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GeeMack
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 10/04/2005 : 11:02:01 [Permalink]
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After doing a bit of research into this matter it has occurred to me that much of the confusion found in this thread can be explained by reading the following article...
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
Much of the article seems to have some bearing on this thread, but of specific relevance, within the article we learn that The Third (and Golden) Basic Law is...quote:
A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.
For more in-depth enlightenment you might wish to particularly note the section entitled The Power of Stupidity, which can be found under The Third Law.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2005 : 11:02:32 [Permalink]
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Pftttt! I'm from the rural deep south and I've been told that I have a 0.7 second delay beteeen words -- even longer when I type them!
This whole thing was fun for a while, but now it's getting merely silly and a bit tedious. Start a new topic, bigbrain; cuz we've 'bout worn this one out. Do you have any unscrambled thoughts on, oh, I dunno, say, Xena and her shapely sidekick, Gabriell? Are they really there, or are the telescope geeks conspiring to have wishfull, erotic dreams again?
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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CourseKnot
Skeptic Friend
USA
82 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 05:00:41 [Permalink]
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| I was wondering when you were gonna hang up on BB filthy. You sure had yer fun with him. I kinda felt like trying to tell him anything was like trying to push over a stump but with some stumps you either need to use dynmite or just leave it be. |
Just flying through space with the rest of you... |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 06:09:25 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by CourseKnot
I was wondering when you were gonna hang up on BB filthy. You sure had yer fun with him. I kinda felt like trying to tell him anything was like trying to push over a stump but with some stumps you either need to use dynmite or just leave it be.
Actually, I rather think he has hung, or is hanging, up on us. His rantings have gotten pretty sparse over the last, few days.
Ah well; for typing practice and hunting references, he was was an inspiration, otherwise something of a disappointment. He never gave anyone an excuse to really cut loose on him.
But my rifle is finished and the bison powder horn is almost so. 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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CourseKnot
Skeptic Friend
USA
82 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 06:31:20 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by filthy
quote:
Originally posted by CourseKnot
I was wondering when you were gonna hang up on BB filthy. You sure had yer fun with him. I kinda felt like trying to tell him anything was like trying to push over a stump but with some stumps you either need to use dynmite or just leave it be.
Actually, I rather think he has hung, or is hanging, up on us. His rantings have gotten pretty sparse over the last, few days.
Ah well; for typing practice and hunting references, he was was an inspiration, otherwise something of a disappointment. He never gave anyone an excuse to really cut loose on him.
But my rifle is finished and the bison powder horn is almost so.
Don'tcha just love big BOOOMS. I love to shoot but don't have a single firearm of my own. I made a spud gun once though. What a silly buncha fun that was! |
Just flying through space with the rest of you... |
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bigbrain
BANNED
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Posted - 10/05/2005 : 10:46:24 [Permalink]
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If you still think this orrible spacecraft
in 1969 could land going backward using its rocket engine
as a brake, controlled by a computer of 4k RAM,
you are big idiots without hope
and I think it's useless I continue to talk with you.
I'm very sorry for you because your life will never be illuminated by truth and reason.
Never see you again.
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"Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit" (Flattery gets friends, truth hatred)
Publius Terentius Afer, "Terence", Roman dramatist
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 11:21:09 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by bigbrain
If you still think this orrible spacecraft
in 1969 could land going backward using its rocket engine
as a brake, controlled by a computer of 4k RAM,
you are big idiots without hope
and I think it's useless I continue to talk with you.
I'm very sorry for you because your life will never be illuminated by truth and reason.
Never see you again.
Ah jeeze, such a loss. No more technicolor posts in magnificent Cinarama...
Where have we seen this sort of kiss-off before?
bigbrain, if you had come here to discuss, the reaction to you would have been a lot different. Instead, you came to shout and be mildly obnoxious. And like most trolls, you participated in no thread but your own, commented upon no topic save this one. The loss is yours.
Buh-by...
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 11:30:31 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by CourseKnot
quote:
Originally posted by filthy
quote:
Originally posted by CourseKnot
I was wondering when you were gonna hang up on BB filthy. You sure had yer fun with him. I kinda felt like trying to tell him anything was like trying to push over a stump but with some stumps you either need to use dynmite or just leave it be.
Actually, I rather think he has hung, or is hanging, up on us. His rantings have gotten pretty sparse over the last, few days.
Ah well; for typing practice and hunting references, he was was an inspiration, otherwise something of a disappointment. He never gave anyone an excuse to really cut loose on him.
But my rifle is finished and the bison powder horn is almost so.
Don'tcha just love big BOOOMS. I love to shoot but don't have a single firearm of my own. I made a spud gun once though. What a silly buncha fun that was!
I have a spud gun, but I haven't fired it in a long time. What is it about high velocity produce that is so hilarious? That thing cracks everybody watching up, and, as stated, the 'boom' is most satisfying.
Next time my grandanarchists come by, I'll have to break that sucker out and fling some 'taters. 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9696 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 13:26:59 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by bigbrain
controlled by a computer of 4k RAM
Remember, that computer wasn't programmed by Microsoft... |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 14:50:40 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by bigbrain
I'm very sorry for you because your life will never be illuminated by truth and reason.
Never see you again.
I don't know, I found that last bit fairly illuminating. It positively brightened up my day.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 15:13:31 [Permalink]
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I came across this quote today and it made me think of bigbrain:
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
-Daniel J. Boorstin
Ain't it the truth! |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley
The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9696 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 20:54:43 [Permalink]
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Perhaps someone should make some nice illustrations that shows that his coke-can-balancing-act isn't compareable to a moonlander-thruster (or any other rocket thuster). Not for the benefit of Bigbrain, but for innocent bystanders.
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Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
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breakballs
Sockpuppet
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Posted - 10/10/2005 : 02:20:53 [Permalink]
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I agree with bigbrain. I am a helicopter pilot.
A rocket can't land going backwards.
It can't use its rocket engine as a brake, it would wag its top and it would become uncontrollable. |
THE BEST HELICOPTER PILOT IN THE WORLD |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9696 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 02:50:01 [Permalink]
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| So, breakballs, are you agreeing with bigbrain that balancing a coke-can on your index-finger is equivalent to a rocket or a moonlander balancing on it's rocket engine? |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder. |
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 03:50:20 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by breakballs
I agree with bigbrain. I am a helicopter pilot.
A rocket can't land going backwards.
It can't use its rocket engine as a brake, it would wag its top and it would become uncontrollable.
I'm sorry, but with a post like this the only possible conclusion is that you are joking or that you are stupid.
Break down:
I agree with bigbrain. -- Possible, but that would be stupid.
I am a helicopter pilot. -- Possible, but in the light of your other claims my guess is that this is false.
It can't use its rocket engine as a brake -- False
it would wag its top -- Some truth here. It is an unstable system in need of control. That's why the lm had control thrusters.
it would become uncontrollable -- Please tell me, why! Bigbrain seems to be unable to do this. Where does the the problem lie? Sensors? Thrusters? Control algorithms?
Let's see some numbers!
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