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"That's an example of what's often missing today in dealing with the IndigNation. These people are offended and outraged and so politicians and journalists respond by trying not to further offend or enrage them. As though that were possible. Indignation is their raison d'etre. They will take offense whether or not it is given. There is no point trying not to offend them. There is no point in trying not to make them angry.
An appropriate response isn't to be more offended or more offensive, but it should involve going on the offense. The IndigNationalists are behaving shamefully and it is appropriate and necessary to point that out to them. It's our duty to point that out to them."
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"16) There is such a thing as too much animation. Just because *flash* your powerpoint *fly in* can do it *underline* doesn't mean *wave like a flag* that it SHOULD *spin*. Also, if you have animations, know where they are so they don't catch you by surprise and make it obvious to everyone that you're giving a talk that was actually written by your post-doc."
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"Players can be thought of as "routes" through the network. The implication of Braess's Paradox is that removing the best player can sometimes improve a team's performance, a phenomenon Skinner calls the Ewing Paradox. "
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An excellent introduction to Fourier series.
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"This was circulated anonymously by e-mail among a group of my colleagues.
I asked, and got tracked back to the author who, I am informed, would like to see it out there and with his name on it.It is, I am assured, a true story. Some of you should be able to figure out the topic and journal and hence the counterparties... "
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""Don't worry about what kind of shape your suit is in," said CNBC president Mark Hoffman, who explained that his network's studio has an iron and some old phone books that people can press their jackets on. "Just come on down, run a comb through your hair, and if you're here by 8 a.m., we'll have you on Squawk Box at 8:15 making stock picks. But don't forget your suit!""
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"Block Island [is] the largest meteorite we've ever found on another planet, which is impressive in its own right. But what we learn from this is even more impressive. You see, Mars' atmosphere, the way it is right now, isn't thick enough to allow meteorites this large to land: "
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"My first reaction after Big Trouble's goofily violent 99 minutes was that I really wish I had seen it when it came out. If I had, I could probably look at it 20 years later with genuine fondness, and have that strange experience where you communicate with your younger self and say, "You loved that movie with all of your heart? Remember how seriously you took it? What were you thinking, you little knucklehead?" (And then give yourself noogies.) "
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Due to work stuff, I'm very busy this week, and I don't have time to write a detailed
pathological language post, so I chose something that doesn't take a lot of explanation, but
While browser over at programming.reddit.com, I came across something simultaneously hideous and amazing.
I saw it at Julie's.
"American Music," the Violent Femmes
"California Stars," Billy Bragg and Wilco
"The City of New Orleans," Arlo Guthrie
"Song to Woody," Bob Dylan
"The Body of an American," the Pogues
removing the best player can sometimes improve a team's performance Therefore, removing all a team's better players will vastly improve a team, hence diversity. The University of Michigan opened its doors wide to every unqualified applicant - with full scholarships - while tossing the objectively qualified back as the trash they are. U/M is now the nation's preeminant educational institution, with 80 self-image support departments.
How'd you get up there?
It wasn't easy.