Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
4th October 2009, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 3,061
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
25th September 2009, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,750
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
18th September 2009, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,221
Actually, I would be willing to bet Rush isn't...
Actually, I would be willing to bet Rush isn't all that racist. I think he just is taking his dim-witted, racist audience for all he can get. If there were more money in socialist radio, he'd be...
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Forum: Education
13th September 2009, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,690
I understand the point of JetLeg's post, but...
I understand the point of JetLeg's post, but frankly, if you have gotten to say, your third year and are unable or unwilling to check any evidence you question, you should ask for your tuition back....
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
13th September 2009, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,203
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
7th August 2009, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 2,318
This has brought out many of the "same ole"...
This has brought out many of the "same ole" responses, both from second amendment advocates and from gun control advocates. Several pundits here in Pittsburgh were even calling for the ladies in the...
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
3rd August 2009, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 1,220
Views: 74,624
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
27th July 2009, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 1,220
Views: 74,624
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Forum: Education
20th July 2009, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
LF,
I still can't get a handle on which...
LF,
I still can't get a handle on which credentials you are looking at, but I happened to run across something yesterday that shows the situation might not be so dire as you fear.
Suppose you...
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Forum: Education
17th July 2009, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
drkitten,
You're small potatoes. Point them...
drkitten,
You're small potatoes. Point them at studio lights, Hah! I was running camera covering the crowd during a very good solar eclipse and didn't have goggles, so I got the bright idea of...
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Forum: Education
8th July 2009, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
drkitten,
Yes, I see your point about...
drkitten,
Yes, I see your point about Oxbridge (I hadn't known about this term until your post; I'm hopelessly out of date.) and I sympathize (empathize) with you about the DiffEq course. But, the...
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Forum: Education
4th July 2009, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
You may be right. I have no direct experience...
You may be right. I have no direct experience with it. I thought it was an effort to harmonize standards in the same sort of way we did with emi/emc some years back. Harmonization does indeed...
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Forum: Education
4th July 2009, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
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Forum: Education
3rd July 2009, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
Lightfire22000,
Since you won't respond to...
Lightfire22000,
Since you won't respond to requests for evidence, I'm gonna jump in and, instead of criticizing you, offer some plausible support for self-directed learning.
First, there are...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
3rd July 2009, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 492
Views: 12,125
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Forum: Education
1st July 2009, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
You challenged me to show where you made any...
You challenged me to show where you made any claims about accreditation and/or licensing that you could not make up by showing the laws. I have done my part and you have not met your burden. I will...
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Forum: Education
30th June 2009, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
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Forum: Education
30th June 2009, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
drkitten,
You guys have licenses now??! What...
drkitten,
You guys have licenses now??! What a great idea! We're so far behind you here in PA. But, we do have a lot of crooks, so an idea like that would go a long ways toward erasing the state...
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Forum: USA Politics
24th June 2009, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 818
Views: 52,521
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Forum: Education
21st June 2009, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
OK, here's a link
...
OK, here's a link
http://books.google.com/books?id=R6LcpZiSy50C&pg=PA263&dq=lesley+iron+manufacturers
Based on the data in this book, a decent industrial historian can quickly show the...
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Forum: Education
21st June 2009, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
Many of us who teach adults allow for different...
Many of us who teach adults allow for different learning styles. But, are you perhaps criticizing teaching styles? That's a different story and not necessarily open to the student to dictate.
What...
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Forum: Education
20th June 2009, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
Lightfire22000,
I still don't understand your...
Lightfire22000,
I still don't understand your point. Pretend I'm slow (hell, I really am) and walk me through it. What exactly do you want to change? I live here in the American rustbelt, I mean...
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Forum: Education
19th June 2009, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
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Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
19th June 2009, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 1,267
Views: 96,244
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Forum: Education
19th June 2009, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
But, this is what I'm missing in your ideas.
...
But, this is what I'm missing in your ideas.
You have the freedom to do many of these things already. For example, without any degree, you could start a company manufacturing household appliances....
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Forum: Education
19th June 2009, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
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Forum: Education
19th June 2009, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
But, they do exist. We might work toward...
But, they do exist. We might work toward correcting that, but we can hardly walk away from the whole idea of public education.
As you could see in the next post I wrote, I agree with some of your...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
18th June 2009, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 12,803
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Forum: Education
17th June 2009, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
Lightfire22000,
You have an interesting...
Lightfire22000,
You have an interesting point that you might develop a bit. There is a divide between pedagogy, where you can basically terrorize the little %%#$s into memorizing anything, and...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
15th June 2009, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 300
Views: 11,923
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
13th June 2009, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,305
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Forum: USA Politics
12th June 2009, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 142
Views: 2,978
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
11th June 2009, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 119
Views: 4,412
Scotty indeed!:p Did I suggest dilithium...
Scotty indeed!:p Did I suggest dilithium crystals?
You make a good point about the refueling. Tankers must come to the field and there is the refueling explosion hazard which always exists around...
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
11th June 2009, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 119
Views: 4,412
You must not live in the American plains. The...
You must not live in the American plains. The "way of the future" is the big automatic combine fleets, all controlled by computers via GPS, running 24/7 (with some drying needed for night). If there...
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Forum: USA Politics
11th June 2009, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 142
Views: 2,978
Parky76,
I apologize. I thought this was a...
Parky76,
I apologize. I thought this was a bad idea, but yesterday's shooting at the Holocaust Museum has shaken my point of view a bit. I still think it impractical to set up a ban, but I admit...
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Forum: Education
11th June 2009, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
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Forum: Education
10th June 2009, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
That's often not the best idea. If you're in...
That's often not the best idea. If you're in business, your goal is not to spend as little as possible but rather to earn as much as possible, and, for some, to operate a sustainable business....
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
9th June 2009, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 119
Views: 4,412
There's a game one can play to see how this all...
There's a game one can play to see how this all works out. Imagine a table (at Uncle HH's casino, of course) on which there were many bundled stacks of pink index cards. Each stack has 100 cards in...
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Forum: Education
9th June 2009, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 474
Views: 49,367
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Forum: USA Politics
9th June 2009, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 4,613
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
8th June 2009, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 14,774
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Forum: USA Politics
8th June 2009, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 1,851
The history of the 2nd suggests otherwise. The...
The history of the 2nd suggests otherwise. The wording strongly reflects the Virginia view of militia (in fact, the wording makes perfect sense in terms of the Virginia perspective) and that view is...
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Forum: USA Politics
8th June 2009, 04:52 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 1,851
There is a very simple answer. There were a...
There is a very simple answer. There were a number of proposals, mostly based on state's bills of rights. The 2nd is a close copy of Virginia's proposal, and the "verbiage" can be well understood in...
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Forum: USA Politics
8th June 2009, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 1,851
I suppose you could argue it, but SCOTUS has so...
I suppose you could argue it, but SCOTUS has so far refused to include the 2nd, the 3rd, parts of the 5th and 7th, and all of the 9th and 10th from Incorporation. A majority would have to see the 2nd...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
6th June 2009, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 2,054
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
4th June 2009, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 2,848
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Forum: Computers and the Internet
3rd June 2009, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,046
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Forum: USA Politics
3rd June 2009, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 1,851
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
3rd June 2009, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 994
When I was a kid, there was a constant...
When I was a kid, there was a constant controversy as to whether the Yankees or the Dodgers were the better team. The opinions were real, yet completely meaningless, sort of like a fart in a...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
2nd June 2009, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 5,155
But, you gotta like Mormons for microfilming...
But, you gotta like Mormons for microfilming (eventually) all the public documents in the world. No matter what they want to do with them, anybody like me who wants the 1654 delinquent tax list for...
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