cac04

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by cac04 12y ago
I was horrified when I realised that all the names in Game of Thrones are just normal names as pronounced by my one year old daughter.
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by cac04 13y ago
ABC News would be awesome...
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by cac04 13y ago
News about hacking
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by cac04 13y ago
I rather like the idea - but then I am a big fan of Heinlein's _Starship Troopers_ so I suppose I would like it. I don't dispute your major points. However, I would say that your claim that "the US and NATO managed to put an
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Why I Am Going on Hunger Strike(nplusonemag.com)
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by cac04 13y ago
Erm, no. The Tamil Tigers were avowed atheists. Here's one citation, you can probably find many others: http://preview.tinyurl.com/p6s9n9k
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by cac04 13y ago
I believe the first suicide bomb attacks were committed by Tamil Tigers.
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by cac04 13y ago
I know, I was just being facetious. It amuses me that logical positivism fails its own verification principle.
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by cac04 13y ago
Logical positivism doesn't strike me as a concept with much logical positivist value.
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by cac04 13y ago
If it's a "succinct and accurate way to explain it" then why do so many people find it jarring and confusing? If management speak really is a jargon then it is useful only when talking to other managers, not to people in gene
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by cac04 13y ago
> Or am I missing something? Yes, you're missing something. The article is a disclosure of a security vulnerability that has already been reported to the company responsible, including notice that it would be published and a request
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by cac04 13y ago
I really, really like the idea. However, I neither have nor want a Twitter account. Would it really be difficult to allow people to use the site without a Twitter account?
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by cac04 13y ago
The language has changed? Singular "they" has been used in English since at least the 15th century.
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by cac04 13y ago
> So they are important, but need to live off ramen every day (figuratively). What good does that do to them? Maybe they enjoy it? Maybe it makes them happy? Not everything is about money.