Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-25-2007, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 182
Re: How To Proceed After Dealer Error
I'd like to get some feedback before you guys know what happened, but I won't be able to check up on this thread for a while, so I'll post the result in white:
<font color="white"> It happened kind...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-25-2007, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 182
How To Proceed After Dealer Error
I was playing at the new Wheeling Island poker room when the dealer made a mistake that caused a lot of commotion. In a NL hold'em game, I bet a lot on the flop, folds to the button who announces...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-20-2007, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 269
Re: Even Cooler Problem Involving e
I love this problem, and the answer is awesome, although I'd never seen it stated quite that way; I had seen it generally as the secretary problem.
I'm not sure if any of you are familiar with...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-18-2007, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 91
Re: Oversized Chip
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Still. In Live Poker please just freaking announce your intent. It eliminates ambiguity. Not saying that the OP is guilty of this, but too many people try to get cute or think it looks...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-18-2007, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 91
Oversized Chip
I'm well aware of the fact that placing a single oversized chip into the pot constitutes a call unless stated otherwise verbally. However, while playing at the newly opened Wheeling Island poker...
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Forum: Sports Betting
11-18-2007, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 51
NBA True Winning Percentage
I know it's been studied in baseball that looking at run differential can be a more accurate predictor of future winning percentage than even current winning percentage (some form of Pythagorean...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-16-2007, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 418
Re: Executing Child Rapists
I don't believe in the death penalty even for terrible, atrocious crimes. I once went to a presentation on the death penalty involving a couple whose child was murdered and a single father whose...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-16-2007, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 101
Re: The second imaginary number
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How important is the second imaginary number in mathematics? I am of course talking about h the number whose square is -2.
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Are you familiar with the field of complex...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-16-2007, 01:34 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 242
Re: Is one wrong answer more wrong?
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It depends on how you define the "~" operator. In some applications it might make sense to say that 5 is more right than 4, but if you want to...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-15-2007, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 291
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-15-2007, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 219
Re: GMAT question - symantic problem?
I agree it's poorly worded, but it's incorrect to use the 720 interpretation. The question said nothing about pairs of digits, so you have no reason to disallow pairs of digits.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-14-2007, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 168
Re: Was the Bing Bang a Random event?
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Meh, most people (philosopher types) just accept that there on limits on God if he exists.
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Philosopher and mathematician René...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-14-2007, 02:53 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 168
Re: Was the Bing Bang a Random event?
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I don't see how this Mickey guy could possibly know that there aren't any truly random events. There could be an omniscient figure which only knows knowable things. Some events might...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-14-2007, 02:50 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 168
Re: Was the Bing Bang a Random event?
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Meh, most people (philosopher types) just accept that there on limits on God if he exists.
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Philosopher and mathematician René Descartes disagrees with that. Surely...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-14-2007, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 104
Views: 650
Re: Eugenics
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I don't know how big the gene pool would need to be, but with 6 billion people on this planet, I think it probably wouldn't be a big problem.
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But remember that you are...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-14-2007, 02:03 AM
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Replies: 104
Views: 650
Re: Eugenics
The moral implications are enormous, but for some reason you wish to put those aside. OK...how about the fact that narrowing the gene pool significantly could actually lead to unexpected genetic...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-13-2007, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 139
Re: Inherently good?
Has nobody in the course of human history every made a huge mistake, realized it after the fact, and spent the rest of their life regretting that mistake? Those people might consider themselves "bad...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-13-2007, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 347
Re: Crazy Question about Omnipotence
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For what it's worth, I also dont think he defined good, loving, moral etcetera. I think those are "there" too. I dont see how we can ascribe properties to god if those properties are...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-13-2007, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 347
Re: Crazy Question about Omnipotence
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So you posted the definition of omniscience just so you could refute it or...what?
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NO. Omniscience means the capacity to know everything. But knowing...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-13-2007, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 347
Re: Crazy Question about Omnipotence
OK I missed a lot of things while I slept.
First of all, the "2+2=5 for all sufficiently large values of 2" was in fact a joke. However, it's still sort of true vacuously :-P
With regards to...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-13-2007, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 347
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-13-2007, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 347
Re: Crazy Question about Omnipotence
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Arent any discussions about God's omnipotence kind of silly and meaningless since none of us has the slightest clue wtf omnipotent means?
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What does their silliness and/or...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-13-2007, 04:55 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 347
Re: Crazy Question about Omnipotence
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Well obviously God isn't omnipotent. Show me in the bible where this word is used.
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Just for fun though, I thought I'd point out Revelations 19:6 according to the King...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-13-2007, 04:51 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 347
Re: Crazy Question about Omnipotence
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For the sake of argument, suppose that there is a God that created the universe and that He is omnipotent (as many of His followers believe He is). Presumably then in creating...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-13-2007, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 347
Crazy Question about Omnipotence
For the sake of argument, suppose that there is a God that created the universe and that He is omnipotent (as many of His followers believe He is). Presumably then in creating the universe, He...
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