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[2000-08-04 10:22:00] - yes . . . those things lead to qualifications  ~a

[2000-08-04 10:22:00] - Ideally, the employer would choose the employee that would best benefit the company (mix of intelligence, skill and good work ethic) -Paul

[2000-08-04 10:22:00] - i think intelligence isn't the question, paul, it is qualifications  ~a

[2000-08-04 10:21:00] - then it is his choice -Paul

[2000-08-04 10:21:00] - I think the decision to hire is entirely up to the employer. If he wants to hire the stupidest white person over an infinitely smarter minority

[2000-08-04 10:20:00] - ~a

[2000-08-04 10:20:00] - i am useless

[2000-08-04 10:20:00] - because if i know a lot about the theory of programming and computer science and all the languages of the world but i have never seen a computer,

[2000-08-04 10:20:00] - if qualifications are all that matter, then why do your bosses and coworkers think that you are the greatest think since sliced bread?

[2000-08-04 10:18:00] - are what matter  ~a

[2000-08-04 10:18:00] - no . . . i disagree . . . intelligence doesn't matter if you are not willing to work; that is my biggest problem . . . lazyness . . . qualifications

[2000-08-04 10:17:00] - program better than most of the other students.  intelligence matters.

[2000-08-04 10:17:00] - ad, that's not the point.  qualifications don't mean anything.  you know that.  you may not have the highest gpa in the cs dept, but you can still ...

[2000-08-04 10:14:00] - with more qualifications or less?  ~a

[2000-08-04 10:14:00] - and hardworking.  shouldn't they be able to get the job then?

[2000-08-04 10:14:00] - yes, but what if this particular immigrant came from an inner city area where they didn't have as many oppurtunities, but they still are intelligent..

[2000-08-04 10:13:00] - or her ~a

[2000-08-04 10:13:00] - fuck him  ~a

[2000-08-04 10:13:00] - if the minority has more qualifications than paul then it is the job of the employer to hire the minority - if the employer is a racist bastard then

[2000-08-04 10:12:00] - if a minority that has less qualifications than paul, the minority shouldn't get the job  ~a

[2000-08-04 10:12:00] - no, helping them isn't wrong, but discriminating against paul is  ~a

[2000-08-04 10:11:00] - look, it's a known fact that even if minorities are smart, it's harder for them to procede in life because of discrimination.  is helping them wrong?

[2000-08-04 10:10:00] - Thank you, much better then I could have put it -Paul

[2000-08-04 10:10:00] - *compensated

[2000-08-04 10:10:00] - paul didn't do anything to discriminate against anyone, why should he have to be comensated against?  ~a

[2000-08-04 10:09:00] - Who's being racist? The government? -Paul

[2000-08-04 10:08:00] - but paul is not discrimiating anyone

[2000-08-04 10:08:00] - How does this affect politics? -Paul

[2000-08-04 10:08:00] - s not like i'm talking about retribution for ancient dealings.  i'm talking about compensation for what's happening now.

[2000-08-04 10:07:00] - why does it matter?

[2000-08-04 10:07:00] - you're lucky then.  it still happens a lot paul.  it

[2000-08-04 10:07:00] - No, I can't say that I have -Paul

[2000-08-04 10:02:00] - against you

[2000-08-04 10:01:00] - Against me or against someone else? -Paul

[2000-08-04 10:01:00] - My point is that it's not a libertarian economic policy, it's called a conservative economic policy. I'm just being anal, ignore that point

[2000-08-04 10:00:00] - have you ever had to face racism?

[2000-08-04 09:59:00] - Although I don't think it would be wise to argue with you on these points since I get the feeling I won't change your mind at all -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:58:00] - and bush is a republican.  what's your point?

[2000-08-04 09:57:00] - And it's not bush's policies that are like those of a libertarian, the republicans are economically conservative and so are libertarians. -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:56:00] - I just don't see why I should be punished for something that I didn't do and had no control over. That's what I call discrimination -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:54:00] - we disagree then -paul

[2000-08-04 09:53:00] - and bush's economic policies are very similar to those of a libertatian.

[2000-08-04 09:52:00] - not really no.  considering how much crap everybody else has had to take for the past 300 years, affirmative action is nothing.  -  aba

[2000-08-04 09:50:00] - How does bush's policies benefit libertarians? Also, don't you think it's a bit unfair for whites to be discriminated against? -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:48:00] - um, i'm not white.  and i'm not libertarian.

[2000-08-04 09:46:00] - We're not much different.... How does Gore's policies help you more then bush's? -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:43:00] - do they benifit me?

[2000-08-04 09:43:00] -  maybe for you.  none of his policies benefit me in any way shape or form.

[2000-08-04 09:42:00] -  ~adrian

[2000-08-04 09:42:00] - CAPS are better

[2000-08-04 09:40:00] - soy is better

[2000-08-04 09:40:00] - But I just gotta say that Bush is looking a helluva lot better as a candidate then Gore is right now -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:39:00] - of the doubt -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:39:00] - I'm not trying to say that they're sincere, I have some beef with the republicans too... I just try to keep an open mind and give people the benefit

[2000-08-04 09:38:00] - i guess we'll see, no?

[2000-08-04 09:36:00] - I don't see it as saying it is something they're not, I see it as them trying to become something they're not -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:35:00] - no, they are against immigrants in general and the republican right has many racist members. they're trying to say they're something that they're not.

[2000-08-04 09:33:00] -  ~adrian

[2000-08-04 09:31:00] - Good job Adrian, all you need to do now is fix this annoying bug that gets rid of all the capital letters -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:30:00] - i fixed up "show all messages" at the bottom of the page  ~adrian

[2000-08-04 09:30:00] - Minority friendly... You mean issues like Affirmative Action? -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:27:00] - no, that's not why.  i'm upset because they were trying to look all minority friendly, when they're not, and that's an issue that matters to me. - aba

[2000-08-04 09:27:00] - Nothing good can come of supporting minorities eh? -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:20:00] - You're just upset because Bush put the verbal smackdown on your man Gore -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:19:00] - Hurray for Adrian the hero! -Paul

[2000-08-04 09:19:00] - the republican convention was pure minority pr.  nothing good can come of it.    -  aba

[2000-08-04 09:00:00] - closet was making a loud "electrical" noise; found a flashlight and turned the breaker switch    ~adrian

[2000-08-04 08:56:00] - there was no power in the office this morning and i was all alone and i have a fear of high voltages (due to 120v 300v and 500v shocks) and the power

[2000-08-04 08:55:00] - part of it  ~adrian

[2000-08-04 08:04:00] - Did anyone watch the Republican Convention (and Bush's Speech) last night? -Paul

[2000-08-03 19:30:00] - And I agree that CAPs should be turned back on! -Paul

[2000-08-03 19:30:00] - Xpovos! You're input was sorely missed during the Libertarianism vs Socialism debates! -Paul

[2000-08-03 18:59:00] - already used one in the actual message. Xpovos

[2000-08-03 18:59:00] - But at least I got a good laugh at all the new versions of the message board...  One of my posts turned into almost nothing but fucks, seeing as I'd

[2000-08-03 18:53:00] - And you turned off the damn caps again! GRRR! Xpovos

[2000-08-03 18:46:00] - Fuck it... There is no way in hell I'm going to read all these posts.  Why do you guys always have the long drawn out discussions when I'm at work?

[2000-08-03 17:15:00] - 10 for me! Hurray! -Paul

[2000-08-03 17:05:00] - goodnight moon

[2000-08-03 16:58:00] - yes $me eq "adrian"

[2000-08-03 16:51:00] - where me = adrian?

[2000-08-03 16:49:00] - not me

[2000-08-03 16:47:00] - everybody left  

[2000-08-03 16:34:00] - bya

[2000-08-03 16:33:00] - bye aaron  ~adrian

[2000-08-03 16:32:00] - I'm heading out now. Bye bye everybody. -Aaron

[2000-08-03 16:32:00] - O

[2000-08-03 16:31:00] - Gwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Hum.

[2000-08-03 16:31:00] - heeheeheehahahahohoho

[2000-08-03 16:29:00] - Ha ha ha ha ha

[2000-08-03 16:28:00] - heehee

[2000-08-03 16:27:00] - http://www.unirel.vt.edu/vthistoryquiz/images/hb.good.jpg  ~adrian

[2000-08-03 16:25:00] - my hokie bird looked bummed too - aba

[2000-08-03 16:23:00] - Woo. Good job. Did the hokie bird look happier? He looked pretty bummed out at my 3, and said "That's OK, they were Tricky!" -Aaron

[2000-08-03 16:22:00] - i got 8  ~adrian

[2000-08-03 16:17:00] - 3 being the number right received by me - Aaron

[2000-08-03 16:17:00] - I got 3, I win

[2000-08-03 16:14:00] - today is number one in posts.  yay us

[2000-08-03 16:13:00] - i only got 5 right.    -  aba

[2000-08-03 16:13:00] - http://www.unirel.vt.edu/vthistoryquiz/

[2000-08-03 16:10:00] - sounds like a very official title, hehe

[2000-08-03 16:09:00] - agnostic porter

[2000-08-03 16:09:00] - I gotta go home now, but I would love to discuss religion with any of you so feel free to IM me or email me! Later! -Paul

[2000-08-03 16:09:00] - yay

[2000-08-03 16:07:00] - Agnostic then Adrian -Paul

[2000-08-03 16:06:00] - We should have this AIM discussion on the Message board Dave -Paul

[2000-08-03 16:05:00] - politics

[2000-08-03 16:04:00] - if "religious" people are mean to "non-religious" people, than i daresay they aren't very "religious" -Dave

[2000-08-03 16:04:00] - i'm non-religious, just not an athiest - i think my stance on polotics and religion are the same - i don't care  ~adrian

[2000-08-03 16:04:00] - There was this funny quote on Seanbaby about atheists. I'll try and remember to paste it here when I get home

[2000-08-03 16:01:00] - t say anything bad to you you shouldn't say bad stuff to me

[2000-08-03 16:01:00] - if i don'

[2000-08-03 16:01:00] - that's great dave.  really.  i hate it when religious people are mean to us non-religious people.

[2000-08-03 15:58:00] - lol -dave

[2000-08-03 15:57:00] - Yes... Damn do-gooders -paul

[2000-08-03 15:57:00] - Let's all give a round of applause to Dave for being tolerant, a much desired trait! *Cheer* *Clap* -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:57:00] - boring eh? -Dave

[2000-08-03 15:56:00] - incidentally, i'm disgusted with people who go around telling atheist they're going to hell. -Dave

[2000-08-03 15:55:00] - That's a great quote, people in Heaven are most likely boring.... People in hell would be more exciting -paul

[2000-08-03 15:54:00] - party

[2000-08-03 15:54:00] - does that mean i can tell you that since you dont' care about me? =)  -Dave

[2000-08-03 15:54:00] - i'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints the sinners are much moer fun

[2000-08-03 15:54:00] - I think the key is to not care. I don't believe in a hell so it's like someone telling me I'm going to Candy Land because I'm an athiest -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:53:00] - You can tell me that I'm going to hell, I wouldn't mind. At least I would be with people that know how to party! -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:53:00] - well, it just gets frustrating especially when you have heard it from people you really care about.  i just hate it when people think it is new to me.

[2000-08-03 15:53:00] - i apologize for them -dave

[2000-08-03 15:52:00] - then you must talked to some pretty rude people. i don't think i would ever say that ;-( -dave

[2000-08-03 15:52:00] - I know I'm going to hell, for more reasons then being an athiest -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:51:00] - Way to big to post here but I can IM it to people if you ask me nicely -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:51:00] - if you're going to tell me taht i am going to go to hell for being an atheist, don't bother.  i've heard it manymany times before.

[2000-08-03 15:51:00] - Actually, I have a good quote that answers that exact question (since Athiest get asked that a lot) -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:49:00] - Depends, male or female athiest? -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:48:00] - to have fun of course! stupid dave! hehe -Dave

[2000-08-03 15:47:00] - so what's the goal in life for an atheist? -Dave

[2000-08-03 15:47:00] - atheist eh?

[2000-08-03 15:45:00] - hehe - that was me testing the "lock" script  <cough>dork</cough>    ~adrian

[2000-08-03 15:44:00] - And a DM -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:44:00] - I don't think he wanted to And I wouldn't mind so long as there are more the two player characters -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:43:00] - we should run a game with like just you, me adrian, travis and pierce or something like that

[2000-08-03 15:43:00] - travis doesn't want to dm anymore?

[2000-08-03 15:43:00] - it means asfd

[2000-08-03 15:42:00] - Unfortunately we are lacking a DM..... (What does asfd mean?) -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:41:00] - we have plenty of things in common.  we are both sci fi geeks.  yay for d&d!  

[2000-08-03 15:41:00] - asfd

[2000-08-03 15:40:00] - Oh.... It's about the only thing we have in common it appears... -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:40:00] - Oh.... everyone stopped talking.... We must beat the record! Someone say something! -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:40:00] - no, it was the comment about finally being on the same side

[2000-08-03 15:36:00] - About hinduism that is, not everything... -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:36:00] - Is it my comment on not knowing anything about Hinduism? Because I really don't know much... -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:35:00] - Uh... Appearantly so.... What did I say? -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:34:00] - so . . . you say funny things all the time on accident

[2000-08-03 15:32:00] - What's funny? I didn't mean to say anything funny.... -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:31:00] - funny paul

[2000-08-03 15:30:00] - Except for the Hindu part..... I dunno enough about Hinduism..... -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:30:00] - I take it that was Aparna.... At least we could argue on the same side for once -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:29:00] - Yes. And Orsen Wells played Unicron -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:29:00] - i am an atheist.  a hindu one to boot.

[2000-08-03 15:29:00] - Nimoy played the voice of Galvatron in Transformers: The Movie.

[2000-08-03 15:27:00] - Or better yet, a religious one. Any Catholics in here? -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:27:00] - Hmmm, someone start another political conversation then -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:26:00] - almost made it to the record (we are 390/440)

[2000-08-03 15:25:00] - -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:24:00] -

[2000-08-03 15:23:00] - I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.... I just don't see the glaring difference... -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:22:00] -

[2000-08-03 15:20:00] - Especially with their money.... *Ahem* -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:19:00] - Since that's where democrats and libertarians get along -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:19:00] - yeah, people should be able to have the choice of doing most things

[2000-08-03 15:19:00] - I think we agree on personal government stuff though -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:18:00] - I make a new vow, never argue politics with socialists -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:18:00] - i disagree with you a lot economically

[2000-08-03 15:18:00] - Ah, ha! Then we cannot agree.... It is impossible -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:18:00] - etc... etc... STUPIDEST POWER EVER...Sure, he can drive fast, but then what -- bump into somebody until they surrender to the police?

[2000-08-03 15:17:00] - sorry paul

[2000-08-03 15:17:00] - Funny stuff -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:17:00] - hot?

[2000-08-03 15:17:00] - socialist  

[2000-08-03 15:17:00] - moo.  i am back.  -  aba

[2000-08-03 15:17:00] - Once upon a time, teenager Bret Matthews was fused with his jazzy red sports car. Now, whenever he gets hot, he turns into a car.

[2000-08-03 15:16:00] - Sooner than sooner, you mean - Paul

[2000-08-03 15:16:00] - I am rebuilding that page so it might come sooner then soon! -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:15:00] - Oh... -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:15:00] - i am not sure how far scalars go . . . they might be infinite  ~adrian

[2000-08-03 15:15:00] - I said that and your reviews page - Aaron - The one which reviewed T2 sooner - Aaron

[2000-08-03 15:14:00] - Who said that and what reviews page? -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:12:00] - YAY THank you Paul!

[2000-08-03 15:12:00] - Hey Paul! I liked your reviews page.

[2000-08-03 15:12:00] - This is for Aaron... http://www.dailyradar.com/dh/index.shtml -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:11:00] - And we should embiggen your vocabulary choices if we are to significantly increasify the average characters per line.  -Aaron

[2000-08-03 15:10:00] - How big does a scalar go?

[2000-08-03 15:10:00] - it isn't a "long" . . . this is perl . . . it is a "scalar"

[2000-08-03 15:10:00] - ok -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:09:00] - hang on.  my boss is talking to me.  brb.  -  aba

[2000-08-03 15:08:00] - Lemme ask you this then, would you prefer living in a libertarian society or a socialist one if those were the only two options? -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:08:00] - Yeah! If you sign your name BACKWARDS, it reduces by one! No that could be bad. What if your name is bob?

[2000-08-03 15:08:00] - Well in 4294967227 more messages you can have 69 again.... Unless it's a "long"...?

[2000-08-03 15:07:00] - i'll write a script to fix it  ~adrian

[2000-08-03 15:07:00] - damn  ~adrian

[2000-08-03 15:07:00] - Ah. Here's the message that did it: "diplomacy designed to prevent things -adrian" - Aaron

[2000-08-03 15:06:00] - that won't work

[2000-08-03 15:06:00] - Oh no! Maybe you can sign it in reverse to fix it somehow. -nairda

[2000-08-03 15:05:00] - but allas, i must have forgotton once, cause i am at 70 now    ~adrian

[2000-08-03 15:05:00] - thank you aaron, i appreciate it  ~adrian

[2000-08-03 15:05:00] - I didn't REALLY sign your name. I was so smart not to screw up your sexual statistic situation.

[2000-08-03 15:04:00] - aaron, no impersonating me (only paul)  ~adrian

[2000-08-03 15:04:00] - Heh heh heh. -Aaron

[2000-08-03 15:04:00] - Except they wouldn't be rich anymore because they would be paying for the poor -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:03:00] - hey!

[2000-08-03 15:03:00] - In a socialist system they would be... -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:03:00] - ad? -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:03:00] - Boy what a dumb story. Stop talking, Aaron. ~adrian

[2000-08-03 15:02:00] - because rich people will not be paying for you

[2000-08-03 15:02:00] - And then you had really horny people or stupid people with acros like "vagina wet is good" and they would get votes from other horny stupid people

[2000-08-03 15:02:00] - My question to you is why work hard and make money to live a decent life if you can slack off and let rich people pay for it for you? -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:02:00] - Um well this isn't going anywhere but basically the capitalizers would always get votes because capital letters are bigger. -Aaron

[2000-08-03 15:02:00] - i am stupid too!  me me me!  ~adrian

[2000-08-03 15:02:00] - no, paul, i wasn't bringing ad into this, i was bringing in your wording

[2000-08-03 15:01:00] - ... They always had pretty good answers, and capitalized well. Then the intellectual riffraff, and they were lame, and didn't capitalize. -Aaron

[2000-08-03 15:01:00] - There was this game called Acrophobia which was like online Balderdash, but the problem was, you had the intellectual borgeouisie... -aaron

[2000-08-03 15:01:00] - But some people are better at certain things then other people -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:00:00] - Are people equal? Depends on what you mean by equal... No one should be considered better then another person -Paul

[2000-08-03 15:00:00] - pssst. the key to talking about politics is to rant and rave about nothing in particular and sound like you know what you're saying ; - ) -Dave

[2000-08-03 15:00:00] - Thank you paul! Capital letters is something that EVERYBODY can talk about. I have an interesting tangent to that. - Aaron

[2000-08-03 14:59:00] - I'm not trying to drag Adrian in this, but I'm trying to make a point. What's best for everyone and what's fair is two very different things <i>-Paul<

[2000-08-03 14:59:00] - The more you guys talk about politics the stupider I feel, because all I know about his how to mess with MS Calculator program - Aaron

[2000-08-03 14:59:00] - -Dave

[2000-08-03 14:59:00] - people are not equal paul?

[2000-08-03 14:59:00] - i was gonna say the same thing about the irs, but i think that it takes a lot less manpower to do spot-checks and audits than everyone's taxes

[2000-08-03 14:59:00] - But it's not fair to those who want to display caps and put forth the effort to type them in -Paul

[2000-08-03 14:59:00] - Take this message board for instance, Adrian's removal of the ability to write in CAPS is a socilist thing, it makes people equal -Paul

[2000-08-03 14:58:00] - It WOULD make a lot of sense, true... -Paul

[2000-08-03 14:58:00] - big

[2000-08-03 14:57:00] - every = ever

[2000-08-03 14:57:00] - Yeah, and what if all these IRS audit people, instead of auditing, their job was to do our taxes for us! That would be sensical.

[2000-08-03 14:57:00] - Because in socialsim, in theory, no one is every in poverty or goes hungry... -Paul

[2000-08-03 14:57:00] - but you know, for all that i've said about flat tax......<shrug>....what we have now works. -Dave

[2000-08-03 14:56:00] - If we go by what is best for everybody, socialism is definitely the way to go -Paul

[2000-08-03 14:56:00] - If we had flat tax....where would their jobs go? heheh -Dave

[2000-08-03 14:56:00] - Hehehe _apul = -Paul

[2000-08-03 14:55:00] - I don't assume it's the best for everybody, I go by what I think is fair _apul

[2000-08-03 14:55:00] - paul but you are looking at somebody with a good education in a fairly rich area

[2000-08-03 14:55:00] - maybe that's it....the reason we dont' have simpler tax code is because of all those extremely well paid lobbyists from those companies =) -Dave

[2000-08-03 14:55:00] - And it's not that hard, as long as you are willing to work hard -Paul

[2000-08-03 14:54:00] - the biggest problem i have with you paul is that you assume that what's best for the middle class is best for everybody

[2000-08-03 14:54:00] - If you can get CALC to try squaring numbers up past like 10e+160000 it takes a long time and gives you warning messages. - Aaron

[2000-08-03 14:54:00] - True, I don't know what poverty is, but I Have been working since I was in 7th grade so I know how to make money -Paul

[2000-08-03 14:53:00] - if you had to live day-to-day with it (not nec in it) for an extended period of time, you would understand

[2000-08-03 14:53:00] - The biggest complaint that I have against Nader is that his solution to all these "problems" are socialist solutions, which I think is wrong -Paul

[2000-08-03 14:53:00] - You can hire people to do taxes for you here but no! That sounds like a good gov't thing. Then the IRS could audit themselves sometimes. -Aaron

[2000-08-03 14:53:00] - and i'm not assuming

[2000-08-03 14:53:00] - no, i was talking about paul

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