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abgemacht (1076

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Fall 2014 School of War/Study Group Sign Ups

Making a more official sounding thread to attract more attention.
Looking for a few more students, TAs, and a Prof for new SOW and Study Group games. More details and current participants within.

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25 Oct 14 UTC

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Regulating internet political sites: Discuss

A story to get you going.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dems-on-fec-move-to-regulate-internet-campaigns-blogs-drudge/article/2555270

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ISIL using chlorine gas?

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/10/24/iraq-isil-chlorine.html

What do you guys think? Is chlorine gas too archaic and ineffective to care about, or is the use of chlorine gas by ISIL significant/pertinent to the issue?

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obiwanobiwan (248

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22 Oct 14 UTC

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The London...Whats? An NFL Team for London Town?

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/american-football/29728155 " Chancellor George Osborne says the UK government will support plans for a London-based NFL team"
For all I know, Osborne could be blowing smoke...but even if it didn't (doesn't) happen--suggestions, real or for fun, for a London NFL team name? :p

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JamesYanik (548

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Is it possible to change your profile name?

I'm just wondering, I realize having my name on the internet isn't the best idea but if it something that needs to be added to the site software I guess I'm fine.

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JamesYanik (548

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23 Oct 14 UTC

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people, these are the games. these are the games

gameID=149152
gameID=149153
gameID=149188

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24 Oct 14 UTC

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If you could sum the forum up in a song.....

...... what would the title (or lyrics) be?

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OB_Gyn_Kenobi (888

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17 Oct 14 UTC

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Ebola, everyone's fault but the virus's

http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2014/10/Ebola-CDC-Flowchart-Blames-Nurses.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/texas-ebola-outbreak/index.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/texas-hospital-worker-who-may-have-handled-ebola-samples-caribbean-n227971

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SandgooseXXI (113

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24 Oct 14 UTC

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Zero the scope

Are you a rifleman? I recently decided to get into the hobby of shooting, problem is, my scope isn't zero, so I'm not getting any luck. Any tips on how to zero a scope effectively and cost effective? Thanks!

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11 Oct 14 UTC

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ghug's inviational

Yo. I've been semi-retired for a while now, but I wanna play some games. One will be strictly highest GR, and the second will be anyone, witH preference to people who seem fun. Both will be semi-anon, WTA, full press. 36 or 48 hours, full press, so state your preference in the signups.

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Crazy Anglican (1067

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24 Oct 14 UTC

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Britons

I like 'em

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24 Oct 14 UTC

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Knife Shopping

Does anyone know of some good hunting/carving knives that are both cheap and reliable? I have a Buck Flashpoint but it's wearing out beyond the point that I can use it in extreme conditions.

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obiwanobiwan (248

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23 Oct 14 UTC

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NFL Pick 'em Week 8: Arriving at the Midway Point...

And so we come to mid-season, with the Cowboys, Chargers, Cardinals and Broncos riding high, the Saints and Bears both plummeting to earth, and a bunch of teams stuck in the middle. We kick off the week tonight with a Thursday match which should actually be good for a change, the Chargers and Broncos in a clash for the lead in the AFC West. The Lions and Falcons play in London, Bengals/Ravens, Panthers/Seahawks...pick 'em!

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2ndWhiteLine (2601

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24 Oct 14 UTC

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Replacement needed

This anon, WTA, classic 3-day phase game is looking for another Germany. Despite one NMR, the position is good, with lots of options.

gameID=148522

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24 Oct 14 UTC

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Sarah P.... the gift that keeps giving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba439w4-v_0

When you see her in an interview do you instantly smile, she is a gift.
(Please share your favourite Palinisms)

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goldfinger0303 (3157

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24 Oct 14 UTC

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To those in the Diplo-Ball League

Does anyone else find it extremely annoying that 7 of the top 9 teams are in the same division (and thus only play each other?)

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redhouse1938 (429

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23 Oct 14 UTC

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High GR game - 143 points, anon, WTA, Classic, 1.5 d/phase

Let me know if you like to play
gameID=149235
(anon, PW protected, participants listed here)

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Al Swearengen (0

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20 Oct 14 UTC

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Fietsstraat?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_in_the_Netherlands#Fietsstraat_.28bike_street.29

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24 Oct 14 UTC

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"banned: requested."???

Under what circumstances does a person request a ban? Or is this some version of "he was asking for it!"?

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23 Oct 14 UTC

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Islam is evil and support for Palestine is immoral.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/fatah-honors-jerusalem-hit-and-run-terrorist/

Let's celebrate the man who ran over a 3-month-old child.

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Jeff Kuta (2066

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Autumn Disbands, Fast Retreats

New players take heed: Sometimes is is advantageous to disband dislodged units in Autumn. You can rebuild them where they may be more useful. This is particularly useful in the Modern Diplomacy map where all SCs are considered home SCs.

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Jamiet99uk (808

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21 Oct 14 UTC

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Child pornography vs cartoons depicting fictional children

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/anime-fan-convicted-over-illegal-7958896

Does anyone else think this case goes a bit far?

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2ndWhiteLine (2601

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24 Oct 14 UTC

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Replacement Needed

This anon, WTA, classic 3-day phase game is looking for another Germany. Despite one NMR, the position is good, with lots of options.

gameID=148522

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SantaClausowitz (360

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23 Oct 14 UTC

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More decisive, US involvement in WWI or WWII

Starting to believe this is actually a question.

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19 Oct 14 UTC

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Math question

Suppose we could remove the 143million tonnes of lasted from the oceans. What would that do to the sea level? I imagine its small but how small?

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Maniac (189 )
19 Oct 14 UTC

*Of waste from our oceans

redhouse1938 (429 )
19 Oct 14 UTC

Very small

principians (881 )
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tonnes are wrong measure. Cause a ton of lead is much smaller than a ton of plastic (and both things can count as waste, I suppose)

Jeff Kuta (2066 )
19 Oct 14 UTC

~326,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of water in the oceans.
~3.26 x 10^20 gallons of water
1 ton / ~240 gallons
So ocean weighs ~1.36 x 10^18 tons.
Divide into 143 million tonnes (1.43 x 10^8). That's somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.0 x 10^-10, or 0.00000001%. Pretty small.

However, it probably matters where the waste is located. It is not concentrated equally, nor are human populations.

principians (881 )
19 Oct 14 UTC

also if you consider *waste* that floats, the effect of taking it out from sea is exactly as the effect of artic ice melting: none at all

redhouse1938 (429 )
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Yeah but who would throw away a tonne of lead? Plus lead would sink. Lead is weird.

principians (881 )
19 Oct 14 UTC

if they have found cars inside drain network, why not a ton of lead in the sea?

phil_a_s (0 )
19 Oct 14 UTC

Essentially, everything in the ocean except water is negligible. There's an xkcd What if? that touches on the issue that I can't be bothered to find. Something about ships and fish, and how removing them reverses exactly as much as 8 hours adds.

kasimax (243 )
19 Oct 14 UTC

https://what-if.xkcd.com/33/

that's what phil is talking about.

Maniac (189 )
19 Oct 14 UTC

Jeff Kute - thanks but does the Blume of the seas matter? If I put a brick in my bath the water level rises by the same amount regardless if my bath is 6in deep or 18in deep. Should the calc have more to do with surface area of the seas? I don't know the answer, so still looking for help.

Pretty sure tonnes is right measure. A tonne of lego displaces the same amount of water as a tonne of lead.

Maniac (189 )
19 Oct 14 UTC

Kasimax - thx for the link, that tells me everything I needed to know.

kasimax (243 )
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@maniac: "A tonne of lego displaces the same amount of water as a tonne of lead." no it doesn't. just imagine a lego brick which weighs a tonne. this brick displaces much less water than a ton of lego bricks.

goldfinger0303 (3157 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

Hmm, while you guys are at it answering math questions, want to help me with the proof of the real numbers from a set of cauchy sequences?

TigerBlood (100 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

Kasimax is right. It's not mass being displaced - it's volume. The matter is complicated by buoyancy being linked to mass via density. Essentially total mass does not matter, as long as the trash has density equal or greater to water an equal volume of water will be displaced.

TigerBlood (100 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

If you are not convinced do an experiment. But I assure you: dropping a lead ball into your bathtub will not flood the apartment.

TigerBlood (100 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

Although it would be kind of cool. If it did.

Octavious (2701 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

Even cooler if you open a lead mine on the sea floor and make sea levels drop an inch or two.

As an extension to this question, what impact does the sediment dumped into the sea each year by all the world's rivers have on sea levels?

phil_a_s (0 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

I'd expect little to none, since most of the sediment seems to be dumped along the way, particularly in the delta areas, and wherever you have anything to catch it. Also, not that many rivers, while the ocean is massive. After all, rivers account for about 1/100 of the water supply of the planet, while oceans are 97/100, so the amount of sediment carried in by rivers can't really be that large. It would be nice to get concrete data though.

Yellowjacket (835 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

It seems to me we've just justified pumping all waste products into the ocean.

Well played!

mendax (321 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

The problem with waste in the sea is not sea levels rising.

Jamiet99uk (808 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

@ Tigerblood: "But I assure you: dropping a lead ball into your bathtub will not flood the apartment."

It would if you dropped it from high enough to smash a hole in the bathtub.

goldfinger0303 (3157 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

So, I take it nobody wants to help me on my real analysis question? Sigh :(

Jamiet99uk (808 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

@ goldfingle: I'd just LOVE to help you but I know a limited amount about real numbers. I wouldn't be much help.

VirtualBob (209 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

@Jamie ... wrong. Dropping the lead ball from high enough to smash a hole in the bathtub will flood the downstairs neighbor's apartment ... not yours.

Jamiet99uk (808 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

I'm going to subject that to a practical experiment.

Back soon.

phil_a_s (0 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

Actually, this depends on the style of bathtub, doesn't it? You'll probably flood the downstairs neighbor anyway, obviously, but if it's a tub not lodged in the floor, you'll probably flood yourself first.

Jamiet99uk (808 )
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I have concluded the experiment.

Unfortunately, there was a problem. I realised that I do not live in an apartment.

What I have demonstrated is that if you drop a lead ball into the bath from a sufficient height, you do indeed flood the floor below the bathroom. For me, alas, that's also part of my own house.

semck83 (229 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

goldfinger, I can possibly help. What precisely is the problem, now?

phil_a_s (0 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

@Jamie
What height is actually sufficient? How does the volume of the bath affect the necessary height? In what ways are the dimensions of the ball relevant? Can this effect be repeated with balls of any solid-state metal? Non-metallic balls?

Jamiet99uk (808 )
20 Oct 14 UTC

I only had one bathtub.

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JamesYanik (548

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23 Oct 14 UTC

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National Cat Day on the 29th

I'm going to make a cat game but I'm going to let you guys decide what kind:
game type (1st pick Classic) message rules (1st pick Full Press) points scheme (1st pick PPSC) phase length (1st pick 36 Hours) definitely Anon.

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Picking order or purely random

I was wondering if there is a mechanism, by which players are selected for certain powers. I got 4x times Turkey and 3x times Austria and i joined the game 3rd to last. I am also new here and there are other players who had less points when they joined. An explanation would be helpful, because Í do not believe in bad luck here.

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obiwanobiwan (248

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15 Oct 14 UTC

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Of Wars and War Crimes

http://news.yahoo.com/exhibition-of-syria-torture-photos-shows--depravity--of-assad-regime-220711714.html With all the talk concerning whether Israel and/or Hamas should/will face war crimes (I think there's a case to be made both Netanyahu AND Hamas leadership should face charges), we have here what's being called the "smoking gun" for Assad's actions. But does the threat of a warm crimes charge really mean anything? If not, how can it be made to "mean" more?

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23 Oct 14 UTC

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Let's get a game

Anybody up for a 100 point classic game? http://webdiplomacy.net/index.php
PM me if you want to play. I'm looking for very good players.

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Donation

Hi, I made a donation. Who do I contact to have the reward?

Thanks :)

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