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Like all things the term has become hazy over time. It's subject to various perspectives and meanings. So first off I'll be refering to the cyber hacker...Those are guidelines as to what a hacker should be according to the social norm. But ironically a hacker (according to cyber lore) is a rebel against society. So why would they subject themselves to the social norm?I believe only casual or wannabe hackers will abide by these "rules".

First off I'm not homosexual but I have no problem with them. To me it's a personal choice and frankly I admire their courage to stand up to a prejudiced society . I have one major problem with social construction. now.. To clear up some facts.. The old biological excuse. Sex is and never was solely about procreation and has been labelled thus mainly by the catholic (Western) dogma. And with the church losing it's grip on society they have finaly been freed from it's grip. Compare the amount of acting homosexuals now and those of 400 years ago and you'll get my point. It's about pleasure nothing else. There are enough kids in the world

They get addictive but old real fast for those who see them (well for me anyway ). Personally I like the greenday one, as Imtay22 said, the lyrics are very well put . Also, for a beginner you're pretty good, keep it up mate

Could you show us the render to compare it to the background looks alot like the pic itself couldve looked

To be honest I don't like it at all. There's almost no texture. And the colours really don't match. The contrast of the blue edge behind the warrior is very high and doesn't blend well with the blurring effect of the rest of the sig.

Exactly, but what more could you expect from americans . I have nothing against you guys but seriously..WAKE UP. It looks like the majority of you are either asleep or downright ignorant..blindly putting trust in your leader. And yes, like you hundreds of others believed they were doing the right thing when they followed that moron. You laugh at the the ignorance of the chinese when you're equally guilty. Oh how the mighty have fallen :cry:

Well first off there are different mmog "platforms"..For a console you'd need compiler language of some sorts that can connect to sql.For a browser based mmog you just need a text editor ( I use PSpad ) and IE to connect to your ftp and sql.

The Quest - Wilbur Smith: It was an absolutely awesome series, and now it's even better.GTO manga- Really interesting read and extremely comical.

Alo ppl,You'll come to know me soon enough..once I start chatting on a forum I'm usually on a rampage .Anyz, I'm 18 and from South-Africa. I'm into rugby, anime, reading, philosophy, drawing up layouts and chilling with my buds.Hope to get to know ya all soon

the only real verdict is the media. Yes a small group of militants blew up a few buildings. If you step back and take it all in on a global perspective it's utter crap. They've blown up the story to such extent that we can hardly make sense of reality. To associate a muslim with terrorism is like a reflex.Don't blame the kid in the street who's had his brain turned to oatmeal by the media. He can practically visualize you holding RPG under one arm right now. Blame those money hungry bastards who corrupted your religious image.AS a side note...Society has turned to crap, and our children into programmed drones. We get so caught up in all our so-called progress that we lose touch of what we truly are. Human .

lol Green, because it's represents both the beginning and the end. Life starts with a flora and you sprout flora after death.

Ultimately I don't think it should come down to the drawing or the competition but the simple word "credit" in the question. Credit is a legal matter refreing to ownership. Person A threw the art away so when Person B claims ownership of it. Person A negates his own part in the story the moment he throws it away. Then again he also commited frawd when he posed it as his own artwork.But it's a funny concept. There are alot of things to take into account. And two parties who are equally in the right. I mean if you think about it, both were superior in their own way.

Well the two main factors are the content and your user group. If your content is corporative (by that I mean professional and not flooded with smilies or typos) then you'll be going after a corporative theme. Then again the flash type will need flash themes. In terms of your usergroup its the same thing. The flashy type (gamers, anime fans), requires flashy layouts where the corporative worker doesn't want a 500x600 pic of a half naked anime girl in the background. I design layouts for mmog's so I use anime orientated layouts, they appeal to almost all mmog players . the only good place I know of that has more than 100 layouts is: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ As a side note.. You'll probably never be truly unique. The best thing to do is take out the elements out of the layouts you like and play around with them. When all else fails use photoshop and raw up your own graphics modelled on those of the layouts XD

photoshop, notepad and pspad (pretty nifty text handler)

Yeah, the resemblence is pretty clear. But think bout it this way..it's alot better not knowing the parents. Come to think of it, is it becoming a trend for anime series' lately to simply the background of their characters? It just feels so to me anyway..