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Posted on 01-27-07 01:11 AM, in So who wants to try out the harmless weapon first? Link
Seems like an excellent torture device, but I'm sure the U.S. government wouldn't think of such a thing.
But I'm pretty sure that by harmless, Riku meant extremely painful.
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Posted on 01-27-07 04:11 AM, in The paradox of the Berkeley-esque college Link
Originally posted by Silvershield
Originally posted by Snow Tomato
Who wants a bunch of college students living in their town? Nobody.
As has been mentioned before, the presence of a university is a huge boon to virtually any town. The economy of the surrounding area is supplemented substantially, both by the influx of college-age kids who have daddy's money to throw around, and by the creation of jobs. Even at my school, which is in Poughkeepsie and only has around 4500 undergrads, there are a great deal of locals working in food service, as janitorial and cleaning staff, and certainly in miscellaneous office jobs and whatnot. The image of "drunk college kids running around causing trouble" is usually tolerated when the locals see all the cash they pump into the economy.

That's what people said about "big-box retailers."
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Posted on 01-27-07 04:12 AM, in So who wants to try out the harmless weapon first? Link
Originally posted by Ziff
Well, if you had thought for a moment you'd have realized that I was making a facetious remark. I want a link on the Japanese thing. I want some proof on that. I didn't watch some kids to lament about someone missing an episode Mythbusters.


Although, Archimedes did in fact make something like a heat ray; he developed burning mirrors, if I remember right.
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Posted on 01-27-07 04:32 AM, in The Sordid Affair of Genarlow Wilson Link
I don't think Jomb was trying to say that age of consent laws were bad, but that there should be a close in age exception to this case. He has a point, that even though the legal and socially-accepted definition of "child" vary, people think that a child molester is some adult raping kids. If nothing happens to change this precedent, eight years in the future, I can forsee a socially-alienated Wilson in the future.
To say that the age of consent is an "arbitrary threshold" marginalizes the the idea of an age of consent. A child isn't mature enough to grasp the reprecussions that sexual intercourse can have. Even more, a child can't really support another child.
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Posted on 01-27-07 09:31 AM, in Pictures that make you go wtf? Link
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Posted on 01-28-07 02:36 AM, in Whats your opinion bout this e.coli breakout? Link
Stuff like influenza and the common cold are far more of a problem.
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Posted on 01-28-07 09:28 PM, in What do YOU do in the Shower Link
I ponder, and wash myself. Often using soap, shampoo, and a washcloth.
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Posted on 01-28-07 11:13 PM, in What do YOU do in the Shower Link
I shower myself in the shower, and bathe myself in the bath.
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Posted on 01-29-07 02:05 AM, in Teh Box O' Brain Hurtrz Link
Method 1: The first person sees if green or red hats are more dominant, and then chooses the most common one. This guarantees that the number of people saved are [50,100].
50~100% save rate.

And a note, I'm pretty sure it would be a column, not a row, that you're talking about. Rows are horizontal, and would imply that each person is not facing towards another person. If I'm right, they should be looking at the people in front of them, correct?
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Posted on 01-29-07 03:59 AM, in The Sordid Affair of Genarlow Wilson Link
Originally posted by Jomb
"You talk about human sexuality as if it's just a natural biological function"

Thats because it is. It a natural biological urge which occurs after the onset of puberty. All the things you attribute to sex are completely artificial fabrications society puts on this act.

So are you trying to tell me that social constructs are "fabrications"?
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Posted on 01-29-07 04:07 AM, in Looking for a book Link
I am looking for Principles of Microeconomics 4th edition, by Greg Mankiw, and hopefully hardcover. Yet so far, I haven't found any results that are even probable. Most of them are for the paperback, and the only result I found for the hardcover is more than my student bookstore (150$).
Does anyone know a good place to look? Or should I just look for a cheap paperback? I'd rather not, since if it's used, paperback gets more beat up than hardcover.
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Posted on 01-29-07 04:43 AM, in Looking for a book Link
Originally posted by Danielle
If it's readable and not terribly torn apart, why does it matter if it's a little beat up looking? As long as you can read it...

Then I can't resell it. =\
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Posted on 01-29-07 04:45 AM, in Teh Box O' Brain Hurtrz Link
Originally posted by Uki-Ki-rby
Yea but you cannot know your own color but you could have 99% living

95.5% actually, since there's a half-chance that the first person's color is the same as the color which is used to inform the 2nd person.
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Posted on 01-29-07 05:42 AM, in Looking for a book Link
Originally posted by Uki-Ki-rby
What are the specific damages to your current copy?

I don't have a copy, hence why I'm asking for help looking for a cheap book. But in fact, I just ordered a paperback for 75$, so we shall see.
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Posted on 01-29-07 06:30 AM, in The paradox of the Berkeley-esque college Link
Originally posted by MathOnNapkins
Students may tend to be messy but there are plenty of people who are messy who are also not students. Keep in mind that professors like to live in nice neighborhoods or apartments. Just like any normal city you will have a mixture of the bad and the good. It's also up to the city to write and enforce city ordinances that keep students from trashing their neighborhoods. For example, one of my friends got cited for having couch outside that was not suitable for being outside. After being rained on a few times the thing looked and smelled terrible. So kudos to the gubmint of Bloomington, IN for sticking it to the students. One thing in particular that I think is bad is students leaving 20+ trashbags in or near their house. My cousin at his old house had probably 40 bags of garbage in his backyard at one point.

But you see, citizens don't pay each normal "messy" person $10000 a year through taxes.
The format of the UC system, and many others revolves around a system that caters to the upper class. Let me explain. First of all is the standardized testing system, which is in itself a ridiculous system. Without proper eduction in adapting to this "standardized" test, most people would not be accustomed to the test. However, the SAT score is a key indicator for grouping people in the admissions process. Second of all, the multiple-choice format of the test, especially on the writing section, probes for descriptive answers, ironically, ones which are often put in essay format in College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) testing. Despite this, the Advanced Placement tests are not given a score as the SAT is, but a 1~6 score, not allowing it to be a rank-able score as the SAT is.
Even in the math sections, I'd be presumptuous enough to say that not all students have the luxury of a TI-83, or a TI-89, which computes most material on the SAT math tests with ease(And greatly assists AP math test-takers as well).
There are also a good deal of services that college board provides to those with the money, including regrading and revaluation. But that seems perfectly fair, I suppose.
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Posted on 01-29-07 07:21 AM, in Looking for a book Link
Originally posted by Ziff
Yeah, man. Eco text books cost an arm and a leg. University is designed to gouge the shit out of you.

So much for economical. But I plan on majoring in economics, anyways. And math books must be up there for cost too, but thankfully I have tons of those at home. Does the cost go up exponentially with increase in level or something? =\
The hardcover microeconomics book would have set me back about 170$, though, so I'm happy for that. So long as I know the book's coming, and not knowing what state it's in. I'm hoping for solid and in one piece. This university book stuff is expensive stuff. Imagine when I have to take four or five classes.
And a quick question for anyone knowledgeable, is the norm no homework in college (For textbook purposes)? Since in statistics, political science, and apparently microeconomics, there is no homework.
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Posted on 01-29-07 07:23 AM, in I am not a happy camper. Link
Originally posted by Colin
Well, that logically would work if it weren't for things such as security cameras and the like.

There's also always flash carts and loaders if you're partial to portables.

Nintendo will still love you?
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Posted on 01-29-07 07:29 AM, in Looking for a book Link
Originally posted by Ziff
Well, my Russian, Latin, European Political Science, and 19th Century Europe classes all had weekly homework doohikies.

What about math classes?
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Posted on 01-29-07 07:51 AM, in RPG convert... Link
Where is Breath of Fire?
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Posted on 01-29-07 08:13 AM, in The paradox of the Berkeley-esque college Link
Not to mention that the only test you're ranked on is at such a low level level that a university can't really draw any conclusion from.
But one must admit, there's a marked advantage to those using calculators, given two identical people, and assuming that both are proficient in the material, the person with a calculator has a reduced chance of error in arithmetic, and increase speed in testing--I'm not sure if this is good or not, but most proficient calculus students might take longer than someone with a calculator to solve ln(34.23). Our friend Young Guru might be faster though. O=
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