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Reply to Jon Benet Ramsey's Killer caught! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I still think the Parents are the most likely suspect, but with only circumstantial evidence, even the police don't seem too sure. I'd like to add my voice to those pointing out that this man is NOT the killer. He's wanted for questioning. He hasn't even been arrested for this particular crime. The headline of this article is totally misleading, and does to this man exactly what Mod claims the police and the media did to JBR's paren

Reply to What’s Your Reason for Dating? in Dating JoeUser Forums

Why date at all? Why not go out and have fun with a group of like-minded friends? Oh, wait. This is e-commerce spam, isn't it?

Reply to Are you married? in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Married, going on three years now. And yes, we do mean "forever". I've observed two things about marriage. One is that in every relationship, there are low times, and they pass. Some kinds of relationships--the best kinds, really--don't come about unless the people involved have comitted to going through the low times, rather than giving up. The other is that people don't really change all that much. Sometimes the effects

Reply to Pipe Line Failure Shows Our Crumbling Infastructure in Politics JoeUser Forums

The vast majority of the infrastructure we depend on is not actually owned by the federal government. In most cases, the federal government has little to no jurisdiction at all over the infrastructure; depending on whether or not federal funds were used, and on what terms. If your local infrastructure is falling apart, it has nothing to do with Bush; and everything to do with your not keeping a closer watch on your city council, county board o

Reply to WHY? Damn it! WHY do women do this? in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

See, this is why I'm such a big fan of heterosexual marriage. It always seemed to me like men and women have complimentary designs. This article brings up just one example out of hundreds. Women are good at feeling and expressing. Men are good at analyzing and acting. Separately, each one does one thing well, and the other not so much. Together, though, they form a team, a joint entity, whose whole is greater than the sum of its pa

Reply to A paranoid observation of JU in Humor JoeUser Forums

I see I've already replied to this article.

Reply to Need help with decrypting, please!!!!!!!!!!!!! in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Have you considered the possibility that Bill Gates actually reads the warnings on the encryption tools, that clearly state that if you lose the key, you can't retrieve the files? Have you considered the possibility that Bill Gates actually backs up his work? These warnings are all over the Windows OS; I see them every day on my job. The simple fact is that encryption schemes are useless if they have back doors. For this reason Windows warn

Reply to Lint Trap. I have one do you? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It's a guy thing. I have one too.

Reply to Don’t Kill Harry in Fiction JoeUser Forums

I think Good Stories are better for kids than Happy Endings. Now, a Good Story can have a Happy Ending, but it doesn't necessarily need one. If Rowling sells out a Good Story by catering to the Happy Ending fans, it will make me sad. I hope that she stays true to the Good Story she's written so far and gives it the right ending (Happy or Sad), rather than a "popular" ending.

Reply to Idiot COL trumps up economic (non-)problems, blames Bush in Politics JoeUser Forums

She couldn't get the morning after pill because she forgot that her neighborhood Planned Parenthood office was giving it away for free. Seriously.

Reply to Bush has DESTROYED our Militaries Equipment! in Politics JoeUser Forums

So let me see if I understand: Units that have taken their equipment into combat now report that their equipment has been destroyed or damaged in combat? And Gene's point is that going into combat uses up military equipment? I mean, the whole point of having military equipment is to use it, right? And it's not like we have a pressing need for battle-ready National Guard and Reserve troops elsewhere right now. Neither Canad

Reply to Is there a different rule for celebrities? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I think it's the same rule for everybody: The amount of hassle you get from the authorities is related to how much power you have. So it's not like there's two rules, and the police switch from one to the other depending on whether or not you're a powerful person. Rather, there's one rule, and the police dial it up or down depending on how much power you have.

Reply to What Constitutes Blog Spam? in Virtual Communities JoeUser Forums

I think this is a case of the perfect being the enemy of the good. I mean, taking a legalistic approach to the definition of spam just adds another layer of confusion, complication, and bureaucracy to the whole thing. There's a reason we think of the examples you gave as spam, and it's not because we spend a lot of time looking at the dictionary definition of spam. It's because we spend a lot of time looking at the spam itself. <

Reply to Israel And Lebanon By Numbers in International JoeUser Forums

Enh. Since Hezb'Allah fighters don't wear uniforms, and operate from civilian areas, I don't think these numbers are meaningful.

Reply to Trying to start word-association in Humor JoeUser Forums

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Reply to Right Wing Gems in Politics JoeUser Forums

Bush doesn't connect Hussein with 9/11. He uses 9/11 to illustrate the kind of war we are fighting. Then he goes on to point out that the Hussein regime--among others--is involved with the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack. He explains that the Hussein regime sponsors those perpetrators and others like them. He points out that the Hussein regime has a grim and recent history of WMD usage, WMD programs, and unprovoked aggression against its ne

Reply to Lets make a game! in Game Ideas JoeUser Forums

Wow! I love Eireace's idea! It fills my head with visions of Julius Ceasar's rise to power, and his transformation of Rome from a republic to an empire in the process. That would be a great game. Start out as a Senator, campaign for votes, be assigned an army, conquer barbarians, come back to Rome, make a play for the Emperor's wreath. Where do I sign up?

Reply to Resident JU Bush basher rides short bus and drives us crazy in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Everyone has their own best interests at heart, not America's best interests. When America's best interests conflict with the goals and interests of other nations, of course they're all going to be against America's pursuit of its interests. This in no way implies that America's interests are wrong, or that America is wrong to pursue them despite the objections of other nations with other, opposed interests. In 1938, nobody wanted a

Reply to Peace through Superior Firepower in Politics JoeUser Forums

This article fails spectacularly in the first paragraph. Why does the Emperor encourage us to ask about Germany's experience with two-front wars? Because if we ask about America's experience with two-front wars during the same period, we would turn his entire thesis upside-down.

Reply to What is an 'Office of Profit'? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

What is the definition of an "Office of Profit"? And why can't both the Judge and the Doctor occupy an Office of Profit? Is there only one, and it must be shared amongst all the various leaders of the various professional societies?

Reply to What do YOU think is the Age of Informed Consent? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The older I get, the older I think the Age of Informed Consent should be. As far as I'm concerned, even a twenty-one year old isn't experienced or mature enough to make important life decisions. All a bunch of punkass kids, if you ask me. Now, where's my dentures?

Reply to Your best chat-up line? in Humor JoeUser Forums

"Hi! My friends and I [waves to totally normal-looking and cheerful friends of both genders, back at my table] are gonna walk across the street to the multiplex in a few, on account of it's fun to watch movies while half drunk. Would you like to join us? I guarantee you'll have a good time. And if you don't, I'll pay for your ticket. What do you say?"

Reply to Hard to kill... in Windows XP JoeUser Forums

That is excellent advice, Tycus. Thank you!

Reply to CAN ISRAEL FIGHT TERRORISM WITH AN IRGUN PAST in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Can Israel fight terrorism with an Irgun past?" Two things: First, this question translates to, "can people who once behaved badly stop behaving badly, and start solving their problems the right way?" And the answer is, obviously, yes. Example: Israel. Second, Israel is an excellent example of how people can in good faith abandon terror tactics in favor of political, diplomatic, and military tactics. Terror organizations

Reply to WHY CEASEFIRE IS IN ISRAEL'S INTEREST in Politics JoeUser Forums

I dunno. The last ceasefire with Hezb'Allah left a well-armed guerrilla army on Israel's northern border. Recent events strongly suggest that cease-fires are NOT in Israel's interest at all, and that only the delivery of savage beatings will solve the problem.