tricky77puzzle

I believe "plagiarists" is a better term for "rippers". Sometimes "rippers" will just mirror your site with the proper accreditation and everything, but it's still bad... sort of. Should we warn this person? I hate "text talk" as well, but sometimes it's essential to realtime online gameplay (Like FPS games such as Team Fortress 2 or War Rock. I know if I were part of Derbaran, I'd be manoeuvring [or however you spell it] for my life and whatever text I typed would contain spelling errors galore...). The only time it's actually proper to hate it is when you're not playing an online RPG and you actually have the time to type out a proper sentence. Then it's a definite no-no.

What I mean by "it doesn't make up their entire lifestyle", is that not every single nitpick of your life is defined by "the nonexistence of a deity" if you are one, while if you really want to be a Christian, every single nitpick of your life should be determined by God. (Yes, every single nitpick. I remember the Bible saying somewhere, give yourself up entirely to God. I'll find a quote for you sometime.) I also made the point that it could be called a "belief" by other people, to describe those steadfast atheists who actually have a firm implantation in their minds, not unlike that of extremely devout Christians, that there is no God. That would actually count as a belief, and those people are "religious" atheists.

Windows Vista is actually good on my computer (well, maybe a 1 in a million chance, but there are still those 100 people who have a good time with it), but as soon as I get the DVD burned, I'm getting Kubuntu 8.04 installed.

If the Mexicans can't get into the US, why can't they stay in Mexico? We can get charities for them, no problem. I mean, why would they even want to come into the US anyway, with the problems it's facing, both intra- and inter-nationally.

Atheism is, by definition and etymology, "lack of belief in a god or a supernatural deity of any sort". Religion is, by definition, "a set of beliefs that makes up the entirety or a significant part of one's daily life". The two are not mutually exclusive.However, notice that atheism is "lack of a belief" while religion is "a belief". Although atheism could be called a "belief" by some standards, it hardly maeks up one's way of life. So I'd say, in the words of 20Q.net, "doubtful".

Here's how to disable disabling it, not to disable the thing itself.But I don't think it's actually usable in any areas except for public computers; you're not going to do that to yourself.

Oh, I see. I see that there's a custom track editor. I'll make one called "the Batwing" and post it on Filefront. Look for my account name. Okay, you know what? Screw that. The custom editor doesn't allow for that kind of thing. But I can see why you posted. I LOVE THIS GAME.

You know, I might start playing MMO's because of this. Traditionally, I am 180? inclined against MMO's, because they're boring and have no real goal. (Not that they have no real purpose; regular video games have a goal but no purpose, and I still play them.) With this one, you can actually play and beat tracks, which is what I really like. Games like MapleStory have no real goal, because the only "goal" you have is to keep leveling up and climbing the leaderboard. That's what I used to hate about MMO's.

When I saw that it came with KDE 3, I was like, WTF?I'm downloading the KDE4 remix right now. I like slightly unstable software if the payoff is greatly increased functionality.

I have a "spam address" as well as a "regular address" as well. I only use my regular address for message boards or websites that I absolutely trust. Everything else pretty much goes to the dump. Anyway, what I'm mad about now, is that even radio stations are starting to advertise web scams. I mean, come on, really! Who does these kinds of things?

I wonder when Canada will be affected by the same thing...People seem perfectly okay to trade privacy and other rights for security. Well, the only thing you can really have "security" in is your rights and privacy. Everything else, like surveillance cameras inside your home for use by you and yourself only is pretty much bull****. How do you know that they're not secretly watching you or some other guy look at child porn? (if you do at all... not everyone does, including me. I would never look at porn anyway.)Don't ban violent video games! They may serve no moral purpose, but you don't know if they serve no purpose at all. For one thing, these games, if controlled properly, don't have any violent effect on children at all.Don't ban guns either... people kill people.

I believe that's already being made. Actually, what would be cool is a device that records your conscious thoughts as well as your dreams. (say you were thinking of a 13-digit number, and the computer could actually "read" your mind.)

Reply: I wouldn't say "absolutely"... it actually isn't "absolutely" illegal in some countries. (I mean, of course it is in the US, but I'm talking about other countries.) But if you upload it for the purpose of making money, then yes, it is pretty much illegal in every country. Copyright is only there so that credit can be given where due. Companies are only exploiting this for the sake of money. (Of course, if you were to steal a DVD or something, then yes, it would also be illegal. But "copying" is not the same thing as "stealing". If you downloaded a copy from the Internet and then ripped the original copy off the person, then that would be "theft" by any North American definition.)

To be Borg-like, one essential facet is that you do not maintain individuality. The whole idea of the Borg is that you are assimilated into the larger mind. The Borg is one whole organism that becomes the minds of others. It does not merely control them; they feel no resistance. The Borg completely swallows your mind; the individual mind no longer exists, at all. A more accurate name for what you're talking about is "cybernetically connected minds". Our minds will be "connected" in some way, as in the fact that we can communicate with each other through thoughts. However, there can be a "public" and "private" sector of our minds. More powerfully willed people do not really have any more advantage in these situations than they would have in the real world.

I think it's possible to control your own actions in your dreams... I mean, you actually feel like you're inside another real world. While it's not actually possible to control your dreams (e.g. what environment you're in), it seems possible to "control" your actions. For some reason, right before I wake up, my dream always starts getting to the point where something really bad happens.

Huh. In public, you could get put in jail for 20 years for that, no problem. (Or a mental asylum for 15 years. Whatever floats your boat.)But where is there a hole inside the table? I mean, I'd understand if it was a woman, but... eww. (If he did it in private, then no one would notice anything, and he wouldn't have gotten into so much trouble.)

I'm not sure there's any antivirus software made for Linux. But if you seriously want to take that second precaution, use ClamAV. It's the only one I know of.

I fail to see how that's related to the topic...

Usually it's about 6 to 7 months. But I agree. If you're going to put off the decision that long, then you might as well have the baby. I mean, really, the baby should be noticeable at 4 months. (No, kasm, 8 weeks is not enough. Anyway, it's too fuzzy a line to enforce very strongly. Between conception and implantation, the embryo does not develop inside the mother, and can be miscarried if any serious genetic problems arise.) Pretty much partial-birth abortion is the only method I have any beef against.

You oppose embryonic stem-cell research? You're not "conservative", you're a "conservatist" - one who upholds conservative values. No one is calling you conservative. Anyway, I'll move my debate to a stem-cell research thread.

Of course religion isn't the problem. Religion is never the problem for anything. It's the people doing it that are bad. Just like guns don't kill people, but people with guns kill people. China bans religion? Not anymore, I don't think, as long as it's private and no one publicly knows about it. Every religion has something wrong to it. Even Christianity isn't perfect. (Yes, that's right. Even the religion of God and Jesus isn't perfect, because humans are the one to carry it out.) For some reason, I need to keep asserting that every religion has its flaws. But, although every religion has its flaws, it is not directly the problem for anything. Just like, if a mentally disabled person makes a huge mistake while practising surgery on a dummy alongside you, it's not his fault that you hired him. It seems, that with all the anti-(insert controversial topic here) propaganda going around now, that some of the people who advocate relationism (putting yourself in another's shoes; yes, I made the term up on the spot) are anything but relationists. They're willing to stop the killing of a few cells at any cost, but have no idea what trouble the mother is going through. Instead of focusing on terrorists, why not try looking at people close to home? (Yes, I realize that we're going off topic. But let's try to relate this to youth.) The youth are influenced by these people. They're actually learning from their elders not to put themselves in the other person's shoes when things like this happen. Is there sone soft of "cutoff" to how dangerous the situation is, after which you stop thinking about the other person and just do whatever it takes to achieve your end?

Pop-up ads are bad, period. Same with pop-unders and mini-window ads. That's why you use Adblock...Now, pop-ups in general are actually pretty useful, if you're the one that requests the window. That, I have no complaint about.

Wow, someone is an anarchist. But I think you're essentially right. The current concentration of wealth and power has created a two-tier society - the "evil guys" and the "poor guys". Instead of just voting and sitting back to let the debates run, why not have the US and Canada hold referenda for every major law that is passed? (They do this in some European countries already.) That way, the people's voice can really be heard.

Meh, 2D games are easier on the eyes as well. If you see a monster in some 3D game, it could be a giant behemoth that's really far away, that only pretends to be a small monster.

Well, finally conversation is getting some logical answers... if the baby is still alive after the operatin, then by all means, let it live! After it parts the womb, after it takes its first breath, it's considered life! Wake up, people. Don't go down the slippery slope after legalizing abortion up to the moment of birth. Prove that America can hold on after shifting. Be strong! Well, potential-President-to-be, whatever you want to call it. It's acceptable both ways. It's just that the guy is sick about conservatists bashing him on this one point alone.