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541.
by Crito 12y ago
Oxidizer technically. Propellant is a good word that can be used for either fuel or oxidizer.
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by Crito 12y ago
I've got to say, I've never actually met anybody that admitted to taking paranormal nonsense seriously. People understand that "Freddy" isn't real, and that kind of slasher-fic is not why people own guns for ho
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by Crito 12y ago
When I was a kid, I would have just fast-forwarded straight to those scenes. The rest of the movie would have bored kid-me to tears.
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by Crito 12y ago
Maybe these children are going to want to shoot aliens at an earlier age now. Wait... Edit: Am I wrong? What exactly is the concern with Aliens here? Kids already like guys shooting aliens. Is there some sort of "alien-violence
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by Crito 12y ago
He didn't present a theory at all. He just asked a question about terminology.
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by Crito 12y ago
> "They're well-paid, even if it's not because of equity, as the last vestige of the middle class here ( https://www.quora.com/Why-do-software-engineers-make-so-much... Thank you for that link. I'v
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by Crito 12y ago
I think he means that people in London are chronic drinkers, as a way of coping with their environment/existence.
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by Crito 12y ago
On the other hand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taung_Child
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by Crito 12y ago
> "The real missing part of this article is that NASA's budget is dominated by building launchers." This is one of the reasons I am so excited for Russia's OPSEK, which is to be their successor to ISS and used for o
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by Crito 12y ago
From a native english (of the american variety) viewpoint: Neither have positive connotations, but "fundamentalist" is worse. Fundamentalism specifically invokes ideas of religious fundamentalism, particularly "religious rig
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by Crito 12y ago
You are right in a way. Three teens from one highschool would probably make the local news (it did at my highschool, though there wasn't much going on in that town to report on), but not much more. There is more going on than just thr
552.
by Crito 12y ago
What isn't everywhere is making fan-art of suicide victims. I think it is fair to assert that there is a distinct subculture here. Furthermore, I reject the idea that identifying a subculture means that you are dismissing that sub
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by Crito 12y ago
> "Friends and family often find such identities flat-out strange and assume that it’s all some kind of postadolescent phase or that something is seriously wrong." I'm no expert on sexuality, but I do know that if I had
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by Crito 12y ago
It is a matter of degree. Even your standard adult retail worker will have more power to influence their social environment than their children. While it may not be practical for them to change their job, they do technically have the op
555.
by Crito 12y ago
Millions of years of my mammalian ancestors being hunted has had an impact on how my brain is wired. I do not like things sneaking up behind me, no matter what I am doing. I know I am not going to be eaten while working in an office buildi
556.
by Crito 12y ago
I'm sure many of our parents or relatives think similar things about computer terminology. "I can't connect to Internet Explorer" "You mean the internet, and your browser is called Chrome..." "What
557.
by Crito 12y ago
I wonder if peening might be sufficient. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peening
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by Crito 12y ago
> "I also rewatched Alien, and my god, when they show the whole Alien's body it looks like a guy in a rubber suit. Without CGI, that's the best you can do. A guy in a suit or a crappy puppet." You should compare Al
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by Crito 12y ago
I think there is also an element of how we watch movie scenes today, compared with how it was done in the past. For instance, if you want to see the ending of Terminator with the stop-motion animation, today you'd just go to youtube an
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by Crito 12y ago
Example of good CGI that most people do not recognize/remember as CGI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump#Visual_effects
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by Crito 12y ago
Different social skills. The "tells". They can be very strong for people who just got done being homeschooled, but seem to fade after two or three years. One example of such a "tell" is attempting to have a personal di
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by Crito 12y ago
> "Children pick on each other. Adults do not" I am very suspicious of this. For the most part, children are not free to associate with whoever they want. Those decisions are generally made for them by adults. It can ther
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by Crito 12y ago
During my first few years in university, I was a real asshole. My friends and I had this game called "spot the homeschooled kid", which was more or less exactly what it sounds like. We'd observe other students in class or s
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by Crito 12y ago
When I was in school in the 90s, computer classes were mandatory, but not scheduled as regularly as math, science, or history classes. Rather they were scheduled like gym, music, or wellness/personal-health (all also mandatory, but ea
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by Crito 12y ago
He responded to a proposal that it should be with, depending on how you interpret it: 1) An assertion that it is not currently the case. (Probably true, but completely missing the point of a proposal) 2) An unsupported assertion that it
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by Crito 12y ago
> "What does take control even mean? Public school teachers have no control." If they already had control, then they wouldn't need to take it, would they?
567.
by Crito 12y ago
Lenovo has always been a Chinese company. I think what you are recalling is that they bought the PC part of IBM (thinkpads and whatnot).
568.
by Crito 12y ago
And for that matter, bodiless posthumans could still chose to exhibit whichever characteristics they please. I'd wager that most people on second life, given the freedom to portray themselves however they wish, choose to portray thems
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by Crito 12y ago
> "[1]State public defender quality varies, but the feds are very good." Somebody who is in unfamiliar territory in this sort of situation, which would be just about everyone who isn't a lawyer, very likely would not k
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by Crito 12y ago
For comparison: Approximately 1.3% of black males are born with polydactylism.

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