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tattoopunk,I can't say I agree with you. I think you are anthromorphising. Perhaps you just don't see the hundreds of dead animals in parks. Each day when I walk the dog I see at least one dead bird. Some may have died at the paws of a feline, but many I suspect have died from disease and old age. I would hypothesize thaht only a very few animals actually seek solitude during death. Perhaps instead of lying dead on the ground in plain sight, they are consummed by an opportunisitic predator/scavanger quickly. cheers hashbang

Hey Mate,My advice is to Keep It Simple! Having a password protected page is not all that bad. You can save the username and password in your browser and quickly access the pages with little issue or problem. When you start playing with the webserver config, secure access and etc... you may get the outcome you want but only after lots of trial and error and the risk of inadvertantly allowing others access as well. If you have time, set up your site on your personal machine or a networked one. Play with php and the webserver. This will give you a safe place to test, play and most importantly, learn about webserver config and many other delicacies of web developing.cheershashbang

G'Day MC,Umm ... what can I say?? I had a peek at the site. I'm using a debian distro with firefox. I saw a very strange looking little graphic in the upper right corner. I could just make out that the grahic was a computer with your nick alongside. There were no colors detectable. Interesting concept. What possessed you to try such a tedious exercise? I'd be interested in seeing a screen shot from your cmoputer showing how the page looks to you. cheers hashbang

Hrm ...Interesting premise although I have one question. For those who oppose manipulated genes, would they hire mercenaries who practice that for which they fight against? cheers hashbang

Heya Silent Soul,I'm running linux and browsing with firefox and both sites show fine. I would recommend you download firefox (if you havent already) and ditch the IE. See if you get a different result with different browser. Have you cleared your temp files too? cheers hashbang

LOL dissipate,ALthough I didn't play those first editions, I will admit to owning one of the first dungeons and dragons sets made. It was a small box with three photocopied little booklets inside. The rules had many holes and gaps and left most up to the imagination of those who played. My mate purchased the first set of Teenage Mutant Nijna Turtles (before the cartoon came out!) and recntly sold it for a small mint! cheers hashbang

Hey Shaldengeki,Although your interpretation of the Parable is valid, I stil see the incredible similarity between online communities/cyber relationships and shadows on the cave wall. Interesting, in cyberspace we can become like the phoenix and be reborn if we become unhappy with our online life. For example, if I decide that being helpful and nice was too boring or I am just not in the mood to be 'nice', I could create another online persona for this community ... call him binslashbash. When I disagreed with someone radically, I could login as bin and post a flammer preserving the reputation of hashbang but venting feelings none the less. Perhaps this multipersona ability of cyberspace provides a form of therapy??? cheers hashbang

Hey All,I have been wondering if there is a convenient way to move the entire contents of a blog site or a content management site from one server to the other? If have built a considerable site elsewhere and want to bundle it up and move it but I don't want to hassle and fuss with rebuiling everything from scratch.Any ideas? I suppose this would also include moving databases.cheershashbang

GreatFrog,I agree with you. and so does a million bucks and the Amazing Randi (check out his webbie here). As a matter of fact, those who believe in psychic power use similar logic to the 'faith' and 'one true' religion posters seen on these forums. cheers hashbang

Let me take a stab ...In Uruguay, there are professionals who make a decent living examining individuals past lives. What do you think about this idea? How's that? cheers hashbang

What if the Bible is just another good book? Jesus' last words on the cross, ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’ hardly seem like the words of a man who planned it that way. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure there is something wrong here. cheers hashbang

LMFAO!I'll take the psycho girlfriend. She certainly gives you much more satisfaction than the other two without burdening your pocket book or making you feel emotionally 'committed'. # man; X ; X ; X ; unzip ; strip ; touch ; finger ; mount ; fsck ; more ; yes ; umount # at now +1 hour # unzip ; strip ; touch ; finger ; mount ; fsck ; more ; yes ; umount # sleep ah .. the power of the command line .... cheers hashbang

And I couldn't resist this quote either: I wonder if this begets another topic .... Where were you raised and how do your beliefs accord to your raising? If there is disscord, describe events leading to that disscord. Are those who are most Fanatical in their beliefs those who have never challenged their 'cultures' beliefs? By culture I mean the family/social/religious/economic context of their childhood. Are their beliefs fused with who they are and where they come from and have not been open to logical scrutiny? cheers hashbang

Anyone know how many times Budda was reincarnated? I find this logic amusing. Why has Christianty have any more veracity than other religions or religious books? Face it, you become that which you are exposed. You are the sum total of your life experiences. cheershashbang

Heya Mate,I dont think theres a right anser to yur question. Background color should form a integral part of of your overall site design. I would suggest you ive thought to your design first. The background color will follow suit. I have seen mant sites with nice black backgrounds, white background and even red ones. It all depends on the fit with your design.Also, color will add personality or character to your site. Depending on your design. For example, a black background may give your design that certain 'l33t h4x0r' look whereas a green one may covey an earthy crunchy/vegan look. It's all about what you do with the design.best of luck mate.cheershashbang

Hrm ... I'm not convinced that grey is colorless. I suppose like anything else, it's all about how you define your terms of reference. For example what is colorful? it could be cheers hashbang

In the great book ... the one true book ... the book with no contradictions ...the meaning of life is definitatively stated as 42.Otherwise, we are mere specs of carbon in the chaos of life ... neither have we meaning or purpose on a cosmological level. On a personal level, perhaps each individual strives to create a better place, a better, more civilised world for their progeny.cheershashbang

Heya Mate, Sounds like you, and your family, could benefit from getting rid of microsoft. That will solve your virus/trojan problems. I have been running Linux/Unix exclusively the past few years. I still have dinosaur machines (PIII 600 and a PII 266 unix firewall) but have not experienced any issues. Like Quijibow, I would recommend the knoppix boot disk. Partition your hard drive. While you are at it ... load Knoppix onto one of your new partitions. Learn to use it and soon you'll be ditching the MS crap out the door. cheers hashbang

I have very eclectic tastes ... Currently, it's Frank Sinstra and Sammy Davis Jr - Me and My Shadow but .... in a few minutes it could be something by Lynard Skynard, Jet, Robert Lee Hooker, Toots Hibbert or Willie Nelson cheers hashbang

Hey Mate,Once again ... read the guidelines of tis forum. This is another cut and paste article from Popularmechanics (http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/). Posts like this will get you banned. They do not contribute to the community here. As I mentioned in your car posts, if you can make this relevant with cutting and pasting from other sites, it would be acceptable. cheershashbang

Hey Mate,Although the car looks nice, remember this forum is for original posts and not cut and paste jobs. It's also a tech related forum and not a forum to show off cool cars. With that said, there's nothing wrong with discussing some auto innovation here but, please be original. I like the hydrogen fuel cell post you made. Perhaps that could spin off further discussions of the feasibility of hydrogen powered vehicles. I'm not sure the cobra concept car falls in the same category as the hydrogen fueled machine. cheers hashbang

Go tree hugger GO!lol, nice innovation. I wouldn't mind see a full scale review of it's practicality as an ATV and the applicability of this technology to fulltime autos. nice pict. cheers hashbang

Buddism, in my opinion offers the best philosophy which can also be considered 'religious'. I like what the Dalai Lama said: Rather than seeking answers to material questions ... I prefer religion to seek compassion and kindness to humanity. cheers hashbang

Hey Ho!Which bring me to one of my favorite subject ... Virtual Justice! Perhaps we should start a tread regarding virtual justice in the philosophy forum. cheers hashbang

Fundamentally, I agree with Ihunath. Where I would slightly differ is in the general view of religion. I think religion does serve a useful purpose for us. Although it does not give us ‘real’ answers or scientific answers, it does assist in setting moral and philosophical standards. Religion has a moral and emotional aspect that assists many. Like most products, no single brand will satisfy everyone. Some people feel better taking ibuprofen while others prefer paracetamol. The bottom line is that they both work in relieving headache pain. In humans, some of us prefer to organise our thoughts and seek answers to life’s questions from science while others choose religion to answer their queries. My biggest issues come when religious zealots insist on ‘proving’ their religion. Their arguments become very tedious an illogical to me. I cannot accept that man is special and is here for a purpose. To do so would mean that there is a divine hand guiding organism development. The only difference between humans and other animals is our ability to manipulate tools coupled with sophisticated communicative ability. Had not the dinos been severely disadvantaged by a cataclysmic event, they may have developed the same technological sophistication we have today. To quote one of my favourite essays from Asimov: https://l'>Read the entire Asimov essay here I think we are all athiests although I believe in one less god than those who pursue modern religions. When they understand why they dismiss all the other religions' gods, then they may understand why I don't believe in theirs. So, to Ihunath, I say ditto although I’ll reserve a softer spot for religion. Cheers hashbang