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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Putin vs. C. Christie |
| MaxE |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 2:40 pm
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Replies: 7
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| Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, has been publicly accused of corruption but so far hasn't gotten into any real trouble. Before that happened, he was thought to be a serious contender to be the next President of the US. The question (barring future developments) is whether these accusations h... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Teaparty takes a stand against raising the debt ceiling |
| MaxE |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 2:01 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 742
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ruveyn wrote: We do NOT need Crony Care!
You would take all the fun out of being a crony. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Newsweek article about about DSM-5 should interest all |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2014, 11:14 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,213
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Working with other people's code |
| MaxE |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2014, 10:17 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,393
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| I'm a bit odd this way. I've always been confident understanding others' code. I began my programming career writing in assembler and debugging the resulting machine language, so I suppose it was a survival skill. In fact, I often don't pay much attention to human language documentation. For me, com... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Please take this computer knowledge quiz for me. |
| MaxE |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2014, 9:25 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 714
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| This questionnaire seems biased toward weeding out people who are OK using Microsoft products. Or is it just because Windows occurs last alphabetically in a list of operating systems. Well that theory fails when one comes to the mobile questions where iPhone is listed ahead of Android. I"d really li... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why Americans misunderstand correct use of political labels |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2014, 2:25 pm
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Replies: 42
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TheGoggles wrote: If Hitler was actually a socialist, he probably would have had so many fans in corporate America. Like Henry Ford, for instance.
Henry Ford hated Jews and would have supported anybody having the potential to exterminate them. I really think it's that simple. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why Americans misunderstand correct use of political labels |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2014, 1:49 pm
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Replies: 42
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| ...less privileged Americans haven't fought for greater equality as a group . I might add the importance of race. For most of America's history, disadvantaged whites have been played against blacks as a sort of "divide and conquer" approach to keeping both under control. While young working class F... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why Americans misunderstand correct use of political labels |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2014, 1:25 pm
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Replies: 42
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| ...democratization meaning that in principle one's life is not supposed to be dictated by the circumstances of one's birth ( debatable in practice , I know!). So in the US you don't have the notion that if you're "working-class" then your family and everyone you know automatically supports the "lab... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: make an app for WP!! ! |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2014, 11:33 am
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Replies: 8
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There's an app called Tapatalk that is popularly used for forums.
I believe the forum would have to "enable" its use somehow.
Sometimes when I navigate to forums from my phone I'm prompted to install this. I'm certain the admins could manage this if they put their minds to it. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why Americans misunderstand correct use of political labels |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2014, 8:48 am
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Replies: 42
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| It is because they use the flawed so-called 'Nolan Chart' which tilts the conventional political spectrum 45 degrees. I feel compelled to contribute to this thread but I have no single cogent response in mind, so I'll make a couple of observations in no particular order. 1.) This discussion is pred... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why Americans misunderstand correct use of political labels |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2014, 8:14 am
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Replies: 42
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| ...over here, Hitler, who did not support these things is called a Conservative/ Extreme Right Please remember Hitler called his political movement National Socialism . In today's world, nobody wanting to be perceived as "conservative" would espouse any sort of Socialism. Hitler's philosophy combin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: In the way? |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2014, 3:12 pm
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Does it seem you are frequently told you are standing in somebody's way especially in a social situation?
It seems to me NTs have an instinctive ability to avoid being in others' way. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: So I took your advice.... Interesting results. |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 9:33 am
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Replies: 19
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The_Face_of_Boo wrote: ...because studies show that...
IMO anybody who uses the phrase "studies show" in a debate automatically loses. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: O M G |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2014, 11:32 am
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The_Face_of_Boo wrote: Okcupid sends a notification to all your FB friends, you are exposed big time. Muhahaha.
I am married so I have no way to know, but I sincerely hope you are joking. |
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Forum: Español, Nederlands, Deutsch, Français Topic: Unrecognised French word |
| MaxE |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2014, 9:39 am
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Replies: 16
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| In the US "lb." is typically used in writing. Some tradesmen e.g. butchers may use "#" when jotting down notes. Traditional IT people have called this a "pound" sign for decades but the usage was unfamiliar to laymen. I would say the person on the street thinks of it as a "hash" (sign) as in " hasht... |
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Forum: Español, Nederlands, Deutsch, Français Topic: Unrecognised French word |
| MaxE |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2014, 7:27 am
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Replies: 16
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| Wow, when I studied French we had little use for hash signs. This would have flustered me as well. |
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