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On the Tyranny of the Majority in posting on a Left-leaning forum:

Jaskalas, no need for apologies. I welcome your input. You bring up the flock waiting for a shepherd. In that regard we are the lost lamb. Have you seen a lost little baby lamb? They are sooo adorable, how could you not want to save them. It would break your heart not to scoop them up in your...
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- Post #177
- Aug 29, 2022
- Forum: Politics and News
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On the Tyranny of the Majority in posting on a Left-leaning forum:

Yes Moonbeam, that is the exact context I found that word. In fact, it was top of mind as I had just read that particular book and thought the term very fitting to something I have been seeing consistently throughout my journey. The fact that this condition appears to be increasing is...
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- Post #171
- Aug 27, 2022
- Forum: Politics and News
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On the Tyranny of the Majority in posting on a Left-leaning forum:

Moonbeam, I have been reading your posts for twenty years now. At one time I thought you were a fool and a lunatic. Now I see you only as a lunatic. I mean that with the deepest regard from one lunatic to another. Words are a pale representation of our deepest thoughts. Communicating those...
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- Post #169
- Aug 27, 2022
- Forum: Politics and News
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On the Tyranny of the Majority in posting on a Left-leaning forum:

Oh Moonbeam, why do you think you are wrong? From what I can see you are very right indeed. However, you seem to be confusing right and wrong with truth and untruth. There is a line of thought that ego doesn’t exist, that it is simply a figment of the mind. Opposite the fake ego exists the real...
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- Post #165
- Aug 25, 2022
- Forum: Politics and News
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On the Tyranny of the Majority in posting on a Left-leaning forum:

I am well aware of what you are saying. There are many words to describe it and it has been experienced by many people. You refer to theosis, bodhi, metanoia, satori….. Although, you have not appeared to have considered what I have asked. Do you know why that is? Or maybe that is your answer...
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- Post #161
- Aug 25, 2022
- Forum: Politics and News
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On the Tyranny of the Majority in posting on a Left-leaning forum:

Moonbeam, I want to start by saying that I enjoy seeing your point of view across this forum. However, I wonder if you have considered that truth could be an illusion? What if truth is like a bird gathering its nest. Each twig, twine or bramble a new truth added to the firmament until the...
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- Post #158
- Aug 24, 2022
- Forum: Politics and News
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Is god pissed?

Commodus, it sounds like you want to explore this idea further. So I will offer the best analogy I can produce. Let’s say you’re a programmer, you love to program, in fact you have been programming computers since you were a small child. You realize that nothing happens on a computer without...
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- Post #296
- Feb 17, 2022
- Forum: Politics and News
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Is god pissed?

arredondo, I am a rare poster but have been an avid reader of this forum for many years. However, I felt the need to reply to you in particular. You follow your path with strength and fortitude. Many wonder what your motivations are, they fear because that is their nature. However, many are...
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- Post #292
- Feb 16, 2022
- Forum: Politics and News
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It's been a while...Lurkers, come out.

I've been summoned. Hi All ;)
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- Post #3
- Apr 28, 2017
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Any Hunters Here?

For that you'll need a muff pistol.
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- Post #27
- Jul 19, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What are some good books/websites for a junion sys admin

http://www.experts-exchange.com/ Well worth ~$100 per year
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- Post #8
- Dec 2, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Time travel in movies and books - Looong Question:

I seem to recall John Titor solved the problem of the planet moving out from under you when traveling through time. Although I can't recall what he said GE's exact solution was. Good sci-fi story though. :-)
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- Post #14
- Mar 28, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Trust but verify, or when to kick a slacker?

That's what we have done, but we can only call so many and if it does turn up we have no recourse without a police report. A local pawn shop told us that the police can do a better sweep of all of the shops if a report is filed. It also puts some pressure on Jim if he isn't being truthful.
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- Post #16
- Feb 28, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Trust but verify, or when to kick a slacker?

The netbook may be worth very little but feeling secure in your own house is worth a lot more. Questioning my children is hardly an out of the ordinary occurrence as kids often have information on electronics they may have used. As others pointed out the eldest may have had a friend by I was...
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- Post #14
- Feb 28, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Trust but verify, or when to kick a slacker?

I am aware of that product and wish I had gotten it before this incident. Didn't think it would walk away from my living room. But of course that's what everyone says after the fact :-)
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- Post #3
- Feb 28, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Trust but verify, or when to kick a slacker?

I think this will be my first post requiring cliffs as I usually like to read all of the fun OT topics from everyone else. Unfortunately, it appears now is my time for drama. Of course, like most bad things that happen to me this one started with an act of kindness on my part. You see in the...
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- Feb 28, 2011
- Replies: 15
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Time Traveller in Chaplain Film

My nerdy response would be that the Doctor probably just fixed her phone with his sonic screwdriver, there weren't any police boxes in the shot, were there? Come to think of it that would make a great crossover for an episode....
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- Post #9
- Oct 27, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Did/would you send your kids to church and/or Sunday school?

Well after spending so long in catholic school I realize that scandals and abuse are the exception and not the rule. However all organized religions seem to prey on peoples weakness and psychological needs. From a Catholic perspective the church always appeared to care more about feeding it's...
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- Post #32
- Jun 16, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Did/would you send your kids to church and/or Sunday school?

This is a situation I am struggling with as well. I was sent through Catholic School more as an alternative to the poor public schools in my area then a religious choice. My mother was mildly religious and my father was agnostic. The primary thing I learned through 12 years of indoctrination was...
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- Post #18
- Jun 16, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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WTF... this guy wants to be my rep in congress. FML.

Here's my $0.02 for what it's worth (probably substantially less). Jeff if you aren't a hoax you should run for office, you will lose, but the experience will be invaluable. If you are smart you will learn from that experience and run better campaigns in the future.
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- Post #121
- Jan 14, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Where's the health care benefit in health insurance "reform?"

While I agree that a feedback mechanism exists between the number of uninsured/under-insured and that amount hospitals need charge insurance companies I think you may be underestimating the effects and forgetting that the feedback mechanism is not instantaneous. The minute legislation forces...
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- Post #104
- Nov 12, 2009
- Forum: Politics and News
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Where's the health care benefit in health insurance "reform?"

I am trying to wrap my mind around that statement. This is the way I see it and please correct me if I am wrong. If you increase coverage by including pre-existing conditions and eliminating lifetime caps you will increase the overall amount of healthcare spending by the insurance plan. If you...
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- Post #101
- Nov 12, 2009
- Forum: Politics and News
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Obama Speech 9/9/9

Thanks for all the great responses, so far I am liking "Profit" and "Keep your" as some drinking options. I picked up a bottle of Gray Goose at lunch and the wife is on board so I am all set for speech time. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.
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- Post #23
- Sep 9, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Obama Speech 9/9/9

I am a big lurker, but thought this was a topic right up the ole' Anandtech OT alley.
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- Post #3
- Sep 9, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Obama Speech 9/9/9

I don't want to be political, but I really want to play the drinking game with Obama's speech tonight. So what are some keywords I can use. I don't want it to be too obvious and get completely hammered half way through but I don't want to walk away sober :-) Hope, Change, Co-op seem too...
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- Thread
- Sep 9, 2009
- Replies: 52
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Solid State NAS

I have a problem I thought the Anand crowd may be able to answer. I run IT for a medium sized company with two satellite offices. We have been doing site to site VPN for both locations and have managed to keep a small server in both offices. However, one of my remote sites had been using a...
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- Thread
- May 14, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Memory and Storage

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