On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 10:27:28PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 03:30:09PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
One might argue that the problems are caused by cultural views,
that as long as prostitution is perceived as dirty or immoral
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 09:26:57AM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
In the social sciences, causality is extremely hard to prove.
And since one should be cautious about making decisions without knowing
causes, one should be careful about concluding that prostitution is
unhealthy.
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that 'fuck' = 'rape' It seems that you have a similar
misconception that 'prostitution' = 'force'.
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 04:18:04PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find a table with the pressures of Rio de
Janeiro over the year?
Does anyone know where I can find a table of how many people in the
world can ask more ambiguous questions than Alberto?
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data are airports and NOAA
(www.noaa.gov) sponsored weather stations (which categories sometimes
overlap).
I don't know what the situation is in Brazil. If you can't find anything
on a web search, you could try calling the airport.
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most everyone
else is discussing.
The data are dismissed out of hand.
Here is some data on rainfall in the desert: 0, 0, 0 Don't you go
dismissing it out of hand, now!
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. You obviously have a mental block here.
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Since the subject was discussed here some time ago (and I promised
to reference the US net external debt, better late than never...), I
thought I'd mention that there have been a couple good articles on
the dollar and the current account deficit recently in the Financial
Times.
One was by Peter
know that religion is unhealthy, so no need to demonstrate that
with the same sort of unreasoning.
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apparently can range between about $200 and $1000
per hour, depending on a number of factors. Several of the prostitutes
interviewed in the documentary planned to work for several years while
saving most of their income, and use the money for a goal (starting a
business, buying a house, etc.).
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:19:58PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
At an estimated 280% of exports at the end of 2004, the U's. debt
to export ratio is in shooting range of troubled Latin economies
like Brazil and Argentina.
I wasn't aware that Brazil had
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water vapor is present. If there is
more water vapor in the summer, the density and pressure could be less
(H20 is lighter than N2, CO2, O2, etc.).
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On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 03:30:09PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
So, I'd conclude that a preliminary review of the evidence indicates
that legalization does not remove problems with prostitution.
Surely you meant does not remove ALL problems with prostitution?
When you say prostitution is
through. It is a
pity, since when they don't get in the way he does a lot of excellent,
rational analysis. On the bright side, religion could have (and has, in
others) turned out far, far worse.
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that about
25% of the variation in the Bush margin of victory is explained, and 75%
is unexplained, by the federal expenditures per dollar of tax)
Here's a scatter plot:
http://erikreuter.net/pub/vote4.png
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On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 12:24:16AM +, William T Goodall wrote:
On 10 Nov 2004, at 11:20 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll comment on being glad for the front and sides.
Anyone want to top this?
I'm not going to say 'bottom'.
Is it beneath you?
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, the usual caveat applies with statistical correlation data
like this: correlation does not imply causality. There could be any
number of causes involved.
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with alcohol abuse, and he's going to one of the top 20
universities in the country, so if he
He could always join the reserve, dodge the draft, find religion, and
run for president!
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://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763629.html
and the almanacs percentages for 1996 and 2000 agree with those printed
above from fairvote.
As for 2004, the estimates are at about 59-60% (120M voters)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1103sid=aoLXKdg1jbi0refer=us
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Our way or the highway
By Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay
Published: November 5 2004 18:56 | Last updated: November 5 2004 18:56
EXCERPT:
Efforts to improve the UN's capacity to respond to global security
threats are
consider should be worthy of the same
protection that fully human foetuses should be accorded?
I can see the soul now!
Soul: [Looks at zygote with 1% chimp] Oh, yuck, I'm not going in
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On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 06:30:48PM +, Richard Baker wrote:
Quite. But if one could see souls, this problem would evaporate (or
would it?
It seems like a solid problem to me. So...it would sublimate.
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On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 10:48:25PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
Actually, I have 2 sons.
Siriusly?
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calendars, an intro: venus rises in the east
before the sun this November. It is the east. And Julia has a son. Play
it again?
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exists -- insurance premiums. Rather
than disallowing purchase of certain items, such a system would simply
track purchases, and the data would be available for setting health
insurance premiums based on the expense risk each individual poses to
the health-care system.
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with the short term solution of disabling the security? Obviously
no one had gone through and anticipated various scenarios and formulated
plans of action, let alone having designed the system robustly in the
first place).
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This is a video about voting machines in Florida. Unfortunately only
available in Windows Media or Quicktime format, and you really need
sound to appreciate it, but I think it is worth the effort
http://www.boomchicago.nl/Section/Videos/BoomChicagoVotingMachine
paying attention.
Q: How has Nick set up gambling on Brin-L?
A: He hasn't
Casablanca not required.
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http://www.economist.com/printedition/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3329802
The incompetent or the incoherent?
Oct 28th 2004
From The Economist print edition
With a heavy heart, we think American readers should vote for John Kerry
on November 2nd
YOU might have thought that, three years after a
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109896974730858417,00.html
THE MACRO INVESTOR
By STEVE LIESMAN
The President's ERA: Five Critical Data Points Define Bush's 'Economic
Record Average'
Wall Street Journal, October 29, 2004
Baseball's elegance in part comes from its defined rules for laying
.
And this is getting silly, so this is my last.
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:07:37PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
That's Erik for you -- he's got one of the smartest yaps around here.
:)
Anyone want to buy a smart yap? It's not fully house-trained, though...
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 09:00:52AM -0700, Dave Land wrote:
I'll bite: how has Nick set up gambling on Brin-L?
Try to keep up now, Dave!
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was
obviously rhetorical. Look for similarities between the unreasoning in
Dan's statement and the one that started this thread.
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 09:35:14PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 27-10-04 13:24, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 10:35:38PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
transparency and accountability.
So, what's your name and and home address?
Considering the inherent unsafety
it. It is strange how people confuse paying attention with
intelligence.
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 02:17:17PM -0700, Dave Land wrote:
Oh, shut up.
Oh, no.
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On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 10:35:38PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
transparency and accountability.
So, what's your name and and home address?
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that are expressed while saying how much respect there is for
others opinions in these writings
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a rational rather than emotional case for their
opposition?
Considering the cost of building Nuclear power plants and managing
its wastes and factoring in the political opposition, is it really an
economically sound alternative?
Most definitely.
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:11:07AM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
Accepting things as they are means believing that people are doing
their best, but it doesn't for a moment mean that they can't do
better.
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:07:11AM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:11:07AM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
Accepting things as they are means believing that people are doing
their best, but it doesn't for a moment mean that they can't do
better
for Democrats for Congress
(particularly ones that want to nationalize the nation's healthcare
system) so you can create a divided Congress and keep spending down,
which I believe is an important goal for a traditional, fiscally
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than
providing a few moments of schadenfreude?
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of millions of Europeans that we would classify as being left-wing, so
a few hundred or even thousands of crazies would not be unexpected. But
I certainly never had the impression that a majority, or even a large
chunk of the European left, wishes bad things to happen to me, as an
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(which one causes the other?
or are they both caused by some other variable?), but I think the
correlation is interesting.
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not clearly state. That is one
reason why there is continuing argument about it (if a Supreme Court
ruling is necessitated, the law certainly isn't very precise)
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, has it?
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the long term sustainability
of civilization and of the planet should be a factor in political
decisions. So yes, there's sampling error.
Imagine a group of MBA's
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(avenge, deter future taking of, etc.) the lives of
Americans
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people have failed to learn the lesson of the perils
of extreme leverage through derivatives from the failure of Long Term
Capital Management, I'll never understand.
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Something for everyone
Oct 12th 2004
From The Economist Global Agenda
http://www.economist.com/agenda/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3284455
What began as a commendable effort to resolve a festering trade
dispute with Europe has ended up as a feast for special-interest
groups. So
At the end, this article has some interesting thoughts and numbers (but
no references) relevant to a recent discussion on Brin-L comparing
Costco and Sam's Club.
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Surviving the Wal-Mart Onslaught: Which savvy retailers are
stingy PM,
Before I were to consider this rather unlikely possibility, I would
first consider the possibility that the election was rigged.
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is not based on such definitive data.
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On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 08:07:25AM -0400, JDG wrote:
It should be self-evident that your advice would be to concentrate on
the largest States.
Not at all. Perhaps if you think overly-simplistically like the Bush
administration...
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Medicaid Makes Treating the Poor A Collections Hassle
October 12, 2004
Editor's Note: The Doctor's Office is a new online column about the
issues, challenges and rewards facing physicians today. It's written by
Dr. Benjamin
% for Kerry, only 14% for Bush.
Perhaps this explains why Bush's advisers are so horrible...nobody wants
to work for him?
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The data is really too close to call. People can analyze all they want,
it doesn't change the fact that the polls are within the margin of
error.
For example, Zogby and the Wall Street Journal come up with a Kerry win:
OCTOBER 6, 2004
The presidential debate has lifted John Kerry back to where
an election is fair. I know that you
consider it unfair if 75% of the people vote for the losing candidate,
but is that your only criterion for unfairness?
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On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 09:31:32AM -0500, Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
5. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60 of a degree every minute
??? strange clock
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the comment).
Did anyone who COULD see Kerry notice what Kerry did just before Bush's
remark?
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vertical size and position. If you got everyone to agree on each
player's dimensions, then you are in great shape, with or without the
technology.
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It's too late for Gautam's request, but Brad DeLong wrote an insightful
article about offshoring yesterday:
http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2004-2_archives/000262.html
Seth Stevenson Urges Us to Be Worse Than Debbie--Much Worse Than Debbie
Seth Stevenson of Slate urges us to
been incentives given to business to expense capital and
accelerate the depreciation on it (to encourage investment). It could
be interesting to see if this is discernible in the total fixed assets
account of the NIPA's.
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progress.
Want faster progress? Here are some of my favorite charities that
concentrate on making investments in the future of people and villages
rather than just providing handouts:
http://www.ashoka.org/
http://www.gfusa.org/
http://www.lifewater.org/
http://www.heifer.org/
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should be to some reasonable approximation.
If so, then there would be some major gaming of the system. It is much
easier to fool a machine than a human.
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Here is an interesting graph
http://erikreuter.net/econ/npro_comp.png
comparing my calculation for nominal productivity increases with nominal
compensation increases. All of the data is from:
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/categories/2
I calculated productivity by taking business
.
So sad. So true.
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On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 02:11:29PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
But, its being used now, to grade umpires at selected parks, including
here in Houston. So, they must have it working at some level.
In real time?
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of the GDP increase.
This doesn't change the fact that there was a massive and SUSTAINED
increase in investment from 1994 to 2001.
http://erikreuter.net/econ/pro_inv.png
I'm not sure what your point is.
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the strike zones of the players before the game? If so, how is that
matched up with the photos?
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are referring to remove the human judgement call on that?
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and their knees. I do a different type of pattern recognition,
but this seems pretty straightforward to me.
I think you underestimate the difficulty of the problem, especially
when people have an incentive to try to finesse the system to their
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of it, but rather agreement on
defining the strike zone for each player.
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measures of wages,
salaries, benefits, and compensation as measured by the BLS (all values
are nominal, but I also plotted the personal consumption expenditure
index as a visual baseline for inflation):
http://erikreuter.net/econ/ahe_eciw.png
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the 1990's (i.e.,
some investment was in unneeded areas or inefficient capital) I tend to
think the cause is some of each, although moreso the capital. After all,
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On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 09:05:55AM -0400, John D. Giorgis wrote:
It appears that Kerry believes in pre-emptive strikes in Iraq without
France only in the case of Democratic Presidents, not Republican
Presidents.
Perhaps he believes it is better to take no action rather than to take
action and
On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 12:34:14PM -0400, John D. Giorgis wrote:
The second part, is, of course, correct. Whenever there are
diminishing marginal returns to labor, laying off a worker will
increase productivity.
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On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 11:52:55AM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
Okay, so I just had to forward this rather odd variation on the 419
scams. These guys want me to open a checking account, into which
they'll deposite money.
I think they don't quite get how this works. They're either the worst
would
have, although I would not have gone on about Brin not liking Walmart
becauses he's a snob, which although it may be true, I realized from a
similar situation here recently that pointing it out doesn't further the
discusssion). And then Brin signed off for at least a fortnight.
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weeks
in one post). .
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my children. Then the question becomes, how much does the
probability of sexual abuse go up by exposing my child to a Catholic
priest?
Another illuminating comparison would be the abuse rates by public
school teachers vs. Catholic priests.
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(probably afraid
it would get him in trouble with the undecided's).
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to execute every minute, you can
explicitly write it out:
0-59/1 * * * *
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On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 08:37:44PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote:
Sorry about that horrible email barrage there. I screwed up. Too much
thinking.
Mac user in denial?
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NOBODY wants to live there. Also,
immigration is obviously restricted in most places.
Still, I think it is interesting that US and Netherlands are quite
close. Spain and France are quite low for European countries.
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On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 01:22:06PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
God, ... are subject to neither emperical comfirmation or
falsification.
Well isn't that special.
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On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 02:28:45PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
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On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 01:44:31PM -0500, Dan
yourself that. Apparently your brainwashing comes with
a defense mechanism against rationality.
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On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 03:15:34PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
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Subject: Re: Which beliefs are labled real; which are labled figments
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sorry track record in
providing meaning and support for human rights and the self-worth of
humans.
You almost seem to assume that one must adopt an ideology.
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