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<r>spot;781808 wrote: Some computers have hardware biometric detectors that confirm your identity by, for example, fingerprint or retina matching. These really do exist, they're not science fiction. I'll include chip and pin verification in this category as well though they're not identi...

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I think the last line of the email was lost.

* research funded by the national chocolate bar association.

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<r>The biggest problem I see with law is laws don't dictate good behavior, they merely define the lowest standard of acceptable behavior, before a mob loses patience and attacks the village idiot getting on their nerves. There's no law against being a complete and total *******. <E>:)</E> The side-e...

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<t>I also heard that up until WW1 (I think) the majority of death in war was actually caused by disease and infection. Very likely the current wars have a very low death rate only because the medical advances. Though in cases of brain injury we might count this as a 1/2 casualty at the very least. I...

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<t>gmc;1358417 wrote: Hope for your sake trump doesn't get anywhere as a presidential candidate. He looks serious about it. Trump wants all of Iraq's oil for the U.S. - UPI.com The irony is you can trace the decline in the american economy and the transfer of jobs abroad back ...

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<r>What the science should be looking at is how much money is wasted by locking up pot smokers, versus the actual risk they pose to society. These studies are sloppy and politically motivated. The study fails to account for "pot use" being a symptom of a dormant mental illness. How many perfectly sa...

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<t>Accountable;1354891 wrote: Yes, thank you for the predictable presentation of partial fact. Here's a link to a chart of party control in Washington, 1945-2009. I would think that the most telling would be what happens when one party is in control of both houses and the White House, tho...

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<t>Accountable;1354842 wrote: Since the budget and debt are the responsibility of Congress, it would be interesting to see their party control on that same timeline. The GOP was in charge for most of the last major spike. National debt by U.S. presidential terms - Wikipe...

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There's probably a million songs with that basic chord progression, and type of melody. I honestly don't think Madonna could sue and win. Prior art.

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<r>... you don't make your children compete against each other for the most food, affection, medical attention. ... you don't regularly let go of the most unproductive children to increase profits of the family. "Well Jimmy, due to the poor economy, we will need to downsize" <E>:)</E>.<b...

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<t>After given this some thought, it's curious that females don't have more control over whether the egg is fertalized. For example, why couldn't the egg release be voluntary? Or for example, a combination of stress hormones might kill any egg that is fertalized during an attack. Or even more simply...

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Do the implicit theories of human motivation in many political and economic debates match up with reality?

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation | Video on TED.com

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<t>Accountable;1353617 wrote: He's also a medical doctor, so it's a safe bet he has some rudimentary knowledge of evidence-based-reasoning. The problem is it shows he can't tell science from pseudo-science. Look at the criticism levelled at his economic theories. Sounds like the sam...

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<t>I would like to see Paul get nominated. He seems sincere and I agree with him on several things ... which I can't say for most of the GOP. Though he is a baptist, and rejects evolution. It's a shame the GOP can't find a scientifically literate guy to run, because I can't in good consc...

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It's funny these same guys attack a country in the middle east to "spread democracy" but clearly they have nothing but contempt for the idea.

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<t>BaghdadBob;1353446 wrote: The founders of this nation looked around and designed the 'great American experiment'. They saw democracies degenerated into mob rule. Representative republics worked in a manner they wanted to emulate. So, yes, conservatives, and not necessarily all R's, are for Consti...

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<t>It's a bit ironic that Wall Street (the so called nerve center of capitalism) is rooted in the idea of spreading out ownership to a large group of people. The companies want everyone to invest in them, and hence all property to be publicly owned. The only difference between socialism a...

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<r>We already decided this issue. You want to override the popular vote AGAIN? It's one thing to lose an election, it's another thing to be a sore loser, whine for two years about losing, and launch frivolous lawsuits one after another. Take off the diapers and put on some big boy pants....

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I was a bit surprised to see a lot of the food I eat is made in factories that "use nuts" to make food.

For one, I'm not sure we should call the mentally deranged that term, and also it raises some questions about food preparation.

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Some cultures use neti pots every morning like brushing teeth. I tried one out the last time I got a sinus infection and it seemed to help a lot. If your nose won't stop running, it will "fix it" for several hours.

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<r>Snowfire;1353233 wrote: Thats exactly my take on the issue - and pretty much most people's view. Its why I asked the question Where's the chorus for John Mccain ? Yeah, he was definitely born in Panama. The political strategy seems to be: stay on the attack, and attack...

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A humorous look at the mortgage bankers association:

Mortgage Bankers Association Strategic Default - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 10/07/10 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

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<r>Accountable;1353202 wrote: Same recommendation, but for nearly opposite reasons. Right, hater? <YOUTUBE id="LE_fD-_rzJ8"><URL url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE_fD-_rzJ8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE_fD-_rzJ8</URL></YOUTUBE> So spot is hater for agreeing with ...

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spot;1353196 wrote: I have a convenient space for a frame above my low-level cistern. A4, is it?

Not sure... I hadn't heard if the law passed yet or not. Hopefully it does, but I'm sure the conspiracy theorists will just expand the scope of "the conspiracy."

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<r>BaghdadBob;1353200 wrote: What is this 'silliness' you speak of? <EMOJI seq="1f615" tseq="1f615">:confused:</EMOJI> The campaign released a birth certificate to the public, it was certified by the election commitee, and he was elected. His birth certificate looks about the same a...

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<r>Looks like Hawaii is cashing in on the silliness. If the new bill passes, anyone can order a copy of the official birth certificate directly from the state. <URL url="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/us/politics/28brfs-BILLWOULDOPE_BRF.html?_r=1"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.nytimes.co...

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<t>spot;1352969 wrote: I thought my repeated-sentence was a fair answer actually. Using a sentence as a metaphoric equivalent for a gene, not all sentences carry as much information as others and in the case of your water flea the genome is packed with repeats to an extraordinary extent. What would ...

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<t>Ahso!;1352983 wrote: Also, wouldn't the fact that the flea reproduces without sex require it to have more genes? Also this quote from the article. I thought that was interesting too. It sounds like it can reproduce with or without sex. So it's definitely not the case t...

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<t>BaghdadBob;1352953 wrote: Why isn't a life form with more DNA not more advanced? For the sake of argument, let's assume God exists. Let's get that obstacle out of the way. Your question still stands: Why did God require so many genes to make a flea? ...

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<t>BB, even if we assume a designer, it doesn't rule out human evolution. The modern religious point of view is realigning itself to the view that God designed the basic rules which allowed evolution to occur. The theory of a white-haired creator working with play-doh is not much of a compliment to ...

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<t>Complexity is rarely a good thing in itself. Ten times the number of parts just means ten times the number of things that can malfunction. In engineering, making something simpler is often harder than making it more complex. The notion that "more complex is better" is quite easy to se...

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<r>BaghdadBob;1352806 wrote: No, I don't think tax payer funds should go to build stadiums for pro teams; however the ppl voted for a stadium for their own use in Wasilla and that's what they got. Got a problem with that? So you are opposed to it, but also okay with it. M...

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<r>Pahu;1352804 wrote: 6. Personal Responsibility. If everything came into existence by chance and natural processes, then we have no responsibility to some supernatural being. Religions would be a crutch for the weak-minded and superstitious. Churches would be monuments to human ignorance. <br...

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<r>BaghdadBob;1352794 wrote: What's your point? I fact checked that letter for you before you posted a link to it. Does this mean anything to you? "The taxpayers voted on it. Same thing with the sports complex. It's up to us to do what the people are asking for." <...

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<t>Sarah Palin: inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a new library? No. ...

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Accountable;1352774 wrote: We can agree on this. It's you situational ethicists that are ruining this society.

That's not my rules, it's the law of the jungle. You don't like the the dog-eat-dog system you've helped create?

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<r>Accountable;1352767 wrote: No, it doesn't. My honor absolutely does not require you to be honorable, and your dihonorable behavior does not excuse me from behaving with honor. Your post says alot about you. Well, that's fine and all but if you are in the middle of a do...

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<t>Accountable;1352756 wrote: Yeh, **** honor, responsibility, & all that useless crap. It's way overblown anyway. Oughta just burn the house down for the insurance while we're at it, right? After all, part of the business of insurance is the risk that one will have to pay out. ...

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Glen Beck illustrates the dangers of whern someone stops taking massive amounts of drugs cold turkey ... they become "dry drunks". Bush was another. He's still high on his own bullshit. Personally, I'd sooner he puked his vomit in the toilet rather all over the T.V.

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<t>In my opinion, the "for profit" model is not that great for news because it's geared towards exageration and creating the most attention-grabbing headlines. The purpose of a business isn't to make widgets, but to make money. Having both public and private news sources helps balance out each other...

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I don't see the point of someone working as a slave paying down a worthless debt while the people they are serving have little or no honor. Part of the business of loaning money is the risk one won't get it back.

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One of the first things Sarah Palin did as mayor of Wasilla is build a multi-million dollar stadium It left the tiny town with millions of dollars of debt. Is she a "donk" too?

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<r>BaghdadBob;1352687 wrote: Anecdotally, The former owner of the Miami Dolphins football team paid for and build a new stadium for his team from private funds because the costs, if done thru gubbermint contracts, would have left him with lease payments higher than the cost of ownership. ...

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Pahu, I hope you are just spamming the forum in a feable attempt to manipulate Google's page rank algorithm, and not suffering from some mental disorder. Why else would someone copy the contents of another website into a public forum with a link on every post?

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<r>What bothers me the most is the GOP will use these cases of as proving that "the government is inefficient and wasting taxpayer money... " The funny thing is, the government always gets blamed for wasting money, and not the private contractors. I've heard the private contractors desperately want ...

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<t>Accountable;1352627 wrote: Bryn linked a site that illustrates my point quite nicely: US State Senatorial Positions If I understand this, it doesn't make sense why libertarians tend to support the GOP does it? Between the two, the GOP is the mos...

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<r>O'Reily likes to use skepticism only where it suits him. He'd question the existence of the moon if it conflicted with his beliefs. I suspect he doesn't know the moon's orbit is gradually increasing, and will eventually fly off the earth one day (assuming the sun doesn't burn out first). If that ...

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<t>A law that requires "normal" wages seems to me like it would protect the government and public more than it would help the workers. The workers honestly aren't getting any special favor by paying them a normal wage (which is probably lousy to begin with). The real danger between public...

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<r>The GOP is having a hard time trying to figure out how to have it's cake and eat it too. Most the "solutions" I've heard just involve blaming the cook. Which, in a democratic republic, is the voter. The GOP doesn't want to pay taxes, but they also don't want debt. The prospect of cutt...

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<t>What we have in the U.S. is a minimum wage, rather than a fair wage. I wonder if minmum wage should based on a percentage of profits, rather than an absolute number. For example, if a company makes billions of dollars in profit, suppose at least 50% of those profits must be paid back to the produ...

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