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I don't believe that animals lack the intellect to grasp the concept.  If you notice you rairly stumble across an animal that died a natural death.  The understand that they are dying and seek a secluded safe place to spend there last few weeks befor dying.  Because of this simple fact, I think that animals are more intelligent than humans when it comes to understanding life and death.

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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.

 

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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

Any ideas how I would resolve Opera's display problems?

Cheers,

MC

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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.

 

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hashbang

the aliens traded with us technology that allowed us to manipulate genes.  While some people embraced the technology, others shunend it, claiming it was playing God. Earth was divided.

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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?

 

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hashbang

what should i do?

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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?

 

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hashbang

these games - the first warcraft, the first C&C and the first dune? 

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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!

 

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hashbang

I don't think Plato's Allegory of the Cave is really relevant to cyberculture.

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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???

 

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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

Psychic power doesn't have a good track record. 

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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.

 

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hashbang

Could you restate more clearly? I for one have no idea what you are trying to say.

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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?

 

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hashbang

but the Bible says All who call on the name of the Lord WILL be saved. For the wages of sin is death, but the Gift o God is eternal life through Christ.

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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.

 

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hashbang

Linux (on the desktop, at least) is the psychotic girlfriend.

 

She seems exciting at first and you pour an enormous amount of energy into the relationship, but she keeps demanding more and more, and she never gets any more predictable. You’ll find yourself awake at 4am arguing with her about where you left the toilet seat. And while the fact that her idea of a good night out is a trip to McDonalds means your wallet is thanking you, you end up wishing for someone a bit more refined.

 

If you’re lucky, you’ll come to your senses and do your best to keep her at arms length. If you’re unlucky, Stockholm syndrome will start to kick in…"

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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 ....

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hashbang

And I couldn't resist this quote either:

âOut of all of the sects in the world, we notice an uncanny coincidence: the overwhelming majority just happen to choose the one that their parents belong to. Not the sect that has the best evidence in its favour, the best miracles, the best moral code, the best cathedral, the best stained glass, the best music: when it comes to choosing from the smorgasbord of available religions, their potential virtues seem to count for nothing, compared to the matter of heredity. This is an unmistakable fact; nobody could seriously deny it. Yet people with full knowledge of the arbitrary nature of this heredity, somehow manage to go on believing in their religion, often with such fanaticism that they are prepared to murder people who follow a different one.â
( Richard Dawkins, in Nullifidian magazine, December, 1994. )

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?

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hashbang

was there anyone in history who has even risen back to life?

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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.

 

âI do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a fiction. The Christian god may exist; so may the gods of Olympus, or of ancient Egypt, or of Babylon. But no one of these hypotheses is more probable than any other: they lie outside the region of even probable knowledge, and therefore there is no reason to consider any of them.â

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

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hashbang

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

Likewise, while black has the distinct opposite of white, grey is deemed "colorless," hence the dualism opposite is "colorful."

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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

having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves"

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

 

 

striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

 

 

colored: having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

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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.

 

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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

 

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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

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CARMEL, Calif.--Ford's Cobra Concept ...

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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.

 

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hashbang

It makes a convincing case for the notion that crunchy environmentalists can ride the same roads as tire-smoking lead foots.

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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.

 

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hashbang

Ilunath's view makes sense to me, though it is clear that he has not had much experience outside of western religions(though I could be wrong). 

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Buddism, in my opinion offers the best philosophy which can also be considered 'religious'. I like what the Dalai Lama said:

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Rather than seeking answers to material questions ... I prefer religion to seek compassion and kindness to humanity.

 

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hashbang

You think the internet is uncontrolled? It isn't, its like the wild west.  There is control, but it is distant and spotty, but it is getting stronger all the time, in an attempt to handle the outlaws.

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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.

 

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hashbang

Gods have always been the answer to unanswerable questions, and as more answered dawned; more questions appeared, thus life will go on and religion will probably always consume the minds of the ignorant.

 

I hold true to the scientific way of thinking.

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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:

A watch implies a watchmaker, say the creationists. If you were to find a beautifully intricate watch in the desert, far from habitation, you would be sure that it had been fashioned by human hands and somehow left it there. It would pass the bounds of credibility that it had simply formed, spontaneously, from the sands of the desert.

By analogy, then, if you consider humanity, life, Earth, and the universe, all infinitely more intricate than a watch, you can believe far less easily that it "just happened." It, too, like the watch, must have been fashioned, but by more-than-human hands—in short by a divine Creator.

This argument seems unanswerable, and it has been used (even though not often explicitly expressed) ever since the dawn of consciousness. To have explained to prescientific human beings that the wind and the rain and the sun follow the laws of nature and do so blindly and without a guiding would have been utterly unconvincing to them. In fact, it might have well gotten you stoned to death as a blasphemer.

There are many aspects of the universe that still cannot be explained satisfactorily by science; but ignorance only implies ignorance that may someday be conquered. To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

In short, the complexity of the universe—and one's inability to explain it in full—is not in itself an argument for a Creator.

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