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Daniel Radcliffe (?) SUCKS. I hate him. I really hope that the same thing doesn't happen for EG.

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It could be more integrated than that....

Say, a house-wide system that would sound an alarm if a cloaked person was present.

I don't know.

But you could try!

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So, in other words, God is a sadist?

(please, don't take offense, because none is meant)

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sorry, but no.

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Exactly. It would be kinda cool though, if impracticle.

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The thing is that the detector is much easier to make than the cloak itself. So, the detectors will always be smaller and cheaper than the cloaks. An invisibility cloak will always be no more than a novelty.

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Yes, but 150 years ago, people who had been educated in the public education system were well informed citizens, capable of voting well. Now, I'm not so sure about that.

That's what I was referring to by "going downhill."

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Well, there are some kinds of guns that there is no need for the civilian population to have. What's wrong with restricting them? Exactly. Why does the NRA want to allow people to buy assault rifles? It seems to me that nobody needs a gun named after a violent crime. I can't think about any reason ...

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Okay, I've been posting a lot in the past few days, but let me introduce myself. My name is Seth, I'm a Junior at the Oregon Episcopal School in Portland Oregon. Despite the fact that I go to a religious school, I do not believe in any deity at all (see the "I don't believe in Atheists" th...

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Well, everybody wants too large a cut of the profits, and nobody's that willing to give in to the others. Yes, Microsoft probably doesn't need it, but they still want it.

Oh well...

At least that won't be such a biggie in EG!

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Have you ever seen the picture from the cobe project printed out at massive resolution? It makes an AMAZING poster, especially because of the significance.

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I don't know, but it wouldn't be that hard to make some sort of computer that can send the same thing over multiple links. It would be pretty simple. So in other words, 3 way entanglement doesn't matter, two way would do the same things.

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I like bat vs. spider. I agree with neo_dragon on that one as well.

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Yes, but the problem is that taking away freedom to make the society more conscious is a bad idea. Perhaps it would work, but if it doesn't, people have lost freedom, and as several people have said, people have been elected for BAD reasons. It jus seems like a recipe for disaster.

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I see a lot of people touching on the idea that Ender was only a child. That makes sense, and it reminded me of something.

Once the last battle is over and Ender realizes what it is that he's done, he is no longer a child, he's lost that innocence. What does everybody else think?

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ditto

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I'll take it.

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Well, based on what you said, Batman will not go rogue, because he seems to responsible (keeping files on everybody to prevent them from doing so). If this is true, that means that for Batman and Superman to fight, Superman will have gone bad, which means that he will not worry about going all out. ...

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The fact is that the purpose of public education was originally (and ostesibly, still is) to educate people to make them good voters. I wonder what the hell happened in the 150+ years since the beginning of a national public education system. It's not encouraging that things have gone downhill so qu...

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This is touching on the "Question for Americans" thread, so check it out...

But what I think is that it all has to do with societal attitudes. If the society can see it in a healty way, there won't be a problem.

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It never ceases to amaze me how quickly dividing lines shift...

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I go to a religious school (it's officially aligned with the Episcopal Church) and we have a great religion program. Everything is done objectively and I love the class I'm taking. Some of the teachers are more biased than others, but on the whole, it's a system that works great. It doesn't have to ...

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Okay, we have different views of the definition of agnostic.

To me, the distinction you make is useless, people who are unsure and people who don't think it can be proved either way are all agnostics to me.

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I agree, but he would still win.

That's (part of) why he's lame.

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Immigrants in the first half of the 19th century did play a big part in the history of alcohol in America, the introduction of Beer!

I don't know about the Irish though...

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suminon, that's what I was getting at. You need people to be well informed, and in our media-centric world, the vote would be easily skewed by people spending money on advertising.

I also like Jayelle's point. Mandatory voting takes away freedom more than anything.ÃŸ

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Superman wins. He actually has super powers. Nothing that Batman has rivals that (it's the sad truth).

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depends on the context...

but I voted for planet becasuse of the prior thread.

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No offense taken.

In response to your BTW, that would be an agnostic, somebody who isn't sure...
If I'm understanding you correctly, that is.

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1. My faith. I have considered all of my spiritual ideas carefully and see no reason to believe in any God. Because there is no way to prove my beliefs, I have faith, just like all people (excepting, perhaps, agnostics). I say it's stronger because I have carefully considered what I think, unlike so...

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Forcing people to vote will only give an advantage to the candidate with the most money / who lies the most, because they have an edge on publicity. Like Jebus said, forcing people to vote will only skew the results.

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The problem with casting kids young is that you have no idea how they will turn out. For example, Harry Potter.

'nuff said.

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Yeah, theoretically, the movie is still on, but they're re-negotiating because they're really displeased. Unless somebody decides to give (a bunch) the movie is DEAD. But there's still a chance....

Maybe....

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No, ^--that--^ is the problem. In Europe, where the drinking age is much lower (16, 18, sometimes lower), drinking is seen as a social activity, where somebody would have a glass of wine with dinner with friend or family. In the US, drinking has become something which is self contained, you drink t...

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Lewis 8:50 i dont know what rhymes with month...

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