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| 2007/10/1-4 [Recreation/Dating, Computer/SW] UID:48214 Activity:kinda low |
9/31 So people using Net.Bank with over 100K. Did they lose
$(What they had in the bank) - $100K ?
\_ They are now creditors against the assets of the bank. They may
or may not lose that much depending on how things shake out.
However, they are only guaranteed their $100K.
\_ Is FDIC guarantee per account or per "entity"
\_ Per account
\_ Per depositor, although accounts held by different
entities may count separately. For example, if you have a
single account and a revocable trust then you may be
eligible for more insurance (in this case $100K per
beneficiary of the trust in addition to $100K for the
single account). If you have, say, four checking
accounts in your own name at a bank then you are insured
for only $100K total.
\_ More example: if you and you wife have a single joint
account, by default you and your wife are covered for
$100K each. It gets complicated if you and your wife
own the account at some ratio other than 50%-50%.
account, you and your wife are covered for $100K each.
Say there was $200K in the account. If you and your wife
own it at 50%-50%, each of you gets $100K. But if you and
your wife own it at 75%-25%, you get $100K while your wife
gets $50K.
\_ http://www.smartmoney.com/consumer/index.cfm?story=2007100 |
| 2007/10/1-5 [Science/GlobalWarming, Science/Physics] UID:48215 Activity:high |
10/1 "Time travel machine"
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/246/popup/index.php?cl=4277716
Is this real?
\_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Mallett
There was a piece on him on This American Life that was utterly
heartbreaking. An amazing person.
\_ I can't see the top link, but the wiki article makes it clear
that to this point he doesn't even having a working theory as
to how time travel might work.
\_ It's a hard problem when you're sane.
\_ I think that drawing this conclusion from a wikipedia article
really does justify the fears that people have about the
level of misunderstanding something like wikipedia can
engender. He appears to be both sane and knowledgeable enough
to be worth listening to.
\_ Wikipedia is shit. Citing wikipedia on a subject
generally signals 'I know nothing about the subject
area.'
\_ Uhm, what? This is *time travel*! There is no one on
the planet who truly understands *time travel*. Going
to wikipedia is better than reading this guy's papers
that no one is going to understand. Hey, did I mention
this was about *time travel*? *TIME TRAVEL*! Sheesh.
\_ No it's not. One of the reasons wikipedia is so
dangerous is it makes people think it's a better
source than the source, so to speak. Your first
impulse if you don't understand something is to try
to understand it, or ask someone who does understand,
not consult wikipedia. In this case, if you want
to know if the guy is a kook, talk to a physicist.
Wikipedia is the source of McDonaldization of
Wikipedia is a source of McDonaldization of
\_ This is an excellent
phrase. I hope you don't
mind if I adopt it.
\_ This is due to George
Ritzer. At any rate,
ideas belong to all
mankind. -- ilyas
knowledge. -- ilyas
\_ Lacking any physicists nearby who understand the
math and high energy physics involved in this
guy's work, I'll take the dime store version at
wp. Lacking the time and honesty, having a great
deal of apathy towards the entire time travel
silliness, I'll skip trying to decipher his
actual papers and be satisfied knowing that he's
having fun at some Uni tucked harmlessly out of
the way mumbling, "They mocked me at the Academy!
But I'll show them! I'll show them alllll!!!!!
Muahahahhahahaaa!!!!!" *TIME TRAVEL*!
\_ You are better off simply admitting ignorance
than assuming a contrarian is wrong simply
because he's a contrarian. Biased certainty
is not better than unbiased uncertainty.
If you are interested in rationally evaluating
things, that is. It's great fun to poke fun
at contrarians. -- ilyas
\_ tell us about the stars, ilyas
\_ Uhm, duh, it is *TIME TRAVEL*. How can I
not be ignorant of it? That is what I've
been saying since this topic went up. Please
do tell exactly who on this planet is not
ignorant of how *TIME TRAVEL* works. It is
great fun to poke fun at people who try to
seriously discus *TIME TRAVEL* as if it was
something we could rationally discuss as a
scientific concept and not a philosophical
one. And yes when I finish my *TIME TRAVEL*
machine I am so going back to whack your
grand dad just to put an end to this silly
nonsense. Nothing personal, I think you're
an ok guy.
\_ Time travel is a scientific concept.
You are operating using a very strange
distinction between science and
philosophy. -- ilyas
\_ Wikipedia is great for some things. One prof's
vaugly out there research is not one of those
things.
\_ The problem with wikipedia for 'some things' is
you never really know if the information is
accurate. So the only thing wikipedia is good for
is procrastinating.
\_ 1. Many times I do know if the information
is accurate, or it's not something I'm
worried about being exactly right.
2. If I do care about if information is right
using wikipedia as my only or primary source
is fucking stupid, yes, however it can be
a very useful starting point. Go to wikipedia
get the basics and then research those to
make sure they seem reasonable.
3. The problem with this prof isn't the accuracy
or lack thereof. The problem is it's a poorly
written article about something very few people
care about. What it told me was this dude is
someone who cares a lot about time travel and
has done research in the field that isn't
obviously batshit insane. If I want to know
more I can research other places and come to
my own conclusions.
\_ On a vaguely related note there is some good discussion on the
blogs about 'contrarian' vs 'conservative' strategies in science.
-- ilyas |
| 2007/10/1-5 [Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:48216 Activity:moderate |
10/01 Murtha is sued by Marine cleared in Haditha case for defamation.
Federal judge refuses dismissal and orders Murtha to testify.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j-LnJlto4CJin4_NnKFQIIGSm2hQD8RUNA800
\_ I am sorry, but this is idiotic. This is like filing defamation
charges against a DA because he calls someone a drug dealer.
\_ If you're not convicted, even a DA is not allowed to call someone
that.
\_ "even" = "especially"
\_ What do you call what the DA does every single day of the
week, when he files charges against people?
week, when he files charges against people? He has what is
called "absolute privilege" when he is doing his job as a
DA and so does a Senator. This judge is a nut case.
\_ His court room job is to find out the truth of the case,
not to assume guilt. How sad that our system has come to
this. He is not supposed to run around calling unconvicted
people criminals. They're not.
\_ Google "absolute privilege" and get back to me. Murtha
was doing his job from the floor of the Senate. It is
an open and shut case.
\_ Murtha is a criminal scumbag and slamming innocent
American soldiers from the senate floor is an abuse
of his senate privileges. Google "Murtha scumbag"
and get back to me. He called innocent men murderers
and that's ok with you, apparently.
\_ No, I don't think it is okay. I also don't think
it is illegal. Do you understand the difference? |
| 2007/10/1-5 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:48217 Activity:moderate |
10/01 Military deaths way down for the last few months.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
\_ This is great news. Maybe the surge really is working.
\_ Not sure if you're trolling or not, but just in case...
The Iraqi insurgents aren't stupid. They're just lying low
until we leave, so they can really start killing off
$RIVAL_SECT. It doesn't matter if we're there or not. I guess
it matters as in if we're there, we lose soldiers or they
horribly maimed for no reason.
\_ So if our being there reduces the death totals don't we have
a moral obligation to stay?
\_ yeah, who cares if Iraqies are dying
\_ If you had RTFA, you'd see Iraqi deaths are down too, moron.
"More dramatic, however, was the decline in Iraqi civilian,
police and military deaths."
\_ Unfortunately there was an 2000% increase in the number
of Iraqis who "slipped in the bathtub"
\_ There are bathtubs in Iraqi home? I thought it was a
third world country.
\_ It's a post-apocalyptic third world country. They
used to have all sorts of amenities. Now they have
the remnants.
\_ Did no one pick up on the "if you get shot in the
face it's ok" killing reclassification reference?
\_ I'm not ok being shot in the face, thanks though. |