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  1. HeyYou
    Actually, there ARE people out there that kill for entertainment...... I will grant, they aren't considered 'normal' by any means.. but, they ARE out there. Murder is still fairly well accepted today in many societies. Honor killings, etc. Just depends on where ya live.
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    Is that the i5 520U processor? That's an 'ultra-low' power precessor.... I am surprised that it will run the game at all..... and in an alienware machine? Really?????
  3. HeyYou
    Is your game set to autosave on wait/rest/travel? If so, turn them off. See if that helps.
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    Those others have the same chance to get ahead though. If the race is fair, can you blame one side for taking it more seriously? Maybe they do, maybe they don't..... There are many examples of greed winning out, simply because the greedy (who happen to be rich) have more resources to call on than their intended victims. Emminent Domain to take land for commercial purposes for instance.
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    Well Put. I agree. I think folks draw a line between 'getting ahead', and 'being greedy' though. And the whole 'do what one has to do' to get to where you want to be has varying shades of grey as well. If you put some constraints on that, such as "within the moral values of the current society", or something similar, then it would just be classified as 'motivated' in any event. I think greed implies 'getting what one wants at the expense of others'. It's that aspect of it that gives it a bad name.
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    You folks seem to have missed my point entirely, no matter how I put it. So, I give up. You win.
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    Everyone spies on everyone else. Especially allies, as the consequences of being caught are significantly less.
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    In certain circumstances, 1 + 1 does in fact equal 10. (think: Binary) Your example of apples does not equate. Yeah, its a pretty thin distinction, but, a distinction none-the-less. (as 10 base 2 does in fact equal 2 base 10.) It really doesn't matter what 'truth' you put forward, there WILL be someone that will challenge your truth.
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    A 1+1=2 will be true even if there were no humans or beings to think it. As would 1 + 1 = 10. Truth is relative.
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    One of the biggest problems I think we have here is, school funding is tied to attendance. The more students you have, the more money you get. Also, the better your students are doing, the more funding you get. (at least, that's how it is supposed to work.....) Trouble with that is, it doesn't matter if a student is failing every class, skips more often than not, causes disruptions that make it difficult for others to learn... etc. The school has every motivation to keep the student there, so they keep their funding, and no real motivation to simply send those that don't want to learn on their way. One would think, that if you removed the disruptions from the classroom, GPA for ALL students that remanined would increase, and offset the loss of funding for the student that didn't want to be a student in any event. I don't think the school admins have figgered that one out yet. What I find really astounding though, is most of the school admins, that are onsite, were once teachers themselves, yet, when they get into a position of power, instead of knowing what the problems are, and addressing them, they BECOME the problem. What am I missing?
  11. HeyYou
    Individual Charity exists. I have seen it with my own eyes. When it becomes organized, then it becomes just a business.
  12. HeyYou
    Like the 1 + 1 = 2? or was it 10? Again, it just depends on who you are talking to. (both gotta be on the same page.)
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    This. It is a bald assertion and a conclusion. All logical leaps are non sequiturs. Not a bald assertion. A fact. Truth is indeed in the eye of the beholder. Now, I will grant that there are specific examples of a 'truth' that will be true for 99% of the population, but, the more common variety is simply based on perception, or the society in which you find yourself living. Take for example: "The United States is the great satan." To a fair number of folks, that is indeed the truth. For the rest of the world, it is not..... Semantics. You are using the term true to mean an opinion or belief. That example is actually just an opinion. Alrighty then, give me an example of an 'indisputable' truth.
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    This. It is a bald assertion and a conclusion. All logical leaps are non sequiturs. Not a bald assertion. A fact. Truth is indeed in the eye of the beholder. Now, I will grant that there are specific examples of a 'truth' that will be true for 99% of the population, but, the more common variety is simply based on perception, or the society in which you find yourself living. Take for example: "The United States is the great satan." To a fair number of folks, that is indeed the truth. For the rest of the world, it is not.....
  15. HeyYou
    Where did my argument contain a non-sequitor.
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    So, don't like my argument, so you resort to insults? That's nice. I actually expected better of you. Wouldn't be the first time I misjudged someone.
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    Not familiar with binary are you?
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    Don't think I said they would be 'right', or even 'rational'...... If you look to Washington DC, there you find a group of people, each with their own 'truth', that are absolutely sure they hold the only version of the truth. Trouble is, not a single one of them agree, and they simply can NOT all be right. Besides, 1 + 1 = 10.
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    "Truth" is NOT indisputable. One mans truth, is another mans lie. It is all about perspective.
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    No one in the intelligence industry trusts anyone else. ESPECIALLY some other country's intelligence agency. The only info they trust, is info they gather themselves. Nature of the beast. Now, granted, the US DOES cooperate, sorta, with a select few countries, but, we also spy on them, and they spy on us. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some of the 'leaks', are done on purpose, to provide contradictory information, simply to keep the issue confused enough, that the general public is never really sure of what is actually going on. It's a given that nations spy on each, but, the extent is what has been open to question. Given some of the information that has been leaked (and real), it's not like anyone in their right mind is going to accept the words from some intelligence agency at face value. Especially when denying some wrong-doing, in which they have been pretty much caught red-handed.
  21. HeyYou
    Most folks try and convince other folks that they are "right", and their point of view is the only correct one, when someone elses point of view does not agree with theirs. read the comments on any political article. You will see both sides saying the exact same things, with just a couple names swapped. "if party x thinks that plan y is going to accomplish anything, they are crazy". And not even that polite. You can insert any values you care to for x, and y. Just doesn't matter. That's what it is all about. Convincing someone else that your 'right' should also be THEIR "right".
  22. HeyYou
    Don't pick the maggots off your food, they provide necessary proteins.
  23. HeyYou
    Just because everyone does it, doesn't make it 'right'. Most of these activities are already illegal, so, slapping more restrictions on them won't make any difference at all. Back in the early 2000's, our government (USA) passed the Patriot Act. (misnomer....) That bit of law made it 'legal' for various agencies to tap phones and such. Supposedly, they weren't going to tap AMERICAN phones, just foreigners. We see how that worked out. The US seems to be in the business of alienating our allies. Or, simply abandoning them, when it is no longer expedient to support them. (Egypt, the 'arab spring' took hold, and we basically tossed our ally of decades, in favor of the muslim brotherhood....) What is the point of being an ally, if you 'friend' taps your phone, and will abandon you when you no longer seem to suit the social trends of the day? Being a 'fair weather friend' pretty much assures that you are not going to have any friends in relatively short order. Obama WAS on a path of reconciliation with various foreign powers, including our allies.... seems he has changed direction on that. Not really a good plan.
  24. HeyYou
    I beleive that long before we achieve 'cultural homogeneity', the human race will have successfully killed itself off, or, significantly reduced it's population at the very least. We are self-destructive, that appears to be universal across all cultures.
  25. HeyYou
    Kinda like the obamacare website...... :D
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