JWLong

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by JWLong 15y ago
It might not be the most logical thing to do, but it's not like it's necessarily an immoral thing to do (as "Let's rephrase your statement: 'Paying back on things you've already purchased...'" implies). It's one thing if the money is borrow
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by JWLong 15y ago
I thought we just had to focus on one or the other to kill the bill? And if so, I think it'd be better to focus our efforts on the House.
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by JWLong 15y ago
Me too. I thought it was a play on the phrase "I Miss Bill"
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by JWLong 15y ago
Heh... for all the hating on Ayn Rand that goes on around here, you seem to have found the idea behind her magnum opus quite useful...
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by JWLong 15y ago
Okay... thanks guys. I guess I got my answer. I'm kind of new-ish to HN, so I was wondering how you guys lean (if at all). Also, it bothers me that there is usually no competition amongst utility providers. Where I live, we have one choice
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by JWLong 15y ago
Most people can hardly imagine life without their iPhone... but that hardly makes cell-service a right. I grew up in the middle of nowhere, Arkansas. We had a well, no central heat-and-air, and a septic system in our back yard. This worked
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by JWLong 15y ago
At the risk of being accused of trolling: Am I the only one here that believes that running water is a luxury, not a right? I've been in some pretty shitty situations myself, though none as tough as this. That much I freely admit. But the o
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by JWLong 15y ago
Yeah... no... I tried that one too... and all I got was "What's this Firefox thing?" "Does it cost me money?"
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by JWLong 15y ago
I understand that this is just a thought experiment, but what's the point if we're going to start with the assumption that if we found $100 lying on the ground, our actions are merely determined by our current socio-economic status? Not all
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by JWLong 15y ago
There's a bit of a difference between "willing to kill lots of people" and "driven to kill lots of people"... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tibbets
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by JWLong 15y ago
yeah... it made me happy too...
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by JWLong 15y ago
They used to call lightbulbs, airplanes, and combustion engines "fluff". Don't make the mistake of assuming that you can see all ends... Even the wise cannot see all ends (keeping the movie references alive). As others have stated, what peo
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by JWLong 15y ago
I was planning to learn to design septic systems until I learned that you had to apprentice for four years (and they wouldn't acknowledge the ten years I'd been working for my dad off and on) or possess a Bachelor's degree (or have a plumbe
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by JWLong 15y ago
Okay, then "stay meek". (a word our society seems to have very much forgotten)
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by JWLong 16y ago
The point that he's trying to make all throughout the piece is that, yes, the speculation is partly based on the civil unrest in the Arab world but that the influx in speculatory money is inflating the issue beyond the simple idea of supply
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by JWLong 16y ago
Didn't see this coming... I actually thought about it long and hard. I've never felt distracted by calling my mom whilendriving home... anymore than anything else. More importantly: If this holds true across the studies that will doubtless
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by JWLong 16y ago
Which is exactly why one shouldn't be barred from employment based on personal beliefs... It is Dawkins who makes the comparison between religion and disease or disorders, no?
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by JWLong 16y ago
That's a very good question. If you haven't done so already, may I suggest reading the book Kicking the Sacred Cow by James Hogan. He deals with this question all throughout his book.
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by JWLong 16y ago
This is crap...
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by JWLong 16y ago
>Gutierrez ruled that the government had to prove Crippen knew he was breaking the law by modding Xboxes. What bullcrap! All I heard my entire life was "Ignorance of the law is no excuse..." So which is it?
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by JWLong 16y ago
Please expound upon why it doesn't hold water...
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by JWLong 16y ago
He shouldn't have to learn something new. It's bad for business to tell potential users "You're just going to have to get used to our system". Customers want a new tool/app/service to solve problems, not create new ones.
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by JWLong 16y ago
I've had far too many high-school teachers allow students to study copies of tests. The teachers are so worried about grades that they're willing to sacrifice integrity (?) to inflate them. As I understand it, this is something of a nationw