Forum: Other Other Topics
12-01-2007, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,063
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Forum: Politics
11-16-2007, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 66
Views: 530
Re: Ron Paul\'s glaring downfall
Which states had a religious test for voting? I know of a couple which had religious tests for holding office or the like, but would be curious which or how many states had religious tests for...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-17-2007, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 259
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-13-2007, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 127
Re: math problem
I'm not sure that there's really a general principle at work here. One point is that after the initial bracket, one already knows the potential second and third place coins. Finding the second...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-13-2007, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 127
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-13-2007, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 127
Re: math problem
Is there a good way to show that 22 is the best possible, i.e., the minimum number required in the worst case?
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-12-2007, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 127
Re: math problem
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I can't think of a better method off-hand than Sholar's. However, unless I misunderstood, his method takes 22 measurements, not 21. (Second place coin has 4 choices, which takes 3...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-12-2007, 01:57 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 127
Re: math problem
<font color="white">First figure out the heaviest one just doing a binary search: 15 weighings. The key point is that the second heaviest coin is one that was eliminated by the winner at some point;...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
09-12-2007, 01:40 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 131
Greatest Speeches
I recently came across http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html -- in short, a list of 100 great speeches from 20th century America. The speeches tend to be mainly political, but I...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
09-12-2007, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 360
Re: My most tilt inducing hand ever.
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Meh, only lost 1 more BI before I called it quits.
Pretty boring. /images/graemlins/frown.gif
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-02-2007, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 365
Views: 1,876
Re: Ask me about Adolf Hitler.
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It's like he was trying to bait me into marginalizing the Holocaust.
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There has been a LOT of this going on in the thread. Some people are watching this...
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Forum: STT Strategy
09-02-2007, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 27
Re: two pair lots of action...
If this is a 3.40 as your location suggests, this is a call. You'll see flush draws, tptk, etc. often enough relative to sets to make this worthwhile.
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
09-02-2007, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 146
Re: \"The Game\" Book discussion
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Did any of the techniques make sense to you or did they seem ridiculously obvious? I haven't read it but I've heard about it. I had been under the impression it was a manual but now...
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Forum: EDF
09-01-2007, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 106
Views: 472
Re: Help me choose 4 cities to live next year
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while it would depend on the wife's employment, a 3-month stay would be well within the bounds of an ordinary tourist visa.
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Right, but...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-01-2007, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 365
Views: 1,876
Re: Ask me about Adolf Hitler.
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I am hesitant to says this, and I don't want to get this thread off topic, but people should really be aware of Hitler's persuasive propaganda ways and see...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-31-2007, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 365
Views: 1,876
Re: Ask me about Adolf Hitler.
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I am hesitant to says this, and I don't want to get this thread off topic, but people should really be aware of Hitler's persuasive propaganda ways and see if there are people...
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Forum: Politics
08-30-2007, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 125
Views: 427
Re: Ever think about who we assasinate?
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I'd never heard of them (have many people?) but I don't think they are really of world-historic importance, unless my reading of their wikipedia biographies was too brief.
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Forum: Politics
08-30-2007, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 125
Views: 427
Re: Ever think about who we assasinate?
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Glass houses man. How many of these names do you recognize?
Hassan al-Banna
Karl Liebkneckt
Nikolai Bukharin
Hugo Blanco
Salvador Allende
Benazir Bhutto
Charles Taylor
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
08-29-2007, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 166
Re: Are Astronauts Heroes?
I think that the word hero has been debased so much in recent times, which is why you are inclined to think that 'heroes are only for kids.'
An entire profession cannot be composed of heroes...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
08-29-2007, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 99
Views: 491
Re: Ask me about being a religious jew
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I have heard a rabbi describe Judaism as being both a race and a religion. On the other hand, when I posed the question to a Jewish friend of mine, he was very offended. I mean...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-23-2007, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 320
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-22-2007, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 320
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-13-2007, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 172
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-13-2007, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 172
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Forum: Internet Gambling
08-09-2007, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 117
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