Wild Card Thread

[Child of Flame]

According to the Weekly World News, the world's oil supply will run out by the end of the year. 

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They said it would run out in the 70's. It didn't.

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On the other hand, judging by how the prices have risen in the last ten years (around $2 here), to the twenty or so years before that (around $0.80), someone is really scared it is running out, if in fact it isn't.

 

 

Depends on length. And whether you need to attend any interviews in the meantime.

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Just below shoulder length. I might have some interviews coming up it being my last year at uni and all... hmm... that reminds me...

 

Another completely random point... my dissertation is going to require many participants to fill in some psychometric tests... would any forum members mind participating? Bear in mind, this would probably happen just before the end of Michelmas term

 

DL

 

P.S. I wouldn't ask but we always seem to have a lack of male participants (perhaps because there seems to be more girls at uni)

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I need to go to DL's uni, also, I am game for these 'tests' assuming US citizens are allowed.

[Calax]

Eru What gas station are you hitting? I've got three bucks down the hill!

[Volourn]

I expect the two NY teams to take the Wild Card spots.. unless the Yankees pass the Red Sox that is.

[metadigital]

Just below shoulder length. I might have some interviews coming up it being my last year at uni and all... hmm... that reminds me...

 

Another completely random point... my dissertation is going to require many participants to fill in some psychometric tests... would any forum members mind participating? Bear in mind, this would probably happen just before the end of Michelmas term

 

DL

 

P.S. I wouldn't ask but we always seem to have a lack of male participants (perhaps because there seems to be more girls at uni)

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I would dye that back to whatever colour you fancy (difficult with black, I warrant you, but at least you can never look as silly as a blonde trying to be black! )

 

You certainly shouldn't have any lack of males to volunteer around here. Does the socio-economic skew factor have to be balanced in the data sample (obviously the people who have a computer and participate on an RPG forum are not going to be your average bears in the woods).

 

What sort of psychometric testing ... (Funny, the resident psychologist for Big Brother said that they were unable to what the tv show was doing for entertainment in the name of academic research ... ")

[EnderAndrew]

I expect the two NY teams to take the Wild Card spots.. unless the Yankees pass the Red Sox that is.

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I think those are very good picks. People are overlooking the Mets.

[metadigital]

Yeah, stop overlooking Mets!

[Volourn]

I'm bias though. I like the Mets. It won't be easy though since the NL East is very tough.

 

The Yanks, on the other hand, will win the WC in the AL relatively easy as they are just too stack NOT to make the play-offs.

[Child of Flame]

Eru What gas station are you hitting? I've got three bucks down the hill!

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Sorry, typo, I meant the price jump.

 

It is around $2.69 here if you're lucky.

 

What I mean to write is it jumped about eighty cents in twenty years, and around two dollars in th last ten.

 

If we really have reached peak oil and we don't have alternate energy in place by the time it completely dries up, things are gonna get really ugly.

[Calax]

to show the contrast where I am is about 2.83 at the high end.

[Dark Moth]

As a matter of fact, today my dad spent about $37 on gas today. Where I am, the prices range from $2.59-$2.99 a gallon. Anyone up for a bike ride?

[Calax]

I find it incredibly odd that us americans complain about gas prices when the other countrys have incredibly higher prices per leiter... In the 60's in finland it was about $3 per leiter... IN THE FREAKING SIXTIES!

[Child of Flame]

Seriously though, do you know how bad it will be if oil runs out.

 

All economies except for agrarian cultures will be crippled! Agrarian cultures that have been modernized (the US, most other non-third world countries) will also not be putting out any food anymore.

 

Food shortages will cause people to die, lots of them.

 

Places like China will probably be hit the hardest, because not only will the surplus population die off, but there will be plague because of how densely packed they all are.

 

Because petroleum based plastics are so damn lucrative we won't have those anymore.

 

Say bye-bye to lots of medical tech.

[Darth Launch]

You certainly shouldn't have any lack of males to volunteer around here. Does the socio-economic skew factor have to be balanced in the data sample (obviously the people who have a computer and participate on an RPG forum are not going to be your average bears in the woods).

 

What sort of psychometric testing ... (Funny, the resident psychologist for Big Brother said that they were unable to what the tv show was doing for entertainment in the name of academic research ... ")

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The socio-economic skew factor isn't essential since the main difference we're testing is between male and female participants.

 

The tests (at the moment) are looking at aggression and impulsivity... but they are subject to change... "

 

DL

 

P.S. Sure you can participate SoE... we're going to need a big sample size so the more the better

[Dark Moth]

Seriously though, do you know how bad it will be if oil runs out. 

 

All economies except for agrarian cultures will be crippled!  Agrarian cultures that have been modernized (the US, most other non-third world countries) will also not be putting out any food anymore. 

 

Food shortages will cause people to die, lots of them. 

 

Places like China will probably be hit the hardest, because not only will the surplus population die off, but there will be plague because of how densely packed they all are. 

 

Because petroleum based plastics are so damn lucrative we won't have those anymore. 

 

Say bye-bye to lots of medical tech.

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The Amish are going to laugh in our faces. :">

[Child of Flame]

Seriously though, do you know how bad it will be if oil runs out. 

 

All economies except for agrarian cultures will be crippled!  Agrarian cultures that have been modernized (the US, most other non-third world countries) will also not be putting out any food anymore. 

 

Food shortages will cause people to die, lots of them. 

 

Places like China will probably be hit the hardest, because not only will the surplus population die off, but there will be plague because of how densely packed they all are. 

 

Because petroleum based plastics are so damn lucrative we won't have those anymore. 

 

Say bye-bye to lots of medical tech.

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The Amish are going to laugh in our faces. :">

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I resisted saying that the Amish would come out on top in the original post.

 

Actually, if things get all that bad, the Amish will get killed off for what they do have by hordes of hungry people.

[Cantousent]

If anyone crashes the censor, I'm putting them on modersated status for the next two weeks. Then I'm laughing at them.

[Darkside]

Geez, I only left for an hour. I've should have guessed a spam thread would be popular.

 

The best part is, you can't spam it! Muahaha!

 

On second thought, I withdraw that comment. If I say that, someone will find a way just for the heck of it.

[Cantousent]

The thread makes me shudder. Ah well, I'll try to delete individual posts rather than close the thread if it comes to that.

[metadigital]

The socio-economic skew factor isn't essential since the main difference we're testing is between male and female participants.

 

The tests (at the moment) are looking at aggression and impulsivity... but they are subject to change...  "

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I think that all factors could have a correlation.

[thepixiesrock]

By the way, how would one go about crashing the censor? Not that I would do it or anything...

[Gabrielle]

As a matter of fact, today my dad spent about $37 on gas today.  Where I am, the prices range from $2.59-$2.99 a gallon.  Anyone up for a bike ride?

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Can someone say rape. Outragous the prices have been lately.

[Cantousent]

I'll point at pixies and laugh in advance.

 

:points at pixies: hahahaha

[Baley]

Do cars have cockpits?

[Darth Launch]

The socio-economic skew factor isn't essential since the main difference we're testing is between male and female participants.

 

The tests (at the moment) are looking at aggression and impulsivity... but they are subject to change...  "

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I think that all factors could have a correlation.

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Does that mean I can count you in as a participant Mr. Metadigital?

 

DL

[thepixiesrock]

cockpits?

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