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Eraserhead I'm starting to kind of dig this surrealist stuff.

It's not as cut as dry as 'good' and 'bad' "camps". And it isn't shunning people either. Anyone has the ability to 'qualify'. It isn't about being accepted or denied. It's about 'qualifying'. If someone posts in whatever topic or forum to qualify into the 'intelligent boards' but they just joined yesterday, who is it to blame there? They might get mad, but really, do we have to cater towards that? If those who post to get qualified in the qualification form, yet, they obviously do not meet the bare minimum, then that's their own fault. No one is going to shun them for 'not getting in', or being 'denied' as you said. It isn't about being denied or accepted. It's about contributing enough to the community to merit the actual acceptance/entry. Every user still has the same opportunity that you speak of, to grow as a poster. In fact, with a secluded forum, they have a lot more motivation to post regularly, thoughtfully and intelligently. I would be glad to recontribute whatever it is I have contributed to Tip.It since I first joined, in order to qualify for the 'intelligent forum'. It's not an 'elitist' club and everyone has the same opportunity to acquire their access into it. Everyone is still on the same equal footing. We have one of those already, it's called the Moderator's Forum ;) Any other division of members is going to lead to a schism in the community and a massive drop in board activity, neither of which I want to see. I would rather have the argumentative and borderline snobby community we have now than a non-existent one.

Yeah, there is a pinned topic for introductions at the topic of this forum and also the Help & Advice forum for specific questions. I don't know how well your general questions will get answered here, people tend to be jerks.

These documents have done nothing but catch politicians with their pants down and now they're pissed because the shady work that they were doing is finally exposed. Throw back the curtain and let some light in! Government officials are OUR employees, not the other way around.

Separating people into "good" and "bad" camps is only going to make things worse and is definitely not what this forum needs. This is a free forum for anyone to join regardless of whether or not you deem them worthy of posting. Instead of shunning people for being bad posters, why don't you give them the same opportunity to grow and mature as a poster that you were given when you joined.

Maybe if we didn't have our sticky fingers in every Middle Eastern country's business, there wouldn't be any need for leaks of this kind. Ah, but I can dream can't I?

Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt- The Mars Volta off their live album Scabdates.

I wouldn't ask Das to do anything, but rather I ask the intelligent members of this forum, the ones that are reading this post and NOT replying, to start posting again...please! I know you're out there because when topics like this come up, you all come out of the woodwork to give an off-hand remark about how things were better before. Well, why don't you start posting again and make things better instead of reminiscing about the past. End soapbox.

Bulbs Well, according to this, if the bulbs are $.99, you would spend about $34 on the 60W bulbs. Not sure on the amount of money saved each month though.

My fear of heights is probably the only one I have. Deathly afraid of them.

I find it hilarious sometimes that people feel like TIF is going down the drain based on the posts and discussions of ONE board. There's plenty of thriving community in other areas like OT. Sure, GD has a lot of traffic, but it does not define the community in my opinion.

Yeah....the game/board hasn't changed. You have :-P

"In the quiet town of Connorsville, Wisconsin, it's illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner has an orgasm." This town is less than 20 miles from where I grew up and has probably 300 or less people in it.

I've started to enjoy hip-hop a lot over the past few years and I know that I'm somewhat of a beginner in my tastes, but Kanye just doesn't do it for me. His songs always seem so...empty. I'll listen to this one a few more times before I give it up as I do with every album.

My enjoyment of RuneScape has NEVER hinged on whether an update is on time or not. Patience is a virtue my friends ;-)

I have no problems with Favre because above all else I am a Packers fan, not a Brett Favre fan. I will say it is a little hard to watch him play. He looks so depressed all the time, especially in the post-game interviews...jesus.

I don't think it's about that. Otherwise they'd have probably said something about certain priests. Anyway, I think it's a step in the right direction, and I'd love to see celibacy let go by the church, but I'm afraid that day is far from near. How is it not about that? The Church has been feeling pressure for years now because of their stance on contraceptives from AIDS research groups.

And all that construction too....gotta love MnDoT :wink: Yeah, they're always doing something to 394, sometimes they even move it to one lane traffic... During rush hour. WTF :( you live in Minnesota? Yes, I go to school in St Cloud but I grew up in Wisconsin :^o

Sounds like a PR move to me. There weren't any male prostitutes waiting for the Pope's go-ahead on this issue.

And all that construction too....gotta love MnDoT :wink:

I've honestly never read that book or any of Dan Brown's garbage haha. I figured the question had to be asked since nuclear technology has the same dilemma.

This is coming from a person whose worst subject is science, but, although a little far-fetched, this seems like it could be developed into a weapon, no? Would be pretty sad if it ended up like that.

My apartment is across the street from campus, but my walk to classes is still about 10 minutes. The History building is conveniently located on the opposite side of campus from where I live. The only time I drive my car is to go to the grocery store or to back home to Wisconsin. That's a two-hour drive when I do go, but I have a 2000 Saturn-L so it gets pretty good gas mileage. I also have a bunch of buddies that come back with me so we usually have a full boat and a few people to chip in for gas money. It's a pretty good system.

I have four tattoos including a huge piece covering my entire right side. I love body art and I find it fascinating that very cool original drawings and ideas can essentially be painted on the human body. All my tattoos can easily be covered up by a short-sleeved shirt and long pants and until I get a job where I know I can have tattoos showing, I won't be getting tattoos on my arms. I would never get any piercings as they don't seem to suit me. I'm not against them at all, I date a girl that has at least 10 or more. As for the body modification, that stuff just creeps me out. I can't really say anything else.

I mentioned this in the 120 Constitution thread, but I think that for some unknown reason players do not like to see Runescape change, especially in the high-leveled content division. I've played this game long enough to see a lot of major changes come and go, even the change from Classic to RS2, and it's always the same argument: "It was better the way it was!" Whether it's arguing against high-leveled content or not, it always comes down to the fundamental idea that the game has changed and for some reason, Runescape players do not like change. They like to do the same task in the same way, day after day until they get x-amount of gold or x-level. If Runescape wasn't updated weekly (granted major updates don't happen weekly), it would have died years ago. The game needs to keep evolving and the obvious holes in it are in the high-level content division. Embrace change because without it, this game would not exist.