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I assume you've also posted to craigslist? poor kitty :(

Wow I didn't think of that actually...but I figured in terms of getting real people and fast reddit with its unusual levels of cat love would be a great place. Also my mom has issues with craigslist. she has issues in general with technology lol. I shouldn't tell this, but when I first got Command and Conquer my mom got it for me on the condition I didn't play as "the bad guys." Of course I played first as NOD lol. But on topic with cat I've already heard a few inquiries that might pan out so I'm already rather excited.

I wonder why AKs get such a bad rap for accuracy? I have a Norinco (MAK-90) and I'm very happy with it.

Here is a video explaining why the AK isn't very accurate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6BpI3xD6h0&feature=related

Vernor Vinge. A Fire Upon the Deep and Deepness in the Sky are two of the greatest works of fiction ever written.

seconding this; he is really amazing. I started with Deepness in the Sky first, and it was the right way to go, even though it's out of order.

I think this is the only legitimate reason for playing second life.

well, that or planning terrorist activities... what I did to grief second life was get a bunch of different particle spamming objects, wear them so that whenever I went somewhere marios and whatever spammed everywhere, then warp into a different zone every 10 seconds to randomly annoy the shit out of as many people as possible... and zone mods aren't really on top of the ball enough to go from doing whatever the fuck they do in second life, to finding and banning me before I'm gone.

Some days, I do virutally no work at all. But on an average day I'd say I spend about half my day working. I surf the internet constantly. My Favorites list in IE has so many links in it that I had to add a sub-folder. The sub-folder is big enough that it can't fit all my links on the screen at one time. When I get worried that maybe my boss is becoming suspicious or something, I'll copy-and-paste a bunch of webpages into a Word document so that I can camoflage my activities. Since I mostly work in Excel, I can get away with lots of personal projects that look like real work. An old friend and I play chess all the time at work. We don't work together, the chess board is in Excel, we just email it back and forth. Nobody knows. As a fan of the NFL, I spend a lot of time each year doing research online for the draft. When draft day rolls around I usually have a 20-tab spreadsheet prepared, with information on every player (there are hundreds) and every team. Then, as the summer progresses, I keep tabs on news from across the league and use it to pick the outcome of every game, for every team, for that season. After doing this for six years now, I've gotten pretty good. I'm far more accurate than the guys on TV. I do this all before the season begins. I don't gamble, but it's nice to know I have the option if the company goes under or something. I'll be the first ot admit that I'm lazy and that I don't care, but I have repeatedly asked for more responsibilities. My boss would love to give me more work (because the quality of my work is outstanding), but office politics get in the way. I've been fighting with some of these people for so long that I just don't have the will to do it anymore. There's really just nothing I can do make things better, short of finding a new job but I doubt things are really much different in other companies. Management is permanently out-to-lunch, and HR is more in to enforcing discipline than resolving disputes. There are people here that are so entrenched in the old ways that they're actively resisting the effort to upgrade our computer network, which still runs off of software from the '80s. I'm not even kidding. Our database is so old that the company that designed it went out of business over 15 years ago. Some of my co-workers are also very annoying. They sap my motivation with their narrow-minded, Drama Queen ways. It's very difficult to focus on work when I have to listen to rednecks prattle on all day about nothing. I work in accounting, by the way.

It's way too long to read. Anything more than 1 line and I don't care.

When people get into debates about government, the ability to cite the constitution is an incredible skill. Having been through debate clubs in high school and continuing in this sort of discourse in college, some of the best points I make come from knowing facts like these, but not necessarily the names of all the justices and cabinet positions.

While true you would be better off asking student's to apply their knowledge of the amendments.

"Lose" is somewhat anomalous, in that it should be pronounced like "close" without the "c", according to whatever passes for English pronunciation rules. Spoken English is not written English. The common breezy writing we see today is actually spoken English, written down. "Lose" is pronounced with an "oo" sound, so "loose" becomes the spelling, although the "z" sound of the "s" is lost. "Luse" would be a better misspelling, but people still remember the "o" being part of the word.

what are you talking about? there is no difference in the sound...it is just people too lazy to learn to spell.

It's not the RPM that matters, it's the manifold pressure. A car that's idling in neutral consumes less fuel than a car that's at the exact same RPM in 5th gear, for example. There are situations where an engine might be at a higher RPM and using less fuel than an engine at a lower RPM but under load.

Oh man, don't start the idling in neutral thing, cause some people think shifting into neutral on downhills saves gas, when it doesn't in a fuel-injected vehicle. (As spinfire says, no fuel is injected sometimes.)

spider robinson tells the story of having been to an event in a questionable part of town (don't remember where), and getting out late and going to the bus stop, where he encountered a large, black, scary individual. to break the tension, he asked, "uh, crosstown buses run all night?" the other gentleman slapped his thigh and said, "doo-dah! doo-dah!" robinson reported that his new friend whipped out a joint and they got very stoned and waited for the bus.

The question Robinson asked fit the meter of the song "Camptown Races", and the other man responded with the refrain.

Why can't he use two hands? It is not his keyboard, is it? ;-)

Learning to use both hands takes a bit of training, or at least I can't do it. I can play parts from Bach's Toccata and Fugue fairly well, including the fast parts, but nothing two handed. I really want to learn the entire piece, some time.

I thought Hitler was a good public speaker.

true.

It's only stupid or misguided if you're an arrogant MMORPG player who thinks all other games are worthless. Otherwise, you're exactly right.

There's more multiplayers to be had on a PC than just MMOs.

As I mentioned in my other comment, I think it will be fine for you. As far as power goes, I bought a 90 watt Logitech system about five years ago, and it has given me all the power I've ever wanted. I'm not a complete audiophile, but I know my sound/music pretty well, and have been quite satisfied with them. On another note, many audio cards/audio drivers come with functionality to adapt to different room sizes/shapes, particularly giving you the ability to adjust volumes for each speaker. In my experience, I've had to turn up the rear speakers a lot, but that's mostly because I've never been able to place them nearly as close to my desk as the front speakers.

Thanks for the advice. Do you have something like [this?](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121006) I hadn't realized surround sound was so inexpensive. My motherboard has integrated 5.1; would a sound card make a major difference in audio quality?

Well I'm not committed, yet. Basically I went to Belgrade with my parents where we were informed that I'm not entitled to even an examination and let alone being admitted there. Apparently my psychiatrist from Jagodina* (that's the city next to me, I'm in Cuprija.**) fucked something up. So basically we just went back home. On the way, we checked with my psychiatrist and she gave me three new drugs without explaining anything about them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirtazapine Mirthazipine, known to cause weight gain and hallucinations. Some anti-psychotic whose name I don't remember and Lorazepam (Ativan). I taken Lorazepam the night before and it got me high and I had hallucinations. I'm not planing on taking any of these drugs. Especially since it's been only a week since I stopped Zoloft. They want to commit me now in Jagodina though, but there's not room so I'll have to wait until Wednesday. I see no point in this. If I was being committed on the fear I might harm myself waiting all this time is stupid. I feel though like my life fell apart now. I don't want to kill myself, but I wish I could just go somewhere and never come back. It seems like no matter what I try it only turns worse. My plan now is to wait a few days that the things settle and then steal some of my dad's saving money, buy a bus ticket and never come back. He'd spend that money on my therapy anyway, and when I get a job I'll pay him back. Random trivia: Jagodina-Strawberryville ; Cuprija - Bridge.

I'm sorry that you couldn't get into the clinic in Belgrade. Since it's only going to take you a few more days to get into the clinic in Jagodina, why not give that a shot? If you're willing to wait until things settle run away, then why not try the clinic for a couple of weeks and see what happens. And make sure that you can put the information on medication that you see online into perspective. I've been on Mirtazapine for about 6 months now, and it's been considerably better than anything else that I've tried. Every one has different reactions to different medications, but please do be aware that when you see "side-effects" listed online (or on the drug fact sheet), they generally only apply to a small percentage of people. I can't comment on why your psychiatrist prescribed you those particular medications, as she's seen you face to face, which none of us has, and also has much more experience with medications than I do. I certainly know people who are on many more meds than that and it works out for them. Please also take into consideration that your thinking processes may not be the clearest that they've ever been right now, so maybe just giving it a couple more weeks to try will be worth it in the long run. Other people have addressed the running away issue better than I can.

Oxymoron, much?

I do not think that word means what you think it means.

Man, those are some seriously ranchy pics!

undressing

I get between 55-65 on my vespa... I'm pretty comfortable paying $15 a week to commute back and forth to school and do some errands over the weekend. I've been really hating topography lately and wish there weren't so many big hills that just kill my MPG. I can tell when I get gas from the bottom of the hill and when I get it from the top.

how can a vespa only get the same mileage as a massive car?

it's staged

It has to be staged. Shots like when the camera switches to a rooftop to film the gang running through the streets below wouldn't be doable without some serious cooperation and I just don't see these guys as waiting for the crew to get up so high and into position, then do their run through the alley, then wait for the crew to get back down several floors to hook back up with them. There are many others (the boom operator suddenly popping up repeatedly when none of the crew were visible for much of the first half) but that one really struck me as taking away from the general vibe of a pretty impressive, disturbing film.

I've liked Penn & Teller for years. I've enjoyed their show "Bullshit" even when I didn't agree with it. I don't shy away from opposing views, but I do when there's deception involved. If your "expert" is a corporate shill, then label him as such. He declared himself as being with *The Hudson Institute*, but P&T neglected to mention that it's essentially a lobbying front funded by ADM, Monsanto, et. al. As a result of their bullshit, I think it's a good idea to neglect Penn & Teller, lest they get away with their shenanigans.

While entertaining, I do find that show about the level of good reporting as Top Gear.

Also, Pixar makes the movies that they would personally enjoy, and assumes other people will enjoy them as well. Dreamworks seems to spend their time figuring out how to appeal to a single audience (i.e. everyone) and make the most money. One method is truly artistic, the other is a soulless popularity contest.

I'd love to agree with you, because I really love Pixar's movies... but I think it's just talent and money. It takes hundreds of people to make a Pixar movie. I don't think they vote on what each personally enjoys.

Are you honestly telling me that girls don't find you attractive?...I don't believe it for a second, you're stunning.

usually if i comment on them in a slightly more than just "oh you're pretty" way, like if i show genuine interest, i get a "sorry, i'm straight". havent had much luck IRL either. i really really really want a girlfriend in the worst way.

John McCain is a Sega Master System

Ooooh good one, almost forgot the SMS.

If you treat evolution like something with checkpoints ("This species is good now, let's go for the next iteration. Great, let's do another one.") then you are by definition not going to get any transitional fossils (because everything will be a "checkpoint" to you). Stupid creationists!

The principle of evolution is mathematically and logically as sound as a Belgian waffle. The evidence in biology for it is very good too...we just don't have data points for every cubic milliliter for every microsecond of the Earth's existence. So, no, it can't proven 100%. There may be some interstitial space where God's hand is acting without ever being able to be detected...so what? Russell's teapot.

Nope, my heart is still as cold as the Arctic Winds. I don't mind so much, I just wish it would beat every once in awhile. Stupid freeloading heart.

Now THATS heart warming!

Let's not be satisfied with being better than monkeys.

You miss the point: states apparently have a competitive advantage. That contradicts the usual tenet that The free market is more efficiënt than The government. Apparently it's more complicated. Also, populations and economies grow until they overshoot their resource base, at which point they either find more resources, cut back voluntarily or collapse involuntarily; that's not exclusive to governments: la condition humaine.

Not crushing Callista involves lots of isometrics.

Can someone explain to me her purpose? I mean, she's dating Han Solo, and frankly, I just don't see what her appeal is.

You know, I've always wondered if pro-lifers eat eggs, because essentially they're eating aborted baby chickens.

Yeah, it's really more akin to eating chicken periods, I believe.

I've been waiting for this thread all my life: http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/6/Busty-Teen-Does-a-Sexy-Strip-518141.html

I'd seen this before, but thanks for the link again. I could hardly imagine a vid could be so hot without the naughty bits showing.

You've been a member for 5 months. You only joined when it was already popular. I'd have thought though, it would be a much better place if there were more people with a contradictory viewpoint to the general opinion. Having a discussion about Dawkins is really not very interesting if everyone in the discussion is just saying "Yeah, Dawkins is awseome". That's not a conversation, that's a circle jerk and it gets dull very quickly.

If it's not a circle jerk it's an incoherent insult battle. Though that's pretty much a definition of the Internet.

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Franklin, TN, resident here. I think you're correct, but I also think they finished that road.

What was she thinking ATM of impact?

I bet dollars to cents that the bank will look like the bad guy here.

This is not impressive. Cap and trade doesn't work. Selling credits does not encourage correction, it will facilitate continuation of carbon emissions. This is just another corporate/trader boondoogle that everyone on the short end of the stick will end up paying for.

It can be effective if the existing cap is initally set lower than needed by high-emitting companies, because they will be forced to trade with the lower emitters, raising their costs and benefitting the lower emitters. Cap-and-trade also works even if the starting cap matches current emssions, if the cap is steadily reduced over time.

I was thinking he hated you because he didn't know there was such a site and he didn't have to do it himself.

Hmmm....also a possibility. Let's wait and find out...

I uninstalled AOL...it fixed everything!

This used to be a big problem when dial-up was still the most popular way to access the Internet. If someone who used another provider other than AOL and still had AOL installed, removing AOL often fixed the problem they were having using the other provider.

Someone needs to blend a blender.

In before "Yo Dawg"...

Holy-Fucking-Wall-of-Text-Worth-Reading, Batman!

http://i.imgur.com/8vk9c.jpg TL;DR version of the comic.

I wouldn't doubt converting all of these servers took more power than they would save, although I may be wrong. Maybe some mathface could help me out here. EDIT: Disregard. I've been educated.

Power and cooling even small data centers is a huge cost, and large ones can easily consume the entire output of a power plant. Reducing power consumption by a factor of 100 is a huge deal.

Does that _really_ surprise you?

That there are more Americans in Cuba than there are in North Dakota? Yes, it does.

Dollhouse? You mean they haven't canceled it yet?

They're waiting to air three episodes, so as to more effectively crush the soul of the fanbase.

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I'm just going to throw my experience out there. Nevermind retrograde ejaculation. I'm a guy, and I genuinely have multiple orgasms. As in, ejaculation, and no refractory period, and can be followed up with another orgasm and another, to the point that I can physically tolerate the dopamine flood (after 4 in 10 minutes, it's difficult to stand). I don't exaggerate on this. Literally, no refractory time, no losing erection, I just keep going. I have no idea how/why I've got this ability. Could have something to do with SRI prescription (Lexapro). Never really discussed this before with anyone other than the girl I'm with at the time, but I can't imagine I'm the only male on earth who can do this. (On a side note, single girls.....)

I can second the tools. You can get decent used tools for a fraction of retail. As long as you stick with the good names (Dewalt, Mikita) and stay away from the cheap ones (Ryobi, Black & Decker) you shouldn't have any problems with used tools.

I once bought a screwdriver from a pawn shop and it stopped working after the first week. It turned the wrong way, and I couldn't make the screws go into the wood anymore. :(

PC gaming is great if you already own an awesome monitor and so forth, because you can set up a decent system for $600 or so. But try telling that to someone who is balking at PS3's $400 price. That said, I can't imagine playing an RTS w/ out keyboard & mouse.

PS3 won't be the same on a 20" tube TV. You still have to shell out at least $1200 for a 42" widescreen and another $2000 for a sound system and HD receiver.

Blind obedience to elders mixed with Korean hypermasculity makes for a interesting culture.

I think you mean *hypermasculinity*, but it has little to do with this. In fact **every time** I've been publicly shoved, it was by an *ajuma*, that is, a married woman who's metamophasised into a butch, badass moralising machine. If you step out of line in Korea, its always the ajumas who whack you back into place. I've only once been set straight by a Korean man, and he calmly hush hushed at me for talking too loudly on my phone in a subway station. So don't over-apply your prejudice about prejudice.

If you can't prove that minds require bodies, then why is it impossible for them to exist independently of each other?

I can't prove a negative. The burden of proof is on the one suggesting that there is a mind outside the brain. If I can explain the universe without the idea of an ethereal mind then it most likely doesn't exist. What evidence do you have for suggesting such a thing as a mind that is separate from the body?

I miss SG1, Firefly and Battle Star Galactica as well (really wish they didn't cancel it after the second season), but I don't see what it has to do with this.

SURPRISE! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/episodes I hope that I just made your day two seasons brighter!

I'm thinking he's a weapon. Engie builds a Haale-summoner, and Saxton parachutes in and fires an Australia-shaped energy beam out of his chest at anyone not doing a taunt.

That's the most awesome idea I've read yet.

How do you know?

Wow, I'm being downmodded because people don't agree with my choice of music. On **reddit**, of all places. What has the world come to?

Hans Landa - Best supporting actor. I'm calling it now.

You mean Christoph Waltz? =) Yeah, he was my favorite character in the movie. At one point I leaned over to my wife and said "I love this guy!" and she gave me a crazy look.. "I meant I love the actor." =) I was sad to come home and see that all his movies are German. Though I will say that this movie was so well written I didn't really mind having to read subtitles for most of it.

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I see what you did there. +1 internet for that.

Whoa whoa whoa. There you go, just assuming they're black. Despicable.

I give you 10 to 1 odds every one of those kids mentioned is black. The explanation I heard was something about feeling so hopeless that that was the only way to make their kids unique and special.

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oh god, don't make me go find it. it was a kinky post a month or so back...one of the only gay male posts i've ever seen here.

So we'll see ya for Christmas then?

It is a possibility. Where would you recommend moving to? I currently live in New England, so I'm certainly not that far...

A! Could both be PP, in which case PP is only result. Could be PP/Pp, in which case could be PP or Pp. Could both be Pp, in which case could be PP, Pp, or pp. This is the only case in which they could have rounded-eared children, which has only a 25% chance in this case. <3 Biology!

So you mean B.

well except Snape does... eventually... you know.

Read the last book.

Indoor smoking bans in public places are completely compliant with libertarian ideals. Second-hand smoking should not be forced onto all surrounding people.

wait, what? How is that "compliant with libertarian ideals"? Tell me this is sarcasm right. "surrounding people" have the choice to LEAVE!

And imagination is limited on the capabilities of the brain. The brain is far from infinite in its capabilities.

the imagination is limited by how much randomness the brain can feed into its pattern recognition filters. given it's ability to learn new patterns, the brain can eventually create a totally freaking astronomical amount of chaos, and find/invent cross associations for almost all of it. and when that fails, we can build something smarter than us, or that can think of even more different things.

Eff, what I've been married less than a year and only get sex maybe once a week? I totally understand the resentment thing, it seriously keeps me up at night at times.

masturbation is your friend.

That's why we are homeschooling. I look for homeschooling to be banned in some way in the future.

I am pretty sad that people would downmod homeschooling. What about the freedom of the parents? It's the responsibility of a parent to see that their children are well educated and the current state of the system does not do a good enough job. Besides homeschoolers can actually spell.

You sir, are on reddit.

is my alligator showing?

Excluded middle much? Just because I don't agree that the atheist subreddit is horrible place doesn't mean I agree with the most extreme views of some of the people there. I think if you pointed to *specific* examples, they would be roundly condemned as the unfortunate consequence of having the subreddit be open to anyone.

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/7efwn/vote_up_if_you_think_religious_indoctrination_is/ +887

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So cool. I live like a mile away, had never heard of it.

Eh. In Spain, it's more his style of play on the pitch and life style off the pitch. You'll actually probably see him play a lot better. I can understand the move, especially if they're going to pay him more money. Full disclosure: I am a rabid Arsenal supporter. Hence, I will not be sad to see the fall king leaving the English game. However, keep in mind, Manchester United might be the "best team" in Europe and the "biggest team" in the world, but Real Madrid is definitely up there. They are also a clear second when it comes to overall team value (monetarily, anyway), and number of supporters world wide.

How is it more to his style on the pitch. He is very fast and attacks players. Spanish football would be too slow for him. Far too much jogging about. Ronaldo is suited to the high speed pressure football in the Premiership. He is also deceptively strong when he needs to be (i.e. the headers he scores). Besides he wants to win European trophies surely and right now it's hard to see non-PL teams reaching the CL final forget about winning it.

He said the words "family values", "two-parent", and "traditional" several times. If you are a religious conservative he was speaking your language, and he said a whole hell of a lot.

apparently McCain hates straight single-parent families too, and would rather see their kids floating around in foster care.

Which is really damn small. I know the capitals of a good many nations, but not every little poo-splat country across the globe. It's not simply Palin that wouldn't know that off the bat.

Yeah, excpt there's a lot of money in Qatar...

Imagine a jewish person interviewing a man whose book claims that "jewishness" can be cured, and his book is being cited by hitler as a reason to kill jews. At some point it becomes impossible to talk to these fucking morons without getting pissed off.

i call Godw... ah, fuck it--good point.

They had to bomb a fucking coral reef? Really? Thousands of miles of ocean and they had to nuke one of the most biodiverse natural sanctuaries on Earth?

Coming again to save the motherfucking day, yeah?

Any pictures? Large amount of text doesn't really show me what you mean. Most women have some sort of curvature in camparison to the average man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bodyshapes.svg You really should take a look at all that text too. It's quite interesting. http://www.reddit.com/comments/6tz45/so_which_woman_has_the_perfect_body/c04v1li You can find thousands of pages about the powerful affects of hormones on fat deposition, bone structure, and other physical characteristics all over the net. Take a look.

In 2009, people are angry at gov't bloat and federal overreach - to a degree not seen in 1979, 1993, or 1999. It's different this time. The issues right now are specifically fit for the libertarian philosophy. In 2010, this vacuum can be filled by either (A) an uptick in the 3rd party vote, and/or (B) it can be filled by libertarian ideas changing the dynamics within the other two parties. I don't think option (B) should be discarded.

My point was libertarians are a good springboard, but their ideas aren't implemented. I don't trust the right, in the same way I don't trust the left to be progressive.

Because, unlike medicine, the Internet is boring.

well done sir

stop using opera?

No, I prefer it.

Doesn't sound like science to me.

Most of the Hard Sciences deal with hard and rigorous proofs. but then there is a spectrum to all this. I suggest you check out http://mapofscience.com/ as sell as the original diagram http://www.sandia.gov/news/features/images/topic_map_science_lg.jpg and this slightly clearer image http://informationesthetics.org/documents/scienceMapPrintMockup.jpg http://didi.com/brad/mapOfScience/ Note: Computer Science and Computer technology are very much mostly mathematics in terms of computational procedures.

There is some debate that this may be a hoax. Look for more sources.

Well it's most likely a hoax. If it was real this kid would be making the rounds on the news channels or someone connected to the case would be if the kid didn't want to. If there is any truth, it will be breaking news sometime today.

Try any asian food market, inevitably one will be selling it. Or, find some Philipinos, they'd probably know where to get some too.

There's one up the street from here; I'll try my luck and stop by today after work. Thanks :-)

I saw the URL was from google.com, and I thought maybe somebody just had to google them to find them.

You see, google was just crawling some government websites one day...

How do you know that the book of Job is a fiction? It sure would be nice if the Bible clearly showed which parts are fiction, perhaps it could be divided into fiction and non-fiction sections.

Well, I doubt that a living, breathing Job spoke in extensive prose.

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Man, that's great.

So Bush is a "liar", and Obama is someone who "says shit that isn't true". My head just exploded.

I'm sure Obama believes what he's saying. It's just not true. Bush flat out lied. He knew what he was saying wasn't true.

Not to nit pick, but that is a rather poor example. Circles and squares are two physically representable objects, both requiring specific, contradictory characteristics. Squares are 4 sided enclosed figures in which all 4 sides are equal length, straight sides. Circles are round enclosed objects defined by 1 continuous, curving line meeting itself at a single point. The fact that they are objects defined by humans as to require contradictory characteristics makes it impossible to have the characteristics of both. Any combination of the 2 would cease to be either a circle or a square. I agree with your point, but I just think that is a poor example. It is possible to prove *some* negatives. In the case of disproving the existence of God, I would argue it is impossible, in the same sense that it's impossible to disprove the claim that my sock drawer contains fairies that created the universe and choose to keep their existence secret by shifting to another dimension when they fear discovery. The outrageous nature of the claim, combined with the fact that there is absolutely no *positive* evidence for such a claim, is reason enough to dismiss it as false, especially when there *is* positive evidence that contradicts those claims. That is the reason atheists such as myself, are indeed atheists. The fact that every theistic religion makes seemingly outrageous claims about the origin of the universe and mankind, while holding to the idea that their book of choice is the word of the creator, which time and time again has had many claims proven false by logic and scientific evidence, leads me to believe that gods do not exist. I do not rule out the possibility entirely, but I cannot bring myself to take someone's word on the matter without substantial evidence. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and none has yet been presented.

"Circles and squares are two physically representable objects, both requiring specific, contradictory characteristics." That's exactly what makes it a perfect example. You seemed to have assumed a lot about me for some reason. Everything else you said is basically a straw man. I am an atheist for the same reasons you are, and don't see how any of it has anything to do with what I said.

Charming. Could he do a cartoon of autistic kids lining things up next? Or OCD kids touching doorknobs? That would be pretty funny too.

OCD and autism don't make for funny youtube. sorry.

Having grown up in "small town America" I think I can define those values for you: you must be narrow minded, judgmental, hypocritical, and good at pretending to fit in with everyone else. Like any good republican!

But at least the education system is top-notch! =\

The blog page was entirely useless and frankly it seemed like a weak attempt at grabbing more traffic.

The blog page is the reason I saw the video. I wouldn't call that useless. Do you dislike LRC itself perhaps?

I hate how the author keeps referring to "teenage angst" like all teenagers are stupid romance-craving 16 year old girls out of a book. I am 15 years old, really don't want to see this movie, and the people I "hang out" with feel the same way, and I "hang out" with both genders. Just because the author's niece is the stereotypical Twilight fangirl doesn't mean every teenager in America (okay, I live in Canada) feels the same way.

Canadian teens are better adjusted. Do I even need to find a citation? Edit: Alright fine. [Teen pregnancy rates are lower in Canada.](http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:ZcNQgbUlnPQJ:www.sieccan.org/pdf/McKay_CJHS2006_Trends%2520in%2520Teen%2520Pregnancy.pdf+teen+birth+rates+canada+US&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a) [And this article covers a number of issues connected to increased teen violence in US teens vs Canadian teens.](http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=42d7b905-1091-4307-b9ec-12074745b159) I think I'll stop with that second one. [Searching for teen violence in the US vs Canada](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=YFZ&q=teenager+violence+rates+canada+US&btnG=Search) turns up a wealth of resources. Teens in the US are 2-6 times as violent, are more likely to have teen parents, are more likely to have divorced parents, etc.

Used to work on small community scale, now it's merely maladapted. Another atavistic item to purge when given a chance.

I agree that many of its manifestations are pernicious, but it's a mistake to think of "Religion" as some monstrous monolithic entity. Folk religion is alive and well and playing an important role in many people's lives. You can't assess it simply as a form of failed science; an evopsych approach is needed.

I was trying to be ironical with the rekon. I never said where they did or didn't get the name, I just pointed out it means dumb in Spanish. I am starting to get the feeling they weren't being ironical either as they would probably prefer to correct the grammar then get the joke.

Isn't it ironic?

My heart aches every time I read Calvin and Hobbes. I don't know why, but it just does.

With things like this you just have to be grateful to ever read it.

got cruelly dumped for blogging about a boyfriend a bit too freely. (dodged a bullet there though)

One of the reasons the idea of dating a blogger terrifies me. The other is a fear that I'll say something heartfelt and intimate while gazing deeply into her eyes, only to see her looking back and thinking "All right! Content!"

I'm pretty sure most cops don't like people who have the "fuck the police" attitude.

It really, really depends on where you live. When I lived in FL, I always had very bad experiences with cops. Where I live now, however, they are pretty decent. If you grow up somewhere where the civilian-cop relationship is really antagonistic, it can really warp the way you view the police as a group. I think the problem that most redditors have with cops have more to do with the libertarian slant of the site ("Who's watching the watchers?") than anything, though.

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4chan does something similar to this with the word nigger.

I'll probably get downmodded into oblivion for this, buuut: The majority of enterprise sucked simply because no one ever seems to be able to avoid the god damnned TIME TRAVEL episodes. Yes, we get it. ST IV was the best movie...but thats not because of the freaking time travel. Producers seem to think people just like the trime travel aspect...it was the STORY you nobs! And even worse, they made pretty much the ENTIRE freaking enterprise SERIES on time travel with that stupid "Temporal cold war" shit. I saw Enterprise when it first came out...very cool. i was really enjoying it. Once the time travel started, I got VERY bored and stopped watching. I know I'm not alone here. Then when they stopped that crap and started working with the things they SHOULD have worked with in the beginning (more info on Andorians, why old style Klingons looked human, etc etc). THOSE were good episodes...but by then, it was too late. The next gen by comparison had only a small handful of dumb episodes.

| ST II was the best movie FTFY

WTF are you talking about? *Everyone* knows diamond is the hardest metal known to man. Here's something to think about: what if a car made out of diamonds runs into a wall made out of diamonds‽

apparently according to this [source](http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-hardest-metal.htm) a type of carbon steel alloy is...

Or if they don't get off your lawn when you tell them too...

Signs of the times- the 2 houses next to me have been abandoned. I saw a kid with a skateboard going into one of them on monday, so I asked the neighbor next to that house if anyone is supposed to be in that house. He said "no, why?" I told him what I just saw, and he rushes into his house and comes out with a 357. I said, "hey man it's just a kid with a skateboard." Didn't change his demeanor one bit. Both of these houses were sold within the last 3 years, and both walked away from their mortgages. http://www.zillow.com/aerial/DualMapPage.htm?zpid=20301014 Now the yards are completely brown, and people are trying to squat in them, and whatever else people do with abandoned homes.

"OMGAD! EVERYONE IN LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE V 6.4 WITH THE ADVDXCD RULESET ISNT A FAT WHITE BOY IN DISGUISE!"

What?

My sympathies. My [22-year old kitty](http://obrysii.deviantart.com/art/Why-are-you-taking-a-picture-104660631) passed away a month ago. I understand how it feels.

22 years? 20 years? Is it normal for cats to live this long? I've never seen a dog that lived more than 16 years. Do cat's live longer typically?

Um, Using linux since 1998, is that long enough?

Slackware in 1995 on a 486DX2/66 here. And I still feel like I got to the party late. (Mind you I started on Ubuntu pre-Warty release, but then I was living in Cape Town at the time so that was just supporting a local)

Another one bites the dust!

How do you think Im going to get along,

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If your in sofl then I can think of a few games we can play that will keep you cumming

The odds of an assassination attempt are reasonable. If successful, the amount and severity of rioting would be historical.

and easily suppressable using the patriot act.

I agree this shit is bad; I don't eat it. But where does it stop? Ban food coloring? Ban MSG? ok. fine. But what about sugar and candy; ban that shit too? Chips and cookies?

I see what you mean, however HFCS is not just bad but really bad. Ever since I stopped consuming the stuff weight loss has been much easier. There's also been a correlation with the rise of obesity in America and the introduction of HFCS.

Have you ever said "lol" out loud?

All the time. But it's become a part of the 'slang' my social group uses. We say, lol, rofl ("roffle"), lmao ("lah-mow", ow as in "power"), stfu ("stu-fu"), afk, brb, gtfo, rtfm... Yeah I realize it's lame but it's how we roll.