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| 2009/4/20-28 [Reference/History/WW2/Germany, Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:52874 Activity:nil |
4/19 Germany boycotting UN anti-racism meeting:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_eu/un_un_racism_conference
"In recent meetings, it (Germany) has expressed dismay about some
governments' attempts to downplay the significance of the Holocaust."
How dare you say my sin was nothing!? I'm quitting!
\_ Seriously? You're giving shit to a country that's trying to take
responsibility for their past?
\_ I was just joking. Actually, I admire what they do, and I hope
Japan does the same and face its past the same way. -- OP
\_ I was just joking. Actually, I admire what Germany does, and I
hope Japan can face its past the same way. -- OP
\_ So, not srsly. Cool.
\_ At some point Israel just need to admit that Israel as a nation is
no different than South Africa 15 years ago... Those who pretend
that is not the case will do foolish things like what Germany is
doing.
\_ NO FREE SPEECH FOR RACISTS!
\_ NO FREE SPEECH FOR RACISTS! (Pretty funny that this remark keeps
getting censored, it proves my point) |
| 2009/4/20-28 [Science/GlobalWarming, Science/Physics] UID:52875 Activity:kinda low |
4/20 "Stephen Hawking hospitalized, reported very ill"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_hawking
Hope he doesn't die until he solves the mystery of the universe(s) for
all of us.
\_ Update:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323352
\_ This has all been taken out of context...he went in to get some
26s put on his wheel chair and a couple of other mods and the the
Technician said "It's gonna be ILL!"
\_ Stephen Hawking is overrated
\_ Really? Then who is the forefront guy in the field now? Thx.
\_ Hawking isn't really the foremost scientist, but he's one
of the best at making the concepts accessible.
Filipenko is similar in that way. -tom
\- i think that characterization short changes hawking.
picking a "market leader" may depends on your thoughts
about string theory.
\_ Uh, he's been very ill for decades.
\_ It's nice we're so willing to spend $$ to support
string philosophy, but how about doing some science?
\- you can say string theory has affected the job
mkt but i dont think this is a reasonable crit ...
e.g. LHC is $$$. the waste of $$$ from a science
perspective is humans in space. and a lot of public
money is spent on medican research, if you consider
science beyond fundamental physics.
\_ I slam string philosophy because it is producing
no testable predictions. Engineering
demonstrations such as trips to space have
their uses, and so does medical research, but
have any testable hypotheses come out of many
years of string philosophy? Though perhaps
I should use the less perjorative term
string mathematics, because that is all that
can be said to have come of it. Math is worth
pursuing for its own sake, but I think that
the physicists need to concentrated on producing
some testable hypotheses or look at alternatives.
\_ The LHC will test parts of string theory.
\_ My PhD physicist friend claims that these
tests don't really distinguish string
theory from other available theories.
\_ wow, you have a PhD physicist friend,
you must know what you're talking
about!
\_ You noticed I said "claims"?
Are you too dim to pick up
that this means I don't
necessarily trust he is right?
However, I do grant him some
credibility. What credibility
do you have, asshole?
\_ I have *two* PhD physicist
friends!
\_ I'd put Filipenko in the same category as Neil DeGrasse:
amazingly good at evangelizing science.
\- that short changes Filipenko.
\_ Being a string theorist is a great scam. Its impossible to
prove or disprove any of your data in your thought experiments
while sitting at the cafe in downtown Palo Alto.
\- while all the B School people are earning their bread for sure. |
| 2009/4/20-23 [Computer/SW/Database] UID:52876 Activity:nil |
4/19 ORCL u SUNW = ORCL.
What is Larry Ellison thinking? What is he going to do with a bunch of
legacy Sun hardware that no one uses anymore, its fading workstation
customer base, and open source Sun MySQL that doesn't even generate
revenue? I really don't get all this acquisition business.
\_ A lot of big companies still use big, fat Sun hardware. Or use
smaller Sun boxes but use them because of Solaris.
\_ and Solaris runs on cheap PCs too!
\_ Perhaps they want control of Java.
\_ Java is sooooo dead.
\_ sooo dead, no. sooo 90s, yes.
\_ Please, in 98 or 99 Java was just starting to look viable
for anything real. And Java will be one of the dominant
workhorse languages for at least a decade still.
\_ do tell me what are the "in" thing in this century that can
replace J2EE over night. I think Oracle can dump Sun's
hardware for nothing still got a bargain... 5.6B for
putting a hand on IBM's throat *AND* kill MySQL?
\_ MySQL is GPL and has a lot of momentum in the
community; I don't think Oracle can kill it even
if they want to. -tom |
| 2009/4/20-23 [Reference/Tax] UID:52877 Activity:nil 66%like:52873 |
4/19 Corporate profits yoy
link:tinyurl.com/cr5a7w (blogspot)
This means there should be MORE tax cuts for corporations! -conservative |
| 2009/4/20 [Computer/HW/Memory] UID:52878 Activity:nil |
4/20 Heil....HeilHitlerHe.. #In Memory of Adolf Hitler# ..Heil....HeilHitlerHe
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........Heil....Heil..... name will be vanquished. ..........Heil....Heil
........Heil....Heil.... You were a true patriot ............Heil....Heil
........Heil....Heil.... and a lover of all men, ............Heil....Heil
HeilHitlerHe....Heil... all races, all religions. ...HeilHitlerHe....Heil
ilHitlerHeil....Heil.. #In Memory of Adolf Hitler# ..ilHitlerHeil....Heil |
| 2009/4/20 [Politics/Domestic/Gay] UID:52879 Activity:high |
4/20 Does anyone know the philosopher who said something to the effect that
gayness is not binary, but that there are levels of gayness (e.g.
some people are 1% gay and some people are 80% gay, but never
100% anything)? Thanks.
\- philosopher? do you mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_scale
\_ my roomate said "philosopher" but I think he meant "the dude who
came up with the idea." He meant Alfred Kinsey, but he really
meant whatever it was suppose to refer to like "biologist",
"theorist", or just some random dude. Thanks partha!
\_ "I like men who have a future and women who have a past." -O. Wilde |
| 2009/4/20-23 [Uncategorized] UID:52880 Activity:nil |
4/20 Why can't the market stay above 8000?
\_ rollercoaster is AWESOME for week trades. I'm back! -week trader
\_ Why isn't the market at 5000? Why do you think it should be
above 8000? -tom
\_ Oh, I don't know where the market should be right now. I'm just
trying to figure out what the current action means. |
| 2009/4/20-23 [Science/GlobalWarming, Science/Physics] UID:52881 Activity:nil |
4/20 Cold Fusion on 60 Minutes:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4955212n |
| 2009/4/20-23 [Recreation/Dating] UID:52882 Activity:nil |
4/20 Oh great, craigslist hookup killer is a 22-year-old student, engaged,
Aug 14 wedding date
http://www.megan-philip.com
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2009/04/boston_police_have_craigslist.php
\_ You need more important things to care about.
\_ So... is he going to delay the wedding?
\_ Maybe he was robbing people to pay for the wedding. |