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Why the Polls Drive Us Crazy (and Shouldn't)
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Author: Zaroc Stone
Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:32

.... And McCain continues to say brilliant things like the economy is fundamentally sound and he won't meet with the dastardly prime minister of Spain. More to the point, the significance of those head-to-head polls -- the yardstick featured in so much political reporting -- is completely overblown. The reality is that nobody knows what's going to happen in November. It's an unprecedented election in two ways: a black man is vying to become...
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Author: Zaroc Stone
Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:24

.... And McCain continues to say brilliant things like the economy is fundamentally sound and he won't meet with the dastardly prime minister of Spain. More to the point, the significance of those head-to-head polls -- the yardstick featured in so much political reporting -- is completely overblown. The reality is that nobody knows what's going to happen in November. It's an unprecedented election in two ways: a black man is vying to become...
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Re: Praise for Gfortran (finally)
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Author: Arjen Markus
Date: Sep 18, 2008 07:13

..., 1 step back of each binary build. We are sharply aware of this problem.  It has come about largely because of the inadequacy, in the past, of our testsuite.  Not having a take-the-standard-and-write-a-testsuite yardstick to go by, ours has grown as we have fixed bugs and regressions.  Thus, our random walk through bugspace  is, at least Markovian; for the main part they do not get repeated.  Also, whilst some of the things ...
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Re: Praise for Gfortran (finally)
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Author: paul.richard.thomas
Date: Sep 18, 2008 00:56

... forward, 1 step back of each binary build. We are sharply aware of this problem. It has come about largely because of the inadequacy, in the past, of our testsuite. Not having a take-the-standard-and-write-a-testsuite yardstick to go by, ours has grown as we have fixed bugs and regressions. Thus, our random walk through bugspace is, at least Markovian; for the main part they do not get repeated. Also, whilst some of the things that ...
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Re: How to block your own growth
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Author: bigfletch8
Date: Sep 8, 2008 21:41

...been brought up under the influence of the phrase "judge not or you shall be judged". Like many common suggestions , this one has many interpretations, and as such, proves to be an interesting yardstick to ones growing awareness. Try this one for size. Given the premise we are all unique. (To recognise such uniqueness can be associated with the more 'obscure' term of self realization). ...
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Re: How to block your own growth
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Author: Immortalist
Date: Sep 8, 2008 20:49

... have been brought up under the influence of the phrase "judge not or you shall be judged". Like many common suggestions , this one has many interpretations, and as such, proves to be an interesting yardstick to ones growing awareness. Try this one for size. Given the premise we are all unique. (To recognise such uniqueness can be associated with the more 'obscure' term of self realization). ...
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Re: How to block your own growth
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Author: bigfletch8
Date: Sep 8, 2008 02:31

... of us have been brought up under the influence of the phrase "judge not or you shall be judged". Like many common suggestions , this one has many interpretations, and as such, proves to be an interesting yardstick to ones growing awareness. Try this one for size. Given the premise we are all unique. (To recognise such uniqueness can be associated with the more 'obscure' term of self realization). It is...
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Re: How to block your own growth
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Author: Immortalist
Date: Sep 7, 2008 23:51

...: Most of us have been brought up under the influence of the phrase "judge not or you shall be judged". Like many common suggestions , this one has many interpretations, and as such, proves to be an interesting yardstick to ones growing awareness. Try this one for size. Given the premise we are all unique. (To recognise such uniqueness can be associated with the more 'obscure' term of self realization). It is ...
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How to block your own growth
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Author: bigfletch8
Date: Sep 7, 2008 16:32

Most of us have been brought up under the influence of the phrase "judge not or you shall be judged". Like many common suggestions , this one has many interpretations, and as such, proves to be an interesting yardstick to ones growing awareness. Try this one for size. Given the premise we are all unique. (To recognise such uniqueness can be associated with the more 'obscure' term of self realization). It is unarguable that we each ...
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Re: On The Kantian Possibility of Science
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Author: ZerkonX
Date: Aug 26, 2008 06:04

... this niffy system worked on earth so well it's application soon found a home in exploring the biggest space of all. Something so big that it was called simply 'Space'. However, like in earth/space, a yardstick was needed. Some consistent thing that numbers could neatly line up on so the immense distances could be imagined and hammered into classified units, like time was. Then a miracle. The speed of light. Dang! After this ...
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