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Post by Einherjer on Apr 22, 2009 21:26:29 GMT -5
Bwaaaaahahahahahahaha! This little boy is a troll, all right. Let's call him Steve! Steve the Troll! After all, he is obviously homophobic, so let's turn him into the proverbial Steve for Adam, shall we?
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Post by Einherjer on Apr 22, 2009 21:16:44 GMT -5
I haven't seen something that fake since the latest celebrity boob job.
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Post by Einherjer on Apr 22, 2009 19:03:02 GMT -5
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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Post by Einherjer on Apr 21, 2009 21:50:55 GMT -5
eh, what the heck. Recently started, nothing of interest, but eh, what the heck. twitter.com/crosskel
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Post by Einherjer on Apr 21, 2009 16:42:38 GMT -5
That one also has a messed up board name, "BBc Chrsitain Meesageboard."
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Post by Einherjer on Apr 19, 2009 21:49:47 GMT -5
Bitstream Vera fonts. www.bitstream.com/font_rendering/products/dev_fonts/vera.html. You will never find a better set of fonts than these. Well, at least, not until a better set is made. But for now, these are probably the best out there. Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is especially powerful when it comes to programming. In my personal opinion, it is superior to the standard Courier/Courier New font that so many people use. That being said, I don't think Comic Sans is bad, per se, it has simply been over-used. Much as a popular song gets overplayed until those who once loved it grow to hate it, so has happened with Comic Sans.
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Post by Einherjer on Apr 18, 2009 12:38:45 GMT -5
Tools -> Internet Options -> General tab -> Browsing history section (middle of tab) -> Settings -> Under the Temporary Internet Files section, select "Every time I visit the webpage" and then, under that, reduce Disc space to use to 8 MB (the lowest it can go for some stupid reason).
Click OK.
That should do it.
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Post by Einherjer on Apr 7, 2009 9:09:57 GMT -5
I chose 15-50 years, but that is a very wide range of time.
As it currently stands, a manned mission to Mars would be a one-way trip, and those who went on the trip would end up dying there not long after they arrived. Due to the limitations with fuel and costs, the return vessel would simply be too heavy and too expensive to be sent to Mars, and even if it were, an unaided, inter-planetary launch from the surface of Mars is currently technologically impossible, and will likely remain so for 20-25 years, baring any huge and sudden advancements in technology.
So while I chose the 15-50 year option, I am looking at the later part of that, probably some time around 2050.
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Post by Einherjer on Apr 7, 2009 9:05:09 GMT -5
body { color: black !important; background-color: white !important; } Putting this code in your user-defined CSS stylesheet will override all the colours in any HTML document. edited for colours. Except that that will do what he doesn't want (black text on white background). Switch them so it is color: white !important; background-color: black !important; If you want other colors, and since you are using IE, this page will be quite helpful for the names of colors.
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Post by Einherjer on Apr 7, 2009 0:51:05 GMT -5
Actually, a lot of the problem with Jack Thompson is that his own attacks are based on false information, and that, to date, all of those attacks have been debunked. Despite them having been debunked, often numerous times each, he continues to use them.
For one such example, Thompson claims that violent video games create violent children, ignoring the fact that the people who act out violently are only a few while the non-violent people who play violent games are myriad in number. A more logical and reasonable explanation to the violence of people who play violent video games is that video games are pretty much ubiquitous; one finds it difficult nowadays to find a home without a video game console.
Even looking beyond that, a violent person will be drawn to violent media. If they cannot play a video game, they will watch movies or, if movies are not available (Thompson has also spoken out against violent movies, though to a lesser degree than video games), they will seek out violent art or other violent forms of media.
Most people have simply grown tired of Thompson's tirades against otherwise benign non-issues, and make attacks on him because he has for so long ignored evidence that goes against what he has been claiming while those arguing against him often go out of their ways to explain why his evidence is wrong.
Simply put, Thompson is so set in his ways that few people are willing to actually take the time to debate with him. It is unfortunate, yes, especially as this simply gives him reason to believe his own misinformation, but it is a simple fact that people who are reasonable will only spend a limited amount of time on something before they decide it is no longer worth their effort to continue. In regards to Thompson, people are simply no longer willing to waste their time on him when he is unwilling to even consider if he might, just might, be wrong.
Considering he has not yet been reasoned into silence, attempting to shout and attack him into silence is the only real recourse we have for dealing with him.
And no, ignoring him is not an option. If it were up to him, any video game or movie or other form of entertainment, art or media in general that showed any sort of violence at all would not be permitted. Getting into why this would be a very bad thing is beyond the scope of this thread, and perhaps beyond even myself to explain. There are far more skilled debaters out there who have already written extensively about this, and if you want to understand just why we are so loathsome of Jack Thompson, I would encourage you to Google about the topic a bit.
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Post by Einherjer on Apr 1, 2009 21:38:38 GMT -5
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