madair

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by madair 16y ago
the point is not whether advertising is effective, what i see here is laying bare the subtext juxtaposed and letting the reader draw their own conclusion. the picture isn't pretty, unless, that is, Commerce is your middle name.
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by madair 16y ago
i don't think Bill is into your fallacy dude, your "see you someday" fallacy killed him, have a little respect. (clearly the promoters of the comment above either didn't read the note, or have absolutely no sense of respect for what Bill sa
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by madair 16y ago
wha...? rape is coercion. good luck on that correlation. if incest is psychologically or physically coerced then it rape as well incest has a negative physical effect on society as far as i understand it, but i am no expert. it does appe
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by madair 16y ago
the "debate" here is simply the utter failure by so many to recognize power abusing non-power for ideas deemed unsavory just as is the inability of so many to recognize that it is exactly the same when wikileaks is refused a right to be pu
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by madair 16y ago
in this story npr presents itself as concerned about one thing: is it effective at catching 'terrists' okay, so yes, we live in a utilitarian nightmare, not news. what about where does it lead us ? what about who have we become ?
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by madair 16y ago
next book: how i made a million dollars in real estate by writing this book about making millions in real estate
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by madair 16y ago
my post discusses exceptionalism , a conceit which blinds us from reality by convincing us that we are different , a notion frequently addressed: -- everything is new again just like before -- there is nothing new under the sun ~ all i
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by madair 16y ago
Ahahaha, life lessons from someone who thinks Dexter is worthy of intellectual consideration. And who gives The Republic serious consideration for the present?...Oh i see you're speaking in Ann Arbour tomorrow, of course you do, just like t
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by madair 16y ago
When N+1 is good, they are really good. When N+1 hosts writers just out of college, this is what we get. It happens. This is your typical "we're special because of xyz" conceit. We all know what that is. We've all been there, and fortunatel
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by madair 16y ago
we have reached the pronosingularism. p0rnography is sentient. it is engaged in simultaneous cyberwars, battling skynet & the alpha-centauri-based bi-located lobster uberbeing, normal service will be resumed shortly. (and no, joe lieber
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by madair 16y ago
"It's all just business" <-- the unquestionable ruler of our times
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by madair 16y ago
a call for action on behalf of the world bank is political. that is the problem for the site, the original poster, and the up-voters to consider along with the dissenters. besides, all social organization is political, that is what politics
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by madair 16y ago
no, i'm complaining that people DO X, please get it straight. They DO advocate X. They DO advocate the world bank marketing effort, which is governmental making it intrinsic propaganda. Back up YOUR up-votes. why is the world bank a good th
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by madair 16y ago
the construction of voting on this site is intrinsically skewed toward bad ideas. sure it may seem awesome for awhile, i mean, yeah, we do have to put up with penis enlargement pills from the 4-hour work-week guy every now and then... but s
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by madair 16y ago
do your own homework. i'm not the one voting up the world bank. the voter uppers have the burden of responsibility for advocation. not all ideas are equal. this site does not allow me to vote down, this means an unequal burden in defense of
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by madair 16y ago
man you gotta be such a sucker to fall for this one. debt, assumed by despotic and self serving governments, 20% of which goes to fund their militarily held regimes without providing growth, which enslave generations, all well documented, a
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by madair 16y ago
1. Early adopters of ideas is not the same as early adopters of gadgets & services 2. That said, some new gadgets & services are stand-ins for others which are more expensive or less accessible 3. Except for #1 and #2, Yes, early ad
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by madair 16y ago
national security has a direct-line relationship to the bottom line of u.s. startups... we get to witness the dividing of those who will make an atom bomb, and those who will not. (i.e. if your business depends on imperialism, you are an im
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by madair 16y ago
yes, an ad hominem, brilliant tactical response dude
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by madair 16y ago
it wasn't that long ago the fbi had hoover, i think you give bureaucrats too much credit
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by madair 16y ago
come on people, this dude is and always has been a penis enlargement pill, seriously, this still showing up on the front page?
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by madair 16y ago
>> I am a scientist. This sure doesn't seem like science to me. maybe it's nietzsche or one of the romanticists you should start with then
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by madair 16y ago
Look, we can sit here and argue semantics or we can get out a dictionary. I did, did you? How about responding to my question rather than something inaccurate.
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by madair 16y ago
(I've been censored by the majority, or at least some people. My first comment fine, it was hyperbole but I like flair and more importantly I stand by my opinion on the issue and I think a quick perusal through business headlines will bear
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by madair 16y ago
>>> The fact that you think there is not means that you're just a poser pretending to be in the know. Ah, yes, name calling, that will do it. >>> but to pretend they're just a bunch of clowns that would be swayed by
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by madair 16y ago
I'm not sure why you'd respond to rhetorical flair with more straight-faced explanations, perhaps the same reason you think there's protocol to acquisitions and takeovers (edit: there's not, well, as much as love & war.) Conde Nast just
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by madair 16y ago
Conde Nast isn't all fairies and rainbows. And we are on HN, hangout of cheezeburger wannabes everywhere.
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by madair 16y ago
It's a tabloid site of Nick Denton's so it must be true. Heh.
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by madair 16y ago
Protocol? You have a straight face while you're saying this? Protocol? As in, Wall St. & Main St. acquisitions and takeovers protocol? Seriously? You sure you don't want to delete that? It's on google, searchable, people might remember
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by madair 16y ago
Depressing response. It is revealing how many people vote up this protestant work ethic judgmentalism masquerading as concern for correct professional diagnosis. What, his emotional concerns are not legitimate to you for some reason? How ab

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