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There's none. The reason why porn is legal and prostiution illegal in some countries is merely that the chance of exploitation is far higher with prostitution.

It would if you know it, yet this would also be the case if it was not prostitution but something else. It just happens that prostitution is often the last choice here. As for diseases, if there's the slightest chance you could transmit one you would obviously have to use condoms...I at least hope this is common practice anyway.

If you are sure he/she does it out of free will, I see no issue with it. Problem is obviously that a lot of prostitution is at least half-forced.

Well in the tech forums they acknowledged the problem and asked for ppl with this problem to submit tech tickets. That's probably your best bet right now.

6/10 Impressive for Runescape, but as an avatar kinda meh...

Seeing as that single developer is in charge of it, yes :D

As sad as it is....well at least he's the only dev where you know when he designs a boss, it's good. With every other dev I know, it's hit-or-miss.

The void. Awesome game, more than a piece of art than a computer game almost. Very unusual and doesn't go along the usual lines which makes it very refreshing. Atmosphere and Soundtrack are amazing. As for gameplay, until now it's essentially resource management. You always have to watch out very closely, you basically mustn't waste more than a few resources or you're not going to make it. This can make it a bit frustrating at times and very difficult at the start(had to restart 3 times before I got the hang of it). On the other hand, it enhances the atmosphere a lot because you don't have this feeling that you're gonna get through it anyway. If you make a mistake, you die, simple as that. Most annoying for me would be mouse movement, it's a bit slow for some reason and not responding that well...but you get used to it enough so you can live with it. I would recommend checking it out for anyone who's interested in something new and fresh, with amazing atmosphere and storyline. Doesn't cost much either, due to low populariy(It's not really a game made for mass marketing)

Jagex's track record with "fixing" content says otherwise. I am with Zerker Jane and I am not even a pker, I just don't trust Jagex to come with a better solution for the current system. As long as Chris L is in charge of it, it will be great ;) That's basically the only developer that really has a hand with combat.

I'll just tell what I've been taught by church/PE teachers/my parents. This would be roman catholicism, probably in a moderate version(Which is widely spread around here though) Yahweh - which powers, how he 'feels', what he wants, purpose of him, what he did, etc. ---- He is almighty, although how often he uses/has used his powers varies wildly, I personally have (from my teachings) always perceived him as a friendly watcher that usually doesn't take influence though. He is proud of humanity, grateful and generous. Sins are not an issue as long as the person regrets what he/she has done. He has created the world, though this is seen in an indirect sense(creation myth is not taken literally). He has sent his son Jesus christ on earth 2000 years ago, who died to burden himself with our sins, making forgiving them possible. He was resurrected, which will also happen to christians and (here it might vary) to every other human as well. Heaven/Hell ----- Heaven is life with god, Hell for those who have chosen not to live with god. No punishment, merely life without god. The validity of the ten commandments. ---- They are valid, however you should obey their sense, not their words. E.g. "thou shalt not kill" doesn't mean you mustn't kill under any circumstances. The biblically accounted 'miracles' ----- Here it varies again, they are usually seen as metaphors, some central parts (e.g the resurrection) are taken literally. etc. In addition to that, please clarify what religious practices are practiced - indoctrination/teachings? What exactly does a visit to the church entail? Do they pray, or is that interpreted to be mythological? Do they base their morality around the proclaimed 'Christian' moral codes? ---- Religion is taught at school, you can choose if you want to visit the catholic or protestant classes(Those assume that you at least partly believe in christianity) or ethics, which is just a substitute teaching kids who do not believe anything or a part of a religion that's not numerous enough to have its own class general morals etc. In catholic classes, primary school you would mostly talk about biblical stories and practices in the church. Though there is no explicit criticism(remember those kids are 6-10 years old), it is mentioned that the bible is not historical fact. In later years, you would increasingly talk about morals in general, other religions and religion critique, though it would still stay favoured on the religious side. Church consists of songs, prayers(Most would say they're praying to god, though some see it more as a meditational thing), an excerpt from the bible and a preaching based on that excerpt, often giving general advice on how to handle everyday life(such as "take time for your loved ones" or stuff like that) I refuse to answer until it's clarified, as whatever interpretation I come up with, I'll be shot down for 'misconstruing what moderate Christianity is.' On a slightly tangential note, if moderate Christianity has no real world implications - then tell me, what good is it? ---- It has some real world implications, namely that you believe there is a god watching over you, which makes a lot of people feel more secure. This is the main advantage of religion. Morals are generally thought of as christian morals, although they are usually not direclty based on it(few people say "you mustn't kill because god says so" but rather see the commonly accepted moral standard as christian)

Those are definitely weird pics. I don't really believe it's Runescape olympics...considering there's still some time to go until London 2012. My best guess would be that Jagex has overcome the legal difficulties of having gambling in Runescape and now puts a fortune wheel in...I can't really believe that though. I have no other idea besides that, though.

I think this is the biggest part why this discussion doesn't work right. To summarize: You brought up fundamentalists. I asked why you keep bringing them up when there's nothing to be gained in a discussion about them because everyone agrees on them being idiots. You said you didn't know moderate christianity. I gave a quick summary, you said you didn't understand it and said irrational beliefs would cause harm. Those last two points *I* was discussing with you, which is why bringing up fundamentalists again and again adds nothing, and absolutly nothing to this. So, back the topic of the discussion: Of course you can explain why and how love exists. You can do the same thing for religion. However, you cannot (fully) explain why Person A loves Person B, nor can you explain why Person C believes in God D. That's what I was getting at. Of course religion includes supernatural claims and love doesn't, but that doesn't make the difference. The whole point was that people sometimes do things they have no rational reason to or even where rationality speaks against it(e.g. being in love with someone who doesn't treat you well). Yeah the analogy is not the best, I'm aware of that. It's the closest I've been able to get though. Well I live in a country made up of mainly moderate christians, and I'm not aware of anyone actually "god-fearing" nor who believes in a hell as "eternal torture". Exception may be some of the old people whose parents were still teaching religion in a stricter way. You still haven't been able to tell me though why moderate religion would be harmful though. Irrational beliefs can of course be harmful, depending on how strong and what kind they are. Moderate religion however doesn't hold much harm and has some positive aspects, at least from what I was able to experience.

The trade limit put on pure f2p accounts when newly created has taken care of most F2p bots, the throwaway mentality doesn't work anymore since you need to pay at least one month for each and every bot - because of this I guess most goldfarmers have turned for p2p bots.

It's cool to see a new player entering the world of Runescape ;) I'll be following this blog. If you need someone to fill a dungeon team, I'd be up for it. Or I can show you around penguins if you're interested in that ;)

Matrix trilogy. The basic layout of it was great, but dear god there are so many things that don't add up or aren't explained at all...could have been far better.

Okay, I'll try to do this step by step. First of all, I've read through your examples of how harm can occur. None of these fits for normal religious people. As for the link you gave me, quite frankly I have no idea what it's supposed to tell me. I am also not "obsessed with gathering evidence". You have made a statement that seemed to me more or less grabbed out of thin air in a terribly generalised way as I've told you I know plenty of people who are evidence for your statement being incorrect, or rather not wholly true. Love is similar to belief in the sense that we cannot explain them rationally. Obviously there is a rational process behind it, e.g. love being a biomechanical procedure invented by nature to improve chances for healthy offspring, but right here, *you*(or me..) cannot rationally explain why that person is in love with the other one, same as a religious person cannot really explain why he/she believes in a god. It can be a similar source for irrational beliefs that, according to you, will likely cause harm. As to "fear the deity they revere" and "punishable by eternal torture"...DEAR GOD. You're not just "stepping into the lines of Christian fundamentalism", you're deep down in the bog. Stuff like this is horrible, but it is not what usually happens and besides, it's not the religion that would cause the harm here but the way the religion is executed. I say fundamentalism should be ignored *in this debate* because it's obvious that what they're doing is stupid, immoral and whatnot. Doesn't mean that fundamentalism should be ignored completely. But if you want to discuss religion, discuss religion, not fundamentalism. And yeah of course fundamentalists cause the most harm. That's not the point of the debate though. You say that belief can be rationally based, by definiton, but what does that definition tell you? If I may pull the example again, it's like love. Someone can tell you hours and hours about love. If you do not experience it yourself, you'll never understand it. It cannot be rationally explained. What Danqa was getting (I think? sorry if misinterpreted) at is that this debate has happened a few times already, and it always has failed on the point that you try to discuss religion while you do not really understand it and are unwilling to accept the fact that belief is irrational and that's it. I've told you what (christian) religion was basically about. You, quite frankly, didn't get it. I can't do more than that. And no one has attacked you for upholding your beliefs, where did you get that idea from? To your last post: When did this become a debate about whether god exists? I haven't been arguing that, nor have I seen anyone else doing that for the last few points. It's no point arguing about that anyway. Last that I know, we were discussing whether irrational beliefs would generally cause harm or not. And as for your last point: Considered? Yes, of course lol. I think everyone but the most fanatic religious people have considered at some point if their god doesn't exist. You won't see them discussing it a lot, because they *are* christian, therefore they believe in that god and discussing whether a religios belief is true or not is pointless as it can neither be proven nor proven to be false and that doesn't even matter. It's called belief, not knowledge. Edit: You said yourself that debate is about persuading the other side. Why do you even bring up fundamentalists then? We all agree (at least I think so? :ohnoes: ) that they're a bunch of idiots. No one disagreed with you. Yet you keep bringing it up and I simply cannot understand for what reason you are doing this, quite frankly.

Quite frankly, that's ridiculous. First of all, of course it requires evidence that irrational beliefs are a cause of harm. I just happen to know plenty of examples(aka religious people) who happen to get along with their life just fine. Of course they're more likely to adopt a religion if they've grown up with it, but it doesn't stop there. They have the full capability to question their beliefs and some of them do - Like me. I've been raised catholic yet eventually decided I didn't believe in it. End of story. When you're talking about religious indoctrination, you're once again thinking in fundamentalist's terms. Use of threat or force to ingrain a belief is also a method of fundamentalists, not moderates. As for miracles, they really play a minor role. Some believe in them, some not, but it's very rare that they're the cause of being religious. Love is often irrational as well. Does that make it bad? Should we work against it? Obviously not. Rationality is all fine and good, but it isn't the answer to everything.

Tbh if you ask me it almos looks like it was launched on accident. Why be so secretive about it? Plus this whole trial thing would make way more sense if it was permanent. Just think of the changes to the members tutorial - It *expects* that a new member is a new player. The colour changing to make it possible for trial F2Pers to distinguish between what items they can and can't keep. All those stuff. I believe the trial will come back permanently, and if not it would honestly be a stupid move on Jagex's part.

Then all the bosses and every monster would get LP boosts as well, what's the point? Ummm, why? Besides, even if they did it would obviously be done in a way that would balance it accordingly

You simply don't seem to understand religion in itself. It's basically the same for all religions, unless you're speaking of fundamentalists. There is obviously no rational evidence, but they believe in it, simple as that. And do you have any proof that irrational beliefs are almost always harmful? I'm not religious myself, but I know plenty of people whose religion gives them strength in their lifes, far more than I know of people where it would have been harmful.

"Just update clusterflutterer every few weeks". Yeah, sure. As if it was as easy as that. First of all, you can't just think of a few new lines of code, put them in, and BAM it works again. There has been a LOT of development time behind clusterflutterer. Besides, the bots you are seeing right now are mostly not even reflection/injection bots, they're screen-scraping bots. And Jagex already has said they're working on the next anti-bot update. In one point you're right. If there's a time to find peace, it is now. But not to quit. Runescape is as unaffected by bots as it hasn't been for a long time. Communication with Jagex has improved a lot, even if there is still room upwards. If you ignore little crybabies who can't get over the fact that their game is changing, a lot of people are happy with the recent updates. Almost all recent quests have been of a great quality. I could go on for some time. If you quit and are happy with it, congratulations. If you still want to stick around tip.it, why not? But it's everyone's own decision to quit, so don't go around projecting your dislike of the game on others to make them quit. If they dislike they game, they'll quit, if not, then not. Simple as that. Edit: As for reports: I think Jagex has long given up on those. The report system is terribly inefficient. They're relocating their labour force elsewhere, and tbh if I can get an almost bot-free runescape in return, I can live with some botters not getting punished.

Mod Chris L already said he wants to add life-boost to armours, he spoke about Nex Armour possible getting up to 4000 lp bonus.

Well I guess I have a slightly different view from you because we in germany have the luck that fundamentalists have next to no influence and there aren't that many of them here either. As for not understanding the moderate Christians and why there are such a variety of denominations, I have to say I'm a bit baffled. What is there not to understand? It's what people believe in, even if there is no rational evidence. You obviously don't have to believe that yourself or understand *why* they believe in that, but saying you don't understand this worldview at all is a bit ... :huh: As for the number of denominations, you might as well ask why there even are different religions...

I guess it could be a fitting analogy, at least for those fundamentalists I know, but once again, why are you constantly arguing about fundamentalists? They're stupid, they are unable to listen to reason(at least in that aspect) so why bother? Let them be stupid, it's their right and just be happy you're not stupid as well. As for what Christian moderates believe: It depends of course. There are many different denominations, and even inside a certain denomination beliefs probably vary a lot. What most believe in is that there is a God, who watches over humans and that his son Jesus Christ sacrificed himself to bear the sins of the world. He then got resurrected, which is promised to christians as well. That's the basic gist of it.

Already running with 4xAA on a Radeon HD 4650, and tried both DirectX and OpenGL modes. Nothing doing for me, and it literally doesn't matter what graphics settings that I use, as I get the same lag in any configuration. (Heck, it gets worse if I shut AA and some of the nice things off!) As for my estimates, that's from between reading about a dozen issues each of Maximum PC and PC World, followed by having full knowledge of how badly my FPS rate crashed after the Dominion Tower update (a P2P thing, which hit me even though I'm 100% F2P) on an Intel P4 Non-HT 2.4 GHz system. The information was a pain to stack together, but I got some really fast indications of how unrealistic Jagex's Test Bed must be these days. :-? Eh? My bad. Still, Jagex wouldn't have brand new high end computers anyway. You might be surprised. Particularly with the fact that non-gamer-minded investors are now in control of the company, and not people we used to know and like such as Andrew Gower. RuneScape was much better, back when he and his brother (Paul) ran things. Even now, I still wish for those days to come back, because RS was lightning-fast back then. :mellow: ~D. V. "If only the new crew for RS had been better about checking all this stuff..." Devnull The issue is not specs. There are dozens of reports of people with high-end computers who can't run RS properly and as many of those who have average computers yet have no problems. It's down to hardware/driver incompatibilites I'm betting.