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Because even without the cultural connotation, carte blanche in English has the very specific meaning of "blank check" or "no limits". Carte blanche has become a specific English idiom whose origin is French, but it is still an English phrase. As is, for that matter, hari kari. ...

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Or, to diversify from the food-related examples (sorry, am eating lunch), if "carte blanche" becomes "cart blonch", what the heck is that? I don't know. How about we dump the cultural connotation and call it what it is - White Card. Then we standarize spelling on the English wor...

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We don't have the SATs here so just how low is 400? Is that what you get when you manage to write down your name or what? What is concidered a good score, what is the max etc. Scores range from 200 to 800. 200 is showing up and filling out the information block correctly. 800 is every answer right....

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Now, is [science] a religion? Absolutely. It has worshippers, it explains the Universe and everything around us, it has zealots, it has splinter cults. If that's how you choose to define "Religion" - a group with worshippers, an attempt to explain the universe, zealots, and splinter cults...

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Since Muslim-headscarf-wearing-women keep coming up in this discussion, I'd like to remind people that some of them are fighting for the right to wear the headscarf in France. They want to wear it. They will endure ridicule at school and suffer expulsion before they stop. In some cases and in some p...

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Lorg - I think Angel only meant that girls in Sweden are (almost) all blond - she made no reference to their sexual appetite. Black Swedes (which refers entirely to hair color in this context, for those unaware) are still relatively uncommon, as I understand it, so I suspect she is correct on that f...

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The least he could do would be to cite the evidence, research, and archaeological finds to which he is referring...

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. . . exactly like Three-Two says many women (and men!) are anorexic or bulemic because they want to be. I'm dead serious. They acquire eating disorders and then like it. No, not really. Want to elaborate on the point? Some people enjoy strange things... pain, drugs, piercings, chocolate... why not...

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Does science has "axioms" from which one can build from? Yes (though not all scientists like to admit it). A few of them are pretty impressive as far as fundamental assumptions (my preferred word for those fundamental axioms of math) go, actually, and they underlie just about all of scien...

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Polish chick tits? You stopped reading at that point, didn't you? ;) Is it force? Yes, absolutely. Is it "we will stone you" kind of force? Nope. But then, most muslim socieites are also beyond that. Many women wearing those headscarves do so because they want to wear them , exactly like ...

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Fuck Subspace. It's a pale imitation of a good free game, like Allegiance.

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Let's put it that way. What if he hadn't kill her but "only" kicked her hard enough to kill the unborn child without seriously damaging her. Don't you think he should be prosecuted for killing the baby, unborn or not? It was mostly viable at that point, her mother wanted it, there is real...

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Yeah, I know it doesn't violate the First. I do question as to whether it violates some dress code for judges, but I'd imagine the judge would be more informed on that than I am. I'm fairly certain the judge is also the arbiter as to whether it counts as contempt of court. I still think it's unsuita...

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Monument not allowed? No problem, just wear the Ten Commandements instead . :cute As long as we're playing dress up in the court room, can we get those nifty wigs the Brits use? <insert obligatory Separation of Church and State rant here> <insert classic reply here> <insert topic-derailing comment h...

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Hey Ang - I read your post, and I think it's an interesting bit of info. I didn't know that, about any program reducing teen sex about the same amount, but inclusive programs mean that those teens who do have sex are more likely to use birth control. That's something I hadn't heard about before. Th...

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Look, can you use particle physics to explain the behavior of a living organism? Yes. The point is that Abstinence Only programs hurt and never help when compared to similar all-inclusive programs. I linked to this stuff before... Here . And now I'm going to quote myself : The data (as noted in the...

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Hero: First I'd use my powers to change the laws so what I wanted to do was legal, then I'd do it. Can't be a villain if it's perfectly legal, right?

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I believe Douglas Adams was way ahead of his time. We need talking cows to tell us which parts of them to eat, and we need them now. I'd say protections not be based on biology at all, but be moved to personhood, and tests aimed at determining personhood, sapiance, self-awareness and so on be develo...

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Marius wrote:Kitten Avatars

Kitten Icon 1, 2, 3, 5... what happened to 4?

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MissTeja wrote:I wouldn't call it ignorance, I'd call it preference.

It becomes ignorance if Deutsch is converted into Dutch instead of German. Which consistently happened in that time frame and was incorrect.

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If you happen to live out here, and are interested in gaming, please, please respond or get ahold of me by some means. *Grovel* Find me a job (more or less using my degree in Computer Science, preferably, or in the game industry) and a place to live and I'll be happy to play and/or GM a game for yo...

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Dedford, NY. Dead center of Suffolk County on LI, with about as much to do as there is in Potsdam...except we can't even go cow tipping. Hey, Potsdam has Clarkson, and that means Hockey! Though Clarkson still sucks. Born (very near to, silly hospitals) and raised in Fayetteville, NY - college in Tr...

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{vc = "S*P"}I'm sorry, I missed everything you said after "Necrophiliac" {/vc} Mmmm, dead bodies everywhere is such a wonderful love song...

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Indiana is also the state that can't figure out how to change their clocks. Half the year it's on Eastern time the other half it's on Central. That's entirely related to the farmers. They think that whole daylight-savings bollocks is useless. Actually, they may switch soon, because most farmers hav...

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DarkMage wrote:
BloodHound wrote:dont forget to look into the japanese culture on that on either.
any sugestions for "classical" texts from the japanese/asian cultures on the subject?

Kama Sutra?

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Eva wrote:Also: http://selfdestruct.net/kitties/

I recognize those kittens... What is this, a masturbation blog of all the kitties forced to die because God kills kittens every time?

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Astroturfing has become a common strategy and is a pain to weed out (pun not intended, but should have been). It has replaced many corporate lobby systems for influencing politicians during non-election years. It is incredibly effective, and it sucks ass because it obscures real movements, making ac...

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No WMDs. Exceptionally thorough looters. No international legal justification for the invasion. Chemical weapons destroyed, but new ones being produced now (possibly). What did you actually want to know about? And in case I wasn't clear ( just looked over the last few posts again, including my own) ...

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Some of the regular guests on it were good, but Tough Crowd never struck me as well as Politically Incorrect, or a few other similar shows that have started on Comedy Central (and either left to other channels, or failed miserably). The Daily Show, on the other hand, is amazing. Jon Stewart took it ...

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because aparently the runner up was Dutch I'd like to note that the Pennsylvania Dutch are actually the Pennsylvania Deutsch, but Americans are stupid and don't realize that Germany isn't called Germany in German. Nor that German is not called German in German. They know German and Dutch, not Deuts...

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There's a weapon from HL2 SP that's been included in DM called the gravity gun. It lets you pick up scenery (desks, chairs, computers, crates, barrels - both exploding and non - toilets, sinks, etc.) and heave it at enemies. It's a very innovative addition to multiplayer especially. Imagine picking...

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I may get one now that I have money. Seeing as I'll be having Kai help me with other computer stuff, I can just tack on some donation and e-mail payment and so on.

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I had to make the store look right for the rabid morning rush. And god damn, did they rush. Who the fuck waits at the door of Target at 6 in the morning? Answer: Evidently the entire town. Jesus, I had to fight a wave of humanity to reach the door to go home.

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"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. " - Lao-Tzu

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Ancient History wrote:if this omen is ought by which to judge.

I believe you wanted "aught" rather than "ought". Or possibly I'm archaic. (makes note to check dictionary later)

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Probably not a whole hell of a lot more than I do now, actually. Except for owning my own castle. But really, I just like to sit around and play games. I don't see that changing much, regardless of wealth. Maybe do some travel. But really... Place to live, good food, friends to hang with all the tim...

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Reika wrote:I just have a hard time seeing 32 as Santa.

Abortion Claus: So you see, kids, if I were to really visit all of your houses personally, I would be liquified by the sheer velocity and acceleration required.

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I'd just like to note that Laser pointers wer eon Clearance for $2.50, so I picked one up and in about 10 minutes (mostly spent trying to figure out how to craft the double slit part of the experiment) I succeeded in demonstrating that interference was happening by using a razor (my box cutter from ...

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<Wal-Mart is> also almost universally recognized for being one of the cheapest companies in the world (as in not paying squat). I believe they also refuse to allow any type of union workforce. Yep. Accoding to my co-workers at Target (many of whom have previously worked at Wal-marts), the big W is ...

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Macross is about it for mecha anime I like and have, Escaflowne only counts for half :) Tried Maze (the series, the movie was pretty poor) yet? It gets to count in the Sexually Deviant, Giant Mecha and Random Magical World genres. :D Out of curiousity, would Nausicaa count as Giant Mecha? I don't r...

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32 - I like tabbed browsing. I like using Alt-Tab to switch applications, yes, but I'm completely used to also Ctrl-Tab to document switch, (and even Ctrl-Shift-Tab to reverse document switch), which makes it work exactly like everything else I use. If you haven't used Ctrl-Tab before, you might lik...

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I've been playing again. I feel stupid. I know I got way past this point when I first played it. Now I'm stuck on Step 23 (or 24)... "Obey all the rules" Fit Fall.

Even so, I'm so happy I found this again. Pendulum is so relaxing. It's, like, totally Zen.

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Macross has lots of singing. I believe one of the OVAs (Macross Plus?) is all about a singer and a concert...

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You do need to pass a piss test, and you do need to pass an FBI ten-year background check since you'll be handling US mail. That's cute. Nearly adorable. I like that you think I could concievably pass either of those examinations; it's really pretty flattering. Uh... I had to pass those to work at ...

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(The Military for gawds sake!!Imagine what kind of fun you could have with that.) I've always wanted a President to snap in office and just go to a random military base and order soldiers to do random shit. "Stand on one leg! You, act like a chicken! You five, form a human pyramid! You five......

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Angel wrote:Rarely do I agree with the MooCow...

See, I knew you thought about killing people sometimes...

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Jesus is Canadian, and clearly liberal. Clone Jesus is also liberal. I think both clones are.

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Serious Paul wrote:Fedexing pets sounds fun. Luckily they're a completely renewable resource.

If you need suggestions, ask Bethyaga, he knows all about fedexing small living things.</abused joke>

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I'm assuming it's a flourescent bulb model. What that usually indicates in a flat screen is that the bulb inside is bad. This shouldn't be expensive to fix. If you've ever seen a flourescent over-head that blinks out and then refires the starter sparker, you'll know what I mean, and you should be ab...

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I am poison wrote:Then, eventually, they come upon the distillery hidden in a dark and abandoned mine guarded by the redneck zombies who have become its slaves.

Don't forget to have one of the zombies pour out a forty for his lost homies and create a Redneck Tree.

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