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12708
Just to prove I can read anything into absolutely anything .. I was killing time this morning and I suddenly realized that you could argue for the Bourne...
Steve Dodd
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May 15, 2009
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12709
For some reason, I can only 'top reply'. What's that all about? Not 20 minutes ago I finished watching The Bourne Supremacy, the second installment of the...
jonathan bozeman
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May 16, 2009
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12710
Are you controlling me if I answer to this discussion or do I choose to control myself by not answering, or is this reply which is not a direct answer to the...
rosieandrich27
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May 17, 2009
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12711
... I guess the vulnerability is internal. The exploits come from the outside world, sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally. What I want to know...
Steve Dodd
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May 17, 2009
2:22 pm
12712
... I think the real question is... if people were given the answers, would they accept them? I think that most people actually try to destroy the answers....
Theodore H. Smith
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May 17, 2009
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12713
What I want to know is, who is the upstream maintainer, and why is He taking so long to supply us with the security patches? ;-) ... yes "I" understand the...
rosieandrich27
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May 18, 2009
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12714
... My personal synchronicity rate seems to have spiked again, albeit a smaller peak than previous ones. Anyone else? ... Hmm.. it felt a little soulless to...
Steve Dodd
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May 29, 2009
10:37 pm
12715
So... quite often in programming, I see people doing things that are totally against common sense. At least what I consider "common sense". Such as spending an...
Theodore H. Smith
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May 30, 2009
6:45 pm
12716
... [snip loads of stuff that is absolutely spot on] ... Absolutely. Invariably I find myself in contention with two sorts of people: those who have...
Steve Dodd
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May 30, 2009
10:03 pm
12717
... So it would be common sense to just follow our instincts, even when it seems too good to be true? because the more we think about it, the more we mess up...
Alan West
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May 30, 2009
10:44 pm
12718
... Random tidbit: according to Wikipedia .. "..in the biblical Hebrew, the generic word for sin is het. It means to err, to miss the mark. It does not mean to...
Steve Dodd
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May 31, 2009
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12719
The thinking versus common sense thing, how do you decide to do one or the other. From what I've seen it's quite simple actually. If the common sense method...
Starcraft Wizard
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May 31, 2009
7:14 pm
12720
You completely didn't understand what I said. I never said "thinking vs common sense". Thinking needs common sense in order to work... One thing I did say was...
Theodore H. Smith
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May 31, 2009
7:35 pm
12721
I did read the whole post :/ And even with your clarification I still don't see how tasering death people shows a lack of common sense. Perhaps the wrong kind...
Starcraft Wizard
poeechap
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May 31, 2009
7:55 pm
12722
... It's not common sense if it leads you to the wrong answer ;) Common sense is only common sense if it leads to actually a pretty good answer. if you end up...
Theodore H. Smith
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May 31, 2009
8:33 pm
12723
Overall I think you are describing intuition. Malcom Gladwell has a great book in which he investigates and flushes out this process called Blink. I also think...
Z Moser
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Jun 1, 2009
6:01 pm
12724
... Absolutely. This is how I do things. I do stuff... and think about it while I'm doing it. And then think more after the job is done. And then maybe develop...
Theodore H. Smith
boytheouk
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Jun 1, 2009
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To: progstone@yahoogroups.com From: roachgod69@... Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:01:25 +0000 Subject: RE: [progstone] What is common sense? And is there art...
jonathan bozeman
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Jun 1, 2009
6:16 pm
12726
Thinking vs common sense is the same way the message was showing up to me. Sometimes when someone challenges the meaning of something I've put a lot of effort...
Z Moser
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Jun 1, 2009
6:33 pm
12727
... The police have a more warped sense of reality compared to the public, and probably get quite paranoid, thinking each day could be their last. So their...
Alan West
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Jun 1, 2009
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12728
Curious. What are the other two? zaq ... _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes with you. ...
Z Moser
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Jun 1, 2009
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12729
To: progstone@yahoogroups.com From: roachgod69@... Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:57:55 +0000 Subject: RE: [progstone] What is common sense? And is there art...
jonathan bozeman
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Jun 1, 2009
7:19 pm
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First, once again, I recommend reading Blink by Malcom Gladwell, in it he goes into how common sense can sometimes be misguided, and how to fine tune it to be...
Z Moser
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Jun 1, 2009
7:21 pm
12731
... Theres no point turning one word to mean exactly the same as the other word. It's like saying that "right and up", means the same as "right". You end up...
Theodore H. Smith
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Jun 1, 2009
7:36 pm
12732
... Still marking time on the cell walls. Anybody seen that Khidr bloke recently? S....
Steve Dodd
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Jun 1, 2009
8:30 pm
12733
... I completely disagree with the notion that "it's not common sense if it leads you to the wrong answer". An idea may be widely held - and even plausible -...
obenchainr
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Jun 1, 2009
9:21 pm
12734
I think I understand what you are saying. I think you are defining common sense by its result & the process. (Making them, by your logic, equal, and therefore...
Z Moser
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Jun 1, 2009
9:28 pm
12735
... Since I am the Gurdjieff guy here, I will come at this issue from that perspective, admitting that my opinions and perspectives are entirely subjective. ...
jonathan bozeman
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Jun 1, 2009
11:11 pm
12736
... They obyvatel presumably has the dubious advantage that he is forced to labour -- either by the need to support a family or by the general oppression of...
Steve Dodd
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Jun 2, 2009
8:57 am
12737
Hey Zaq, Being in email groups tends to make it stand out that every one thinks what they are saying makes "sense" but that people disagree at least as often...
Andrew Downing
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Jun 2, 2009
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