OckhamsRazor

OckhamsRazor

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Reply to Understanding elitism in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]Unfortunately, the law of our land prevents this. The stupid thrive. They breed. They vote.[/quote] It's Idiocracy. Sabrina rocks...there's nothing to add to this.

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Done with Stardock in Consumer Issues JoeUser Forums

A few days ago, I noticed that the forums weren't working as intended. The way I "surf" JU is I look on the right to see what the popular articles are, and then I pick one and click it. If none of those articles seem interesting, I look at the "Recent articles" list and pick one of those. Once I've read that and responded or delcined to, I look again on the right for something new to view. The problem was that once I had navigated away from my own blog, if I clicked so

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Reply to Palin for President? in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]boring as watching paint dry[/quote] I think this statement is a pointer to one of the problems we Americans have. The media generates it, but WE allow them to, and WE buy it. One of any politician's jobs is not to entertain me. If I hire a plumber to come fix my sink, I don't need him to juggle and tell jokes, too. I need him to fix the damn sink. And if one shows up, and he's a great joke teller, but fails to fix my sink, the enterta

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Reply to Liberals Make My Head Hurt in Democrat JoeUser Forums

[quote]They believe what they believe cuz they believe it to be true.[/quote] I just shot soda through my nose I laughed so hard at the irony.

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Reply to God doesn't need your money in Religion Stardock Forums

[quote]Besides all this motive is the key. For an atheist to give to another it's not giving to God because he doesn't believe in God.[/quote] If motive is the key, then it doesn't matter who the money is given to if it's given for the right motive, and it doesn't matter the religious affiliation (or complete lack of one) of the person giving it. That is if you truly believe that motive is the key. [quote]If I give say, $5,000 to a charity

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Reply to God doesn't need your money in Religion Stardock Forums

[quote]So now you're a philosophizer.[/quote] Always have been. I like to say that when I find out where Physics and Philosophy intersect, I'm going to build my house there. I'm going to take another tack here. Someone mentioned "giving money to God" and this is the problem I have. If I send money to someone directly in need, is that giving money to God? Not according to the churches. The only thing that qualifies as "giv

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Reply to Spore Impressions in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]First off, thanks for being so kind in your response psychoak, I love sarcasm when I am bringing up another side of the argument, really makes my day.[/quote] Not to pick on ya Jenkas, but can you see anything wrong with this sentence?

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Reply to Spore Impressions in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote]I know it's not the best strategy game, but you have to consider that this wasn't made to be as deep as Civ or Galciv is during the Civ phase[/quote] Not at all true. The original working title for Spore was "SimEverything." It was not only meant to be deeper, but pretty much as deep as deep can be. I'm sure Will is pretty disappointed too. This was not the dream he dreamed, and you can be sure that it was freaking bean counters at the bot

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Reply to God doesn't need your money in Religion Stardock Forums

If you take the point one step further (which probably no one will do except a Bright), consider: If you didn't have a church, you could still worship There wouldn't be any electric bills, building maintenance fees, pastor salaries, etc. All the money used to do good works could still be sent to do good works plus some. It isn't like churches have a monopoly on charity. So what purpose does a church serve? What does it add that

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Reply to Spore Impressions in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]I don't understand what the big deal is[/quote] Psychoak made some good points, but since I played Mass Effect and Bioshock on the 360, they don't apply to me. Here's what does. Principle. The people that buy the game aren't the ones that are going to pirate it. Derrrrr. The copy protection involved, therefore, applies ONLY to the paying customers. See the problem here? The thing that has to be dealt with is

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Reply to Spore Impressions in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

763 reviews on amazon.com last I looked. Out of five stars, it got an average on 1 star. I read the first page of reviews. DRM DRM DRM DRM. It probably is a cool game, but giving money to morons that think DRM stops piracy as opposed to what it REALLY does, which is inconvenience its PAYING customers, isn't my jam. And I'm disappointed. I've really been looking forward to this, but EA won't have my bucks until they unwedge thei

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Reply to Sarah Palin = Republican Eagleton in Republican Stardock Forums

No one is perfect, Larry. If you don't like Palin, then don't vote for McCain. Seems like a no brainer. I could point out the flaws of democrats and republicans alike for days and days. What would be the point? Palin would be good for the country. She may have made some bad decisions, but that goes along with being human. At least she isn't afraid of MAKING a decision (and I don't mean that Obama IS by that...althou

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Reply to AP Reports on Palin's Speech B4 it is Given? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I've only voted once in my life. I voted AGAINST Bill Clinton. I don't remember who he was running against, I just thought his facade of being this clean dude was false. Hey wow...turns out it WAS false even though no one seemed to care. What a surprise on both acounts. Now, of course, the people who thought it was totally cool for Billy boy to get his dick sucked by an intern are upset because Palin's underage daughter is preggers. Hypocri

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Reply to Does speaking matter? in Republican JoeUser Forums

[quote]compared to ObamaVaporPlan(TM)[/quote] No real comment on the article per se, but I love to pass this tidbit along. if you want the trademark symbol in a post, hold down alt and press 0153 on the number pad. ™ Ta da!

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Reply to AP Reports on Palin's Speech B4 it is Given? in Politics Stardock Forums

I watched Sarah's speech this morning over coffee (YouTube for the win). It was great. She's almost convinced me my vote might matter. I think I could suspend my affiliation with the NOTA party, but I'd be voting for Sarah, not John.

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Reply to Hungry? in Life Journals Stardock Forums

[quote]What do you think, do we need larger throats or smaller mouths?[/quote] Neither and both.

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Reply to Owning my Faith and my beliefs in Religion JoeUser Forums

Sounds like a healthy parent-child relationship to me. As you grow older, you still love your parents, but you no longer need them. If your God exists, I find it hard to believe he would want you to spend your life (which he gave you in this dogma) worrying about him. I'd think he'd WANT you to live life without fetters of any kind (namely any sort of deity-driven guilt which seems to be so common in Christians). But you know me...I'm not a believer, s

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The Word of Ock in Religion JoeUser Forums

Thou shalt not proclaim faith as truth. If it were truth, you wouldn't have to have faith in it. It might BE truth, but you don't know for sure - therefore the faith. Thou shalt not argue between religions. They're all equally right or equally stupid. The statistics of your faith being correct are pretty slim. Wwe're talking less than a 1000th of a percent. Thou shalt chill the fuck out. If you're right, then WH

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