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My prediction about the outcome of the fencing bout could better be expressed as multiple predictions, for instance "I will score more points than my opponent" and "I will win the bout."

What if lightning struck the building a day earlier and the match is called off? Of if you get arrested on the way to the match and thus you forfeit by failure to show up? Or if your opponent forfeits, which makes the first prediction wrong?

In those circumstances, there's no reason to modify your prediction for the next time. While they were wrong, no... (read more)

The way I keep from leaving my laptop anywhere is to put my car keys in the laptop bag.

Barring rides with other people and mass transit, it's impossible to leave your car keys somewhere. And if you travel mass transit, you could leave your wallet in the laptop bag instead. But even if you do travel sans car, you will notice your lack of keys/computer the second you get home, instead of figuring it hours or days later when you try to use the computer.

I do this trick with things beside my laptop, like if I'm helping move furniture and don't want to endanger... (read more)

The Hostile Takeover, Part II seems to fall apart with the realization that boards do not vote in order like that, but all at once, and may change their vote during the voting. You can postulate such a Board, but it's fairly unlikely such a thing would exist.

And it also falls apart with the fact that parliamentary law would not allow such a maneuver even if voting worked like that. It is simply not permissible to pass resolutions that hurt individuals that vote against them.

What would actually happen: 1) The lackey says: I move that we vote upon the follow... (read more)