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[OscarWilde]

speaking ones mind while taking it lightly. Some of this should be adopted as reminders when we discuss 'taboo' subjects. Interestingly enough, I met this girl from Atlanta, where she lived in New York and Boston, and is now working in HK for a few months. Within an hour we were discussing US politics and bunch of other stuff and we stayed civil. Granted, alcohol does ease tensions (or sometimes increases it), but it was a good way to understand where we stood on some issues. Interesting stuff indeed.
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'An urban myth. Like the dyslexic devil worshipper who sold his soul to Santa.' - Robert Rankin (Raiders of the Lost Car Park)

'Hate traps us by binding us too tightly to our adversary.' - Milan Kundera (Immortality)

[Mord]

I don't think an in-person conversation and a thread on a discussion forum can be compared. I think people are much more likely to fly off the handle on a discussion forum for many reasons.
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Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God. - Superintendant Pang, Lashou shentan (a.k.a. Hard-Boiled)
I note that you don't have any OSY member quotes in your sig. - the twinkster
Nonsense. "Bias" is people whom don't agree with me. - FondueDaredevil

Gabe: I wish you weren't a fucking liar.
Tycho: I'm not a liar.
Gabe: Well, I wish you didn't lie.

[OscarWilde]

[PaoloM]

[Jeremy Reimer]

I think we've managed to break the taboos a few times here at OSY, got into heated discussions and still remained friends, so that's something at least.
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"Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries."
-- Carl Sagan

"Its not a rule. Its just something I noticed. Several of us have more than one sig." - Mord

"No, you are a troll, and I should have never let you back to Ars in after the first 16,000 bannings." - Caesar, to He Who Shall Not Be Named

[Magus]

Been more than a few such threads where I pondered the possibility of beating sense into people as opposed to my efforts at talking it into them, but I still keep coming back here.

I think it's the couches, they're very comfy.

Currently, my state of consciousness is almost entirely caffeine-fueled, so if the above made no sense, fear not. Later on, I'll be wondering what the hell I wrote too.
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<Paolo|Work> anything that has to do with Java is by definition stupid

1 The Network is my domain, I shall not want; 2 though it makes me wait upon collision, it leads me to the Internet; 3 it restores my connection. It leads me in paths of hypertext transfer for google's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of power failures, I fear no data corruption; for backups art with me; thy UPS and thy status light, they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a firewall before me in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my CD-R with BurnProof, my buffer never underflows. 6 Surely good deals and pr0n shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Datacenter for ever.
-HitScan

Wilde is a 4' chinese man in a bright pink tutu, lime green pimp hat with peacock feathers, and a purple feather boa, wearing tissue stuffed snakeskin combat boots, holding a gun bigger than he is, smoking a cigarette in the parking garage, trying to look menacing while pouting and head banging to Godsmack I stand alone

[OscarWilde]

Well, FredCPA1 in this thread reminds me of a certain someone who shall not be named. Good grief. Personally I find it hard to believe that a mac DVI card has anything different from a PC DVI card. Beyond refresh rates, which the mac, iirc defaults to 75hz(?) and windows defaults to 60hz (?) - and I'm so pulling this out of my ass - I don't know if there is anything specific Mac OS X or Windows can do to cause problems? Hardware wise the RAMDAC may be the issue, but, huh? Compared to the PC market where you can get a massive selection of OEM and generic video cards in a range of prices, I haven't heard PC users have problems. Or do they?
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'An urban myth. Like the dyslexic devil worshipper who sold his soul to Santa.' - Robert Rankin (Raiders of the Lost Car Park)

'Hate traps us by binding us too tightly to our adversary.' - Milan Kundera (Immortality)

[Jeremy Reimer]

FredCPA1 has always been an Angry Young (or old) Man.
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"Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries."
-- Carl Sagan

"Its not a rule. Its just something I noticed. Several of us have more than one sig." - Mord

"No, you are a troll, and I should have never let you back to Ars in after the first 16,000 bannings." - Caesar, to He Who Shall Not Be Named

[kingpinmc]

[AllYorBaseRBelong2Us]

AYB usually smams peops into submission


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This and other statistics can be culled from Jeremy Reimer's Personal Computer Market Share: 1975-2002, a very impressive piece of information gathering. The numbers tell some very interesting stories.
- http://lowendmac.com/musings/03/0131.html

Man, I need to get out more. You know smam is getting to you when you go to a canadian restaurant and start wondering about moose cock. -OscarWilde