[03:04] <InHisName> OH !    Neat-O    I miss my  calculus classes.
[03:04] <InHisName> Wow! it's been over 40 yearts since the last final.
[05:41]  * InHisName wonders --> is it too early to say good morning ?
[09:45] <JonathanD> Morning.
[10:10] <rmg51> morning JonathanD
[10:14] <JonathanD> Hey rmg51
[10:14] <rmg51> o/
[10:16] <JonathanD> how goes?
[10:17] <rmg51> same old same-o
[12:31] <InHisName> Morning AGAIN
[13:04] <waltman> TIRED
[13:04] <teddy-dbear> morning
[13:24] <InHisName> so whats happening in each of you's ubuntu activitiy today?
[14:30] <teddy-dbear> listen to tunes all day :-D
[14:30] <EvilResistance> ugh, did PennBot explode again >.>
[14:31] <EvilResistance> @quit I have failed, and need to be punished.
[16:22] <MutantTurkey> like really bord
[16:28] <ChinnoDog> Do some work for me
[16:32] <MutantTurkey> Oh god my idiotic professor is saying how the 2 party system is bad...
[16:33] <EvilResistance> i'll bring PennBot back up later, it appears that my internet is on a constant state of implodification >.>
[16:34] <MutantTurkey> sigh...
[16:34] <MutantTurkey> "there have only ever been republican and democratic candidates"
[16:35] <MutantTurkey> this guy doesn't even know history
[16:35] <MutantTurkey> whigs? HELLO
[16:35] <EvilResistance> there's other candidates too
[16:35] <EvilResistance> but nobody pays attention to em xD
[16:35] <MutantTurkey> that's also relatively true
[16:36] <MutantTurkey> but they are pretty important.
[16:36] <MutantTurkey> what about in 96' when Perot carried like 10% of the vote and screwed bob dole over?
[16:36] <EvilResistance> i wasnt paying attention in 96 :P
[16:37] <MutantTurkey> not to mention, while they won't get elected. their points often get picked up by a major candidate
[16:38] <MutantTurkey> 'oh you like 3rd party guy? well I also support _____ so vote for me because I'm a real candidate'
[16:39] <MutantTurkey> evil ballot access laws are half the reason why 3rd parties dont have a chance
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[16:47] <waltman> or John Anderson in, I think, 1980
[16:50] <MutantTurkey> they carry quite a bit
[16:52] <MutantTurkey> this guy though just pisses me off
[17:04] <InHisName> MutantTurkey: rare if ever have US ever had more than 2 strong parties at a time.
[17:05] <waltman> right, the other parties usually just work as spoilers for the major parties
[17:10] <MutantTurkey> InHisName: right but they weren't always Republican and Democratic
[17:11] <waltman> right, only for the last 150 years.
[17:11] <waltman> the current winner-take-all system strongly favors 2 parties. countries with lots of parties generally have some sort of proportional representation.
[17:51] <MutantTurkey> waltman: right, which would probably be better