Forum: Politics
05-03-2007, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 141
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Forum: Politics
05-03-2007, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 141
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Forum: Politics
05-03-2007, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 141
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
05-02-2007, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 119
Views: 421
Re: my friend on evolution
I do believe that macroevolution is an extention of microevolution. But that conclusion is not a trivial one to draw and requires more justification than just saying if you believe one mutation can...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
05-02-2007, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 119
Views: 421
Re: my friend on evolution
I believe that the best explanation for the origin of humans is through evolution with common ancestors from apes. Having said that, my answer to your question is that your friend is making some good...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
05-01-2007, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 108
Re: Inertia physics question
If you were catching a 1 pound object that fell 10 feet you would need 1 pound of force pushing up to keep it at constant velocity and then you would need roughly another pound of force acting over...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
05-01-2007, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 116
Views: 417
Re: Probability Question for David Sklansky
I once had a situation where two students had identical responses on a multiple choice test except one of them got 95% and the other got 0%. I had given out two different versions of the test with...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-27-2006, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 351
Views: 3,713
Re: .999~ = 1, Agree?
My reply is not a direct answer of the question, simply the correct statement that lim .999n = 1 as n goes to infinity where n is a number of 9's (but hell yes I voted its equal to one I'm an...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-24-2006, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 307
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-23-2006, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 88
Re: Need some physics help
Choosing the downward direction as positive.
For the mass m1
F(m1) = m1a = m1 (g/2) = + m1g + T2 - T1
youre setting the net force on m1 equal to all the individual forces on m1 which are:...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-23-2006, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 307
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Forum: Politics
07-26-2006, 08:13 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 166
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Forum: Medium Stakes
07-15-2006, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 26
2 pair vs possible straight
1-2 NL on line full ring. No info on villan. Folded around to hero in late position with Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif10 /images/graemlins/club.gif
Hero raises to $6, BB calls
Pot $13
Flop: Q...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-15-2006, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 85
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Forum: Medium Stakes
07-07-2006, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 71
Re: 200 NL AK easy fold?
I think you gotta call here. He could have a weaker king or draw or could be trying to steal the pot.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-06-2006, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 164
Views: 554
Re: Why you think God doesn\'t exist?
If you mean Unicorns as mammals, we dont believe in Unicorns on Pluto because the idea is foolish - it is too cold. The idea of a higher power behind the Universe is not foolish - it's just unknown.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-06-2006, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 168
Re: Ethical Codes for Robots, Sexy Robots
It's gonna happen. There will be machines smarter than we are probably by the end of the century. We may eventually see a entity that has the entire knowledge of the human race and that can think...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-06-2006, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 164
Views: 554
Re: Why you think God doesn\'t exist?
I think your original post is fine. Its a straightforward question. Yes its possible there is a higher power.
It seems unlikely that a higher power is responsible for placing people on the earth...
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Forum: Politics
07-06-2006, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 92
News Flash - The Iraq War ended a long time ago
Its surrealistic how everyone keeps talking about an ongoing Iraq War. What we have now is a military occupation. The War happened and the US won. Here's the definition of war from Wikipedia, the...
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Forum: Politics
07-03-2006, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 323
Re: escalating israeli situation
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The Jews do not hold the cards that can propagate peace.
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Correct. Good line.
It is absurd to think that if the Jews stoped reacting to those that want to destroy...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-03-2006, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 110
Views: 594
Re: Is there luck in chess
For beginners there is luck in chess. If a player is only thinking 3-4 moves ahead and does not understand good positional play, then they can stumble into a win from a situation that neither player...
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Forum: Politics
06-26-2006, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 139
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Forum: Politics
06-25-2006, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 139
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Forum: Politics
06-24-2006, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 143
Re: Mondale and Perry : Strike First
But I don't think that nuclear non-proliferation is about fairness - We've got nukes so others should be allowed to have nukes. I think the world is lucky that US got nukes first and not for example...
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Forum: Politics
06-24-2006, 05:14 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 139
Re: American public education - myths exploded
Another point here is about the teachers that you get in private schools. Many are excellent and choose to be there because they take pride in the school they are a part of. There are many great...
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