16,951 Forum Posts by "RedSkunk"
At 10/11/06 07:41 PM, Tancrisism wrote: What makes Kurt Cobain any better than Joe Bum? No life is worth more than the other.
You guys are arguing over moral systems. Neither person is right, and you can't get the other person to agree with you by slamming their head into a wall.
Personally I think the value of a human life is intrinsic, that there is no difference between a white American and a brown Iraqi. But others disagree. *shrug*
At 10/11/06 05:59 PM, LazyDrunk wrote:At 10/11/06 05:57 PM, RedSkunk wrote:And who told you that?At 10/11/06 05:44 PM, LazyDrunk wrote: College is where people ask you what you want until you take it.College is earning a degree so that you'll statistically make more money.
I determined it myself from looking at why I and the majority of other students I encounter have entered college. Who told you that it's where people ask you what you want?
I wrote about the class, compared it to a previous one in a similar pedagogical vein. I think it deserved a grade at least.
At 10/11/06 05:44 PM, LazyDrunk wrote: College is where people ask you what you want until you take it.
College is earning a degree so that you'll statistically make more money.
At 10/11/06 05:38 PM, Proteas wrote: PWNED. ;-D
Probably. But I fail to see what that matters. If I fail to get anything out of that assignment, who's fault is it? I wonder how many people did. It sounds as if he didn't give grades to the majority of the class. Being intentionally obtuse doesn't make learning any easier. The flipside of this is that I enjoyed today's discussion. I don't know. Confusing college students seems like shooting fish in a barrel.
A study like this looks at the deaths caused by the invasion of Iraq. That is how such a large disparity exists between it's findings and things like Iraq Body Count, which only tracks violent deaths. Sorry for the confusion.
Attack the methodology all you want. I'm not interested in such arguments.
"Zeke – Unless you have a reason to take the class and a reason to write this paper, then if I were you I'd drop the course.
Asking you to write a paper without giving you a topic forces you to confront a screen or blank paper and ask: why should I write? What should I write about?
In this confrontation it is my professional opinion that, so far, you've failed the challenge.
More than the absence of substance I am impressed by the absence of effort and intensity.
But perhaps, as you hinted, this is merely a case of writer's block.
Do let me know."
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Well what do you know.. The fucker called me on it. Christ am I sick of college.
At 10/11/06 02:54 PM, FAB0L0US wrote:At 10/11/06 02:50 PM, RedSkunk wrote: Not killed, dead. This also takes into account the total obliteration of Iraqi civil society.. What was left after a decade of sanctions. We targeted water filtration facilities for gods sakes.Is that fair then? Their social structure was already gone from a decade of sanctions and those deaths were already happenong. And the Iraqis looted damn near everything at the onset of the war, not helping anything either. And the insurgents continue to make hell of civil society, destroying two of everything created. Would it be fair to place those deaths on the USA?
Wait, you're trying to change the meaning of my words, create an issue where there is none. This study takes into account the effects of the invasion. These deaths are in addition to the normal death rate pre-invasion. The deaths that resulted from further degradation of Iraq were not "already happening."
At 10/11/06 02:47 PM, FAB0L0US wrote: 500 people a day killed as a result of the war?
Not killed, dead. This also takes into account the total obliteration of Iraqi civil society.. What was left after a decade of sanctions. We targeted water filtration facilities for gods sakes.
At 10/11/06 02:39 PM, MortifiedPenguins wrote: Point.
Beyond the fact that Iraqi's are killing each other.
That the death count of the war is beyond all previous estimates? That the people against the war before we invaded are proven right once again? That it's not a cakewalk? That it's a civil war, a quagmire?
Take your pick dude. Really, do you rely on people to think for you outside of NG?
At 10/11/06 03:54 AM, EnragedSephiroth wrote: Quiet you.
jew.
Whopping Generalization Night in the lounge I see, eh?
Yeah, so probably Brazil. Politically.
As stated by a dozen other posters. This thrad going anywhere?
At 10/8/06 04:20 PM, EnragedSephiroth wrote: I think the homeless should be armed too >:/ It's dangerous out there on them streets.
Odd how nobody responded to this salient point.
Reductio Ad Absurdum
At 10/10/06 03:32 AM, EnragedSephiroth wrote:
Quiet down Jew-boy.
I was just thinking about another compass thread. Good call sepiroth.
Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.26
(1/22/04)(10/21/04)
Economic Left/Right: -9.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62
(8/10/04)
Economic Left/Right: -9.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15
Economic Left/Right: -9.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.18
(10/26/05)
Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05
(2/27/06)
Economic Left/Right: -6.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56
Wait, huh? Diety whistle? But I thunk only one person could have it at a time...? Something change?
Oh, BTW: someone has a 22mm Alta rear swaybar coming to them, that'll hopefully be installed before the last autocross this Sunday. Go me. =]
Did he get the whole front page? Anyone know?
It's more impressive when the responses are actually on-topic and worthwhile...
2500 miles per month in the first four months of ownership. Not shabby, eh?
At 10/7/06 06:57 PM, stafffighter wrote:At 10/7/06 05:36 PM, RedSkunk wrote: *sigh*No, but a comment on the effects of my underwear is.
Everyone isn't always talking about your penis, stafff
No, no it's not.
*sigh*
Everyone isn't always talking about your penis, stafff.
At 10/7/06 04:26 PM, stafffighter wrote: I wear boxers. Would it take away from the effect?
If you feel the need to blame the boxers for what would result... Go ahead. ;-)
Give your parents this article (I'm looking out for you little pissants, I really am):
Untidy beds may keep us healthy
Failing to make your bed in the morning may actually help keep you healthy, scientists believe.
Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies.
A Kingston University study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed.
cool points to whoever figures out what city this is..
And again, I broke the rule of thirds vertically.. And I don't think it'd work as well if I didn't.
At 10/4/06 06:38 PM, Doodler wrote: I hate enforcing rules like that... but he has some weird cropping (like the treeline) and... yeah... I hate it when the rules are right.
Nevermind.
Well, like a lot of people say, we ought to follow such rules and understand them, so that we can then know when to break them. They aren't set in stone, just really good guidelines to follow.
At 10/6/06 06:43 PM, Dark6 wrote: So I just got a camera, this is where I live.
Like this one. It's very nice.. And I'd say he followed rule o' thirds, maybe by accident. The horizon is actually smack dab in the middle of the photo, but the thing that draws your eye is the diagonal sidewalk. It's in the lower 1/3 of the pic, the sky takes up the upper 1/3, the buildings blend with the ground moving the perceived horizon upwards a bit.
Only thing I would have maybe tried is leveling out the buildings, and seen how that affects the sidewalk.
At 10/7/06 01:13 PM, Dark6 wrote: Damn, this one turned out to be quite blurry.
I need to work on holding the camera perfectly still.
Play with your manual options. If you're using the camera on full auto, then in low-light situations like that it's going to use a very slow shutter setting, making it difficult to get a crisp hand-held photo no matter how steady you are.
General rule of thumb is to use a tripod or something else steady when you're going under, say, 1/60th of a second.
With digital, if you underexpose the photo by a few steps (pic darker than you'd want because of not enough light), you can always play around with it in photoshop..
OK, I know what you're all thinking...
...I should have posted that under Grammer's account...
I got my cock in my pocket
And I'm reelin
Down the old highway
I got my cock in my pocket
And I'm reelin
Down the old highway
I'm gonna whip it on you honey
Taste your blood today
I got my cock in my pocket
And it's shovin up
Through my pants
I got my cock in my pocket
And it's shovin up
Through my pants
I just wanna fuck
This aint no romance
I got my cock in my pocket...
At 10/6/06 01:05 PM, Grammer wrote: Is there anyone trustworthy whom I can share my password with to deposit for me until I get internets again?
*shrug* shoot me a PM. I haven't missed a deposit in a few months. And this is without having internet at my place at all. =]
Dedication, that is.
At 10/6/06 12:34 AM, Empanado wrote: given that all major chilean boards on the subject are a massive orgy devoted to a bunch of college students giving a collective suck on Pinochet's cock
Wow. So when college students in Chile want to be rebels, they take to supporting Pinochet? Heh. Go figure.
