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Research papers still give the meaning of an abbreviated term before introducing it as a matter of course. Saying it's a CS paper does not excuse it from completely ignoring basic tenants that research papers in every other field follow. If I were to read a physics research paper the author clearly expects me to have a basic understanding of physics, but they still tell me what their odd jumbles of letters stand for up front so that I can at least look them up if I don't know. Neither of the terms mentioned by Wazzup can be found easily on the internet because there is no indication whatsoever what they stand for.

Oh, also, my roommate has a BA in CS and he didn't recognize either term and had no idea what they meant, so even if your logic was valid, and it is not, the terms aren't even clear to people who have an advanced understanding of the field in general. You would literally need to present it to someone who already had very advance understanding of the very specific topic of computational complexity for it to have any meaning whatsoever which, I will again assert, makes it a terrible research paper (though perhaps very good research, I cannot tell) filled with mistakes that even a rookie in any other field would avoid like the plague.

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WazzupGenius00 posted...
since I have no clue what NP-hard or PASPCE-completenesss are this was worthless to me even after viewing the PDF since they don't explain it

Same. Which, all things considered, is the sign of a terrible report. Utter rookie mistakes that should never, ever occur.

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Liquid Wiind posted...
black kid gets murdered for walking down the street with skittles, 9 posts

argument #974748784 about who won this generation of consoles, 150 posts and the topic was made 40 minutes after this one

lol b8

The problem is that this is old news. It's been going around for awhile now. It's totally messed up, because we know if the roles were reversed and the shooter was the black guy his seat would already be charging up, but even if the board had their priorities "straight" you can't make 'em flock to news they've already heard.

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From July of 2008, as an example. You know, less than four months before the election:



Just one of many, many examples of Obama saying he wanted to expand the war in Afghanistan before winning the election. In fact, it was the first that came up on Youtube, I was too azy to look at any of the many, many other results because you had to not be paying attention at all to have missed his obvious pro-war stance towards Afghanistan.

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foolm0ron posted...
From: LOLContests | #060
Obama pretty clearly ran on supporting the war in Afghanistan, and if you didn't get that then you were clearly not paying attention at all.
He also pretty clearly ran on getting the troops home immediately

The troops in Iraq. Not in Afghanistan, or anywhere else for that matter. And he never made a promise not to start any additional wars of aggression. He promised to bring the troops home from Iraq, nothing else. That's not an anti-war stance, it's an anti-Iraq-war stance. His post was 100% on the mark - if you didn't get the message that Obama was clearly in favor of the Afghanistan war you were not paying attention at all.

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TomNook7 posted...
I seem to remember him running as a peace-time candidate, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did say that. Obama, you sly politician, you.

Anyway, we really shouldn't go to war in Uganda; we can't afford the wars we're in now, and we're just gonna end up making more enemies and setting ourselves up for another 9/11 v____v;

Also, ten years from now: "HEY EVERYBODY WE FINALLY KILLED KONY!"

On election day, last time around, I talked to a bunch of people who had voted. Those who admitted their support were adamant in their belief that he was going to be an anti-war president so I sent them in the direction of a video from one of his campaign speeches where he promised to not only continue the war in Afghanistan but actually to send more troops in, which is exactly what he did. When there are two concurrent wars going on and several on the horizon don't take a guy for being anti-war because he didn't vote for one of them and would like to see it end.

Also, Obama has been aiding Ugandan efforts to capture Kony since his first year of Presidency, so yeah, in ten years people will be saying that like it was a good thing.

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PartOfYourWorld posted...
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/62194817

Not bad, but you should have totally done it much, much sooner. My silver is worth about 2.5 times what I paid for it today. Just saying. Still a good investment either way, since there is absolutely no sign of it coming down in value and the rise in oil/gas prices will send it further up if we can't get a handle on the situation (which would require *gasp* negotiating with Iran, which has basically said "we'll give you everything you want because you had Brazil and Turkey ask us").

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PartOfYourWorld posted...
From: metroid composite | #052
They have basically identical political stances.
From: The Real Truth | #054
And I know they're basically the same person. Romney just seems worse somehow.
Would a President Romney really have pushed for something similar to Obamacare (on a national level), fought to repeal DADT, and fought to raise income tax rates on high earners given the current philosophies of the Republican party? I don't think Obama and Romney would be that similar as presidents.

My friend, I think a hypothetical President Romney would have surprised you quite a bit if he were in office today. He pushed something similar to Obama care during his time as Governor of Massachusetts because that's what the public wanted. And, go figure, when Obama did the same as President it was because, you guessed it, that's what the public wanted. And if anyone said anything about it he could just say "I was carrying on the agenda spearheaded by Richard Nixon, one that the American people want and deserve" and his party would shut the f up because Nixon totally wanted an even more "socialist" health care reform and just couldn't get it done in his day. Well, that and the fact that the Republican party doesn't criticize a sitting republican President ever.

He probably wouldn't have fought for the repeal of DADT, but since the military commanders were the ones who had the most sway in that argument I'm sure he'd back them up and say they knew what was best for the military and it would have happened anyway.

And increasing taxes? No problem, Reagan did that like 11 times in 8 years or something. What he'd really be arguing is that he wasn't renewing a tax cut, which again no one in the party with a real voice would criticize him for, and that in these harsh economic times we can't expect the poor and middle class to give up what they don't even have to begin with. And he would say this because he'd be introducing annual increases to the budget, just like Obama has. And there wouldn't be a Tea Party movement, not like we've seen, because a rich, white republican that cannot be questioned would be in office rather than a slightly less rich, half black democrat who is clearly lying to us about everything.

And even if they weren't exact carbon copies on the domestic front, they absolutely would have been on foreign policy. That's essentially guaranteed. Obama's unwillingness to broker a deal with Iran is the same pig-headed stupidity the Bush administration showed and would have been Romney's reaction too. By the way, Iran has come out and said "we'll agree to essentially everything you want from us" and gotten turned down by both the current and last President, and a similar offer was sent to Clinton and ignored as well. You can blame this unwillingness to negotiate for our current gas prices and lack of awesome Iranian pistachios (god, will I ever stop missing those?).

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"Once you get elected, you're still obligated to follow through on campaign promises (unless you want to shut down Washington and guarantee a one-term presidency"

The list of campaign promises Obama made and did not keep is longer than the ones he followed through on. Some because he tried and failed, others because he didn't try at all. Occasionally he's gotten some compromises along the way, but that doesn't make up for the number of promises where he has done the exact opposite of what he said.

Often times these are things that could be handled by executive order, meaning he as POTAS doesn't need anyone's permission to do it. Like, say, closing Guantanamo Bay. As POTAS he needed to have someone draft an executive order and sign it and it'd be done. He promised he'd do it on the campaign trail. It hasn't happened, and it won't. And Washington didn't get shut down. Also, if he is somehow a one-term President (very unlikely at this point), it won't be because of that broken promise or really any others in specific. It'll be because he got shot or the election was rigged or something, because even the republicans don't like the guy they are going to eventually put up let alone independents.

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Now, if you put a gun to my head and made me vote for one of the two it'd be Obama because 4 more years of him would be better than 8 with Mitt Romney. Possibly better than 4 with Mitt, but I don't see a dem strong enough to take him out after one term anyway, so it'd be 8 anyway.

No gun to my head: Ron Paul

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While this is a total BS move, the one quote that article has from a CFA representative is very true. If they don't bring up litigation to protect their trademark, even if they fail in this instance, ignoring the similarities sets the legal precedent that the trademark is weak and can be overturned. For example, the first group of people to parody "Got Milk?" that didn't get slapped down by the Californaia Milk Producers Board openned the way for everybody to parody it because it wasn't being protected.

Is this close enough to warrant litigation? Common sense says no. Common sense has little to do with day-to-day life for most people (I've watched them, people are stupid) and less to do with the law. Even if CFA loses this battle there will no doubt be some affirmation that it has to do with specific properties of their trademark, which means legal precedent will be set to destroy anyone who even dares to misspell "eat more ____" even if they can't do anything to anyone who spells it correctly.

In short, CFA pretty much has to go to litigation over this for the continued rights to their own trademark, even if it doesn't seem like it is even being challenged here. And now that I know they fund anti-homosexual groups I have to stop eating there which sucks :( I'll still show up on Sundays and leave them messages about them being closed for no good reason, though.

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I'm having an Incredible Hulk right now, but I'll take suggestions.

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The winner of a generation has always been the console that sold the most. Previous to this generation no one ever claimed the winner to be anything but the highest seller. It's funny how people are trying to change that now that a console they don't like has won the generation.

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29

The hair and metal bands messed me up pretty good. Also neither of the two wham songs I know were used for them so I missed it.

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1 - Why was Springsting so stiff?
2 - Why in the hell were people booing at the end?

Otherwise great.

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Wow. Did you really just sit there because you were expecting the surrender? How harsh.

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^5

Congrats on both fronts.

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Yeah, the show has had a huge influence. Surprisingly so, considering how things turn out with it. Still, even at its worst it's still fairly good, so enjoy it.

Also, hideto, my mother was a fan of the show too. That's the only reason I really knew it existed when I did my watchthrough a while back. I can't imagine it not being female friendly if both our moms loved it.

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You did say more recent tracks were better.

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My opinion is that if a capricious creator exists and creates people to fail his standards so that they end up tormented eternally he's not worth spending an eternity with.

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Uhh... I guess you've never eaten thin mints. Otherwise the topic title is completely ridiculous.

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Nintendo is a corporation. Selling out is essentially impossible for corporations since their only purpose is to make money. Selling out is something that can only be done by groups or individuals that have other goals. If radiohead started shilling for a company they'd be sellouts because they've said they stand against that sort of thing. Nintendo, however, exists to turn a profit. Anything they do in persuit of that goal is definably their job.

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How far along is it? Mega Man was the first entrance I saw.

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Liquid Wind posted...
welfare is not something that people can just stay on for eternity being lazy

I've known quite a few people who've basically done this

and I don't see why it's unreasonable to only pay for basic necessities, we're trying to make sure people don't die for being unemployed, nothing bad is going to happen to you if you don't have enough money to get a lap dance and there's no reason productive people should have to pay for that

Hypothetical situation - the person on welfare is a salesman and his clients expect certain services before they will make a buy. Is said salesman not hurt by his inability to please his sleazeball customer? Just playing the devil's advocate here, but we really don't (and can't) know the situation of every individual receiving government assistance.

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Considering how much a person gets from welfare, if they have enough of it left over to spend on vices then they very likely have enough cash coming in from other sources to just use that instead. And if they don't, they likely have friends that will trade cash for the benefits. This will fix absolutely zero. In fact, it'll make it more difficult to track when people are abusing the system, so it'll be even harder to fix the problem.

If this somehow passes I will forever lose hope in government, because they are obviously too stupid to realize when they are wasting time and too callous to actually deal with the real problems we have in this country.

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"amazon is literally ****ing me in the ass"

Hopefully there was some kind of teasing first and not just instant penetration. Also, how difficult is it to type in that position? I'd imagine you'd have too much going on to post a message.

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If Pete Rose told the truth, spygate was undoubtedly worse. Even if he tampered with scores if he was betting on his team to win he still did everything he could to make that happen. For most practical purposes a W is a W and how you get that W doesn't matter. Frankly, he'd have to be getting into some weird bets if he did anything that caused his team to play less than their very best. I'd expect him to just bet for his team to beat the spread, which means scoring as much as possible is the optimal outcome for the team either way.

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Tag I guess

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(3) Howl's Moving Castle

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Most of the apartments around here will be numbered something 101 for the first apartment on the first floor, 201 for the first on the second etc. and if they have multiple buildings they are labeled by letter. I kinda thought it was like that everywhere.

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iOS, though the battery is really starting to go on the thing so I may get a new phone soonish with android on it.

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hm

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(3) Princess Mononoke

(2) Mulan

Overtime Match:
(5) Ponyo

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The Legend of Zelda.

Also, if it weren't for the fact that I haven't played it in over a decade, Turok 2. Back in the day I could play multiplayer with everyone else gunning for me and still win with nothing but the crossbow. I was pretty close to racking up 1000 head shots before I ran out of people who were willing to play.

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DeepsPraw posted...
AdmiralZephyr posted...
(maybe if she took it easier on the make-up I would)


Snooki sans makeup.

She looks almost azn and I will not hit azns for any reason ever.

Dear god, someone needs to tell her she looks better like that and really drive the point home.

No make-up, I might do it. As she usually appears? No.

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(6) My Neighbor Totoro

(10) Castle in the Sky

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Car key
key for front and back doors of my house
locker key
safe keys
bottle opener (Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.)
key tag from the dealership where I bought my car

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Terry Bogard

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x All About the Mormons? (Dp)
Butters' Bottom B****
Coon 2: Hindsight (Part 1)
Coon vs. Coon and Friends (Part 3)
x Crème Fraiche (Dp)
x You're Getting Old (Wizards)

In alphabetical order and airdate order. Sweet.

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Yeah, looking at it alone gives me the impression that agesboy has from playing it. None of the features they mention are unique to the genre, and I'm not even sure the combination of them all hasn't been done before. I'd be all over this if it were free, but since it's not I wish them the best of luck.

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(8) Avengers (Marvel Comics)
(18) Pokemon League (Pokemon)
(3) Dumbledore's Army (Harry Potter)
(25) Basterds (Inglourious Basterds)

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(1)Dan Hibiki
(3)Cammy

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Alright, I chose Cyndaquil and named him LAVALORD. The speed of this game is silly. I can either go too slow because no running shoes, or too freakin' fast with the speed button. The latter helps when grinding, because I got LAVALORD from level 6 to 10 in like a minute.

Then I defeated the Mystery Dick.

His name is STEVE.

WHY? Because it was the first evil sounding name that popped into my head, aside from Craiger (SEP reference).

So I go to the lab and slap Professor Elm in the face, get some Pokeballs, and head to catch my first Pokemon.

The dude there who's all like oh let me show you how to catch Pokemons and I tell him to piss off because I've been doing this way longer than him. AND THEN I CATCH MY FIRST POKEMON.

Welcome MCCHEYNE.



You're a female Pidgey.

Still catching up, but this post made me listen to "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros."

Steve

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That's a good scene considering I don't like the genre and don't have the context at all since I've never seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. I still doubt it's the best scene ever even excluding those factors, though. Loads of badassitude but also a lot of dead frames with nothing going on (and I don't mean the staredowns which actually contributes to the badassness).

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(25) Basterds (Inglourious Basterds)

(12) Night's Watch (A Song of Ice and Fire)

(10) Project Mayhem (Fight Club)

(3) X-Men (X-Men)

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Sponsors for both SOPA and PIPA have withdrawn both acts from consideration. Neither will be voted on. They may try this again someday, but for now the Internet is safe.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/internet-wins-sopa-and-pipa-both-shelved.ars

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I doubt he would have done much of anything different, so of course it'd still be in decline.

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(3)Cammy

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To the topic question - I'd be wondering why pokemon are real and how I can get some of my own.

To the first post question - I'd probably celebrate, as those IPs would be in capable hands again.

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