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- Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:36 pm
- Forum: Current Events & Politics
- Topic: Making MJ illegal again
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3846
Re: Making MJ illegal again
I think one major road block to legalizing it is there really isn't a test that can be done to tell if your under the immediate influence of it. This causes a Problem with policing driving under the influence. I know that pee tests can detect it from az far back as 28 days. This really is my only o...
- Sun Dec 12, 2010 2:59 am
- Forum: Current Events & Politics
- Topic: The Political Compass
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1369
Re: The Political Compass
I'm a social libertarian and economic right.
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69
There aren't many well known people like me apparently :)
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69
There aren't many well known people like me apparently :)
- Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:12 pm
- Forum: Current Events & Politics
- Topic: TSA groping
- Replies: 92
- Views: 10261
Re: TSA groping
Some of it is security theater, for sure, but generally, people don't get guns on board and explosives detection is pretty good. how many bad things have they stopped from getting on board? i haven't seen a single news article ever saying that TSA stopped anyone who was actually a threat latest: ba...
- Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:52 am
- Forum: Current Events & Politics
- Topic: TSA groping
- Replies: 92
- Views: 10261
Re: TSA groping
The TSA is nothing more than security theater that makes people feel safe to fly, even though it doesn't actually make anything safer. It is an enormous waste of taxpayer money. You could make it such that everyone had to take off all their clothes and put on hospital gowns before boarding a plane, ...
- Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:37 am
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: we do not need a cop
- Replies: 29
- Views: 18529
Re: we do not need a cop
OK, so who hacked Dalar's BBS account?
- Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:14 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: wow, tenure changed in a blue state?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1053
Re: wow, tenure changed in a blue state?
We already spend too much money on public education. The system doesn't work. Teacher's unions have consistently been given a priority status at the expense of the children time and again. Teacher's unions have money to lobby their politicians, students do not. The US Departement of Education needs ...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:02 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Most Americans support the healthcare bill
- Replies: 6
- Views: 869
Re: Most Americans support the healthcare bill
I actually read about 75% of the house bill, the entire CBO study on the house bill, the supplements and letters from the CBO on the house bill, about 50% of the senate bill, the entire CBO study on the senate bill, the supplements and letters from the CBO on the senate bill, and as much of the mana...
- Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:44 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: isn't feeding them the problem?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 10107
Re: isn't feeding them the problem?
While I more or less agree logically that it's insane for one country to try to feed everyone all the time, I do think that if the US were to stop 90% of the funding to "defense" and foreign intelligence gathering and covert operations there would be enough money to feed the entire world. ...
- Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:47 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: 401k vs pension
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1529
Re: 401k vs pension
Conventional wisdom says that the closer you get to retirement the more conservative your investment portfolio should be weighted such that when you hit retirement age you have less than 10% in stocks and 90% in fixed income and/or "safe" vehicles like bonds and CDs. If you do it as a grad...
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:07 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Rate Cuts and existing loans
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3255
Re: Rate Cuts and existing loans
Interesting that you mention a poorly run big bank in light of the recent Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, interview where he says it is tough just to get your hands around everything going on at a big bank. If a star like him has trouble, those regulators making 50K a year don't have a hope in hell....
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:10 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Rate Cuts and existing loans
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3255
Re: Rate Cuts and existing loans
Vaprak, Thats the kind of thing I wish I heard more of. If government would just get out of the way and let the market do its job, there are plenty of competently managed financial institutions that are just waiting for the opportunity to steal some market share from the large poorly run ones. Does...
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:02 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Rate Cuts and existing loans
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3255
Re: Rate Cuts and existing loans
The student loan lending industry is highly regulated. I don't follow it anymore. Back when I did a few years ago, technically you could only consolidate one time.. though there was a loophole which I believe has been closed. Right. The student loan program we were going through to provide the mini...
- Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:08 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Why Rich People Are Rich
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1379
Re: Why Rich People Are Rich
Daz, My first advice would be to get to the point where you always have at least $1,000 in your checking account. Do not carry any debt on any credit cards. If you absolutely must use a credit card pay it off every month. Next save up an emergency expense cushion in some sort of high yield savings a...
- Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:46 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Jim Rogers Interview
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1631
Re: Jim Rogers Interview
Shrug, there is no credit crisis where I'm at. I work at a community bank (I am not a banker). We're still lending out the same huge sums of money to the same farmers who we've always worked with and several more. We have never relied on massive amounts of leverage or trading paper. We take in depos...
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:15 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Jim Rogers Interview
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1631
Re: Jim Rogers Interview
I don't really have much of a position on land. If I had to buy RE I'd probably buy farm land. Houses in areas that didn't see a boom won't see much of a bust either. Generally history shows that agriculture goes bust about 2-3 years after the start of an overal economic recession. Commidity prices...
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:55 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Oregon law requiring SSN for driver license
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1572
Re: Oregon law requiring SSN for driver license
Sarvis, Giving an illegal alien a driver's license facilitates their illegal activities within the country. Without a driver's license, if they get pulled over driving to work, for instance, they are getting arrested.. and deported. Or in the case of where i live, be an illegal immigrant, have no d...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:54 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Book Review: a good bathroom reader
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1872
Re: Book Review: a good bathroom reader
The best part about the book Adriorn linked to is that it qualifies for Free SuperSaver shipping. This is especially great if you're looking for one of these to add to your order: http://www.amazon.com/Giant-Microbes-GM0400-GIANT-MICROBE/dp/B000JZ08ZS/ref=pd_sim_dbs_b_26 If you're looking for some l...
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:07 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Computer Time! Well, almost!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2360
Re: Computer Time! Well, almost!
In backwards order - 16gb of ram .... well first, who wouldnt? but second, i'd like to see what that kind of memory can do. last time i got 8gb of ram and it was amazing how much better of an experience i had with the memory whore we call vista (<3 vista!) Unless you are running the 64bit version o...
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:16 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Computer Time! Well, almost!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2360
Re: Computer Time! Well, almost!
If I could get any computer I wanted right now I'd get this:
http://h71016.www7.hp.com/dstore/MiddleFrame.asp?page=config&ProductLineId=431&FamilyId=2792&BaseId=26246&oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=
http://h71016.www7.hp.com/dstore/MiddleFrame.asp?page=config&ProductLineId=431&FamilyId=2792&BaseId=26246&oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=
- Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:50 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Undecided Voters
- Replies: 37
- Views: 7936
Re: Undecided Voters
I poked around a bit, but anyone got some historical references to what standard congressional approval ratings are? Or a nice chart/graph? Ooh Pictures!
- Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:46 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: And now for something completely different...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 905
And now for something completely different...
Thought this high-speed photography was just plain too cool to not share: http://weburbanist.com/2008/10/09/high-speed-photographers-and-photos/
- Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:24 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Undecided Voters
- Replies: 37
- Views: 7936
Re: Undecided Voters
One thing that I continue to find interesting, and a little shocking personally, is that everyone keeps beating up Bush's approval rating (with good reason, I can't argue here), but nobody seems to bring up anything about the Democratic Congress approval rating which is half of Bush's. I just think ...
- Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:39 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Undecided Voters
- Replies: 37
- Views: 7936
Re: Undecided Voters
Wasn't really sure which of the 30 policital/economical threads, so here goes:
A blog article tying McCain's polling figures to the S&P 500: http://stateoftheunion.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/behind-mccains-fall/
A blog article tying McCain's polling figures to the S&P 500: http://stateoftheunion.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/behind-mccains-fall/
- Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:55 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Oil and what really scares me
- Replies: 214
- Views: 36316
Re: Oil and what really scares me
Some states (Maryland for example) have laws barring gas stations for selling fuel for less than cost. However, as evidenced by this article, Iowa does not have any such laws: http://www.ketv.com/news/17622431/detail.html Quote from the article: "Sinnott said he doesn't make money from gas sale...
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:36 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Because you can't keep beating a dead pitbull
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8493
Re: Because you can't keep beating a dead pitbull
I for one welcome our new financial overloards!
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:18 am
- Forum: T2 Areas Discussion Archive
- Topic: Spirit Plane of Bhaal
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5123
Re: Spirit Plane of Bhaal
My main issue with the zone is that even though you only end up with possibly 1 top tier item, and several good-ok items, there are a grand total of 5*4*3=60 total items in the zone approximately. I say the pool of 60 is too high. Not sure this is relevant anymore though since most of the gear with ...
- Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:54 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Oil and what really scares me
- Replies: 214
- Views: 36316
Re: Oil and what really scares me
teflor the ranger wrote:But to be honest, I wouldn't expect gas to fall far below 3/gal. In fact, I think the oil companies are going to try to stick us to 3/gal for the next year or so.
I just filled up for $2.94 yesterday.
- Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:38 pm
- Forum: T2 Ideas Archive
- Topic: auction
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1329
Re: auction
"auction list o" does this already I believe.
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:57 am
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Toril editor and the area docs -yes this belongs in gameplay
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5548
Re: Toril editor and the area docs -yes this belongs in gameplay
Need the ability to "dig" zones out similar to homeland OLC and I think the toril editor. A simple map would be cool, especially if you could click on a room and pull up that specific room. Lists are good. You'd need a pane where you could see the entire room list, object list, mob list, q...
- Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:32 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Because you can't keep beating a dead pitbull
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8493
Re: Because you can't keep beating a dead pitbull
I'm waiting for Dow 72,000 to come out before I buy.
- Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:06 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Can we restat our old characters?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8762
Re: Can we restat our old characters?
Your efhr is inadequate! Reroll! How do you expect to wear two noxious fumes bracelets with con like that :(
- Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:16 am
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Toril editor and the area docs -yes this belongs in gameplay
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5548
Re: Toril editor and the area docs -yes this belongs in gameplay
You don't really need any MUD code to build an area editor. The area docs are freely available.
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:04 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Toril editor and the area docs -yes this belongs in gameplay
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5548
Re: Toril editor and the area docs -yes this belongs in gameplay
I think it'd be cool if the MUD could read area files that were formatted in XML. Personally, I'd write it in VB.
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:25 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Firefox vs. Chrome
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3568
Re: Firefox vs. Chrome
Why is Lynx not an option in this poll? Booo!
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:55 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Because you can't keep beating a dead pitbull
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8493
Re: Because you can't keep beating a dead pitbull
Comment on Ragorn's comments: Scenario A is pretty accurate and is the reason why the FDIC and other regulatory bodies attempt to make sure that credit quality is good-excellent at banks, credit unions, and savings institutions. If the loans are all good quality then theoretically the FDIC will not ...
- Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:55 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: VP Debate
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2021
Re: VP Debate
well from what ive pieced together, and i dont know how much is true, basically during the bush administration certain banking laws were changed that allowed banks to trade mortgages as investments for tax purposes, so they put their cash resources into an inflated housing market. now that the mark...
- Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:03 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Because you can't keep beating a dead pitbull
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8493
Re: Because you can't keep beating a dead pitbull
I agree with almost everything Corth said above except, Because of the leverage, a small decline in the value of these securities can wipe out all shareholder equity and cause the bank to become insolvent. Broke. Thats where pretty much the entire banking system is at now. A loan might put off the i...
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:40 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: VP picks
- Replies: 244
- Views: 28386
Re: VP picks
(SNIP) However, in a strange way, this is like the economic 9/11 and with that comes great opportunity to make change. (SNIP) Awesome! Maybe congress and the new president will see fit to pass some new Patriot Financial Act soon to protect us from financial terrorists. We can start a War on Free Ma...
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:40 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: VP picks
- Replies: 244
- Views: 28386
Re: VP picks
Chuck Norris's stance on the issues: http://townhall.com/columnists/ChuckNorris/2008/09/16/the_coming_revolution I'd say Chuck is a Libertarian. What I don't understand is why Chuck Norris doesn't just roundhouse kick the current Governement out, implementing a chucktatorship, and then restore liber...
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:24 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: VP picks
- Replies: 244
- Views: 28386
Re: VP picks
Should be interesting to see what happens in Texas:
http://www.bobbarr2008.com/press/press- ... om-ballot/
http://www.bobbarr2008.com/press/press- ... om-ballot/
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:14 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Undecided Voters
- Replies: 37
- Views: 7936
Re: Undecided Voters
Dr. Ron Paul came out today endorsing four 3rd party candidates: Cynthia McKinney (Green Party candidate who hit a cop and was very un-appolagetic about it), Ralph Nader(Independent), Bob Barr (Libertarian Party Candidtate, somehow), and Chuck Baldwin (constitutional party candidate). Dr Paul had to...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:24 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Undecided Voters
- Replies: 37
- Views: 7936
Re: Undecided Voters
I haven't decided whether to vote for Bob Barr or if I should do a write-in vote for Ron Paul. Dr. Paul, no question. Bob Barr is a hack. Yeah, but wouldn't it be un-american of me to not vote party lines? Seriously though yeah I couldn't vote for Barr on good conscience, he's flip-flopped on EVERY...
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:54 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Undecided Voters
- Replies: 37
- Views: 7936
Re: Undecided Voters
I haven't decided whether to vote for Bob Barr or if I should do a write-in vote for Ron Paul.
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:50 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: VP picks
- Replies: 244
- Views: 28386
Re: VP picks
How to win an argument on the internet:
1) Start an argument.
2) Compare the oposing party's argument/ideas to Hitler/Nazis.
3) Win.
1) Start an argument.
2) Compare the oposing party's argument/ideas to Hitler/Nazis.
3) Win.
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:42 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: VP picks
- Replies: 244
- Views: 28386
Re: VP picks
A joke, MN style: The Presidential election was too close to call. Neither the Republican candidate nor the Democratic candidate had enough votes to win. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice fishing competition seemed the sportsmanlike way to settl...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:39 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: VP picks
- Replies: 244
- Views: 28386
Re: VP picks
I don't think anyone could have said it better:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/02/ ... index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/02/ ... index.html
- Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:07 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: VP picks
- Replies: 244
- Views: 28386
Re: VP picks
OK, this is totally politically incorrect, but I find it humerous: Would you rather vote for a lawyer (Barack Obama) who is married to a lawyer (Michelle Obama)? Or would you rather vote for a war hero who is married to a hot wife that owns a beer distributorship and has a hot VP? I'm going with bee...
- Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:03 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Chrome
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3132
Re: Chrome
At least with the Windows EULA you (used) to be able to extract the CD to an ISO image, modify the EULA.txt to say something like "I agree that Microsoft blows chunks.", save it, inject the file back into the ISO, burn the CD, install Windows, and take a video clicking on the newly reforme...
- Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:26 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: VP picks
- Replies: 244
- Views: 28386
Re: VP picks
What era do you actually think this is? Teenage pregnancy rates are relatively low these days... I only knew one girl in my high school that got pregnant. Right, I only knew 1 girl in my entire high school that got pregnant before I graduated in the mid 90's. However today in the present I have qui...
- Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:08 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: VP picks
- Replies: 244
- Views: 28386
Re: VP picks
I'm only fiscally conservative, not a regular conservative. I'm neither republican or democrat. I'm a moderate libratarian actually. I want small government, low taxes, fiscal conservation, more personal freedom, less involvement of the government in our daily lives, more state's rights, drug legali...