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a small problem, do you wish for said banks to be run by people who are only worth 30k?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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They already are.
It's just that they get paid a huge amount more than they are worth...
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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the problem is that that is your oppinion not that of the people doing the recruiting,
we have created a enviroment of corporate greed as a standard and yet we are amazed that those who run the big corps are greedy!
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I rather wish that the banks would be ran by people taking responsibility for their actions.
Hmm i wonder why its doing that......ARGHS NO STOP, ROLLBACK ROLLBACK...F*** That's how i learned to "Always Backup"!!
Dogs are man's best Friend,
Cats are man's adorable little serial killer
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Well dont hold your breath on that, to get to that level you usually neeed to be a a**hole of the highest order and usually expert at blaming others.
espically now you have the US Corporate template for CEO and CFO
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Mendor81 wrote: socialism
I wonder about the interpretation of communism, socialism and social.
Social is a word that first appeared with the word "liberal". Liberal meant that every one should be able to find the way in the society he wanted to work for. The more hard you work - the more you got. Social was one aspect of being liberal. That meant the "strong" has to care for the "weak" (not go give him everything, but so that the weak was able to get stronger and work for his own). It's based on the principles of knighthood.
Socialism was an idea (never invented in reality) by Karl Marx. He said that every one should care for everybody else. Everyone should habe the same rights and everyone should have everything he needed to life. The basic idea was a good one I think, but it can never work (so the idea is a bad one I think).
Communism is the socialism in reality. The idea of "everone is same" will be changed to "everyone without power is same and everyone with power is more same". So some people do all the work and some people get all the profits. Communism is also oppressive.
So the question is, why do people think that a health care is socialism or communism? It's of course regulation and control by the government, but it's not communism. In communism no health care is needed, because no one has to pay the doctor.
Well, health care can even be capitalism. Why? Because the workers are healthier and so the productivity can grow. A good health care could lead to a higher gross national product, more taxes and could fund itself.
But that's the problem perhaps in US and even in Europe (where a health care exists in most coutries) - the most ideas are not good, because the are made by politicians and most politicians can't handle any money.
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Grandma Levy finally talked her niece, who lived a riotous life, into joining temple.
"Tell me, Rabbi," Grandma Levy asked, "will my niece have her sins forgiven after all her years of reckless living?"
"Yes, of course. Remember: the greater the number of sins, the greater the glory." Grandma Levy groaned.
"Really, Rabbi? I sure wish I'd known that fifty years ago!" 
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How do I take my coffee? Black as midnight on a moonless night.
War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.
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Here, have a virtual 5!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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So then, your criminals found other ways to kill you - edged weapons. Now they want your sharp-pointed kitchen knives. I wonder when they're going to want you to not even get out of bed in order to keep you "safe".
No Knives For You![^]
Meanwhile, here in the US, the FBI has released statistics that show that most violent crimes are committed with baseball bats. I'm sure it won't be long before baseball bats won't be available for purchase by the public (or the BATFE will classify them as title 2 weapons, and you'll have to pay for a $200 tax stamp in order to own one).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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It never happened. That call was in 2005.
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That news story is 7 and half years old.
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Until the last few years, the vast majority of baseball bats sold in the UK were sold in Northern Ireland, which had, to my knowledge, not a single baseball team.
The presence of baseball bats in the UK is evidence of US cultural imperialism - in my younger days British thugs made do with pickaxe handles
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V. wrote: a redneck is ALWAYS armed, even if there is no noticeable weapon on person
That's just their breath - it doesn't count! 
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Meanwhile, here in the US, the FBI has released statistics that show that most violent crimes are committed with baseball bats. I'm sure it won't be long before baseball bats won't be available for purchase by the public (or the BATFE will classify them as title 2 weapons, and you'll have to pay for a $200 tax stamp in order to own one).
Did you know that the chance to be killed by a weapon rises significantly, when you bring you own weapon to protect yourself against raids?
And: Yes! I'm totally against the banning of weapons!
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How do I take my coffee? Black as midnight on a moonless night.
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The chance of dying of cancer increases significantly if you visit the doctor to ask whether or nor that big lump growing on you is cancerous; might make you think twice about visiting the doctor after all.
I thought most people around here knew about the whole correlation != causation thing.
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jesarg wrote: I thought most people around here knew about the whole correlation != causation thing.
Well, your example isn't the same. It would be if the chance of dying of cancer would correlate with a doctors visit. Of course if you believe in dying of cancer the chance increases.
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People who don't have strange growths on themselves don't visit the doctor to ask if the strange growths are cancerous. But if you do have a strange growth, then it's good to visit the doctor, even though it puts you into the "visiting the doctor for a strange growth" category, which is a category of people likely to die of cancer.
People who live in safe areas don't buy self defense weapons often. But if you live in a dangerous, violent area, then buying a self defense weapon is a good idea, despite it putting you into the category of "people who bought a self defense weapon", which is a category of people likely to die a violent death.
People who don't go space walking in outer space don't put on space suits. But if you are space walking in outer space, it's a good idea to put on a space suit, even though it puts you into the category of "people who put on space suits", which is a category of people likely to die in an orbital re-entry accident.
The rule of thumb is to do stuff that makes sense for you, not do stuff based on statistics with simple correlations.
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Isn't it the other way round? If you visit the doctor, there is a chance of treating the cancer. If you don't, you'll definintely die of it.
For the record, my position on guns (or any weapons of self defense) is close to John's. (*close to*, because I'm not really sure of his views...)
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Yes, if you visit the doctor, there's a chance of the cancer being treated. But the vast majority of people who don't visit the doctor for cancer don't have cancer, so if you're in that category, you're unlikely to die of cancer.
Also, trying to decrease your chance of dying of cancer by statistically associating yourself with non-cancerous people when you do have cancer is a really bad idea, but it's the right thing to do if you base your decisions on correlation statistics.
See my post above.
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Statistics and probability were never my strong points... I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. 
I suppose it is like the joke about carrying a bomb whenever you fly, because the probability of *two* bombs on the plane is one in so many billions.
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On the 11th, you said
I thought most people around here knew about the whole correlation != causation
thing.
Today's Dilbert[^]
You must be either Scott Adams or an oversleeper.
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I could also be part of a plot to brainwash the internet into believing in logic, and Scott Adams and oversleepers are co-conspirators in the master plan.
It could also be an interesting coincidence, but that wouldn't be any fun.
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Funny that you should mention baseball bats 
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?”
― H.R.H. Prince Philip
(those of you who disagree, see my sig.)
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I'd ban cricket tomorrow!
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