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    Thread: Hypercube (and further diminsions)
Post: RE: Hypercube (and further diminsions)
(November 14, 2015 at 1:09 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: http://i.imgur.com/Lq8Xr.gif That was good!
 Combanitorics Physical Sciences 11 1661 November 14, 2015 at 1:30 pm
    Thread: Hypercube (and further diminsions)
Post: Hypercube (and further diminsions)
Lately I've concluded that the only dimension higher than the third that I really understand is the fourth.  It appears to me that since there can be a general solution to fourth order equations, that...
 Combanitorics Physical Sciences 11 1661 November 14, 2015 at 12:43 pm
    Thread: Happy 240th Birthday to the USMC
Post: Happy 240th Birthday to the USMC
Happy Birthday, USMC.  The student veterans group at my college had a nice get together for this, where I was in a great gun rights discussion. :angel: And wishing all a good Veteran's Day tomorrow.
 Combanitorics Off Topic 4 817 November 10, 2015 at 9:26 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 11:26 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Regarding your original question about Yugoslavia's dissolution and subsequent wars, it's my understanding that at its base was a nexus of ethnic ...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 11:37 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 11:27 pm)abaris Wrote: (November 1, 2015 at 11:20 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I've never been in organized combat, but I was a firefighter in the Air Force and as such saw a few ...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 11:31 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 11:23 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (November 1, 2015 at 11:03 pm)Combanitorics Wrote: I suppose.  People strove to create the Soviet Union, and then enjoyed it while they had it. ...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 11:28 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 11:20 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (November 1, 2015 at 10:15 pm)Combanitorics Wrote: Why is intellectual bankruptcy often unavoidable in peace?  What, in your opinion, is the ult...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 11:25 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 11:08 pm)Minimalist Wrote: British provocations began in 1763 but it is not like flipping on a light switch.  Independence seems to have caught hold for a significant number of ...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 11:22 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 11:06 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: I fought war more interesting than peace. I don't prefer war to peace but I did enjoy fighting in a way. The fighting itself, or some benefit you reape...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 11:17 pm
    Thread: Pros and cons of Colonialism?
Post: RE: Pros and cons of Colonialism?
(November 1, 2015 at 10:31 pm)TrueChristian Wrote: I know in History classes around this great nation of ours, it is standard procedure to teach that European Colonialism of Africa was "bad." But ...
 Combanitorics History 33 14177 November 1, 2015 at 11:14 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 10:56 pm)Chuck Wrote: (November 1, 2015 at 10:50 pm)Combanitorics Wrote: So you think that the fact that people would rater enjoy than strive causes people, at times, to striv...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 11:03 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 10:51 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:One way to view this is as a class war, if you bear in mind that again, the British had more money. Remember the trigger for all of this.  The...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 10:55 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 10:40 pm)Chuck Wrote: The cause of complacency is the fact that humans in general think little beyond their own lives and would rather enjoy than strive. I think Marx's idea of...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 10:50 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 10:16 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:How do you think that the new aristocracy formed? Wealthy merchants in the north allied with wealthy plantation owners in the south.  As alway...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 10:22 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 10:13 pm)Chuck Wrote: (November 1, 2015 at 10:04 pm)abaris Wrote: I would call them ignorant. But not as repugnant as someone taking a general as their role model. A general i...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 10:15 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 10:10 pm)Chuck Wrote: (November 1, 2015 at 9:45 pm)abaris Wrote: At some time, roughly when the Iraq madness started, I read about Americans naming their idols. Generals. Not ...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 10:13 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 10:04 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The American Revolution substituted one propertied aristocracy for another.  Yes, I do think Washington sought military glory and was shocked out of h...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 10:11 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 10:04 pm)abaris Wrote: (November 1, 2015 at 10:01 pm)Combanitorics Wrote: What do you think of people who would name as their "Idol" some pop star or dancer such as appears on...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 10:07 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 9:45 pm)abaris Wrote: At some time, roughly when the Iraq madness started, I read about Americans naming their idols. Generals. Not people like Gore Vidal, Truman Capote or any ...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 10:01 pm
    Thread: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
Post: RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris...
(November 1, 2015 at 8:38 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I think Gibbon nailed it. Quote:“As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than their benefactors, the th...
 Combanitorics The Arts 46 7721 November 1, 2015 at 9:42 pm