^^ @3 is prolly the best argument for intelligent design that anyone has come up with yet.

(1) and (2): I assume they are NOT agents controlled by the reptilian overlords, but instead that they are human being with similar bodily functions to mine.

Also, I feel like this should be one of those threads where we list subsequent assumptions (like the free market one).

john9blue wrote:"before time runs out"...?

woops. I think saxi spilled the beans on that one.

So ...
is it just me or is DY one of the most abstruse people on CC ?

Is that in response to this thread, or some other one? I can in detail, explain what is happening here.

I meant in general. I find it hard to read what your actual stance is on many of the topics you post on.
But explaining ...

So ...
is it just me or is DY one of the most abstruse people on CC ?

I had to dictionary-dot-com the word "abstruse."

I really pride myself on my vocabulary, and I had to look that one up too.

"Difficult to understand or obscure", for those of you who haven't gotten to it yet.

Guess ...

12 hours in one or several pubs. Ales, burgers and debates (mixed with the random personal stories here and there).

So ...
is it just me or is DY one of the most abstruse people on CC ?

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Huh, me and tgd were actually just talking about the effect of pirating GRRM books, so this is pretty funny.

What's the equivalent of the bat signal for tgd? I feel like he needs to be summoned to this thread.

I would put it differently. I think different solutions should be proposed. Practically speaking, different solutions are not proposed because the pirates and their supporters are unconcerned about coming to the table with a better solution. I leave the other side out of that equation because they ...

Forgetting any potential idiocy that can be done with DNA (e.g copying it to make clones), what is the difference between this and fingerprints?


The DNA contains vastly more information than a fingerprint does. It would be surprising if we didn't come up with all sorts of ways of utilizing that ...

I think you're overstating the cultural impact on morals a bit. I think there are evolutionary reasons why we should be sad when a relative dies and why we should be angry when someone disrespects us (i.e. challenges our social status).
However many of the current ethics and morals (eg: relating sex ...

Saw something written about how Turing died 59 year ago, to the day, and remembered this thread.

Here's and interesting short article ( link )

Alan Turing was a human being of exceptional intelligence — a mathematical genius — and worked as one of the leading code-breakers during World War II. He ...

Army of GOD wrote:Where everything's made up and the points don't matter. That's right, the points are just like Haggis_McMutton's face.

Hey, you didn't vote!

Why do you hate liberty?

I guess you can tell the user base here is old by the fact that no one even bothers to comment on the name changes anymore (no niet's thread doesn't count). Anyway, traditional name change poll is up.

I don't really like this one tbh.

@patches
No clue. That was just how I'd like them to do it.


YAY! Oh, wait... we've got to deal with political incentives and knowledge problems. You think the political process would support the Hash Plan?

I just come up with the solutions, for implementation issues you need to speak with the ...

Those who think collecting DNA is the same a collecting fingerprints, answer this-

What information is gleaned from a fingerprint?
What information is gleaned from DNA?
Its not the same.

Yes DNA can be used in far more applications than a simple fingerprint. I quite openly state that my support ...

Here remains the thread of saxitoxin. Dearly beloved thread, oh how dearly we have loved thee. When FT snatched away your life and remorselessly strangled you to death.... we... couldn't save you in time. For that, we apologize, but we shall never forget.

Alas, it seems that FT wasn't content ...

I've thought about making a topic for sketches. I'm kinda worried it will literally be just me posting in that one though.

In the meantime:

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I can't really imagine a way in which some entity would have enough power over the internet to stand a chance at stopping piracy without also fundamentally changing the anonymous, distributed nature of the internet.
Maybe there is a way, and if I see it maybe I'll change my mind about this, but ...

^^ seriously. I hate it when people actually argue that. Seems like a thinly veiled attempt to create an excuse for feeling sorry for yourself and not having to try to achieve anything.

Anyway:
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