Adam007

I don't really have a solidified opinion yet, but that's why I post here. By the time I'm done writing, I normally do. I don't like the idea of, as how Bush put it, abandoning free market principals to save a free market. The libertarian in me keeps saying printing out all of this money will be disastrous long term. But this isn't like the bank bailout. We're not writing a blank check to all of these companies. This a loan, and I think the auto companies need it. They've gotten into a pretty bad situation, but I think if they can survive this recession and prove they're heading in a new direction the loan will be worth it. They're competing with a globalized workforce that has no healthcare and retirement requirements, so they're at a huge disadvantage. But if they can survive the next few years and get better cars out, the loan will have had been worth it. This isn't just saving the auto industry. It's saving Detroit. Detroit is facing record foreclosures. The school system (which my Dad works for) is collapsing upon itself as people continue to move out of Detroit and schools lose funding. They just fired the newest superintendent, and things are continuing to go downhill. The issue with the mayor's scandal and him going to jail just add to things. Just this week the news was that the papers won't be delivered 4 days of the week, which is a first for Detroit. And on a not entirely related note, anyone been following the 0-15 Lions? It's just been a terrible year for this city, and if the auto industry leaves Detroit, everything else will follow. Rather than just leaving the city to collapse though, it's the right thing to do to keep them afloat with a loan.

Looks like somebody's about ready to destroy Isengard.

Wasn't the trade limit instated before Xmas of last year? I could be wrong, but if so, if they didn't do it last year I see no reason for them to do it this year. It would be a nice throwback to different/better times, but I see no reason for jagex to do it. They don't want to even recognize a flaw or weakness in their system, and by disabling the trade limit for a day, they would be acknowledging a flaw.

I learned about Tylor in anthro 101 in reference to religions. He had a theory of evolution that applied to religions. Religions explain the unknown obviously, and since being human implies the unknown, religion will always exist to explain these things. Example: When we dream, it used to believe that we separated ourselves into a spirit world in which we were in our religious 'zone.' He believed that religions evolved in stages: animism, shamanism, polytheism, monotheism, and then science. When science explains all the unknown, he believes religion will cease to exist. Hope that answers your question. :)

It's either piano or synth, and it's played in trailers when it's kind of a sad/hopeful mood. I can't believe nobody knows what it is - my brother immediately recognized it but neither of us knows the name of the song.

songtapper.com - already checked, didn't find it for me.

GPA is really relative. In highschool with AP classes factored in I had above a 4.0, but that just means I did well for my school. At U-M I have about a 3.4, which is alright. For med schools they expect 3.6 and above, but again, it depends somewhat on the university you're graduating from. GPA is really relative, but it probably is the easiest scale if you want to compare yourself to others.

Problem is there aren't any lyrics. The melody just repeats. It's in a lot of trailers, but after searching a good hour through common trailer cliches I didn't find it.

Aww a reply, I got excited. Well with this kind of a goofy thing, it's a little too weird to ask people in person, so online's the best bet.

Sorry to bother you with a megaupload link, I'm trying to find a better one, but I'm going crazy trying to find the name of this song. I have an exam coming up I need to be studying for, but finding out the name of this song is bothering me too much to find it. Anyway, if you have any idea, here is the link to my humming(might have to turn the volume up): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PG490725 And, here's a link where you can skip megaupload: http://www.zamzar.com/download.php?uid= ... 0later.mp3 You'll make my day if you figure this out for me. :)

Since we can't offer you any help, what else do you want from this thread?

Did you come here for empathy? We're not lawyers, we don't know your legal options. It sounds like you knew what you were getting into, so I don't see how you can act like you were a victim to whatever happened.

All the information's out there. It would be great if someone made a big consolidation from original sources rather than threads like telephone games, but after all these years you kind of expect most stories to get distorted or lost. @Ladykilljoy: You mean to tell me there isn't a statue of you in the wild?! :P

Nobody said it matters politically. We just have a system, many of us like to call the news, that keeps us informed about going-ons in the world. It's called a human interest story. It's the biggest day of his life, and unfortunate this happened to his family right now and that his grandmother couldn't live to see the day.

I think the point of a hall of fame would be to recognize prominent members throughout TIF's history. The way I would see it happening, if ran and voted on by users, would be whatever popular story-teller on the general board at the time would make it in, but all of the members from way back wouldn't be recognized. Feelings would be hurt, and all around I just don't think it would be a good idea. There's a staff retired list on the main site, I think that's something that you could look at.

I only skimmed the wikipedia, but where do you get that you can die on the first dose?

The overarching plot line isn't that interesting for me yet, but hopefully the last episode that I have yet to catch up on starts something up.

Moderate on histrionic and low on everything else. Yay for being normal?

We could use a little bit of inflation I say. :)

It's also fun to look up pictures of extinct animals. We know about most dinosaurs, but if you look up some pictures of the mammals that were around a lot were pretty cool looking.

Well first we shouldn't discount the possibility of an afterlife. But it sounds like you already have, so let's talk about the point if there is none. Look at it this way. Whether or not you think there's a grand point to living, you'd do anything to live another day. And that's what's important. Consciousness is the greatest gift imaginable. The ability to perceive, to feel, to enjoy. Think about the happiest moments of your life. That's the point of life if you ask me. When you get to the end of the rope, to be able to look back fondly and be glad you made the most of your time here. To know you effected other people, somehow contributed to culture. Not only enjoyed your life but touched the lives of others. Who cares that relative to the amount of time that has passed or will pass this feels insignificant? That's all relative. We've been given the gift of almost a century of life, so enjoy it and don't worry about a larger purpose. You're in it right now. Have some fun.

Target isn't a toy store. It's a department store. It's just the same when you ask mommy if you can buy something with your own money when she goes shopping. Eh, there are a lot of parents who still don't trust using their credit cards online or don't want to be bothered with dealing with a subscription.

Calm down guys, this test isn't claiming to diagnose you. It's recommending that if you're identified as possibly depressed you may want to seek help. I got an 18, but it would probably be lower if I wasn't inbetween exams.

Not to compare where this thread is heading to another thread we don't need to mention, but since we're on the topic of things are are shameful to see... Once you've seen the things I've seen, then you're desensitized to it. I can watch it without even getting turned on at this point. That being said, I challenge you to a porn watching contest. :geek: Ergh, get over it. I honestly didn't find that thread even remotely funny. It's not because I'm trying to be "mature" by not finding sexual jokes funny, it just.. wasn't funny. I agree, very few things in that thread really made me laugh. Much of it though was a shame to see.. I'm glad you're achieving your somewhat hypocritical goal. Unless you don't see openly admitting that kind of desensitization as somewhat shameful. :) What I'm saying is I only opened up to page 10 so I'm assuming it slowly got this weird. But I'd tone it down because you guys should consider yourselves lucky right now the mods are even allowing this thread and you're about to lose this one too.

Man, I don't know. The familiarity of a group of people with similar values who also happened to waste a huge chunk of time during their formative years playing a 2d browser game? You just get attached to the board once you've established yourself and put so much time into it. It's not so much about what we discuss here as it is the history and specific board culture here that keeps me coming back.