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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Windows 7 vs Windows XP |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 9:57 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,101
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| Windows 7 is what Windows should have been for countless years. I would only advise against it if your computer happens to be very, very slow. Like barely running XP slow. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Quick Probability Question (noob level) |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 9:53 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 691
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| Hey, I've been struggling with something literally all day, and I believe the key lies in the answer to this question: Given a six-sided die and three attempts, what is the probability of getting a 2 or 1 on at least two tries? An even simpler example in case I'm not illustrating this well enough: G... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sanity, consistency, and ideals |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2010, 5:23 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,762
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| @Ahhsumleeglohreeuss: You seem to want to define the closest approximation of a perfect human mind. You're brave. And also wasting your time. I don't understand your issue at all. "Perfect human mind"? A mind which is able to remain entirely consistent. Part of having the flawed brainmatter we all ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sanity, consistency, and ideals |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2010, 4:16 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,762
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| @Ahhsumleeglohreeuss: You seem to want to define the closest approximation of a perfect human mind. You're brave. And also wasting your time. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is america behind other countries...? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2010, 4:12 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,131
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| ...in supporting the poor and destitute? Why do many countries have more mobility than the US? Or why does the US have such a high rate in distributing wealth to the uber rich and such a low rate of redistributing wealth to the poor? Just would like to hear your thoughts on the matter. We are not b... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Clinton's foot in mouth once again |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2010, 4:09 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,781
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| Find anything distressing about this? http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100416/D9F4EPUO0.html My response: "No, Mr. Clinton, it's a slippery slope from demonizing political dissenters to tyranny--once which would deserve dethroning, might I add. Yes, I am armed. Yes, I support secession. But casting... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Delusion |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2010, 3:55 pm
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Replies: 109
Views: 6,962
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| The answer's really quite simple: If you hold a false belief about reality, then you are delusional. One of the goals of sentient life, from the emergence of intellect as a child onto death, is to eliminate the greatest amount of delusions possible. As far as the provable\disprovable thing, I reject... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "You're TOO LOUD" |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2009, 5:24 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,958
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LostInEmulation wrote: @TheDoctor82: Iran != Afghanistan If I missed out on the news that Bin Laden moved there, tell me, but it sounds kinda unlikely to me.
Bin Laden's wherever we want him to be.  |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Book recommendation for the literate |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2009, 3:12 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,212
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| The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, by Erving Goffman. It's given me a lot of insight into how the social performances are played out, and how NT's view the world, with or without their knowledge. A warning: The book is highly intellectualized (perfect for many Aspies), requiring a mastery of... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Obama's Back To School Speech |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2009, 3:06 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,318
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| Although I would have preferred the nationalistic message of letting down your country to be omitted, I was pleased with the speech. And I'm not an Obama fanboi. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Aspie Nation |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2009, 12:19 pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 6,232
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| 5. Perhaps you can solve the male/female ratio by making it a combination commune / cult. The cult members would be NT females who are indoctrinated to worship aspies. Then you solve the male/female ratio. Plus, you can seek status as a religion. So many things in the Bible are now viewed as metaph... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS/NT Hatred |
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Posted: 02 Jul 2009, 6:34 pm
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Replies: 57
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If this came from any other forum, I'd say it would be hate on Aspies.
Whoever wrote that is childish and terribly immature, not to mention self-absorbed and ignorant. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Eye Contact and Bullying |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 7:40 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,478
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| If you act like a victim, you'll be treated like one. If you act strong, you'll be treated like you're strong. Confidence, confidence, confidence and assertiveness. It's a tough skill to learn, and I'm in no way a master of the art, but people will treat you better and respect you more if you learn ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Watery Eyes |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 7:36 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Happens to me all the time. I'm no doctor, but I agree with Dr. Strangelove up there. It has to do with the brand of strange boredom we get in social situations, and a kind of strange yawn that sometimes follows. You can get rid of this by getting involved in a good conversation that interests you. ... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Would you survive a zombie apocalypse? |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 7:32 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,366
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| This quiz was terrible. Too few questions, too many based on things that have no bearing on survival. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Does anyone love me? |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 7:27 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,706
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This one sentence has helped me enormously:
"What you think of me is none of my business. " |
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