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Reply to Capacity for Abstract Thought? in Misc JoeUser Forums

You know my first thought when I read the title of this entry was about Oh Brother, where art thou? Pete : Wait a minute. Who elected you leader of this outfit? Ulysses Everett McGill : Well Pete, I figured it should be the one with the capacity for abstract thought . But if that ain't the consensus view, then hell, let's put it to a vote. A reference from a movie that is based on an epic greek poem, making everythin

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Reply to The science of mastering chess in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

I call it the chaos theory of chess. Or the Cheers theory I got to thinking about that classic 1980's movie Wargames when I read the above article... and the implications of Popper's theorem of falsification in international rela

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Weird Supernatural Abilities in Misc JoeUser Forums

We all have odd abilities that we don't know why we have them, but we do, with some being infinitely better than others. I have a minor psychic ability, though it isn't something to really brag about. Now I wasn't imbued with the power to predict future events, or the winning lottery numbers... no powers to improve my lot in life. What stupid psychic ab

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The Bush Administration has an odd definition of terrorist in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think the hunt for terrorists is getting a little too partisan now. I mean, I support going after terrorists, but if you go after everyone who holds a dissenting view under increased scrutiny, well, then things are just going to start turning to anarchy. And the first step in this slow decent into madness occurred a few weeks ago when Ted Kennedy became a sus

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Reply to Capacity for Abstract Thought? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Or you could blame the school censors that won't let kids read stories that take place near the ocean because since the kids have probably never really seen the ocean, they couldn't understand it. And no, I'm not making that up.

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Reply to So...you don't like the sealed section in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

I think the best argument against that reaction is Starr Report. I mean, we're talking about oral sex being at the forefront... on the news, newspapers, radio, internet... so having a headline about oral sex 4 years after that and having that cause a problem seems really weird to me.

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Reply to 213 Things.... in Humor JoeUser Forums

Not allowed to purchase anyone's soul on government time . Those 3 little words made that so much funnier.

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Reply to Mediocre in Every Way Possible in Misc JoeUser Forums

This blog entry is not average... its excellent in both form and content. In fact, I would be happy to refer it all around the net... its good good stuff. You earned an "insightful" from me.

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Reply to Right to Free Speech in Politics JoeUser Forums

I have always found it ironic that Republicans often want to trample on one portion of the Bill of Rights, while Democrats often want to trample on another portion. Both sides do so while hiding behind yet OTHER portions of the Bill of Rights, and not realizing the double standard that they are applying. <BR

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Reply to Has Google Changed the Way They Index Us JUsers? in Internet JoeUser Forums

I just got a referral to "Are you a Neoconservative?" from Google for the article itself.... second on the list after the actual page that inspired it. Of course, the search term was the actual title of the piece, so that might need looking into. About the Joe Schmo 2 piece... well, the reason that there are so many referrals from SpikeTV is because there is a link in their show blog comments. But I have been getting hits from google about th

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Reply to Are you a Neoconservative? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Wow... looking at the referrals for my site, it turns out this article comes up second on the google list, right after the CS Monitor quiz that inspired it. I guess Google refering isn't broken like we thought it was.

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