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The first thing you should do is check the temperature of your processor and graphics card. If a fan is broken or a heat sink has been dislocated for some reason, either can run too hot and cause instability (which would also explain why it won't restart if you try to soon). My second guess...

Yeah... 'Cause that was, like, totally my point... Other than that, ye Gods, Prof. Can you say anything without an essay?

I'd just like to add, organized religion as a concept is not unique. There are several similar social structures (nationalism being one notable). The benefit is that you get a sense of belonging, and by extension some form of happiness. The drawback is that by forming the group to which you...

To be fair, it's mostly politics. If organized religion didn't exist, something would be created to take its place. Why do you think nationalism was born? Religion merely provided a convenient excuse.

Hmm, I can't seem to find them now for some reason. Either I missed them (not unlikely) or I thought links were posted. Oh well, here's a page: http://www.mindspring.com/~phporter/econ.html I have neither the time nor the energy to look up those sources unless there are any objections to them...

Pro-satire, more likely. I'm mildly amused when Kenny gets completely unnecessarily killed in South Park, but it doesn't mean I'm mildly amused by kids named Kenny getting killed in general.

What I think about them is irrelevant. As long as a father is defined as the direct male ancestor of someone, nothing they can do and nothing I can say will change that fact. Same thing with murderers really. You believe it is justifiable killing them for a subjective reason. Do you not believe...

Oh, they have the right to. Ironically, that doesn't make it right. See, what a child experiences is going to carry over into the adult years. You can do pretty much anything to a person given unrestricted control over him or her for 18 years, even more so if the person in question is a child...

Obvious solution would be to get rid of that chance. I'm quite sure that's already the case for the extremely serious crimes. As previously mentioned, it costs more to have the person executed than to lock them up for life. But at least that was an objective argument, so I guess we're getting...

No, they shouldn't. They make a choice that is not theirs to make. Based on highly subjective grounds, at that. That people need to be protected from themselves is one of the basic arguments for totalitarianism. I'm sure those parents wouldn't be too happy if the state decided that religion is...

Which is different from locking them up and throwing away they key... how? The effect is the same; they won't get another chance. Yes, there is a minimal risk that they might escape. I would however say it is considerably smaller than the risk of an innocent person ending up on death row. In the...

No, the legal system was (or was supposed to be) based on the things that was necessary for making a society work. That theft or murder is undesirable is not opinion, it is a fact. The only subjective part is the punishment. Death penalty was necessary at one point when there was no valid...

I rather meant how it is based entirely on subjective opinion. It has no practical reason.

You're on a porn forum. You're more likely to turn people on with that than make them laugh...

Damnit, I came here thinking this thread would be about rape (or "surprise sex" as we like to call it). That's twice I'm disappointed today!

Bingo. That doesn't make you stop and think about this for a bit?

So? You still haven't mentioned the source from which you were informed about what makes someone deserve death. Nice straw man. I could answer seriously, but instead I'll use the same tactics: So you like to kill people and puppies?!

As I said a few days ago, imposing your own world view on your child amounts to brainwashing. You teach them to think, not what to think, or you're a pretty selfish bastard of a parent. If they end up choosing a religion on their own, good for them.

I'm curious, where do you people dig up these facts about who deserves to die?

I suppose Kyla Cole, a glamour model. This is gonna sound really lame, but it's her smile and eyes that gets me. Not that the rest is bad, mind you.

There is one: perspective. It is, if it is unnecessary. If someone is a danger to others, however, it is about protection. If, however, death is worse than life in prison (which seems to be the consensus here) and life in prison is sufficient to provide that protection (which I would argue it...

Oh? How disappointing...

Oh, but you're wrong. It is about revenge. I have not seen a single argument for death penalty that actually holds water that is not based on emotions, this thread included. Your time would be better spent arguing for why revenge is justified.

Evolution doesn't really deal with the creation of life, though. It explains how organisms change over time, not how inanimate chemicals resulted in life. That is, of course, assuming we're actually not just inanimate chemicals that react with each other in very sophisticated ways. If I ever...

I can't even begin to tell you how amusing it is that you use the archetype of an appeal to emotion in a serious context.

Against better judgment... Edit: I didn't know Fox spoke German.

How, er, sweet?

Ideally, yes. There are claims otherwise though, which I believe was the issue at hand here. Not automatically, but during equal conditions and a large sample or long time frame, it will almost certainly be that way. I believe the ratio at the moment is not representative of the general...

Basic arithmetics doesn't quite work for the argument, however. You'll need to examine the sample from which these numbers were taken if you want a proper statistical analysis. If, for example, 1% of the people in prison are black, then 1/3rd black on death row is huge even if there are less...

So, Ted Bundy managed to escape from the courthouse, and then from jail. Congratulations, you have proven nothing whatsoever. You see, whether he would be executed or not, he'd still be given those opportunities (unless you're actually suggesting executing him without a trial). Now, had he...

Events since 2000 might've turned out differently, but terrorism didn't start and won't end with Bush. I believe the major factor was the formation of Israel, and that most friction can be traced back to muslim-Israeli relations (and the US support of Israel, naturally). I don't know if peace in...

I'm the last person to apologize for Bush, I'm just pointing out that the conditions are not really ideal for a direct comparison.

In your case, Fox, it's hard to tell the difference.

On a bright note, I no longer feel quite as stupid for being so dangerously close to flirting online the other night...

No one wanted to give him a blowjob.

I'm thinking Clinton was more luck than skill, but he's far from the worst in either case. Bush on the other hand had a lot of bad luck (depending on your perspective, I suppose). Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have much skill to compensate for it.

Heh, if they implement a legal age of 21, that's a whole genre and countless of people (primarily females, I'd assume) that goes out the window. Kinda silly, really. At some point you've got to let people do what they want. I'm a bit cautious about arguing for a definite age limit for things...

Last time I checked, the escape rate from max security prisons were pretty low. Low enough, I dare say, to qualify as not giving them a chance. And hey, it's still cheaper than the death penalty and with no risk of making a permanent mistake.

Well, I wouldn't put too much faith in some random forum post as a source, but it's not impossible, I suppose. It's not like its the first time it has happened. For Traci Lords though, the industry pretty much stuck their head in the sand and pretended she never existed.

Correlation does not imply causation. As far as I know, there has been no proven link between punishment and crime rate. One would think that someone who has just had a family member murdered would be less inclined to kill a family member of someone else.

Tennis elbow. Does that count?

Uh, granted I don't have any actual numbers on this, but I'm quite sure the costs are mostly administrative. I'd be surprised if the actual drugs are anything but insignificant. That aside, you sure seem like you have some unresolved issues you ought to take care of...

I think the point kinda is that those of us who aren't murderers or rapists should be above that kind of thing. You know, the thing that makes us different from the people we execute.

In so far that I know, a death penalty is more expensive than life in prison.

Hold on, I'm getting a mental image here...

Just for the record, that "oh boy" I posted above was in reply to a post that was changed.

Oh boy...

Although it was intended as a joke, you can take it as a compliment if you wish. I'm not easy to impress.

Heh, you're an interesting one, I'll give you that. I'm not sure if I should curse at you or ask you out.

Actually, that's a pretty good one. Well done. I can't help but wonder, though. Apart from not accepting your word as fact, have I done anything in particular to offend you?