Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
08-06-2006, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 140
Re: Ed Miller?
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I'm hunting for news about Ed Miller in this years World Series. I had read he qualified through Full Tilt. Is this true? Has he played yet? Is he schedualed to play tomorrow?
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Forum: Books and Publications
08-02-2006, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 145
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Forum: Books and Publications
08-01-2006, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 145
Re: Scientific American Article: The Expert Mind
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I skimmed the article. As an undergrad I took a lot of courses that had to do with this subject. This is old news: Experience in a field is so much more important than intelligence. ...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-18-2006, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 311
Re: Postmodernism: A Good Place To Start
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Makes it somewhat amusing that the Sokal hoax would be recommended as an appropriate starting point for enquiry into postmodernism.
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Not at all - Sokal showed that absolute...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-14-2006, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 311
Re: Postmodernism: A Good Place To Start
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That would make way too much sense for a postmodernist's word. From the link I gave above:
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The main theme of the works of Rushdie is not discourse, but subdiscourse. Debord...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-13-2006, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 229
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Forum: Books and Publications
07-12-2006, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 167
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-12-2006, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 364
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-12-2006, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 311
Re: \"Post-modernism\"
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Postmodernism will rot your brain.
I have friends that refuse to do their laundry, because laundry is a social construct. I'm not kidding.
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The most effective...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-09-2006, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 110
Views: 584
Re: Is there luck in chess
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How is that luck? Your opponent blundered. He made a mistake.
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...a mistake which was caused by nothing more than luck.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-09-2006, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 110
Views: 584
Re: Is there luck in chess
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It's been said that chess is a game of pure information and skill. I wonder if there isn't some luck to it, though.
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Let's say you're a level N player playing a level N+1...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-09-2006, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 164
Views: 550
Re: Why you think God doesn\'t exist?
2003 BBC Reith Lectures (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/)
Q:"Is [your atheism] because of your science, is that because of what you have learned, or...?"
A:"Well, it's partly common...
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Forum: Books and Publications
07-09-2006, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 46
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Forum: Sporting Events
07-09-2006, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 582
Views: 1,839
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Forum: Televised Poker
05-03-2006, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 148
Views: 1,321
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Forum: Televised Poker
05-03-2006, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 148
Views: 1,321
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Forum: Televised Poker
05-03-2006, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 148
Views: 1,321
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Forum: Televised Poker
05-02-2006, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 148
Views: 1,321
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Forum: Televised Poker
05-02-2006, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 148
Views: 1,321
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
04-28-2006, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 478
Re: How do the \"pros\" develop their game?
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I usually play 8-12 tables at a time and there is no way I could have seen that many hands in a live game. I've probably seen as many hands of poker as most pros who don't play online. My...
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Forum: Books and Publications
04-28-2006, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 101
Re: Rolf Slotboom\'s book
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It seems like this Dew Mason person has a very interesting background.
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I think I may have cracked the code.
"Dew Mason". "Dew" is a homonym of "Deux". "Deux Mason"...
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Forum: Books and Publications
04-26-2006, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 49
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Forum: Televised Poker
04-26-2006, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 562
Re: New WPT Tonight
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Over/under on the number of times MP and VVP say "Living Legend" is set at 5.
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And yet there is no over/under for the number of times they will say "big floppy...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-26-2006, 06:35 AM
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Replies: 164
Views: 1,064
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-21-2006, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 91
Re: hilarious clip of stand up
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im sure people have seen this guy on comedy central or that its been posted before
but this clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wLhcsjPxPE&search=impression) is just so friggin...
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