists at realizing his visions. On the other hand, when he reinvested the profits of his original experiment (it was called New Lanark) in a larger-scale project in the Midwest, it crashed and burned, and Owen lost everything. So we should take his original success with a grain of salt. RentBoy: It depends where you go, but I doubt European workers are significantly more productive than their American counterparts. I remember reading a year or so ago that California's GDP had eclipsed that of France, even though California is only about half as populous. Other, more conservative states also probably have even higher worker productivity than California's. [ Saturday, May 03, 2003 08:26: Message edited by: [Sarachim] ] -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, May 2 2003 15:25
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Mao tried to take Marxist theory and apply it to a predominantly agricultural economy. How anyone with even a cursory knowledge of Communist economic theory can think of this as a good idea is beyond me. -------------------- It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, May 2 2003 15:21
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RentBoy: Taxes are a drain on what we economicsy types call the "circular flow of money." Essentially, the more money there is in the system, the more gets spent, both by consumers on stuff, and by companies on production and employment, and taxes take money out. EDIT: FOrgot this part. The problem with Bush's economic plan is that government borrowing decreases the amount of money available for borrowing in the private sector, which raises interest rates and decreases investment. Defecit spending by the government hinders economic activity, and in our current sitation, easily cancels out any benefits a tax cut may have. Thuryl: Because the world is inherently irrational, and people's capacity to create needs for themselves infinite? [ Friday, May 02, 2003 15:42: Message edited by: [Sarachim] ] -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, April 30 2003 16:14
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I don't have a scanner or any picture of myself that makes me look nearly as gorgeous as I really am. Think Jesus meets the Three Musketeers living in a cardboard box. Oh, and I'm toying with the idea of getting an ear pierced, but my ears are nearly impossible to see anyway. [ Wednesday, April 30, 2003 16:19: Message edited by: [Sarachim] ] -------------------- It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |