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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Russia Invades Ukraine

« on: March 03, 2014, 08:19:29 PM »

I would just like to point out to the e-lawyers here that an formal declaration of war isn't some kind of strict legal prerequisite to any military action.  It's really just a formality that's pretty outdated in this day and age.

In the US the president can only send in troops for a certain period of time.  If that period of time expires and Congress has not declared war, the troops must withdraw per US law.

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Technology & Information / Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.

« on: March 03, 2014, 03:10:55 AM »

Bitcoin is starting to sound more like shares of stock than currency.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Russia Invades Ukraine

« on: March 02, 2014, 03:04:43 AM »

Is this how the rest of the world feels when we 'Murica up a country?

No, we don't annex countries after we "fix" them.

Not technically.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Russia Invades Ukraine

« on: March 01, 2014, 08:35:15 PM »

Why is Russian invading Ukraine?

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Flat Earth Community / Re: So many FES

« on: February 27, 2014, 10:02:13 PM »

There is the Alaska one as well

The Alaskan one doesn't actually concern itself with FET, it's just a debate site that encourages people to think for themselves.

Edit: Oh wait, that's the Canadian one.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online

« on: February 27, 2014, 04:17:39 AM »

Can you explain CHIM in terms for someone who is way too tired to read up on it right now pretty please? :]

Apparantly anyone that knows CHIM can reshape the land.

The line "CHIM. Those who know it can reshape the land. Witness the home of the Red King Once Jungled," is a reference to the Godhead/CHIM theory proposed by Michael Kirkbride, about how Tiber Septim (the aforementioned 'Red King') used his abilities to alter Cyrodiil from the jungle described in lore from earlier games, to the way it appears in Oblivion.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Mythic_Dawn_Commentaries_3

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: On the notion of ban triggers but on not triggering bans

« on: February 16, 2014, 08:26:59 PM »

How about allowing a user to still be able to read the boards while banned, even though they can't post?  At the very least they should be able to keep up with conversations so they're caught up when they come back.  It's better than them coming back with the last memorable conversation in their mind being the one they got banned in.

That's the same as name ban.

When I got test banned on the old site, I could read it as a guest until I tried to log in, then I couldn't read anything, even as a guest.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: On the notion of ban triggers but on not triggering bans

« on: February 16, 2014, 06:07:11 PM »

How about allowing a user to still be able to read the boards while banned, even though they can't post?  At the very least they should be able to keep up with conversations so they're caught up when they come back.  It's better than them coming back with the last memorable conversation in their mind being the one they got banned in.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Sunrise

« on: February 12, 2014, 12:32:49 AM »

I could give you an answer, but how would we ever know if I am correct or not?

You could show your work.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Sunrise

« on: February 11, 2014, 11:30:23 PM »

He asked for someone to show the shortest route from Perth to Cape Town.  To me, that would be the shortest distance, and the places you pass over are what falls on the line from Perth to Cape Town.

So will someone kindly show the route on this monopolar map which minimizes the distance between Perth, Australia and Cape Town, South Africa, and give the what the distance of that route would be as indicated by the map?

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Sunrise

« on: February 11, 2014, 10:10:44 PM »

Why is PP trolling in this thread?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: People Doing Dumb Things

« on: February 08, 2014, 06:27:18 PM »

Who doesn't like fried chicken and watermelon? I think we all know who the real racists are.

They did lose out on a tasty lunch.

Fried chicken amd cornbread are almost guaranteed for a celebratory lunch in the south.  Never seen watermelon though.  Drop the watermelon and they could have passed it as a country-style cookout.

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Science & Alternative Science / Re: Bill Nye debates Ken Ham on Creationism

« on: February 06, 2014, 10:03:27 PM »

How the hell are they relating the second law of thermodynamics to evolution?

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Science & Alternative Science / Re: Bill Nye debates Ken Ham on Creationism

« on: February 05, 2014, 05:05:18 PM »

What does Bill Nye do these days anyway?  I only know him as the kid show host who I watched before I even started kindergarten.

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Technology & Information / Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.

« on: February 05, 2014, 01:24:31 AM »

Who started Bitcoin and why?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Amanda Knox guilty again.

« on: February 04, 2014, 04:46:12 PM »

EDIT: what Saddam said. The death penalty hasn't been shown to actually influence criminal's behavior in any way.

from what I remember it HAS been shown to influence a juries behaviour, in states where there's a mandatory death sentence for certain crimes juries are less likely to convict for those crimes.

I suspect that in the type of situation I'm talking about, this wouldn't be a problem.

What would you do if you believed all life is sacred and any killing is wrong (and that two wrongs don't make a right).

Let the guy go free or be directly responsible for his execution...

It's an issue, although I'm not sure if there's an option to get out of jury duty in those states if you don't feel you could ever support the death penalty.

I'm sure they would release you from jury duty if that were the case.  Even if they don't, you can still vote not guilty and force a hung jury so they have to get new jurors (seems like perverting the legal system I know, but it is a last resort option).

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online

« on: February 02, 2014, 10:46:34 PM »

What kind of natural terrain will they use that can explicably open up as the new locations are released?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing (the Video Game Version)

« on: February 01, 2014, 07:06:03 PM »

How many Mario fans does it take to drive a kart?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Amanda Knox guilty again.

« on: January 30, 2014, 11:28:02 PM »

Amanda Knox- the Italian OJ.

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Technology & Information / Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.

« on: January 30, 2014, 02:27:44 AM »

"Being your own bank" doesn't sound like an advantage because your savings wouldn't accumulate interest.