Phi for All

Technically, I still don't think so. Grammatically, no. Look at it this way: if you're a refrigerator, and you're in a box in a house, are you "in" the house or are you still in the box? Similarly, if you're a human, you're not "in" the house in a functional sense if you're in a box. You can't do anything you would normally do "in" a house, you can't even access the house itself if you're still "in" a box. Being in a box is your primary state. I think that would be lative case, not locative case, because you're implying motion to a location with the carriage the seat is in. You could dream?! We barely slept, naked outdoors....

Cap'n's nickname is "Automatic", because you can't silence him. And you can only suppress him for a short while.

There, but for the grace of Gouda....

You know, if you have the basic ingredients on hand, you can make sense from scratch.

At the... suggestion... of an alleged representative of the United Nations Security Council, I must refrain from releasing any details in the matter of the events alluded to earlier between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Obviously because none of it is true. Not a bit. None. Nope.

Again, I would recommend the allowance if she doesn't already have one. It's a great way to enforce the positive and dissuade the negative in a way that mirrors real life. As long as it isn't the only medium you use it should be effective for a girl who doesn't respond to groundings and writing sentences. As PhDwannabe said, just be careful to keep the reward small and manageable. These things have a way of escalating rapidly if they start out too big. Going back over your OP, please don't punish her, for any reason, by making her read text books. If she's a straight A student, this method seems imprudent, ineffective and at odds with what you're really trying to do here. Reading and learning should never be associated with punitive measures. Please take this as amateur advice from a fellow father only. If you're truly concerned with her behavior, or if it doesn't improve, take her to a professional who can start the process whereby you'll get a more substantive, meaningful analysis.

This is true. At the time, I felt your tampering with the North Korean/Iranian technology transfers went beyond the purview of the administrative tasks John had assigned to you. While your success in the endeavor doesn't make me wrong, I'm forced to admit that this country, and indeed the entire free world, owes you a debt of gratitude.

But selection is not always a choice when it comes to who survives to reproduce. Attractive traits may seem like a choice, but what about cases like the ʻiʻiwi, the Hawaiian Honeycreeper bird whose bill evolved to curve to fit the lobelioid flowers it favors, which have similarly curved corollas? Indeed, the lobelioids in Hawaii seem to have co-evolved more curved corollas than their mainland cousins due to the evolution of the bird's bills that help it in pollination. This is not a decision process; it's clearly flora and fauna co-adapting to changes that make both more successful. More successful simply beats out less successful. No need for a decision mechanism or a decider.

I had a chat with John (YT2095) on the phone, but not John (blike). YT2095 has got to be the most interesting man on the whole planet. When the zombie apocalypse happens, I pray he's on my side of the pond. He's humanity's best hope for survival. Humble or Hubble? The really ironic part of this thread is that the OP condemns us for being vicious, controlling, power-hungry ban monsters. The truth is, you can see in the Banned/Suspended Member thread where you guys give rep points to the Mod who banned the worst offenders. Aristarchus in Exile, the OP's friend, is tied for the #2 spot. I think his ban met with major approval.

Ah, upping the amps on grandma! This tells me grandma is most likely "mother-in-law". Quick, scroll down so the wife doesn't see this paragraph! Strictly as a father, my advice would be to stop denying your daughter access to the junk food. Hiding it perpetuates the game. Instead, tell her that authorized snacks, ones approved by you or her mother, are free, you're happy to pay for those. Snacks taken after hours need to be paid for by the taker. Don't subtract it from what you give her, make her hand you the money from her piggy bank so she feels the consequence. Don't have her buy them when you go to the store because then they'll seem like hers. If you don't already give her an allowance, start that right away, since that's a great real-world teaching tool in itself. It's also one of the best ways to show natural consequences for bad actions. Keep in mind that the real attraction may be the sneaky "getting-up-when-everyone-else-is-asleep" part. The junk food could be just a perk, which might be why your punishments haven't worked. Throwing you off the scent by making you think it's food related may be even more exciting.

I've never seen these people before in my life. Well, outside of those Krav Maga videos mooeypoo made. Search "Broken Heart? Broken Leg!" at smarterthanthat.com.

Agreed. Done.

Are you DRIVING the bus you just threw me under?! When I asked about his fancy little briefcase, the "good cop" told me UZI is a fashion designer!

1) No, we now think it may indeed just be a friend (which is great). 2) Yes. He was warned about breaking the rules, but he took that to mean we were going to ban him any day now. So he started posting like he was a condemned man. 3) No, he started a goodbye thread. His personal messages were mostly just derogatory slurs against science in general and the forum specifically. I know it's a shock, but it seems we're all like this, every science forum has kicked him out. 4) Yes, but I'm only privy to the private messages he sent to me. Regardless, he certainly earned a ban on simple rule breaking. Since his request is open to interpretation, I have no problem editing the reason for his ban. He certainly earned it strictly from ignoring the rules. Though sent in private, I have no problems showing his messages to me, along with my replies. Edit: Sorry, I keep cross-posting with others.

Hiding the junk food makes it a game in your daughter's mind, a challenge to overcome. Plus she has discovered the joy of forbidden fruit (or in this case, Cheetos). Deny a human being something and they will obsess over it. I prefer pointing out natural consequences rather than punishment. It's tough since she can't appreciate the health consequences at her age. Does she have an allowance that can be taken away to pay for unauthorized snacking? I recommend rigging an electrical device, something around 100,000 volts (but very low amperage), so that every time she says it's OK for your daughter to have junk food against your wishes, your mother gets a jolt. This has been empirically tested and proven to adjust bad behavior.

"I wish your brethren would NOT be released from hell to wreak havoc upon the Earth when you grant me this wish!"

I heard you scream all the way at my house!

Oh Flying Spaghetti Monster, I pray you'll help John Cuthber learn how to use quote tags someday. And I hope you'll find it in your meatball to help swansont control his vicious instincts. And please tell mooeypoo she's not going to Hell for touching my manicotti. And we pray for brother Aristarchus to get better, so that someday we might get the banned back together. In Cheeses name, Ramen.

I think Janus provided some evidence that having work/school inevitably looming after your free time is a problem. I think I showed you that changing your employer/school to suit your needs is a problem too. Everyone would have to change, and I think many jobs require sunlight, or are more efficiently done during daylight hours. I don't know, I'd have to think about that a little more. Economically, you'd spend more on lighting. Personally, I like to get work done so I can feel better about my free time. There's something about finishing a job and then kicking back that's very satisfying. Also, I find it easier to fall asleep after some down-time unwinding. Working and then the drive home after leaves me wired, like Janus mentioned. It could very well be that school would be different from work. It might be good for students to sleep right after learning something. Then again, when the mind is racing after having learned something new and great, it might be hard to fall asleep. I am SO disappointed that you're unwilling to test your hypothesis. It makes most of this just sheer conjecture. You could be sitting on the greatest idea EVER, but will you give it a week to experiment? Noooooooo.

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A recent study shows that praying for science forum Moderators can actually cause instability in the person praying, possibly resulting in all common sense getting sucked into an unstable, superdense area like a black hole, or maybe a white hole. It was some kind of hole, I remember that part.

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You started a thread saying goodbye, because you felt you were going to be banned. I suppose I took that for a request. I mean, why would you do that if you weren't leaving? Edit: Sorry, cross-posted with swansont.

See your doctor, please.

Appolinaria lives in Connecticut, where they don't understand rhyming etiquette. An angel-haired genie who will axe your linguini, 'cause that's how they get their spaghetti cut!