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The game is not just rock paper scissors; the point is to force your opponent to throw what you want. I heard one of the participants talking with what-his-name on NPR's All Things considered. As the guy explained the complications of the game and the things that people know about …

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[QUOTE=serkan sendur;860889]Also i learned that Horowitz is jewish originated name, are you jewish? And where did your ancestors come from?[/QUOTE] So you are a sexist and a racists along with being some sort of stalker? It could be that you are just too socially inept to understand the the difference …

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I think every city in the US had some reason for being one of the cities to go in the first wave, like it was some sort of badge of honor (Seattle had Boing, Billings MT had an air force base, Plentywood Mt had ABM silos - the list goes …

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The largest known prime number ([tex]2^{43112609}-1[/tex]) is 20 mi, 2,569 ft, & 1-3/4 in (32.96 km) long when set in [URL="http://www.typography.com/ask/showBlog.php?blogID=183"]12pt Courier[/URL] [URL="http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2009/04/inevitable_mind.php"]Ants can do more advanced math than I[/URL]. <sarcasm>Great </sarcasm> Apropos of nearly nothing ([URL="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jan/071"]except intelligent slime[/URL]), enlarge image for full effect.

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[URL="http://www.examiner.com/a-1757528~AP_study_finds__1_6B_went_to_bailed_out_bank_execs.html?cid=rss-Politics"]AP study finds $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs[/URL] - and they can't tell us where the other 333billion went! While everyone was whingeing about loaning money to the auto industry, the bankers were in bed with Bushies - stealing us blind.

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Sorry, this is the bad-puns addiction group (no pun intended) - trolls are down the stairs, sex is upstairs and the bar is next door.

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Almost looks like someone is getting paid by to post and finds it easier to 'borrow' stuff of interest. Might be interesting to check out the rest of the site (me, nah - too lazy).

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[URL="http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/ff_guidestones?currentPage=1"]This is absolutely amazing[/URL] - this monument has been around for 30 years and i just heard about it. Someone, somewhere is: 1) playing an expensive practical joke 2) preparing for the possible collapse of civilization 3) instigating the collapse of civilization 4) what is your theory? It had to …

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Well, Dr. Kaos has this to say:[QUOTE]I thank gemini (i'm a gemini too by the way) for adding to my point concerning plant teachers - and to RFG, LSD is FULLY dissociative for me - I have the cosmos in the palm of my hand on this - I'm the …

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[QUOTE=NicAx64;844706]so what would you say if somebody kill and eat your meet ? anyhow I never tried to critize it . But just to keep this open discussion. and you eating with your hardely earned money , so this is not a critize but I just need to keep this …

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Yeah, the U-6 is probably way more accurate considering these:[QUOTE]Should we exclude people from the "official" unemployment numbers that want a job but can't find work? Should we exclude people who have given up on finding a job completely? Should we exclude people who are willing and able to work …

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I think he was trying to ask everyone here to go 'teabagging' with him tomorrow. Sorry but I could (not) resist even if I (did not) wanted to.

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It kind of gives you a hint at the level of thought that Sturm is capable of (it's a joke, son - it's a joke).

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If the human race did die, it would not be missed. It would probably be considered an evolutionary dead-end - if something else came along that could make that determination.

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I am tracking down a similar problem except that it hangs. Have you noticed any similarities around what you are doing when it happens? Watching YouTube? Looking at embedded vids?

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[QUOTE]I could say something about how when our current chief executive gets done, that's about all that will be left of a military band to play the song. But I won't. [/QUOTE]It is interesting that some people do not realize that America rose up and repudiated the last 8 years …

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Actually it is pretty easy to tell about zebras. WRT: Dave's reference to classical liberalism - it is not w/o [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Classical_liberalism"]controversy[/URL] so I would like to point out that there is a Libertarian tendency to the editors' POV.

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Let me see - Bush gets into office and gets a book of hints labeled August 6, 2001, presidential daily briefing, Bin Laden determined to strike in US. So Bush ignores the warning. But you say he kept us safe!! I think you need to update your meds I suppose …

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I don't know what to say but I laughed my *ss off - you gotta see [URL="http://cajunboyinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/03/yales-all-single-asians-is-so-wrong-but.html"]this[/URL]

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Is this a new button? or am I just blind? These are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

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If you want to see the [URL="http://www.photomann.com/japan/machines/"]future of vending machines[/URL], examine life in Japan. Coin-operated vending machines are a legacy item - back when I was a child, cigarette vending machines did not give change so the line up of products actually had pennies factory-sealed into the packs. You put …

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I did not even bother to look at the link - the title immediately told me he has never parked under a tree. I remember years ago there was a guy downtown carrying a sign that read "The air is moving, it could be alive". I just had to ask …

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And I am not Alfredo Welcome, we hope you enjoy the forums too! I am just snarky, don't mind me.

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New technology, new discoveries, even old tech/discoveries that we never heard of -- what have you found interesting? Let's (try to) keep tech toys to another thread. I was going to start with [B]cavitation[/B] (roughly the study of the behavior of voids or bubbles in liquids) using some factlets I …

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[QUOTE=venomocity;814219]I believe in creation. Simply put, you don't come across a cabin in the woods and think, "wow, it must have built itself!" (Same fits a well designed PC...like mine! hehe) When you look at the fact of how the world works in the design itself, it didn't just happen, …

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I'll show you mine if you show me yours <these marks subject to change at a moments notice>

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WOW, literate and well-read -- ftw, are you doing here? Just kidding - welcome.

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Here is ThinkGeek's [URL="http://crooksandliars.com/"]AF Joke[/URL] that may end up making them money

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Mrs. Hark? Mr. Shark? (heh,heh) Welcome - hope you stick around.

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Sometimes, sitting here in Seattle, I think that we live in a post-racial world. Then I see [URL="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032609dnmetcopstop.3e9c080.html"]this[/URL] and think 'where is the humanity?'. I can't imagine what it is like to have to say 'yes sir', 'no sir', 'I hope you will be nice sir' while my m-i-l is …

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Just being my pedantic self, you are changing inputted Roman Numerals to Hindi numbers- the Arabs borrowed the numbers from India (in Arabic they are known as 'Indian numbers' - arqa-m [B]hindi[/B]yyah)

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No it does not blow global warming out of the water. You want something more interesting try reading [URL="http://nautilus.as.arizona.edu/ABMaterial/Apai_SnowballEarth.pdf"]this[/URL]. I will repeat the last line for you: [B][I][COLOR="Red"]The picture is much more complex than you can imagine[/COLOR][/I][/B]. Europe has to redraw the borders of the countries around the Alps because …

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Welcome - wow! From Pakistan - all sorts of questions come immediately to mind but I will just smile and say "hi". I hope you enjoy your visit here.

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[URL="http://shop2.frys.com/product/5827393"]Go to Frye's[/URL] - they have pretty powerful laptops for under $500.

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This should be a [URL="http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/41564507.html"]big winner[/URL] for E-bay - you gotta go to this game and get one (would you get one for me, too?). "Count von Count" - way to go Saints!!

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Rinu - Hi! thank you for posting - I have looked at your blog-site and the process explorer interests me so I dl-ed and may get around to looking at it in the week or so. Welcome!

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Hello and welcome! I hope that you get help with your problem.

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Are you talking about Program-Z that is 'pandorabot'? If you have ZoneAlarm, you can prevent Program-Z from 'phoning home'.

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ku noob to this forum I post my doubts and thoughts here will I post again?

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Or as one smoker put it as she lay dying of cancer "I knew that smoking would take years off my life - I just didn't know it would take them from the middle"

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I just got one the other night that was only one sentence long! Maybe their copy-paste fingers are getting tired.

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Try [URL="http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Polaroid-TLX-02311B-23-inch-1080i-LCD-HDTV-Refurbished/3874570/product.html"]overstock.com[/URL] - it is a refurb but...

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I just watched TDS - Jon skewered everybody in DC WRT the AIG scandal but does anyone know how I can get that '[URL="http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=220601"]angry mob[/URL]' graphic? It had me in tears.

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Interesting - ADD figures in there somewhere I suppose. Your Brain Usage Profile: Auditory : 47% Visual : 52% Left : 57% Right : 42% GrimJack, you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant with a balanced preference for auditory and visual inputs. Because of your "centrist" tendencies, the distinctions between various types …

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