Heh... poker much?

Think about it. Even for those of us who are smart enough to qualify our answers, we'll STILL say we're right even without a majority of the information needed to make a valid decision because we "know" better because usually, with experience, we're right. (But we're not really, we're just lucky) Sure, there's exceptions like heart surgery and rocket launches where you want to make a "go" decision with close to 100% accuracy as possible (but generally we still don't even get that close) but the great majority of decisions you'll make in life can't be made with that much accuracy. Should I marry this person, should I start this company, should I invest in this company, where should I concentrate my efforts to have a fulfilling life? By natural instinct you HAVE to develop an inner monologue and gut reaction to events and you have to do it without sufficient information to make that decision because you will never have the time or ability to GET that information before the decision must be made.

Don't believe me? How about Colin Powell?
"Use the formula P=40 to 70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of information acquired. Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut.”

Incompetence generally isn't fatal in today's society.

So long as you can back it up with deflection ("Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM") which is a basic two year old skill ("I didna take da cookie!") you're not going to lose your position until you reach the level of GROSS incompetence and maybe not even then.

The real problem is when you have skilled people who make mistakes, KNOW they make mistakes and qualify their answers because they know they may not be right. They're overridden by these same people that never accept failure but still give the wrong answers.

Do you say that with total confidence?

The ONLY way I would even think of using this is if I could link it to a Paypal account (backed by a CC, of course)

Otherwise I have no intention of using it. (And I'm talking my intention is only like 1% over nothing at that point because I don't want another app to bring up just to BUY something for the merchant's convenience.)

ApplePay is novel and I've used it several times for "fun" and I'm sure it's more secure but it's still easier for me to whip out my CC (which has chip and pin) and use it over my iPhone. (unless I'm texing in line... or surfing the net in line...)

But NOTHING ties directly into my bank account... I saw Star Trek the Motion Picture! I know what happens when you channel the phasers directly into the main engines! It's not pretty!

Can you etch it in wax?

I can envision a custom mark and a unique postage shipping ID.

"Jim Dapkus wrote one of these: he loved the game but expressed concern that it offered little by way of roles for female characters. He complained that a “witch or female counterpart to the magic user is not listed,” aside from the lone illustration in Men & Magic of a “Beautiful Witch.”"

So women don't want to be a magic user, barbarian, thief, ranger or paladin (all arguably sexless) but... a "witch"?

O'RLY...

Realizing that when people are sick,they like to eat at McDonalds and that fast food potentially contributes to obesity McDonalds today announced their initiative to get into healthcare. Now, when placing an order, the crew will be trained to ask questions about the order takers health and healthier alternatives will be suggested instead. Customers who refuse to give over their health information as stored on their facebook account or ACA insurance card will not be served. McDonald's corporate CEO said "This is not unlike a bartender refusing to serve alcoholics. We see this as a good thing for us to give back to the community and help further civilization's goals and a healthier, happier people. Let's move it!"

This is obviously a payback to Comcast...

The point of having the blackouts to begin with is AGREED upon by the very cities that McCain is claiming to "protect". It brings foot traffic into the cities and increases sales to nearby restaurants and bars and let's not even go into ensuring that the stadium (which shares profits with the towns) is as near capacity as possible.

Now, if we want to completely privatize the stadiums I'm all for letting the free market do its thang. But, as McCain oddly points out, these are NOT private entities but basically defacto public partnerships.

Excel was "Microsoft Lotus 1-2-3" before it was "Excel".

And let's not forget Quattro Pro somewhere in there...

I will now disprove your theory.

FIRST POST!! W00T!!!

I don't see where you get that -
Christianity as an historical phenomenon is an observable fact regardless of whether or not you believe the precepts. Kirk doesn't come out all saying that he's born again or believes in the trinity.

All the denouement of the Star Trek episode pointed out (and Kirk says it himself) is that they had the parallel Roman Empire AND the Christ-like figure that was trying to lead the social revolution which, at the time the episode was written, was one of the common theories for the fall of the Roman Empire.

Hey!

Who turned out the lights?!

Not quite - It didn't start with "I never believed that this would happen to me..."

I wasted my mod points.... :(