I am scheduled to take the GRE (Graduate School entry test), in three hours. It is awesome (using the original meaning of the word) that a four hour test will determine the direction of my life for the next several years.
When I do get back into school I plan to place upon myself the burden of Role Model. I'm going to tell the little...
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When I do get back into school I plan to place upon myself the burden of Role Model. I'm going to tell the little...
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Has a cop ever actually helped you? I'm not talking about doing you a favor by giving you a warning instead of a ticket. I'm talking, full fledged justice. Have you ever had something stolen and the cops caught the thief?
Is Canada a nuclear power? I mean, who is really paying any attention to them with their big shiny innocent eyes that disarm by...
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Is Canada a nuclear power? I mean, who is really paying any attention to them with their big shiny innocent eyes that disarm by...
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smith:
Canada is not a nuclear state. They could be if they wanted to, but they don't want to. They used to have some bombs on loan from us courtesy of some NATO pact, but they gave them back.
And no, I have never encountered a helpful cop.
And no, I have never encountered a helpful cop.
lordmuppet:
the second bit about canada made me laugh.
um can't think of a cop having helped me out
um can't think of a cop having helped me out
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lemonkid:
Poetry.
lordmuppet:
i had to get the answer off someone else but then im retarded like that
There is a difference between the mind and the brain. We will never be able to reverse engineer the mind by studying the brain. Doing so would be like trying to reverse engineer a Windows box while someone is surfing the internet by staring at the motherboard. It's never going to happen.
Artificial Intelligence needs to be approached in the same way Linus Torvolds sought...
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Artificial Intelligence needs to be approached in the same way Linus Torvolds sought...
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imagoldfish:
Daniel Dennett would disagree...
There's a good book summarizing these kinds of debates, Searle's The Mystery of Consciousness, or something along those lines. It's a good read.
There's a good book summarizing these kinds of debates, Searle's The Mystery of Consciousness, or something along those lines. It's a good read.
imagoldfish:
Yeah, it's really on consciousness, and trying to understand how it works, what it is, etc. There are some, like Dennett, who say that it's like a side-effect generated by biological processes, and if we just knew enough about brain chemicals, we'd see how it worked. Basically, that the idea of a mind/brain split if an illusion. There are others who disagree. It's a good introduction to several different views on it, and an enjoyable book.
How much do you think Davie Jones, of the Monkeys, hated his locker in high school?
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ryah:
it's eric's birthday tomorrow so we are doing bday stuffs.
i'll see what he wants to do on saturday--we might be in bed with a hangover most of the morning/afternoon.
call meeee or i'll call youuuu.
bzzzt
i'll see what he wants to do on saturday--we might be in bed with a hangover most of the morning/afternoon.
call meeee or i'll call youuuu.
bzzzt
smith:
Hail Eris. NOT. SCREW ERIS.
Did you know that by the 9th century, many Muslim scholars took it for granted that the Earth was a sphere. The proof, said astronomer Ibn Hazm, "is that the Sun is always vertical to a particular spot on Earth". It was 500 years before that realisation dawned on Galileo. The calculations of Muslim astronomers were so accurate that in the 9th century they reckoned...
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quasi_sean:
I will definately try and make it. Hopefully I will get out of work early.
quasi_sean:
top of the nipple to ya, sir.
Tonight I'm going to a fry party. The idea is to batter and fry the most disgusting concoction you can imagine. Last year I wrapped three cheese injected hot dogs in bacon. I battered and fried the bitch to a glorious golden brown abomination. It was surprisingly good.
Other items fried last year include:
An entire ultimate bacon cheeseburger from Jack in the Box.
Sushi...
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Other items fried last year include:
An entire ultimate bacon cheeseburger from Jack in the Box.
Sushi...
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ryah:
remember when we used to have fry parties when smith lived with dave mann?
gawsh,i miss those.
but don't try to deep-fry gummi worms;the just melt.
gawsh,i miss those.
but don't try to deep-fry gummi worms;the just melt.
bones_708:
cheesecake?
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micajah:
Someone should invent helmet cams for condoms.
quasi_sean:
lovely photos, sir.
tell meg i said good luck with the quitting smoking, as i am well aware of how hard that can be.
cause i tried a couple of times. and failed.
tell meg i said good luck with the quitting smoking, as i am well aware of how hard that can be.
cause i tried a couple of times. and failed.
On monday I will shell out $465 to have someone stick a camera down my throat. Call me crazy, this seems like something they should be paying me to allow.
I have less than nothing interesting to say.
I hope you're having a nipple good day.
I have less than nothing interesting to say.
I hope you're having a nipple good day.
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quasi_sean:
Hey man, hope everything went alright with your procedure. I look forward to drinking with ya again.
have a nipple week.
have a nipple week.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD):
- A psychoneurotic disorder in which the patient is beset with obsessions or compulsions or both and suffers extreme anxiety or depression through failure to think the obsessive thoughts or perform the compelling acts.
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD or ADHD):
- A syndrome, usually diagnosed in childhood, characterized by a persistent pattern of impulsiveness, a short attention span, and often hyperactivity, and...
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- A psychoneurotic disorder in which the patient is beset with obsessions or compulsions or both and suffers extreme anxiety or depression through failure to think the obsessive thoughts or perform the compelling acts.
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD or ADHD):
- A syndrome, usually diagnosed in childhood, characterized by a persistent pattern of impulsiveness, a short attention span, and often hyperactivity, and...
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lotus:
I doubt you can have both at once. Or maybe they'd just jump from one weird obsessive tasks to the next. Like spend thirty seconds combing the fronds on their rugs, delinting their couches, and straightening everything in the house to a certain angle and just bounce back and forth between them.
ryah:
that's a really interesting quesOH MY GAWD IS THAT A BUTTERFLY!? *dances in circles*
And how'd it go?
edited to replace I with a (in thats a bitch)
[Edited on Apr 09, 2006 11:12AM]