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by Rekaar.
December 19, 2005, 8:09 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: UCLA and Standford study on the question of media bias
Replies: 81
Views: 8033

http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664 The results appear in the latest issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, which will become available in mid-December. Now it's published. The researchers took numerous steps to safeguard against bias — or the appearance of same — in the work, wh...
by Rekaar.
November 22, 2005, 7:48 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Wonder how ID supporters deal with poor design...
Replies: 105
Views: 11324

The only important feature of ID is that it's claimed to be a science such that they can force it into the curriculum, hence that is the whole point of "believing in ID" and that is patently stupid. Any more broad-stroked brushes in your repertoire? Are you just incapabable of delineating...
by Rekaar.
November 22, 2005, 5:17 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Wonder how ID supporters deal with poor design...
Replies: 105
Views: 11324

Like always, when you can't defend yourself with logic of substance you resort to name calling. Just shows your true colors, and your fundamental contempt for those with a different perspective. Typical hypocrisy. Quit trying to force your opinions on everyone else, why can't we just get along? You...
by Rekaar.
November 20, 2005, 10:47 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Wonder how ID supporters deal with poor design...
Replies: 105
Views: 11324

Like always, when you can't defend yourself with logic of substance you resort to name calling. Just shows your true colors, and your fundamental contempt for those with a different perspective. Typical hypocrisy. Quit trying to force your opinions on everyone else, why can't we just get along? You ...
by Rekaar.
November 20, 2005, 10:20 pm
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: The Leroy Jenkins thing has officially gone too far..
Replies: 13
Views: 2398

I don't get it, when I watched that I just thought of Devereaux =p
by Rekaar.
November 18, 2005, 10:16 pm
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: Tier 2 Set Models
Replies: 12
Views: 2823

Nilaman wrote:Purple? What do you hunt wearing purple?
Dragons, duh!
by Rekaar.
November 18, 2005, 10:13 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Video cards
Replies: 56
Views: 8851

From the little I've read, I don't believe the 512 can be put into SLI mode since it takes up two slots all by itself.
by Rekaar.
November 18, 2005, 9:53 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: AMD64 / Socket 754
Replies: 3
Views: 840

go socket 939, get off that duron tech
by Rekaar.
November 18, 2005, 9:45 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Old Bushy trying to light fires again...
Replies: 13
Views: 1408

It's a damn shame the NK people don't revolt. Maybe once the Chinese do it word will spread.
by Rekaar.
November 18, 2005, 9:43 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Wonder how ID supporters deal with poor design...
Replies: 105
Views: 11324

Re: Wonder how ID supporters deal with poor design...

Do you even know what the theory of Intelligent Design is? As a hint, it's not the same thing as a fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible. Maybe you should rephrase your bait, although I doubt anyone that it applies to will ever see your message. It's like you're trying to insult Jews by bashin...
by Rekaar.
November 18, 2005, 9:12 pm
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: The Leroy Jenkins thing has officially gone too far..
Replies: 13
Views: 2398

I've been under a rock, can someone link the basis of this story?
by Rekaar.
November 17, 2005, 7:51 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Wonder how ID supporters deal with poor design...
Replies: 105
Views: 11324

Re: Wonder how ID supporters deal with poor design...

So this morning I'm reading the species of a newly named Mosasaur ( Dallasaurus turneri ) This is an intergrade species between the terrestrial Mosasaurs and the later Mosasaurs with flippers. This species has very small limbs (next to useless for land propulsion or aquatic propulsion). I wonder ho...
by Rekaar.
November 11, 2005, 6:31 pm
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: Feral Druids: The Fight Against Ignorance
Replies: 40
Views: 9441

bears
by Rekaar.
November 10, 2005, 9:12 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Video cards
Replies: 56
Views: 8851

What would one recommend in the AGP realm that doesn't cost $500 and performs fairly decently? I have a ATI 9800Pro at the moment but it's kinda pokey at 1920x1200. And when I try and run two EQ sessions the graphics gets all buggered up and it (EQ) usually crashes. Whereas on my previous machine, ...
by Rekaar.
March 19, 2005, 4:31 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: are you fucking kidding me?
Replies: 16
Views: 1577

Deward wrote:Not that Bush has much of a legacy so far either.
had your head in the sand much?
by Rekaar.
March 19, 2005, 4:28 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Senate votes to drill in Alaska
Replies: 25
Views: 2375

As for the "plus it's a tundra - that means cold desolate wasteland" quip: could you please be more fucking ignorant? This is not just tundra being dealt with, there are forests, lakes and rivers as well, although tundra itself is far from a "wasteland" The 19 million acre Arcti...
by Rekaar.
March 18, 2005, 1:30 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Senate votes to drill in Alaska
Replies: 25
Views: 2375

I dunno, I don't see why we wouldn't want to do this. Minimal environmental impact using current technologies (plus it's a tundra - that means cold desolate wasteland). Lessened dependence on foreign oil. More cash in the US economy. Seems like a big W for all of us. We wo'nt be dependent on oil for...
by Rekaar.
March 11, 2005, 11:33 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I wonder if he's guilty
Replies: 21
Views: 1642

Can't wait for the acquittal =p
by Rekaar.
March 9, 2005, 5:52 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: It feels good doesn't it? I hope?
Replies: 27
Views: 2696

I don't really care what her opinion is atm, what's your take voro? You've been one of the more deliberate Bush bashers around here and I know you've been politically corrupted to this point (damn cnn).

Are you coming around to the light yet? :D
by Rekaar.
March 6, 2005, 7:10 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: No "windfall" for Wall Street from Bush's SS plan
Replies: 1
Views: 458

this cannot be :!:
by Rekaar.
March 6, 2005, 7:05 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Anne Coultier Meltdown??
Replies: 133
Views: 8684

You're such a simpleton sometimes. Your inability to see big picture, is just frightening. Enlighten us as to the "big picture" then. As we just don't seem to get it. How is fighting a useless war over there good for not creating more terrorists? What is the "big picture", imper...
by Rekaar.
March 6, 2005, 7:01 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Even Bill Clinton wants the 22nd Admendment repealed...
Replies: 24
Views: 2553

If this wasn't such a pure democracy (where anyone that can breathe can vote) I'd advocate as many terms as you can win. With the ignorance that abounds in the voting population I'm definitely in favor of term limits. Realistically if your resume is impressive enough to keep warranting a reelection ...
by Rekaar.
March 4, 2005, 1:17 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Consumption Tax
Replies: 13
Views: 901

Brilliant way to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. How many people do you know that make under 40k that are able to put money away... exactly... they get taxed on every penny because they spend every penny. How many people who make over 275k spend all 275k every year.... :roll: all of them ...
by Rekaar.
March 4, 2005, 1:14 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Yesterday's Supreme Court Ruling
Replies: 70
Views: 5798

Where in the process of interpreting the US Constitution did they find anything to legitimize this ruling? Or is this just judges making law from the bench again.


I am undecided on the death penalty in general. This case irritates me on a libertarian basis though.
by Rekaar.
March 3, 2005, 3:49 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Sad :(
Replies: 8
Views: 812

2 killings that I know of
by Rekaar.
March 1, 2005, 9:36 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Supreme Court to hear The Ten Commandment cases tomorrow
Replies: 11
Views: 1023

Are you being this politically illiterate on purpose?
by Rekaar.
March 1, 2005, 9:33 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: It feels good doesn't it? I hope?
Replies: 27
Views: 2696

It feels good doesn't it? I hope?

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-mideast-new-era,0,3357830,print.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines "What happened in Lebanon conforms with our hopes for every Arab country," said Michel Kilo, a Syrian intellectual. "It was a rehearsal for a peaceful popular mo...
by Rekaar.
March 1, 2005, 9:19 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Supreme Court to hear The Ten Commandment cases tomorrow
Replies: 11
Views: 1023

They're a universal symbol of law in our society. Seems fitting they adorn most courthouses and legislative offices...including the very courtroom where this case will be heard. On a silly sidenote, just imagine the millions of taxpayer dollars that will have to be spent paying sandblasters to "...
by Rekaar.
March 1, 2005, 9:16 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Censorship at the Oscars
Replies: 32
Views: 1772

So the PR department at abc decides not to air some admittedly controversial content and now OMG SCREW ALL CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE WITH YOUR VALUES AND SHIT YOU SUCK!!



Voro if everyone had a new tv I'd agree with you. Even mine is 10 years old and I'm not exactly destitute.
by Rekaar.
February 28, 2005, 1:18 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Sex & Appearances - the ultimate research causes.
Replies: 15
Views: 1289

There's a big difference - a fundamental difference - between stem cells and aborting babies for research material. They are not the same issue, and I have no idea why anyone would be against stem cells =p
by Rekaar.
February 24, 2005, 8:56 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: rofl
Replies: 1
Views: 879

rofl

by Rekaar.
February 24, 2005, 8:52 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Pope back in Hospital, Undergoes tracheotomy
Replies: 26
Views: 2997

Elected by the cardinals
by Rekaar.
February 24, 2005, 12:47 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: 'ridiculous but totallly fuckin possible'
Replies: 58
Views: 7595

Perhaps we could take a cue from the room full of laughter? So, a room laughs and that means we are lying and planning to bomb who we just said we weren't planning to bomb? Wow, I need to learn this new form of reasoning. I bet I could do a lot for the world if I did...doh, wait, that means I would...
by Rekaar.
February 24, 2005, 12:45 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Eugenics and the foundation of abortion
Replies: 22
Views: 2440

I'm somehow doubting that any of you that posted actually read all of it. It containts a ton of things I didn't know, and thus found interesting. I even put in a disclaimer that I thought he had wild claims. Why so much hate =(
by Rekaar.
February 23, 2005, 12:10 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Eugenics and the foundation of abortion
Replies: 22
Views: 2440

Eugenics and the foundation of abortion

Apart from the evidence of eugenicist influence contained in the Roe decision itself, one of the clearest links between the eugenics movement and U.S. abortion policy is visible in the American Eugenics Society's 1956 membership records, which reveal that its members included a Planned Parenthood f...
by Rekaar.
February 23, 2005, 12:05 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: 'ridiculous but totallly fuckin possible'
Replies: 58
Views: 7595

Perhaps we could take a cue from the room full of laughter?
by Rekaar.
February 21, 2005, 5:04 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Torured Iraqis - Bad, Tortured Americans - not so much
Replies: 75
Views: 8311

well for one such an act would cause unimaginable losses in every other coastal region around.
by Rekaar.
February 17, 2005, 3:27 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Torured Iraqis - Bad, Tortured Americans - not so much
Replies: 75
Views: 8311

Would you support Guantanamo Bay inmates if they made a claim? I fully support reparations to the soldiers of any nation state who suffer violations at the hands of another, or suffer in the hands of a terrorist group. I believe that those who practice terrorism sacrifice rights when they decide to...
by Rekaar.
February 17, 2005, 3:18 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Double standards
Replies: 33
Views: 2561

You may be right about republican senstivity being equal to dems, but you also have to recognize the totally different argument being made.
by Rekaar.
February 17, 2005, 4:10 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Taxing alternative energy vehicles
Replies: 15
Views: 1318

i think it has more to do with Gasoline tax being the principle pot of money that roads and related infrastructure are paid for with. so if there were massive adoption in the marketplace of hybrid vehichles, gasoline sales would dip, as would the taxes from them, as would the funds to fix and maint...
by Rekaar.
February 17, 2005, 4:09 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: filibuster (sp?)
Replies: 28
Views: 3027

by Rekaar.
February 16, 2005, 3:46 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: speaking of a waste of money
Replies: 32
Views: 2952

Don't be tempted to judge entertainers for making money. They provide a service like any other and are paid based on the level of perceived value they add to a certain number of people. Just like you. If he didn't add that amount of value to people's lives he wouldn't be paid that sum. Be thankful o...
by Rekaar.
February 16, 2005, 3:41 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Congressman: Democrat Leadership Threatening 'Retribution'
Replies: 32
Views: 2634

I know how the current system works fash, I wasn't talking about that. I'm referring to the gap between when the bill was signed into law in 38 and benefits began in 42. Splitting hairs though, it isn't really that important.
by Rekaar.
February 16, 2005, 3:35 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Torured Iraqis - Bad, Tortured Americans - not so much
Replies: 75
Views: 8311

I would support a suit against Hussein himself, or others directly associated with the abuses (and wish them luck), not a totally new entity though. Doesn't add up.
by Rekaar.
February 16, 2005, 3:33 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Taxing Walmart
Replies: 7
Views: 1774

Wal-mart isn't successful because they're stupid, guys. They'll just make separate legal entities that share the same building to come in under the threshold.

It's true, the only thing that regulates entrepreneurs is their customers.
by Rekaar.
February 16, 2005, 12:14 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Chickendoves
Replies: 26
Views: 3045

When peace goes awry, soldiers are often the first ones to pay the price. When America appeared irresolute in the early eighties, who suffered: the pampered professors in their cozy collegiate nooks? Or the Marines in their barracks in Lebanon? When Islamic extremists tested America's resolve, did ...
by Rekaar.
February 16, 2005, 12:01 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Congressman: Democrat Leadership Threatening 'Retribution'
Replies: 32
Views: 2634

Fash wrote:that was still never the plan... ever.
Alright, I'll gladly stand corrected if you can give me a source.
by Rekaar.
February 15, 2005, 5:21 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Congressman: Democrat Leadership Threatening 'Retribution'
Replies: 32
Views: 2634

Rekaar. wrote:
Drasta wrote:they should just take the money we wake for social security and put it in a bank account for us until we turn 65 and then were able to use it and don't have to pay taxes on the money in it
that was the plan.


Then they spent it.
by Rekaar.
February 15, 2005, 5:20 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Torured Iraqis - Bad, Tortured Americans - not so much
Replies: 75
Views: 8311

Voro that's pretty shallow for you. Let's look at it from another angle. What if they win this suit in US courts and they're awarded, by some American judge, a billion dollars to divide up. If you're an Iraqi why would you even honor the award? How would you look at it? If you want to sue somebody a...