chilaxe
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Birthdate: January 1st, 1980 (28 years old)
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I have a background in cognitive science, and I enjoy economics and mixed martial arts.
Be a life-long learner and all doors will open to you :)
Be a life-long learner and all doors will open to you :)
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Favorite Sift: VNV Nation - illusion By Andy Huang
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Favorite Sift: VNV Nation - illusion By Andy Huang
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And I'm happy to have a nice intellectual conversation. It's one of the reasons I come visit the Sift. Make sure you read all my latest comments before replying (there are a lot of new ones in that thread) because I don't think I was fully understanding what you were trying to say until I looked at jwray's comment.
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Thanks for the continuing discussion, I've quite appreciated your comments on the sift in the past
Standard oil was a governmentally funded monopoly. The initial competitor to gasoline was alcohol, and alcohol was made completely illegal during prohibition.
Still, before John Rockefeller, people were lighting their homes with whale oil. Oil was a nuisance, people didn't even know you could use it for anything. John Rockefeller drastically improved the lives of millions of people. This says nothing of the practices of the foundation that bears his name.
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Is it really accurate to say this has "nothing to do with free-market capitalism?"
http://happy.videosift.com/talk/Thinker247-Is-Now-Thinker101-1
</sarcasm>But SRSLY, what's your problem with eyes glazed over????/<sarcasm/>
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Lol. Games are for recreation, not for making your eyes glaze over.
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Stupid Yahtzee.
Signature Analysis and Signature Focusing OBVIOUSLY refer to operating targeting systems at 5% improved targeting speed per skill level and advanced understanding of target painting technology with 5% bonus to target painter modules' signature radius multiplier per skill level respectively. It's implied in the name of the skill, DUMBASS. srsly.
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>> ^deedub81:
I see your point, but the humor of the situation derives from that the GOP's main argument up until a week ago was that experience was the most important issue for a presidential ticket.
We do this style because we want to, not because there is money involved.
You have to train in an art to understand it, and its all about finding the right school. I advocate Cross training, but I am just a 6th kyu.
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Thanks for taking my questioning in good spirit; I do agree with you guys on a number of points.
If there are any videos of Aikido applied in real situations, not just collusion sped up, I would be interested in seeing them. I searched for Tomiki Aikido and just found YouTube videos that are collusive or not resembling realistic struggle (e.g., e.g.2), which is fine, but just not what I'm looking for.
After the first UFCs, we didn't have to just take on faith the claims of different martial arts. The result was generally that in a 1 on 1 fight, an unarmed combatant not trained to defend against take downs and submissions was relatively powerless (sometimes humorously so) against the ground game of brazilian ju-jitu. Since then, strikers have become more well-rounded in that respect and have been more successful.
The claims that non-collusive sparring can't be done using Aikido without hurting the opponent too badly can be tested easily against a mixed martial artist willing to risk broken arms, wrists, fingers etc. (he won't think it's much of a risk). I believe this issue is only going to grow, as mixed martial arts is growing rapidly, with viewership of the monthly UFC events eclipsing boxing and sometimes even baseball viewership among the under 40 generation.
Isn't it a good cause to encourage Aikido to back up its claims, or to utilize more realistic sparring? UFC champs become millionaires, so there does seem to be ample incentive to participate.
Thanks again; I understand you guys are very experienced, so I have found your responses interesting.
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Would these really work in non-sport settings? In the first form he blocks a strike and has time to get in 3 strikes while his opponent remains frozen in time
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Thanks Laura, I thought it would have been a shame for it to languish in the pqueue
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*promote,
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Perhaps reinstall Firefox or do a system restore back to when it was working. Or try the open source version of word, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org
Also, if you keep your comments shorter and more to the point, there's a greater chance people will get through the whole thing
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{ps. anyone know of a good online spell checker? My firefox is buggerd and it spelled checked for me}
Hehe, thanks. The open office I can do, hard to keep my answers short though...im such a wind bag lol. Just been to lazy to install open office...now is as good a time as any.
That's fine to sift propaganda, but let us know in the description that it's not real news.
I agree. I look forward to CNN and FOX broadcasts about Iraq, Iran, Israel and Palestine being labelled as such.
Anybody know what the "Secret Pants Presents" music in the beginning is from?
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