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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/31/veteran.robbery.ap/index.html The key thing to realize is that more often than not, the bad people want something from you, and they need you to comply in order to get it. Having some set of skills that helps you fight back will usually make a difference.

From http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/663890.html : A statement from the family of Kate Burton, one of the three British observers kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen: And from the chief idiot, Ms. Kate Burton herself: Translation: "That's OK, kidnap me / kidnap our daughter! I realize...

I thought this topic needed a new thread, particularly after reading the article below; which calls into question the nature of the technology itself: Wikipedia: magic, monkeys and typewriters By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Published Monday 24th October 2005 21:42 GMT...

The 2005 Nobel Prize in economics has gone to two scientists who's work is in game theory. I've only heard a little about this....is it useful and how?

Can science give a useful description of reality? Same description as posted by jay_gw in the other thread.

Can science give a useful description of reality? Same description as posted by jay_gw in the other thread.

Can science give a useful description of reality? Same description as posted by jay_gw in the other thread.

Magnets take quite a kicking in these parts. So to balance the record- About three years back, I was in a "one pound shop". (Don't know if the U.S. has an equivalent. Every item costs one pound. It's mostly over produced junk, but there are occasional gems). I found a magnet -about the size of...

AN ALTERNATIVE healer who claimed that he could cure cancer may face jail after being convicted of two offences under the Trades Descriptions Act, according to The Times. Reginald Gill, a “wellness practitioner” of Poole in Dorset sold terminally ill cancer patient Stephen Hall an electronic...

Some good North Korea-related links http://www.korea-is-one.org/insight/English/indexEng.htm http://210.145.168.243/pk/ - Kim Jong Il's plan to build a Powerful Nation http://www.korea-is-one.org/articles/lawyers.htm - NORTH KOREA: THE GRAND DECEPTION REVEALED...