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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 04:01 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By theprestige
I could have sworn the mainstream reasoning for...

I could have sworn the mainstream reasoning for exotic dark matter was the observation of substantial mass without the expected baryonic reactions.

Though I suppose at this point it's the baryons...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts Yesterday, 03:38 PM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,996
Posted By theprestige
As someone who makes constant use of kindle's...

As someone who makes constant use of kindle's "download a sample" option, I have zero problems with the idea of starting a story for free and then paying to continue if I like it so far.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Yesterday, 03:36 PM
Replies: 1,491
Views: 52,691
Posted By theprestige
Seems like the distinguishing characteristic of...

Seems like the distinguishing characteristic of an efficient market is that it does not allow for arbitrage. The stock market seems like a good candidate, since there arbitrage is called insider...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Yesterday, 03:13 PM
Replies: 602
Views: 8,240
Posted By theprestige
"We provide minimal humanitarian aid," Roosevelt...

"We provide minimal humanitarian aid," Roosevelt said at a press conference in January. "If we want to achieve our war goals, we give the minimal aid."

Basically everything the Allies did to Nazi...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Yesterday, 10:33 AM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By theprestige
Those aren't the kind of checks I think of, when...

Those aren't the kind of checks I think of, when I think of checks and balances in the exercise of government power.

I don't know how it is in the UK, but in the US the security services answer...
Forum: Computers and the Internet Yesterday, 10:09 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 245
Posted By theprestige
No mention of a pop-up. Just the constant...

No mention of a pop-up. Just the constant power-cycling issue.


Seriously, just take it to your friendly neighborhood computer repair shop. Calling the vendor will just put you on hold for a few...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories Yesterday, 09:00 AM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 45,581
Posted By theprestige
Tell me you've never lived through a single snowy...

Tell me you've never lived through a single snowy season in your entire life without telling me.

You have three options: Preempt the entire season, and throw your tires on in September or...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 17th March 2024, 04:59 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 245
Posted By theprestige
An excellent question for a computer repair shop...

An excellent question for a computer repair shop with the article in front of them.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th March 2024, 04:57 PM
Replies: 1,491
Views: 52,691
Posted By theprestige
The farther back you go, the less consistent the...

The farther back you go, the less consistent the UI/UX. The convergence of transmission controllers on the center console is relatively recent.

So shame on Tesla for casually eschewing convention....
Forum: Computers and the Internet 17th March 2024, 04:18 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 245
Posted By theprestige
Take it round to your local computer service...

Take it round to your local computer service shop.

Also, almost certainly not a virus.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 17th March 2024, 04:08 PM
Replies: 602
Views: 8,240
Posted By theprestige
We should be so lucky, that you were only being...

We should be so lucky, that you were only being stupid. No, the accusation here is that you're making stupid arguments on purpose in an act of intentional bad faith, in support of anti-semitic...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th March 2024, 02:07 PM
Replies: 1,491
Views: 52,691
Posted By theprestige
The more I think about it, the more I think that...

The more I think about it, the more I think that Teslas are not any worse than other car brands, in terms of overall quality or performance or ethics. Not especially so, anyway.

Rather, it seems...
Forum: Trials and Errors 17th March 2024, 11:23 AM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 126,029
Posted By theprestige
But you totally trust him when he says he didn't...

But you totally trust him when he says he didn't pull the trigger. You're so confident in his situational awareness around guns that you believe Gutierrez will get a mistrial because her prosecutor...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th March 2024, 11:21 AM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By theprestige
Not stripping her of her citizenship would also...

Not stripping her of her citizenship would also have been applying the law correctly. And those same courts also agreed that by exercising this discretionary power, the Home Secretary has made it...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th March 2024, 06:41 AM
Replies: 1,491
Views: 52,691
Posted By theprestige
Why the passive voice? The car didn't fall into a...

Why the passive voice? The car didn't fall into a lake. Someone drove it into a lake. To be fair, though, you wouldn't expect the kind of person who drives into lakes to be the kind of person who...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2024, 03:51 PM
Replies: 549
Views: 54,678
Posted By theprestige
Yeah, I think it's not just the manufacturers...

Yeah, I think it's not just the manufacturers that are cutting corners. I'm about to stop flying, not because of the manufacturers, but because of the airlines. A manufacturing defect, you issue a...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 16th March 2024, 02:17 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 1,533
Posted By theprestige
A beat-up story about a beat-up program has a...

A beat-up story about a beat-up program has a certain symmetry to it.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2024, 01:28 PM
Replies: 549
Views: 54,678
Posted By theprestige
I'm still trying to figure out how much of this...

I'm still trying to figure out how much of this is quality control issues from the manufacturer, and how much of this is airlines cutting corners on routine maintenance.

The door plug incident is...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2024, 01:19 PM
Replies: 549
Views: 54,678
Posted By theprestige
It's probably standard procedure for the...

It's probably standard procedure for the coroner's office to make some public statement about their findings. Not sure why you find it appalling. It would have been gratuitous and in poor taste for...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2024, 07:53 AM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By theprestige
It's a lot easier for a government to persist in...

It's a lot easier for a government to persist in misrule, when they can just disavow any citizen that will cause them trouble.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th March 2024, 07:49 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By theprestige
All baryons are emitting light, even if it's just...

All baryons are emitting light, even if it's just black-body radiation. Dark matter is called dark because it doesn't appear to do that. A vast and massive cloud of baryons, enclosing galaxies and...
Forum: Trials and Errors 16th March 2024, 07:41 AM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 126,029
Posted By theprestige
Oh what fresh hell of nonsense is this? Nothing...

Oh what fresh hell of nonsense is this? Nothing novaphile has proposed is at odds with the First Amendment. It's not even at odds with the Second Amendment, which is what I assume you meant.
Forum: Trials and Errors 16th March 2024, 07:36 AM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 126,029
Posted By theprestige
Not according to IATSE, the trade union for...

Not according to IATSE, the trade union for theatrical armorers in North America. According to them, an armorer doesn't require any experience or certification at all.
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th March 2024, 05:07 PM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 126,029
Posted By theprestige
The armorer's union says otherwise. Also,...

The armorer's union says otherwise.

Also, are you okay? These typos are far beyond speech to text transcription errors.

As they always are, with your posts.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 05:04 PM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 45,581
Posted By theprestige
The official equivalent of a masters degree is a...

The official equivalent of a masters degree is a masters degree. Continuing vocational education after graduation is not post graduate work, and does not confer anything like the equivalent of a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 04:26 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By theprestige
Sure, the argument being made by you is that dark...

Sure, the argument being made by you is that dark matter isn't dark at all. That the 90%+ of unobserved mass in the universe is actually just unpredicted deuterium, happily absorbing and emitting EM...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 03:43 PM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 45,581
Posted By theprestige
Whatever they asked for in another thread, it...

Whatever they asked for in another thread, it wasn't this nonsense, and they didn't ask for it here.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 03:12 PM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 45,581
Posted By theprestige
Nonsensematics, probably.

Nonsensematics, probably.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 02:54 PM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 45,581
Posted By theprestige
Literally no one asked you for this nonsense:

Literally no one asked you for this nonsense:
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 02:43 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By theprestige
Exasperated astonishment.

Exasperated astonishment.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 02:34 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By theprestige
Jesus Christ. "What if the explanation for dark...

Jesus Christ. "What if the explanation for dark matter is that it's not dark at all?"
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th March 2024, 02:30 PM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 126,029
Posted By theprestige
It seems like some entry-level experience with...

It seems like some entry-level experience with property management on a movie set would be a prerequisite.

On the other hand, if this is the union job description, all it really means is that...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2024, 01:51 PM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By theprestige
Why go to the trouble of giving a citizen due...

Why go to the trouble of giving a citizen due process, when the law endows the Foreign Office with a Somebody Else's Problem field?

(•_• ) - citizen is terrorist

( •_•) - citizen is terrorist?...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2024, 01:08 PM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By theprestige
UK law in this matter is unjust. The minister did...

UK law in this matter is unjust. The minister did a legal thing, but not the right thing. Indeed, your precious court hearing found that the minister's decision, while legal, effectively deprived...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2024, 12:46 PM
Replies: 972
Views: 29,430
Posted By theprestige
It's not your facts or your principles I object...

It's not your facts or your principles I object to, it's your rhetorical strategy of hyperbolic free association, which does your cause little good, and tends to force me into a "with friends like...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 12:43 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,460
Posted By theprestige
Please tell me this is an hilariously inept...

Please tell me this is an hilariously inept attempt at deploying the I was only pretending to be retarded (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-was-only-pretending-to-be-retarded) defense.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 12:41 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,460
Posted By theprestige
Stop lying. You're professing agreement with...

Stop lying. You're professing agreement with something I never said and don't believe. Meanwhile, it's obvious you don't agree with what I actually did say, and which you lied about to try to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2024, 12:19 PM
Replies: 972
Views: 29,430
Posted By theprestige
You seem to be missing something....

You seem to be missing something. (https://www.bunnings.com.au/search/products?page=1&q=hinge&sort=BoostOrder)
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2024, 12:10 PM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By theprestige
She was living inside an ISIS-controlled enclave....

She was living inside an ISIS-controlled enclave. What was she supposed to do? Tell her husband that she no longer supported his ideology, wanted a divorce, and intended to leave Syria on the next...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 12:06 PM
Replies: 318
Views: 20,713
Posted By theprestige
I just did. "[S]udden, significant,...

I just did.



"[S]udden, significant, and often unexpected advancement or change in a particular field or situation" is just as real, and just as deserving of the term "quantum leap".
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 11:49 AM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,460
Posted By theprestige
Your door seems to have come entirely unmoored...

Your door seems to have come entirely unmoored from its jamb, my dude.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2024, 11:25 AM
Replies: 972
Views: 29,430
Posted By theprestige
Enh. Biden is a career politician. Of course he's...

Enh. Biden is a career politician. Of course he's probably detrimental to society in some way.

Levine, on the other hand, I would consider as much a victim as he is a perp. He's not so much...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 10:33 AM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 45,581
Posted By theprestige
Sure you have. This, for example: Is...

Sure you have. This, for example:



Is clearly self-aggrandizing nonsense. The only reason to not count it as a lie is because it's so obviously and stupidly untrue that one is inclined to...
Forum: USA Politics 15th March 2024, 10:22 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 945
Posted By theprestige
Ironically, this would mean fielding a candidate...

Ironically, this would mean fielding a candidate who will appeal to moderate conservatives who would rather vote for a Republican other than Trump, but would rather vote for Trump than a Democrat.
...
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th March 2024, 10:06 AM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 126,029
Posted By theprestige
The Armour's Union, and the NRA will fight you...

The Armour's Union, and the NRA will fight you over this, but neither of those are big fans of Baldwin.[/QUOTE]

The armorer's union is the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2024, 09:46 AM
Replies: 213
Views: 3,138
Posted By theprestige
I might raise my hand, if some compelling greater...

I might raise my hand, if some compelling greater good were proven.

Similar problem to requiring pornographers to maintain PII records of their performers. Real names, etc.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 09:43 AM
Replies: 318
Views: 20,713
Posted By theprestige
It's called "quantum" not because it's really,...

It's called "quantum" not because it's really, really small, but because state changes are in discrete steps, not continuous progressions. An electron doesn't travel over a continuous mass-energy...
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th March 2024, 09:29 AM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 126,029
Posted By theprestige
Sure, and I don't mind being corrected on this...

Sure, and I don't mind being corrected on this point. Really, I think we've reached the stage now where, between CGI, proliferation of realistic fakes, and significant safety concerns, there's really...
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th March 2024, 08:23 AM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 126,029
Posted By theprestige
Unless they claim they didn't pull the trigger,...

Unless they claim they didn't pull the trigger, to avoid blame for a negligent discharge. Then apparently we have to bend over backwards to hypothesize a movie set ninja who rigged the gun with a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 08:19 AM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,460
Posted By theprestige
All the best sources and scientists use my...

All the best sources and scientists use my definition, except when they don't, and then they aren't, except when they do, and then they are.

On a meta level, Steersman's arguments do a fair job...
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