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Postby Hurdegaryp » Sat May 30, 2015 11:50 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:He did not even invent the internet, just like Apple most certainly did not invent the tablet.

Two heroes ruined, aigh

Steve Jobs was ruthlessly efficient and knew how to make the people at marketing give it their all, but a hero he was not.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.
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Postby Xanama » Sat May 30, 2015 11:54 am

Dyakovo wrote:
Xanama wrote:No, a turtle, with a top hat

Image?

Yes, basically, I call him edgar
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sat May 30, 2015 11:55 am

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Two heroes ruined, aigh

Steve Jobs was ruthlessly efficient and knew how to make the people at marketing give it their all, but a hero he was not.

To those who took lsd, he is.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Immoren
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Postby Immoren » Sat May 30, 2015 11:55 am

Jute wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:He did not even invent the internet, just like Apple most certainly did not invent the tablet.

Microsoft beat them to it like ten years...


I thought that was Sumerians.
I do dimly rember making few tablets back in my day in old Sumer.

“

Let us rejoice, therefore,
While we are young.
After a pleasant youth
After a troubling old age
The earth will have us.

Where are they who, before us,
Were in the world?
Go to the heavens
Cross over into hell
If you wish to see them.

Our life is brief
Soon it will end.
Death comes quickly
Snatches us cruelly
To nobody shall it be spared.

Long live the academy!
Long live the professors!
Long live each student;
Long live the whole fraternity;
For ever may they flourish!

Long live all girls,
Easy [and] beautiful!
Long live [mature] women too,
Tender, lovable,
Good, [and] hard-working.

Long live the state as well
And he who rules it!
Long live our city
[And] the charity of benefactors
Which protects us here!

Let sadness perish!
Let haters perish!
Let the devil perish!
And also the opponents of the fraternities
And their mockers, too!

What a gathering
of academics is there today?
From far away they gathered,
Immediately they advanced
Into the public forum

Long live our fellowship,
Long live the students;
May truth alone thrive
May brotherhood flourish
(and) the prosperity of the country.

May our Alma Mater flourish,
Which teaches us;
Dear ones and comrades,
(and) the scattered into places
Various, she congregated.”
IC Flag Is a Pope Principia
discoursedrome wrote:everyone knows that quote, "I know not what weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones," but in a way it's optimistic and inspiring because it suggests that even after destroying civilization and returning to the stone age we'll still be sufficiently globalized and bellicose to have another world war right then and there
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Confederate Ramenia
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Postby Confederate Ramenia » Sat May 30, 2015 12:10 pm

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Two heroes ruined, aigh

Steve Jobs was ruthlessly efficient and knew how to make the people at marketing give it their all, but a hero he was not.

But he made iPhones that I can use to post about how corporations are evil on Facebook! That's pretty heroic, IMO.
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The Flutterlands wrote:Because human life and dignity is something that should be universally valued above all things in society.

Benito Mussolini wrote:Everybody has the right to create for himself his own ideology and to attempt to enforce it with all the energy of which he is capable.

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Ava Ire
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Postby Ava Ire » Sat May 30, 2015 12:11 pm

This month took longer than expected to end...
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Barboneia
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Postby Barboneia » Sat May 30, 2015 12:12 pm

Ava Ire wrote:This month took longer than expected to end...

Everything's been going quickly for me. Which is bad, because that means summer vacation is also going to go by quickly.
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Ava Ire
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Postby Ava Ire » Sat May 30, 2015 12:15 pm

Barboneia wrote:
Ava Ire wrote:This month took longer than expected to end...

Everything's been going quickly for me. Which is bad, because that means summer vacation is also going to go by quickly.

Hopefully time will slow down for me in June. But I doubt it.

I'll probably change my flag at the beginning of June...
I'm a mysterious, sp00ky pink ghost that's haunting this website for some reason.
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Dyakovo
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Postby Dyakovo » Sat May 30, 2015 12:16 pm

Barboneia wrote:
Ava Ire wrote:This month took longer than expected to end...

Everything's been going quickly for me. Which is bad, because that means summer vacation is also going to go by quickly.

That's okay, I'm sure it'll drag by for your parents.
Don't take life so serious... It isn't permanent...
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Grave_n_Idle: Maybe that's why the bible is so anti-other-gods, the other gods do exist, but they diss on Jehovah all the time for his shitty work.
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Barboneia
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Postby Barboneia » Sat May 30, 2015 12:17 pm

Dyakovo wrote:
Barboneia wrote:Everything's been going quickly for me. Which is bad, because that means summer vacation is also going to go by quickly.

That's okay, I'm sure it'll drag by for your parents.

Good.
Depressing Nordic semi-socialist commonwealth filled with Lovecraftian horrors, man-eating fox people, Finns, bizarre accents, Saabs, and Volvos.
A collection of some of my NationStates artwork.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sat May 30, 2015 12:22 pm

Dyakovo wrote:
Barboneia wrote:Everything's been going quickly for me. Which is bad, because that means summer vacation is also going to go by quickly.

That's okay, I'm sure it'll drag by for your parents.

For an adult September is the bestest month of the yeae.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Ava Ire
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Postby Ava Ire » Sat May 30, 2015 12:22 pm

I've found myself obsessed with the WALL•E soundtrack lately...
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Dyakovo
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Postby Dyakovo » Sat May 30, 2015 12:28 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Dyakovo wrote:That's okay, I'm sure it'll drag by for your parents.

For an adult parent of school-age children September is the bestest month of the yeae.

Ftfy...

Beyond the influx of bored children here (seriously, go outside and play - use your imagination) I no longer care.
Don't take life so serious... It isn't permanent...
Freedom from religion is an integral part of Freedom of religion
Married to Koshka
USMC veteran MOS 0331/8152
Grave_n_Idle: Maybe that's why the bible is so anti-other-gods, the other gods do exist, but they diss on Jehovah all the time for his shitty work.
Ifreann: Odds are you're secretly a zebra with a very special keyboard.
Ostro: I think women need to be trained
Margno, Llamalandia, Tarsonis Survivors, Bachmann's America, Internationalist Bastard B'awwwww! You're mean!
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Jute
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Postby Jute » Sat May 30, 2015 12:47 pm

Immoren wrote:
Jute wrote:Microsoft beat them to it like ten years...


I thought that was Sumerians.
I do dimly rember making few tablets back in my day in old Sumer.

“

Let us rejoice, therefore,
While we are young.
After a pleasant youth
After a troubling old age
The earth will have us.

Where are they who, before us,
Were in the world?
Go to the heavens
Cross over into hell
If you wish to see them.

Our life is brief
Soon it will end.
Death comes quickly
Snatches us cruelly
To nobody shall it be spared.

Long live the academy!
Long live the professors!
Long live each student;
Long live the whole fraternity;
For ever may they flourish!

Long live all girls,
Easy [and] beautiful!
Long live [mature] women too,
Tender, lovable,
Good, [and] hard-working.

Long live the state as well
And he who rules it!
Long live our city
[And] the charity of benefactors
Which protects us here!

Let sadness perish!
Let haters perish!
Let the devil perish!
And also the opponents of the fraternities
And their mockers, too!

What a gathering
of academics is there today?
From far away they gathered,
Immediately they advanced
Into the public forum

Long live our fellowship,
Long live the students;
May truth alone thrive
May brotherhood flourish
(and) the prosperity of the country.

May our Alma Mater flourish,
Which teaches us;
Dear ones and comrades,
(and) the scattered into places
Various, she congregated.”

Electronic tablets, obviously. Ancient poem? That is really exciting. That stuff must be thousands of years old! :o
Carl Sagan, astrophysicist and atheist wrote:"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages,
when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling,
that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual...
The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
Italios wrote:Jute's probably some sort of Robin Hood-type outlaw
"Boys and girls so happy, young and gay / Don't let false worldly joy carry your hearts away."
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Immoren
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Postby Immoren » Sat May 30, 2015 12:59 pm

Jute wrote:
Immoren wrote:
I thought that was Sumerians.
I do dimly rember making few tablets back in my day in old Sumer.

“

Let us rejoice, therefore,
While we are young.
After a pleasant youth
After a troubling old age
The earth will have us.

Where are they who, before us,
Were in the world?
Go to the heavens
Cross over into hell
If you wish to see them.

Our life is brief
Soon it will end.
Death comes quickly
Snatches us cruelly
To nobody shall it be spared.

Long live the academy!
Long live the professors!
Long live each student;
Long live the whole fraternity;
For ever may they flourish!

Long live all girls,
Easy [and] beautiful!
Long live [mature] women too,
Tender, lovable,
Good, [and] hard-working.

Long live the state as well
And he who rules it!
Long live our city
[And] the charity of benefactors
Which protects us here!

Let sadness perish!
Let haters perish!
Let the devil perish!
And also the opponents of the fraternities
And their mockers, too!

What a gathering
of academics is there today?
From far away they gathered,
Immediately they advanced
Into the public forum

Long live our fellowship,
Long live the students;
May truth alone thrive
May brotherhood flourish
(and) the prosperity of the country.

May our Alma Mater flourish,
Which teaches us;
Dear ones and comrades,
(and) the scattered into places
Various, she congregated.”

Electronic tablets, obviously. Ancient poem? That is really exciting. That stuff must be thousands of years old! :o


Not that old. :p
IC Flag Is a Pope Principia
discoursedrome wrote:everyone knows that quote, "I know not what weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones," but in a way it's optimistic and inspiring because it suggests that even after destroying civilization and returning to the stone age we'll still be sufficiently globalized and bellicose to have another world war right then and there
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Hetalia Dakota 2 II
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Postby Hetalia Dakota 2 II » Sat May 30, 2015 1:28 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Dyakovo wrote:That's okay, I'm sure it'll drag by for your parents.

For an adult September is the bestest month of the yeae.

Kids start back school in August though, ends in May.
Signatures are boring.
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Hetalia Dakota 2 II
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Postby Hetalia Dakota 2 II » Sat May 30, 2015 1:31 pm

Dyakovo wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:For an adult parent of school-age children September is the bestest month of the yeae.

Ftfy...

Beyond the influx of bored children here (seriously, go outside and play - use your imagination) I no longer care.

I wonder why kids don't play outside anymore? It's all I ised to do, my parents would tell me "don't come back to sundown." Barefpot in Arizona summer, none of us cared.
Signatures are boring.
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Postby DesAnges » Sat May 30, 2015 1:40 pm

The original Shaft is hilarious.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sat May 30, 2015 1:41 pm

Dyakovo wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:For an adult parent of school-age children September is the bestest month of the yeae.

Ftfy...

Beyond the influx of bored children here (seriously, go outside and play - use your imagination) I no longer care.

Fair enough.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sat May 30, 2015 1:43 pm

DesAnges wrote:The original Shaft is hilarious.

He is a complicated man
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Postby DesAnges » Sat May 30, 2015 1:44 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
DesAnges wrote:And very difficult to pull off.

A very good catch indeed. The use of a glove spoils us americans. We get some really acrobatic plays with it.

A lot of good cricket catches tend to be reactive, especially in the slip position.

Chris Jordan in particular is a master of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELK1lphGB9g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQLlc_CMC1g

The third one on that second video is my personal favourite because it meant a wicket for Joe Root <3
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Postby Hetalia Dakota 2 II » Sat May 30, 2015 1:46 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
DesAnges wrote:The original Shaft is hilarious.

He is a complicated man

I know nothing of him, aside from what Fresh Prince taught me.
Signatures are boring.
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Postby Dyakovo » Sat May 30, 2015 1:48 pm

Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:
Dyakovo wrote:Ftfy...

Beyond the influx of bored children here (seriously, go outside and play - use your imagination) I no longer care.

I wonder why kids don't play outside anymore? It's all I ised to do, my parents would tell me "don't come back to sundown." Barefpot in Arizona summer, none of us cared.

I figure it's a combination of paranoia about "stranger danger" and the easy entertainment offered by videogames...
Don't take life so serious... It isn't permanent...
Freedom from religion is an integral part of Freedom of religion
Married to Koshka
USMC veteran MOS 0331/8152
Grave_n_Idle: Maybe that's why the bible is so anti-other-gods, the other gods do exist, but they diss on Jehovah all the time for his shitty work.
Ifreann: Odds are you're secretly a zebra with a very special keyboard.
Ostro: I think women need to be trained
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Jute
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Postby Jute » Sat May 30, 2015 1:49 pm

Immoren wrote:
Jute wrote:Electronic tablets, obviously. Ancient poem? That is really exciting. That stuff must be thousands of years old! :o


Not that old. :p

Ah, I thought it was from the inventors of the tablet. Still interesting and inspiring. Thanks
Carl Sagan, astrophysicist and atheist wrote:"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages,
when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling,
that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual...
The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
Italios wrote:Jute's probably some sort of Robin Hood-type outlaw
"Boys and girls so happy, young and gay / Don't let false worldly joy carry your hearts away."
See the Jutean language! Talk to me about all. Avian air force flag (via) Is Religion Dangerous?
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Dyakovo
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Postby Dyakovo » Sat May 30, 2015 1:50 pm

Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:For an adult September is the bestest month of the yeae.

Kids start back school in August though, ends in May.

In NY it's September and June.
Don't take life so serious... It isn't permanent...
Freedom from religion is an integral part of Freedom of religion
Married to Koshka
USMC veteran MOS 0331/8152
Grave_n_Idle: Maybe that's why the bible is so anti-other-gods, the other gods do exist, but they diss on Jehovah all the time for his shitty work.
Ifreann: Odds are you're secretly a zebra with a very special keyboard.
Ostro: I think women need to be trained
Margno, Llamalandia, Tarsonis Survivors, Bachmann's America, Internationalist Bastard B'awwwww! You're mean!
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