Tigra00

Aye.

I've been watching CNN's special on "Genius-level" people lately and how/why they become "superior" to everyone else. They've shown a lot of talented people (A deaf child who plays Jazz music [piano] with professionals, for example, which I think is craziness :shock:) and whatnot, but I found this, uhh...Interesting. Apparently, your brain is working on a genius level if you can solve the following problem: "What is twice of one-tenth of one-fifth of one-tenth of 1,000?" If you know the answer to that, apparently, you are indeed working on a genius level in your mind. I say I found this "interesting" because I consider the above problem to be more "math" than anything, and I absolutely suck at math and even I could figure that out within a few seconds. ONe of the Ancors on CNN said they figured it out in 3 or 4 seconds...I'd say it took me like 8 or so, but that's besides the point. Is it just me, or is the word "genius" tossed around a bit liberally, then? :lol: Perhaps I'm smarter than I give myself credit for, but I gaurentee there will be many people here who can figure it out just as fast, if not a bit faster than I did. You probably shouldn't post the answer unless it's in 1 size font or something. Some people might want to figure it out to see if they are indeed a "genius". :P The answer is four, of course.

Didn't know about the "pinching your shoulder blades together" during benching thing. Hmm.. :-k

I have no problem with Emo's or Goth's as long as they are crying for a reason. Most of them are not. It makes me want to punch them in the face when they say how bad they have it, right before getting into their new car their dad bought them, who is a doctor, so they live in a nice house in the 'burbs and get lots of nice, expensive gifts for their birthdays and christmas. Try getting nothing for either holiday once, you whiney poops. Those kids need to shut the hell up. I'm glad I got out of school before this phase, because I went to school with people like that, and if they got all whiney about their lives, I would have got suspended more often, surely. #-o

And won because Pluto aligned with Jupiter, causing...Well, nothing at all, and certainly nothing that would effect us on Earth. :-w Edit: My Horoscope said this today; "Sometimes we can suddenly find ourselves feeling that the world is taking us for granted. You have been working exceptionally hard these last few weeks and today it may feel as though nobody has noticed your efforts. If you let a close friend know just how you feel you may be surprised at their response." I have not done a thing of importance or anything that can be catagorized as "hard work" for...Months. I smell poopie.

I hate all people who get uber-gifts for their birthday. You got a new car for your 16th birthday...Ya know what I got for my 16th? Nothing. Un. Freakin'. Fair.

Noone owns land on this Earth, either, but we still sell it. But yea, you can't buy land on the moon. :Edit: Oh, and the local minister in my town has a wife and like, 7 kids. Pwned.

I wouldn't go buy a Wal-mart cheapo. It may be a cheap board to learn on, but I've rode one of those before...They barely even move. :lol: The wheels are made of, like, hard plastic and they barely spin. Honestly, just do it right and get a decent one. :P

I propose we take all the planets and put them in our solar system. Sure, it may get crowded, and yea, it may take trillions of years, thus we would no longer have a sun...But hey! We need to have those planets before the terrorists get them! For Earth!

So she is equally stupid, then? :P

OH! I almost forgot completely about this one! This one girl, whom I didn't even know the name of at the time (I believe her name is Kaylee or something *shrug*) was sorta' stalking me when I was a kid. I went swimming with my friend Johnny out at some lake and her and her friend were there and were talking to us. Her friend asked my friend to go out with her and he was like "uhhh..." and didn't really answer because he didn't know her or like her I guess, but then that chick asked me out and I was literally like "Um, what's your name?"...I guess she thought I should know her, she was a "popular" girl, but we didn't even go to the same school. :lol: Anyways, they wanted our phone numbers, and we avoided it until we left. I told her that I was going on vacation the next day (I wasn't, it was more like the next month) so she wouldn't be able to call me anyways. I thought "Score! I got outta' that like a charm!"...Wrong. You see, we have this thing called a "Student Directory" with the names, numbers and addresses of all students in the area...Apparently, she found my number and called me about 2 days later. I answered the phone and this was the convorsation... "Hello?" "Hey, who's this?" "Kaylee, is this Chris?" "Yep, are you that girl I met at the la--" "You're an a**hole!" *Click* :lol: I was like wow, that girl is a total nut-job. To this day, I'm only vaugely aware of her exsistence even though she was one of those uber-popular girls when I was in school. Like I said, I THINK her name was Kaylee, or something with a K. I have no idea what she's doing today, but she's 18 I think (I'm 19) so she's probably starting college or somethin'. Apparently she called me an a**hole for lying and saying I'd be gone. Great detective, that one. :lol: She apparently called my friend Johnny and he told them that I was at home to get them off his back. Man, I can't believe I forgot about that, it was so weird. This makes me want to run down the street and ask Johnny if he remembers that crap. :P

Yea, good call. :lol: Perhaps I shall make a post and give 'er away on the boards... :-k

I'm an adult. ;) And Merc, my story is 100% true! If I wanted to make up a story, it would have been more exciting. :thumbsup:

This whole question seems rather redundant...I'm not sure what it's supposed to prove...Do these lions have the predesposition that they will infact become the sheep once they eat it? If that were the case, then uhhh, they'd be able to think logically that they'd just be eaten next, thus they wouldn't eat the sheep. :uhh: Your question is worded kinda' nutty. Oh...Was that supposed to be in size 1? Mah bad. :ohnoes:

I'll end up at MSUM (Mankato State University, Mankato; not Minneapolis/St. Paul :P) at some point, I'm sure. Next year I'll probably start out at the local technical college to freshen up on my math so I can pass college algebra...That's my only obsticle. :'(

Coolio, throw me a PM if you'd like that trial code thing. ;) Thanks for the help...With any luck I'll be playing my games in a few days. :shock:

Anyone know where I could find a 16x DVD-ROM for a reasonable price? I have a Dell Dimension 2400, Pentium 4. I finally figured out that the reason GTA: SA and Company of Heroes will not run on my computer is because I do not have a DVD-ROM, I only have the ordinary "Compact Disc" drives. I didn't notice this before, probably because I'm an idiot and took the stores word for it when I asked if it came with a DVD-ROM. They apparently lied when they said "Yep, sure does." I've been looking around, but I don't know much about computers and would hate to buy the wrong thing. Anyone got a link? I'm sure it wouldn't take more than a couple minutes for someone with knowledge to find one. I just want to be sure I grab the right thing, you know. Anyways, if anyone who finds the best deal wants, I can give ya' a World of Warcraft 10-day trial code if you want it. :P I have one left over from a game-card I bought and I don't need it because I don't play, so if you want to try the game out or something... : Thanks!

Probably not. I've always been more into making friends with a girl, then dating her. It's gotten me the "I don't want to ruin our friendship, but I really do like you..." line several times, but I guess it's worth it. One girl that gave me that line for years has always had a crush on me but she's too scared to act upon it...I've stopped persuing her. She's probably the most gorgeous woman I know, except for my current girlfriend, of course! If I wasn't taken and she wanted to date, I would. She's awesomely awesome and good looking. Someone will be lucky with her someday, I just hope it isn't some loser. :P

Oh, and I've gotten 130 and over before on tests. Never took an actual pencil and paper test, though. Everyone I meet tells me I'm ingredibley intelligent, but meh. Just today (well, yesterday, It's past midnight :P) a doctor at the clinic told me I was extremely articulate and should go to college ASAP. I've been thinking about being a doctor or something, but I didn't finish highschool for personal reasons (not stupid reasons like a kid, boredom, drinking, drugs, etc...It was a valid reason), but I did get a GED and got above average scores on it. I think out of 800 possible on all of them, I got 600-ish on them. I found that impressive considering it was 9-12 grade material, and I only passed the 10th grade. Not to mention I hadnt done any school work for a year and I didn't study a lick for them. I've never studied a SINGLE time in my life and I always had a B-ish average. If I studied I could do great things, I guess. I have to go to a technical school or something and freshen up on my math so I can pass college algebra, but other than that, I can do anything. Everything else comes easy to me as it's just memorization and logical reasoning. Math is math, you can't memorize it. :P We'll see how it goes... Oops, was rambling.

Ignorance of the times + religion. Seems when those two combine, lots of people usually die. :lol:

I too thought they were all horrible, and I'm usually a pretty good judge of musical talent, so... Yea, band going nowhere. :-$

Was she hot? Because if she was and I didn't know her, I'd still go out with her (don't call me shallow, cuz I'm not). After all, you can get to know her better that way, and what's to lose, you two don't sound like you're friends..so yeah I'd go for it. :-w The scary thing is, how did she get your phone number..... :-s As I said, "I wasn't attracted to her"...That's a nice way of saying she was ugly. I just didn't want to be mean twice in the same story....Crap. :lol: Probably got my number from the phone book.

75 and under is qualifications for mental [developmentally delayed]ation, so I hope your test was wrong. :P

'Kay, looking back, this was very mean...:P...Well, a girl called me on a Saturday and asked me to go out with her...This was back in like 7th grade before I started my "never-single-for-more-than-a-week" streak from 7th to 10th grade. :P Anyways, she asked me out and I wanted NOTHING to do with her. I wasn't attracted to her, and we weren't even friends...Hell, all I knew was her name. That's it. So she asked me if I wanted to go out with her, and I responded "Why would you want to go out with me?" and her sister, who was apparently listening in on the other phone said "Because she likes you, dummy!"...No crap, I was trying to stall to make up a lie, 'kay? I couldn't think of anything, because at the time, this was the first time a girl had actually called my house, on a weekend no-less, and asked me a compeletly random question like that. So I told her I'd "think about it and talk to her on Monday". I bet she had high hopes, which is what makes me mean, because come Monday, I completely ignored her. She didn't approach me, thankfully, and I didn't approach her. We did make eye contact once and she smirked. I did not smirk back. I think that told her my answer, but I never got back to her... :-s Oops. I MEAN COME ON! I didn't even know her! At all! I knew her name was Rachel, and that was it! Didn't have a single class with her or nothin'. What would you do! :notalk:

He forced people to follow his laws, worship by his rules, and practice his religion which in almost every sense violated United States law. It is a sham that he was even allowed to set up his community in the first place, and I feel sorry for all the people trapped there. The same can be said for all religions. SOMEONE made up the rules and people who follow the religion, obviously must follow the rules... I don't want to bash religion, but honestly...Do people even think before they say some things? These people may have indeed been insane, but they're no more insane than the guy down the street who's walking to chruch to praise a dead man who may or may not been insane himself (would you believe someone today who said they were God's son? Noooo...We know better...) and a diety who has never once proved he exsists. The only difference is your book is older than his and more people follow it, thus making it more "real" somehow. Like I said, those people most likely were insane...But are you saying that you're absolutely NOT insane for having YOUR beliefs? [it should be said that by "your" I do not mean yours personally, as I dunno' your beliefs, if you have any at all, but anyone who follows any religion and has the mind to call others "crazy" for having different beliefs. Also, I'm not saying that I don't believe in any particular religion. I'm saying that to call somene else crazy for having their beliefs because they differ from yours is rather ignorant, even if they ARE crazy. Some call Muslims crazy, but they're just following what they (extremist muslims) believe.] Oh, and I don't think those people were "trapped" there. He didn't kidnap them. They died because they strongly believed something to be true.