Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-23-2007, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 403
Re: when to sell GOOG?
I'm clueless about analyzing companies, but when I think of a company with a "moat", Google immediately comes to mind. I'm also a programmer guy, so I guess that explains why I'm also interested in...
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Forum: Politics
11-23-2007, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 117
Re: Saving the Earth from people
What is so great about being "natural"? Is it natural to drive cars, take antibiotics, and post on the Internet?
Side question, what has convinced you the population will plateau at 10 billion? ...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-15-2007, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 141
Re: Programming a Poker Game
All of the comments are pretty good. As for representing a hand, you can use 4 integers to neatly do this. Each integer represents one of the four suits, and the bits of the integer determine if a...
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Forum: Politics
09-17-2007, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 298
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-15-2007, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 76
Re: Anyone use Zecco?
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I just filled out an application this afternoon. How many business days does it typically take them to activate the account so that I can fund it with an echeck?
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Took...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
09-15-2007, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 56
Re: Psychology vs. Religion
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It seems to me that people never seem to examine all the evidence on the existence of God...Since their natural bent is to be self absorbed and deny him
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Is this really...
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Forum: Politics
08-18-2007, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 62
Re: Bono: Welfare statist, heckler
I've been mildly curious for awhile as to what Bono's response would be after hearing that foreign aid might be prolonging poverty instead of the other way around. Can't say that I'm too surprised...
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Forum: Politics
08-08-2007, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 274
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Forum: Politics
08-08-2007, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 64
Re: Newt For Prez?
It's on the front page of C-SPAN (http://www.c-span.org) at the moment. "Newt Gingrich, American Solutions for Winning the Future, General Chairman (8/7/2007)"
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-05-2007, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 291
Re: What theory is this?
I think someone offered a $1 million prize to reproduce the experiment in a double-blind study under laboratory conditions... Forget where I read this though.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-31-2007, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 49
Re: DNA and human brain.
I just have a few comments. For instance, Ray Kurzweil likes to use the example of the Mandelbrot set to show how simple instructions can result in extremely complex structures. I think he claims...
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Forum: Politics
07-30-2007, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 222
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Forum: Politics
07-29-2007, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 222
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-29-2007, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 119
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Forum: Politics
07-27-2007, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 226
Views: 779
Re: Leave Michael Vick Alone...
I have difficulty working out my own opinions about animal treatment, and admit to usually siding with the animals. To me, I see some (admittedly fuzzy) ethical differences between
1) euthanizing...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
07-14-2007, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 398
Views: 2,539
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Forum: Politics
07-10-2007, 02:45 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 82
Re: Question for AC\'ers who refuse to vote. . .
Another possibility for promoting AC is by supporting the right of secession. It would be a dream if a U.S. city could peacefully separate itself from the government, and become its own city state...
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Forum: Politics
07-01-2007, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 50
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Forum: Politics
06-28-2007, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 67
Views: 230
Re: Free market solution to spam
Gmail seems terrific at stopping spam... And you can pipe your email through their spam filter and even keep your current address if you want. All for free of course too. Clearly more govt is...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-16-2007, 06:19 AM
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Replies: 72
Views: 268
Re: Anarchocapitalism questions
Your complaints apply even moreso to government. All they try to do is maximize profit (taxes, special interests), all while providing lip service and propaganda. They clearly are not rational and...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
06-11-2007, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 128
Views: 661
Re: Bots and the future of online poker
There is a trivial way to get around bot detection if you drop the automation. Use a second computer, manually input the hand action, then follow the on screen instructions.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-11-2007, 05:26 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 135
Re: Evolution
Hypothetically, if all humans cooperated, we could increase our average/maximum lifespan, assuming we had enough time on an evolutionary scale. All you have to do is set a minimum age before being...
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Forum: Politics
06-08-2007, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 130
Views: 497
Re: Michael Moore and socialized medicine
Socialized health care becomes a disaster if you think of the web of incentives it would create. I shouldn't have to care if someone smokes or overeats, but as soon as I have to pay everyone else's...
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Forum: Politics
06-05-2007, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 80
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Forum: Politics
06-04-2007, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 350
Views: 1,101
Re: ACist country
Any thoughts about nuclear weapons? If AC land had a few defense companies who had a few nuclear weapons, might that be all the deterrent necessary to stop states from invading? Just thinking out...
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