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lru Posted 11 years, 8 months ago.   Favorite
So after reading your comment on "Stay" I ventured over to youtube to see if it was there. Nice song. :-) There doesn't seem to be an official video for it yet.

Miley is a bit of a puzzle to me, but a fun puzzle to watch.

I recently took at look at her "Wrecking Ball" video. I noticed there were actually two versions of it: the main one with her nakedly riding a wrecking ball that seems to conflict with the lyrics of the song, and a "director's cut" which has no wrecking ball at all. I thought the director's cut version was much more powerful. But either way, I liked the song.

After watching both videos a few (dozen?) times, I started to fancy myself as a director, and wonder how I would have crafted the video. The main video makes no sense to me. If the lyrics have any meaning, it's the wrecking ball itself that should explode, not the wall. And that would have been a cool video, if Miley was on a TV screen inside the wrecking ball, and the ball shattered at the end of the video against a solid brick wall. Oh well. Nobody asks me about these things.

I figured you may appreciate my critique, and so I pass it along for your enjoyment. :-)

- Chris

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lru Posted 11 years, 8 months ago.   Favorite
There might be another argument for isolationism: humility, or at least a recognition of our own limitations. Sometimes barging in on a problem with the best of intentions does nothing helpful.

Ernesto Sirolli gave a TED talk about humanitarian aid, and how little good it does, and how it can even harm. To my knowledge, it is in video format only, so I can't easily share it. His solution was to "shut up and listen." Be ready to give to those who really want help, especially those who have a passion for doing something productive (i.e. feed the entrepreneurial spirit), but otherwise stay out of the way.

So I would hesitate to look down on those who seem to be isolationist. They may have already tried the altruistic road.

- Chris

Posted on Pacifism & Isolationism by Kyle De Wolf Pacifism & Isolationism
lru Posted 11 years, 8 months ago.   Favorite
Hi Kyle,

As for the answer to division by zero, it is undefined.

Wikipedia states it more clearly:

"In mathematics, division by zero is division where the divisor (denominator) is zero. Such a division can be formally expressed as a/0 where a is the dividend (numerator). In ordinary arithmetic, the expression has no meaning, as there is no number which, multiplied by 0, gives a (assuming a≠0), and so division by zero is undefined. Since any number multiplied by zero is zero, the expression 0/0 has no defined value and is called an indeterminate form."

- Chris

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DreaHahn Posted 11 years, 8 months ago.   Favorite
Hi Roland!

Transcribed your poem. Sad one ...
What did break your heart?

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DreaHahn Posted 11 years, 8 months ago.   Favorite
Hi Scot!

I really liked this poem of yours. First, I found it a little strange... but in the end it all comes together. Smartly done :)

Posted on A Matter Of Perspective by Scot Pinkerton A Matter Of Perspective
bluelotus Posted 11 years, 8 months ago.   Favorite
Cool idea :) My favorite one: "Ignorance is the best means the devil ever considered to keep up the number of his subjects in our world."

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Woody1 Posted 11 years, 8 months ago.   Favorite
Lacuna Coil was formed in 1994 and they are from Milan Italy. They have sold over 2 million albums. Any other ?'s please feel free to ask. I can Google your ?'s instantly on my phone and reply in less than a second.

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Woody1 Posted 11 years, 8 months ago.   Favorite
Hey are you the Robert Pezecca from Lower Bucks County, PA ? I remember you...If your that "Rob" I was in Bucks County With You on C-Block back in 1998.

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Robert Pezzeca Posted 11 years, 8 months ago.   Favorite
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Roland F. Stoecker Jr Posted 11 years, 8 months ago.   Favorite
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