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The best result of the earthquake was the information plaque outside the Monument detailing the repairs being made and specifically mentioning the "historic joint filler".
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mooyashi posted:What does Obama need with a starship? Well as it turns out those fuckers are kicking us out of the ISS.
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May 14, 2014 22:17
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zoux posted:Well as it turns out those fuckers are kicking us out of the ISS. Given that the article says that the US section provides most of the power and control of the orbit this doesn't seem like a good idea on Russia's part, because if we were to actually take our stuff and go home the station wouldn't be able to survive anyways.
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May 14, 2014 22:29
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Khisanth Magus posted:Given that the article says that the US section provides most of the power and control of the orbit this doesn't seem like a good idea on Russia's part, because if we were to actually take our stuff and go home the station wouldn't be able to survive anyways. Yeah we'll just ride up there on our space shuttle and take it ba....hang on....
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May 14, 2014 22:30
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Hahahaha. The Tea Party News Network posted this little gem. They're not hiding it, at all anymore, they genuinely hate people who are different. http://www.tpnn.com/2014/05/14/law-center-its-torture-to-not-give-transgendered-inmates-hormones/ quote:The letter alleges that starting in 2012, the Georgia State Department of Corrections violated the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment by refusing to validate the delusions of a man who identifies as a woman, who goes by the name Ashley Diamond, by offering hormone treatments.
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May 14, 2014 22:32
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zoux posted:Well as it turns out those fuckers are kicking us out of the ISS. Restart the Space Race and multiply our current space funding by 10x. We must control asteroids before those drat Ruskies get their hands on them! 
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May 14, 2014 22:37
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Joementum posted:Maybe the real question is which Obama is in on this?!
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May 14, 2014 22:37
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M.c.P posted:Christ this thread moves fast. Engineering/Calculus de-rail. The problem with this thread (these threads) is that it's too all encompassing. "US Politics" can apply to pretty much anything. I can't keep up with it either. poo poo. I just made the thread move too fast, didn't I?
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May 14, 2014 22:44
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zoux posted:Well as it turns out those fuckers are kicking us out of the ISS. More importantly they're not going to sell us rockets anymore due to sanctions. We use Russian engines for military (and commercial!) satellites. Russia also has the only in production manned vehicles.
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May 14, 2014 22:55
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Mo_Steel posted:Restart the Space Race and multiply our current space funding by 10x. We must control asteroids before those drat Ruskies get their hands on them! Oh please please please please please please please please please please. 
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May 14, 2014 22:58
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BiggerBoat posted:Engineering/Calculus de-rail. The problem with this thread (these threads) is that it's too all encompassing. "US Politics" can apply to pretty much anything. I can't keep up with it either. I'm going to start replying to derails with stories about Kansas City, Lexington NC, and Texas until every derail becomes a BBQ derail.
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May 14, 2014 22:59
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Mo_Steel posted:Restart the Space Race and multiply our current space funding by 10x. We must control asteroids before those drat Ruskies get their hands on them!
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I, for one, don't mind the derails -- as long as they're interesting. I've actually learned some cool stuff from some of the derails. If derails become too frequent, boring, and nothing of real value is posted as a result of the derail, then I'll support a strict "no derail" policy for these threads. However, I am getting pretty tired of the STEM vs. LASS derail that's popped up in several threads. We all have our opinions on it, and I've rarely seen people change their views as a result of such a derail. It's funny too, because for most of middle-class America (what's left of it), it doesn't really matter what degree you have -- in terms of getting a job. The only thing that matters is if you have a degree. Speaking of derails... Derail #1: I think a more poignant derail is regarding the over-valuing of degrees. Beyond behavioral indicators, I think aptitude tests (field knowledge, writing skills, etc.) during interviews are a better way to judge a potential hire than if he has a bullet point on his resume saying he has a degree. Also in many cases, a degree is simply an indicator of the economic status of the candidate's parents. Unfortunately, for most large companies with HR firewalls, this doesn't seem to be the case and they don't see it this way. Derail #2: I registered everythingisscrewed.com and have a goon hosting solution for it. Over the week I'll be building it out using WordPress. So hopefully I'll have a barebones version of it done by next week.
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computer parts posted:One thing a lot of people don't realize is that what your degree is in or where you get your degree (outside of a small number of schools) does not really matter, only that you have a degree. It continues to mystify me that two years at a community college and two years at a university is not the standard way of getting a four-year degree. Nobody is going to dig behind your degree and see "Oh you spent your first two years at a community college, your degree is no good, we're not hiring you." I see all the mentions of $40000, $50000, $70000 of debt and it really pisses me off because I know you could probably take at least a $25000 chunk out of that by taking the first two years at a community college. Prester John posted:I just wanted to drop in and say that I have been writing a book about my life for some time now and in response to the positive feedback from this board I have posted the first chapter over in Creative Convention.
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May 14, 2014 23:20
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mooyashi posted:I'm going to start replying to derails with stories about Kansas City, Lexington NC, and Texas until every derail becomes a BBQ derail. Delicious, delicious bbq. PM me your recipes please, I have a good georgian style one but I am always looking to expand.
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May 14, 2014 23:50
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JT Jag posted:This one is clearly in regards to Malicious Nazi-Communist Supreme Leader Who Stole The Election, Show Us Your Birth Certificate Obama, as opposed to Dimwit Babby Shits His Diapers, Dude Needs Teleprompters He Isn't Even A Good Orator, Also He's Whipped By His Wife Obama. I was going for a joke about Michelle taking over, but that works too.
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Part of the value of big name U is networking with your peers. Freshman year in particular people get sorted out from their high school selves into their new college personas and cliques. This doesn't happen quite so much at CCs. There's also the quality of peers. I had a poo poo time in CC, especially in lab courses, where my classmates were dumb as bricks and often dropped out midway never to be seen again. For the practical driven student, the CC transfer path can be a lot cheaper, but it's not without pitfalls.
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Also a lot of universities refuse to accept certain community college classes for credits seemingly at random, which can end up costing you an extra semester at the university.
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Install Windows posted:Also a lot of universities refuse to accept certain community college classes for credits seemingly at random, which can end up costing you an extra semester at the university. Here in California the CCs are pretty good about this. Better even than the CSUs. There's a website showing transfer equivalents, and there are admissions guarantees for transfer students to 4 year institutions.
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In high school I was the typical geek and was a huge loner, having very few friends and not really socializing with anyone, and had pretty much no social skills. I was extremely shy and awkward around everyone. Then I went to a University and lived in the dorms. Living closely with so many other people kind of forced me to develop social skills and come out of my shell. I made more friends in that first year of college than I had in my entire previous 18 years, and many of those friendships persist until this day, 13 years later(hard to believe it was 13 years ago though). I wouldn't have had this experience if I had gone to a community college and probably would have remained the way I was, no real social skills or ability to work closely with other people, and to express myself to other people. Install Windows posted:Also a lot of universities refuse to accept certain community college classes for credits seemingly at random, which can end up costing you an extra semester at the university. Yeah, a friend of mine at my university lost about half or more of her credits from her cc that didn't transfer, so they were a huge waste of time and money. Unless you go to a CC that works closely with a local university and plan to go to that university you can get really screwed out of transfer credits.
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fade5 posted:It continues to mystify me that two years at a community college and two years at a university is not the standard way of getting a four-year degree. Nobody is going to dig behind your degree and see "Oh you spent your first two years at a community college, your degree is no good, we're not hiring you." I see all the mentions of $40000, $50000, $70000 of debt and it really pisses me off because I know you could probably take at least a $25000 chunk out of that by taking the first two years at a community college. Don't worry, community college tuition rates will start matching 4 year schools soon enough as more students are shunted off to them, while state funding is cut more and more, and they increasingly hire faculty with PhDs who realize they can make more there than as a permanent adjunct at a university. Khisanth Magus posted:Then I went to a University and lived in the dorms. Living closely with so many other people kind of forced me to develop social skills and come out of my shell. I made more friends in that first year of college than I had in my entire previous 18 years, and many of those friendships persist until this day, 13 years later(hard to believe it was 13 years ago though). I wouldn't have had this experience if I had gone to a community college and probably would have remained the way I was, no real social skills or ability to work closely with other people, and to express myself to other people. The plural of anecdote being data and all, I took a few CC classes in high school and I had a much better time being around adult students. I missed that a lot in regular college. Alec Bald Snatch fucked around with this message at 00:10 on May 15, 2014 |
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Install Windows posted:Also a lot of universities refuse to accept certain community college classes for credits seemingly at random, which can end up costing you an extra semester at the university. This is true but if it's covered by an AP test they usually accept it. I know at least for Texas they also have a list of which community college classes correspond to which classes in the main university.
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Pope Guilty posted:But hoo boy, is SF going to see how close they can get. So, going full shanty town and outskirt favelas a la Brazil? The bottom is so much deeper than you know.
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zoux posted:Well as it turns out those fuckers are kicking us out of the ISS. Remember when the Cold War was over, guys?
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Watch Putin start a loving star war.
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Berke Negri posted:Watch Putin start a loving star war.
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The Warszawa posted:Jill Abramson has been fired as Executive Editor of the NYT, Dean Baquet is taking over. Abramson was the first woman executive editor of the Times, Baquet will be the first African-American. Reports are that this firing is tied to her confronting the board over the fact that her pay and pension both as Executive Editor and formerly as Managing Editor were "considerably less" than Bill Keller's, who preceded her. One of these days the morons in charge of publishing the NYT are going to completely gently caress it up and WHERE WILL WILL SHORTZ GO?!
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I'll die before I go around asking for the LA Times or a Trib.
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mooyashi posted:I'm going to start replying to derails with stories about Kansas City, Lexington NC, and Texas until every derail becomes a BBQ derail. We have The Football Funhouse for a reason, you know.  (mustard bbq sauce or gtfo)
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El Rushbo posted:“The Regime, Hillary, Michelle Obama sympathize with Boko Haram,” Limbaugh said. “They’re blaming the Christian Nigerian government for creating Boko Haram, and they want to get rid of the Nigerian government, because if you do that, if you appease the terror group by getting rid of the group you think is responsible for their existence, then you’ve made peace with them. You’ve made friends with them and they’ll leave us alone, or whatever convoluted thinking. I’m sorry, my ability to comprehend liberalism only goes so far.” http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/05/13/rush-limbaughs-explosive-claim-about-radical-terrorist-group-boko-haram-and-the-obama-regime/ Really love the bolded.
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Being that these threads started being about Republican rebuilding (yeah not going to happen). I thought david frums thoughts about relying on older voters to get their ideas enacted could be pertinent.David Frum posted:The Republican Advantage Among Older Voters Won’t Last I would seriously argue that some of the craziness in the GOP is coming from the establishment. Soon the ideas they have built will become unsellable to the very people they depend on to get vote. Yesthey can always depend on the racist poo poo heads, but even there they'll put their survival (having no savings and having to rely on SS) ahead of loving over the blacks. So they are trying to fight against time to make up for how hosed their ideological crusade is. Now of course they could eventually amke inroads with Millenials, but that would require a economy that the millennials could depend on.
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The Warszawa posted:Jill Abramson has been fired as Executive Editor of the NYT, Dean Baquet is taking over. Abramson was the first woman executive editor of the Times, Baquet will be the first African-American. Reports are that this firing is tied to her confronting the board over the fact that her pay and pension both as Executive Editor and formerly as Managing Editor were "considerably less" than Bill Keller's, who preceded her.
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Mr Interweb posted:http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/05/13/rush-limbaughs-explosive-claim-about-radical-terrorist-group-boko-haram-and-the-obama-regime/ I read the comments. why did i have to read the comments. I mean gently caress,do these people care anything about but themselves. Dapper_Swindler fucked around with this message at 02:34 on May 15, 2014 |
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ReindeerF posted:When powerful media people get in a pissing match I really never believe anything until the dust settles because they're all juiced in with so many other friendly editors, reporters and outlets. The one thing we can be sure of, though, is that you'll be gritting your teeth through a number of vocal fry interviews with her on Fresh Air or Charlie Rose or what have you. The only thing we really know right now is that Sulzberger canned her because neither of them are making any secret of it, though the pay stuff and the idea that she was fired after a lawyer made inquiries about the pay discrepancy on her behalf are all subject to your appropriate skepticism. There was a definite global "what the gently caress" that followed this that makes me almost more credulous regarding what's coming out, because it seems like people haven't really had time to prep their networks.
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The Warszawa posted:The only thing we really know right now is that Sulzberger canned her because neither of them are making any secret of it, though the pay stuff and the idea that she was fired after a lawyer made inquiries about the pay discrepancy on her behalf are all subject to your appropriate skepticism. Has anyone put out a comparison of the NYT's fortunes under each one? I'm not saying that anything is her fault but newspapers are cutting staff and pay everywhere and have been for quite some time.
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Le Monde's (female) editor also left today over a workplace dispute. One more and the Times can write a trend piece!
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In actual huge US political news, Harry Reid thinks it is time to reconsider the AUMF. Obviously an AUMF repeal faces a 0% chance of passing the current Congress and something south of 0% at passing the next Congress, but still a very significant move for a Senator not named Rand Paul.
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JT Jag posted:Two words. Colony drop. If this means I get to pilot a Gundam then it's a sacrifice worth making.   
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Joementum posted:In actual huge US political news, Harry Reid thinks it is time to reconsider the AUMF. Obviously an AUMF repeal faces a 0% chance of passing the current Congress and something south of 0% at passing the next Congress, but still a very significant move for a Senator not named Rand Paul. Harry Reid thinks 9/11 was a long time ago? It's been less then two years!
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