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All very excellent though unwieldy. My own contribution to (professional) sport taxonomy was simpler.
Yours are true and certainly wieldy, but is the essence of a sport its location?

Sports could use a taxonomy. I think there are two types for sure, call them Encroaching Sports and Combat Sports.

Sarker, basketball, American football, hockey...all require encroaching on your op ...

is goods going across land having to clear multiple custom points. Aircraft cannot provide the volume.
If you're back with ships... what multiple custom points? You load it here, you deliver it there ...

Utah Jazz is tied with the LA Lakers for most absurdly inappropriate names. New Orleans Jazz once even had Pete Maravich, the jazziest white boy the NBA has ever seen. Actually, it's not a tie, for tw ...

The Minnesota Timberwolves missed 24 three point shots last night, out of 29 attempted. The three-point shot's spirit animal, Steph Curry, injured himself in the game and didn't play the second half. ...

seems really weird to us
Us? So you're not an Arizonker?

There are discussions, in seriousness, about a 4-pt line in the NBA. Infinite regress inbound. I admit that it is exceedingly difficult to ...

My initial response to the "why we're the only country" question is, Is that even true? Then I assumed it was true and thought, "Everything is treated as business, even games - and here ...

Stat of the Week

The $6B Boston Celtics took 60 three pointers last night, missing 45 of them - a record for misses. They barely lost the game to the New York Trousers. In the 3rd quarter, they too ...

Is there an equivalent for the following in sarker?

When a basketball team intentionally fouls a player (because he is a poor free throw shooter, they call it "Hacka-[insert player name]" ...

But I became a skeptic of history before I read Fomenko, though he pushed me over the edge.
I got started up on it by Gunnar Heinsohn. Funny enough, I read an article on GH in Unz Review by Laurent G ...

His latest book is worth the purchase price, however, just for the section on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Wow.
What's the title? I can't figure out if what is available on Amazon as separate books are or a ...

Remember. I'm the guy who thinks the entirety of human history is nothing but a lie.
Is there a secret Fomenko section? I'm on Book 5, although I admit to bogging down in Book 4 when he gets really ...

no, I'm not that impressive.

While we're here, why do you Brits call someone named Barry "Bazza"?

Less Roger Bacon, more Biffa Bacon
Another forgery hunter, Edwin Johnson, considered "Bacon" to be one of the go-to British names that a forger would use when wanting to give his book the s ...

I've always felt that a lifetime of reading has mainly served to convince me of how little I know

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Topic: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:03 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	All very excellent though unwieldy. My own contribution to (professional) sport taxonomy was simpler. Yours are true and certainly wieldy, but is the essence of a sport its location?
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:01 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Sports could use a taxonomy. I think there are two types for sure, call them Encroaching Sports and Combat Sports. Sarker, basketball, American football, hockey...all require encroaching on your op ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Pete Jones Replies: 1955 Views: 655535	Forum: Politics Posted: 8:08 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Pete Jones Replies: 1955 Views: 655535	is goods going across land having to clear multiple custom points. Aircraft cannot provide the volume. If you're back with ships... what multiple custom points? You load it here, you deliver it there ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:01 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Utah Jazz is tied with the LA Lakers for most absurdly inappropriate names. New Orleans Jazz once even had Pete Maravich, the jazziest white boy the NBA has ever seen. Actually, it's not a tie, for tw ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:19 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	The Minnesota Timberwolves missed 24 three point shots last night, out of 29 attempted. The three-point shot's spirit animal, Steph Curry, injured himself in the game and didn't play the second half. ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:05 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	seems really weird to us Us? So you're not an Arizonker? There are discussions, in seriousness, about a 4-pt line in the NBA. Infinite regress inbound. I admit that it is exceedingly difficult to ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:16 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	My initial response to the "why we're the only country" question is, Is that even true? Then I assumed it was true and thought, "Everything is treated as business, even games - and here ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:27 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Stat of the Week The $6B Boston Celtics took 60 three pointers last night, missing 45 of them - a record for misses. They barely lost the game to the New York Trousers. In the 3rd quarter, they too ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:05 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Pete Jones Replies: 4441 Views: 5568027	Is there an equivalent for the following in sarker? When a basketball team intentionally fouls a player (because he is a poor free throw shooter, they call it "Hacka-[insert player name]" ...
Topic: The Causes of Temperature
Pete Jones Replies: 300 Views: 173080	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 4:59 pm Subject: The Causes of Temperature
Pete Jones Replies: 300 Views: 173080	But I became a skeptic of history before I read Fomenko, though he pushed me over the edge. I got started up on it by Gunnar Heinsohn. Funny enough, I read an article on GH in Unz Review by Laurent G ...
Topic: The Causes of Temperature
Pete Jones Replies: 300 Views: 173080	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 4:53 pm Subject: The Causes of Temperature
Pete Jones Replies: 300 Views: 173080	His latest book is worth the purchase price, however, just for the section on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Wow. What's the title? I can't figure out if what is available on Amazon as separate books are or a ...
Topic: The Causes of Temperature
Pete Jones Replies: 300 Views: 173080	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 3:45 pm Subject: The Causes of Temperature
Pete Jones Replies: 300 Views: 173080	Remember. I'm the guy who thinks the entirety of human history is nothing but a lie. Is there a secret Fomenko section? I'm on Book 5, although I admit to bogging down in Book 4 when he gets really ...
Topic: Flying Chaucers
Pete Jones Replies: 1148 Views: 583519	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 3:09 pm Subject: Flying Chaucers
Pete Jones Replies: 1148 Views: 583519	no, I'm not that impressive. While we're here, why do you Brits call someone named Barry "Bazza"?
Topic: Flying Chaucers
Pete Jones Replies: 1148 Views: 583519	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 2:53 pm Subject: Flying Chaucers
Pete Jones Replies: 1148 Views: 583519	Less Roger Bacon, more Biffa Bacon Another forgery hunter, Edwin Johnson, considered "Bacon" to be one of the go-to British names that a forger would use when wanting to give his book the s ...
Topic: Medium Stories of AE Relevance
Pete Jones Replies: 70 Views: 9271	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 2:29 pm Subject: Medium Stories of AE Relevance
Pete Jones Replies: 70 Views: 9271	I've always felt that a lifetime of reading has mainly served to convince me of how little I know