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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:25 pm

Italios wrote:
Gallade wrote:Frankly, I won't consider the healthcare service funded sufficiently until they can afford to hire a man whose sole purpose is to be shocked by a Tesla coil during operations, screaming "SCIIIIIIIIIIIENCE!"

No! We pay millions and billions and gazillions and we don't get Star Wars type gadgets? What is wrong with today's society? What, and why?!

It's obama's fault, we the people petitioned for a death star, and the administration said "no".
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Val Halla
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Postby Val Halla » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:25 pm

Italios wrote:
Val Halla wrote:He's already a moron...

Congrats, he's a mega moron now!

He wore a helmet though.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:27 pm

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:It's for your own good, for it builds character.


Building character creates inconsistencies, and we wouldn't want to scare Ethel.

so cute r u.
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Prusslandia
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Postby Prusslandia » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:28 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Italios wrote:No! We pay millions and billions and gazillions and we don't get Star Wars type gadgets? What is wrong with today's society? What, and why?!

It's obama's fault, we the people petitioned for a death star, and the administration said "no".

*Redneck accent* Damn commies, always taking our freedoms! That, and them foreigners taking our jobs and making everybody eat tacos.

(I've actually heard somebody say something along those lines, with a considerable addition of racial slurs and swears.)
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Jute
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Postby Jute » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:28 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Italios wrote:No! We pay millions and billions and gazillions and we don't get Star Wars type gadgets? What is wrong with today's society? What, and why?!

It's obama's fault, we the people petitioned for a death star, and the administration said "no".
If he had said yes, other people would have complained about him spending so much.
Italios wrote:Jute's probably some sort of Robin Hood-type outlaw
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."
"A rejection of all philosophy is in itself philosophy."

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Cymrea
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Postby Cymrea » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:29 pm

Prusslandia wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:It's obama's fault, we the people petitioned for a death star, and the administration said "no".

*Redneck accent* Damn commies, always taking our freedoms! That, and them foreigners taking our jobs and making everybody eat tacos.

(I've actually heard somebody say something along those lines, with a considerable addition of racial slurs and swears.)

I had no idea Taco Bell was so coercive. Poor fat Americans!
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:29 pm

Prusslandia wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:It's obama's fault, we the people petitioned for a death star, and the administration said "no".

*Redneck accent* Damn commies, always taking our freedoms! That, and them foreigners taking our jobs and making everybody eat tacos.

(I've actually heard somebody say something along those lines, with a considerable addition of racial slurs and swears.)

Lowest bidder would have been Chinese anyway.
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.

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



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Jute
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Postby Jute » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:29 pm

Prusslandia wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:It's obama's fault, we the people petitioned for a death star, and the administration said "no".

*Redneck accent* Damn commies, always taking our freedoms! That, and them foreigners taking our jobs and making everybody eat tacos.

(I've actually heard somebody say something along those lines, with a considerable addition of racial slurs and swears.)

More "darn government, always wasting our taxes on useless stuff"
Italios wrote:Jute's probably some sort of Robin Hood-type outlaw
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."
"A rejection of all philosophy is in itself philosophy."

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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:30 pm

Val Halla wrote:
Italios wrote:Congrats, he's a mega moron now!

He wore a helmet though.


They're not 100% effective.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:30 pm

Jute wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:It's obama's fault, we the people petitioned for a death star, and the administration said "no".
If he had said yes, other people would have complained about him spending so much.

Probably but then he could have blown up the complainers with the death star.
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Val Halla
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Postby Val Halla » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:31 pm

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Val Halla wrote:He wore a helmet though.


They're not 100% effective.

So, if I kick him in the head...
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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:35 pm

Dyakovo wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Do I look like the Danish WWII resistance?

The miniature version, yes.


Coming from you, I'll take that as a tacit compliment.
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:37 pm

Jute wrote:
Prusslandia wrote:*Redneck accent* Damn commies, always taking our freedoms! That, and them foreigners taking our jobs and making everybody eat tacos.

(I've actually heard somebody say something along those lines, with a considerable addition of racial slurs and swears.)

More "darn government, always wasting our taxes on useless stuff"

More than a few Texans, directly after the Civil War: THEY TOOK OUR SLAVES!
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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Jute
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Postby Jute » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:37 pm

Val Halla wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:
They're not 100% effective.

So, if I kick him in the head...

Is he that awful of an person?
Italios wrote:Jute's probably some sort of Robin Hood-type outlaw
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."
"A rejection of all philosophy is in itself philosophy."

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Esternial
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Postby Esternial » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:37 pm

New Neros wrote:
Esternial wrote:Want some [url]pound cake[/url]?

That link though

Too lazy to look it back up. Use your imagination.

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Val Halla
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Postby Val Halla » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:38 pm

Jute wrote:
Val Halla wrote:So, if I kick him in the head...

Is he that awful of an person?

Yes. He most surely is.
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Postby Lordieth » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:38 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Lordieth wrote:
You'd be amazed how many people in IT industries are reluctant to change, which when you think about it, is a bit mental.

If something works you don't fuck with it. Especially when dealing with life safety systems.


That's a fair argument, and it did cross my mind after I said that. I agree, to a point. Look at what happened at Heathrow over Christmas. Airport chaos over a bug somewhere in millions of lines of code that have just had new code tacked into it year on year. Legacy systems built over decades become a house of cards. There comes a time when upgrading is inevitable.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:38 pm

Esternial wrote:
New Neros wrote:That link though

Too lazy to look it back up. Use your imagination.

I need to buy one of those.
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.

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Hurdegaryp
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:38 pm

Esternial wrote:
New Neros wrote:That link though

Too lazy to look it back up. Use your imagination.

And suddenly it dawned upon me: the URL is a lie!
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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Italios
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Postby Italios » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:40 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Italios wrote:No! We pay millions and billions and gazillions and we don't get Star Wars type gadgets? What is wrong with today's society? What, and why?!

It's obama's fault, we the people petitioned for a death star, and the administration said "no".

Mitt Romney would have said yes D:
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Hurdegaryp
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:40 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Esternial wrote:Too lazy to look it back up. Use your imagination.

I need to buy one of those.

Sorry Ethel, but imagination is not the same as love. You can't buy imagination. Sorry about that.
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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Cymrea
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Postby Cymrea » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:41 pm

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:I need to buy one of those.

Sorry Ethel, but imagination is not the same as love. You can't buy imagination. Sorry about that.

If you must buy love...keep the receipt.
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Postby Italios » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:41 pm

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:I need to buy one of those.

Sorry Ethel, but imagination is not the same as love. You can't buy imagination. Sorry about that.

You can buy love?! Where?! Can I spike Val Halla and Kieran's drinks with it so they fall madly in love?!
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:42 pm

I was going to wonder why someone feels the need to troll the transgender thread but then I remembered this is NSG, so I stopped wondering.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:43 pm

Lordieth wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:If something works you don't fuck with it. Especially when dealing with life safety systems.


That's a fair argument, and it did cross my mind after I said that. I agree, to a point. Look at what happened at Heathrow over Christmas. Legacy systems built over decades become a house of cards. There comes a time when upgrading is inevitable.

We go through it all the time. Spare parts become unAvailable, application requirements change, and sometimes they dont. Many life safety specs still require pstn service.

Your right about cultural resistance. The operations folks are still very proud they can run the railroad with pencil and paper.
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.

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



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