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Slightly in bad taste? Were it GW that had been exposed as a plagiarizer, the Dem's here would jump all over it as an indication of just how intellectually challenged he is... and rightly so. Why is it any different in this case? It's not murder, but as an indicator of character and...

People being on death row for 10 years is the problem in the first place. 1 year, max, then into the chair they should go.

They don't even look dead. I mean, one dude is standing on a toilet. ??

a13... Are you trying to visualize an open but finite universe (the existence of which I'm not sure is even physically possible as it would require boundaries... I'd have to check though), or a finite but unbounded universe (i.e., closed)? It sounds more like the latter, with your NewYork to...

Eh... looks like it from here, but as fury has pointed out to me I have a hard time counting lines. :D

So if you like the coat of a new suit, but not the shoes, tie, pants, and shirt that goes with it, it's ok to steal the whole thing (or only the parts you like) because overall it doesn't have much value to you? Obviously, since it's so easy to acquire through "other" means. The courts settled...

Fine, so CD's/music has practically no value to you. I have an easy solution: DON'T LISTEN TO MUSIC. People have been paying for albums and tapes for years without an easy "at your fingertips" method of stealing the content on them and making their own high quality album or tape. Even the...

So if something is too expensive it's ok to steal it? A Rolex is pretty damned expensive, especially considering the minimal cost of the parts involved and it's performance compared to a $12 Wal-Mart Casio. Does that make it ok to steal Rolex watches? Just a reality check here. I think the...

I always thought a Sun Dog was a bright spot in the sky (I think always in clouds) that appears to be the Sun, but isn't. Just a reflection/refraction thing... almost like there's two suns in the sky at once (and again, when it's cloudy neither would be blindingly bright or anything like that)...

I've already explained precisely what the communist remark was in reference to.

Flav, I simply separate the issues, that's all. Some of the things on your "list" are attributed to corrupt business practices, others are attributed to the nature of a large corporation (by nature, I mean it's inherent "economy of scale" power, not it's ethics). They are two separate...

I just have to comment that adding "ruin small business, destroy US jobs," and also harm "the local economy" to your list of complaints is rather ridiculous. That's the whole "big business must be evil" mentality. Corporations aren't evil, but the people running them might be and that's where...

Thong.

It's implied in the general nature of people who despise large companies like Wal-mart. Many won't shop there just because they think big businesses are destructive to the country. Wal-mart is a poster child for their "boycotts." Neither. Those things may make it more profitable, but they...

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Jeez, so now what, we should regulate a sucessful company just because it works on an ultimately more successful business model than smaller family run or community businesses? Why don't we just cut the crap, go straight to the communist state, and get it the hell over with.

Deutsche's explanation of past oriented memory is tied to the fact that there is only one (or a few perhaps) "quantum configurations" of the universe that can logically be an acceptable "past" for the current quantum configuration, while there are many (an infinite or at least vast number)...

lol, you're right. :D I usually resist but occasionally when a really interesting topic comes up I'll participate (or in the rare cases, start a thread). I though this was one of those really interesting topics, though sadly I don't have anything really "revolutionary" to contribute.

I've had that feeling for years, since reading Deutsche's book The Fabric of Reality, but I think there is a still deeper reality or explanation that hasn't really been discussed yet. What? I have no idea. I like the multiworlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, and I like the static...

Erm, no, I'm not pro-life. I'm pro-choice, but think there should be reasonable limits on abortion (the ones we have now seem to be a pretty decent cut at it).