Ok, I'm a retard. I was eligible for a freeroll tournament last week, since I'm a charter member over at Full Contact Poker . I thought it was a qualifier for the Daniel Negreanu's Protege tournament (the winner will be tutored by Negreanu for a few months and he bankrolls you in four $10,000 tournaments). I took that tourn
It's the new year, so I decided I need to keep better track of my poker sessions. I suspect I'll be making enough from the game this year that I'm going to have start to paying taxes on it. It's kind of annoying that I can't just declare my net win for the year. I have to add every single winning session to my income, then deduct every single losing session. It'll be
KoL rocks - Stabby Pete, Malamute Basher
Heh, what's funny is that when those laws were being suggested (double murder for killing a pregnant woman), there was a lot of debate that somehow the pro-life crowd would start using that law to argue for making abortion illegal. Others said that slippery slope argument was silly and these new laws would only be used deal out extra punishment on those who kill a pregnant woman. But if there's going to be more articles like this one popping u
Strategic planning != racism
Well, let's use a little game theory. There are four possible outcomes: 1.) You do not contribute / project succeeds - The project will go on with or without you. In this senerio, you have not wasted any work hours and the company itself does well, which means you do well. Your objection to the usefulness of the project has proven to be incorrect. Result = No work hours lost. 2.) You do not contribute / project fails - Again, you have
Dogs won't even do this shit. Have you ever been to a park and seen a small dog chase a big dog around? You see it all the time, small dogs can consistently harass large dogs without trouble. You know why? The big dog's brain is tricked into thinking the small dog is a puppy, so it won't hurt it. Even DOGS have psychological trouble hurting puppies. These guys are lower than animals.
Huh, you'd think a site like that wouldn't have any problems finding a geek to fix their code. The site I really liked for finding geeks (or geek friendly girls) was www.craigslist.org. They only have sites in major metropolitan areas, but if you're near one it might be good. That's actually the site where I met my wife (and found a job, three apartments, a motorcycle helmet, a couch, etc.) Now, it does have a large population of freaks, but m
Awesome. I wish more people would actually copy & paste info like that instead of just telling us to google something. Keeps us all on the same page.
"The resolution to this is that an international tribunal is to hear the cases of each prisoner to whom we wish to attach this label and adjudicate their status either as POWs or as illegal combatants." What would we then do with the ones labeled as illegal combatants? And who would form the international tribunal?
By the way, I just watched Spiderman 2 again. Now that would be a great vehicle for spreading this new meme
Fish-man wrote: "But wouldn't any technology that makes sure we always do what our conscience tells us to do cancel out free will?" Not technology, as in microchips that force behavior. But more like human-produced philosophies that offer an easy to understand and easy to follow mode of behaviour. Perhaps heralded via an effective and non-annoying media campaign to embed the meme into a majority of the popopulus. I think what s
STUTEFISH: If man is self-perfectible, why hasn't he perfected himself yet? PACDRAGON: Because he lacks the technology. STUTEFISH: Since when does technology solve metaphysical problems? Heh, well at least I'm not the only one who believes technology is the answer. One of the advances you learn in Alpha Centauri, the futuristic version of Civilization 2, is Ethical Calculus <img src="../images/smiles/joke.gif" border=0 AL
These comments are no fun! Where are all the Coulter haters this morning?
"The record seems pretty clear that human components alone don't get the job done." Perhaps, but the record doesn't show that non- or super-human components would do a better job. Sounds similar to saying, "History has not shown that humans are capable of intergalactic travel. Hence, magic is the answer."
"Finally I think that the evidence shows that humans cannot resolve the conflict between Good and Evil by themselves." Are you saying it's not resolvable or that the solution is non-human?
What about those who are, in D&D terms, Lawful Good yet aren't religious?
+ Democratic Party wins "huge" majorities in House and Senate in a "landslide victory". Democratic gains in House & Senate: 3:2 favorite. Huge gains w/ landslide victories: 4:1 dog. + Voters will be angry at, among other things, "the condoning of torture as American policy" and "the current economic crisis". (Note that torture has not yet been condoned as American policy, nor are we currently in an economic "crisis". Both these things
Let me know if you get that grant. There's a lot of water in Hawaii.
I just have a hard time buying that the people of China are suddenly all riled up about Japan's past atrocities. The fish makes a good point, why is this an issue now? It wouldn't have anything to do with Taiwan, would it? Nah, must just be this generation finally got it together enough to get steaming mad about the actions of the last generation. I guess new blood takes a long time to boil?
Inspired by Stutefish's otherworldly adventure, I had to write about the time I made out with a Succubus: http://www.livejournal.com/users/pacdragon/7471.html
What's funny is that I've heard this complaint all my life, it doesn't have anything to do with new players. I remember reading a rant on a BBS way back when about the poor quality of Trade Wars players nowadays. Before that, people were complaining about how immature & stupid all the pen & paper AD&D players were getting. People complained about the cheaters in the Doom 2 online hack, the player killers in Dark Sun Online, the immature Quake
The conversation between Prof Tsurumi and bush was first hand. Not for us.
gman wrote: What are your facts supporting a war in Iraq that are not associated with Saddam being a mean old man? The world is full of mean old men in power. I'm not sure I follow that particular logic. The world is also full of mean old rapists, but I still support arresting those we can. The existance of other mean old men doesn't grant immunity to all. I live in San Francisco, so my views on the matter aren't really share
Hehe, creative sarcasm rocks.
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