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- Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:03 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: White people are inherently smarter than blacks?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 20676
Admittedly, I haven't read the article quite yet, but immediately the obvious protest that comes to my mind is that evaluation of an entire race, especially the inherent traits of that race, based on any genetic evidence from currently living subjects is an inherently flawed evaluation method, espec...
- Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:27 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Heroes, Season III (thar be spoilers here!)
- Replies: 214
- Views: 67535
- Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:46 pm
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: A question about Shadow Puppets
- Replies: 21
- Views: 24500
Because C-... I'm not even gonna try spelling his name again, knew from the start the identity of both Locke and Demosthenes, and as head of the IF had access to more info about Peter than even Peter himself had. He's not using his regular e-mail because he has indeed been feeding info to Peter, and...
- Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:45 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Pro what?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 33908
Wil, you write that people should be content when they're out-voted in a democracy, but isn't this just a dictatorship of the majority? And as democracy spreads, does this not also mean that more and more people must be simply content with living by the rule of the majority? On a large-scale, this i...
- Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:20 am
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: A question about Shadow Puppets
- Replies: 21
- Views: 24500
I'm forgetting the exact political climate at the time of these e-mails, but if I recall correctly, the IF was fairly divorced from any earth-bound power at this time, it's only objective being to not interfere with the goings-on of earth as its all-encompassing intel and military might could be far...
- Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:07 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: You're in a desert
- Replies: 30
- Views: 14976
- Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:33 am
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: A question about Shadow Puppets
- Replies: 21
- Views: 24500
Cincinnatus was a Roman general who was given, as was authorized by their laws, given dictatorial powers for the sake of defending the Republic. Normally, these powers were given only temporarily in times of crisis and the dictator was expected to step down after the crisis was over. Having successf...
- Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:21 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Currently Reading / Just Read (Books/stories/whatever)
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 387889
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling. Looking back... the way Sirius is treated by Order members doesn't make any sense. The Art of War, Sun Tzu, Stephen Kaufman's translation. This one's a little too oriented towards the business aspect of things in someway, but overall there's ve...
- Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:09 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: ESP(Web)N
- Replies: 703
- Views: 253409
- Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:06 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Major Geek Meltdown - Check it out on PBS.org
- Replies: 44
- Views: 13600
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:17 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Pro what?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 33908
It's... difficult for me to take, solidly, a side on this issue, because, strangely enough, I find the question of when life begins to be almost fundamentally unanswerable. There are for me, two driving philosophies in my life, absolute respect for both life and liberty. That may sound rather cliche...
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:07 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Heroes, Season III (thar be spoilers here!)
- Replies: 214
- Views: 67535
- Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:46 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: These are the most efficient ways to annoy a ...
- Replies: 43
- Views: 18682
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:37 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: My Life in a Literary Agency
- Replies: 427
- Views: 132920
Maybe I've gotten the roles of literary agencies and publishing companies a little confused here, but shouldn't dealing with an iTunes screw up like that be the role of the publishers? I mean, aside from dealing with the author's reaction to tha sort of news, once an agency's found a publisher for a...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:26 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows SPOILER Thread
- Replies: 197
- Views: 75680
- Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:35 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows SPOILER Thread
- Replies: 197
- Views: 75680
I'll agree that the ending of the book, from about the point where we find out Harry's supposed to be a Horcrux onward was the kind of canon-futzing that would have comic fans up in arms, and was probably written as an attempt to reconcile her original ending, where I really wouldn't be suprised to ...
- Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:36 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Will you read the leaked copy of the Deathly Hallows?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8530
Will you read the leaked copy of the Deathly Hallows?
Well, the Deathly Hallows was leaked via bittorent overnight, in PDF form, and as photos of the book, page by page. For those of you demanding blood, don't worry, the guy forgot to remove the EXIF data, so he should be getting hauled in very shortly. Either way, I'm curious what people think, or pla...
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:57 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: My Life in a Literary Agency
- Replies: 427
- Views: 132920
- Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:23 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: The New Geek Jokes Thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 21403
An engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician are locked into separate cells, and given a single can of food, though no can opener, and told that if they get the can open, they'll be given another, and another, for a month, when they'll be released. The engineer strings up the can using his shoestri...
- Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:58 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: My Life in a Literary Agency
- Replies: 427
- Views: 132920
- Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:21 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: FOX's 'God Warrior' new episode strikes a nerve.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14920
You're right, logically there's no need for most racism, or if there is than it should flow both ways. But, human behavior is anything but logical, and we're very quick to judge a people based on the actions of a few or based on their pasts, either personal or racial. Even if we know individuals of ...
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:55 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Currently Playing (CD/MP3)
- Replies: 741
- Views: 239100
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:14 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: FOX's 'God Warrior' new episode strikes a nerve.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14920
Thanks for the welcome. Maybe track record wasn't the best choice of words, it's more like a black mark on the record. A sizable mark, and in the eyes of those who were oppressed, the defining mark. And don't forget that most adults in the country now, while not having live through a time when black...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:30 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Aging as a curable ailment
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9841
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:22 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Determinism.
- Replies: 130
- Views: 61253
As a physics student, and emphasis on student because my understanding is FAR from complete, but quantum mechanics tells us that determinism in the physical universe is a crock. There would seem to be entirely random, probabilistic occurences in the universe. That is that as we currently understand ...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:02 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: FOX's 'God Warrior' new episode strikes a nerve.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14920
Well, if there are any African-American users on p-web, I'm making a shout out to you, I want to know your opinions whatever they may be. Well, here's my two cents. I'm a black guy, who's grown up in an area of South Jersey that's pretty racially diverse, so I can't speak for everyone, but this is ...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:34 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: When/where did it start, for you?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15311
For me, my religous memory is very sketchy. My parents are both Christians, my mother a bit moreso than my father, but more on that later. I don't think I ever really had a single thought about religion until I was at least 11 or 12. Kinda late, yeah, but with an understandable reason. My parents, w...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:00 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Spanking - For or against?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 37188
Whether spanking is appropriate or not depends more on the situation than the child. The child is obviously part of the situation, but from my point of view there are only a few really different situtations when it comes to disciplining a child. First and foremost, however, is a parent't duty to ens...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:41 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: The Things I Carry
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10808
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:39 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: My Life in a Literary Agency
- Replies: 427
- Views: 132920
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:30 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: The Things I Carry
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10808
I met O'Brien when he was speaking at UNC. Very cool guy, though he makes me feel like the entire sum of my life experiences is worth less than that cap he wears ;_;. More on topic, though, I always carry my keys with my Borders minicard and a USB Key on them. My wallet with a bit of cash, and more ...
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:00 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Manga & Anime
- Replies: 184
- Views: 79015
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:44 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: NAFTA Super Highway and the North American Union
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1992
Personally, I think globalization is a dangerous trend towards placing too much power into the hands of a very powerful few. This documentary does a better job of detailing why than I can, though I have formed many ideas on courses of action since seeing it: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4...
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:15 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: My Life in a Literary Agency
- Replies: 427
- Views: 132920