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Academic / School / Re: Class debates.
« on: July 13, 2006, 05:24:26 am »Quote
I just mumble under my breath.
You sure showed her!
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You sure showed her!
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iago's forum / Re: Congratulations iago..
« on: July 02, 2006, 02:04:06 pm »Why don't you just call it ccgbot by iago
haha.
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General Discussion / Re: Perspectives.
« on: June 26, 2006, 11:51:36 pm »Didn't I read somewhere that our skin is completely replaced every 6 months, or something? That's kind of the same idea.
The neurons in our brains are continuously dying, being replaced and forming new connections, as well. Physically, our bodies are constantly undergoing change. You, for example, aren't the same person you were a month ago, or even a few moments ago for that matter. Who are you, iago?!
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General Discussion / Re: Test Tube Meat Nears Dinner Table
« on: June 23, 2006, 05:19:06 pm »
Wouldn't mass adoption of this engineered meat cause an increase in overall animal population and bring the potential for dramatic change of our ecosystem?
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Unix / Linux Discussion / Re: Slackware / Fedora stuffs.
« on: June 22, 2006, 12:42:18 pm »Since Deadly and LoRd are nubs, maybe you guys can help.
You changed the subject before I had a second to respond. I assumed you didn't want help.
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DistantE5: Well..eff that. I got some weird wavy Fedora graphic, then the computer doesn't do shit.
DistantE5: And can you auth ppl?
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General Discussion / Re: Homosexuality, the religion of atheism, and the future of human prejudice?
« on: June 21, 2006, 02:19:14 pm »Quote
Much like 1984 does with civil liberties, the idea of a future run by an atheistic culture has a potential to be very scary. It certainly won't happen during my lifetime; but I'm concerned that it will happen, period.
I'd argue that a country ran by a radical religious culture would have an equal potential to become very scary.
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General Discussion / Re: I've Figured Out How to Reduce Space Used on iago's Computer by the SQL Tabl
« on: June 19, 2006, 11:14:10 pm »
Whatever you do, just don't issue any more SQL commands.
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General Discussion / Re: Warrior, help!
« on: June 18, 2006, 06:32:50 pm »
Since Vista has yet to be released, it will be rather difficult finding any specialized drivers for it. I've been waiting nearly a year and a half for Sony to release a 64-bit driver for my camcorder so that I can use it with my edition of Windows XP. I'm sure there's a similar wait list for Intel's Vista drivers. Check their web site.
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General Discussion / Re: Another stupid question from Joe
« on: June 16, 2006, 08:23:50 pm »
... it's not dangerous; they just don't recharge very well, but of course, neither do rechargable batteries.
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General Discussion / Re: Something Which Needs Clarification
« on: June 13, 2006, 10:28:10 pm »That's why I said you're LoRd]ZeR0[.
I believe that you have those meanings confused.
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General Discussion / Re: Something Which Needs Clarification
« on: June 13, 2006, 10:16:30 pm »... and I'm Lord, not LoRD.
You're LoRd]ZeR0[.
are and were have two different meanings, Newby.
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General Discussion / Re: Something Which Needs Clarification
« on: June 13, 2006, 09:26:04 pm »
... and I'm Lord, not LoRD.
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General Discussion / Re: Librarians Defy the PATRIOT Act
« on: June 06, 2006, 06:47:14 pm »
They protected us from the crime that they could later commit. Or are you simply just not understanding that?
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General Discussion / Re: Librarians Defy the PATRIOT Act
« on: June 06, 2006, 06:43:37 pm »but they werent prevented...the government is supposed to protect us, we werent protected obviouslyok, fine, 1993, WTC.
I believe a combination of security plus terroist searching has made the US safer from terrorism, yes.QuoteIn the course of the trial it was revealed that the FBI had an informant, an Egyptian man named Emad A. Salem, a former Egyptian army officer. Salem claims to have informed the FBI of the plot to bomb the towers as early as February 6, 1992. Salem's role as informant allowed the FBI to quickly pinpoint the conspirators out of the hundreds of possible suspects.
This could have been prevented providing that our system took reports of such wrong-doings more seriously, which I believe, since 9/11, they do.
On a side note: It is ironic that you picked a case where the criminals just happened to be caught due to someone "snitching" on them.
Of course they protected us. They protected us from future crimes that those criminals could commit. This is why we have prisons. Perhaps they should have simply torn down the World Trade Center? That would have surely been an adequate measure to take to prevent such crimes from occuring in the future.