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 Topic: Ron Paul has better chance than Cain of getting Nomination |
mcg
Replies: 10
Views: 543
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 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:48 pm Subject: Ron Paul has better chance than Cain of getting Nomination |
| If I recall, In 2008, intrade gave Paul somewhere around a 10% chance of winning the GOP nomination (clearly way too high). Part of the reason for this is that intrade makes you post your worst-case l ... |
| Topic: Computer programming vs. Database programming. |
mcg
Replies: 7
Views: 1908
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:23 pm Subject: Computer programming vs. Database programming. |
| Relational division can be extremely mind bending, even when you don't have performance, scalability, and data consistency issues to worry about. A 10 year old can learn imperative programming, but yo ... |
| Topic: bank TRANSFER day November 5th 2011 |
mcg
Replies: 51
Views: 2982
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:29 am Subject: bank TRANSFER day November 5th 2011 |
I bank with a credit union. I don't pay fee's to do anything.
Ever.Huh? What credit union are you at? No fee for cutting a cashiers check, making an outgoing wire, stopping payment on a check, ove ... |
| Topic: Who cares if China gets angry? |
mcg
Replies: 29
Views: 1317
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:36 pm Subject: Who cares if China gets angry? |
If China stops buying U.S. debt notes (i.e. lending us money) we will go belly up.
They lend us money and we buy their inferior goods.
ruveynThe Chinese are capable of building quality goods. T ... |
| Topic: OS portable electronics |
mcg
Replies: 4
Views: 981
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:26 pm Subject: OS portable electronics |
| Sounds like terminology someone made up. I would have asked them to clarify. |
| Topic: People who rub things in your face |
mcg
Replies: 10
Views: 2475
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:27 pm Subject: People who rub things in your face |
| I don't understand. Can you please give an example? |
| Topic: Are we on the cusp of a global deflationary crisis? |
mcg
Replies: 46
Views: 2475
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:10 am Subject: Are we on the cusp of a global deflationary crisis? |
| With a 14 trillion national debt and 112 trillion in unfunded liabilities, the US cannot afford deflation. It's inflate or default. |
| Topic: bank TRANSFER day November 5th 2011 |
mcg
Replies: 51
Views: 2982
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:37 am Subject: bank TRANSFER day November 5th 2011 |
I bank with a credit union. I don't pay fee's to do anything.
Ever.Huh? What credit union are you at? No fee for cutting a cashiers check, making an outgoing wire, stopping payment on a check, ove ... |
| Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
mcg
Replies: 28687
Views: 1100059
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Forum: The Haven Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:46 am Subject: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
| +10. I went to the strip club and a stripper told me her real name and gave me her number. We're in love and we're getting married. |
| Topic: Can someone recommend me a quality sewing machine? |
mcg
Replies: 6
Views: 675
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:26 am Subject: Can someone recommend me a quality sewing machine? |
| Nice, the Pfaff is mine. Picked it up today and watched it sew! Now I just need to figure out how to work this thing. |
| Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
mcg
Replies: 28687
Views: 1100059
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Forum: The Haven Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:33 am Subject: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
| -5 I feel like I should feel depressed but I just feel numb and its 2 in the morning but I feel like if I try and go to sleep now i'll just end up staring at the ceiling for a few hours before I am ev ... |
| Topic: Narcissists are attractive |
mcg
Replies: 108
Views: 7041
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:50 am Subject: Narcissists are attractive |
| Beware. Correlation does not imply causation. I would certainly not recommend acting like a narcissist in an attempt to increase dating success. There's nothing more annoying than an inept narcissist, ... |
| Topic: Can someone recommend me a quality sewing machine? |
mcg
Replies: 6
Views: 675
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:19 am Subject: Can someone recommend me a quality sewing machine? |
Great, I just emailed the person selling the Pfaff, so hopefully it will soon be mine. She mispelled Pfaff in her listing, so people searching specifically for Pfaffs will probably not see it  .
A ... |
| Topic: Can someone recommend me a quality sewing machine? |
mcg
Replies: 6
Views: 675
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:45 pm Subject: Can someone recommend me a quality sewing machine? |
| I am looking to get a used sewing machine so I can make myself a weighted a blanket. I know nothing about sewing machines and was hoping an experienced aspie could recommend me one from my local craig ... |
| Topic: Post the comp/math/sci/tech stuff you've accumulated! |
mcg
Replies: 5
Views: 1215
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:37 am Subject: Post the comp/math/sci/tech stuff you've accumulated! |
| This thread is for posting the technical stuff you've obtained over the years. I'll go first. Here is my collection of calculating devices, consisting of slide rules and RPN calculators. I have a few ... |
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