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Reply to Arthur C. Clarke in Current Events Stardock Forums

Clarke is no doubt a star child now. Though you missed one of the Big Three: Heinlein.

Reply to Super delegate win could equal bigger loss for Hillary in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]It amazes me how Hillary and Obama have been practically tied and so many are calling for her to hang it up and let the coronation of Barack "the future" Obama continue.[/quote] With the way the Dem primary is set up to split the delegates in most states based on popular votes, it seems difficult not to have a close race. It is certainly a more individually egalitarian approach than the winner take all approach in most of the Repub primaries, though it is more likely to pr

Reply to It's Definitely Global Cooling in Current Events Stardock Forums

[quote]Morano also notes that between 1940 and 1975, the earth's temperature cooled even though CO2 levels rose. And global warming alarmists, he notes, have failed to explain the lack of a correlation between rising CO2 and rising temperatures, a theory that Al Gore promotes in his movie An Inconvenient Truth.[/quote] I thought this had been explained as being related to increased volcanic activity, i.e. increased aerosols blocking sunlight from reaching the surface...?

Reply to How Do You "Solve" the Health Care Problems? in US Domestic Stardock Forums

[quote]Want the least-trained, least-experienced "health care provider" you can find? WalMart's got what you're looking for. [/quote] Yeah, but they'll have a great tan from their med school training!

Reply to Why Are Men So Clueless - Sometimes? in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

[quote]True story: one night, my first wife's father, a man who loved a beer or two (or three), turned right instead of left out of his bedroom one night, walked into the kitchen, opened the fridge and peed all over the vegetable crisper, then closed the fridge and went back to bed. He did this without remembering a thing but my wife at the time and I happened to be watching television in the loungeroom at the time and saw him. While we laughed and teased him about it, I don't think he ever quit

Reply to Inflation Hits the Cost of US Postage Stamps in Misc JoeUser Forums

[quote]Back at the start of the year, the local Post office would only sell the "Forever Stamps". So if yuo buy them (41 cents now), you dont have to worry about the penny come May.[/quote] If the increases in postage costs are less than inflation, though, then you are overspending on the stamps. So it depends on your relative expected increases as to whether stocking up is a good idea.

Reply to Pot from a vending machine? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The cost is $40 for an 1/8 of an ounce Does the machine calculate discounts for bulk purchases? And why does the machine look so forbidding. You'd think a machine distributing a psychoactive substance would at least have a m

Reply to Disappointed with the State of the Union Address in Politics JoeUser Forums

The Daily Show was pretty sweet lastnight. The whole demonic Dick Cheney smiling thing was great. Looks like I have something to watch at 8 tonight then.

Reply to Why Are Men So Clueless - Sometimes? in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

The Rules Hmm, all the rules seem designed to piss us off. And women wonder why we don't want to follow them. There's no point in the say what you mean argument. Better to just keep only paying attention to what's actually said. Force her hand so to speak.* *disclaimer: I take no

Reply to Disappointed with the State of the Union Address in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think the last SOTU speech by most presidents is "Dont worry, we have been happy". After all they dont have to worry about us "going to be" happy, just to smile that we were. I'd like to see a final SOTU speech that includes absolutely ludicrous promises since there's little ability to follow through

Reply to Albert Einstein was a Socialist in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Once this was done I would then go back in time and twist Milton Friedman's young mind toward socialism, muah ha ha ha ha!!![/quote] In the future you will have already done this. And your plan will have backfired, which was what swung him so far away from socialism. Thanks!! :CONGRAT:

Reply to A Webcomic I Hope You'll Check Out in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote]You're right - there is FAR too much of an archive for this comic.[/quote] And that's a good thing. When I found it early last year, I spent a few days to catch up. My buddies thought I was losing it as I sat with my laptop giggling in the corner. I've just started going back through the archives again. I went through so much so quickly the first time around, that a lot of it seems new again. The ACC is very enjoyable, though I've ben checking repeatedly and there's

Reply to A Webcomic I Hope You'll Check Out in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I'd also recommend LFG and Least I Could Do. Those are two of my favorites, particularly the latter. Link Link

Reply to What’s in a Handshake? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I wonder if the people who give limp handshakes think about it as much afterward as this. My guess is not, or they'd have realized long ago that they weren't doing something right. Do they spend the rest of their day wondering at that firm handshake they'd received earlier, and whether their shake is any good? I know when I receive a limp handshake it sticks with me for days, and I'm reminded of it whenever I speak to that person, be

Reply to GOP Presidential Candidates Have NO Clue! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]sacrifice does not mean taxing the rich and giving it to the poor. [/quote] Sacrifice should mean taxing the rich, and giving less to the poor. i.e. the poor will have to go without many modern conveniences such as cable, private internet access, etc. Without those opiates, though, will it result in people putting forth more effort? Or will it lead to revolt?

Reply to Are you a loser? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

So one would be just that guy that does okay? That suits me. Being a loser sucks, being a winner is too much pressure. Too much downside as a winner. I've been there before, and the pressure of remaining there just killed me. My ego makes me want to slap myself across the face for saying such a thing,

Reply to It's time for another round of name your favorite Empire in Humor JoeUser Forums

I'm going to have to go with Sumeria. Not for any historical reasons, but because they were my favorite civ in the original Age of Empires. Heavy Cats and Heavy Horse Archers wrought some havok.

Reply to Yes, the left would cap your salary if they could in Democrat JoeUser Forums

by the way if you cut taxes. do you cut taxes for those not paying them or do you cut taxes for those who are paying them. I thought this was a great quote from the linked article that can display nothing but a disconnect with reality in the author: "The Cheney-Bush administration has redistrib

Reply to Yes, the left would cap your salary if they could in Democrat JoeUser Forums

We all tend to forget that w/o labor all the inventions would n't be worth a damnable thing. And the potential of that labor would be largely wasted without the inventions to make it more productive. If one person's invention can make another person's labor twice as productive, who should get the credi

Reply to Credit Card Payments Go to the Street in Humor JoeUser Forums

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Reply to Credit Card Payments Go to the Street in Humor JoeUser Forums

This sounds like an onion-type story. I can understand such a motivation, but the wording of the guy's quotes just sounds way too ridiculous. Pet Rock was a million dollar idea too. Pet. Rock.

Reply to A different time, a different world in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I believe there are things kids should not have to wait to experience in order to learn, such as guns, knives and beatings. I'll agree here. Those are things for which the results can be seen and are disastrous. Think of this, though. If you were aware of or saw the results of a beating/shooting etc.

Reply to A different time, a different world in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Oh the horrors of being forced to play tag against your will. I guess one of the other kids held a gun or a knife on the tagged kids back and told him "you better run and try to catch someone or I'll stab you or shoot you". Shouldn't kids be taught to stand up for themselves. This sounds like a perfect

Reply to PC's: Do You Buy or Build? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I've never built my own, but have had the interest ever since I bought a gateway back in college that had several problems. Luckily, though stupidly, I had bought a three year warranty, so I kept getting replacement parts for no add'l charge. After replacing them, I came to find I enjoyed getting to tinker inside the machine, and have relished getting new components since. I've no doubt that I can find a bounty of information through a sim

Reply to Christian Caught with Foot in MOUTH in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I dunno, reading through this all I keep hearing in my head is "Hallowed are the Ori". Ok, it's back to hiding in shadow for me.