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Its so cute to see Column with his very own whiteknight.

Have you read them anytime recently? I enjoyed them when I was a kid, but now I read them and I groan at the writing. They definitely do not hold up.

Well, I guess he wins if people always end up thinking he is an idiot. However, I'm not sure that is his goal.

We will know he is Column if he immediately starts foaming at the mouth over minor disagreements.

Yep, regardless of whether he has a job, is retired or on disability, the one constant is the guy is just an asshole.

Who knows what Column's problem is, but he sure seems incapable of dealing with even minor disagreements without turning them into a shitstorm. I can't imagine him maintaining a job in any normal circumstances. Makes me think the most likely answer is he is on permanent disability for a...

This is a joke, right?

Yes, there are tons of interviews with him talking about writers taking over after someone has died and totally trashed the series. He has probably never said directly "Ill never let someone finish my series", but he has gone all the way up to it. There really isn't any doubt, he isn't going...

I can't even imagine the amount of pseudo scientific bullshit that would be spouted at an essential oils sales party. No way in hell could I keep a straight face or remain silent. Even if she is making decent money, she is doing it by scamming people. So either she is a shitbag or dumb as shit.

With how far separated they are, I think its more likely that Tyrion will show up right before the wedding, counsel against it, get ignored, and then have to deal with shit after Dany flies off. There really can't be many scenes of him with her before she goes, unless he teleports (which might...

Sure, it has all the addictive Civ elements. I just definitely feel that I'm simply playing a reskinned Civ V. Pretty much everything feels the same. I was hoping for something that would make this seem way more sci-fi, but I can't help but see everything as the same. Maybe it will feel...

Hey Grimsark, here's a video you really need to watch

This project should merge with the Solar Roadways project so we can have hovercars everywhere powered by the sun!

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Yes, the high schools that allow students to come to college without knowing how to simplify fractions, that shit is insane and it happens more than you might think heh. However, adding slide rules to that isn't going to help.

Yes, and not teaching them Mathematica isn't going to stop them from cheating if they want to. What does stop them from cheating on homework, is failing tests because they aren't prepared. Fuck, why am I arguing with you? You think slide rules are coming back.

I'm not saying that students shouldn't be taught how to do it by hand. I am saying that they should be taught how to do it by hand, then allowed to use calculators and other computational tools. Doing homework assignments on Mathematica isn't going to help them on tests in that regard. However...

Anything you can solve by simply plugging numbers into a calculator isn't a hard problem anymore. Technology should be embraced and used to expand our definition of hard problems, not hold new students to slide rules and by-hand calculations.

Yeah, fuck making hard problems easier. We should do everything with the slide rule and by hand. If it can't be done the good ole way, we shouldn't do it at all! Seriously bro, the only thing less likely than the slide rule coming back is MH370 being in Iran. Get over it.

Sorry bro. Anyway, I think there is zero chance we will see Tyrion "jousting" or any other such nonsense. What will be interesting is if we see FakeAegon at all. If he is left out of the show completely this season, I think its definitely a sign of him being a total red herring in the book...

WTF? You think Tyrion is going to show up in disguise?? Of course Barristan wouldn't play along with it, but if Tyrion went to Dany in disguise, what possible reason would she have to listen to him or want him? It is his knowledge that she would want. Tyrion showing up to Dany in disguise (other...

If anything Tad, I think we should go in the opposite direction. Teach students to solve problems with Mathematica, rather than doing things on a calculator. We live in the computing age, being a Luddite is never the answer. Though I will admit your opinion is shared by some of the older...

High school graduates fresh to college are bad at mathematics for so many reasons, however what I see so much is students just being intimidated by mathematics. Iannis for example has said that notation always scared him. Students need to be made comfortable with mathematics, to be taught that...

What makes you think that Barristan has a negative opinion of Tyrion in particular? Tyrion was a child when Dany's parents were killed, he literally couldn't have played a part in it. Now I grant you at war Dany can be pretty vengeful, but she doesn't simply kill people for shits.

I'm a mathematics professor dipshit. You are right, the average college student is pretty bad at math. Having them spend time learning the slide rule sure as fuck isn't going to fix it.

The reason we aren't making more scientific progress towards fusion is that fusion is a really hard problem. Literally the easiest part of mathematics is doing rote calculations, which is the only thing the slide rule is going to help you with. Calculators (and computers) remove the tedium of...

What exactly are you arguing for Tad? Going back to spending time teaching people how to use slide rules over calculators? What are your feelings on the abacus?

Yo Dany, I killed Tywin Lannister, the person that massacred your family. Plus Barristan knows Tyrion didn't have anything to do with the massacre of her family. This change, if true, sounds great. Having Tyrion, Barristan and Dany interacting will be awesome. After Dany leaves...

Saul is the best part of the fucking show.

Shit is ridiculous and completely against any sense of fairness.

Great article, found this quote from the article interesting... That is pretty much what Mist was arguing for also, and like the article says, its hard to think of an argument more blatantly illiberal.

Well, I read this a few months ago, and really enjoyed it. I liked how in many ways Ahmed was a horrible "person", but yet I always liked him. I found both of their attempts to understand their "humanity" or lack of it interesting. I loved the rabbi, and even the antagonist was very well done...

Arguing against bioware hate on this forum is useless, but I don't see what removing healing has to do with trying to attract the non-gamer market. Healing has always been a problem in balancing fights in RPGs. Not saying I want healing removed, just that I don't see how suddenly removing...

This.

Well, to be fair, if she doesn't sympathize with how sucky it was to farm VT keys, she needs to gtfo anyway.

I'm confused by your post Xequecal. It sounds like on one hand you are defending this practice, but your examples are so crazy that I can't conceive of you actually thinking it is okay. Raising someone to adulthood in modern times with no concept of birth control or safe sex or that homosexuals...

The origins and evolution of life are important to far more fields than geology. Evolution has implications on every medical field, for one. Even computer science has many algorithms based on evolution. Doesn't matter how "normal" you think they are, if they aren't letting their children...

I think this show still has lots of promise, looking forward to watching it tomorrow. Saul and Carrie were the core of the show to me, and now with Brodie's family out of it, should be much more focused.

That is a pretty easy question. Lena will get you stuck with a rape charge, Flo will only give you bad auto insurance.