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    Searching for Meaning: The Point of Life

    As a 21 year old male in the US, I can guarantee you that very few people my age know who made the polio vaccine. I'd guess maybe 1 in 100. And they didn't learn it in school. "Eat, drink, and be merry" is a fantastic idea for most people. I had written up a lot more in this post, but...
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    Exploring the Legacy of Chernobyl: 25 Years Later

    http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=578931 Not a bad start for you. I'm a big fan of the STALKER series, and that link is just a thread that gives background on the actual incident.
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    Challenging Yes or No Questions: A Linguistic Perspective

    I guess the answer you're looking for is: you can't answer the question truthfully, as it is, if you never started killing people.
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    Challenging Yes or No Questions: A Linguistic Perspective

    I'm pretty sure this trap exists in any language... In Spanish: dejó de matar gente? Whether you answer si or no, it's the same situation as in English. I think that the only way to answer the question correctly is to just ignore the "started" portion. You would say "I never killed...
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    The Role of I.Q. in Academic Success

    Kortaggio, either your sense of humor is amazing, or Proton Soup's comment (expressing his dumbfoundedness at the fact that you actually gave such an example to further illustrate your point) went completely over your head. Either way, I've got a big, toothy grin of amusement on my face right...
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    Negative of (almost) everything

    Hmmm, this is rather entertaining. Mass - something with negative mass...which I believe would float away from anything with positive mass? Gravitationally speaking, it would have the opposite acceleration applied to it as something normal. So it would shoot away from Earth at -9.8m/s^2, I...
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    Proof of an Intelligent Creator and His purpose

    First question. You said: "...orderly universe must mirror its Prime Cause / Singularity-Creator—Who must be Orderly; i.e. Perfect" How did you conclude this? It seems to me that you suddenly equated orderly with perfect.Second question: Is the universe perfect if it requires god to be...
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    Surviving Hurricane Katrina - My Story

    *sigh* I'll come back when I'm older. I don't have time for this right now. No, you can't know why. Farewell.
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    Surviving Hurricane Katrina - My Story

    Time to swing the other way... Where the hell is everyone? No help at all...I'm in Ohio currently, and the only thing I hear people say is their complaints about the damn gas prices...no consideration for those in the south. Just people worrying about the extra buck they'll pay at the...
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    Surviving Hurricane Katrina - My Story

    http://costofwar.com/ That should answer your question...
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    Surviving Hurricane Katrina - My Story

    Thank you, that's about what I was looking for. And sorry for my seeming so racist, guess it came across that way, my frustration is directed at humanity, as a whole. More like disgust, but close enough.
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    Surviving Hurricane Katrina - My Story

    I agree with your second part... The thing is (this is directed at everyone), if they can move everyone away from the superdome, why don't more people leave? I KNOW that almost everyone could get out of there, whether by buses or by walking. It seems to me most people left just want to suck...
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    Surviving Hurricane Katrina - My Story

    There's one thing I can't help but wondering why... Why is it that when I see the pictures of the most harshly hit areas, 90% of the people I see are black? I mean, I don't intend to be racist...it's just an observation... Everytime there are people idling, they are almost all black...
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    Meeting Someone New: How Do You Make Eye Contact?

    Fileen ^ hit it right on the dot...I look at both eyes. "The eyes are the portals to one's soul" Something like that anyway...very true.
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    Discover Your One Talent: Piano Prodigy

    I'd really like to be able to read people well though...I mean really read their thoughts, be able to tell all about them after a 5 minute discussion... Heck while I'm at it we can go about our own talents... I'm not sure if this qualifies as a talent, but I'm very good at video games...
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