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What if each forum had it's own color? Physics in blue, math in red, ecology/environment in Green... etc. That would make finding them during a visual scan much simpler.

Yeah... And here's another thing which nobody has mentioned... Why does history always repeat itself? I'll tell you why... It's because we never listen. We are all automatons who just mouth the words. I'm so tired of people ignoring the lessons of history and repeating it. We're a country full of damn idiots!

From recurring troll, Duration (aka Motor Daddy, aka Traveler, aka Who the Hell cares about this kid who didn't get enough attention from mommy): Well... I just don't know what to say. I couldn't agree more.

You don't have a theory, you have a conjecture, and belief doesn't factor into the mix when doing science. Would you like to review what's behind door number three?

Precisely.

Personally, I find the assertion rather meaningless. It's like asking if something can exist outside of space, or outside of the 11th dimension. Time is the fourth dimension by standard understandings, space being the first three. The concept of existence is inherently tied within those dimensions of spacetime, and there is no (testable/falsifiable) existence outside of that. It is the realm of pure conjecture being dressed up to look like science and reality. Like I said, I see it as a meaningless question, and used to distract people further away from reality and justify a position based on faith only. It's like asking how many DNA sequences are found in unicorns, or asking what would happen if you removed the kidneys from an oak tree, or asking what kind of giraffe would be born if an ape and a shark mated.

I understand what he's saying perfectly. It makes me nauseous, disheartened, and angry... and that's my opinion.

Since when?

No, I'm just traveling faster than you are.

Yup. That's the Hafele-Keating experiment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafele-Keating_experiment gdRmCqylsME It's also been done more recently using more modern clocks and techniques, and demonstrated to even greater accuracy since the above referenced experiment was run.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/24/Open-for-Questions-President-Obama-to-Answer-Your-Questions-on-Thursday/ Open for Questions: President Obama to Answer Your Questions on Thursday Today, the President invited everyone to use a new feature on WhiteHouse.gov called "Open for Questions" to ask a question about the economy and rate other questions up or down. Then, on Thursday morning, the President will conduct a special online town hall on the economy and answer some of the most popular questions and the event will be streamed on WhiteHouse.gov. hjJm_Hzc6Yg "Open for Questions" is a new experiment for WhiteHouse.gov, the President’s latest effort to open up the White House and give Americans from around the country a direct line to the Administration. This first round will deal with a chief concern for all of us: the economy. We’ve created a few categories to better organize the questions, and encourage you to search for a specific question before you submit your own in case it already exists. To get started, head over to http://WhiteHouse.gov/OpenForQuestions and set up your account. Then follow the simple instructions to start voting on questions or submit your own (we encourage you to include a link to a published video of the question being asked, although this is not required). This experiment is about encouraging transparency and accountability, so ask the President exactly what it is you want to know – but let others do the same. It is a community-moderated system, but remember that even though you may not like the viewpoint behind someone’s question, everyone has a right to their opinion. Also remember that Americans of all ages will be participating in this event, so be thoughtful about the words you choose. Participants are asked to follow some basic guidelines for submitting their own questions and flagging other questions as inappropriate. So be part of history in the making and ask away. The team here at the White House can’t wait to see America’s response! Maybe I should have put this in the "Does the US Need Questions?" thread, but I see it as more about transparency than about political accountability.

Is he the same guy who came up with math explaining the radius of an event horizon... the Chandrasekhar Limit?

You've still not addressed the question posed to you about the difference in rights between "civil unions/domestic partnerships" and "marriages." That is an obvious case of harm, whereas you have no measurable harm to the "DOMA people." Notice the discrepancy?

Repetition is not a valid argument. As has been repeatedly demonstrated, the laws and privileges here are significantly more tangible than a mere opinion, which is all you've got going for you and your only argument. Also, you've still not addressed the question posed to you about the difference in rights between "civil unions/domestic partnerships" and "marriages." I respect your right to have an opinion, but the opinion you hold deserves no respect at all.

Here comes Scrappy's response. Will it be relevant or on topic? Let's find out...

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Well, I wouldn't go so far as to call you normal, but you're certainly not experiencing anything drastically different from the rest of us (if I interpret your post correctly). It sounds like simple desensitization. Our minds will basically filter out consistent/repetitive stimuli so we have more attentional resources for other stimuli. That's how to think about it. Our attention is a limited resource, and if you spend too much in one area (like studying or reading or painting), then you have less to use during that time for other areas (like listening to music, or the news, or your sisters story about her dolls). Once you devote your attentional resources to one area, you have less for others... Attention is a limited and finite resources. Back to the idea of desensitization, we notice this more with noxious smells, and we desensitize to those for good reason. Let's say someone with WAY too much cologne or perfume walks by you... At first, it's overpowering, but literally within seconds, you almost don't notice it anymore. This desensitization is wildly helpful, and your brain basically turns down the volume on those signals so you can concentrate on other things. It's the same with music. You just desensitize, and spend your attentional resources elsewhere. In the example you gave above, the majority of your attention was devoted to homework, so the music didn't get processed as much as it could have been... It was just background. With me, I tend to day dream, or try to think my way through data problems or some other work related puzzle I'm facing that week, and I sometimes I won't even notice music is playing at all. It's not worth the storage energy, so I disregard it unless I am actively trying to listen (and, like you, even then I struggle to stay focused on it). With jazz... There's often no set pattern, so it more easily gets pushed back as "noise" than something with a recurring rhythm or more standardized measures. My best suggestion there is to listen to Cannonball Adderly and/or Dexter Gordon. That will solve all your problems.

How so? We're talking about equality of rights and whether the government should call it a marriage if it's between two same sex individuals. Section. 7. All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills. Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States: If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law. Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

I hear pitchforks are selling well these days. I wonder if we can call Salem to get some good ideas and learn from their experiences.

That's just an empty platitude. I can give examples which prove it false if you'd like.

He's just a fall guy... The patsy... The scapegoat. He was hardly the only the one involved.

Including the government itself, ergo... Not equal.

This was almost prophetic. I wish you would have just told me you weren't listening/reading so I wouldn't have wasted so much time with all those additional posts.

You're making the classic mistake of thinking of time as some absolute. They are both at the same present when they reunite, they just traveled different paths to get there. It's about the rate at which time passes in their own reference frame. There is no absolute time. The problem I think you're having is trying to treat the time experienced by Twin A as universal. It's not. Maybe these will help. Check 'em out: http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/SpecRel/Flash/TimeDilation.html http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/SpecRel/Flash/LengthContract.html http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/SpecRel/Flash/TwinParadox.html

Okay, just because you're such a sweetie, and you always treat me so nice... I'll go ahead and respond. I'm such a softie. I never suggested it was not in our best interest to let them be absorbed by a competitor. I suggested that the feasibility of a competitor being large enough and having enough cash reserves to do so is next to nil. Basically, I'm not arguing that we shouldn't let them do this... I'm arguing that they cannot do this. Slight, but rather important difference to keep in mind. I have outlined numerous times why it's not in our best interests to let them fail already. If you do not accept the numerous posts I've made on this point thus far, I'm not going to waste my time explaining it yet again. As I said, we just disagree. No worries. That's actually quite irrelevant to my premise, which is the downstream effect of enforcing moral hazard here. I actually think they should be. I think we should split them into smaller bits, and also that we need to update our laws to prevent companies from ever getting that large in the future. However, that's all for the future... It's stuff that would have needed to have been done years ago to make any difference now. In fact, now that we own ~80% of AIG due to the bailouts, imposing such a restructuring should actually be much easier to accomplish, and I'm all for it. As I've tried to make clear, my actual position is that I see more harm than good coming from a declaration of Chapter 11 right now, and I'm basically arguing for the lesser of two evils. Again, irrelevant to my points. Sure, I'd be angry, but my personal childish emotions have zero impact on the market and how it will respond (read: crash) if a monstrous giant like AIG were to go under without the required capital already being secured, available, and ready to fill those voids you mention. If we were dealing with AIG in isolation... in a vacuum... I'd quite agree with you. Unfortunately, reality is a bit more complicated than the black and white case you continue to present. Okay... Now I'm done... Really. I just couldn't resist... you buttered me up by attaching a picture from the file I shared. That was sweet, and you're thoughtfulness really touched me in a special place... Ewwww.... Why did I have to go there?