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Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

wraithgar posted:

I was wondering why corn redirected to maize then I clicked the talk page.

hooboy.

Turn this loving article back to corn or else.184.4.120.30 (talk) 21:42, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

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Trig Discipline: Jun 3, 2008; Please leave the room if you think this might offend you.; Grimey Drawer

Cosmo Clock 21 posted:

im fairly convinced the only way to eat eggplant is braised, szechuan style literally right off the wok

poo poo is so drat good

that looks delicious but you can have my baingan bharta when you pry it from my cold dead hands

# ? Nov 16, 2011 16:00

Nintendo Kid: Aug 4, 2011; by Smythe

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

Tsukemono (漬物, literally "pickled things") are Japanese pickles.

This page should not be merged with pickling, it could be linked to that topic but it is very culturally specific pickling, overgeneralizing categories is not an effective way of sorting information. �Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.85.62 (talk) 21:06, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

bonus: a bunch of japanese pickles have their own articles

pickles#in anime

# ? Nov 16, 2011 18:08

JawnV6: Jul 4, 2004; So hot ...

duTrieux posted:

fish is meat and anybody who says otherwise has wires crossed in their heads

not on fridays

# ? Nov 17, 2011 07:00

stuffed crust punk: Oct 8, 2004; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

yes when matters of science are afoot always consult the catholics

# ? Nov 17, 2011 07:56

Wit_sponge: Dec 29, 2008; FUUUCK

Carthag posted:

Turn this loving article back to corn or else.184.4.120.30 (talk) 21:42, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

ugh that talk page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Maize

# ? Nov 17, 2011 09:27

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

In an urban legend that has been making the rounds since at least the mid-1960s, the decision must be made by a drawbridge keeper who must choose between sacrificing a passenger train or his own four-year-old son. This version is often erroneously drawn by the atheist as a deliberate allegory to the Christian understanding that Jesus of Nazareth sacrificed himself to save all of humanity. Of course, it doesn't apply, since Jesus sacrificed himself willingly and selflessly, and didn't harm any other person. [16]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem

# ? Nov 18, 2011 00:31

Pakled: Aug 6, 2011; WE ARE SMART

Carthag posted:

In an urban legend that has been making the rounds since at least the mid-1960s, the decision must be made by a drawbridge keeper who must choose between sacrificing a passenger train or his own four-year-old son. This version is often erroneously drawn by the atheist as a deliberate allegory to the Christian understanding that Jesus of Nazareth sacrificed himself to save all of humanity. Of course, it doesn't apply, since Jesus sacrificed himself willingly and selflessly, and didn't harm any other person. [16]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem

wait a minute this isnt conservapedia where are my glasses

# ? Nov 18, 2011 00:39

Malloc Voidstar: May 7, 2007; Fuck the cowboys. Unf. Fuck em hard.

Consider the following case:

On Twin Earth, a brain in a vat is at the wheel of a runaway trolley. There are only two options that the brain can take: the right side of the fork in the track or the left side of the fork. There is no way in sight of derailing or stopping the trolley and the brain is aware of this, for the brain knows trolleys. The brain is causally hooked up to the trolley such that the brain can determine the course which the trolley will take.

On the right side of the track there is a single railroad worker, Jones, who will definitely be killed if the brain steers the trolley to the right. If the railman on the right lives, he will go on to kill five men for the sake of killing them, but in doing so will inadvertently save the lives of thirty orphans (one of the five men he will kill is planning to destroy a bridge that the orphans' bus will be crossing later that night). One of the orphans that will be killed would have grown up to become a tyrant who would make good utilitarian men do bad things. Another of the orphans would grow up to become G.E.M. Anscombe, while a third would invent the pop-top can.

If the brain in the vat chooses the left side of the track, the trolley will definitely hit and kill a railman on the left side of the track, "Leftie" and will hit and destroy ten beating hearts on the track that could (and would) have been transplanted into ten patients in the local hospital that will die without donor hearts. These are the only hearts available, and the brain is aware of this, for the brain knows hearts. If the railman on the left side of the track lives, he too will kill five men, in fact the same five that the railman on the right would kill. However, "Leftie" will kill the five as an unintended consequence of saving ten men: he will inadvertently kill the five men rushing the ten hearts to the local hospital for transplantation. A further result of "Leftie's" act would be that the busload of orphans will be spared. Among the five men killed by "Leftie" are both the man responsible for putting the brain at the controls of the trolley, and the author of this example. If the ten hearts and "Leftie" are killed by the trolley, the ten prospective heart-transplant patients will die and their kidneys will be used to save the lives of twenty kidney-transplant patients, one of whom will grow up to cure cancer, and one of whom will grow up to be Hitler. There are other kidneys and dialysis machines available, however the brain does not know kidneys, and this is not a factor.

Assume that the brain's choice, whatever it turns out to be, will serve as an example to other brains-in-vats and so the effects of his decision will be amplified. Also assume that if the brain chooses the right side of the fork, an unjust war free of war crimes will ensue, while if the brain chooses the left fork, a just war fraught with war crimes will result. Furthermore, there is an intermittently active Cartesian demon deceiving the brain in such a manner that the brain is never sure if it is being deceived.

QUESTION: What should the brain do?

[ALTERNATIVE EXAMPLE: Same as above, except the brain has had a commisurotomy, and the left half of the brain is a consequentialist and the right side is an absolutist.]

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theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

lmbo

# ? Nov 18, 2011 03:06

Dans Macabre: Apr 24, 2004

Consider the following case: you have a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication.

# ? Nov 18, 2011 03:45

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

Nevergirls posted:

Consider the following case: you have a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication.

who is Nevergirls

# ? Nov 18, 2011 04:43

lil z0rphan annie: Nov 5, 2011; COME ON GET INVOLVED
THERE'S A MOOSETERY TO SOLVE
HANG AROUND WITH MOOSE MILKIE

ROVER HERE!!!!!

Wilhelm_Scream.wav posted:

matters of science are afoot

# ? Nov 18, 2011 04:46

.lnk to the past: May 3, 2005; psoting while drunk

imagine four trolleys on the edge of a cliff

# ? Nov 18, 2011 07:03

stuffed crust punk: Oct 8, 2004; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Wilhelm_Scream.wav posted:

matters of science are afoot

��/

# ? Nov 18, 2011 07:33

ChiralCondensate: Nov 13, 2007; what is that man doing to his colour palette?; Grimey Drawer

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

Consider the following case:

On Twin Earth, a brain in a vat is at the wheel of a runaway trolley. There are only two options that the brain can take: the right side of the fork in the track or the left side of the fork. There is no way in sight of derailing or stopping the trolley and the brain is aware of this, for the brain knows trolleys. The brain is causally hooked up to the trolley such that the brain can determine the course which the trolley will take.

On the right side of the track there is a single railroad worker, Jones, who will definitely be killed if the brain steers the trolley to the right. If the railman on the right lives, he will go on to kill five men for the sake of killing them, but in doing so will inadvertently save the lives of thirty orphans (one of the five men he will kill is planning to destroy a bridge that the orphans' bus will be crossing later that night). One of the orphans that will be killed would have grown up to become a tyrant who would make good utilitarian men do bad things. Another of the orphans would grow up to become G.E.M. Anscombe, while a third would invent the pop-top can.

If the brain in the vat chooses the left side of the track, the trolley will definitely hit and kill a railman on the left side of the track, "Leftie" and will hit and destroy ten beating hearts on the track that could (and would) have been transplanted into ten patients in the local hospital that will die without donor hearts. These are the only hearts available, and the brain is aware of this, for the brain knows hearts. If the railman on the left side of the track lives, he too will kill five men, in fact the same five that the railman on the right would kill. However, "Leftie" will kill the five as an unintended consequence of saving ten men: he will inadvertently kill the five men rushing the ten hearts to the local hospital for transplantation. A further result of "Leftie's" act would be that the busload of orphans will be spared. Among the five men killed by "Leftie" are both the man responsible for putting the brain at the controls of the trolley, and the author of this example. If the ten hearts and "Leftie" are killed by the trolley, the ten prospective heart-transplant patients will die and their kidneys will be used to save the lives of twenty kidney-transplant patients, one of whom will grow up to cure cancer, and one of whom will grow up to be Hitler. There are other kidneys and dialysis machines available, however the brain does not know kidneys, and this is not a factor.

Assume that the brain's choice, whatever it turns out to be, will serve as an example to other brains-in-vats and so the effects of his decision will be amplified. Also assume that if the brain chooses the right side of the fork, an unjust war free of war crimes will ensue, while if the brain chooses the left fork, a just war fraught with war crimes will result. Furthermore, there is an intermittently active Cartesian demon deceiving the brain in such a manner that the brain is never sure if it is being deceived.

QUESTION: What should the brain do?

[ALTERNATIVE EXAMPLE: Same as above, except the brain has had a commisurotomy, and the left half of the brain is a consequentialist and the right side is an absolutist.]

I used this as a commit message once

# ? Nov 18, 2011 11:51

got dat wmd: Apr 28, 2009

isnt that the plot of that never picked up pilot for awake

# ? Nov 18, 2011 19:40

theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons

# ? Nov 18, 2011 21:49

axolotl farmer: May 17, 2007; Now I'm going to sing the Perry Mason theme

theflyingexecutive posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons

(╯�□�）╯︵ ┻━┻ flipping over a table

# ? Nov 18, 2011 21:54

theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

ｷﾀﾜァ*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･゜(n�∀�)ηﾟ･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･* !!!!!

# ? Nov 18, 2011 21:57

TOOT BOOT: May 25, 2010

　┏━┓
━━━━━━
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lmao

# ? Nov 18, 2011 21:58

DOOMocrat: Oct 2, 2003

theflyingexecutive posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons

i'm kinda for adopting �\_(ツ)_/�

# ? Nov 18, 2011 21:59

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

axolotl farmer posted:

(╯�□�）╯︵ ┻━┻ flipping over a table

┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ) putting back the table

# ? Nov 18, 2011 21:59

Sneaking Mission: Nov 11, 2008

Shrug face - "Sup son"[9]

# ? Nov 18, 2011 22:03

Sneaking Mission: Nov 11, 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4-I33dnZMs

# ? Nov 18, 2011 22:06

Dans Macabre: Apr 24, 2004

DOOMocrat posted:

i'm kinda for adopting �\_(ツ)_/�

I really like this one

# ? Nov 18, 2011 22:10

Kirk: Sep 22, 2003

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

Consider the following case:

On Twin Earth, a brain in a vat is at the wheel of a runaway trolley. There are only two options that the brain can take: the right side of the fork in the track or the left side of the fork. There is no way in sight of derailing or stopping the trolley and the brain is aware of this, for the brain knows trolleys. The brain is causally hooked up to the trolley such that the brain can determine the course which the trolley will take.

On the right side of the track there is a single railroad worker, Jones, who will definitely be killed if the brain steers the trolley to the right. If the railman on the right lives, he will go on to kill five men for the sake of killing them, but in doing so will inadvertently save the lives of thirty orphans (one of the five men he will kill is planning to destroy a bridge that the orphans' bus will be crossing later that night). One of the orphans that will be killed would have grown up to become a tyrant who would make good utilitarian men do bad things. Another of the orphans would grow up to become G.E.M. Anscombe, while a third would invent the pop-top can.

If the brain in the vat chooses the left side of the track, the trolley will definitely hit and kill a railman on the left side of the track, "Leftie" and will hit and destroy ten beating hearts on the track that could (and would) have been transplanted into ten patients in the local hospital that will die without donor hearts. These are the only hearts available, and the brain is aware of this, for the brain knows hearts. If the railman on the left side of the track lives, he too will kill five men, in fact the same five that the railman on the right would kill. However, "Leftie" will kill the five as an unintended consequence of saving ten men: he will inadvertently kill the five men rushing the ten hearts to the local hospital for transplantation. A further result of "Leftie's" act would be that the busload of orphans will be spared. Among the five men killed by "Leftie" are both the man responsible for putting the brain at the controls of the trolley, and the author of this example. If the ten hearts and "Leftie" are killed by the trolley, the ten prospective heart-transplant patients will die and their kidneys will be used to save the lives of twenty kidney-transplant patients, one of whom will grow up to cure cancer, and one of whom will grow up to be Hitler. There are other kidneys and dialysis machines available, however the brain does not know kidneys, and this is not a factor.

Assume that the brain's choice, whatever it turns out to be, will serve as an example to other brains-in-vats and so the effects of his decision will be amplified. Also assume that if the brain chooses the right side of the fork, an unjust war free of war crimes will ensue, while if the brain chooses the left fork, a just war fraught with war crimes will result. Furthermore, there is an intermittently active Cartesian demon deceiving the brain in such a manner that the brain is never sure if it is being deceived.

QUESTION: What should the brain do?

[ALTERNATIVE EXAMPLE: Same as above, except the brain has had a commisurotomy, and the left half of the brain is a consequentialist and the right side is an absolutist.]

this was my favorite lf post of all time

# ? Nov 18, 2011 22:12

theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

Kirk posted:

this was my favorite lf post of all time

it's not original

# ? Nov 18, 2011 22:15

killhamster: Apr 15, 2004; SCAMMER
Hero Member

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

Tsukemono (漬物, literally "pickled things") are Japanese pickles.

This page should not be merged with pickling, it could be linked to that topic but it is very culturally specific pickling, overgeneralizing categories is not an effective way of sorting information. �Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.85.62 (talk) 21:06, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

bonus: a bunch of japanese pickles have their own articles

lol which one of you was this

quote:

Merge this with pickles you loving sperglord idiots 72.49.212.85 (talk) 17:45, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

# ? Nov 18, 2011 22:35

Yodzilla: Apr 29, 2005; Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

DOOMocrat posted:

i'm kinda for adopting �\_(ツ)_/�

TFF already did but it's okay because he owns

# ? Nov 18, 2011 22:43

Fanged Lawn Wormy: Jan 4, 2008; SQUEAK! SQUEAK! SQUEAK!

DOOMocrat posted:

i'm kinda for adopting �\_(ツ)_/�

(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜)

# ? Nov 18, 2011 22:45

Kirk: Sep 22, 2003

m9(・∀・) YOU. YOU DID THIS TO ME.

# ? Nov 18, 2011 22:46

Dans Macabre: Apr 24, 2004

Kirk posted:

m9(・∀・) YOU. YOU DID THIS TO ME.

I don't see it

# ? Nov 19, 2011 00:26

JawnV6: Jul 4, 2004; So hot ...

m are closed fingers 9 is the one coming out the screen at u

# ? Nov 19, 2011 01:16

pram: Jun 10, 2001

its like stereolabs seminal album 'switched on'

# ? Nov 19, 2011 02:11

reidscones: Apr 5, 2007; deserve got nothin to do with it

stereolab is so good

# ? Nov 19, 2011 03:31

reidscones: Apr 5, 2007; deserve got nothin to do with it

rip mary

# ? Nov 19, 2011 03:31

Dans Macabre: Apr 24, 2004

JawnV6 posted:

m are closed fingers 9 is the one coming out the screen at u

thanks

I like it.

# ? Nov 19, 2011 05:16

Pussy Gaz0re: Nov 18, 2011

theflyingexecutive posted:

it's not original

i like that av u should keep it for awhile

# ? Nov 19, 2011 05:22

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 02:03

DaTroof: Nov 16, 2000; CC LIMERICK CONTEST GRAND CHAMPION
There once was a poster named Troof
Who was getting quite long in the toof

graph posted:

dont do this

"sammich" is acceptable but only because that's how ray charles pronounced it in his commercial for arby's

# ? Nov 19, 2011 05:47

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