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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Zuljin on March 03, 2005, 03:34:50 am
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I found this over at Machall when reading the columns there.
http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=2989614&nav=EQlpWjof
Thats just messed up :wtf:
I've been writing those kinds of stories for years.
With much more details about things happening around me (usually involves any number of things, but violence and deaths are in abundance.) and I admit I've gotten a couple of odd looks from my teachers at times.
But I've never been called down for it, arrested, immediatly sent to the shrink and been told I'm ****ed up in the head, and I was planning a school massacre.
Since when did you go around arresting students who just had a little too wild imagination?
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Anyway, discuss.
edit: spelling mistakes
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:jaw:
(and no, that's not the good jawdrop......)
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Can't even write stories anymore without getting arrested.. Jeez...
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I really wish the yanks would realize whats happening to their country.
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Quickly, I demand that you arrest Joss Whedon!
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Thought crime is real crime.
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1984 BIG BROTHER WUT R WE DO WTF BBQ!!!!!!!!1111111:rolleyes:
seriously, you guys. this is an isolated incident, which means it does not represent the norm. if it did, it wouldn't be news.
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Eheheheheh....Hahahahahah....Hihihihiih...
If they'd only read my journals.... :drevil:
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Originally posted by Carl
1984 BIG BROTHER WUT R WE DO WTF BBQ!!!!!!!!1111111:rolleyes:
seriously, you guys. this is an isolated incident, which means it does not represent the norm. if it did, it wouldn't be news.
Yeah. It's an isolated incident until it happens again. And again. And when you see, no one's writing anything about schools anymore in fear of being arrested, but it didn't help to stop terrorism at all.
That is, unless some sense is beaten into the state's lawmakers heads and they do something to change the wording of the law.
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hah. his grandparents turned him. that sucks.
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i say we nuke that state.
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...What...the...****..?
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Originally posted by Dark_4ce
Eheheheheh....Hahahahahah....Hihihihiih...
If they'd only read my journals.... :drevil:
how come? :blah:
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Originally posted by Styxx
Yeah. It's an isolated incident until it happens again. And again. And when you see, no one's writing anything about schools anymore in fear of being arrested, but it didn't help to stop terrorism at all.
That is, unless some sense is beaten into the state's lawmakers heads and they do something to change the wording of the law.
Nonesense. Clearly the system works perfectly - how many zombie attacks have there been in the last year? None. That's a 100% drop on the previous year*.
On a side note, would anyone like to buy a tiger-deterrent rock?
[size=0]*previous year total = 0[/size]
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Originally posted by vyper
I really wish the yanks would realize whats happening to their country.
Yea, its going to hell and we can't do a damn thing.
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Oh boy.. They'd better start to build new prisons. And make 'em big.
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:lol:
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Originally posted by Stealth
hah. his grandparents turned him. that sucks.
yeah, I'm sure he's glad about the risk of inherited stupidity right now.
Originally posted by castor
Oh boy.. They'd better start to build new prisons. And make 'em big.
Escape from NY/LA
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That's just pathetic. If writing about zombies was a felony, I would be imprisoned for life by now. I was writing stories like that by the fourth grade.
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Originally posted by aldo_14
That's a 100% drop on the previous year*.
[size=0]*previous year total = 0[/size]
It's actually 0/0, which is either zero, infinite or undefined, depending how you look at it. :p
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Originally posted by Goober5000
It's actually 0/0, which is either zero, infinite or undefined, depending how you look at it. :p
NaN hactually.
But 0 * 1 = 0, so the previous total of 0 was equal to 100% times the current total.
:p
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But you said a drop of 100%, which is a percentage change. And the formula for that is (new value - old value)/(old value)*100%. Therefore 0/0 percent. :D
*adjusts title accordingly*
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Originally posted by Goober5000
But you said a drop of 100%, which is a percentage change. And the formula for that is (new value - old value)/(old value)*100%. Therefore 0/0 percent. :D
drop = decrease
amount of drop = 0
0 = previous year (0) * 1 (100%)
Thus, drop is of an amount equal to 100% of the previous value
Originally posted by Goober5000
*adjusts title accordingly*
Ach, why don't you just set it as Pendantic Inquisition and be done......
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It's 0% of the previous year, but it's a 0/0% change (whether increase or decrease) from the previous year. That's the difference.
I think I may have killed this thread... :nervous:
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Originally posted by Goober5000
I think I may have killed this thread... :nervous:
Now it can become a zombie thread, then!
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Originally posted by Goober5000
It's 0% of the previous year, but it's a 0/0% change (whether increase or decrease) from the previous year. That's the difference.
I think I may have killed this thread... :nervous:
But '100% drop' is clearly semantically identical to 'drop of 100%'
(in the future, the internet will gaze upon threads like this. Not the abortion and political ones, oh no - the ones about zombie deaths in American schools, mushy peas, and people killed by snowballs)
EDIT in quote
Damn you styxx, you crazy post in-front-of-me-er!
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Originally posted by aldo_14
But '100% drop' is clearly semantically identical to 'drop of 100%'
Yes. But "100% drop" and "drop of 100%" are logically equivalent to "downward change of 100%". Which requires the change formula. :p(in the future, the internet will gaze upon threads like this. Not the abortion and political ones, oh no - the ones about zombie deaths in American schools, mushy peas, and people killed by snowballs)
Indeed. But mushy peas scare me... :shaking:
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Originally posted by Goober5000
Yes. But "100% drop" and "drop of 100%" are logically equivalent to "downward change of 100%". Which requires the change formula. :p
Yes, indeed; a downward change equivalent to the value of 100% of the previous value, i.e. new = old - (100% * old).
:D
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That's not measuring the change, that's measuring the total effect. :p
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No it's not.
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Yes it is! :p
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No it isn't
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So... much... spam...
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*Points and laughs*
Your country is f*cked. When the zombies do attack, you'll have no defence - all the people running away and screaming "Help, the zombies are coming!" will get arrested for terrorism!
Seriously, though.... :blah::wtf:
Oh, and aldo, Goober: you really need to get out more. ;)
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Originally posted by aldo_14
No it isn't
Yes it is.
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No it's not times infinity.
Plus one.
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It's )% drop from the previous year, it's 100% drop from the previous year, its infinity% drop from the previous year, it's even pi% drop from the previous year.
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:lol: @Goob and aldo
OT: This is pathetic. Next thing you know, they'll be arresting 8 year olds for threatening to hold their breath.
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all i can say is: i rest my case
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Originally posted by Jetmech Jr.
:lol: @Goob and aldo
OT: This is pathetic. Next thing you know, they'll be arresting 8 year olds for threatening to hold their breath.
Babies nappies are biological weapons!!!!111
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Originally posted by Styxx
Yeah. It's an isolated incident until it happens again. And again. And when you see, no one's writing anything about schools anymore in fear of being arrested, but it didn't help to stop terrorism at all.
That is, unless some sense is beaten into the state's lawmakers heads and they do something to change the wording of the law.
Funny. Two years ago I was nearly expelled for using the pen name "DeathBringer." And it wasn't a school assignment, but rather a personal poem I wrote in a folder I didn't allow others to read from. I was targeted because I was an outsider, and therefore a threat.
Even more funny was that the principal didn't see anything wrong, but had to do something because of the pressure the school's resident pig was putting on him. This pig is the very image of corruption, too. His son sells drugs out of his house, he takes bribes, and is very much a racist.
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Someone in the article has sand in his vagina. :p
roflol. Pedantic Inquisition.
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weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee our country is going to hell in a handbasket, and all the 'intelligent' (and that's rather subjective... lately) minds can do is argue maths.!
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Poor zombies always getting picked on........ :(
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Please... Our country has been gonig down the crapper since the 60's revoultion.
The over-zealous conservitive christians push thier agenda.
Then the filibustering radical liberal red-diaper doper babies push thiers...AND NOTHING GETS DONE about ANYTHING.
And I sit here, trying not to look at the country I live in, be lead by a Texas tourniquet for the pansies. I mean.. when I had to vote this year, my choices were: A Broken Record and a Sheep in Wolf's clothing.
I so hope the Zombies come soon. [/irritableness]
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Originally posted by Rejindo
I mean.. when I had to vote this year, my choices were: A Broken Record and a Sheep in Wolf's clothing.[/irritableness]
Giant Douche vs. Turd Sandwich
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I was going to say that... then I decided to original. :doubt: ..oh well.
On the topic about Zombies... who would win: A Zombie (Resident Evil) or a Marienet(sp?) (Devil May Cry)
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Snuffleupagus would crush them both.
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Bah, Goob is right, no need for maths to find out:
if it was 0 and it is still 0, there's no drop. If it was 1 and it was still 1, there would be no drop. Same deal :p
On such matters where no negative is possible, you can't drop any further once you've reached the floor :D
And about the zombies and isolated case from Carl... Mmh... Principle of precedency (sp? ). If the guy is charged for the case and found guilty, wait, you zombie writer pawns :p ( haven't actualy read the article, I'm on uni connection wich speed is... zombi'ish :p )
Oh, and Thief3 zombies would win since they can run :p
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huh....arrested...for writing about zombies?
If they knew some of the stuff I wrote when i was a teenager....hell yes, I'd be in life for now by those standards.
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Originally posted by aldo_14
No it's not times infinity.
Plus one.
Yes it is times aleph-one. Plus aleph-null. :ha:
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The worst part is that the more the state realizes how badly they ****ed up, the harder they're going to fight for a conviction.
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This is utterly insane. I wonder what happens next ?
Speaking about fiction, perhaps they go will after fanfiction.net too.
"Fanfiction.net is threat to the health and safety of our children, we must shut it down immediately!" lol !
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Originally posted by aldo_14
:jaw:
(and no, that's not the good jawdrop......)
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Originally posted by starfox
This is utterly insane. I wonder what happens next ?
Speaking about fiction, perhaps they go will after fanfiction.net too.
"Fanfiction.net is threat to the health and safety of our children, we must shut it down immediately!" lol !
#Blame Canada, Blame Canada....
You get my point I hope.
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Got it. Just kidding, just kidding. I'm sorry if it looked little rash. I only found it very strange that student was arrested only just because he wrote something up....And since because I'm Finnish, I really don't understand US-Canada "affairs" to their fullest.
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Being a Brit I'm aware it's because Canada still swears allegiance to our crown, and it also resisted in his/her name an invasion by the US during the early days of her independence.
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Originally posted by Nico
Bah, Goob is right, no need for maths to find out:
if it was 0 and it is still 0, there's no drop. If it was 1 and it was still 1, there would be no drop. Same deal :p
On such matters where no negative is possible, you can't drop any further once you've reached the floor :D
Not really..how much is a 100% oncrease of 0...0
A kazilllion % increase....zero again..
million x 0 = 0
So. 0 zombie cases the previous year, 0 zombie cases this year.
Quite TECHICHLY, you can call it a percentage increase or decrease of whatever magnitude... Doesn't make much sense, but still...
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Southpark....
and operation Living Black Shield:D