I’ve had that (broken link) happen before when I tried to link to a youtube but put a space between “view:” and the url. Also, the url can’t be autolinked in the text editor or else it won’t show the embedded youtube player.
I think I’m starting to figure it out!
My forum actually has an entire section called the Low-Content Lounge. You’re more than welcome to rant/vent there.
/shameless plug
Autolykos, I would post more in your forum but not enough people post there. It’s a shame 
I don’t think a successful migration to another forum will take place until I set up the LibertyHQ forums
From today’s newspaper:
The ECB announces the new 5€ bill “Now the note will be counterfeiter proof”
Doesn’t even deserve a joke here.
It’s kind-of a catch-22 - more people joining leads to more people posting leads to more people joining… So if you posted more yourself, that could motivate more people to join and start posting.
Yeah, I don’t know. It’s a pretty heavy free-rider problem…
But I guess I should do my part.
Oh, I’m not trying to say that you’re obligated or anything. It’s entirely up to you. I actually need to catch up on some threads there myself.
I think many libertarians have felt this:
Question: How do I post pictures, not their links?
There is a small button with a house and landscape on it.
That doesn’t need a joke, it’s dead pan comedy at its best. One of the great counterfeiters saying their notes are counterfeiter proof.
Th forum administrator over there is an absentee landlord. He didn’t even follow through on his promise to be part of Fephisto’s study group and spends all of his time on this forum trolling for new members (despite not posting on his own forum in a week). He’s starting to get on my nerves.
EDIT: I’ve been a bit disgruntled lately, so what I wrote above is much harsher than I intended it to be. For the record, I think Autolykos is doing a good job. I’m just whining.
Not sure if serious… :\
So my history class i bombed the first test with a big ole F and i felt i probably knew more than anyone else in the class. Tests are essays, so i went to a study session for the 2nd test and the teacher assistant said
“Dr. X does not want you to say or write anything other than EXACTLY what he said. He wants you can memorize what he said and write word for word his lectures and notes then you will make a 100. He doesn’t want you thinking on your own.”
So this test i decided to do a big screw it to learning and made flashcards with ‘word for word’ of what he said.
I made a 100. What total BS our educational system is. Screw intellectual thought JUST COPY AND PASTE THE ANSWERS! FN HOGWASH !!!
DON’T YOU JUST LOVE IT?
Three theories:
Since the test scoring is based on a points system, then there must be a way to quantify your essay. There, the professor counts word per word whether you wrote exactly what the professor wanted you to write.
If you did your own research and included knowledge that the professor does not have, then the professor has no way of knowing whether what you wrote is true or simply BS.
Academic hubris.
Well, one remark on this is that 99.9999% of students are incapable of even the most cursorily organized thought. In some of the ancient schools, this was how instruction was performed until the student had reached proficiency. I can’t say I blame the instructor because he’s trying to impart something he knows to the students… not engage in a pseudo-academic “discussion” with a bunch of incompetents.
That said, the University system is completely busted and does not really serve the interests of students and hasn’t for centuries. Bastiat wrote on this, among other, issues.
Clayton -
Not me. In public, I prefer the intelligent company of the voices in my head.
Yesterday my Intro to Ethics professor bragged that he was at a party in Princeton, NJ with…you guessed it! Paul Krugman! Woaaahh. He then proceeded to tell us about how markets naturally revert into recession, how markets are not self-correcting, and that interventionist leftists are the “Kantians” as opposed to the libertarians, who are “Utilitarians” because they defend larger gap between the rich and poor because it increased efficiency and growth. Stick to philosophy, Professor. Actually, maybe read some more philosophy? Aren’t you academics supposed to know at least Robert Nozick? What about left-liberals whose policies may admittedly interfere with your rights, but are for “the greater good of society”? Whatever. When the higher education bubble bursts, I’m sure the Philosophy department is gonna be slashed in half anyways.
@ Groucho
Didn’t Carlin once say that libertarianism was bullshit?
Most of what passes for libertarianism is bullshit. Go look at most any FreeStateProject video… whiny white people complaining that they can’t wander around naked in the streets of New Hampshire… yeah, now that’s libertopia.
Clayton -
