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Something strange has begun to happen.like the first few drops of an immense rain storm; like the approaching hush of an avalanche just past its tipping point.Change is coming to the world.This change whispers in - like a half-formed memory.
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Cop shows that include a 5 minute foot chase. This is usually the result of the cops shouting out a suspect's name from half a block away instead of waiting until they are within arm's reach. Inevitably the suspect runs into the path of a car or truck and the … |
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Well I just started eating dinner and thought this would be a neat topic. Everyone knows we love to eat while on the computer; two birds, one chair. I'll start it off: Deli Sandwiches, macaroni salad, potato salad and a Pepsi :) |
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Hi I watch a few movies the past weekend, just to relaxed and not think about work. I saw a few movies. I saw: **The Raid Redemption** - The best action movie this year! It's a **Indonesian** action film. The director is **Welsh** but he speaks **Indonesian** and **English** and … |
I'm hoping that people will post unusual or little known facts here. It would be proper to include a link to a source for confirmation. Here's a start. Speedy Gonzales was banned by the Cartoon Network for being an offensive stereotype, only to be returned after mass protest by the … |
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I think we can all agree (this will likely provoke disagreement) that a voting machine that records a vote electronically without a way to do a manual verification is a bad idea. How then should a proper voting machine work. My suggestion is to have a touch screen on which … |
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Hello there all, I have a question. Why does medical research take up alot of computing power/processing power. For example the folding@home project by Stanford ? Another example being weather calculations or weather research. What exactly makes them take up so much power ? For example, I saw in a … |
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I've been listening to various debates on the potential impact of AI and the two sides seem to boil their arguments down to 1. AI is dangerous because it will mean the extinction of humanity as machines that can improve themselves will do it so rapidly as to quickly make … |
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I have been otherwise occupied for the last 10 years or so - got a job with the IRS (boo, hiss) on a seasonal basis. Got back into making puddles of glass (casting) and bead-making. I started a project I call 'Ramdom act of art' where I walk up to … |
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It blocks every attempt to modify any file anywhere. I give Steam and all its subsidiary .exes permission and then it says that there is no permission to modify 'Documents'. I just bought the darned machine to game with and it is freaking driving me nuts. Any suggestions on where … |
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For example, you can order dishes on handheld devices that run on your Iphone, Androi, winphone, restaurant, coffee shop, and so on. Any programming language that runs on the above devices, for example simple you have to share yourself with. |
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[ATTACH=RIGHT]19013[/ATTACH]I will start off by saying that I don’t like to think of myself as lazy, instead I prefer to think that I am much too busy to take the time to complete the more mundane chores around the house like vacuuming and so on. Ok, I’m lazy and vacuuming … |
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A cat has 9 lives -- what has more than 9 lives? Answer: Frogs because they croak every night. (Duck Dynasty) |
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I was just roaming the internet for some interesting reads and I came across [this very interesting paper](http://www.priv.gc.ca/information/research-recherche/2011/forcese_201107_e.asp) about how to define a legal framework for the "reasonable expectation of privacy" when it comes to our new cyber-existence. I thought I'd share it with you guys, and see what you … |
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Hello All, I'm organizing a large charity "poker run" where I'll have hundreds of mountain bikers turning in 5 card hands to be ranked for handing out prizes. Instead of sorting them by hand, I need to punch in, for example, "participant 129" and their hand of, say, "KH, 5D, … |
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that question is so ... **things we perhaps should not post in a reply** "You personify the zero end of every 0-10 scale" "We have never seen that point on the zero-bullshit scale before" "right down the bottom end of the forethought 0-10 scale "the first thing your potential customers … |
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I scored 19 :) With this test someone can find out if he/she has psychopatic tendensies. Do the Psychopathy Checklist yourself here: Note: between 30 and 40 means you're in high risc of becoming (or already are) a psychopath. However, only a few individuals ever (worldwide) reached the highest score … |
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That might be quiet strange question. Would any of you tell me basic teachings about your life? Something as if you would be thinking like "Oh darn, if I just knew 30 years ago to do that, life would've been much easier!", or "Crap, why didn't I do this in … |
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[Source](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/13/422545636/bloom-county-2015-berkeley-breathed-revives-comic-strip) The universe is once again unfolding as it should. |
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I can't take it anymore. At first it was only occasionally. Now it seems that every time I turn on the TV someone else is doing it. Doesn't our school system teach English anymore? I am referring, specifically, to pronouns. At least three times today I have heard expressions like … |
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What are the natural disasters that you have to learn to live with in your area? I just moved from the Las Vegas area where we had to live with drought, very high summer temperatures (up to 45 degree C) and the occasional smoke of a far away wildfire. The … |
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The strange title comes from a skit by Benny Hill, where he tells his wife all the facts she shouldn't know, but she always answers "I know! I know!" Anyway, this thread is suppose to be a collection of strange facts. Let's have fun! Here are a few facts to … |
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Dr. Robert Lanza write a book titled “Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the Nature of the Universe“ which apparently (I have not read it, and wouldn't understand it even if I did) states that consciousness continues after the body dies. >The theory implies that death … |
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Second-hand smoke is invading my apartment thanks to a new neighbor and his nonstop smoking which is making me sick. I am asthmatic and get severe headaches from cigarette smoke. I've asked him in the past not to do it. He just apologises and says he won't do it again … |
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Here's an article I thought might be of interest, about ProtonMail. **The Only Email System the NSA Can't Access ** Forbes By Hollie Slade http://www.forbes.com/sites/holliesl...a-cant-access/ |
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Can you dig it! In the midst of the hostage situation in downtown Sydney, [Uber](http://crooksandliars.com/2014/12/uber-criticized-charging-minimum-100-fare) was charging $100 to get to safety plus 4 times normal milage. I know - they claimed it was an accident of 'surge-pricing' but that was the 2nd or 3rd explanation not the first. One … |
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