Pongo_the_Great

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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
Reading the forum rules here, I'm at a loss why a user has gone through my posts on this thread and flagged each one, without a reason.. especially since the first rude post was the one that deserved nuking, not my responses, and <i&#62
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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
Well, do a simple bit of logic there (sorry; the study I had in mind is locked). From the age of 20 > 30, there's a quantifiable degradation of DNA replication, or as we call it "ageing". We can all agree that ageing seems to impair cer
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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
Racetams have proven effects on healthy adults. [Do you want to know more?]. There's a scaled effect which is notable, but most adults over 30 will benefit from them (i.e. the 'smarter / less damaged your systems are' the less benefit you g
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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
Nooptroics work, otherwise they'd not have FDA [insert whatever system you're under] approval. A quick glance at the crap fluff piece above shows that many of them are simple supplements [i.e. distilled stuff from a normal diet], but some a
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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
To second this, perhaps a little more solidly: Q) Who owns Reddit? Q) Who owns the Gawker<->Jezebel<->"to infinity and beyond" series of sites ... And so on. Then add the 6 major players, and the actual Corporations who have
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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
Note: I'm aware that this analogy is metaphorically and intellectually broken. If I had time / inclination, we'd re-work the OP's example into Facebook and Steam etc being protozoa, Zynga would be some bacteria living inside Facebook with o
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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
This struck me as an interesting take, due to your analogy: (some) viruses[1] can be inoculated against. Looking at this through a 'real world' lens, rather than a mimetic one, suggests something stronger. Your argument is that is, Facebook
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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
For reference for the negative score ~ " . " is a common mark of respect, denoting a loss. I see it was removed / formatted out. (Original comment started with " . " one line). Are we to Ignore the fact that it's commonly known that the hig
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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
As an aside ~ I find it an interesting convergence of 'our future' that the man used social engineering / diplomacy / subterfuge to excel in the most cut-throat and blood-thirsty game on the market, where sociopathic tendencies are often re
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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
I was (snarkily) suggesting something through hyperbole, but of course you're correct. However: August 15th, 2012: 268 million shares, 10% of shares outstanding. October 14th: 249 million shares, 9% of shares outstanding. &#60
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by Pongo_the_Great 14y ago
[i]He is, by far, the single most responsible for having created a $60 billion company, something few can ever even hope to do.[/i] Two things: Q) Wasn't this $100 billion not so long ago? A) Yes, and if things progress, it'll be $2 billio