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[THREAD DERAIL] The French women in my Infectious Disease class think that Hollande will probably win. For some reason that seems strangely funny. Of course if you remember that "in" means taking the class, the humor vanishes. [/THREAD DERAIL] What happens if the Socialists win? France goe...

Anyone know how this stuff actually works? Changes in conductivity based on cracking or surface deformation? I would guess so, but offhand, the resistance properties of a carbon nanotube was not something that was around when I was in college. My guess is that the resistance would change when stret...

I'm going to post this one without comment (well much comment) Francois Hollande vows to make rich pay for financial crisis

So, does he have a shot?

Saturday, I was in Troy NY at the "Recovery Sports Grill" at the Hilton where I was staying getting ready to eat my ordered meal when what did my wonderful eyes did see but two spanklingly georgous Labatt Girls promoting the Labatt Blue special for the night. And there I was already having...

It's just strange. First of all the cooked, chocolate covered bacon is COLD (otherwise it would melt the ice cream above it). So you wind up with a salty - bitter sweet (if dark chocolate is used which it was) experience. Then you throw in the ice cream and creme fresh and ... well it works somehow.

@tzor, nearly all fictional characters have a level of plotonium. And it doesn't refute Lago's point. Not to the level of Superman. (Remember the original Man of Steel couldn't even fly.) All of his power expansions were a direct result of plotonium. It's clear that you're just uninformed about sup...

hogarth wrote:

tzor wrote: (including Asimov's famous article on "Man of Steel / Woman of Kleenex")

Larry Niven, not Isaac Asimov.

Ack! Brain Fart. Folks don't ever get old. Us 50 year olds make this mistake all the time.

That is what 4e did. And it was bad, because characters who are strong and tough are a lot less resilient than people who are smart and pretty - and that is fucking retarded. -Username17 So how should it be done for D&D? Which edition had saves that worked? Er ... First? Sorry I just had to say...

This is a terrible definition. D&D characters can rewrite most or all of civilization as we know it at will because they are unopposed . Superman and Magneto are just flat-out stronger than and can achieve more than the vast majority of D&D characters, but in their own settings they're at a...

EDIT: Also, Star Trek doesn't count as high-level just because Q pops in every now and again any more than the Arthurian mythos counts as high-level because it involves the infinitely powerful Judeochristian God. First and foremost, Star Trek should almost never be used because there has been a con...

Last Thursday, I took my Mother to the local restaurant. The chef/owner’s daughter works the bar on occasion and does these wine dinners. You never know what you are going to get between her ideas of themes and her father’s cooking. The theme was “Pigs and Pinot” (as in Pinot Noir). There were five ...

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Well actually (although he never wore an eyepatch) is was fun and games until my grandfather lost his eye in an accident. But the fun and games were not related to the object that hit his eye when he accidentally tripped and fell on it.

So you're seriously doubling down on "planned parenthood is conspiring to abort ALL THE BABIES"? Really? Really? I'm not sure how we went from here to there, but whatever, Whatever. Planned Parenthood has an interest in supporting increased abortions. You don't get much money to recommend...

Nah, the Epee is something for court fops to kill each other with. Empasis on the "kill." The epee had a special design to create a three fold scar whcih didn't close the same way a slit scar would resulting in extensive bleeding if not immediately treated. But once again, we encounter th...

Why? How are they different? If it's a fully viable human at conception, how is it not reckless to put them at risk? Does this have something to do with intent ? What's the difference? The basic arugment has to do with the conflict between fundamentally differing rights. The strongest case involves...

The glass table I think represents the warp field so it's above the bridge. It's also in the shape of the Enterprise logo

I just realized something after looking at the first page again. Pretty quickly, Tzor was called out by multiple posters that the whole life-begins-at-conception rhetoric has some serious logical consequences. No, I'm just rejecting the strawman object that the only solutions are either totally irn...

Whatever wrote:No, you fuckwit.

Here are four positions on this issue, maybe this will help clarify things for you:

Really? A duplicated BINARY option? (Having and access is a significant degree of duplication.) There is no middle ground?

And I'm the fuckwit?

Whatever, Whatever.

The wood isn't on the top, the glass table rests completely on the wood.

I just saw this on twitter than's to Phil Phlait @BadAstronomer (if you like astronomy follow him) ...

Star Trek Enterprise NCC 1701-C Coffee Table

List price is $3,100.00

Well I can still dream, can't I?

Surprisingly, there are many religious people who don't follow your religion. Many religions don't have gods or don't worship the gods that they teach are real. So your argument is that pro-life athiests are religious? And would you kindly stop evading the core question and give a single fucking re...

Fetuses are not people. They are not even independently alive. They are a growth inside a living, sapient person. I think we can agree that there is no room for any discussion with such an absolute viewpoint. Wasn't that my original point? But some people have a religious and entirely non-rational ...

Whatever wrote:themselves, good thing Tzor knows what is best for them.

As opposed to Planned Parenthood? Or NARAL?

So it took a lot of skill to use a longbow in mass vollies. Ironically it took no skill whatsoever to use a crossbow (only strength to pull back / crank the crossbow back to position). This was why the Catholic Church banned the use of crossbows on anyone but non christians. (It also could easily p...

I do know it was well after 1E. It took a while for all the 1E assumptions to wear off. The general notion was that clerics rocked but no one wanted to play them. People wanted thier combat guys using swords. Fighters were nice but some still wanted spell flavor. These players generally played Range...