I appreciate all the sentiments.

Thanks for the promote.

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This hasn't been posted yet?! What the fuck has the world come to? I used to have faith in the Sift, but now my virginal ignorance is shattered--forever!

"Forgive them Father for they know not what they do."

I may not like you Lucky, but you have corrected a great imbalance indeed

*Promote

This hasn't been posted yet?! What the fuck has the world come to? I used to have faith in the Sift, but now my virginal ignorance is shattered--forever!

"Forgive them Father for they know not what they do."

I may not like you Lucky, but you have corrected a great imbalance indeed

*Promote

At first I didn't like sitting on those exercise balls. Especially because when I first tried it I was studying. I felt the fact that I was sitting on a ball distracted me too much. Fast forward a few months later...we hire a new employee. He brings his big exercise ball in to sit on. I mock him for some time (I've known him for years), but when he needs computer help, I have to sit on it to work at his desk. I love it now. That's right...I love another mans balls.>> ^JiggaJonson:

Love the deftly sarcastic rhetoric here.
I wonder if it still counts if people sit on balls...
Not THOSE kinds of balls you perverts!!!
"But Jigga, you're the one who posted the link?!" -Random sifter
"Shut up bitch!" SLAP
Now as I was saying, ahem, I sit on a ball at least once a day for as long as I can stand it. Stability balls are a great way for me to get a little something out of sitting as often as I do. Basically the way it works is you're constantly being thrown slightly off balance. That imbalance forces you to use muscles in your abs and butt that would normally be doing nothing.
I know it's not largely significant (a 2008 study showed it only increased calories burned by about 6%, comparable to standing) but while sitting on the ball I frequently try to lean back to lounge the way I would in a chair and my body is consistently surprised that I jsut tricked it into doing a sit-up of sorts (although sometimes the body rebels and I fall off) :-).
Still no 6-pack, but every little bit helps.

Love the deftly sarcastic rhetoric here.

I wonder if it still counts if people sit on balls...
Not THOSE kinds of balls you perverts!!!

"But Jigga, you're the one who posted the link?!" -Random sifter
"Shut up bitch!" *SLAP*

Now as I was saying, ahem, I sit on a ball at least once a day for as long as I can stand it. Stability balls are a great way for me to get a little something out of sitting as often as I do. Basically the way it works is you're constantly being thrown slightly off balance. That imbalance forces you to use muscles in your abs and butt that would normally be doing nothing.

I know it's not largely significant (a 2008 study showed it only increased calories burned by about 6%, comparable to standing) but while sitting on the ball I frequently try to lean back to lounge the way I would in a chair and my body is consistently surprised that I jsut tricked it into doing a sit-up of sorts (although sometimes the body rebels and I fall off) :-).

Still no 6-pack, but every little bit helps.

To put it simply, it's just a giant capacitor.

>> ^Trancecoach:

an electrostatic leader is formed by the change in pressure in the atmosphere caused by a thundercloud moving over the surface of the earth, setting the charges on the base of the cloud and the surface of the earth equal but opposite. A channel of ionized air starts from the negatively charged region in the cloud, mixes with water and ice. the initial bipolar discharge, called a leader, generates the stepped leaders which result in the familiarly branched or zigzag path of least resistance as the electrostatic imbalance is returned to zero by the return stroke of lightening.
>> ^Payback:
FFFFFFFFuuuuuuuucccccccckkkkkkkkiiiiiiiinnnnnnnngggggggg lllllllliiiiiiiigggggggghhhhhhhhttttttttnnnnnnnniiiiiiiinnnnnnnngggggggg, hhhhhhhhoooooooowwwwwwww ddddddddooooooooeeeeeeeessssssss iiiiiiiitttttttt wwwwwwwwoooooooorrrrrrrrkkkkkkkk?

an electrostatic leader is formed by the change in pressure in the atmosphere caused by a thundercloud moving over the surface of the earth, setting the charges on the base of the cloud and the surface of the earth equal but opposite. A channel of ionized air starts from the negatively charged region in the cloud, mixes with water and ice. the initial bipolar discharge, called a leader, generates the stepped leaders which result in the familiarly branched or zigzag path of least resistance as the electrostatic imbalance is returned to zero by the return stroke of lightening.

>> ^Payback:

FFFFFFFFuuuuuuuucccccccckkkkkkkkiiiiiiiinnnnnnnngggggggg lllllllliiiiiiiigggggggghhhhhhhhttttttttnnnnnnnniiiiiiiinnnnnnnngggggggg, hhhhhhhhoooooooowwwwwwww ddddddddooooooooeeeeeeeessssssss iiiiiiiitttttttt wwwwwwwwoooooooorrrrrrrrkkkkkkkk?

The same way the "Black" voice was far too loud or the "Jew" voice wasn't loud enough in Nazi Germany. Majority rules is retarded when the majority of people are also retarded. You should never create or maintain a law that inhibits the rights of others when those same rights are shared by everybody else. I don't see the negative of allowing gays to marry. Really there is none. The bible isn't the constitution...nor should it or its tenets be given ANY merit in our law making.>> ^quantumushroom:

If The Gay is genetic despite the variables of the spectrum, in the future the option to make a fetus 'not gay' will likely be offered. I neither condemn nor condone this inevitable tech.
The 4% indeed has a voice, right now it's far-too-loud, an imbalance that will have to find its center. When religious people state that, per their beliefs, they consider homosexuality wrong, they are made into 'hate criminals'. "Gay history" is now mandatory in at least one mexifornian school.
I'm all for personal freedom, but rights can't be spun out of thin air, and that's what's been happening.


>> ^rottenseed:
Sexuality and the hormones driving it falls on a spectrum and it involves several chemical processes. Since it's OBVIOUSLY not passed on from gay parent to gay child, that means straight people are having homosexual children at a rate of (4%?) or whatever it is.
And that 4% of the population deserves a voice. And the oppression of their rights should be of more concern than just 4% of the population. We should all be involved with maintaining one another's personal freedoms.>> ^quantumushroom:
The Gay is likely genetic, but that means in a few decades it can be "cured". And 4% of the population has no business steering an entire election.
Cain, unlike Obama, seems to understand the Constitution limits presidential power. Good on him.

Ummm no because there are people who agree with that 4% bumping up the statistic significantly.


Also Democracy isn't right if it's used to take away the rights of individuals. So 58% of people can say that they think Black people should be slaves...does that make it right?

So, 4% plus 54% of gay sympathizers equals 58%, does THAT make THAT right?



EDIT: Bonus points for "Mexifornian" because it was Mexico before we attacked them needlessly and took their land from them after destroying the indigenous population.

The Winners write the history. Mexicans are the result of Spain conquering Mestizo Indians, so you can take this silly 'blame game' back to the Stone Age if you want.

This great country you love is filled with humans as bad as any that have ever lived.

I don't disagree, but bad people are typically not a nation's majority here or anywhere else. In America one is free to leave any time and I doubt one can find a better country.














>> ^Yogi:

>> ^quantumushroom:
If The Gay is genetic despite the variables of the spectrum, in the future the option to make a fetus 'not gay' will likely be offered. I neither condemn nor condone this inevitable tech.
The 4% indeed has a voice, right now it's far-too-loud, an imbalance that will have to find its center. When religious people state that, per their beliefs, they consider homosexuality wrong, they are made into 'hate criminals'. "Gay history" is now mandatory in at least one mexifornian school.
I'm all for personal freedom, but rights can't be spun out of thin air, and that's what's been happening.


>> ^rottenseed:
Sexuality and the hormones driving it falls on a spectrum and it involves several chemical processes. Since it's OBVIOUSLY not passed on from gay parent to gay child, that means straight people are having homosexual children at a rate of (4%?) or whatever it is.
And that 4% of the population deserves a voice. And the oppression of their rights should be of more concern than just 4% of the population. We should all be involved with maintaining one another's personal freedoms.>> ^quantumushroom:
The Gay is likely genetic, but that means in a few decades it can be "cured". And 4% of the population has no business steering an entire election.
Cain, unlike Obama, seems to understand the Constitution limits presidential power. Good on him.



Ummm no because there are people who agree with that 4% bumping up the statistic significantly. Also Democracy isn't right if it's used to take away the rights of individuals. So 58% of people can say that they think Black people should be slaves...does that make it right?
EDIT: Bonus points for "Mexifornian" because it was Mexico before we attacked them needlessly and took their land from them after destroying the indigenous population. This great country you love is filled with humans as bad as any that have ever lived.

>> ^quantumushroom:

If The Gay is genetic despite the variables of the spectrum, in the future the option to make a fetus 'not gay' will likely be offered. I neither condemn nor condone this inevitable tech.
The 4% indeed has a voice, right now it's far-too-loud, an imbalance that will have to find its center. When religious people state that, per their beliefs, they consider homosexuality wrong, they are made into 'hate criminals'. "Gay history" is now mandatory in at least one mexifornian school.
I'm all for personal freedom, but rights can't be spun out of thin air, and that's what's been happening.


>> ^rottenseed:
Sexuality and the hormones driving it falls on a spectrum and it involves several chemical processes. Since it's OBVIOUSLY not passed on from gay parent to gay child, that means straight people are having homosexual children at a rate of (4%?) or whatever it is.
And that 4% of the population deserves a voice. And the oppression of their rights should be of more concern than just 4% of the population. We should all be involved with maintaining one another's personal freedoms.>> ^quantumushroom:
The Gay is likely genetic, but that means in a few decades it can be "cured". And 4% of the population has no business steering an entire election.
Cain, unlike Obama, seems to understand the Constitution limits presidential power. Good on him.




Ummm no because there are people who agree with that 4% bumping up the statistic significantly. Also Democracy isn't right if it's used to take away the rights of individuals. So 58% of people can say that they think Black people should be slaves...does that make it right?

EDIT: Bonus points for "Mexifornian" because it was Mexico before we attacked them needlessly and took their land from them after destroying the indigenous population. This great country you love is filled with humans as bad as any that have ever lived.

If The Gay is genetic despite the variables of the spectrum, in the future the option to make a fetus 'not gay' will likely be offered. I neither condemn nor condone this inevitable tech.

The 4% indeed has a voice, right now it's far-too-loud, an imbalance that will have to find its center. When religious people state that, per their beliefs, they consider homosexuality wrong, they are made into 'hate criminals'. "Gay history" is now mandatory in at least one mexifornian school.

I'm all for personal freedom, but rights can't be spun out of thin air, and that's what's been happening.





>> ^rottenseed:

Sexuality and the hormones driving it falls on a spectrum and it involves several chemical processes. Since it's OBVIOUSLY not passed on from gay parent to gay child, that means straight people are having homosexual children at a rate of (4%?) or whatever it is.
And that 4% of the population deserves a voice. And the oppression of their rights should be of more concern than just 4% of the population. We should all be involved with maintaining one another's personal freedoms.>> ^quantumushroom:
The Gay is likely genetic, but that means in a few decades it can be "cured". And 4% of the population has no business steering an entire election.
Cain, unlike Obama, seems to understand the Constitution limits presidential power. Good on him.

>> ^marbles:

>> ^crotchflame:
BUT this came at the cost of a more serious threat of deflation and bank runs, which you can easily argue is much worse.

That's a false argument. You can't have deflation without first having inflation. And your argument is well we have to suffer inflation otherwise we might suffer deflation. That's illogical. Deflation is mostly good for us and bad for banks. Deflation would mean lower food and commodity prices. When a bubble pops, it's essentially canceling out that bubble's expansion of the monetary base. The realized inflation in prices is caught in an imbalance. If left to a natural correction, prices would fall and reach an equilibrium. But the government and central bank usually step in with a monetary solution to "stabilize" the economy. This is just horseshit excuse to keep the inflation from the bubble and pass on the cost to the tax payers.


Netrunner's already pointed this out, but this is special pleading. You say that prices go up and down in the market with a fixed currency, but that's not inflation because inflation is expansion of the money supply. You're saying that inflation only happens under a fiat system, therefore a fiat system is the only way we can have inflation. It's not very interesting. Inflation can only be measured as an aggregate of general prices, like the billion prices project. If all the prices are going up, that's inflation; down, that's deflation. Arguing which came first is a chicken and egg question.

The rest of what you say doesn't address the link I gave to why deflation is worse.

>> ^crotchflame:
BUT this came at the cost of a more serious threat of deflation and bank runs, which you can easily argue is much worse.


That's a false argument. You can't have deflation without first having inflation. And your argument is well we have to suffer inflation otherwise we might suffer deflation. That's illogical. Deflation is mostly good for us and bad for banks. Deflation would mean lower food and commodity prices. When a bubble pops, it's essentially canceling out that bubble's expansion of the monetary base. The realized inflation in prices is caught in an imbalance. If left to a natural correction, prices would fall and reach an equilibrium. But the government and central bank usually step in with a monetary solution to "stabilize" the economy. This is just horseshit excuse to keep the inflation from the bubble and pass on the cost to the tax payers.

>> ^spawnflagger:

this is why the towing vehicle should weigh more than the load...


Umm... no. That idea falls apart looking at any semi-trailer. The weight of the tow vehicle doesn't matter nearly as much as the trailer or the load placement. If a vehicle is rated for carrying the weight, it can be use to tow.

This is why people, who otherwise can drive just fine, need training to tow trailers. A huge proportion of trailer-related accidents are due to inexperience.

1) Improper trailer. Car carriers need to be as low to the ground as possible. The trailer in the vid is a flatdeck for carrying construction materials or styrofoam blocks. The center of gravity there allows the load to sway, causing the trailer to turn, not unlike a skateboard. That sway takes on a harmonic imbalance, ultimately causing the jacknife.

2) Improperly placed load. The load should, for the most part, be forward of the axles. Placing it that far back actually pulls UP the rear end of the tow vehicle, reducing tire traction, helping the harmonic sway.

3) Improper tow vehicle. Just because your car can accellerate that much weight, doesn't mean the suspension can handle it. If the load HAD been centered properly, the front end of that car would have been off the ground if the rear end hadn't collapsed first.

4) Improper speed. Just because your car can accellerate that much weight to that speed doesn't mean it's stable. The faster you go, the longer it takes to make any changes and the less time you have to do them.

I'd hardly say he is a joke. He's still a formidable player, if he gets his emotions more in check, he would be even better. He calls games quick, and often right (if you've seen his guest casts on NASL), but when he calls it wrong he should spend some time verifying it and stick with it like SlayerS_BoxeR does.
>> ^Jinx:

Oh, and yeah, Eyedra is the wrong pronounciation. Artosis has a habit of scrambling peoples Ids, just ask LiquidTyler
The followup to this game is that Idra then lost the next game, and then lost 4 in a row in the losers bracket to his rival MC. Having been 4-0'd you'd think he'd find the humility to lose graciously, but nope, complaining about race imbalance to the last. Its sad, even though Idra is one of, if not the strongest player outside Korea he is considered a joke because of his attitude.
For those that play SC but don't really follow the competitive side that much, I URGE you to watch the next MLG when it comes around at the end of July. The atmosphere at this event was electric, you can hear the crowd on this video, and it made the whole thing quite amazing to spectate. Normally I can't stomach more than a hour or two of watching other people play videogames, but I spend the entire day watching MLG, so yeah, check it out. If you don't play SC then yeah, it prolly is just confusing and uninteresting...so go buy Starcraft2 and join the club

Oh, and yeah, Eyedra is the wrong pronounciation. Artosis has a habit of scrambling peoples Ids, just ask LiquidTyler

The followup to this game is that Idra then lost the next game, and then lost 4 in a row in the losers bracket to his rival MC. Having been 4-0'd you'd think he'd find the humility to lose graciously, but nope, complaining about race imbalance to the last. Its sad, even though Idra is one of, if not the strongest player outside Korea he is considered a joke because of his attitude.

For those that play SC but don't really follow the competitive side that much, I URGE you to watch the next MLG when it comes around at the end of July. The atmosphere at this event was electric, you can hear the crowd on this video, and it made the whole thing quite amazing to spectate. Normally I can't stomach more than a hour or two of watching other people play videogames, but I spend the entire day watching MLG, so yeah, check it out. If you don't play SC then yeah, it prolly is just confusing and uninteresting...so go buy Starcraft2 and join the club