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| 2008/3/9 [Computer/SW/Database, Finance/Investment] UID:49393 Activity:nil 72%like:49395 |
3/9 Financial crisis enters "the third wave"
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/whats-ben-doing-very-wonkish |
| 2008/3/9-11 [Recreation/House] UID:49394 Activity:nil |
3/9 This is hilarious: --psb
Danes dissed by IKEA.
http://tinyurl.com/yvwwpu [daily mail]
\_ Daily Mail? Ugh.
\_ funny, thanks! |
| 2008/3/9-11 [Computer/SW/Database, Finance/Investment] UID:49395 Activity:nil 72%like:49393 |
3/9 Financial crisis enters "the third wave"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/25xnwp (nytimes.com)
\_ This seems like a good link, but it's a bit too technical
and too dense. Can someone please summarize for me?
Greatly appreciate this! -lib art major (only 600 on SAT math) |
| 2008/3/9-11 [Uncategorized] UID:49396 Activity:nil |
3/9 YAZ (alison moyet + vince clark, the non incredibly flaming
half of Erasure/depeche mode) to tour in July.
Tickets are $70+. ouch. |
| 2008/3/9-11 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA] UID:49397 Activity:nil |
3/9 Can we get more spam to http://csua.berkeley.edu? Only 300 in 2 days... |
| 2008/3/9-11 [Politics/Domestic/President/Clinton, Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:49398 Activity:moderate |
3/9 Basically, the math is simple. Hillary's screwed.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/9/184226/0219/795/473137
\- i wouldnt discount the out-of-the-box thinking capacity of the
reptiles in hillary inc. i think factors in play are florida.,
michigan, edwards, ALGOR, "obama surprise", some judicial stunt,
mccain doing something to set up mccain-billary, modelling the
brains of menopausal women aka "the hillary base". on a positive
note is lot of cash for obama. who can keep supporting hillary
after the fucking "as far as i know" comment. jesus. remember
normal odds handicapping doesnt work when the otherwise doesnt
play by MoQ rules but will bite, gouge, hit under the belt etc.
brains of menopausal women aka "the hillary base" and the Power
of Bill. on a positive note is lot of cash for obama. who can keep
supporting hillary after the fucking "as far as i know" comment.
jesus. remember normal odds handicapping doesnt work when the
otherwise doesnt play by MoQ rules but will bite, gouge, hit
other sidedoesnt play by MoQ rules but will bite, gouge, hit
under the belt etc.
\_ Hi. Hillary supporter here. what is the 'as far as i know'
thing?
\_ Clinton was asked in an interview whether BHO is a Muslim.
She basically said "No, he's not. As far as I know."
\_ oh. ok that's pretty bad.
\- and then she went on to talk about herself ...
"oh i dont believe in smearing people ...
i've been smeared a lot. did i tell you i know
what it is like to be smeared?" constrast that
with obama's above and beyond the call comments
about "i am not a muslim" + "it's sad that
being called a muslim can be considered a smear".
remember michael igantieff's lesson from iraq:
character matters. [i.e. if you get into bed with
evil fuckers just because you agree with them
on some particlar end [say universal healthcare]
you will get burned.
remember michael ignatieff's lesson from his
iraq war mea culpa: character matters [MI = liberal
supporter of the war, who later came to the reali-
zation, if you get into bed with evil fuckers,
just because you agree with them on some particular
policy platform --- say universal healthcare ---
you will get burned ... because ultimately what
matters is they are evil fuckers.]
\- also see:
http://tinyurl.com/2ewyx6
\_ Here's the video:
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=55904 |
| 2008/3/9-11 [Uncategorized] UID:49399 Activity:nil |
3/9 How do i make checkbox [y/n] [on/off] whatever
in a Google Docs spreadsheet? |
| 2008/3/9-12 [Transportation/Car] UID:49401 Activity:kinda low |
3/9 Are ignorant people really happier than overly educated people?
\_ No idea. --happy
\_ educated have more to worry about. They have more to lose, and
they need to work harder to maintain the lifestyle that they're
accustomed to. So, yes, ignorance is bliss.
\- i suspect educated people live in circumstances
where they are exposed to a wider range of life
circumstances [the prof making $150k/yr whose college
where they are exposed to a wider range of affulence
[the prof making $150k/yr whose college
roommate is a doctor/lawyer/baker] so there is more
status anxiety. but a bunch of the first wave of
"happiness" studies didnt really do such a good job
measuring happiness. things like not having healthcare,
not having reliable transportation loom pretty large.
an interesting factoid is: there is a correlation between
the price of a car and how much people "like" their car
when asked a question like "how much do you like your
car", but there is no correlation between price of a
car and how much people like/dislike their commute.
you should try to find daniel kahneman's recent
berkeley lecture on this.
\_ You might be interested in reading "The Geography of Bliss."
The Butahni guy he talks to basically postulates that the secret
to happiness is low expectations.
\_ This is one of the premises of Buddhism.
\_ Url to prove this?
\_ Umm, do you accept wikipedia entries?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanha
\_ I don't see the word "expectation" in this entry.
\_ Are you joking? What in the world made you think
the premises of Buddhism would be expressed in
exactly the terminology I used here? Are you really
that dumb? |