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07-20-2014, 11:02 PM
Thread: Malaysian Airlines flight down
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This is hilarious to me: ...
This is hilarious to me:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/276730-Nevada-Ranch-Riot?p=4231014#post4231014 -
03-16-2014, 12:52 PM
Thread: Malaysia Airlines MH370 has gone dark
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When you hear the engines of a plane, duh.
When you hear the engines of a plane, duh.
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03-09-2014, 06:41 PM
Thread: Cosmos v2.0 Stats Tonight
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Neil Degrasse Tyson is awesome. If you are bored,...
Neil Degrasse Tyson is awesome. If you are bored, just searching youtube for videos of him speaking is a good thing to do.
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02-26-2014, 01:47 AM
Thread: This.... is a ski cut.
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Why post that shitty video of a TV playing a...
Why post that shitty video of a TV playing a video? Here's the original with a lot more info/content: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joZS8tV__7o
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02-15-2014, 01:16 AM
Thread: The XXII Olympic Winter Games
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So far 6 of 7 women DNFed the super G... now...
So far 6 of 7 women DNFed the super G...
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02-11-2014, 10:43 PM
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You might be right about the motivation for using...
You might be right about the motivation for using the term, but:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_river
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02-09-2014, 03:06 AM
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It's obvious you haven't thought about a...
It's obvious you haven't thought about a practical response to what you are imagining. Yeah, there would be problems running the grid entirely as-is, but that isn't necessary to prevent the anarchy...
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02-05-2014, 10:38 AM
Thread: Great Darwin Debate: Live Tonight @ 7 EST
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I don't need to enlighten anyone, these aren't my...
I don't need to enlighten anyone, these aren't my ideas: http://www.universetoday.com/17044/bad-news-insterstellar-travel-may-remain-in-science-fiction/
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02-05-2014, 01:43 AM
Thread: Great Darwin Debate: Live Tonight @ 7 EST
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Quantum entanglement doesn't get around...
Quantum entanglement doesn't get around relativity, and wormholes are just a theoretical mathematical curiosity of physics. We've never observed anything that suggests they actually exist.
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02-05-2014, 01:13 AM
Thread: Great Darwin Debate: Live Tonight @ 7 EST
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I agree with a lot of what you said, but I do not...
I agree with a lot of what you said, but I do not think that this debate can always be ignored. This particular one? Yes, I wish Bill Nye had not engaged in this debate. There was very little to be...
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02-05-2014, 12:44 AM
Thread: Great Darwin Debate: Live Tonight @ 7 EST
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While it might have seemed crazy, there was no...
While it might have seemed crazy, there was no physical reason to believe it wouldn't be possible. Contemporary physicists would probably have no problem accepting that.
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02-04-2014, 11:15 PM
Thread: Great Darwin Debate: Live Tonight @ 7 EST
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Funny you ask that. To me, one of the defining...
Funny you ask that. To me, one of the defining questions was "What, if anything, would change your mind?". Ham's answer was basically that nothing could change his mind because the bible is what it...
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02-02-2014, 08:17 PM
Thread: Super Bowl XLVIII
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Without a chance for a shutout the game is just...
Without a chance for a shutout the game is just boring now.
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02-02-2014, 07:32 PM
Thread: Super Bowl XLVIII
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Shouted exactly this out loud. This is...
Shouted exactly this out loud. This is embarassing.
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01-24-2014, 09:28 PM
Thread: Oh that Steve Jobs, what an American hero
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It doesn't have an effect on the total size of...
It doesn't have an effect on the total size of the market, but consider the example of the money supply and the quantity theory of money: prices are proportional to both the money supply and the...
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01-24-2014, 08:37 PM
Thread: Oh that Steve Jobs, what an American hero
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It's not a matter of sympathy, that sounds like a...
It's not a matter of sympathy, that sounds like a real problem to me. I'd much rather bank revenue be going to their mid/lower level employees than the top management. That would hopefully result in...
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01-24-2014, 03:26 PM
Thread: Oh that Steve Jobs, what an American hero
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Are you really this dense? This agreement was...
Are you really this dense? This agreement was aimed at suppressing exactly what you are suggesting people do.
Can't it be both? They aren't getting paid their fair market salary, but even that is... -
01-12-2014, 01:32 AM
Thread: My latest Interation with the Police
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Let me get this straight, there are FIVE states...
Let me get this straight, there are FIVE states where you have issues on your record preventing you from getting a license that require an attorney to clear up? I think I'll give the CHP the benefit...
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01-11-2014, 08:59 PM
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That one is tough. On one hand, I hate the...
That one is tough. On one hand, I hate the precedent, but on the other, I think it would fuck over Yelp's tidy little extortion business and I really want that to happen.
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01-10-2014, 10:57 PM
Thread: DIA and Weed. Here we go.....
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Examples? Every example I've seen cited of this...
Examples? Every example I've seen cited of this was pretty sketchy, whether it was in MT or elsewhere.
The fact is, if the feds really did want to crack down on medical/recreational shops, it... -
01-06-2014, 02:12 AM
Thread: Adults behaving badly
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The first one with the screaming fat lady...
The first one with the screaming fat lady reminded me of this, which also belongs in this thread: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c22_1375265790
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12-21-2013, 12:00 AM
Thread: More Teacher/Student Sex
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The simplest explanation would be that as of...
The simplest explanation would be that as of 20011, 84% of teachers were female, and the ratio is likely even marginally higher now.
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12-13-2013, 01:45 AM
Thread: Gluten free pasta....WTF? Are they KIDDING?
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This is not a joke: I actually got some paper...
This is not a joke: I actually got some paper plates once that I later noticed said they were "gluten free".
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12-10-2013, 10:11 PM
Thread: Who are these idiots?
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I'd like to think I'd have the presence of mind...
I'd like to think I'd have the presence of mind to do this were I actually there, but: it seems like a good thing to do would be to get your vehicle stopped somehow in the safest reasonable place,...
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12-06-2013, 03:00 AM
Thread: RIP Nelson Mandela
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What do you think Thomas Jefferson would say? ...
What do you think Thomas Jefferson would say?
This is the man that said this: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -
11-22-2013, 03:12 AM
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Bullshit, fuck you. You *obviously* tried to pass...
Bullshit, fuck you. You *obviously* tried to pass off that picture like it was your innocent pups chilling in your back yard and got eaten up out of the blue.
What the fuck is your point? If you... -
09-25-2013, 09:52 PM
Thread: Breaking Bad
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Like I said, he's no saint, but it's pretty...
Like I said, he's no saint, but it's pretty obvious to me that Walt, Gus, Tuco, Todd and the rest of the Nazis, ... are on a whole different level of evil. The only time I've seen Walt express actual...
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09-25-2013, 03:30 PM
Thread: Breaking Bad
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How can you see Jesse like this? Think about...
How can you see Jesse like this? Think about where Jesse was at the beginning, just some aimless idiot that was mixed up with low level meth.
Really? Nothing?
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09-17-2013, 08:46 PM
Thread: What the hell happened to Ebay?
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The technology progression on bikes/skis seems to...
The technology progression on bikes/skis seems to have slowed down a bit. It seems like between 2000-2010, suspension/ski shapes/etc. went through revolutionary changes that made bikes/skis way, way...
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05-15-2013, 05:59 PM
Thread: NTSB about to propose .05 limit for DUI?
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How does the limit being .05 or .08 affect your...
How does the limit being .05 or .08 affect your brother's story? The same thing could have happened with either limit.
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05-09-2013, 11:10 PM
Thread: 2012/2013 Central Oregon Volcano Stoke!
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Exactly my experience...more than once.
Exactly my experience...more than once.
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05-02-2013, 08:55 PM
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If you need his most recent gonorrhea test...
If you need his most recent gonorrhea test results, just ask him.
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04-30-2013, 01:25 AM
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FYI, this is plainly illegal if you actually did...
FYI, this is plainly illegal if you actually did any work during your internship: http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/keeping-unpaid-internships-legal-six-re-42428/
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03-10-2013, 12:38 PM
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That video actually does show the higher...
That video actually does show the higher frequency harmonics quite clearly (edit: I suppose not *clearly*, but check ~20 s, you can definitely see higher frequency harmonics), which is what I was...
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03-10-2013, 09:33 AM
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I don't think rolling shutter is causing this...
I don't think rolling shutter is causing this effect, it's temporal aliasing. The same effect that can make a wheel look like it's spinning backwards when shot with some cameras.
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12-23-2012, 02:46 AM
Thread: Any interest in a used 40D?
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