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I have noticed some weird energy the last couple of weeks myself, but it seems to have manifested itself in odd synchronicities, abundant blessings, and my friends who "get it"... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (zombans) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1413 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:22:35 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1412/t/What-compromise-looks-like-Health-Care-.html
Now, should this pass, it would indeed be at least very annoying to the "dropout" community. However, I think we haven't really been cheated -- rather, Obama promised compromise, and this is what compromise looks like. We've... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (michael) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1412 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:59:21 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1400/t/Winter-Blues.html http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/ Even if you spend a lot of time in the sun, there are areas where it's impossible for the body to produce vitamin D in the winter. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LeviTullio) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1400 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:45:21 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1399/t/Twilight.html
But I seriously really enjoyed the hell out of these books. And I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out why. And I'm not the only... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sylviah) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1399 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:42:55 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1396/t/Gee-Ran.html

I'd point out that the public has had to be pushed and prodded into dumbing down - they didn't get there on their own. From TV to HFCS to church to cellphones to Cube World, if you've managed to slip through the cracks, it was by the grace of God. I would've said luck at an earlier... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (freecookies) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1396 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:24:05 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1394/t/Hacked-Climatologist-Emails.html The hacked climate science email scandal that wasn't


]]> feeds@yuku.com (cavanaugh) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1394 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:30:37 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1393/t/Addictions.html
When it comes to addiction, there are two obvious self-consistent poles of argument. One is to accept that some people just weren't meant to be sober, and thus to accommodate drug use, whatever the drug. The other is to declare drugs off-limits and apply sufficient policing to force 'em all to go cold turkey and stay there.

But neither of those positions seems to have... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (michael) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1393 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:27:46 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1391/t/E-M-Forster-s-The-Machine-Stops-.html
Anyway, since reading a few paragraphs of the story, I've been wondering if Bruce Dickinson (of Iron Maiden fame) found inspiration for one of his songs in Forster's story?


"Inside the Machine" - Bruce Dickinson

I've got myself a widget
A gizmo with wires, and martian intent
Strange face of beauty, that's my... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (lionelej) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1391 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:32:40 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1389/t/Good-news---Imaginary-worlds---future--video-games.html
The gist of it was that while it's good to see more developers moving away from the mainstream, corporate model, both mainstream and indie games will remain alienating to most people until they begin to utilize... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (madotsuki) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1389 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:31:01 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1388/t/intellectual-property.html
I'm a share-the-information type myself so the concept doesn't interest me at all.

I like Ran's analogies for Ayn Rand. It made a lightbulb go on in my head. I could never really get into Ayn Rand and I couldn't figure out what didn't grok. But the Harrison Bergeron image made it all clear. hahaha

]]> feeds@yuku.com (lulugraphics) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1388 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:54:15 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1386/t/Ran-s-Gone-Away-World-review-.html Ran wrote:

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And there's too much skill porn, one character after another so impossibly good at what they do that you just get numb. Sounds like you've just encountered Mary Sue....
]]> feeds@yuku.com (michael) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1386 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:12:44 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1385/t/Ran-s-bike-pump.html
I have a little $10 Schwinn one from the hardware store, and I use it for my motorcycle, the car, etc. Try pumping 300 pumps into the tire on a BMW 7 series, booyah! (You do 100 at a time, do something else for 10 min. then come back, do another 100 etc.)
]]> feeds@yuku.com (TheGoodLife) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1385 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:23:48 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1383/t/Yes-Ran-An-Insane-Asylum-On-Fire-You-Nailed-The-Zeitgeist-.html I was very touched by Ran's comment yesterday. It is an extraordinarily difficult time to be human. I am experiencing anxiety attacks on a semi-regular basis. My imagination runs wild...too often.

Carolyn Baker has written a wonderful book called "Sacred Demise: Walking the Path of Industrial Civilization's Collapse." It calls on us to bring forth what we have within and to face this process as a sacred and very ... severe (no easy way to say it)... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (gracetrails) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1383 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:22:39 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1382/t/mandatory-health-insurance-clause.html feeds@yuku.com (serracruz) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1382 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:57:18 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1378/t/First-Family-of-Surf.html feeds@yuku.com (Doc Agape) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1378 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:05:38 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1377/t/Paul-Rudnick.html
They are not the norm. I suspect a hyperthyroid in these cases, the norm is, high carb junk = fatso.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (TheGoodLife) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1377 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:36:57 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1372/t/sprouted-grains.html Maybe in the future someone will start sprouting and drying large amounts of grain and selling it in bulk, as they do now with rolled, flaked, and puffed grains. I'm just curious to know if malted grain that is sold for use in brewing beer at home does or doesn't fit the conditions ran is talking about in the above. and if not, why?
]]> feeds@yuku.com (tomcampbell) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1372 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:45:16 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1368/t/Ran-s-perspective-on-Upstate-New-York-election.html
Any election in the North Country (how the region is called in NY) will be local. These are very practical and realistic people. Tell me how my neighbor will make a living, not some grand philosophical position (this time conservative) about the world.

The local people chose someone they knew -- she was in the state... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mtnclimber) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1368 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:56:18 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1367/t/dropping-out.html feeds@yuku.com (zombans) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1367 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:01:08 GMT http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1364/t/MMO-Masochism.html
One obvious such provocation is permadeath. In all known MMOs, a player whose avatar has just fallen in battle after a year of play, is considerably better off than a player who has freshly joined the game. Outside observers may... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (michael) http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1364 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:48:52 GMT