citahellion

citahellion

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Reply to Book-a-holic in Misc JoeUser Forums

And by the way, I'm very jealous of everyone who's said "my last purchase was X Hours ago". I haven't bought a book for a couple of weeks now. It's terrible, I tell you.

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Reply to Book-a-holic in Misc JoeUser Forums

I do know a couple to whom I was able to say, "Wow, you have almost enough books!" They do have an actual library room in their house that has probably 30 or more floor-to-ceiling bookcases, 6 or 7 shelves per case, all full (and all color-tagged and Dewey-coded, too). AND they have several other smaller bookcases in other parts of their house.

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Reply to Book-a-holic in Misc JoeUser Forums

People come into my house and say "Wow, you have a lot of books!" And I always look at them and say "Are you crazy? I don't have anywhere near enough!"

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Reply to Forum Bug Reports in Welcome JoeUser Forums

On the "Newest Articles" page, currently there are three articles that are staying on top of the list by virtue of being dated 6/17/04 11:59:00pm. I don't know how they managed to get post-dated like that, but I'm guessing it's a bug.

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Reply to Which one, Boy or Girl? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

The primary problem with the article is that it assumes that "boy" is the opposite of "girl". In fact they are both subclasses of the greater collection, "human" (or "species", if you want to talk about "boy gorillas", etc.) There are many properties that are truly binary, as the principle of contradiction requires. Boy/Girl is not one of them.

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Reply to I want your answers! in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

Last meal: All-you-can-eat buffet with no time limit. Word: Cerulean. Expletive: Mother Pus Buckets (for major situations) or Crub (for minor incidents). Island: My wife and my daughter (6 months old today!), for what I hope are obvious reasons. B/M: Books. I can replay music in my head a lot better than I can re-read a book in my head. Fear: death.

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Reply to no sausages please, i'm a vaginaterian in Blogging JoeUser Forums

That's "Omphaloskepsis", for contemplating the navel (with an E, not a second A.) And you need a word for that so that you can call someone who's too caught up in their own inner workings to understand what the hell is going on in the real world an "omphaloskepsist" without sounding rude.

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Reply to The Catch-22 of Geek Dating in Dating JoeUser Forums

Probably your best bet as a geek is to go to some decent-sized SF conventions. Lots of geek girls go to these, and in many cases they are somewhat scantily clad, or at least racily clad. Of course that may make talking to them even harder.

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Reply to charisma in Misc JoeUser Forums

Someone with charisma is generally likeable by default; warm, friendly, engaging, with an ability to make you feel that you are interesting and important to them, or (more in the case of leaders) that by following them you will be involved in something worthy and important.

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Reply to Take down your flag, we don't like it.. in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thanks to Kingbee for the timeline. Clearly all the articles that have been written on the subject are sympathetic to the Oultons' plight. I see now that the association was within its rights at the time to make him take the flagpole down, and the law was not in force in time to prevent it. However, I still believe, based on the photos and the quotes, that Oulton's flagpole and flags were erected and raised from patriotism, and the Associati

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Reply to Slashdotters Demand Access to Child Porn in Websites JoeUser Forums

Pardon me if this is too related to the original topic, but the way I read the /. argument was this: If you cede control of what you are allowed to view to someone else, then you have no guarantee that they won't start controlling things outside of the original scope of the agreement. It's like NetNanny and other "Parental control" software that has a proprietary, secret list of sites that it blocks; Turns out that instead of just b

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Reply to "friday five" ... what pushes YOUR buttons ? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

1) Privacy, so I can read my books. 2) Books. (I only have 1 television, I have a thousand books or so.) 3) Logic. I idolized Mr. Spock when I was younger. 4) Time, so I can read all my books (amongst doing other things). 5) Evening; specifically 6pm-11pm.

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Reply to I Cannot Tell a Lie in Business JoeUser Forums

The attitude that in "today's world" it's OK to do such things is one of the reasons that "today's world" is in sorry shape. I am absolutely in favor of shopping around and finding the best deal, but lying to get a better deal is wrong. I will return extra money to a cashier who accidentally gives me too much change, and I have returned to a store to pay them for something that got missed in checkout. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95

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Reply to Take down your flag, we don't like it.. in Politics JoeUser Forums

Draginol, I acquiesce on the definition of "structure" including flagpoles, although I don't care for the definition myself. However, the law specified that covenants are not allowed to implicitly forbid flags or flagpoles: "A. Unless specifically prohibited by the association's rules and regulations or architectural guidelines provided in the disclosure packet required pursuant to Section 55-512, the association shall not prohibit an

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Reply to Take down your flag, we don't like it.. in Politics JoeUser Forums

Actually, Dharmagrl, the association WAS telling him he could not fly the flag. They declared the flag itself to be a "Visual Nuisance." See: http://kdr.e-xl.com/en/22999/american-flag-alliance/ and: http://www.inman.com/inf/3cim/story.asp?ID=33917 And this quote from the (apparently now-defunct) http://www.americanflagtrial.com/bla.html The Association representative was reported by the press as stating that the Memorial D

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Reply to Take down your flag, we don't like it.. in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think it was reasonable for Mr. Oulton to assume that a flagpole was not a "Structure". Obviously I haven't read the 250 pages of charter, but the common conception of a structure as I understand it is that it is a BUILDING of some kind; a shed, a hutch, an outhouse, a doghouse, a gazebo, a lean-to, a carport, a garage, etc.; something with SIDES and a ROOF. I don't believe that a flagpole qualifies.

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Reply to What's your favourite book? in Art JoeUser Forums

It depends on what you're looking for in a book. For a good short story with a message that was well ahead of its time, you can't beat "Harrison Bergeron" by Vonnegut. For a deep, complex novel with a lot of metaphysical and philosophical themes to be pondered, "Briefing for a Descent into Hell" by Doris Lessing. For interesting, consistently amusing fantasy/adventure, anything by Terry Pratchett, especially the DiscWorld series.

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Reply to Blacklists, and Censors, and Trolls. Oh My!! in Misc JoeUser Forums

I think the "standard definition" of trolling that you offer is a little too bland. "Someone who writes something for the sole purpose of getting a reaction out of someone" is not a troll, because as you point out, we all want our posts to have some impact. But merely "getting a reaction" does not go to the crux of trolling. I would say that a better term would be "for the sole purpose of getting a rise out of someone". In other words, the goal of

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