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At 4/7/12 10:51 PM, knightsofthecircle wrote:

At 4/7/12 10:49 PM, WaterShake wrote: "What to do" varies greatly depending on which cities you're planning on visiting.

Also, is there a particular reason you're not going to Northern Island?

I'm going to London, Oxford and Edinburgh.

Ok. So your visiting England and Scotland (not Wales either presumably).

I've lived in Edinburgh since September of last year. It has a great variety of typical tourist attractions.

Sights to see:
Scottish parliament
Edinburgh castle
Royal mile
Pubic triangle

'Burgh also has a pretty great nightlife so i'd recommend you check out some of the city's nightclubs. If nightclubs aint your thing then there are also plenty of great gigs on almost every night of the week.

Summer is by far the best time to visit Edinburgh due to the summer festivals e.g The Fringe etc.

I'm studying abroad and Ireland wasn't one of the stops.

Ireland isn't part of the UK. Northern Ireland is.

"What to do" varies greatly depending on which cities you're planning on visiting.

Also, is there a particular reason you're not going to Northern Island?

The Kony 2012 campaigners have released a 2nd video attempting to rebut the criticisms of the first video whilst also offering further information about their plans.

You can watch it here.

In your attack on American you criticise the rate of bilinguallity, because it's taught at school.
In your praise of Europe, you praise the rate of bilingually, because it's taught at school.

At 4/4/12 09:59 PM, pirateplatypus wrote: You took a few bong rips before taking this picture didn't you?

lmao were in the same predicament

Pretty sure I did it wrong: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/c7a7d0e242273586885855f34 bf408a67256debf?authuser=0&hl=en

At 3/31/12 04:22 AM, Elfer wrote: "That's what we need to start doing." -Jay

so game: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/c7a7d0e242273586885855f34 bf408a67256debf?authuser=0&hl=en#

At 4/4/12 03:25 AM, TucoM wrote:

At 4/4/12 02:50 AM, WaterShake wrote:

At 4/4/12 02:39 AM, TucoM wrote: Being homeless is a license for everyone else to rip you off and whatnot.

Hard to rip-off someone who only cares for time.

Whatnot could include a lot of awful things.

BTW, does the OP know that food costs money?

Sure, but by that logic I could end everything I say with "etc." and rebut all negative responses with "that's what I meant by etc. stupid".

Which is obviously a terrible idea...

Obligatory etc.

At 4/4/12 02:39 AM, TucoM wrote: Being homeless is a license for everyone else to rip you off and whatnot.

Hard to rip-off someone who only cares for time.

Missing out, the tl version is a pretty fair-read. He explained his viewpoint pretty clearly whilst acknowledging he obviously doesn't know anything about something he's yet to experience, whilst standing from a viewpoint of inexperience.

doped don't judge stupid/verbose way of talking

At 4/4/12 01:21 AM, MiloBased wrote: Is there tldr version of this?

If not I agree with skhm...

Ill be in soon, on bus back

At 4/1/12 09:59 PM, XenonMonkey wrote: Funny that it's posted on April Fool's day.

Ya, if you look closely at the tags the whole "news article where theres no real news" thing start to make a whole lot more sense.

Facebook "Dislike" Button Rumours Confirmed
TechCrunch (a fairly reputable/reliable AOL property) today confirmed the long-lasting myth of an internal debate amongst Facebook employees: wether or not to introduce a "Dislike" button. Original article can be read here (but tbh there's quite a few words used to say very little).

The crux of the debate is thus:

Whilst Facebook has the potential to gain greatly from a "Dislike" button (the Like button is responsible for a reasonable portion of FB's revenue, adding an additional button would more than likely increase this revenue ahead of this years IPO) many within the company are questioning the ethicality of promoting "Dislike".

What are your thoughts on this topic NG?

At 4/1/12 07:50 PM, PODmedia wrote: Here's a video recently done of a friend of mine. Hope you like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkNmGChSDII

Good luck with PR pushing on NG.

At 4/1/12 09:49 AM, Wolfos wrote: You fail! This is the Mac OS logo:

No. That's the icon for the "Finder" application.

The logo in the OP is Apple's logo. Mac OS has no logo.

The closest it has to a logo is the OSX 10 mark.

I'm aware this image is circa: leopard and we're now on lion (soon to be mountain lion) but the mark hasn't changed since. It may do when mountain lion is released; but I doubt it - Apple has recently been reducing their branding, not extending it.

At 3/28/12 10:34 PM, jjjkuk wrote:

At 3/28/12 09:15 PM, WaterShake wrote:

At 3/28/12 07:21 PM, Suprememessage wrote: I have above average intelligence

Doesn't everyone.

No. That's why they invented the term "average".

Average = most people

Derp

This is the part where you detect the sarcasm.

I tidy my desk each morning before beginning work.

Today has been a particularly long day I guess.

At 3/28/12 07:21 PM, Suprememessage wrote: I have above average intelligence

Doesn't everyone.

At 3/26/12 08:15 AM, SKHM wrote: you basically posited a poor man's newcomb's paradox

here is some good reading, if you're really interested in that sort of problem

Except this isn't a paradox at all.

Passing a test on the subject of failing is the same as passing any other test; only slight difference is the topic happens to be the opposite of the desired outcome.

Nothing makes white men angrier than being beaten at their own game.

Oh look, faux-victimization to make people feel special and oppressed. Yay.

I'll be there in a bit, at a party just now but it's pretty shut rbh

Apple's advertising is slightly better than average. Those of you attributing their great success to "advertising" are missing the point.

Apple's success stems from the three disruptive technologies (iPod, iPhone, iPad) it released sequentially and the way in which it created mass-markets for these previously niche products.

At 1 hour ago, Ilssm wrote: Engineering would probably be the best, or technician.
I'm hoping to work on the commercials to start out that are Doritio Superbowl quality.

Then why are you not studying advertising?

Regardless, the question posed ins't "what is being wrong". I'm asking how being wrong makes us feel (NB not realising we're wrong).

At 3 minutes ago, PIED3 wrote: No no no. Whenever you say someone is wrong, what you mean is you don't agree with them.

Yeah. I agree. I can't see when I said anything to the contrary.

If i think 1+1=2 and you think it equals 3 then i label you as wrong. The truth is completely irrelevant. Reality doesn't even come into the equation. All that matters in deciding whether someone is wrong is assessing whether they share my beliefs.

Yeah, again I agree. But this isn't what i'm talking about.

So of course i never think I'm wrong. I never disagree with myself!

This is what i'm talking about.

At 2 minutes ago, The777Demon wrote:

At 3 minutes ago, WaterShake wrote: But why do we trip over this? It's very much related with the feeling of being wrong. Ask yourself - How does it feel to be wrong? Embarrassing? Dreadful? Stupid?

What was I wrong about? A person? A story? Something that happened in a movie, or the definition of a word?

Really doesn't matter.

It's a trick question, the only purpose of that question is to allow you to realise that being wrong and realising you're wrong are different.

Being Wrong

Kathryn Schulz's research as a wrongologist has taught us this much: being wrong is resultant of misunderstanding. This much is clear to us all. And we all generally agree that any of us are susceptible to making mistakes and being wrong. Humans are failable - okay fine, we can understand that on an abstract level at least.

Yet, when it comes down to all the beliefs I hold, in the present tense, suddenly this abstract appreciation of failability goes out the window. And I can't actually think of anything i'm wrong about. The problem with this is we live in the present tense. It's where we do everything.

We have conversations, go to meetings, family vacations, polling booths, all in the present tense. So effectively, we're all traveling through life, trapped in a bubble of feeling very right about everything. I think this a problem. It's a problem for each of us individually, in our personal and professional lives and I think it's a problem for us collectively as a culture.

If you're able to step outside of the bubble, I'd say it's the single greatest moral, creative and intellectual leap you can take.

But why do we trip over this? It's very much related with the feeling of being wrong. Ask yourself - How does it feel to be wrong? Embarrassing? Dreadful? Stupid?

Those would be great answers. But they're answers to a different question. They're answers to the question "How does it feel to realise your wrong?". Being wrong doesn't feel very much like anything. In fact, most of the time, it feels indistinguishably similar to being right.

Embrace it. It feels wonderful.

Pretty sure i've set up the hangout correctly

At 3 minutes ago, Silverdust wrote:

At 3 minutes ago, TheSporkLord wrote: Nope, We've been doing it and using our bodies like that since the dawn of existence... or clothing rather.

Not so. In the past, the only ones who would dress in a similar way were the prostitutes.

Is that so?