I believe the chaos/string theory, Gaar. Nothing scares me anymore. On Nov 4, 4:09 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good for you... > > Hope you went and expressed your "color" before something "gets you". > > Seems many things scare you rigs, or at least worry you a whole lot. > > On Nov 4, 2:01 pm, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Actually, there are space trash warnings. One, the size of a fridge, > > landed in an ocean instead of my house and its new roof. And my wise > > head, And... > > > On Nov 4, 3:54 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >http://www.ejectejecteject.com/ > > > > ASTEROID! > > > Inescapable cataclysm! Total destruction! Nowhere to hide! Make peace > > > with your God! > > > > Prepare yourselves, sayeth the news. This thing is coming and you > > > can’t stop it. You’ve seen the numbers. Banks of supercomputers > > > refining to the eighth significant figure the precise moment of > > > impact; the location down to a half mile. The giant Obamaroid bearing > > > down on us: unstoppable by mere puny earthlings; a rock the size of > > > Ireland, immutable, inevitable, crushing and final. Run all you want; > > > you’ll just die tired. This is it. The end of all we hold dear. > > > > And what advice do we hear from political science advisors, our best > > > and brightest stalwarts rallied to stave off this disaster? What say > > > these wise men in white coats, men that spend decades in labs, > > > dissecting every trend and poll, crunching numbers and assaying > > > intentions to the milligram? What help might we look to them for? > > > > Ah! Some instructions! Something at last, some hope to cling to! Let > > > me just check the official printout here… > > > > On the morning of impact, grab the sturdiest chair you can find. Move > > > it away from all doors and windows. A basement is your best bet, if > > > you have one. Place the chair in any doorway underneath a load-bearing > > > beam – a steel I-beam is ideal. Sit down and place your feet about two > > > feet apart, firmly pressing down on the floor. Open your mouth > > > slightly to relieve the overpressure from the impact, and the instant > > > you see the flash of light, close you eyes immediately, lean forward > > > as far as you can, put your hands over your ears and kiss your ass > > > goodbye. > > > > You know, I love cheap sci-fi. And one of my favorite lines from an > > > absolutely terrific little cheap sci-fi film is this: History is-a > > > made at night. Character is what you are in the dark. > > > > This attitude of despair is being trumpeted from the left for the > > > sensible and understandable reason that if they lose this election – > > > with all the advantages they have at this precise point in time – then > > > they can never win. Not ever. And the media is pulling with their > > > teeth now, because if Obama loses they will have destroyed their > > > credibility – for nothing. > > > > That’s all fine with me. I know what they and the press sayeth. Sayeth > > > I: > > > > If we are mark'd to lose, we are enow > > > To do our party loss; and if to live, > > > The fewer men, the greater share of honour. > > > God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. > > > Let he which hath no stomach to this fight, > > > Let him depart; his passport shall be made, > > > And crowns for convoy put into his purse; > > > We would not vote in that man's company > > > That fears his fellowship to vote with us. > > > This day is call'd the eve of Elect-ian. > > > He that votes this day, and comes safe home, > > > Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd, > > > And rouse him at the name of Republican > > > He that shall live this day, and see old age, > > > Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, > > > And say 'To-morrow is the fourth of November' > > > Then will he strip his sleeve and show his hands, > > > And say 'With these I moved yon levers on election day.' > > > Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, > > > But he'll remember, with advantages, > > > What votes he did cast that day. > > > > We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; > > > For he to-day that shares his vote with me > > > Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, > > > This day shall gentle his condition; > > > And gentlemen and lady pundits now-a-bed > > > Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, > > > And hold their book deals cheap whilst any speaks > > > That voted with us upon election day. > > > > The original is a speech promising glory in the face of overwhelming > > > defeat. King Henry V went on to win perhaps the most miraculous > > > victory in the history of mankind. > > > > This is not an asteroid we face. It is not preordained, unstoppable, > > > inevitable. It is a choice made by human men and women, an individual > > > decision made a hundred million times and not the cold, precise > > > product of gravity and mass. > > > > My friend Iowahawk writes some of the most brilliant satire I have > > > ever read. He likes to come across as a beer-swilling gearhead – > > > because he is – but look at this > > > [http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2008/10/balls-and-urns.html > > > ] analysis of what probability and polling is and isn’t, which I will > > > proceed to steal a graph or two from, simply so that I may bask in its > > > reflected glory: > > > > You take a simple random sample of 1000 balls from an urn containing > > > 120,000,000 red and blue balls, and your sample shows 450 red balls > > > and 550 blue balls. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the true > > > proportion of blue balls in the urn." > > > > …Works pretty well if you're interested in hypothetical colored balls > > > in hypothetical giant urns, or survival rates of plants in a > > > controlled experiment, or defects in a batch of factory products. It > > > may even work well if you're interested in blind cola taste tests. But > > > what if the thing you are studying doesn't quite fit the balls & urns > > > template? > > > > • What if 40% of the balls have personally chosen to live in an urn > > > that you legally can't stick your hand into? > > > • What if 50% of the balls who live in the legal urn explicitly refuse > > > to let you select them? > > > • What if the balls inside the urn are constantly interacting and > > > talking and arguing with each other, and can decide to change their > > > color on a whim? > > > • What if you have to rely on the balls to report their own color, and > > > some unknown number are probably lying to you? > > > • What if you've been hired to count balls by a company who has > > > endorsed blue as their favorite color? > > > • What if you have outsourced the urn-ball counting to part-time temp > > > balls, most of whom happen to be blue? > > > • What if the balls inside the urn are listening to you counting out > > > there, and it affects whether they want to be counted, and/or which > > > color they want to be? > > > > (And what, I wonder, if all around you, every day, you are told by all > > > of the coolest, hippest, prettiest balls that your color is mean, > > > irrelevant, unpopular, un-cool, evil, old, incompetent and probably > > > racist? Would you stick to your guns in the face of that, or keep your > > > mouth shut and show ‘em when the curtain closes?) > > > > Iowahawk concludes: > > > > If one or more of the above statements are true, then the formula for > > > margin of error simplifies to > > > Margin of Error = Who the hell knows? > > > > The moral of this midterm for all would-be pollsters: if you are > > > really interested in how many of us red and blue balls there are in > > > this great big urn, sit back and relax until Tuesday, and let us show > > > our true colors. > > > > Well said, buddy. And finally, this, from Zombietime.com: > > > > It may very well be that an army of glum, dispirited and pessimistic > > > conservatives will reluctantly trudge to the polls on November 4, each > > > one imagining they are the only remaining person in the entire country > > > voting for McCain, and lo and behold -- they'll turn out to be a > > > silent majority after all. > > > > That may be the most prophetic sentence of the year. > > > > I don’t want to be the person who sat home and missed being a part of > > > that. And I won’t be. > > > > See you there.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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