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there's a relatively large editorial staff. I've tried sending in articles to the tip.it times. i miss it when there were many articles, and so i figured i could at least try to contribute. It's very depressing not even to get a reply, however i can understand that. We're talking about people spending their free time here, getting little in return but criticism, little discussion on the topics they wish put in focus etc. The one thing i do struggle with understanding is the lack of a discussion topic for "articles you feel should be written" Often the hardest thing for a columnist is finding something that people want to hear their analysis and point of view on. Simple suggestions like that is something the community woudl get so much in return for having.

the clan community has never relied on tip.it it's always been centered around runescape community. That battle was lost before it began. there has been no golden era in runescape. There has been a golden era of tip.it, which is what i claimed. I don't think you're the one to decide anyway, this happens to be a discussion under the "feedback" part of the tip.it forums. sadly, with these new boards, nothing older than 2006 exists in the general discussions board. Otherwise, i'd tell you to read the forums of the past. why aren't the tip.it forums as successful as it was in the past, today then? If you can't provide an alternative explanation, i suggest you re-examine my theory. please get some facts from the past if you wish to argue further.

I think it's more of the athletes smoking a cigar. it's like handball: if the biggest stars didn't smoke, they'd be so much better.

Techno and trance are really broad genres. The differences between subgenres in trance and techno can be vague but the difference between trance and techno isn't. everything is part of a sub-genre though :P there is no generic "trance" or "techno" although, they do have their principles. back to the topic at hand, which is the music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY1mm7yKKqM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnQq96CGPjM' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6EL_YF1vEA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLkTm5ea5g in a random coincidence, an rs vid is the place i could find the version i was looking for. There are countless mixes in every genre of the song though :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fyTugLAjtk there are some more samples :P

Tiesto live. AMAZING. saw him in the Berlin love parades of 2006 and 07 i think it was, then he came live to where i live, for an intimate concert. he wanted max 500 people, and played all new sets for a "student environment. classical artists that were also epic live: Anne Sophie Mutter, yo yo Ma, bobby Mcferrin, Jay - Z was a real performer, Deep purple really love the Hell blues festival, so their gigs there are always epic. Robyn live was pretty intense, but she got kinda tired after 2 hours (!) but kept on going :D Metallica live was great, playing in midnight sun, it makes for crazy atmosphere. but yeah, I can't think of any way in which you can beat Tiesto when he's playing to have fun, for the crowd size he wants, for 7 hours. He just decided he wanted to visit the city i live in cause he heard it was epic to play (from Jay z), and then he just had fun. If you ever have the chance, hear bands live. it shows who are arists, and who are posers who get hollywoodified :P

around the world - daft punk

I see you've been here since 2007. That means you were not here in the time of tip.it's greatness or golden age. That was a time when rants were located in the rants forum, and general discussions were taking place in the general discussion thread. That is a time before many of the constructive, creative posters were lost to other fansites with better moderation. You haven't experienced that, or the immense qualitative, and quantitative difference in posts. Yes, things are okay now, but the potential of tip.it is so great, that's been shown in the past, but the increase in users was much greater than the increase in moderators, and things got out of control. From that time, many mods held the view that moderation wasn't going ahead as they wished. I have few posts, I'm a lurker, and often i just haven't bothered to log in. I've been following the tip.it forums close to 6 years now (lurking before i created my account). In the past, moderation has increased quality. why shouldn't this be the case for the future as well? as you point out, RSOF isn't moderated enough. that was also not an issue if we look further back (early 2003), but then those boards attained many more active users. The RSOF activity has decreased drastically. Threads like the legendary "future updates speculation", have all pretty much died in a torrent of unneccessary spam. dialogue has been simplified on future updates to a "supporters list" and an "opposers" list. people are uttering their opinion for the sake of uttering it, and that is not a type of dialogue. I believe in common sense. Moderators are smart people. You know you're simplifying and creating a theoretical situation when you say " what you believe is spam, can be important to other people". If i post (in a general discussions thread): "i don't like this update." How many people is that beneficial to, how many people find that helpful in the discussion? How many people find that constructive, inspirational? How many people find that giving, and meaningful to have in a topic? How many people feel that's a statement worth of having to scroll past a bright and flashy signature? How many people will only scroll past? I believe in common sense. You can hold all the principles you like, but that's not pragmatic in the real world. Moderators are ingelligent people, and they know what such an astounding majorityof the community consider spam that it should be removed. Yes, that will require a little more time when going through threads, but that's what you sign up for when becoming a moderator after all. there are plenty of people willing to take your spot if you don't perform the duties. Again, principles and ideology work well in theory. Consider communism, a great idea, it simply doesn't work in reality. Just as your arguments juxtaposed with reality, history, and the real demographic who use these forums. just consider the position in which people respond (off-topically) to me_hate_libs' posts in general discussions. Is that the way you wish the tip.it forums to progress?

So wait, is this topic about electronic music, or electronica? :P massive difference there. anyway, i'll use a broad definition, including some common multi-genre artists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIWRYwCGEF4 surprised noone's mentioned either Robyn or Röyksopp that i can see... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfTwMftm2Rw&feature=related continuing the two for one (although the mix / song isn't the best) Tiesto and Imogen Heap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7Uo5LlUxk Justice is such an epic group. it's a shame "Genesis" got broken by that commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plvpV9p0ywg also amazed noone's mentioned Gorillaz :P And finally to bring back the bad memories of "mainstream electronica" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkCtrGDSkrs

The Buggles (sound like the beatles rip-off much?) Chumbawamba ("I get knocked down")

I can easily argue that your Hardtechno song was "dance" and your Fidget house was "progressive Eurodance" there are so rediculously many sub-genres that overlap to some extent, are used interchangably, so many artists that do many or all the genres you list, and so many electronica/techno enthusiasts that go on a song by song basis of what they like (cause there are so many mixes, remixes, genres, styles and songs to choose from). Labling a specific genre as "techno" , trying thus to eliminate "trance" would be like splitting a wig into thin and thick hairs... what matters is good music that have similar qualities. "sandstorm" by Darude is an epic to include, "operation blade" by Public domain is epic, "Trance will never die" by Angel beats is harder, bordering more on Dance in its use of spoken lyrics. Really, examples of what you like will spur better suggesitons from us on what else to look into :D

I doubt they can really throw a fit over amateur footage from 70 years ago. With that said, the teacher can bite my arse if she makes a big deal out of it because I told her beforehand that it will have clips from World War II. Any background music would be a problem, though. I guess as long as I buy the music and credit the artists, I'll be fine. Besides, I'm using ambient background music from time to time in the documentary, so it's nothing recognizable. EDIT: Thanks, guys. It is technically copyrighted though. heard some bad stories from others online about that stuff before. As long as you've thought about it, specifically asked about it if that's possible, you know you're good. That's all that matters ;)

sparkles - Tiesto

Canada had a short stint at 3rd place today. The Norway / Canada curling final will be interesting for the overal standings. Hockey final will of course also really determine if the host can pull off a top 3 position overall :D Long distance ski-events start tomorrow. Who bothers watching people go cross country for 30km? or the men going 50km? makes no sense that these are olympic events ....

basketball? all you need is a ball, and you can get together whenever. Just be sure to always play full-court and have fair teams. 5 on 5 full-court can be quite a work-out. To be challanged mentally, chose any sport. Do it properly, and be a little competitive amongst yourselves, and the mental and tactical component always starts. Many sports (tennis, squash, handball, water polo, martial arts sparring, volley ball) requires so much practice with technique before you get a real tough workout that it might be a good idea to start with something where you can get exhaused right off the bat :D what're you interested in? that's what really matters.

all this talk about buying stuff! pshhhhh, make her something. that's what friends really want, you spending time on them, with them and for them. consider WHY she's your best friend, what do you do together? what does she appreciate? what does she hate doing that you can help her out with? make dinner, make something for her (sowing a pencilcase is really easy, looks great as all the mistakes are hidden inside the pencilcase, it's something people use, it's personal, you design it yourself, it seems impressive, doesn't take too long). Honestly, with female friends, pencilcase is my number 1 choice, as long as they don't know that's what i usually make :P If that's not the thing for you, be creative, and make something useful and lasting, that's not too hard :D

ahhh, the beauties of string theory, or spring theory. Boith our physics teacher and TA went to CERN when the world speed record was broken, so they pretty much were all over us with facts etc. 99,99993% of the speed of light is pretty fast. Cern looked cool in pictures and video, but nothing like it does in angels and demons :D edit: wait, the factual claim of the washingtonians is wrong. Cern is faster, and higher temperature. They are the only group that can attain speeds high enough to even attempt finding the Higgs particle for instance. the claim in the article is directly wrong -.-'

hehe, this topic gives me an excuse to introduce my old 3 lessons learned from the runescape economy: 1) santa hats in 2006 / 2007 2) release of construction 3) release of farming 1) in runescape, there are so many merchanters that everything peaks early. More and more people realize this, and things peak earlier and earlier. I.E. invest, sell early when you're still in profit, don't get greedy is an even better maxim in runescape trading. 2) Jagex can release stuff with no forewarning. The economy creates insane demands for items used for other things, that you rarely know anything about. Just consider teel bars at the release of construction. They doubled in price, in 4 minutes 2 of which were the update timer. 3) Conversely, when Jagex anounce updates, the economy over-compensates. i sold potato seeds for 2,3k each. after the actual implementation of the skill, they were worthless. Implications: keep items not cash. especially raw materials for your goals, that way you are insured that your goals are attainable, even with price raises. immediate price drops are unheard of, and take much longer time. time enought o sell your banked gold ore for smithing on the release of living rock caverns before prices drop at all. sell early. that way you always make money and never get burned. don't invest in items you don't know the future uses of, do invest on likely scenarios. if you sell early, other merchanters will always take the fall cause they get greedy. looking at my bank, i'm set to make a fortune for not keeping cash, but keeping raw materials for all my goals, and raw materials that are stable in price, but few collect (probable candidates both for merchenting clans to manipulate, which i profit regularly on, and unlikely to drop in value). Even with this economic self-interst, this update is bad. as a player, we can learn from the funky desicons in the Jagex past, and adapt. These are my 3 policies, do you have others?

perm ban them all. Everyone i've talked to that i know reasonably well have said that it couldn't hurt to do it a few times, "remember penguins". They all just want to be in on the money, and not get into trouble. get rid of those people once and for all, or give them all 2 month ban at least.

I wish they'd do more mourning's ends part II style quests. Those are the fun quests, and that's the only quest i've actually felt real achievement completeing without a guide.

I laughed hysterically when I read the post, and the FAQ's. After years of believing at least someone at Jagex HQ knew what they were doing, I now believe what happens to the game is completely based on luck of the draw. What were they thinking? rather, were they thinking? Higher level summoning seconds are already sold out. Merching clans are going to frolic, crash and burn. People will put their lives on hold, and runescape first, to ensure they make the most of the event. No, if I'm online that weekend, I'll runecraft. That's the only area of the game i feel experience should be boosted. I don't care about how i compare to others, my achievements are mine. I don't want to degrade my personal feeling of achievement by choosing the easiest way out: yes, i could save thousands of charms, and all those other things. Would the achievement feel the same? no way. I play for fun, not for a rank on a highscores list. I play for enjoyment, not for levels. Even with a new skill being released, I want to know I still have goals to accomplish, even after these two weeks of madness.

Janie's got a Gun - Aerosmith

Just be sure you know of the legal implications. Schools have varying policies, but youtube material can get you into "plagarism over copyright infringement". Some educational facilities punish that harshly, so be sure it's okay'd by your teacher/professor. :)

I'd Start with Tiesto, and go from there. He has hundreds of songs out, and is in my opinion the most epic, and influential trance/house artist out there. If he's not heavy enough for you, and you're more into the specific "drum and bass" genre (I'm talking the british clubbing veriety mainly) I'd definately check out "Genesis" by Justice, and their work. That's some amazing stuff, and most of Barthezz' work. something like "infected" or "hard house" by him. Those are also epic songs. The more feedback you give, the more narrowed down and detailed help you'll get :D

sounds good for the teeth, and healthy for their inherent nutritional value!

that's where the beauty of the human mind, feints and strategic running come into place. Dogs are too agile (and not my size so it doesn't matter), but with angry cattle I've gotten away before... the assumption is that a "rabid" animal will continue their attack, even after initial failure, that's when humans gain advantage. It's a little touch and go, but i think it's our general best bet. look at the manipulation you can perform in bull-fighting.