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  1. Well hello qzilver. Welcome to Xisto and I hope to see you around the forum sharing those ideas you just mentions :). I am also a student, well I will be as of August 12th, and I am majoring in History (I may double major in Political Science also). Anyway, welcome to Xisto once again.


  2. The only game I can think of at the moment that qualifies for this thread is MuOnline. I can not rank it against the others post here because I have not played any of them or any games similar to them. However, without consideration for the other games in existence out there, MuOnline was a pretty fun way to waste a few hours and have fun. The only problem I have with the game is that there is no clear guidance or tutorial, you are just thrown in the game and have to figure out everything on your own. I still don't fully understand the game. For example, I don't know what the events are that occur daily, and I don't know how to get to them or even if I qualify to take part in them. I don't know what is classified as "wealthy" in the game either. Also, the players seem to not respond to questions and thus far they are either unfriendly or maybe they can't speak english.


  3. I don't believe that it comes down to pandering to an individual or being passive. I think it comes down more to attempting to gain an understand of someones life and the reasons behind why they may conduct themselves in the fashion that they do. I don't believe in cutting anyone fingers off or allowing someone to go free without consequences for stealing, however, I believe that the consequences should be based on the reasoning behind the actions. An action should be based on the motive behind it. If someone breaks into a store in order to steal food to feed themselves, I consider that more as survival than stealing if it is concluded that the action was the best option available to the person executing it. However, at the same time, allowing individuals to get away with crime at the expense of no punishment sends the message that they can do it again. If someone gets away with knocking you over the head and taking your money, you better be ready for them to come back and do it again. And even if you sit down and have a talk with them about their action of knocking you over the head, they may decide that they like you and won't do it again. Instead, they will knock someone else over the head and take the money. People operate based on cause and effect. I knock you over the head = I get your money. If "I get your money" does not = "punishment", then it will be done again and again and again. There are some exceptions, however, the theory still remains in tact. I don't support the idea that people shouldn't receive punishment for their actions, and I believe a lot of people think that way based off of brief interactions with prisoners and the disadvantaged. Yes, most people should realize that the average prisoner is not a heartless machine. But, that realization should not end with the conclusion that no punishment in deserved. As for rehabilitation, it does not work. I say this not because I do not believe in the power of rehabilitation, but because it needs a major reform. Rehabilitation should really be based on an individual's background, culture, and lifestyle. People are different, they are not bees. You can't pull them all in with the same honey. Rehabilitation programs don't address the root cause of the problem. It explains the wrongness of the crime, but does not address the reasoning because the crime. It does not address the cause and effect, and put it in a way that the individual being rehabilitated can understand.


  4. At the end of the day, Google can only access information that you have. They scan the emails you receive or browser history to display content that would be relevant to you, which can be seen as good or bad depending on how you look at it. If you don't want anyone to access certain information, then you'd have to avoid revealing that information online.


    I don't believe its a good thing because that is exploiting people in order to increase the mass within their pockets or bank accounts. Perhaps if it was clearly pointed out that Google would be scanning emails and browser history to display those ads in exchange for their service, then perhaps it would be fine and many of us who disagree with it could have the knowledge required to make a decision on whether we should fine a new search engine or email service or not. We could also have the information available to determine if we would like to take Google Ads off of our website and fine another service.

  5. I agree with anwii. When I first registered a week or so ago, I was so confused about the MyCent system, and there simply wasn't enough information to explain what was going on. I followed the instructions and used the same email for my Xisto - Support account, but no where on the forum said that I had to wait an unknown amount of days for the system to update. I got the most help from the nice people in the chat room who tried their best to explain the little that they knew about the system and how it worked. If it wasn't for the greatly interesting topics, I would have simply left and dismissed the system as broken.A lot of people seem to be upset or thrown back by how long it takes for MyCent to update. The timing surely can confuse new members, however, more importantly what is needed is a clear sense of leadership in this community and we need that leadership active and involved. The fact is that we understand that admin can't satisfy everyone and a perfect community is non existent, however, Xisto would be greatly improved if there could be increased communication and the admin could update us on what is going on. Although I see room for improvement, one thing I would like to do is thank admin for all their hard work thus far. Too often we note the bad without noting the good, and my desire is not to come across as a critique who can't be satisfied no matter what is done. I believe that admin have done well in certain areas, while other areas are lacking and creating undesirable results.


  6. People usually associate the United States with a Free Market Economy while associating countries such as North Korea, Soviet Union, Cuba, and Venezuela with Communism. However, it has been pointed out in this thread that there is not a country currently existing. Even North Korea has a private economy and over 50% of their economy is based on black market trade. Even if black market trade is not publicly endorsed by their government, if something consist of 50% of your economy, you won't make too much noise about it. It has been proven again and again that a pure free market economy is a recipe for failure. The fact is that companies are out for profit and will do anything, no matter how immoral, in order to maximize profits. No matter how much they make, they will always push the limits to make more. In fact, when a free market is not regulated, it leads to Communism. When there is no regulations, companies turn people into slaves. They pay you as little as possible and put you in the worst conditions if it saves them money. That is really how labor unions got started. Companies paid low wages despite making record profits, and they put employees in terrible work conditions for the sake of saving money. Workers were dying left and right, but it was cheaper for companies to replace them rather than find ways of prevention and put them into effect. That is what really lead to labor unions. Workers organized and they literally revolted. If you look at every Communist country, that is what happened. People revolted against greedy corporations who paid the lowest of wages and treated workers more like livestock or slaves. The people revolted, replaced their government, and put corporations under state control. Some people try to say that we are more moral now, and companies wouldn't do that, however, they are still doing it. You have companies such as Walmart opening sweatshops in third world countries for cheap labor and they subject those people to terrible work conditions and unacceptable wages by human standards. We look the other way, but we would be in the same condition of the U.S. didn't regulate businesses. The U.S. regulates businesses within the U.S., but encourage deregulation in other countries as a means to boost the U.S. economy at the expense of the lifestyle and humanity of people within other countries. If you look at all Communist countries, they generally developed after revolting against governments who were controlled by Western Nations and supported Western corporate interest. The people revolted, installed their own government, and took over corporations and put them under the state's control. The initial intentions were to provide freedom, liberal, justice, and equality. That vision only deteriorated after Western Countries decided that it was in their best economic interest to overthrow such governments through bribery, coups, and assassinations, and then reinstall a puppet government that would support greedy U.S. and British companies and their unethical practices (which includes exploiting these countries of their natural resources). This forced Communist governments to crack down and put a sort of marital law in place simply to remain in power and keep the control of their country outside of the hands of Western capitalist. Why do you think North Korea really closes itself off as it does? Do we really believe that the country is full of crazy people? Lets remember that North Korea and South Korea is technically the same and was divided by the United States and Soviet Union. So we must act ourselves why there is a distinction between the two nations. I don't support North Korea's actions in way, shape, or form, but they are really doing what they have to do to not be overthrown by the U.S. and Western nations. People know better than to attempt to overthrow a government or assassinate the leader of a nation with nuclear weapons. Especially if you believe that a segment of the population is crazy and bent on destorying the West. You don't know who may get their hands on those nuclear weapons. People in Communist countries have to suffer because outside forces attempt to make their government unstable do so through any and all means necessary. In fact, look at the United States during the cold war. Look at how our government, during that time, transformed from the beacon of democracy to a military state. Now image if the U.S. was the size of Cuba or North Korea, and we were up against the Soviet Union spies, military, assassination attempts, and coups. You would have a state with little or no rights given to the people. We say the cold war is over, but we are still engaging small communist nations like North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela. People need to really understand what capitalism is and stop associating it with democracy. Any economic system, no matter if it is capitalism, communism, or a mixture can have freedom, justice, and liberty. It simply depends on the stability of the government and the threats that it faces. Some people will try to say that the U.S. doesn't target these countries, but they do. The U.S. has attempted to assassinate several leaders of different countries across the world based on their economic decisions. Even if you look at Zimbabwe. What is the primary reason that the U.S. is against Zimbabwe? It is because of the economic reforms. It is not because of the lack of democracy. If it is because of the lack of democracy, why do we deal with Saudi Arabia? We deal with Saudi Arabia because they support our economic interest. We don't care about the rights of their people or the rights of the people of any country for the matter. Whenever we support the rights of the people of a nation, it is because that nation does not support our economic interest. It is all about U.S. national interest and every action made reflects our national interest. When Hugo Chavez began to nationalize his nation's economy, the U.S. attempted to coup his government and they almost succeed. The U.S. has made hundreds of unsuccessful assassination attempts on Castro. They have attempted to overthrow the government of North Korea and Iran. So when you wonder why Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela don't seek closer relations with the U.S. since President Obama is in office, it is because they understand the game that the United States play. They know that it is all about corporate and U.S. interest, and unless they are willing to surrender to that, there is nothing more in existence than insincerely smiling faces. There is a public partnership, but in the darkness of night there is assassination attempts, coups, and sabotage. It is almost like the Mafia, they smile in your face and next thing you know a bullet is in the back of your head. People need to understand how government works. The government classifies information in order to keep people knowing this stuff. Even when something is declassified these days, all of the vital information is marked out in jet black. I believe that the best form of government is a mixture of capitalism and state government, with tough regulations on corporations to ensure that they are ethical. However, I also believe that those regulations should extend to how corporations who are based in the U.S. operate in foreign countries. We should also change our foreign policy approach, and only use our military in "DEFENSE" and not as a bargaining chip or threat. However, I guess that will probably never happen because economic and national interest come before morality. This is way you see children in third world countries digging through trash for food. The majority of 3rd world countries have the means to feed their own people, and provide them with a decent life, however, their resources are exploited and used in order to fuel the American lifestyle. Why do you think that we have an economy double the size of a nation with 1.4 billion people? It is not because we are so brilliant and superior. It is because we have the big guns and we are willing to use them.


  7. Hmm, but how many people are actually using this package ? this restriction really makes it difficult to use the package. People will prefer dreamhost package over this xisto package. I mean with dreamhost you get shell access, limited chat room or streaming plus lots of bandwidth and you can add-on domain names as well. but in this package of xisto you can't do that. By the way welcome to xisto.


    I have to agree. I don't really see the point of having an unlimited plan if it doesn't at least come with a few add-on domains. I mean, I understand disabling shell access and maybe even activities like streaming and limited chat rooms. We have to be understanding of the resource limitations that Xisto probably has compared to companies such as Dreamhost who surely has a larger revenue base and doesn't believe in giving away anything for free or in exchange for anything that is not monetary. Therefore, we are trying to compare apples and oranges when it comes to Dreamhost and Xisto. The limited chat and shell access not being available is reasonable, but from my perceptive, there should at least be 5 add-on domains. Maybe I would understand not allowing add-on domains if streaming, live chat, and shell access was allowed. In other words, it should be one or the other.

  8. I think that 'adriantc' makes the most logical sense here, however, one thing that disturbs be is that it appears that the consensus here is that all those who doubt the existence of God or a god supports the theory of evolution. Its really not that complicated for some people. It comes down to the idea that from their perspective, there is no evidence that God exist, and therefore they either don't believe or simply accept that they don't know.My perspective is that religion is fine. People should be allowed to believe whatever they wish, however, their religion should not be used to ostracize others to create a sense of abnormality for non-believers. In the south at least, I am not sure about other parts of the U.S., if you don't believe in God you are considered taboo. Why is it taboo to not believe in something that no one has proven to actually exist? You have to really ask yourself that question. The fact is the people decide the truth based on emotions and then they use their brain and validate what they feel. So when you will have is people trying to make a logical argument based on "feelings" which have been instilled in them from birth. However, I maintain the idea that everyone should be able to believe in whatever they wish. If people believe the truth is God, then thats fine. If person believe the truth is science, that is also fine. At the end of the day the painful truth is that neither side really know whats going on. People don't know why we are here and what we really are. We don't even know the meaning of our existence, if there is any meaning. Religion is popular because it provide simple answers for hard questions and use emotional attachments to solidify those answers into the minds of their followers. The truth is that no one knows what happens at death. No one knows why we are here on earth. No one knows. No one knows. Again and again, no one knows. Its scary not to know, but thats the truth. You pastor and the scientist do not know what the heck happens when we die. People get scared with the fact that we don't know if we cease to exist, go to heaven, go to heaven, reincarnate, or float around the earth. But that is the reality of things. If someone tells you that they know what will happen when you die, I'm sorry but that person is a liar as of now. In the subconscious people know that they really don't know. That is why people are afraid of death. If we knew what happened at death, there would be no reason to fear it. One girl or guy in another thread was saying he or she was afraid of graduating high school because he or she does not know what they are going to do after wards. People are afraid of the unknown and people continue to push forth the idea that they know when they do not. But the reason I really like religion is because some people don't really have time to think about their existence, death, or the unknown. They are busy working and trying to take care of their family, so religion is a way for them to have a simple answer and not have to think about those things. It is a way for them to have hope or find at least a little happiness from their existence. So thats pretty much the state of humanity. No one knows, but everyone claim to have the answer. However, if we take a look at history we will find that both scientist and theologists have been wrong time and time again. We all know that science does not come without error, so I will not even focus on that. Scientist and the scientific community already accepts the idea that they can be wrong about certain things. Look at the religious community, the idea that the earth was flat was once accepted just as much as the idea that a God exist. A flat world was validated by the Bible. You have to ask yourself if religion got that wrong, what else could be incorrect? There may certainly be truth, but why is it so hard to exist the idea that sometimes religion gets it wrong too? You can also look at the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition to show us the direction that we do not want to go. We could easily move back to those times because as I said, people decide things based on their emotions and they use their brain to validate it. So when you look at the brutality of those times and say, "I would never do that" you are wrong. If you think your God wants you to do it, they will do it. That is what those people thought. If you think that you God has ordered and commanded you to murder Atheist, and that it is the only path to heaven, you will murder Atheist. That is where religion gets dangerous, especially when you believe that a man (the Pope) can communicate with this God for you.


  9. We were discussing traveling about a week ago in the chat room and I mentioned that I had never been outside of the South (United States). Its great to see you guys talk about your love for different places across the world. Maybe while I am on college or afterward, ill have a chance to visit some of those great places such as Egypt, France, Italy, Spain, India and even other places within the United States. When I was in high school, there were trips organized to Europe, but the price was too high for my family to afford. Living in a single mother home, $2500 is simply not available to take a trip to Europe. I wouldn't even be so selfish to ask for something like that, when $2500 could be used towards college or something that is more important.


  10. The truth is that people will eventually drop the V8s and drive around and those little "toy looking" cars that everyone today seem to despise in American (except for the far-left environmentalist). If there is truly a shortage of oil or if we are head towards a shortage of oil, than necessity will force people to drive less and develop more oil efficient cars. The same goes for every other natural resource. Some even believe that a limitation of natural resources will eventually drive the world into communism. If there is a great limitation of natural resources, there would be no room for the rich to have anymore than the poor and when resources are limited the poor revolt. Currently in the U.S., there are such vast resources compared to other nations that the U.S. does not have to worry about such and plus there is a middle class in existence to create balance.


  11. I think it would be great if ebuddy turned into a downloadable software rather than a web-based messenger. Perhaps it provide both solutions, a web-based messenger and a downloadable version. I simply don't like web-based messengers because you have to keep the browser owned at all times. Thats not good convenient, especially if you are the type of person to browser from a lot of different windows at once like myself. I like a messenger that I can run in the background of my computer and open it when I need to message someone or someone message me. The problem is that I don't want to have 5 or 6 messengers downloaded on my computer and its easier to have an all-in-one type of thing. There are all-in-one messenger software in existences but they are all either buggy or have a terrible design. The way that ebuddy designed its web-based messengers, I would be more than excited to try a downloadable version of it. For the moment I only use one messenger and thats Skype. I think a lot of people are moving over to Skype as their primary messenger. I use to use Aim as my primary messenger and before that it was MSN. Before MSN, it was Yahoo and at once point I had all 3 of the messengers (excluding Skype) on my computer and running them all at once. So for the moment I will stick with Skype, but it would be nice to be able to go over to MSN, Aim, and Yahoo again without going through the trouble of running three different software at once.


  12. It seems very confusing, but from what I pick up on it, time differs depending on your location. On earth, we really don't know how fast time is moving compared to another planet or universe. If we visit the fictional Universe of Auta for what seems to be 5 minutes, we could come back to earth and 100 years have passed. If we spend 100 years on earth, we could go to Auta and only a few minutes have gone by...so you're an old man but from their perspective it has only been 5 minutes. Einstein theory went along the lines of...if you get into a space craft and traffic at the speed of light for 5 minutes, and come back and travel at the speed of light back for 5 minutes, 200 years could have passed while only 10 minutes have passed for you. If true, time also relates to nothing only location but also speed. Its very confusing I must say.


  13. thanks guys gals for all your advice. I am really impressed that ou all took your time to actually read my problem and give advice that was open and sensible. To be honest a lot of the points you all raised were very tempting and I must say I took one of the advice and put them into action. Needless to say he was sooooooo angry he called me fuming and cussing and he ditched me. I cried for a the whole night cause i kept trying to ring him and he wasnt pickng up my calls. I also felt like I'd just lost everything. but yesterday I was lovesick but spent the whole day keeping busy. i went out with the girls and had fun getting chatted up by handsome strangers and being sniged by navy officers we met ut in the tom.
    Thanks for all you support and I appreciate all your advice. I will keep posting any major changes so you can see what your help has changed in my life. tHANK YOU ALL


    I would first like to say that anwii gave you wonderful advice and he is completely correct. You are messing around with a dangerous man, it doesn't matter how far away he is located. It is pretty clear that he doesn't love you and it seems like he is just as much addicted to all these different women as you are addicted to him. I don't know what is he seeking from you, but he surely sounds like a predator without a stable life. If what you posted is true, I am certain that he is just that. The thing is that I hope that he is now out of your life. However, the fact is that most likely he will call you back and apologize for "losing his temper" and tell you that he lost it because he loves you and all of these other lies. That is what predators do, they are masters of exploitation. I hope that you don't fall for those lies and tell him where to go.

    As anwii states, there is no telling what else this guy has done that you don't know. He could be a child molester, rapist, psychopath (sure sounds like one), or even a serial killer. For all you know he could be preying on all these women with the goal of raping and killing them. Think about it, why would he be starting all these relationships with women online? What is he getting out of it? Are these women sending him money? Did you send him money? Or is he a some type of sick sexual psychopath? Just because this guy sounds so normal, and treats you like a lady (which you mistake for love), doesn't mean he is the good guy that you may think he is. What shines isn't always gold. In you case, he doesn't even shine. You can't turn a dirty rock into a piece of gold. I recommend ensuring that you do not reopen connections with this guy. You feel like you have lost something perhaps because you are lonely or don't feel like you are worthy of someone better. I don't know you so I am only making assumptions or guessing what the problem could be. However, it is obvious that you can find someone better. There are plenty men out there looking for a good woman, you just have to jump right into it and looking for them. Thats why anwii suggested getting out there and developing a social life.

    As for your cousin pursing this man, I know how poop smell and it smells like poop to me. Its just another lie. I don't see how you can even consider it as truth after the continuous lies that he has told you. All of his online dating women are just either flirts or lying, you cousin is lying, and next thing you know you'll be asking yourself if you're a liar yourself too. So when he calls back don't answer the phone. Don't give him a chance to pull you in once again with his lies and promises. The guy is 30000 miles away and you want him to say that far way if not farther.

  14. my question was can i get it using my cent feature ?is it possible ?
    I want a urban Terror Server or a compete shell access to it


    Yes its possible, but I think some people were trying to say that it may take a lot of work and activity on the forum in order to foot your bill using MyCent. That is assuming that you intend on maintaining the server month after month instead of just temporarily.

  15. If you are proving a paid service then it is really difficult since the market is so flooded with not only free hosting, but also paid hosting companies that are stable and have credibility. People don't like to take risk unless there is an incentive involved that can't be turned down. That is why I agree that the best way to start is with local businesses who may want a website but don't understand how to develop one. The best thing to charge people for web design, and then purchase the actual service from someone else at a lower price. Then at the same time, sell the person web hosting. It may be a good idea to give them one month free as a test run.


  16. Graduating high school can really be scary. I once had a teacher who told me that the time of his life where he was most scared of when he was graduating from high school. In high school, you get into a route. You get up at a certain time, go to school, go to classes, come home, and do the same thing the next day. Once you graduate from high school that route is completely gone and its time to make a living. That is absolutely scary and horrifying for something who has no idea what they are going to do after graduation. A lot of people know that they are going to college or the military, and all those plans are in place so there is no mystery. Therefore, they may not understand your feelings. You said you that graduate in October, my suggestion is to get with your school's counselor and explain to him or her that you don't know what you are going to do after high school and you need to be guided in the right direction. The options are usually college, military, trade school, or work. If you have decided to go to the military, you need to ensure that everything is in place so that you can go. By the way, don't take for granted the possibility of a military school which will give you the opportunity to enter the military as an officer. However, if your choice is the military, you need to talk to your counselor about it. Talk to her about your prospects in a military school vs what you need to do to enlist right out of high school.There are usually military recruiters at schools. One thing you need to keep in mind is that the military recruiter is paid a lot of money just to get you to enlist. So don't think that recruiter is being so nice because he or she likes you. Ask them questions and make it clear that you know the game they are playing, and you want accurate information rather then sensationalism and exaggerated benefits. I know how they operate because I considered joining the military and the recruiter was almost like a stalker. I later found that he would be paid thousands of dollars if he recruited be successfully. I scored really high on some military test called ASVAB, but I didn't know it was a direct entry test. I thought it was for military school. I eventually gave up on military school because no one provided the information and I didn't stay on the back of my counselor so I just decided to enroll in a 4 year college. So make sure that you explore every and all options. Look at the possibility of you enrolling in a college, financial aid will probably cover the cost of tuition and books if you go to a state college and you have a financial need. If you can pick up a job in college, you may be able to get an apartment of your own. Also look at the possibility of the military, both direct enlistment and military schools. If you plan on direct enrollment, talk to your counselor about taking the ASVAB or talk to your local military recruiter about it. The ASVAB is pretty much a basic test that determine what positions in the military you can choose from...like basic infantry or communications etc. Make sure you research the test. When I took the test, I did well in the academic part which was basic math (a look harder than basic), reading, and science. That was 1/2 of the test, however, the other half was technical stuff like mechanics. So I found myself look at a engine and not knowing that it was an engine (lol). However, I still came out with a great score by using common sense on the mechanical part and picking names based on how something looked. The test doesn't discriminate on the academic and technical areas. I believe they are all worth the same or similar. So even if you are bad at math, reading, and science, if you are good at mechanical and technical stuff, you will score well above the requirement. The ASVAB and a physical is all I believe that you really need to enlist. As for enrolling in a military school, I have no idea. However, I was contacted by a military school last week, but I told them it was too late as I was already enrolled in a college. Its unfortunately that they didn't contact me until I graduated for high school :rolleyes:. So if you know where you are going, you won't have a reason to seek failure. I know it disorganized and you're probably very confused and stressed. However, really really really take these words to heart...we always exaggerate how hard something is. If you tell you counselor that you want to go to the military and tell him or her to make it happen, they will assist you in doing that. The primary thing you should be doing is making sure you have set plans so that you won't have to be so stressed.Also, there is nothing wrong with being a little jealous of your friend, we are all jealous of someone, we just have to recognize that jealousy ;). I hope that you stay here at Xisto, its a good place to get support in our times of need you know :)


  17. You can surely go back to high school and get your diploma, however, I don't think that it makes much sense. I would recommend that you enroll in a community college, if you are eligible for financial aid it should cover all of the tuition and book expenses. Speak with a community college adviser and see two year program you can get into that has the best career prospect. If you can make it to 12th grade in high school, you can surely graduate from a community college and get an associate degree. If you have recently had trouble getting a job, simply mentioning on your job application that you are currently enrolled in a community college could prove much more effective than having a high school diploma because the employers can see that you are moving forward, you're pursuing a high education, and you have a goal. The work will likely be the same as the stuff that you tackled in high school, so why not? Most community colleges only have one requirement, and thats having a GED. You have one so you are on your way. If you decide against a community college, than go to a trade school. I am not sure what you mean though by GED is not enough. Does it mean that you can't find a decent job? Does it mean that it is limiting your educational future? Or what does it mean? If you are trying to say that it is limiting your educational future, I would still recommend a community college, as you can simply transfer to a four year college. If you are saying job wise, then either community college (pick major wisely) or a trade school. Whatever you decide, remember that you are only 19. Don't get discouraged because at this point you have not reason to be. Don't look back at what could have been, and look at the cards you currently have on the table and how you can turn those cards into a winning hand. I don't see high school as the winning hand for you, I see community college has the winning hard. High school is really irrelevant once you receive an associate degree. I don't think people understand how irrelevant high school really is. The purpose of high school is really to prepare you for college and serves as a way to get into a college (like a weird ranking system...hahaha). However, you don't need high school to go to a college. You only need a GED, so its not really smart to waste any more time.


  18. I don't know if you have attended the wedding yet or not, but its all about reaction. Its not what she does, its how you react to it. When she began to not accept your calls, I believe that you could have stopped calling. You reaction of calling and pleading only accommodates her alleged behavior. You should have allowed her to cool down and let her call you back. If see never called back then ooo well, friendships come and go. If she calls back, talk like everything is normal and nothing happened. Sometimes you have to take the approach that you would take with children. Act as if you don't notice the behavior and don't give the issue the attention that it is demanding. To be honest, it seems like you're creating your own problems. Yes, it sounds like your friend is jealous. However, besides posting something nasty about you on facebook and removing you as a friend, she has not really done anything other than walked out of your life. The reasons for her walking out of your life may be wrong, but she has the right to do that and you should stop trying to walk back into her life. Don't send her anymore letters or have any contact with her unless she initiates the contact. I feel out with a dude that I considered at least a distant friend and he removed me on facebook and I was fine with that. I actually considered removing him after a dispute, but I decided that it would be rude and done out of hate rather than necessity. Eventually he removed me so it worked out fine. I have not contacted him or anything because I don't think its appropriate. I also had another friend who I suspected was extremely jealous of me. I cut off connections with him, and he attempted to reach me but I wouldn't accept his calls or his friendship again. I ran into him and we patched things up and we are good friends again. You can't force yourself on people and while it is reasonable to be jealous, you have to remember that jealousy can be dangerous. Most of us, including myself, have been jealous of something before, but if an individual can not recognize the fact that he or she is jealous, it is a train wreck waiting to happen. So my suggestion is to go to the wedding and simply not speak to her. If she speaks to you then that's fine. Most likely, if she reacts the same way to your other friend as she reacted to you, she will try to crash her wedding and ruin that friendship too.


  19. I am not sure dream expert, although many here claim to know a lot about dreams. My dreams usually consist of random thoughts and usually pleasing thoughts rather than extreme and scary visuals. However, I have had a few bad dreams in the past and they usually related to the way I thought at the time. I think that dreams are simply your thoughts in your conscious or subconscious. The lady in your dream could really mean anything, you have to ask yourself what she means. She could represent someone evil or death. She could represent your fear. She could also represent absolutely nothing, except for a random thought :lol: I really don't believe in the idea of dreams predicting the future or anything of that nature. It could be possible, but I tend to lean towards believing that dreams are nothing more than a representation of ones thoughts and feelings.


  20. The first thing I want to say is that this is not criticism. The fact is that success is always a possibility (at least most of the time). However, you must clearly understand what your goal and purpose is for creating a blog on failures or fail. Are you creating the blog on fail because you are passionate about such humor and wish to post some of your own? Are you creating the blog simply to entertain yourself and others? Are you doing it for the money?If you are doing it for the first two reason, then go ahead and shoot for it. If you are doing it to bring in money, you will be fighting an uphill battle. The first issue is that there is always a developed site on fails, and the idea is not unique to you. The fact is that you have competition. What do you have that the other fail blog, that people have been using for quite a while, does not? This is why Ash-Bash keep asking if you have a team or community to help you. It may sound easy to simply post pictures, but you have to put the time in to find those pictures. That could mean searching the internet for hours at a time simply to find a few unique pictures. Either way you will be seen as an intruder and you site will be dismissed by most as a imitator. People don't like spending time on a cheap copy when the real thing is free.The second problem is that its a terrible niche. A fail blog is a niche that you can't make money off of unless you have thousands upon thousands of people visiting your websites, and even when you have thousands of people you will likely be using only google ads rather than independent advertisers who pay a lot more since the middle man (google) is no longer there. Most advertisers who buy directly from sites want a particular audience. They want a website for moms, as they can target mothers with their products. They want a website for bikers, as they can sell their bike shining product to bikers. They want a website for pimps, as they can sell pimp canes and suits (lol). Anyway, I am sure you get the point and understand what I am telling you here. If you have a website on "fail", some of everybody is visiting it, and all those people have different interest. When it comes to advertising...a site with small traffic that has a targeted audience is better than a site with large traffic but no idea on the interest and needs of those visiting. When it comes to making money, you have to pick the right niche and stick to it. I once had a political blog, but then I realized that I would never make the money I wanted to make with it without being at the level of Daily Kos. I have a passion for politics, but if you plan on going to politics its best not to write about it anyway, especially if you're going to get only $.50 a month from ad revenue. So if you are doing it for money, pick another niche. Write about music, gardening, cooking, food, or any of those boring topics that people seem to need advice on. You need a website where people have problems and need to buy a product in order to solve them. Start a blog on weight loss, and sell products that relate to weight loss through affiliate marking. If you want to make money, you usually have to write about a boring topics. I am sure that many people will differ, as they may consider slaving over a stove all day and later blogging about it as fun. It was mentioned above that you have opened and closed all these different websites. That is a sign that the sites are not making money and therefore the project is thrown out of the window. I have done that many times before, the latest being my political blog. I have thrown forums out the window left and right. The fact is that I failed most of the time due to competition. I had two or three political blogs in my life time. Two of them were on the national level and they failed miserably. The third was on the state level and it was actually pretty successful. I only kept it open for two months and the traffic was coming in like crazy. I was receiving more visitor than I ever had before with a website. However, I closed it because I have a better idea that should have a greater effect and traffic with less effort and work (including a better niche). Nevertheless, if you go ahead with the project, one suggestion would be to get reed of the idea that your blog is a fail blog. You should really market yourself in a more unique way. For example, you could create a domain called tuked (just an example - domain already registered) and use the work "tuked" instead of "failed". Not only does this make you site look less like a cheap copy, it begins the creation of a new word which is the domain name of your website. Another suggestion is to give commentary on your fail pics. Failblog currently doesn't do that. They simply post the picture. I remember running across a blog that posted pictures and gave very short commentary on them. I'm really upset that I can't find the site anymore. It was entertaining and addictive. There was one picture of a girl falling on face first on a slip & slide, and the blogger made it seem so funny. He was saying something along the line of not taking her out of the house because she'll be falling all over the place. I really hate I can't find the blog, the guy had me laughing all night. I ran across that blog months ago and still remember it (just not the domain lol). So those are two quick suggestions for you.


  21. I find the stats in CPanel to be way off. Even on a site with 0 real visitors (according to Google Analytics) I still see thousands of hits a day through CPanel (NOT including the ones from search engines/bots).
    I'd suggest using something more accurate like Google Analytics.


    I agree that Awstats is usually off, I am not sure about Google Analytics. I used Google Analytics and Awstats and the results were completely different. Some days it would be the same, but most of the time Google Analytics showed a lot more or a lot less traffic. I don't really believe that any of those programs used to monitor traffic are 100% accurate. I guess you have to just make room for error.

  22. I don't live in India, but I think that its sad that third world countries don't have the same access as Western Nations to online translations. There are claims that a lot of the discrimination is based on scamming within some Eastern Nations. I can see maybe Nigeria (lol jk). I must say though that a check is better than nothing, since many countries are not supported at all.


  23. I have Rome Total War and I also played Earth Empire (or Empire Earth). Currently I play a game called Super Power 2. I love RTS, but my computer can't really handle the new releases of different games. My computer is pretty outdated and I don't see myself being able to afford a new one anytime soon. A new version of Civilization came out recently and I can't play it because of my computer. Also, a game called Supreme Ruler 2020 and another game called Geo-Political Simulator, and I couldn't play those because of my outdated computer. I got bored of Rome Total War, and Super Power 2 is the game that I play the most. I usually play it online. The online community is small, but big enough to have a game at least a few times a week. The games usually last a few hours, and they are extremely fun. Geo-Political Simulator reminds me of Super Power 2, however, many people who play Super Power 2 claim that Geo-Political Simulator is way too complicated and buggy. I thought Super Power 2 was complicated when I first started playing and now I wish that I could have more control over my country and its affairs. You can build an army, dictate spending, raise taxes, change laws, and etc, but there is really no political consequences to changing anything. It may lower your relations with other countries, effect your economy, and lower your approval ratings, but raise spending on propaganda and your relations will be find no matter how much you change laws or raise taxes...so the game in single player is really easy after playing it for an hour and online play is the only way to get excitement out of it because you are trying not to be conquered by other players (therefore you have to build relations with stronger players to protect you if youre a small country).I didn't like Earth Empire much, at least not the single player version. I guess AI can never be that great, but its seems like AI attacks randomly. When you first start, you know that the primary goal is to be the last man standing. There is no room for a strategy to build a long lasting partnership and use that partnership to win. Every time I played it, my allies would eventually stab me in the back and roll their units into my borders. I almost forgot Heart of Iron, which is fun. However, I my computer can't play Hearts of Iron III. One game that I really regret that I can't play is Galactic Civilizations. I have heard great things bout the game, but ooo well. Did I miss any good games? I am constantly looking for good RTS games to play that I have not played before. This game has me all tingling inside, searching Google for new RTS...hahaha.

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