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Post #183,849
by ben_tilly
11/10/04 2:53:12 PM
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New Perceived by whom?
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)
Post #183,850
by Arkadiy
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11/10/04 2:56:43 PM
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New Actually, I think I misquoted
"In this town, we don't deal with people as they are, but as they are percieved to be"

In our particular discussion, it's how "right" percieves "left" and vice versa.
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This guy's ahead of his time! He's using quantum programming methods: in universes where invalid data is passed to this function, it does not return. Thus you are ensured that you will only have valid data after calling it. Optimally you'd destroy the universe on failure, but computers haven't quite advanced to that level yet.

-- [link|http://thedailywtf.com/archive/2004/10/26/2920.aspx|The] Daily WTF
     Thoughts on the election - (JayMehaffey) - (96) - Nov. 5, 2004, 10:03:17 PM EST
         Personally, I think he's blasphemous - (jake123) - Nov. 5, 2004, 10:09:46 PM EST
         Thoughts on your thoughts - (bepatient) - (79) - Nov. 6, 2004, 11:21:42 AM EST
             It's always a tough call - (JayMehaffey) - (48) - Nov. 6, 2004, 11:43:22 AM EST
                 backing, moore and aclu - (daemon) - Nov. 6, 2004, 11:45:48 AM EST
                 Wow. - (bepatient) - (10) - Nov. 6, 2004, 01:42:54 PM EST
                     Re: Wow. - (JayMehaffey) - (9) - Nov. 6, 2004, 01:55:10 PM EST
                         "so what" about the gay issue. - (bepatient) - (7) - Nov. 6, 2004, 02:49:16 PM EST
                             Really? - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Nov. 6, 2004, 06:27:52 PM EST
                                 3 of them. - (admin) - Nov. 6, 2004, 09:31:39 PM EST
                                 why a "civil union" and lets ignore religo marital issues - (daemon) - (2) - Nov. 6, 2004, 11:25:17 PM EST
                                     So when you have your second heart attack... - (jb4) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2004, 09:25:46 AM EST
                                         sorry a general power of attourney puts you there - (daemon) - Nov. 8, 2004, 05:33:02 PM EST
                                 Banning Gay Marriage (new thread) - (tuberculosis) - Nov. 8, 2004, 12:51:47 PM EST
                             The gay civil union issue is important . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Nov. 6, 2004, 06:38:05 PM EST
                         That's exactly the problem - (drewk) - Nov. 7, 2004, 12:33:18 AM EST
                 "The distain was entirly in your mind. " - (Arkadiy) - (35) - Nov. 8, 2004, 05:07:42 PM EST
                     As was the post by mmoffitt to this thread. -NT - (altmann) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2004, 05:33:13 PM EST
                         I give up. I can't find my post in this thread. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 9, 2004, 08:59:19 AM EST
                     How utterly Bolshevik of you. - (mmoffitt) - (32) - Nov. 9, 2004, 09:02:00 AM EST
                         Even though you may disagree, - (Arkadiy) - (31) - Nov. 9, 2004, 09:49:20 AM EST
                             Yeah, try me - (ben_tilly) - (14) - Nov. 9, 2004, 12:01:38 PM EST
                                 Believe it or not - (Arkadiy) - (13) - Nov. 9, 2004, 02:27:57 PM EST
                                     I find that hard to believe - (ben_tilly) - (12) - Nov. 9, 2004, 03:35:05 PM EST
                                         Welcome to the distorted view that the US has of itself - (jake123) - Nov. 9, 2004, 04:09:21 PM EST
                                         Two of your items pull you to the right: - (Arkadiy) - (10) - Nov. 9, 2004, 05:56:32 PM EST
                                             Curious look - (Simon_Jester) - (3) - Nov. 9, 2004, 08:01:56 PM EST
                                                 "In this town, people are what they are percieved to be" -NT - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Nov. 10, 2004, 01:33:43 PM EST
                                                     Perceived by whom? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Nov. 10, 2004, 02:53:12 PM EST
                                                         Actually, I think I misquoted - (Arkadiy) - Nov. 10, 2004, 02:56:43 PM EST
                                             Civil liberties is a right-wing philosophy? - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Nov. 10, 2004, 02:50:28 PM EST
                                                 Two facts: - (Arkadiy) - (4) - Nov. 10, 2004, 03:07:15 PM EST
                                                     I've come to find... - (bepatient) - (2) - Nov. 10, 2004, 04:14:46 PM EST
                                                         I think I have to agree - (Silverlock) - Nov. 10, 2004, 04:49:28 PM EST
                                                         "average programmer" :) -NT - (Arkadiy) - Nov. 10, 2004, 05:26:50 PM EST
                                                     Well there are multiple "right"s - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 11, 2004, 11:56:48 AM EST
                             Did someone say howls? - (pwhysall) - (4) - Nov. 9, 2004, 12:11:02 PM EST
                                 Huh? -NT - (Arkadiy) - (3) - Nov. 9, 2004, 02:28:47 PM EST
                                     Read me in *my* posts. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - Nov. 9, 2004, 05:17:08 PM EST
                                         Oh, I see MM reference, I just don't get how it's connected - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Nov. 9, 2004, 05:57:59 PM EST
                                             MM's sig oooO0Oooo - (bepatient) - Nov. 9, 2004, 06:04:16 PM EST
                             Pure balderdash - language murder 1st Class - (Ashton) - (2) - Nov. 12, 2004, 02:57:45 AM EST
                                 The language got corrupted, - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Nov. 15, 2004, 10:07:01 AM EST
                                     Miss the whole point about labelling, again? - (Ashton) - Nov. 15, 2004, 06:50:08 PM EST
                             You "know I call myself a Communist"? - (mmoffitt) - (7) - Nov. 22, 2004, 11:33:20 AM EST
                                 I seem to remeber reading that in your posts... - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Nov. 22, 2004, 11:55:33 AM EST
                                     Confused. :-) - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 22, 2004, 12:16:32 PM EST
                                     he is an OP communist :-) - (daemon) - Nov. 25, 2004, 12:09:04 AM EST
                                 Uh, here - (broomberg) - (3) - Nov. 22, 2004, 11:55:59 AM EST
                                     I'd be a communist, but I'm not good enough. Close.... -NT - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Nov. 22, 2004, 12:07:30 PM EST
                                         A good communits is a dead communist - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Nov. 22, 2004, 12:15:30 PM EST
                                             That sounds like what I heard in church as a tot. - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 22, 2004, 12:19:39 PM EST
             You haven't been paying attention, have you? - (ben_tilly) - (29) - Nov. 6, 2004, 02:14:50 PM EST
                 Yes, I have. - (bepatient) - (28) - Nov. 6, 2004, 02:54:52 PM EST
                     That's an impossible standard to reach - (ben_tilly) - (22) - Nov. 6, 2004, 06:33:37 PM EST
                         Whatever. - (bepatient) - (21) - Nov. 6, 2004, 07:44:07 PM EST
                             No, YOU missed the point - (ben_tilly) - (20) - Nov. 7, 2004, 04:33:49 AM EST
                                 They can try what Tony Blair did. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 7, 2004, 10:27:10 AM EST
                                 Oh, somehow I don't think so. - (bepatient) - (13) - Nov. 7, 2004, 11:13:48 AM EST
                                     Yes, let's go back to the gay issue - (ben_tilly) - (12) - Nov. 8, 2004, 11:16:43 AM EST
                                         Priceless. - (bepatient) - (9) - Nov. 8, 2004, 11:27:31 AM EST
                                             Suggestion - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Nov. 8, 2004, 11:37:20 AM EST
                                                 How I would've put it - (jake123) - (4) - Nov. 8, 2004, 11:44:17 AM EST
                                                     And what is a "state's rights issue"? - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Nov. 8, 2004, 12:01:27 PM EST
                                                         An issue that is under the purview of the state government - (jake123) - (2) - Nov. 8, 2004, 12:04:40 PM EST
                                                             A complication for you - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2004, 12:21:06 PM EST
                                                                 Who said it has to make sense? - (jake123) - Nov. 8, 2004, 12:41:38 PM EST
                                                 I already told you. - (bepatient) - Nov. 8, 2004, 12:53:11 PM EST
                                             Not anyone. Just (at least) 50% of 'em... -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2004, 01:31:10 PM EST
                                                 Re: Not anyone. Just (at least) 50% of 'em... - (bepatient) - Nov. 8, 2004, 01:36:48 PM EST
                                         Another good example - (JayMehaffey) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2004, 12:57:15 PM EST
                                             DING DING DING DING - (bepatient) - Nov. 8, 2004, 01:06:36 PM EST
                                 Here's a suggestion, Ben - (jb4) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2004, 09:35:41 AM EST
                                     reminds me of LBJ - (daemon) - Nov. 8, 2004, 05:43:17 PM EST
                                 No he didn't - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Nov. 8, 2004, 01:11:00 PM EST
                                     Tippecanoe and Tyler, too. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2004, 01:27:18 PM EST
                                         right - the more things change.. - (deSitter) - Nov. 8, 2004, 01:55:51 PM EST
                     So where do we go from here? - (GBert) - (4) - Nov. 8, 2004, 07:35:21 AM EST
                         Now, now...be nice... - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - Nov. 7, 2004, 03:11:40 PM EST
                             Been reading Karl's playbook? 65 kB .gif - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2004, 07:22:22 AM EST
                                 You broke it, you bought it. -NT - (admin) - Nov. 8, 2004, 09:29:47 AM EST
                         Can you get me into Italy? :) -NT - (deSitter) - Nov. 8, 2004, 09:08:55 AM EST
         Let's roll baby -NT - (deSitter) - Nov. 6, 2004, 06:53:42 PM EST
         Re: Thoughts on the election - (JvlivsCaesar) - (1) - Nov. 7, 2004, 04:02:34 AM EST
             you havnt met Jerold Nadler have you? - (daemon) - Nov. 7, 2004, 10:07:36 AM EST
         found in the local letter to the editor - (daemon) - Nov. 7, 2004, 10:16:13 AM EST
         Where do I sign up? - (jb4) - (10) - Nov. 8, 2004, 09:16:28 AM EST
             Nope. Your guy was just elected in Illinois. - (bepatient) - (9) - Nov. 8, 2004, 10:50:12 AM EST
                 Clear, concise, well spoken, hyper-intelligent != attack dog - (jb4) - (8) - Nov. 8, 2004, 01:41:41 PM EST
                     Yes it does. - (bepatient) - (7) - Nov. 8, 2004, 01:49:26 PM EST
                         ObPedanticSpellingNit - it's "rhetoric". - (jake123) - (6) - Nov. 8, 2004, 02:12:02 PM EST
                             /me crooks his finger and talks to it: - (admin) - (4) - Nov. 8, 2004, 02:15:05 PM EST
                                 Don't forget to use that "croaky" voice. -NT - (bepatient) - (3) - Nov. 8, 2004, 02:47:21 PM EST
                                     Nah, high and whiny - (jake123) - (2) - Nov. 8, 2004, 02:50:51 PM EST
                                         Think he was going for the "Shining" angle. -NT - (bepatient) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2004, 02:52:48 PM EST
                                             yeah, I just had something different in mind. - (jake123) - Nov. 8, 2004, 02:59:45 PM EST
                             Ack...what was I thinking? - (bepatient) - Nov. 8, 2004, 02:46:40 PM EST

Plan B, we'll retreat to the rave-cave and hope our tribal beats and epiliptic movements will cause the machines to commit suicide due to sheer irritation.
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