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[2012-09-11 14:42:30] - a: hey nice!!! what kind of times do your friends get on the cube? are you close to a minute again? - aaron
[2012-09-11 13:11:07] - g: no attacks here. we do however, have a bazaar, a sweet gym, two places that serve great AND free food, a PX, free laundry service, and rubik's cube races apparently. oh, did i forget to mention: two pools? no big deal. does your workplace have an HLZ? I don't think so. ~a
[2012-09-11 12:41:19] - mig: He changes topics enough that I don't find it overly annoying yet (as long as every day isn't the RNC). I did block somebody's posts, though when he had like 20 posts a day for a week about a same-sex law being passed in North Carolina. I get it, you didn't want same-sex marriage banned and you're ashamed that it did. Please stop talking about it. -Paul
[2012-09-11 12:39:50] - The only reason I haven't yet is that some of the discussions that occur become entertaining to me, but it's now turned into the normal election year cycle red team/blue team pissing matches, which are just boring to read. - mig
[2012-09-11 12:36:27] - paul: No, I've started just skimming most of what he spams. I'm getting very close to setting my feed to just hide all his posts at this point. - mig
[2012-09-11 12:33:34] - g: Ah, context was lacking. I didn't know he was back in Afghanistan. I'd go, but I'm sure the novelty would wear off in something under a second. As such, I'll take my bad commute, since I probably could have predicted it. Though I remember being afraid of last year (10-year anniversary) and it being nothing. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-11 12:29:22] - mig: Did you see when he made some sort of comment about Paul Ryan's son being presidential material (or something like that)? -Paul
[2012-09-11 12:22:50] - xpovos: you really jealous of a? his commute did involve a long flight to an area prone to gun fire and attacks... Ill take your occasional four hour commute and forgo his occasional body armour and hiding from bombs. ~g
[2012-09-11 11:46:17] - paul: though to be honest, his recent love affair with Paul Ryan has gotten a bit disturbing. - mig
[2012-09-11 11:44:11] - paul: true, that is quality entertainment. - mig
[2012-09-11 11:42:48] - mig: Who ultimately wins? Friends of Ricky on facebook who get to hear him blame the teacher's strike for increases in gang violence and the Chinese and South Korean economies surpassing ours. -Paul
[2012-09-11 11:37:14] - mig: the children who aren't cooped up in a daycare prison for as long as the strike goes on. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-11 11:33:15] - another public sector union strike! This time a democratic mayor (and a famous one) who's accused of being the meanie-poo-head. Who's going to ultimately win? - mig
[2012-09-11 11:16:55] - a: Nice. I'll admit to some jealousy. But it's probably just as well I'm not working from home. I called my wife to complain about the commute, and the kids were screaming in the background, so it was kind of lose-lose. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-11 11:01:01] - xpovos: not to rub it in your face or anything, but . . .
my morning commute today: less than one minute. four minutes if you count walking to and from the showers to brush my teeth. ~a[2012-09-11 10:54:27] - heh, i was joking. L/100km of an all electric is 0. mpg of all electric is ∞. . . . mpge is an interesting point though. paul, should xpovos be using the inverse? ~a
[2012-09-11 10:52:45] - xpovos: wow that sucks
- aaron[2012-09-11 10:14:46] - a: An all electronic vehicle? Or a vehicle like the Volt? I don't think either way of measuring would really apply to an all electronic vehicle that doesn't use gas at all. -Paul
[2012-09-11 10:06:46] - a: It's probably MPGe. Did my wiki work finally? -- Xpovos
[2012-09-11 10:05:56] - After this morning's traffic woes and Pentagon-area road closures for security measures for Obama's minute of silence service... I have just now arrived in the office after about 4 hours on the road. Awesome. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-11 10:05:13] - of course, more importantly, it solves this problem: wtf is the mpg of an all-electric vehicle? ~a
[2012-09-11 10:02:30] - yeah, in most other countries they measure Liters per 100km. a much better stat for those reasons. oh shit, they already discussed that. ~a
[2012-09-11 09:35:28] - http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/the-illusion-of-miles-per-gallon/ How miles per gallon can be a misleading stat. -Paul
[2012-09-10 17:33:00] - mig: oh cool! thanks - aaron
[2012-09-10 16:05:14] - I find this hilarious: http://nationaljournal.com/daily/look-alike-sites-funnel-big-money-to-mystery-pac-20120909 -- Xpovos
[2012-09-10 14:05:24] - it's right across from the subway/boston market building, and it's pretty visible when you're passing by from route 50. - mig
[2012-09-10 14:00:41] - aaron: it's in the same plaza with the Giant right next to where Travis's old appartment was on stringfellow rd + route 50. - mig
[2012-09-10 13:25:22] - g: i still haven't been! vinnie told me there was one somewhere in the centreville/fair lakes area so i was trying to google it, but it's still too new - aaron
[2012-09-10 10:35:45] - aaron: did you like cafe rio? paul and I tried it the other day... I dislike that they have scallions in their rice but I liked that they have horchata
~g[2012-09-08 00:54:39] - huh, the spammers got through the filter. ~a
[2012-09-08 00:54:11] - lame. ~a
[2012-09-07 23:21:27] - Paul: That's about the only appropriate response to the letter Burns wrote. I wasn't familiar with it. Rather wish I could still be ignorant of it. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-07 21:50:00] - http://deadspin.com/5941348/they-wont-magically-turn-you-into-a-lustful-cockmonster-chris-kluwe-explains-gay-marriage-to-the-politician-who-is-offended-by-an-nf A hilariously obscene and awesome rant against an anti-gay-marriage politician. -Paul
[2012-09-07 15:51:52] - bingiton: That was fun. But I have a strange funmeter. Google won for me, but I selected Bing twice, once on a 'tie' page and once on a page where Bing was clearly better. But I knew I was selecting Bing both times. Probably because I'm too much of a nerd. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-07 15:40:54] - aaron: That's what I've heard elsewhere too (mostly the same, Google slightly better) even though Bing seems to claim that most people prefer their results. Regardless, I still like the marketing idea. Seems bold to take on Google so directly. -Paul
[2012-09-07 15:35:52] - paul: and the exact search string was "cafe rio near centreville virginia" -- somehow bing really hates that extra "virginia" and it seems to make its search results much worse - aaron
[2012-09-07 15:31:22] - paul: sorry - to clarify, the results were disastrous for bing, so i'm sticking with google - aaron
[2012-09-07 15:31:04] - paul: i tried bing it on! the search results were really similar but trying to bing for "cafe rio near centreville" was disastrous, the #1 result was in utah and the #3-5 results were for other restaurants (not cafe rio)... but all of the other results were pretty much a draw - aaron
[2012-09-07 14:20:45] - with a future repbulican president, even if it's not romney (there won't be a democrat in the white house forever, most likely), with a kill list. - mig
[2012-09-07 14:19:58] - paul: sadly both team red and team blue never understand the ramifications of their power grabs until far too late. Republicans were ok with bailouts and stimulus when their guy is in charge, gets shocked when next president proposes .... more bailouts and stimulus. Dems ok with Obama having a "kill list", and they are now just realizing they might have to deal...
[2012-09-07 13:51:29] - http://gawker.com/5941326/ask-the-dnc-is-romney-ready-for-the-kill-list There were a lot of videos from the DNC that I watched and thought about posting, but this might be my favorite because I feel like it's strangely a little less partisan. Basically, some guy asks people at the DNC if they trust Mitt Romney with a kill list (like Obama has). -Paul
[2012-09-07 10:07:54] - "The President said nothing in his speech tonight. But he said it so much better than Mitt Romney when he said nothing in Tampa."
[2012-09-07 09:48:54] - http://www.bingiton.com/Landingpage.aspx I thought this was some clever marketing from Microsoft, challenging people to compare google and bing search results. -Paul
[2012-09-07 09:48:29] - Huh, guess I pressed enter one too many times. -Paul
[2012-09-07 09:48:16] - mig: I just loved the reaction from the chair-person. He seemed completely unaware as to what to do, and even seemed to think that the people who were voting against it were confused and didn't understand how to vote. -Paul
[2012-09-07 09:48:05] - mig: I just loved the reaction from the chair-person. He seemed completely unaware as to what to do, and even seemed to think that the people who were voting against it were confused and didn't understand how to vote. -Paul
[2012-09-07 09:31:24] - paul: yeah the awkward revoting was what really made it comedy gold. - mig
[2012-09-07 09:24:08] - mig: They need to take a cue from the Republicans and just completely steamroll the opposition voices as if they did not exist, instead of ignoring them only after two other attempts failed.
-Paul[2012-09-07 02:23:18] - g: thanks ~a
[2012-09-06 17:51:40] - a: yes ~g
[2012-09-06 15:57:34] - Cards Against Humanity was kickstarter too, right? ~a
[2012-09-06 13:52:07] - http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/the-year-of-the-game kickstarter blog - huge uptick in february 2012 for video games/board games being launched via kickstarter. hey daniel bought one! zombicide was a pretty fun coop game which was funded via kickstarter - aaron
[2012-09-06 13:16:54] - http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/05/convention-floor-chaos-democrats-alter-platform-disagree/ I don't particularly have a leaning on this issue that they were voting on, but I found it pretty humorous. - mig
[2012-09-06 12:33:37] - E.g. Delay of game was called right at 0, rather than -0.5, and the replacement refs were a little touchier about false starts/illegal shifts, though that could also be just first game errors from the players. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-06 12:32:48] - mig: They probably missed a few, but only one was considered egregious by the announcers, and I disagreed with the announcers, it looked like a clean play to me. One call was overtly wrong (wrong penalty applied for a foul) which resulted in a few yards of difference. More fouls were called than normal refs. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-06 12:30:01] - mig: From what I saw, the refs seemed fine. There were a lot of fouls, but they all seemed legit (or at least no worse than I've seen with the pros). -Paul
[2012-09-06 12:27:36] - I actually didn't catch the game last night, so how were the replacement officials? Are we going to be headed for some hilarity on Sunday? - mig
[2012-09-06 00:06:21] - paul: "... Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen told Ars that his team is working on a new feature called multi-signature transactions that could reduce the vulnerability of Bitcoin wallets to this kind of attack". actually stuff like this is already being used today. if somebody hacks the bitcoinspinner servers, they actually can't spend my bitcoinspinner money. ~a
[2012-09-05 14:09:48] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/t-stolen-virginia-tech-lane-adium-154326200--ncaaf.html apparently it's a Georgia Tech thing to steal 'T's from random signage. - mig
[2012-09-05 12:32:08] - It's definitely rare for a game company to give an interview that you know beforehand is going to ask you really tough questions. Not the greatest responses, but still a good development overall. - mig
[2012-09-05 12:22:58] - aaron: True. They dug for answers, but were respectful at the same time. Far better journalism than average. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-05 12:04:23] - xpovos: well, it's at least an admission of fault which is super rare in these kinds of interviews. i was impressed with ubisoft but honestly more impressed with the interviewer. someone on reddit said something like, "wow!! this is actual journalism... i'm a little uncomfortable"
- aaron[2012-09-05 11:08:23] - aaron: Props to ubisoft for taking on an interview with some tough questions. I'm disappointed by their response. "unfortunate comment" comes up too often, without any sense of what a better response should have been, apology, or indication that they're going to make any effort to improve. Still, it takes guts to stand in front of a firing squad like that. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-05 09:55:20] - http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/05/ubisoft-drm-piracy-interview/#more-123063 interview with ubisoft regarding their decision to discontinue "always-on" DRM on their games - aaron
[2012-09-05 09:50:45] - never heard of it. ~a
[2012-09-05 09:48:17] - a: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/hacker-steals-250k-in-bitcoins-from-online-exchange-bitfloor/ Hope you didn't store your bitcoins at bitfloor. -Paul
[2012-09-04 16:36:06] - Aaron: Ah, ok. That doesn't surprise me. Honestly, I'm not the biggest fan of the FairTax myself. It's something I wish he wasn't such a big supporter of. -Paul
[2012-09-04 16:34:25] - paul: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/zb5h0/im_assuming_that_all_of_these_people_who_are/c6369fr this thread kind of summarizes the debate; some people are upset because his proposed tax is regressive (hitting poor people harder than rich people) - aaron
[2012-09-04 16:16:59] - Aaron: As far as I know, Ron Paul isn't a supporter of the FairTax. It's a dealbreaker on reddit in which way? They don't like the FairTax? -Paul
[2012-09-04 16:12:37] - personally i'm impressed that he shares ron paul's opinion to overturn roe v. wade despite being pro choice -- and it gives me a more favorable opinion of both candidates, if that makes any sense
like, "well this is my opinion, but the federal government shouldn't enforce it" - aaron[2012-09-04 16:11:01] - paul: okay, so ron paul doesn't share the "fair tax" idea, i was kind of wondering about that... that seems to be the biggest dealbreaker for a lot of people on reddit - aaron
[2012-09-04 16:02:00] - paul: if it says you can do view movies offline, it probably works through a "authorizing process" similar to Itunes. - mig
[2012-09-04 15:58:22] - Hmmm, looks like my capitalization is off. It should be: FairTax. -Paul
[2012-09-04 15:54:57] - Aaron: He also supports getting rid of the IRS and instead implementing the FAIR tax. -Paul
[2012-09-04 15:54:34] - aaron: In terms of how he thinks, I think he is a lot less likely to approach issues from a constitutional/federalism/states-vs-federal-government prism than Ron Paul, and to my knowledge he hasn't proposed going back to a gold standard. -Paul
[2012-09-04 15:53:10] - aaron: The two big things I've heard about his differences from Ron Paul is that he is pro-choice (a little surprised about the overturning roe v wade thing) and perhaps a little more likely to use US military abroad. -Paul
[2012-09-04 15:52:23] - aaron: in generall or on the subject of roe v wade? - mig
[2012-09-04 15:51:26] - a: That's weird, because I thought I read somewhere that you could download movies to view offline. I don't know where that was, though. I assumed it had to have DRM, which is why I was curious. -Paul
[2012-09-04 15:49:04] - in what ways do his opinions differ from ron paul's? - aaron
[2012-09-04 15:47:52] - paul: the VT ranking they were showing last night (16) was actually from the AP poll. Odd they would use our AP ranking on an ESPN broadcast rather thna the *EPSN* poll. - mig
[2012-09-04 15:43:58] - aaron: ah, i see. - mig
[2012-09-04 15:39:36] - mig: http://2012.republican-candidates.org/Johnson/Issues.php some people are upset that he (like ron paul?) wants to overturn roe v. wade and make abortion a state issue - aaron
[2012-09-04 15:36:24] - i meant pro-choice. - mig
[2012-09-04 15:36:20] - oops
[2012-09-04 15:36:13] - aaron: roe v wade? Gary Johnson is pretty adamantly pro-life. - mig
[2012-09-04 15:22:44] - aaron:
[2012-09-04 15:22:37] - paul: and maybe he'll spend more than 30 minutes answering questions - aaron
[2012-09-04 15:21:29] - paul: hey cool! a lot of redditors are very vocally supportive of gary johnson, particularly his position on the war on drugs... not so much his economic ideas or his position on roe v wade but, should be an interesting interview! i'm curious to see what kinds of questions get asked - aaron
[2012-09-04 15:01:30] - in other words, i doubt it's drm free. ~a
[2012-09-04 15:01:10] - "Movies can be rented or purchased and watched on the Google Play website or via an application on an Android device." wp. it sounds like you probably can't view it offline on your computer. ~a
[2012-09-04 14:47:32] - Also, for those who might be interested, I heard that Gary Johnson will be doing an AMA on reddit next Tuesday. -Paul
[2012-09-04 14:41:44] - Does anybody here know how buying movies through the google play store works? Specifically, I'm wondering if I buy an HD movie, can I watch it on my desktop, tablet or phone? Even offline? -Paul
[2012-09-04 13:46:41] - gonna have to consult the truth-o-meter on this one - aaron
[2012-09-04 13:41:28] - haha. is it dishonest?
~a[2012-09-04 13:14:01] - a: well thats just misleading! ~g
[2012-09-04 12:45:57] - g: Check out heat map. "heat" doesn't actually refer to temperature. it refers to frequency. ~a
[2012-09-04 12:38:28] - a: looking at the article it seems to indicate its based on gps tracking of soldiers movements rather than actual heat readings... Is that correct? ~g
[2012-09-04 12:15:02] - a: very nice! ~g
[2012-09-04 12:05:00] - a: very cool! - aaron
[2012-09-04 11:56:01] - they talk about it further down in the article. it's called "transheat". ~a
[2012-09-04 11:51:39] - yeah, thanks! it's a heatmap: it will display hot areas (in orange/red) where people go a lot and cold areas (purple/blue) where they go, but less often. ~a
[2012-09-04 11:48:08] - a: whoa that's awesome!! what does your app do? - aaron
[2012-09-04 11:30:10] - my app is the main image for a wsj article today (an app i made all on my own). woot. ~a
[2012-09-04 11:01:13] - and more importantly, it's the figure that matters in the context of the debate. - mig
[2012-09-04 10:57:00] - aaron: I think that's my biggest beef. I agree it's fair to bring up the caveats, but it's odd to me for politifact to rate a statement false when the statement has a cited source and the numbers are right. - mig
[2012-09-04 10:51:03] - ah. right. I forget URLs are case sensitive. - mig
[2012-09-04 10:44:54] - xpovos: Unfortuantely, the acronymn doesn't link to what you meant. horray for disambiguation. - mig
[2012-09-04 10:43:41] - though i'm guessing i probably should have linked GAAP. ~a
[2012-09-04 10:42:55] - xpovos: surround with two brackets like in wikipedia: [[. gaap. ~a
[2012-09-04 10:42:42] - s/like/link
[2012-09-04 10:42:34] - aaron: I dunno. Politifact doesn't like to a transcript or anything, so I'd have to dig around the find the interview. - mig
[2012-09-04 10:40:56] - mig: is that what happened? - aaron
[2012-09-04 10:40:42] - mig: yeah, if the TV interview gives rand paul's statement more context, to make it clear that within context they were talking about salary + benefits, then i'd agree that politifact handled this poorly - aaron
[2012-09-04 10:37:27] - $80,000 a year to a private-sector worker's $50,000 a year, and that rand's figure included benefits (and didn't include taxes) - aaron
[2012-09-04 10:37:19] - yeah it is dayan guhong. it had the same symbol on the side. ~a
[2012-09-04 10:36:50] - mig: yeah, i agree that total compensation is relevant to the debate, i just think rand's phrasing was misleading. if we were splitting hairs, i guess i'd agree that politifact could have picked "mostly false" or "half true" but, i think politifact's still right that people would feel misled if they later learned that federal employees only earned - aaron
[2012-09-04 10:35:41] - aaron: That's another issue I take with the way this statement was handled by politifact. They claim he was trying to mislead people by implying salary when it's really total comp, but there's no additional context given to his statement. This was from a TV interview, not a one liner soundbyte from a campaign ad, so I think the full context matters. - mig
[2012-09-04 10:34:59] - Aaron: Although I do think that grading it as "false" is a little harsh. I understand the need to have an easily readable green/yellow/red system, but this felt like it should be graded as "misleading" at worst. -Paul
[2012-09-04 10:33:41] - aaron: Yeah, I think we mostly agree. It seems that the way he phrased it is misleading, which is a shame since I think just a few more words of explanation would've cleared it all up and not detracted at all from his point (IMO). -Paul
[2012-09-04 10:29:58] - paul: and yes, i think the bonuses of $10k would be considered income because you report them as income on your W-2... personally if i heard rand paul's $120,000 statement, i'd probably assume that's what he meant -- someone had $120,000 of reportable income - aaron
[2012-09-04 10:25:36] - And in the context of this particular debate, total compensation is the figure that really matters. - mig
[2012-09-04 10:25:34] - paul: i agree that rand's argument is legitimate, i just disagree with miguel's initial assertion that politifact's was exhibiting bias by indicating that rand paul's statement was false. honestly, i might even agree with rand's statement more if he had harped on how federal workers were receiving a wealth of benefits which all workers should be entitled to - aaron
[2012-09-04 10:23:56] - aaron: There are certainly ways to calculate total compensation, and politifact even concedes the numbers he cites are actually correct "According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, a federal statistics-gathering agency, federal worker compensation in 2009 averaged $123,049,". - mig
[2012-09-04 09:42:07] - |GAAP| Last try, I promise, after this people can just google it or something. -- Xpovos
[2012-09-04 09:41:35] - This is why we have ||GAAP|| (I hope my wiki works, I'm out of practice) -- Xpovos
[2012-09-04 09:36:05] - I agree it's tough to count things like pensions vs 401(k)s, but if somebody has to contribute 10% of his salary to his 401(k) to get the same kind of benefit in retirement that somebody with a pension will get, should that count even if both people's salaries are the same? -Paul
[2012-09-04 09:34:07] - Also, it seems like somewhat of a grey area in terms of where to draw the line. At my previous job, there were years where I got bonuses of around $10k. Should I count that in my salary or not? Wasn't there a CEO whose salary was only $1 but he had a bunch of stock grants? -Paul
[2012-09-04 09:32:37] - However, at the same time, I think it's a completely legitimate argument to make, assuming people understand what you're talking about (and I agree that assumption is a big one). -Paul
[2012-09-04 09:31:53] - I know I'm jumping in the middle of things here, but I think I can see both sides of the argument. I agree what Rand said is a little misleading and, like Politifact said, "using it requires more explanation than Paul gave it". -Paul
[2012-09-04 09:26:29] - and does it count appreciation of personal investments (stock/property earnings) or is it just the amount that i earn from my employer? maybe rand paul can chime in here? - aaron
[2012-09-04 09:25:33] - did i "make more" in 2008 when i had my appendix out? did they actually go through the diligence of figuring out like, "wow! aaron made $25,000 extra in 2008, that was a great year for his personal earnings"... i mean, i guess i'm just naive but i seriously never considered the true implications of this theoretical $120,000 figure, i wonder what mine is - aaron
[2012-09-04 09:24:24] - honestly i can't even wrap my head about how he did arrive at that $60,000 figure... now i'm trying to figure out how much i "made" in 2012... so it counts my salary, plus my employer contribution to my 401k, plus my employer contribution to things like health/dental care?? does it only count actual insurance payouts, or potential insurance benefits? - aaron
[2012-09-04 09:14:54] - also, if rand paul is deciding to include salary + benefits to establish a federal employee's "true earnings," or whatever... then shouldn't he also subtract taxes from that figure? i really can't think of how an honest person would arrive at that completely artificial $120,000 figure unless they were trying to prove a point - aaron
[2012-09-04 09:11:26] - biased for providing 15 pages on "flat earth theory" or something? or is it just biased because you disagree with it - aaron
[2012-09-04 09:11:10] - furthermore i think politifact was extremely verbose about how the statement was technically true "in spirit" and false "to the letter" and i don't understand how you can consider it biased if it's really explaining the full extent to how the statement is true and false... is it biased because it went into too much detail?? like how an encyclopedia could be - aaron
[2012-09-04 09:09:57] - mig: and rand's statement is false. the average federal employee does not make $120,000 a year. if you let a federal employee work for a year, and then ask him to show you where his $120,000 is, he will not be able to show you $120,000 because he will not have it - aaron
[2012-09-04 09:06:43] - a: whoa! one of those looks like a dayan guhong but it's not is it?? awesome pic! - aaron
[2012-09-04 03:37:38] - aaron: These are my awards, Mother. From Army. The seal is for marksmanship, and the gorilla is for sand racing. Now if you'll excuse me, they're putting me in something called Hero Squad. pic ~a
[2012-09-04 00:48:59] - "rand's statement was not false" it's technically correct, the best kind of correct (sarcasm). i would have labeled it as "false". or worse. maybe "dishonest" or "devious" or "misleading". ~a
[2012-09-04 00:47:47] - someone who used that to lie to an employer about previous salaries should be fired for lying. ~a
[2012-09-04 00:44:43] - "I don't really buy the assumption that people in general would confuse his statement as him talking about base salary as opposed to total compensation" ok, i do buy that. i buy it. completely. when someone says they make 80k in salary, i assume they're telling me they make 80k in salary, not something else. ~a
[2012-09-03 19:10:42] - It's fair to bring up the caveats and all, but again, rand's statement was not false, and the rating struck me as inconsistent with the way politifact has scored other statements. - mig
[2012-09-03 19:00:21] - Also, going back to their harping on total compensation vs. base salary: It's not exactly a secret that government workers get much higher benefits than private workers on top of their salaries. I don't really buy the assumption that people in general would confuse his statement as him talking about base salary as opposed to total compensation. - mig
[2012-09-03 18:56:16] - a: that's true, but your statement is still factual. It's not false. - mig
[2012-09-03 15:09:06] - when you compare apples and oranges and make a factual statement about those apples and oranges, you're still comparing apples and oranges. ~a
[2012-09-03 15:01:30] - what's more, reason's blog seem to gloss over the full message from politifact: "The first is that there's an imbalance in the types of jobs that make up the federal workforce compared to the private-sector workforce. The federal workforce is disproportionately composed of employees with higher educational attainment." ~a
[2012-09-03 14:55:57] - biased in which direction? i agree with politifact on that one, so you can screw your *one* example of bias. . . . wikipedia says "PolitiFact has been both praised and criticized by ... conservatives, and liberals alike" (unsourced). i honestly think it's better than the alternative. which is what exactly? ~a
[2012-09-03 14:48:33] - politifact can be fun to read, but sometimes the bias shows itself rather overtly. - mig
[2012-09-03 10:59:50] - ooooh, this webpage is fun. rand paul paul ryan. ~a
[2012-09-03 10:53:32] - ok, i don't really care that he made a mistake. what i care about is that he's slower than palin
ryan and marathons ~a[2012-09-03 03:57:04] - paul: when are the speeches? i don't really have a tv, but i might read the transcripts or watch some clips online. ~a
[2012-08-31 16:12:32] - Xpovos: If at all possible, I want to avoid the any running backs on the Redskins, Panthers or Patriots because I have no confidence that I'll be able to predict who might be the main back any given week. -Paul
[2012-08-31 15:57:58] - mig: You thinking Helu? He's probably the best bet, but even then it's a bad spot given his injury history, short career, low workload, and concerns with Morris and Royster right behind. "May" be draftable, but I think I might let someone else take that risk. Unless this is all just a clever ruse... I did draft THT last year. -- Xpovos
[2012-08-31 15:49:53] - fantasy_football: tim hightower apparently got released today. a redskin back may actually be draftable! - mig
[2012-08-31 13:17:06] - "C... O... R.... ...ARE YOU GOING TO MALL LATER? THAT WHAT HULK WAS ASKING" no, i am not going to the mall, keep spelling mister - aaron
[2012-08-31 13:04:25] - "Hulk not appreciate your ruse, ma'am." - mig
[2012-08-31 13:02:51] - Cards against humanity is back in stock, not sure if anyone else has been having issues buying it. (purchasing it as a present.) ~g
[2012-08-31 13:02:34] - "37! Hulk girlfriend suck 37 dicks!" "In a row?" - aaron
[2012-08-31 13:02:11] - http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/z4tpf/the_hulk_is_now_the_main_character_of_your/c61fm2h the hulk is now the main character of your favorite movie. how does that change it? - aaron
[2012-08-31 11:06:45] - a: You planning on watching DNC speeches (or reading them)? I'm curious if you find yourself agreeing with what they say but disagreeing with the conclusion. As much as I think the Democrats and Republicans are more similar than different, I will say that their rhetoric is often very different and so I would be surprised if you could agree with both. -Paul
[2012-08-30 15:41:22] - aaron: That's what I get for not reading the article first. Yeah, forging an ID ups the issue considerably. Also fun is that this will apparently eventually involve European courts. Holy multi-jurisdictional standing, Batman! -- Xpovos
[2012-08-30 15:09:07] - xpovos: i'm guessing blizzard asks for an ID not because it's difficult to fake -- but because by faking it, you're committing a felony. kind of the same principal why i have to sign my name when i pay for a pizza - aaron
[2012-08-30 15:05:57] - xpovos: regardless of how many virtual horsies do or don't trade hands, deliberately falsifying a government-issued ID for the purposes of fraud is a very bad thing - aaron
[2012-08-30 13:33:51] - mig: If he gets the mount, that's borderline criminal fraud. Nice. That's gotta be some kind of super-dooper uber perma-ban. -- Xpovos
[2012-08-30 13:32:34] - I know people take WoW PvP seriously ... but damn. - mig
[2012-08-30 13:31:43] - that player with the fake ID to take over his account, and then disbands his victim's team so that he's #1. - mig
[2012-08-30 13:31:05] - http://dd.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/yyp89/player_xandyn_commits_identity_fraud_in_order_to/ I was a bit in shock of reading that this actually happened. TLDR: WoW's pvp ladder ended last week, some guy was mad he the #2 ranked team (#1 team gets a special mount as a reward),so he creates a fake ID of a player on the #1 ranked team, calls blizzard and impersonates
[2012-08-30 12:27:29] - mig: i think they're mistakes, but mostly i think they're mistakes because i don't really know the pros/cons of stimulus/QE. ~a
[2012-08-30 12:23:05] - http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/08/so-long-farewell-amazon-sells-out-of-kindle-fires/ first gen model of the kindle fire sold out ... FOREVER. - mig
[2012-08-30 11:46:45] - So, basically, the whole deal is if you can show reasonable cause that the judge's remarks will perhaps influence his/her future decision, that's good enough of a case to get the judge to step down. - mig
[2012-08-30 11:41:05] - And you would be right to think that, given the circumstances. But if it's a judge in a courtroom, that becomes problematic, because they aren't supposed to let their feelings dictate how they make their rulings. - mig
[2012-08-30 11:39:43] - g: and I agree, the harsh words were deserved to some extent, and it certainly not the first time a judge has had harsh words for a defendant or their attorneys. BUT, when you tell somebody, "every time you've tried to take advantage of me, you have", they are naturually going to think you will view them in suspicion of being devious from then on, right? - mig
[2012-08-30 11:33:07] - mig: I may be over simplifying but to me ... he point blank lied about funds to get a low bond when he got caught in that lie (and it was made clear he was lying on purpose) he got the judge thrown out because the judge had a deservedly negative opinion of him.... ~g
[2012-08-30 11:25:32] - I think that argument was week, but the judges on the appeals court found it convincing enough. - mig
[2012-08-30 11:24:41] - setting, is a bit of a no-no in a court of law. - mig
[2012-08-30 11:24:25] - g: well, it depends. The judge didn't just call him a liar, he said, "the defendant has flouted the system ... (and) tried to manipulate the system when he has been presented the opportunity to do so." The defense is arguing that essentially he's going to view the defendant future actions/motions/etc with suspiciion, which while would be prudent in any other ...
[2012-08-30 11:05:29] - also I think its absurd that the judge in the trayvon martin has to step down because he made a dispariaging remark about zimmerman lying under oath about available funds. I am sorry but zimmerman lied to the court then got upset that it biased the judge against him?? Umm what its supposed to endear you to the judge? ~g
[2012-08-30 10:59:25] - http://cheezburger.com/6537131008 non political amusement... ~g
[2012-08-30 10:26:55] - a: to what degree do you agree? do you think the various stimulus and QE policies are mistakes? - mig
[2012-08-30 10:23:07] - mig: I really noticed the immigrant thing. It felt like he kept on telling stories about poor immigrants coming over and becoming successful. -Paul
[2012-08-30 10:21:39] - all that being said, the end bit about Romney being the next Reagan (as if that's a good thing /snicker) was pretty nasuaeting. - mig
[2012-08-30 10:21:33] - agree: "I was saddened that anyone in our country, much less the president of the United States, believes that roads create business success and not the other way around. " disagree conclusion: "Anyone who so fundamentally misunderstands American greatness is uniquely unqualified to lead this great nation" ~a
[2012-08-30 10:18:18] - mig: nm. you explained. ~g
[2012-08-30 10:18:06] - ah
[2012-08-30 10:18:03] - mig: not sure I get your 3... Saying defense spending needs to be scrutinized just as harshly as defense spending... did you mean as harshly as non defense spending? ~g
[2012-08-30 10:17:15] - errr domestic spending. - mig
[2012-08-30 10:16:43] - just as harshly as defense spending. - mig
[2012-08-30 10:16:29] - I obviously was dissapointed with the Romney endorsement at the end. But I thought it was interesting for 3 things he mentioned prominently in front of a republican establishment crowd. 1) Stressing that civil liberties are more important than perceived security. 2) Speaking of immigrants in a positive light. 3) Saying defense spending needs to be scrutinized
[2012-08-30 10:11:16] - a: Sounds like the speech ended shortly afterwards anyway. -Paul
[2012-08-30 10:10:22] - a: It's funny, I randomly caught Rand Paul's speech on the radio as I was driving yesterday. I got to my destination, but decided to sit in the car for a few minutes to continue listening to his speech. The minute he mentioned Mitt Romney, though, I turned it off because I felt like the good parts of the speech were over and the pandering was about to begin. -Paul
[2012-08-30 10:08:34] - a: Having said that, I certainly wouldn't agree with any conclusion which would say that Romney would be significantly better. -Paul
[2012-08-30 10:07:25] - a: Hmmm, frankly, I have to agree with the conclusion. I would think even most Democrats would agree that Obama has shown very little desire (in talk or action) to govern as if "the powers of the federal government are few and defined". -Paul
[2012-08-30 09:51:04] - a: It sounds like the disagreement is in the second premise, which was not in your logical statement: "the current president has exceeded the few and defined powers". -- Xpovos
[2012-08-30 09:44:39] - agree: "The powers of the federal government are few and defined." disagree conclusion: "There's only one option left. We have to have a new president." ~a
[2012-08-30 09:14:33] - a: Which particular conclusions? -Paul
[2012-08-30 00:07:35] - well, like most of the time when i hear republicans speak, i find myself agreeing with what they say, but disagreeing with their conclusions. ~a
[2012-08-29 23:39:19] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/08/29/rand-paul-excites-divides-rnc-crowd rand paul's speech to RNC. thoughts? - mig
[2012-08-29 20:34:57] - well i'll be honest he gets points for referencing his own meme. - mig
[2012-08-29 17:08:23] - so far the top-voted questions are regarding internet freedom, student loans, the space program and the "revolving door" of congressmen/lobbyists -- but there are some questions about guantanemo and the drug war buried further down. kudos to reddit for not harping on the issues i assumed they would - aaron
[2012-08-29 16:57:25] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/president-obama-hits-reddit-on-ask-me-anything/2012/08/29/60ead39c-f1f1-11e1-892d-bc92fee603a7_story.html reddit went down from the influx of traffic after president obama stopped by for an "ask me anything" - aaron
[2012-08-29 16:18:44] - aaron: that makes his comment even more silly, then. - mig
[2012-08-29 16:12:40] - mig: according to http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2012/08/29/abc-news-romneys-happy-have-party-when-black-people-drown (linked to by the politico article) RNC cancelled the entirety of monday's program - aaron
[2012-08-29 16:11:52] - mig: Honestly, the comments make it sound like this guy has already made up his mind about Romney (and the Republican party) and so I'm not sure anything he could've done would have changed his mind. -Paul
[2012-08-29 15:37:40] - What does he want Romney to do? Cancel the convention? Personally go to the coastal areas and physically set up flood levies himself? - mig
[2012-08-29 15:35:53] - Though I can see why some people would find Chalian's remarks more offensive than Kanye West's. At least West could make a case that Bush, as president of the US, did a shitty job managing the response to Hurricane Katrina. - mig
[2012-08-29 15:33:14] - And I agree that the firing is an overreaction, but I'm not exactly sympathetic to Chalian either. He should be smart enough to realize when his mic is live or not. - mig
[2012-08-29 15:29:30] - aaron: well as ~a said, if the remarks are available for public consumption, it doesn't matter if the conversation was meant to be private or not. I know the cirumstances of those 2 quips were different, but the sentiments of those quips are pretty much the same (rich white repbulicans are indifferent to black people). - mig
[2012-08-29 15:21:45] - but i guess that doesn't really change anything about what you said. ~a
[2012-08-29 15:20:43] - kanye's statements weren't on stage at a concert. ~a
[2012-08-29 15:10:28] - a: yeah, he was just fired to save face. yahoo's biggest demographic is people who don't know how to uninstall adware or toolbars, and i wouldn't be surprised if some of those people would be horrified to hear that a yahoo employee spoke ill of the republican party to their friends - aaron
[2012-08-29 15:08:31] - mig: i don't think it's really fair to compare a joke someone meant ot make in private to kanye's very public statements on stage at a concert.... but i guess i can understand the viewpoint that it's terrible to have people in power who privately make insensitive jokes - aaron
[2012-08-29 15:06:25] - his mic was hot. i didn't listen to the video, but i doubt they care that he was chatting with his employees; they care that the quip was broadcast. ~a
[2012-08-29 15:05:01] - mig: was he actually fired for a quip which was made to his fellow employees? wow, harsh! did they fire the other employees for laughing too? - aaron
[2012-08-29 14:42:36] - http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/yahoo-news-fires-david-chalian-source-133662.html MITT ROMNEY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE. The only thing missing was a stunned Mike Meyers. - mig
[2012-08-29 13:18:45] - mig: supposably the first article was first written by mother jones -> any printed magazine I expect to fact check... but I could be wrong... I know my lil sis was fact checking for an online magazine at one point... ~g
[2012-08-29 12:19:49] - g: I think you're holding article writers on the internet in too high regard if you're shocked by the lack of fact checking. - mig
[2012-08-29 12:01:48] - g: Fact checkers laid off due to recession and cutbacks? I dunno. I don't expect much from journalists. -- Xpovos
[2012-08-29 11:44:55] - xpovos: but ... fact checkers!!!! dont you think that before publishing something like that a fact checker would have to verify that it is indeed different from other states? ~g
[2012-08-29 11:34:19] - g: I'm guessing it was an article written by a woman who's never been pregnant, or a man who's never been involved with a pregnant women. As I said, on the surface, my first response was 'WTF? Really?'. Then later it was 'Oh, makes sense'. But between those two could be that article if the person was reading the bill with a "war on women" mindset. -- Xpovos
[2012-08-29 11:28:45] - xpovos: yea after reading the first I was wondering if for abortion clinics they dont use the standard gestational age... Because that seems like the whole crux of their argument, and it seems like they would fact check better than that... ~g
[2012-08-29 11:21:43] - g: For our first pregnancy the date from the last day of last menstruation seemed odd, but it does make a kind of logical sense for consistency if not 'reality', and consistency in medical matters is important. The other point is that, your second article is completely right, that's the medical standard used everywhere. Nothing new here. -- Xpovos
[2012-08-29 10:42:53] - and another article pointing out fallacies in the first http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/mother-jones-gets-facts-mixed-up-in-latest-abortion-article-and-why-it-matters/ ~g
[2012-08-29 10:37:50] - There are 3 1 star reviews for Cards Against Humanity I think they are all jokes... ~g
[2012-08-29 10:37:28] - http://www.examiner.com/article/new-law-arizona-states-pregnancy-begins-two-weeks-before-conception?fb_comment_id=fbc_10151017873895264_23845859_101510251006952 ~g
[2012-08-29 10:21:54] - paul: yeah there was a reddit thread of the best ones, let me see if I can find it... no, I don't know how to search for it. the tuscan whole milk and the three wolf moon shirt both have some funny reviews though - vinnie
[2012-08-28 17:38:06] - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57502010-1/amazon-reviewers-skewer-froufrou-bic-pens-for-women/ I didn't know it had become a "thing" to post snarky reviews on amazon, but now I am intrigued. -Paul
[2012-08-28 13:37:29] - xpovos: well, i don't know -- "marginalizing rape?" whatever people think it's doing - aaron
[2012-08-28 13:36:17] - aaron: How is this implying rape is OK? -- Xpovos
[2012-08-28 13:18:34] - i mean i think the situation where the public is reacting to his implication that rape is OK is interesting... but i'd have rather just read an article about it - aaron
[2012-08-28 13:15:29] - g: i didn't say i thought the poster was in agreement, just that they must have thought it was interesting. personally i didn't even find it interesting - aaron
[2012-08-28 13:02:49] - Lundy worked with Lori at Univ. of Pheonix she was at some parties with us. I signed her petition to stay in the US... ~g
[2012-08-28 13:02:17] - You guys remember her? http://reason.com/blog/2012/08/28/lundy-khoy-barely-escaped-pol-pots-purge ~g
[2012-08-28 12:54:03] - mig: I am not disagreeing with you about the author over reacting. I read this on facebook and the first comment was about how it is accurate to call it a form on conception and I found that a valid enough point to post it here... ~g
[2012-08-28 12:41:41] - g: I'll be honest, I can see that viewing it that way up to a point, but I think the author is hyper-ventilating way too much about it. - mig
[2012-08-28 12:41:24] - aaron: I do think its interesting that you assumed the poster was in agreement... I more thought it was interesting and wanted to see people's reactions. ~g
[2012-08-28 12:39:31] - aaron: I posted it anonymously, I more was wondering what peoples reactions were than anything else. Although I do think that it is callous while accurate to describe Rape as a method of conception. ~g
[2012-08-28 12:38:04] - And you know what, it wouldn't surprise me if Slansky didn't even bother to watch the video. - mig
[2012-08-28 12:36:15] - disgustingly insensitive). Of course, he didn't say that, but it's election season, so manufactured outrage is needed to spice up the campaigns. - mig
[2012-08-28 12:35:08] - aaron: the title of the video referenced in the article: "Paul Ryan: Rape just another method of conception". Some more liberal outlets have used this tagline as well. The addition of "just" is of course deliberate, meant to imply that Ryan actually said the tagline itself (and if he had, there would be no dissagreement that his remarks would have been ...
[2012-08-28 12:20:09] - I've been guilty of some anonymous rabble-rousing, and abortion is one of 'my' topics, so I feel the need to clarify: this particular anonymous wasn't me. I haven't watched the video, but I think I'm familiar with the interview. I don't see anything in it as insensitive or controversial. I do think Akin's comments were abhorrent, just FYI. -- Xpovos
[2012-08-28 12:05:55] - mig: well whoever anonymously posted the article obviously thought slansky's rant was worth repeating, so there must be something to it i'm not seeing - aaron
[2012-08-28 12:03:02] - aaron: /shrug. I think slansky was trying to imply that there was some subtle subtext to the whole "method of coneption" thing, that maybe Ryan was subtly "approving" or making light of rape or something like that. - mig
[2012-08-28 12:01:30] - if his statement had been like, "the method of conception, however horrible it may be, does not change the definition of life" ... would that be less offensive? because i thought it was kind of implied in his statement, that he was saying "even if it's concieved in a horrible circumstance it's still life" - aaron
[2012-08-28 11:58:42] - a: was it one of those "how he said it" things? why did you find it disgustingly insensitive? - aaron
[2012-08-28 11:58:38] - Nina: http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/28/opinion/bennett-diverse-convention/index.html I don't know if you are still on the message board, but I thought of you when I saw this article.
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