Post #198,495
3/14/05 11:31:29 AM
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I'd trade earthquakes for snow/cold any day.
I grew up in California (1962 to 1980), was there for the big one in 71. Earthquakes (at least the variety California often suffers) never scared me and didn't scare most of the people I knew out there. It's funny but I've met a lot more people scared of earthquakes in North Carolina and Indiana that I ever did living in California - where they actually have them.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
God Bless America.
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Post #198,497
3/14/05 11:32:57 AM
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Not odd at all
If you're scared of earthquakes, you'd presumably avoid earthquake zones and hence would not be found there.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #198,499
3/14/05 11:37:01 AM
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I don't think that's it.
Most of the people here and in NC I met who were afraid of earthquakes held that "California was going to slip off into the ocean after 'The Big One'". IME (admittedly limited) it's ignorance that causes the fear. But, that is the case in most fears.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
God Bless America.
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Post #198,508
3/14/05 11:59:18 AM
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It already has.
California to the left of the line from the Baja cut to San Francisco Bay is not part of the continent at all. It broke off and it's firmly planted on the Pacific Ocean floor. The only way it's going to slip is north because that's the direction the ocean floor is moving.
So when people say California is "different", that's just natural since we're not even part of the continent. Note that Californians to the right of the falt voted with the Red States (but there aren't a whole lot of them).
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Post #198,536
3/14/05 1:09:06 PM
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Right. To the north.
Not the west. That's what I was talking about. The pop view that the whole state would be swallowed by the Pacific is what I was referring to.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
God Bless America.
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Post #198,542
3/14/05 1:37:25 PM
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Re: I don't think that's it.
We had this conversation (earthquakes vs. tornados) a while ago here. Statistically, given the current 30 year forecasts, it can be shown* that you're more likely to die from an earthquake than a tornado.
* Of course, you can show anything statistically.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #198,544
3/14/05 1:42:21 PM
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There's a 58.4329% probability that that's true.
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Post #198,546
3/14/05 1:46:40 PM
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It's a mandate! A landslide! Total validation!
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Post #198,548
3/14/05 1:56:21 PM
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No, a mandate is 51.2441269406386282368653206 % HTH! :-)
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Post #198,564
3/14/05 2:35:13 PM
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49% if you're using Diebold.
I always wondered what happened to those faulty Pentium chips...
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..."
-Isaac Asimov
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Post #198,575
3/14/05 2:47:25 PM
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88.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Peter
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Post #198,582
3/14/05 3:22:19 PM
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Where's your supporting data buddy? It's 89.74%
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Post #198,587
3/14/05 3:38:57 PM
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That's all right. 67.342% of all statistics are wrong.
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #198,589
3/14/05 4:12:41 PM
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Huh? Last I heard wrong was hugging 100%.
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Post #198,591
3/14/05 4:27:51 PM
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See?
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #198,593
3/14/05 4:57:44 PM
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100.5% are wrong
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And what are we doing when the two most powerful nations on earth -- America and Israel -- stomp on the elementary rights of human beings?
-- letter to the editor from W. Ostermeier, Liechtenstein
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Post #198,598
3/14/05 5:06:40 PM
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Been taking math lessons from Dubya?
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #198,609
3/14/05 5:27:43 PM
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In that case, it would be 200%
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And what are we doing when the two most powerful nations on earth -- America and Israel -- stomp on the elementary rights of human beings?
-- letter to the editor from W. Ostermeier, Liechtenstein
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Post #198,624
3/14/05 6:20:39 PM
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No,No,No. that'd be 200i%
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey[link|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Military Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]
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Post #198,684
3/15/05 12:32:17 AM
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You
Sillies!
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Post #198,758
3/15/05 11:34:03 AM
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Did you just insinuate that the current US President
is familiar with imaginary numbers? Imaginative, yes. Imagined, certanly. But that little "i" would be too complex for him.
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And what are we doing when the two most powerful nations on earth -- America and Israel -- stomp on the elementary rights of human beings?
-- letter to the editor from W. Ostermeier, Liechtenstein
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Post #198,808
3/15/05 3:05:54 PM
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So, I guess you got the Joke then. Excellent.
A THOUSAND YEARS OF PAIN FOR YOU!
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey[link|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Military Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]
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Post #198,886
3/15/05 10:21:06 PM
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So could you say...
... that that's why he's heading off in the wrong direction? :-)
Wade.
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #198,952
3/16/05 9:18:43 AM
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It's not even a parallel reality. It's perpendicular.
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And what are we doing when the two most powerful nations on earth -- America and Israel -- stomp on the elementary rights of human beings?
-- letter to the editor from W. Ostermeier, Liechtenstein
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Post #199,143
3/16/05 11:23:44 PM
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"It might be at 90 deg to reality, but in which direction?"
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #199,171
3/17/05 9:02:17 AM
3/17/05 9:05:01 AM
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Counterclockwise
(against the flow of time) \n^\n|\n----------->\n|\n (disclaimer: nowadays, I don;t know where the times are flowing. May be it's me who is counterclockwise... :( ) --
And what are we doing when the two most powerful nations on earth -- America and Israel -- stomp on the elementary rights of human beings?
-- letter to the editor from W. Ostermeier, Liechtenstein
Edited by Arkadiy
March 17, 2005, 09:05:01 AM EST
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Post #199,172
3/17/05 9:07:42 AM
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OTOH, "a right turn" is usually seen as = "a clockwise turn"
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Post #199,181
3/17/05 9:37:39 AM
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In which hemisphere, Northern or Southern?
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey[link|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Military Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]
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Post #199,351
3/18/05 2:37:54 AM
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Clocks and watches turn the same way everywhere, AFAIK.
(Except for those silly "novelty" clocks and watches... which *also* turn the same way -- anti-clockwise! -- everywhere.)
Would have been another thing if in stead of English, you were talking one of the languages -- I know several -- where the same thing is expressed something like "sunwise",wouldn't it? But... you weren't.
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #199,373
3/18/05 8:51:37 AM
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I see you got the insinuation.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey[link|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Military Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]
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