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Then you're using a different definition. In this context, self-sufficiency refers to its financial and organizational position within the United States government as an agency to manage its own finances externally from the Congressional Budget Office and has nothing to do with its bottom line. The USPS is currently running a deficit but has also ran a surplus:

"Despite record gross revenue of $60.1 billion, the U.S. Postal Service ended fiscal 1998 on Sept. 30 with a $600 million profit, $100 million more than projected, but leading industry officials were hoping the USPS could at least match, if not better fiscal 1997's $1.2 billion surplus, which was less than the $1.6 billion recorded in 1996 and significantly lower than the $1.8 billion achieved in 1995."
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Corporations borrow money, especially when they run a deficit. Yet unless they're a larger part of some organization or the government, most people would call them self-sufficient--the ability to manage their own financial resources.

Sure the most strict definition of "self-sufficient" is to have absolutely no reliance on any external entity for anything, but by that definition then not a single organization in this country is self-sufficient.
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I would suggest that you read the article.
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Ugh, I hate to become an apologist for "the game", but I feel compelled.

Whether you or anyone else want to admit it, girls (and guys) have a strong tendency to follow certain behavioral patterns as a result of both biological AND societal factors. And so relationships ARE about art. They require practice, experience, analysis, etc. Some people gain this naturally (or get practice at an early age). The result is that they can breeze through interactions with the opposite sex with relative ease. To observers, their love lives may seem beautiful, natural, and effortless.

But others don't have it naturally, and for whatever reason don't get practice at an early age. They spend their lives muddling through social situations that they either don't understand or, worse, have an deeply-held misunderstanding of. A lot of guys don't know that what a girl says and what a girl wants may be two different things, and they often suffer heartbreak because of it. It is the height of arrogance to assume that these people have no business trying to figure out what they're doing wrong and improve.
> At the height of his “gaming” activity he had eight steady sexual partners—who all knew about each other—and was maneuvering himself into threesomes on a regular basis.

Love it or hate it, that's pretty darn impressive. (Assuming they are attractive)
It does seem like a lot of money ... but Automattic has raised over $30M for (primarily) WordPress. And SquareSpace is actually charging money.

Exits? Inuit paid $170M for Homestead in Nov. '07. I'm sure the acquisition climate is different now but I think there are enough potential fits around. Adobe comes to mind seeing as they need a better HTML(5) web solution. Not sure if that's a route they want to go, though.
It's absolutely challenging. It takes a lot of training, willpower, dedication and willingness to fail to be successful at this.
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Firstly, I apologize that my post emotionally confused you. If you've since decided whether to laugh or cry, and perhaps have even carried out the action, I'd love to be updated.

When I said "it is art" I was not referring to "relationships". In retrospect, I suppose I was referring to life in general. At any rate, I most certainly made it clear that I don't feel "game" is not meant to be followed as a construct of rules. And, even if it were, there's plenty of room for personality, style, and identity. So we agree, relationships are not a game.

However, you might find that listening to advice about how to deal with people could make meeting people and having them like you be a much easier process. Is taking advice allowed in your model of "true" relationships, or would you say something snappy like... If you want to take advice all day, watch Dr. Phil!

I included evolutionary psychology only as a means to explain overall dating behavior and motivation which the op had asked about. I don't think I implied whipping out some sort of book about personal evo-psych to target a single person.

Finally, what makes you think that "game" (as your narrow mind thinks it knows) forbids deep emotional connections and "truth"?

If you want to make assumptions all day, then you should head over to intern-- oh... nevermind.
He said, talking about all of life. >_>
I bet the founder took money off the table. Say a $40mil on a $40mil pre, and the founder walks away with $20mil in his pocket. 9mo later they go freemium.
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I'm sure they enjoy it, that doesn't mean they will respect you more or be more attracted to you for it.
I agree with you completely. I skimmed over probably most of the article.
I don't think you understood me there (ahem)... ;)
Reply to SHOwnsYou, sorry I hit the wrong reply.

What's the key qualitative difference between a facebook profile and a dirtyphonebook page?

I'm not a lawyer, but your answer probably lies in understanding this first.
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In the book he says that at some point he started telling women openly up front about the game and him being the pick-up artist etc., just to see what happens, and it didn't have much effect on the outcome.
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Suppose physics runs its course, and millenia from now we have discovered a single, elegant equation that solves everything--it traces the whole history of the universe--all the particles and reactions from the big bang up to the chair that you're sitting in now.

"Physics is done!" reads the abstract. "We can all go home now."

At the conference where this is all presented, some lone undergrad student standing in the back asks "Why this equation? Why does this combination of terms describe the universe, and so many others don't?"

You can try to address this question with religion, or "belief", or Dawkins-esque philosophy, or you can choose not to address it at all. But you can't answer it with science. Science has a clear and definite end, and that end does not give us the "why" of the universe, only the "how". You can say "There is no why", but that is still an answer to a question that science does not answer.

Speaking purely subjectively, I don't view the "why" (or its absence) as unimportant simply because it can't be addressed purely on scientific terms.
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Meh. The whole question/controversy is just confusion about the word belief.

Statements in our minds can sometimes be accepted axiomatically--that is, what you believe to be true about reality. We need a way to comment on reality's qualities.

In this sense, "belief in science" can roughly be translated as, "belief that whatever science reveals is true re: our reality."

(It's actually all statistics, which means that we're only _excluding_ things from admittance into what we accept as true about our reality. Belief in science, then, is belief that only that which is detectable exists.)

So the article misses the point anyway; science doesn't _grant_ proof, it grants a process for disproof and allows us to believe in what's left over.
Most of the techniques described in most of the literature available, is about picking up über hot girls in night clubs, where you compete with über manly football team captains.

If you're at a party in a friends house, different methods are used.

The core concept is that you should not give a pretty woman higher value just because of her looks. I think that is a great concept.
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Just the process taught me a lot of things.
It doesn't matter, she knows what you want right from the start.
Science explains a lot of things. But Science is limited.

Science and religion are not mutually exclusive, and don't even talk about the same issues (most of the time). There is a certain amount of faith people have when doing science, for example answering the "meta" question: Do the rules of the Universe stay constant? Science has no way of answering that question, nor should it. It assumes the answer is yes, and takes it from there. Gravity could stop working tomorrow, and it wouldn't invalidate all of the science that had gone on.
We might have to agree to disagree, but I'd rather not attract women by appearing more confident than I actually am. And yes, that means sometimes I'm needy and insecure. If that stops a woman from liking me, that's a choice she has a right to make. Maybe I've been lucky, but I've found no shortage of women (both friends and lovers) that have helped me through times of insecurity.

It's not in any sense evil, I just think that as long as you keep up these "confident, funny and slightly unavailable" appearances, you neuter the possibility of a genuine emotional connection.
If you don't mind me asking how old are you? I have a feeling what you're saying was the way things used to be but these days if you don't employ at least some of these techniques you might as well be invisible. It's what is expected. You won't have any deep romantic relationship because the girl will be far more interested in the PUA expert. You'll never get a chance. I don't think it's a great evolution of personal relationships myself but in my experience that's how it works these days. From what I can tell women are pretty happy with the arrangement too. They're definitely not victims.
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1) There are a number of physics equations that generalize physical equations--Lagrangian mechanics. (IANAP, but I have a physicist friend.)

2) It is a misconception that physics can trace the whole history of the universe, or even any part of it. The Holy Grail Unified Theory is not a full descriptor of our universe, it is a full descriptor of the _forces_ of our universe.

3) There's something in your language that makes me feel like you're not really tackling the question completely. "Speaking purely subjectively" might be part of it--as if one can speak purely objectively.

Maybe it's just that _no_ system could ever adequately answer that question. Why anything? Why doesn't the universe not exist? The question itself is temptingly meaningful, but ultimately empty, since it itself is part of the universe. I don't even know how to begin constructing the universe's not existing in my mind.

So it's not a fault of science that it does not answer that question. It at least has the wisdom not to try.
Lawn mowers are mostly 4 stroke now.

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Yes, but they did it to "encourage" people to purchase legal music which presumably increased their revenues.
I love how these "just-so stories" involving evolution treat it as a magical, omnipotent, "blind watchmaker". It's clearly a religious attitude, not a scientific one.
No one will miss them much.

"The RIAA? Or their lawyers?"

Ohoho, ahah, I crack myself up.

edit: ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT I'M SORRY I'M NOT FUNNY THIS LATE AT NIGHT I'LL NEVER MAKE BAD JOKES AGAIN
I read the Neil Strauss book--it's fascinating and fun. But there was one story in there that really summed up the entire culture for me.

The story is about a new PUA posting to a message board. The first post was how excited he was and how he had set a goal to approach 50 women in one day. His second post was about how he had actually accomplished that goal and he was going to set a second goal of asking for 100 phone numbers in one week. His third post was about how happy he was with the process and how he was positive that he would be getting laid within a year. In summary, his definition of success was that after one year of making picking up women his full time job he would get laid once.

That story clued me in to the real strength of the PUA method. It appeals to men enough to turn wall flowers into people actively seeking dates. But the efficiency of that method is laughably bad (not to mention the outcomes being shallow).
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You've confused computer science with programming.
This isn't really the whole story. They are assuming that their member companies will make more money as a result of less piracy. And that additional money should/would be added to the total.

(Note: I did not say if it will actually reduce piracy, just that that is their assumption, and is why they are willing to pay this.)
Indeed. But a lot of reports (non on hand atm) state that this is not a direct correlation.

that said, the figure quoted also (presumably) includes legal fees for matters other than suing "pirates"/copyright infringers. So perhaps not a very accurate figure but indicative at best.
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I think the fact that over half of the quotes in this articles is from lawyers tells the real story here. Lawyers see a recall, a rich multinational, and some dumb people who will swear that they didn't hit the accelerator instead of the brake.

The NHTSA is a thorough organisation - this isn't some sham front for Toyota.

I just wish someone would publish statistics on make/model for unintended acceleration accidents. I bet the Toyota case is not statistically significantly higher than all other makes and models. But give people something other than their own stupidity to blame and they will grasp it with 5 hands.
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Yeah, though the M has all kinds of adornments that make it distinguishable (and, IMO, ugly.)

The S4 and new S5 are v6, which means they probably aren't as painful on the mileage. This is the biggest reason not to get an M.
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There are 4-strokes that can operate at any orientation:

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Fair point about the statically placed and baited frames. Well, detecting X and Y would solve the movable case of this, so that's better than nothing.

After reading that handbook link, I'd agree that it is very reasonable to consider it a browser bug. I suppose I considered it more of an oversight in terms of iframe specifications, and now am more sympathetic to your situation.

I'm not sure there's a better way to offer a one-click liking experience. If I'm not mistaken, you have two options: more than 1 click, or be vulnerable to these attacks.

Personally, I'd use the feature more if it behaved the same way that pasting a URL into my status does. In this case, it would be 1 click to open some sort of floating dialog (or a small window like in fbConnect), and another click to change the title, add a description, or just click "ok".

... pause for 10 minutes ...

Perhaps this might be a solution. An embedded javascript (sourced to your server) returns a code with a unique key for that user/URL combination (along with whether or not they have already pressed it), stored in javascript in a private data structure (an anonymous function, for example). You then embed whatever HTML you need to display your button onto that page, along with code to ensure it is being intentionally clicked. On click, you load another js file, where the unique key is passed via the get parameter. Your server will process the like, and this file will return the javascript to set the button as depressed, or to request the user login, or whatever.

The reason that the key is stored in an anonymous function is so the host URL cannot retrieve this bit. Otherwise, they could simply call the second js file to automate the user "liking" their page. The calls to your js file, however, still allow you to get the user's session data. And, of course, you can execute JS on the host's end to ensure that the click is legitimate..

Is this flawed? What do you think?

Edit: I just realized that "legitimate click detection" would be very involved. But, still possible.
I always thought that once women found out how cold and systematic this was they would be repulsed by it. Then I remember when 'the game' and 'the pickup artist' came out women I talked to about it were more intrigued than anything else. Overall I've heard a lot more negativity about it from men. Women don't like being lied to and used, but they do want dating to be like a 'game'.
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What is this talk of "extreme poverty"?

Let's assume for the sake of argument that Americans earning the minimum wage are living in "extreme poverty" (which is not true in my opinion, but let's be conservative).

The median household income in US is around U$50k.

http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_S...

So the median household is already living above poverty. You alone can earn more than $50k as a junior programmer. You probably have above average programming skills, and will eventually earn 100k if you get a job in a big company and stick to it.

You don't even need to live too frugally. You only need to pretend your income is $50k -- you'll still live at least well as the median household -- and sock the rest away in very conservative investments.
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Have kids. That will reset your standards pretty quickly.
Actually, making a 2-stroke that doesn't require both valves be open solves two problems. There's the fresh gas flowing right out the exhaust, and there's the limitations in compression ratio. Higher compression ratios result in higher efficiency, but the 2-stroke doesn't work right at high enough compression ratios.

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4 stroke: http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelspecs/12/0/s...

As a side note, do not conclude overlap (both valves open) is inherently bad. A little bit of overlap is sometimes used even in passenger cars.
>So it's not a fault of science that it does not answer that question.

Similarly, it's not the question's fault that science cannot answer it.

I say "subjectively" because it is not an objective fact that the question has value or is meaningful. Clearly, you and many others view it as "empty". I don't. In that sense the value or utility of the question is subjective.
Perhaps there are just too many newspapers? If 2/3 went bankrupt, wouldn't the remaining ones have enough increased readership to become profitable again?
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great post, even if it goes against what he outlines as Apple's own guidelines. Too long. The first 5 or 6 point are all he needed to make his point, imho.
... he's seems to be becoming those exact books he flipped through - giving philosophical (Naturalism) arguments AND conclusions I think a lot of us (at least me) came to as (or before) teenagers.

And yet, he has yet to realize the nature of science is not to know - because our senses ARE faulty - but as a practical TOOL to make our lives a little easier. Seeing a blue sky and then thinking there is a blue sky IS belief, no matter how many people agree with you, and independent of that belief's utility.
I haven't any evidence, but I suspect those motors use a dry sump, which results in significant added complexity. You are right, it can be done, but it's usually reserved for racing engines.
Sure, but if someone comments that I raped them, I'm going to post a verified rebuttal saying that it's an outright lie whether or not I actually raped them, which makes the rebuttal meaningless.

There's tons of accusations people could make that are completely false yet almost impossible to actually disprove.
Let us suppose that all physics is solved, as you say. Then, why should we even ponder the "why" if there is no way of knowing the correct answer? If we cannot know this answer, then the "why" is in fact unimportant to divine, a waste of time.

To explain further: You are saying that everything observable is understood. So, this means that the only evidence for "why" is the equations themselves.

"Why" is the cause or intention underlying something. However, there are infinite explanations how any piece of evidence arose. If all that we have is the evidence, without knowing the laws governing the universe it was produced in, then there is no way of deriving intention, i.e. "why" the evidence exists.
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If old technologies die out because of newer and better technologies then that's called progress. Why should the newspapers be immune to this? If they can't make a product that people want to purchase then they need to adapt or die.
you could be "exposing yourself to someone without a moment of hesitation" and be desperate or clingy

Well, everyone has feelings of insecurity, and there's no shortage of women who understand that. To the contrary, I think it's a good litmus test for a woman worth dating. If your feelings of insecurity are so so extensive as to be desperate, needy, clingy, etc., it's probably a good sign you shouldn't be trying to start a relationship to begin with, most certainly not a dishonest one.