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Whatever.. I hate this fact that US knew about the Disaster about 1.5 hours back and it did not inform India.  India still had a lot of time and 1.5 hours was enough to get the people 20 km away from the coast.  My source is yet unconfirmed.

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Oh, that used to happen in China all the time... people in Beijing recieve data that indicates that something big is going to happen tectonically, they don't believe the data and think it to be extraneous data... and then something big does happen. One earthquake killed as many as 240,000 people once. Of course, you don't hear about that much, because the Communist government that used to be in power in China didn't like any signs of weakness getting out.

 

But yeah, we're waiting for people to call us to ask for donations. So far no one has bothered, but we're willing to donate to help the tsunami victims.

To be honest, I really don't think we should be focusing on why this happened right now- what needs our attention is how we can remedy the crisis currently facing us. I mean, while people are dying in Thailand, we're sitting here asking whether some deity (that may or may not exist) did this because it wants to warn us, of all people.

 

To be honest, I found the Rabbi's response to be most disturbing. He's trying to tell us that we shouldn't care about what happens now, as long as things turn out well in the end. This can be translated to "the ends justify the means", which is how many rather infamous people in history have taken power.

Survey of Xisto Web Community[age range?]15-19[amount of time online in this community/week?]10+ hours[occupation?]Student.[country?]United States of America.[native language?]English/Chinese. I learned both pretty much simultaneously, so...[number of web communities you actively participate?]I'd say around 5 or 6.[how should this community be moderated?]Not at all- this is just begging for anarchy, which never works in practice.By community peer pressure- this is communism, which never works in practice.By community appointed/elected moderators- Democracy? Sounds good to me. My vote goes here.By board owner appointment- Monarchy/dictatorship, which is very efficient, but not popular. Begs for a revolt.[Other than free hosting, is there anything else that keeps you active here?]Yes, I find that the technical expertise provided by members on this forum is very helpful. Also, the discussion on life and other deeper topics intrigue me.

Hey All,

Interesting thread ... but I was wondering, can you have 'virtual' friends or 'online' friends? Are they the same as real world friends? Should there be a different term rather than friends for close 'virtual' associates?

 

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Well, in my opnion, online friends tend to have a lot weaker bond with you than friends in reality. When you're online, people really don't care about you, because you really can't do anything to them in terms of retaliation. I know jerks over the internet that are really nice people in real life. If someone's really nice to you over the internet, it's probably because they either know you in real life or are the opposite gender of you. >_>

Still, a object can't be given the speed of light because there wasn't enough energy (oil, gass, stuff) in  the entire universe, (proven by some scientist ). AND, how can you say that something operates at the speed of light? the speed of an object is metre/second, that's different from computer speed, cpu-ticks/second that simply can't be compared.

 

to keep it simple.

 

the speed of an object is different from the speed of operation.  people often get confused in that.

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You have a point there. But you really should back your claims up with some proof. I'd like to see this scientist and how he proved this.

I turn 16 in November. And saying you sound mature is just asking for someone to tell you that you aren't. >_>

I agree with most of what your saying but, we already know that an object can travel at the speed of light the trick to it is creating that much power, right now if they would make a space shuttle that ran off nuclear power it would be able to travel at the half the speed of light, but I do not know why they havent tried it yet but nasa allways studies things forever before they actualy try anything new,lol

we have computers that operate at the speed of light and oh yeah light travels at that speed also  and some microparticals can travel faster than the speed of light even though it hasnt been proven in a lab

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Actually, I don't think anything we've done has traveled at or faster than the speed of light, like our computers. I wish they operated at the speed of light. >_> If we did create something that operated at the speed of light (and wasn't light itself), it'd be all over the news. There would be a huge rush to develop new technologies using this breakthrough, and I'm sure we would all know about it by now.

 

Unless you believe in government conspiracy theories, in which case you probably aren't very well educated on the topic of faster-than-light travel anyways. >_>

Although scientists are still unsure as to whether this theory is correct or not, most eminent physicists have accepted it and base much of their research upon this and other assumptions. I'm not sure if people would permit sending humans into close proximity of a black hole just to find out, but I do believe that sending a probe close to one would be accepted.Still, it would be interesting to see what would happen if it was true. Would people be willing to take the risk of being compressed to the size of less than an atom in order to travel forwards in time?

Yeah, they've got a Deer Hunter game here at the arcade... though it's not very good graphics-wise, it's still funny to play once in awhile. I dunno, I guess I just never really got into first-person shooters or hunting games...

TI-BASIC has got to be one of my favorites. Admittedly, it is unwieldy in some cases and lacks a few necessary functions, but for old times' sake I have to say that's my favorite. XP

Ah, I see. I'd originally put that just in case, since I wasn't exactly sure if it was defaulted or not. Anyways, thank you for the help!

How come there is no real answer to the questions that we are asking in this thread?  Only theorys and bits of information.  Life can never be understood, that's what keeps it interesting. 

 

Think for youre slelf, Question athority.

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Yes, thinking for yourself is good and all... but sometimes people practice it a little too much. They go out and do things based upon what little knowledge base they have, and consequently screw things up for other people many times.

 

And yes, life can never be "understood", as you put it. Of course it can't. Nothing is without exceptions, and therefore nothing will ever fit perfectly. However, we can make theories and predictions based on previous experiences. Essentially, humans are all very alike. If you think about something long enough, it's not difficult to predict what someone else would do.

 

What is your definition of "real answer"? I'm curious to see as to what you're thinking when you write something like that.

If it counts for anything, I've played the piano for about 8 years now and the cello for about, say, 5. >_> I've considered trying to play the electric guitar, since it seems easy enough, but apparently financial barriers are the only thing holding me back. >_>So what kind of music do you generally enjoy playing? O_o I find myself playing more baroque and classical than anything else...

Whenever I really need to stay awake I tend to turn to coffee. But If I ever need a bigger jolt at many drugstores you can buy caffienated gum, caffienated mints and caffiene pills. While I realize that having too much caffiene in your body may cause some sort of damage (no one is really quite sure what caffiene can do to you) but I have not noticed any negative effects from any of these products.

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That's a common symptom of many disorders and diseases- not recognizing that you have it. 'S probably not enough just to look at yourself. If anyone comments on a change in your personality or physical appearance that would seem logically connected with the overuse of caffiene, that should override your own judgements, at least in this case.

It seems I can no longer use the <?php_track_vars?> line... it returns an error saying this:

 

Warning: <?php_track_vars?> is no longer supported - please use the track_vars INI directive instead in <insert filepath here> on line 1

So what do I replace the track_vars command with? O_o Any help would be appreciated.

If only for the compatibility, I'd vote Windows. I admit that it can be a bit unstable and vulnerable at times, but that's what you pay for having one OS that a majority of the population uses. I'd rather exercise caution and increase security on my computer than not be able to interact with a large portion of the gamin-I mean, computing community. >_>

I agree that this can be useful, but if you're careful and don't make things too obvious (for example, $password= "secretpassword" or something to that extent), you shouldn't really have problems with shared webspace. Plus, if you're sharing something with them, you really shouldn't have to hide this from them in the first place. XPBut yeah, I suppose it could be useful. And you can reverse the process, right? That is, turn the undecipherable symbols back into English, right? One more thing- you should make sure this Zend company isn't actively trying to break into others' websites. Be careful what you download.

If you have an obscure enough username, no one will spam you. However, if your username is, say, 5 characters or less, you've got a problem on your hands.And spam isn't that bad on Gmail. Like any other mail client, they put it in a seperate folder to distinguish between normal email and spam. Plus, you only get about 5 or so spam messages a day, unlike Yahoo where you get approximately 80 to several hundred.

Sure, I might not be able to play counterstrike, but that to me is a small insignificant loss.

O_o BLASPHEMY!!!

Seriously, though, yeah... CS is great. As is Half-Life 2. It's no insignificant loss, as you are missing out on hours and hours of entertainment.

I get this when I try logging in with a random username and password:Method Not AllowedThe requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /stephensden2/PHP/member.php.Might want to fix that, eh?

All of our school computers are Windows-run, with the exception of maybe one or two staff-owned Apples. But even then, most people at our school prefer Windows over Macintosh, if only for the ease of use.Seriously, if you're looking to make something available to the majority of computer users out there, you should choose Windows. Unless, of course, everyone in your community uses Macintosh, which I doubt.

Yeah, I don't use floppies any more. I remember back when I was about 7 or 8, and they were the only way to play games. Back then, everything was so simple...Nowadays, I use memory sticks and CDs (if it's not critical data) to transfer information from one computer to another. I mean, it's just more economical- you get so much more space to store things for less money spent per MB and less space spent per MB. O_o

Paul actually places more consistently than you, though. I was at almost every single competition last year... and I remember him placing a lot more often than you.And besides, what good is being "god" with a calculator if you don't do well in the competitions anyways?I mean, Nick does a lot better than you, especially at the sprint. And he has a TI-83+. Kinda sad, eh? So, ya know, he doesn't really even need the calculator to pwn you. >_> No bragging rights for j00.And we've all written programs just in time to solve a problem. Some of us don't feel the need to brag about it, though. >_> It's commonplace amongst math competition participants.

Heh.  Yeah.  So.... I'M GOD WITH THE CALC!!!

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If you're God with the calculator, then what are Stephanie, Jeffrey, and Nick? Not to mention Paul, who actually beats you fairly often? O_o;;

Modern-day physics and religion are similar in that they both require massive amounts of faith for little to no actual proof. I mean, look at string theory at the moment. Less than a century ago, people would have laughed in your face if you even suggested that giant strings could exist in space-time and alter the very fabric of reality. And that's not much time, if you think about it.