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http://kier.3dfrontier.com/forums/showt ... adid=51555

OK, if you want to laugh and recoil in utter horror of someone being a dummy, click on this thread, and go to where the one person (Es Arkajae) starts talking about "cold fusion" and continue reading from there as he goes on to argue that because we don't know how the universe began, we don't know anything at all and therefore cold fusion and everything else, is possible.
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I can provide a very simple proof to show that there are entirely impossible things in this universe. If one thing is impossible, then it stands to reason that there are other impossible things, does it not?

Here's one to ponder: It is impossible to break the encryption of a one time pad cryptosystem. If your sparring partner there decides to try and argue that point, he's in way over his head.
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I take it you've never met the wonderful Es Arkajae before? He's a winner, and one of the major reasons SB leaves a bad taste in my mouth...
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Hotfoot wrote:I can provide a very simple proof to show that there are entirely impossible things in this universe. If one thing is impossible, then it stands to reason that there are other impossible things, does it not?

Here's one to ponder: It is impossible to break the encryption of a one time pad cryptosystem. If your sparring partner there decides to try and argue that point, he's in way over his head.
Oh no, you don't understand Es Arkajae will never ever ever admit that he's wrong and will fight and argue forever. He'd probably argue that it was possible to break such a system with great ferver, anger, and absolutely no evidence.
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Frank Hipper wrote:I take it you've never met the wonderful Es Arkajae before? He's a winner, and one of the major reasons SB leaves a bad taste in my mouth...
I might have, but after a while the trolls, kooks, and loonies start to blend in after a while, and I haven't posted at SB for some time now.
Gil Hamilton wrote:Oh no, you don't understand Es Arkajae will never ever ever admit that he's wrong and will fight and argue forever. He'd probably argue that it was possible to break such a system with great ferver, anger, and absolutely no evidence.
And it's simple to provide evidence, explained in rather simple terms which many people should be able to understand, which clearly shows just how impossible it is. It would act as a shining beacon for all to see just how illogical and irrational he is being. From there, you can just bring it up as a standard cut and paste response every time he tries to bring up that old argument. Maximized results for minimal effort. :)
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Hotfoot wrote:And it's simple to provide evidence, explained in rather simple terms which many people should be able to understand, which clearly shows just how impossible it is. It would act as a shining beacon for all to see just how illogical and irrational he is being. From there, you can just bring it up as a standard cut and paste response every time he tries to bring up that old argument. Maximized results for minimal effort. :)
I still don't think you get it. Many have tried that tactic before - most of them are either still at it or institutionalised. Nowadays, most just ignore him when he starts like that.
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weemadando wrote:I still don't think you get it. Many have tried that tactic before - most of them are either still at it or institutionalised. Nowadays, most just ignore him when he starts like that.
What? No one thought about assigning the job to a chatterbot or something? Why subject yourself to insanity when a program can do the dirty work for you? ;)
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XaLEv wrote:And now, to piss in the well: http://www.geocities.com/acclamator/arkajae.htm
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XaLEv wrote:And now, to piss in the well: http://www.geocities.com/acclamator/arkajae.htm
Didn't he dedicate himself to destroying the Culture?
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Arkajae is pretty much the primary and only reason I left SB. I hate homophobes with a vengeance, and now I only post occasionally in their Artwork Forum.

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Sorry about that Hotfoot.
StarshipTitanic wrote: Didn't he dedicate himself to destroying the Culture?
Indeed(or rather, he would if it existed). Apparently, civilizations which actually manage to eliminate suffering and day-to-day danger are evil, because ordinary individuals don't get the chance to play hero when something goes wrong.
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I want Es to come here, it may be too much of a reality check for him to handle though.
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Es is a fucking idiot and that's my two cents.
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phongn wrote:Es is a fucking idiot and that's my two cents.
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The worst part about Es is the Janeway porn. It's just wrong. I posted a poll a long time ago that was, "how many cans of Foster's does it take Es Arkajae to get out his collection?" or something like that. Quite a few if I remember correctly.
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From what I've seen Es is a nazi, a homophobe, a racist, a facist, a scientific ignoramus and a fundie, not to mention fucking stupid and incredibly obnoxious.
What I don't understand is why hasn't this donkey fucker been banned yet?
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I think the overwhelming problem with SB.com is that they tolerate too much stupidity.
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Sir Sirius wrote:'Give me your trolls, your morons. Your donkey fuckers yearning to spam free...'
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I thought that was TKs motto. :wink:
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Nah I think theirs is:

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Sir Sirius wrote:From what I've seen Es is a nazi, a homophobe, a racist, a facist, a scientific ignoramus and a fundie, not to mention fucking stupid and incredibly obnoxious.
What I don't understand is why hasn't this donkey fucker been banned yet?
Bans are very seldom given out over there. And with the exceptions of trolling racists and fascists who joined with the express intent to stir up shit, people don't get banned here for those reasons, either.
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Sir Sirius wrote:From what I've seen Es is a nazi, a homophobe, a racist, a facist, a scientific ignoramus and a fundie, not to mention fucking stupid and incredibly obnoxious.
What I don't understand is why hasn't this donkey fucker been banned yet?
And the funny thing is that he's unabashedly proud of all those things.
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Why in the world should I listen to Es` opinion? He doesn`t know everything, therefore, he knows nothing. His own logic, remember... :P
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