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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 12:42 AM
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most memorable concepts?
Like Nietzsche, I don't necessarily believe in it, but Eternal Return is a favorite concept of mine.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 12:45 AM
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1. Kudzu.


and Kudzu's coming with me, you hear?...

Kudzu's coming with me!



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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 12:46 AM
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2. Take it ALL!
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:28 AM
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12. Found out last weekend that a brother-in-law knows Eric Gustafson
And get a load of this:

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2004/01/23/entertainer/nitelife/nite01.txt

What an amazing guitarist that guy is.

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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 11:37 AM
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24. I had forgotten that Wylie did the Yahoo Yodel!
Thanks for the link, swag.

:thumbsup:

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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 12:47 AM
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3. No Deposit, No Return
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 12:51 AM
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6. Customer Service at the Bottle Return, Please!
That's a classy soda carton.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 11:34 AM
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23. Haha...
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 11:59 AM
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25. His father should have followed the no deposit concept.
Edited on Sat Jan-13-07 12:10 PM by rug
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 12:15 PM
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26. Oh snap!
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 12:48 AM
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4. Compound interest
Let it ride, baby!
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 12:50 AM
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5. Just let me piggyback 'dividend reinvestment' here.
Excellent choice, Generic Brad.

I'm all about accruing interest, reinvesting dividends, and shoving it in!
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 12:55 AM
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7. paper or plastic?
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:04 AM
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9. Concept complex!
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:03 AM
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8. Even though it conflicts in a way with my first-stated favorite concept,
Logical Positivism is also a favorite.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:08 AM
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10. Dry clean only.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:21 AM
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11. Isn't that the same as logical positivism?
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:37 AM
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13. Don't go into the water for an hour after you eat
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:41 AM
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15. There's a concept we can all live with.
One time I waded into Lake Mendota right after having a cheeseburger and a chocolate shake at that McDonalds in Madison and then I, well it is taboo here to discuss what happened next. But point well taken, Mr. Chairman!
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 11:24 AM
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22. Along with that one I would add:
All aliens must register by January 31st.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:39 AM
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14. Natural Selection, ichiban!
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:48 AM
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16. This thread.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 03:05 AM
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17. Efficient Market Theory.
I favor the weaker forms of Efficient Market Theory, but my index funds still consistently beat more than 80 percent of professional "active" fund managers.

My copy of the ninth edition of A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel should arrive next week.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 03:50 AM
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18. Occam's Razor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor

Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor) is a principle attributed to the 14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham (Guillelmus de Ockham in Latin). Originally a tenet of the reductionist philosophy of nominalism, it is more often taken today as a heuristic maxim that advises economy, parsimony, or simplicity in scientific theories.

Occam's razor states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating, or "shaving off", those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory. In short, when given two equally valid explanations for a phenomenon, one should embrace the less complicated formulation. The principle is often expressed in Latin as the lex parsimoniae (law of succinctness):

entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem,

which translates to:

entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity.

This is often paraphrased as "All things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the best one." In other words, when multiple competing theories are equal in other respects, the principle recommends selecting the theory that introduces the fewest assumptions and postulates the fewest hypothetical entities. It is in this sense that Occam's razor is usually understood.

. . .
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:20 PM
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28. Carl Sagan was rather fond of that one.
Sad, he is no longer with us.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 04:12 AM
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19. Linear perspective
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 10:16 AM
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20. The golden mean
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 11:11 AM
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21. i'd rather have a bottle in front of me
than a frontal lobotomy
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Connonym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 12:18 PM
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27. Reality n/t
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:35 PM
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30. is for people who can't face drugs
can't help loving tom waites
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:23 PM
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29. Apply Directly To The Forehead
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 05:21 PM
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31. the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle

we must embrace the Mystery of it All....

:D
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