Explained here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NxUUIk5kko

Game Theory explanation of Voter Paradox - only in a tie does your vote matter. So why vote?

Count on the British to have an antidote to validation.

>> ^ForgedReality:

Strange how a lot of the frames morph together like this was just a collection of individual photos blended together using semi-intelligent edge detection, as opposed to using, say, oh I dunno, A VIDEO CAMERA...?


Use of a cheap video camera explains why this slo-mo has big fail all over it. The camera man did absolutely nothing recommended in this guide to help the time remapping/frame interpolation filter in After Effects get a super slo-mo result. Also recommended practice is individual tuning of motion sensitivity when using such plug-ins.

If you want to see what a good frame interpolation plug-in can achieve slowing down regular video, type "Twixtor" into the search bar of your favorite video sharing site.

>> ^nanrod:

I know this is all bullshit because T. Boone Pickens was on the Daily Show and he assured me that no water well has ever been contaminated by fracking. He wouldn't lie would he?


And neither would Lee Fuller, executive director of Energy in Depth, who has told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that a litany of errors in the anti-drilling film should render it ineligible for the Oscar for best documentary feature.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/02/01/01greenwire-ioil-and-gas-group-urges-oscar-judges-to-steer-99256.html

Besides, it is good that North Americans are once again getting a small taste of what many petro-states have have to endure over the decades to fuel a lifestyle of excess.

>> ^mxxcon:

why are they in front of a green screen?


Because it cuts costs. A surprisingly large number of scenes are shot green screen these days, even those that don't seem to require any "special effect" added.

In the UK, we already had this tit-for-tat exchange last year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4141765/Atheist-buses-denying-Gods-existence-take-to-streets.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xazsadB_TN8

Spelling is so elitist, anyway.

Remember, Schiff was the only person to effectively predict the economic hardship.

I beg to differ.

And if Schiff did so well to predict what was going to happen to the economy, why is it that his portfolio underperformed? Recall Schiff predicted $2000/oz to happen this year, in effect betting on inflation but what ultimately happened was that deflation became the greater danger -- this sent the dollar to unrealistic heights against most major currencies, and even against gold while US treasury yields went negative -- all signs of a deflationary market. This year, gold returned to mid $900 but has gone sideways ever since -- just 4 months left for gold to double in price for Schiff to be proven right.

When judging prognosticators one must be aware of one's tendency to only remember the hits and forgetting the misses.

BillO responds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucJwh0CRopQ
and again reveals his innumeracy: "The way they do statistics in Amsterdam is different, plus it is a much smaller country with a much smaller base..."

I was kind of waiting for the telling of this guys moment of reform, but it never arrived. Is he still a practicing KKK member or not?

Read the rest of the interview transcript and see for yourself. There is also a Rev Wade Watts tribute on Johnny's website.

A brief lesson in science (1min 25sec) and how easily ignorance could be exploited by charlatans:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Passionometer-Science-Why-science-matters

Hopefully the no warning renter evictions when the bank forecloses on the mortgage holder should now be coming to an end. This week, Obama signed into law a bill giving tenants who pay their rent on time, the right to remain in their home until the end of their lease, unless the bank sells the property to someone who intends to make it his own residence. Even without a lease, renters must be allowed to stay in their home for 90 days after the foreclosure. The provision is scheduled to expire at the end of 2012.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052201467.html

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