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    Spycar!!

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    If anyone has Bill's email, please ask him to come on over... his PM box is full.

     

    What? Someone here might have his personal email?! I'm feeling... :willy_nilly:

     

    feeling... :willy_nilly:

     

    is this emotion... :willy_nilly:

     

    jealousy, perhaps? :svengo:

     

    If that woman exists here, I think she'd better not reveal her identity. For her own safety.

     

    smiley-taunt002.gif

     

    And that's all I'll say about that. :leaving:

    Spycar!!

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I'm just sad I never got to knock him up.

     

     

     

    (I really shouldn't disappear for months and then come back and post something like that, should I? So many new people here. It's a reference to the old rep system. *Someone* always stole my thunder with him. I wonder who it was... :glare:)

     

     

    :lol::lol::lol:

    An honest question about putting "CC" in post titles

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I'm guessing different people use it for different reasons. A while back it was questioned if people would be offended if atheists used AC on their posts if they were wanting answers geared to their specific viewpoint. I don't think anyone said they would be offended, but it never quite took off. In the end, I think I would feel like I was being inflammatory to put something like that. Much in the same way as how, say, on Facebook lots of my friends post Christian articles/quotes/etc., yet I feel like it would be seen as disrespectful to them if I posted an article that was atheistic in nature. (Even if the article were not disrespectful in itself.)

     

    Christian posts don't bother me at all, but when I analyze my thoughts about the matter, I realize that I assume atheistic posts would bother my Christian friends. It's quizzical, and possibly nonsensical.

    Secular WTMers

    in Secular WTMers

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    Peek, I don't know if it's that you appear to be trying to convert people as much as you're very convinced that your interpretation of things is the ONLY correct one, and anyone who thinks differently is just wrong. ;) Now, granted, we often all feel that way inside, but you know you're just a wee bit more vocal about your opinions (even if you don't consider them opinions) than the average bear. :D

     

    So I think what Parabola is getting at (correct me if I'm wrong, P) is that there will likely be people here who interpret things differently than you, and might post something in passing which reflects that, but this isn't the place to debate it. This is a place for :grouphug: and :party:and :biggrinjester: and :thumbup:.

    An Experiment

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I can debunk the political view thing right now. I was unable to post for weeks and only received a server busy page. I eventually was able to email the site and was able to get back on. I just figured that certain IPs had glitches in them or that they were rotating IPs to let on because of how busy this board is.

     

    I would never dream of jumping to conclusions about it without facts.

     

    If the only thing you received was a server busy page, then no, that isn't the same thing. Everyone gets that. Here's what happens with the vBulletin hack that's been around for years.

     

    1. Slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default).

    2. A chance they will get the "server busy" message (50% by default).

    3. A chance that no search facilities will be available (75% by default).

    4. A chance they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).

    5. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).

    6. Post flood limit increased by a defined factor (10 times by default).

    7. If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

    An Experiment

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    As with any store, they can not allow their customers to become disruptive, to disturb other customers and/or loudly protest the way they run their business. If any of us had a situation like this we have the right to ask that customer to leave our establishment. I respect the moderators' right to ask their own combative customers to leave through any means they deem necessary.

     

    But is it okay for a store owner to specifically not allow certain people in their store just because of their political views? Not for being any more or less combative, but because they didn't agree with their point of view? Would it be okay if a store owner answered a call, and because of the accent of the person on the other end decided to say that, no, in fact they weren't open that day, even though they were? If we're talking about a brick and mortar store, there are laws that prevent this kind of discrimination. So it's really not an appropriate analogy.

     

    I've had server busy errors plenty. But you really have no idea what the other is like until you've experienced it. It's completely different.

    It's all a game

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    But as soon as you figure out just how to play, and actually start winning, they change the rules on you and scold you for playing the game that they created.

     

    But it's not just a game. Because, just like in video games, elements are built in to addict you... to make you want to keep coming back for more. I mean, if the purpose of the game claims to be one thing, yet it consistently never shows itself to be about that at all, then there must be more to it. There's a value in the game to its creators far beyond the personal impact it has on the players.

     

    I mean, if it's just a game, what's wrong with winning?

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