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Neredbojias
No, but I considered his agenda and methodology. Don't take offense,
though; at least your special interests seem not to be self-focused.
No, but I considered his agenda and methodology. Don't take offense,
though; at least your special interests seem not to be self-focused.
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asdf
Neredbojias said:
....a burning bush?
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J.O. Aho
aioe-user said:
That wasn't even valid on HTML 1, even if Microsoft writes on their homepage
that their product is a good one, it don't make it to become true.
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Jonathan N. Little
Neredbojias said:
What I meant was the ability to come to conclusions without the need of
those pesky little things called facts.
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Neredbojias
...a burning bush?
Well, that's a good possibility. I may even get to see it 'cause I ain't
no saint, either.
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Neredbojias
Facts are like money. It's nice to have as much as you want, but most
people have to make do with a somewhat lesser amount. That's why God have
humans intelligence, foresight, and the ability to reason deductively.
This isn't to say that many wouldn't have preferred more gold or something.
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dorayme
Neredbojias said:
With money, quantity counts. With facts, quantity is a huge
nuisance. These two things are very different indeed.
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Neredbojias
Just curious, what is your opinion of "The sky is blue"?
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dorayme
Neredbojias said:
So... you did not understand it? Facts are cheap and plentiful.
Money is not. It is never for want of facts that anything happens
or does not happen. The situation with money is different.
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Neredbojias
Yes, I understood it; I just don't buy it. How can you have the nerve to
say that facts are irrelevant to happenings? That is ludicrous. How much
progress do you think would have been made in just the last 2 centuries if
that were true? Hell, there'd be no filter-tip cigarettes and the phrase
"back in the saddle again" would still have something to do with horses.
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dorayme
Neredbojias said:
You understood it not at all. Just look at the data (facts) on a
well used serious computer and there are no end of them. Do their
sheer numbers help anyone when it comes down to answering
something for which it is not obvious which ones help? Let me
help you: no, they help not at all and are often a confusing
distraction. To answer many questions that are interesting, one
needs to think hard what sort of facts are needed. And only then,
to search for such.
Put this way, it is obvious that facts are quite irrelevant.
Suppose you have a bag full of all the facts there are (a bag
_you_ would treasure with religious awe). Suppose something
happens (pick anything at all). By and large, I would say most of
the things in your bag would be quite irrelevant to the happening.
I am going to ask JK and Officer White to have a little word to
you. JK will do the talking and "Bud" will do other things more
in keeping with his natural talents.
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Neredbojias
Hmm, I'd say this is one of those cases that we'll just have to agree to
disagree. Of course, I highly suspect you'll be averse to agreeing even
with that, but to disagree to disagree presents an obvious dilemma. On
the brighter side, though, some women seem to handle it perfectly.
Suppose you have a universe containing all the molecules that exist.
Any single physical thing in that universe would probably consist of a
ridiculously small percentage of said molecules, no?
Btw, I re-saw "LA Confidental" a couple weeks ago, and there's no
question about it: I could kick Bud White's ass from here to New
Zealand. He may be enthusiastic, but size counts. I could easily pound
him into the ground (-if I were into pounding men, that is.)
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dorayme
Neredbojias said:
Yes, you are right. I don't agree with this at all. You make it
sound as if you have some feint idea what I am talking about but
disagree. Which is not at all the case.
You mean like the big guy that came lumbering out of the xmas lit
house towards the beginning of the film? Don't make the silly
mistake of confusing Officer White with some NZ actor. That could
be a very costly mistake for you boyo...
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Neredbojias
Oh, so it'd be better if I really did have no idea at all of what you're
talking about but agreed wholeheartedly? Geesh! Btw, don't you know how
to spell "faint"?
Don't worry, most of my mistakes are made in over-estimating the other sex,
girly.
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dorayme
Neredbojias said:
You reason like I imagine Daffy Duck would. Let me explain. There
is Aristotle... and then there is Daffy Duck.
What would be better than not knowing what I am talking about
would be you do know and disagree. You left this one out. So
don't you be going around geeshing me, Boji. <g>
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Joel Shepherd
dorayme said:
Whatever drugs you're on ... I want some.
(Said, of course, with the greatest respect, courtesy, and not a little
pleading.)
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dorayme
Joel Shepherd said:
OK Joel, you are going to be way disappointed:
With dinner, have one glass of wine. If it is good wine, and you
can relax, be a devil and have two.
If you feel like a beer before dinner now and then, have one, not
more than a small bottle (called a stubby - from 323 to about
390gm). If you do, don't have more than a glass of wine with
dinner. If you are in a wild celebratory mood, you can even go
for a small brandy after dinner.
If you do more than this, you will end up like Daffy. Another
thing, Joel. Don't even think of having any alcohol if you fall
pregnant.
Which reminds me of a joke:
Doctor: "You're pregnant". Patient: "Hoy! How can a man be
pregnant?" Doctor: "Oh... in the usual way: dinner, low lights,
some wine, soft music..."
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Neredbojias
Well, in my younger days, my peers used to call me "quite a qwafty
quacker"...
I left it out??!?!?!! What on earth do you think the comparison was to??
Oh, sorry, what on Mars do you think...
You leave me no choice but to conclude that the problem here is failure to
communicate. This is a bit perplexing because women are traditionally
considered such great yappers. Of course it's clear that yapping and
communicating are not quite the same thing, but individuals who seem
oblivious to the difference really do humanity a serious disservice.
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Ben C
On 2007-05-10 said:
I didn't know you were a woman, but there's no need to be so hard on
yourself.
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dorayme
Neredbojias said:
Go back and read the thread again carefully. If you can't work it
out, come back here and I will help you out. On this occasion, no
need for a url.