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Waiting for Princip by TB October 3, 2011 8:20 pm

Using the wife's computer for this post... Highly complex and evolving systems can usually generate many work-arounds and alternatives to continue ... by ER 2011-10-04 05:58:33
- Again, the key word is "decentralize." by TB 2011-10-04 07:00:19
  - True, but decentralization is a form of redundancy. It costs money to duplicate services, and there are opportunity costs, ... by ER 2011-10-04 08:59:37
    - Robustness and flexibility are only antithetical if you're talking about a centralized system. by TB 2011-10-04 09:29:01
      - I wasn't talking about businesses, I was speaking in general about the properties of large systems. The Roman Empire got ... by ER 2011-10-04 12:39:41
        
        "Ayn Rand in charge?" by TB 2011-10-04 12:59:39
        
        You have just won the tetrafecta. You are absolutely wrong on all 4 counts. by ER 2011-10-04 13:09:23
        
        "Absolutely?" You sure? Why? by TB 2011-10-04 13:11:19
        
        Do I have to explain everything? 1)Ayn Rand/Karl Marx "in charge" are metaphors for the fact that an overly complex Roman ... by ER 2011-10-04 19:48:54
        
        The entire point of Rand's (among others) ideas was about not having someone "in charge" of everything. by TB 2011-10-04 21:41:06
        
        The entire point of this thread was about the dynamics of large systems, a topic I have great interest in ... by ER 2011-10-05 05:25:36
        
        As Perry Mason used to say, you opened the door. :) by TB 2011-10-05 08:49:13
Funny he didn't mention computer programs trading stock by RobVG 2011-10-03 22:15:18
- So, does anyone else have an idea how technology could take us into WWIII? n/t by RobVG 2011-10-05 14:50:26

Gimme a cup o' Joe by Eri October 3, 2011 11:00 am

Well hunnee...if that is the case...I am in a permanent manic state. by Jody 2011-10-04 19:49:43
- I miss my coffee. :( by Eri 2011-10-04 20:57:00

Shame on the GOP by Eri October 2, 2011 10:45 pm

So how do you think the media today would cover Burr VS. Hamilton? by Jody October 2, 2011 5:02 pm

They would take a dim view of the duel by FrankC 2011-10-03 16:47:02
- Cage match! Pay per view! by TB 2011-10-03 17:33:38
  - Real Steel Burr VS. The HAM! by Jody 2011-10-04 17:36:54

Interesting dilemma for Christianity by bowser October 2, 2011 5:00 pm

Any dispassionate survey of the scientific literature will reveal that our age is expending an inordinate amount of financial and ... by ER 2011-10-07 16:58:13
Ehhh..... They've got to go out sooner or later. Along with the other major (and a loot of ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-10-03 20:48:14
What do you think Bowser...what is God to you? What is Jesus to you? I have to begin at the ... by Jody 2011-10-02 18:55:15
- I certainly have opinions on that but don't think it's relevant to how the many sects of Christianity will reconcile ... by bowser 2011-10-03 00:46:31
  - Fair enough...I wasn't sure if I was missing the point. In the past, a few of your posts have me ... by Jody 2011-10-03 07:48:12
Weidemann may be a philosophy professor, by TB 2011-10-02 17:31:38
- C. S. Lewis is a great writer and an interesting Christian apologist. He presupposes the Bible is the inspired ... by bowser 2011-10-02 18:32:03
  - If all it took was the Bible, there wouldn't BE theologians. :) Have you read Lewis's SF trilogy? (Out of ... by TB 2011-10-02 18:47:48
    - No, I haven't. I've read "Mere Christianity" and "Case for the Christian Faith". I enjoyed the books, was ... by bowser 2011-10-02 23:39:04
      - The Lewis "space trilogy" was about a man named Ransom who visits Mars and Venus, having been kind of hijacked ... by TB 2011-10-03 09:29:40
        
        After all, who’s to say the aliens won’t have something to teach us about God? WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Jody 2011-10-03 10:22:17
        
        That really is an interesting point and one I've never considered. by bowser 2011-10-04 10:39:51
        
        You've never wondered about the woman from Nod? by Lee 2011-10-05 17:56:16

Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run... by BuckGalaxy October 2, 2011 2:03 am

"There's still time to change the road you're on." by ER 2011-10-02 07:47:22
- Speaking only for myself...my path is with great clarity, and I certainly am not going to change it. The world changes, ... by Jody 2011-10-02 09:03:01
  - "And you're climbing a stairway to heaven." by ER 2011-10-02 09:17:09

Obama wants to end the war on terror by BuckGalaxy October 2, 2011 1:34 am

I've been following the technology in places like Aviation Week. by TB 2011-10-02 09:06:40
- Check it out: by TB 2011-10-02 09:27:49
  - Thanks for the links! Lots of interesting data on that page. Remember we're still far from getting the full ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-03 23:04:37
    - Cripes, you can get pocket digital cameras that remember faces or can tell if someone blinked in the picture. ... by TB 2011-10-04 07:02:17
It is possible to overlay the Right's growing flirtation with isolationism and "peace" alongside Obama's increasingly aggressive and successful war against ... by ER 2011-10-02 04:59:03
- The right's knee jerk reaction to oppose Obama on anything and everything has little precedent in post Civil War America. ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-03 23:14:15
  - "Little precedent??" by TB 2011-10-04 07:03:15
- While it does seem possible that we can severely damage (and possibly end this current form) of Al Qaida, I ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-10-03 20:40:13

Procreation in space by Eri October 2, 2011 12:31 am

But first, the subject must be undressed! by ER 2011-10-02 05:37:10

It's growing.... by Eri October 1, 2011 11:06 pm

"What I saw at the Revolution" by TB 2011-10-06 12:33:41
Heh. by TB 2011-10-02 19:59:33
- I foresee a leader will arise and then things will spin faster and they WILL be heard. And everyone ... by Eri 2011-10-02 22:51:14
  - So far, their leaders have been airheads, too. by TB 2011-10-03 09:33:37
    - You're either blind or choose not to see what is happening. These are not mindless masses. They are ... by Eri 2011-10-03 22:39:16
      - Most unfortunately, "mindless" and "voter" are not mutually exclusive. by TB 2011-10-04 08:15:39
I've been watching it grow, and spread. And there's been very little notice of it in the MSM. I remember ... by ER 2011-10-02 04:27:29

Have a jelly baby by TB October 1, 2011 7:17 pm

Okay...strange...never heard of a jelly baby. by Jody 2011-10-02 09:07:45
- It's a British candy. by TB 2011-10-02 09:31:38
  - LOL! Tastes like ass eh? Well hells bells...I will save my carbs for *death by chocolate* I have become a chocolate ... by Jody 2011-10-02 10:14:20
    - Too bad you don't live around here. This area is probably the best chocolate zone next to Switzerland. by TB 2011-10-02 11:00:16

Another small medical miracle by TB October 1, 2011 6:39 pm

Oh Tom....wow. God love her. Technology is absolutely breath taking. by Jody 2011-10-02 09:06:53

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