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I'm sorry to say but halfway through I got a headache. Maybe I'm not cut out for this movie, but definitely unique to say the least.

I don't remember the two of them ever racing for 99 Prayer because that was inconceivable in RSC. Gear managed to get that highest combat level on RSC which was (is) 123 by getting 93 Prayer. Fook never got 99 Thieving and I don't know where you pulled that story from. The first to 99 Thieving was Swedemike.

Good read really. If you want another great account of soliders' experiences in Iraq go see War Tapes. I'm not sure whether or not it is out on DVD or in theatres because I saw it at a dollar cinema several weeks back. In any case, keep your eye for it if you're interested :)

All I know is that it's interrupting my House schedule and that doesn't make me a happy camper. I just want it to end.

Woohoo, another Wilde fan :D I adore his work. Anything you read you get that same sort of a cynical outlook on life but it feels so right :oops: The way the sentences flow.. *swoons* Why couldn't this man be alive in our age :3> (I didn't even see your comment on Wilde's work before I posted, haha).

-The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

Purevolume & Official Website The Stiletto Formal is a band from my hometown which has become pretty well known from where it once was. However, they still remain unsigned and unappreciated by many which is a shame. I love their sound, it's truly eccentric and that's what makes listening to them so enjoyable. It has a Indie / Experimental / Rock / Eccentric sound to it if anyone is interested in checking them out :)

As far as I remember this has happened to me months ago when I still trained. I always thought it was either an anti-macro or anti-AFK precatution. It keeps you on your toes that's for sure :wink:

I felt that high school was some of the best years of my life. I have a few complaints but when you look at the big picture, I can recall only the best of memories. I think many of you will come to appreciate the convenience, ease and loveliness of high school if/when you head off to college and you're away from home. You'll be missing all the little things you took for granted :wink:

One are one of my best friends and I am terribly sorry we have lost touch over time. I will not make excuses but I will always be there for you, Nathan, whenever you need me :) It's a same that you are leaving, for you were the quintessential player in my mind - honest, reliable, trustworthy..but above all, full of heart and passion. Thank you for signing on every day and making my days a little cheerier. I will miss you dearly. You better stop by on MSN at times! :cry:

Just search Google with "driver XXX" and it will provide you with free software for your hardware such at this one: http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SCANNE ... 9440.shtml

Has to be Law & Order (CI or regular mainly) and House. I'll watch reruns endlessly, I just love both shows :)

I wish Jared stayed with movies instead of the band. I'd rather see another quality film like Requiem for a Dream :)

Actually, the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object that is visible from space. It's been already proved it isn't visible from space. Okay so I'm behind on the news. Why didn't anyone tell me?! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 505040.stm

Actually, the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object that is visible from space.

Llama0, Sue Me & Oergg :3>

I can't say that I feel the heat at work since I do work at an office, but let me tell you that I'd kill for the temperature to be in the 30s. In fact, these last few days I'd settle for low 40s, haha. Let's just say that the high this week (or last, I can't remember) was 47C. Delish.

I'll quote what I had to say in an old topic which discussed this: I'll usually judge people by their post count when there is a fishy link involved. If it's someone with like 1 post that posts a link which may be a keylogger of course I won't go to it. In any other situation I don't care. There are some pretty good posters who have real quality in their writing and I enjoy reading it. As Lead said it roughly- Yes. Remove the post counts.

My question about Gould is that he himself even said, "The evolutionary trees that adorn our textbooks have data only at the tips and nodes of the branches; the rest is inference, however reasonable, not the evidence of fossils." Are inferences from animals that have similar parts enough to prove evolution of any kind? @Logic: I'm reading. :P Well all we can is inference because those tips are what we see today. It is highly complex to follow a species through its evolutionary stages, because, you see, "At high resolution, the gradualistic picture of [horse] evolution becomes a complex bush of overlapping, closely related species." The changes are not as apparent as if one day a species grew a third eye to help see it better. Putting the pieces of the puzzle together is what scientists work on every day. Even right now, the missing link between humans and apes is a species of "man-ape" which was thought to have existed but no evidence has been found yet. It's all substantial, but isn't faith the same as well? The only difference with science is that more of it is tangible. Okay I'm getting into that religion/science debate so I better back off, haha. We haven't found the link from one thing to another (such as ape to human) - haven't we only found evidence of one species evolving just to a more advanced form of itself? I guess my question is, at this point, it seems like to make the leap and say that everyone evolved from a couple of cells; that species evolved into other species, seems exactly what you said it was - a leap of faith. I don't see anything tangible to say that monkeys turned into apes. That horses turned into something else except a different kind of horse. Do you see what I'm saying? Well I think what you're looking for is a DRASTIC change in appearance of a species. All I can say is that this happens, but over a large period of time. The horse (millions of years ago), for example, was roughly three feet tall, but today it may range 10+ feet in some cases. It also started off as a toed animal and that toe 'evolved' into a hoof. If you looked at a picture of a horse (what is suspectedly looked like) from ages ago it looks nothing like horses today. It resembles the size of a dog in-fact. You would never expect that a prong-toed animal the size of a dog could turn into something such as the horse we have today.

My question about Gould is that he himself even said, "The evolutionary trees that adorn our textbooks have data only at the tips and nodes of the branches; the rest is inference, however reasonable, not the evidence of fossils." Are inferences from animals that have similar parts enough to prove evolution of any kind? @Logic: I'm reading. :P Well all we can is inference because those tips are what we see today. It is highly complex to follow a species through its evolutionary stages, because, you see, "At high resolution, the gradualistic picture of [horse] evolution becomes a complex bush of overlapping, closely related species." The changes are not as apparent as if one day a species grew a third eye to help see it better. Putting the pieces of the puzzle together is what scientists work on every day. Even right now, the missing link between humans and apes is a species of "man-ape" which was thought to have existed but no evidence has been found yet. It's all substantial, but isn't faith the same as well? The only difference with science is that more of it is tangible. Okay I'm getting into that religion/science debate so I better back off, haha.

Well the fact of the matter is, adaptation is evolution. One good example of this is when you look at the okapi and the giraffe. The giraffe is dominant in Africa now because of the aridness of the environment. However, fossil evidence as well as DNA evidence (I believe, but don't quote me on this) has traced that the giraffe developed from the okapi. You see, before Africa was the way we know it to this day, it was a place of lush green fields and much nutrition. As the days became hotter, the lush fields withered away and the only source of sustenance could be found atop the high trees. This is what gave one okapi an advantage over the other. You see, in order for evolution to 'occur' Darwin stated that there need be: -The ability of a population to expand is infinite, while the resources available to sustain said population are finite. This dynamic causes a struggle for existence among individuals as they compete for resources. -Organisms vary in their physical qualities; these variations allow some members to reproduce more successfully than others. -These variations are inherited by offspring from their parents. So, just like in the human population today, there were some okapii who had larger necks than their peers. The environment around them favored those okapi who had larger necks because they were the ones who could reach the nutricious food and be able to reproduce and pass their genes on to the next generation. Over many, many years, the large-necked became more and more dominant within the population and, thus, practically wiped out their peers with smaller necks. That is how we basically got the giraffe. In fact, there is only one known location in Africa to this day which still has the original okapi, everwhere else you just see giraffes. What I'm trying to say with this is basically that evolution happens around us all the time. We will not notice it before it spans over so many years that it almost seems elusive. In fact, there are two theories to evolution which are still being argued upon. One is called the "punctuated equilibirium" theory, and the other is "gradualism." The punctuated equilibrium theory states that evolution occurs in short spurts of time, like an earthquake affecting a population or a drought occuring. However, the gradualist theory (which is more accepted scientifically) states that change is happening every day and that it takes time to realize. One read I would recommend is Life's Little Joke by Stephen Jay Gould. It's a pretty intricate read but well worth it :)

Df2's raffle, right? :D That was actually (or I might be wrong) much before 2004 so that may not be it, haha.

I'm pretty sure Misterxman wouldn't lie\:D/ It's not about lying, it's about not remembering very well since this was a long time ago. I remember all the rumors behind it, I just never saw it with my own two eyes so, thus, I am not a believer :wink:

This is just about as true as the Underground Farm. Sorry Bmms, as far as I can recall, this never happened. I was one of the people who (sadly, haha) contributed to this myth by selling a red party hat to the General Store and posting about being able to buy hats from stores directly. Other than that, it never happened to my recollection.

I love how you're talking about yourself there in 3rd person.