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- Wed May 05, 2004 10:13 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
Why do I target you? Because I have higher expectations for you. If you're as smart as you claim, you should be able to do much better than this. I don't know what it takes to get you to have a serious debate past a certain point-- better arguements are ignored, flattery just inflates your ego, and...
- Wed May 05, 2004 4:48 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
- Tue May 04, 2004 7:21 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Enviroment] What to do about too many Koalas
- Replies: 36
- Views: 505
I don't see what the problem is. They are not even native to Kangaroo Island. You can relocate them, but the koala population problems on the mainland are due to to loss of habitat, so bringing in more koalas isn't going to help that. I would have thought better of the Australian Conservation Founda...
- Tue May 04, 2004 12:37 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
- Sun May 02, 2004 10:23 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Iraq] the photos.
- Replies: 194
- Views: 2341
An Iraqi view - about what you'd expect: The pictures are horrific. I felt a multitude of things as I saw them... the most prominent feeling was rage, of course. I had this incredible desire to break something- like that would make things somehow better or ease the anger and humiliation. We’ve been ...
- Sat May 01, 2004 10:39 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
Let me restate the definitions I used before, Crone, so you don't have to wonder what I mean anymore. :D Why, thank you. Work: effort toward a goal. Hard work: concerted effort toward a goal. Smart work: efficient effort toward a goal. Play: effort toward a goal when the goal is, in whole or in par...
- Sat May 01, 2004 4:21 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
Are sex and violence work for you? I think roleplaying can be work, especially GMing. Video games, I dunno, what do you think? So are you saying your definition of work depends on the perception of the person doing it? (at least in part) Sorry, I'm dumb. I don't understand that question. Are you as...
- Sat May 01, 2004 3:03 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
I get tired playing visdeo games quite often. Physically tired. When I roleplay I get amazingly tired afterwards, I am so drained I could usually pass out. When I fuck I get tired. It taxes me, often my legs are so sore afterwards they quiver. When I beat a person I am exhilerated,often I could eas...
- Sat May 01, 2004 2:52 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: I made the news.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 788
Wow, Paul, that is so bad. I don’t know what to say. This is roughly what's on the video: It starts with two newsreaders. The bloke says something like: They protect but now they are living in fear…prison guards claim blatant negligence…their personal information in the hands of the worst criminals ...
- Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:31 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
- Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:43 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
- Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:41 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Race Relations] Is U of I mascot Racist?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 489
- Wed Apr 28, 2004 10:04 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Why isn't the Bible Satanic?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 553
The question is fallacious, though subtly so, and at first I couldn't get my mind around why. The question assumes the existence of Satan as described in the Bible, and therefore assumes the Bible is true. It then turns around and uses Satan to call the Bible into question. Which is ridiculous, bec...
- Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:17 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
- Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:49 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
- Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:05 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
Do you have kids, crone? (I honestly don't know, so I'm asking.) I have two kids, one 3 and one 6, and I've been at home with them since they were born. Snapping and losing it on someone is quite easy. It takes almost zero effort to be a bastard. It's only the guilt afterward that is hard. When you...
- Wed Apr 28, 2004 12:58 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
Justify yourself. By what definition is standing over someone with a yardstick and barking orders harder work than making a game out of it and running around and hiding toys and getting involved with your child? And don't say because it's because pleasant = not work and unpleasant = work. That's cr...
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:52 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:30 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Why isn't the Bible Satanic?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 553
Interesting question, do you mind if I repost it somewhere else? Some of the former DSFers at Underworld might have an answer.
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:04 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Music] David Bowie encourages fans to bootleg his music
- Replies: 8
- Views: 135
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 8:45 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
OK, so I'm back from holiday and this thread is still going Can someone please fill me in on the state of play? Would this have gone any different if we had said 'work' instead of 'hard work'? If so, what exactly would have been different? I'd like to know if the pro-'hard work' people actually make...
- Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:51 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
Now come the qualifiers. Say the sporadic practicer has to work other jobs to pay the rent so he can take a shot at the music scene. If that practicing is the only time he has, then he's working just as hard as the six-hour a day person. What if his instrument is in the shop. What if he's teaching ...
- Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:06 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
- Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:00 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
Crone: You notice that I did not say 'sustained.' Hell, I don't work well with a sustained effort. I take breaks every 20 minutes in those six hours (from two to five minutes each.) But I need those breaks to stay concentrated and focused for the next twenty minutes. That kind of practice works for...
- Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:03 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
I don't. It's a guess, based on the fact that it's what makes the most sense. What's more, you're the only person here who thinks the amount of effort you put into something isn't generally proportionate to the amount of return you recieve, so I'm not alone in this assessment. Not the only person. ...
- Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:45 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Assault Weapons Ban?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 579
- Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:20 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
- Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:58 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Dodgy Research, Inc.] First Three Purchases
- Replies: 35
- Views: 531
- Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:46 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
- Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:42 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [IRAQ] Fallujah
- Replies: 251
- Views: 3111
However, if you look out the window at any given area of Iraq and try to match up what you see with what you've just read, they're probably gonna match up pretty well, and that's gonna get you nice and pissed. OTOH, if you read al-Sadr's paper then looked out the window and saw a pretty good day wi...
- Tue Apr 20, 2004 7:59 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: News media: FOX v. CNN
- Replies: 47
- Views: 683
- Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:11 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 15 year old girl charged with child pornography
- Replies: 231
- Views: 3242
I've started new posts a dozen times, and I just can't go through with it. Cain, you are seriously the saddest human being with a real intellect that I have ever met. I feel for you, because I assume that your life includes far more pain and disappointment than it does joy. (Some of that may be due...
- Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:48 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [IRAQ] Fallujah
- Replies: 251
- Views: 3111
A sample of Al Sadr's paper.
- Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:43 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [IRAQ] Fallujah
- Replies: 251
- Views: 3111
I don't think Al Sadr would ever have been a valuable asset to the American cause. He is a big-time fundie Muslim, Sharia law, clerics ruling the country, no compromises. I think Bremer shut the newspaper on a pretext, or at least a judgement call, as a not-so-subtle hint. Maybe because other hints ...
- Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:18 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Hard Work"
- Replies: 475
- Views: 7548
I'm not sure what is meant by 'concerted effort'. I think hard work is work that makes me tired, whether physically, mentally or emotionally. It could be pleasant or unpleasant. I think some people have broadened the definition too much, to include any kind of continued work or effort, including 'sm...
- Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:56 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 15 year old girl charged with child pornography
- Replies: 231
- Views: 3242
I don't know if this is going to make much sense, but I'll try anyway. It seems to me that punishing parents for things like this is much more about the social consequences of punishment, than about changing the parent at all. They can be a warning to others, and victims can get a bit of revenge, an...
- Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:58 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [IRAQ] Fallujah
- Replies: 251
- Views: 3111
Crone: Michevelli doesn't seem to have agreed with you. And i don't want them cowed, but to have a healthy edge of fear(and therefore respect) towardsthe US. And you supported my earlier statement. Sadr may have negotiated earlier, but his demands were far more radical, than they ould be now. Now h...
- Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:14 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [IRAQ] Fallujah
- Replies: 251
- Views: 3111
Cain: He seems highly variable. He was willing to negotiate before, but he had some pretty unrealistic demands. If Sistani or the Americans let the pressure off, he would probably bounce right back up again. See, I think, the more they see that oppossing the Americans results in guinane BAD shit com...
- Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:01 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [IRAQ] Fallujah
- Replies: 251
- Views: 3111
Al Sadr has agreed to negotiate with Amercians, and dropped a lot of his demands. In fact, he seems to have his tail between his legs right now. I read that he wanted to prevent Najaf turning into another Fallujah. So maybe the Americans have proved that they are not to be trifled with, and if he do...
- Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:22 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Random Observation] This is Democracy
- Replies: 31
- Views: 508
No one forced these people to be there except themselves. No one purposefully goes near a bully without expecting to get thier ass kicked. Plus, a bully doesn't risk losing anything by not taking your money--a cop on riot duty does. There's always a possibilty that some looney will throw a firebomb...
- Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:48 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: News media: FOX v. CNN
- Replies: 47
- Views: 683
I've never encountered Fox before, but I clicked on one of 32's links, and I was really taken aback. OK the facts are the same thing, but the way they are presented, and the significance attached to various things can make it into a completely different story. One of the Iraqi bloggers put up a link...
- Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:00 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [IRAQ] Fallujah
- Replies: 251
- Views: 3111
- Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:46 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Random Observation] This is Democracy
- Replies: 31
- Views: 508
Bad situation. A schoolyard money-toter doesn't go looking for a bully to irritate, the bully comes looking for him. The protestors initiated the incident by simply being there. And if you're going to a protest and not expecting the cops to show, you're and idiot and deserve a good macing--stimulis...
- Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:39 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Random Observation] This is Democracy
- Replies: 31
- Views: 508
I'm not trying to excuse the police for when they went overboard, I'm just saying that I don't approve of the protestors whining and bitching about it when they knew full well that these exact methods would be used on them if they did not do as they were told. If you know the stove is hot, and you ...
- Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:27 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [IRAQ] Fallujah
- Replies: 251
- Views: 3111
The Iraq body count site is a great site, but it doesn't answer 3278's question in the least. He said how many non-combatants have been killed by insurgents vs. how many have been killed by coalition troops. I got this wrong. 3278's question was not 'how many...', but 'how many does Cain think...',...
- Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:00 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [IRAQ] Fallujah
- Replies: 251
- Views: 3111
crone: it does give us a starting point, but I'm in great fear and awe of having to search through all the sources they cite for each case in order to make the data bomb more accurate. I wonder if anyone else has done it.... It gives an idea, at least. I, for one, am not going to quibble over exact...
- Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:39 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [IRAQ] Fallujah
- Replies: 251
- Views: 3111
The Iraq body count site is a great site, but it doesn't answer 3278's question in the least. He said how many non-combatants have been killed by insurgents vs. how many have been killed by coalition troops. The site just lists cause of death as e.g. 'gunfire', without saying who or why. I can see h...
- Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:21 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: One Year
- Replies: 6
- Views: 140
- Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:31 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Random Observation] This is Democracy
- Replies: 31
- Views: 508
- Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:17 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: One Year
- Replies: 6
- Views: 140
Those are good ideas. If you get on with kids, you could take hers down to the park and play with them, or to a swimming pool. She could come and watch, or have some time for herself. If you could babysit in the evenings, she and her husband could spend some time together. If they are doing renovati...