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Scent of new-mown hay in Richard White Games
Albus Dumbledore
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Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, July 20 2005 22:12 Profile Homepage #42
quote:
Originally written by Student of Trinity:

The view that language constrains thought is called the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (after these two guys), and is still controversial. I think the majority of linguists disbelieve it, and instead consider that any idea expressible in one human language can be expressed in any other.
It is possible that knowing more than one language frees up such restraints if they exist.

Polylingual people tend to be very clear, broadminded and brilliant thinkers.
Of course, it is not unlikely that this is because clear, broadminded and brilliant thinkers tend to learn a lot of foreign languages. But still.

[ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 22:13: Message edited by: Albus Dumbledore ]

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Regrettable But in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, July 20 2005 21:58 Profile Homepage #190
quote:
Originally written by Andrea:

A few years back, there was a relatively well-known SW member who informed me that Desperance was Satanic and that "djur is the anti-christ."
I suspect he failed to grasp the irony of telling you that.

Are you going to put a name to that member? ^_^

[ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 21:59: Message edited by: Albus Dumbledore ]

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
It's been a long, long time since I played Exile III... in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, July 20 2005 21:54 Profile Homepage #11
quote:
Originally written by Anthropological Ra:

If you email Jeff Vogel with the name and address you registered the games with and your new registration number, he will send you new codes.

—Alorael, who will warn that nobody official from Spiderweb habitually reads these boards. If you want a response, email is your best bet.
quote:
Originally written by Spring:

Welcome. E-mail Jeff, he should be able to help you.
See, Spring is on Australian time, where it's always a little later than in Europe or America. ;)

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Official Election Final Round Voting in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, July 20 2005 21:50 Profile Homepage #134
I believe Alorael now owes Salmon a big part of the brib-- ahem, "proceeds" he can gain from the candidates.

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Regrettable But in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, July 20 2005 09:17 Profile Homepage #157
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

I do suggest that we never use these rules again, though.
"Again" would be in six months? A year? What's the term of office of an elected mod?

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
What time is it? in Tech Support
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, July 20 2005 04:06 Profile Homepage #19
quote:
Originally written by Lady Davida:

And a few accounts eaten here and there is far better than all being eaten at once.
When the time comes, we will all be eaten anyway! Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn! :P

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Official Election Final Round Voting in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, July 20 2005 03:09 Profile Homepage #105
quote:
Originally written by Abject:

quote:
Originally written by Spring:

It prevents people creating multiple accounts so they can vote for the people they like. A full list of voters (member numbers only) can be found on page 1 of this thread.
Actually, people could easily have registered as voters several times.
Drakey checked the IPs.

Also, almost all who have cast their votes are established, known members of the community, no newbies. This was achieved in a clever way - the registration thread predates the final round by a month, and only the permanent members would be here both during registration and during the election.

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
A long-expected Parting in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Tuesday, July 19 2005 20:00 Profile Homepage #52
quote:
Originally written by Fissure of Men:

It would be interesting to study how much effect you can wring out of posting statistics. If they were tabulated and posted twice a month, would there be two spam sprees per month? What about weekly? If there were daily post counts posted, would there be a constant barrage of spam or would everyone give up and ignore the information?

—Alorael, who can see this either as a test of will and stamina or a test of how often information can be viewed before people start tuning it out. And either way, it's not something that shoule be tested on Spiderweb. Spam is bad.
The problem is that this spike in posting can't be measured! Since it occurs neatly within the given time period, the only way to find it would be to increase the measurement frequency - increasing the frequency of the spikes as well! :eek:

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Tuesday, July 19 2005 02:40 Profile Homepage #105
A moderator is not Aran.

But trying to score points this way sounds like spitting on a grave.

And I swear your "Juicy Lucy" stuff is getting annoying. I hope Thuryl didn't sanction this name, or my respect for him has taken a dip. :rolleyes:

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Official Election Final Round Voting in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Sunday, July 17 2005 15:05 Profile Homepage #72
He's trying underhanded subversion tactics. None of Aran's voters have changed to Thuryl; ADoS is trying to make it appear so just for the heck of it. :rolleyes:

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Books Being Made Into Movies in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Tuesday, June 14 2005 22:46 Profile Homepage #19
I am tempted to say that is because there is not much to ruin in the Harry Potter series. <_<

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
no subject really in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, February 23 2005 05:07 Profile Homepage #12
"In this language utterly foreign" is not the word order used either in English or in German. Come to think of it, French has a similar structure.

[ Wednesday, February 23, 2005 05:08: Message edited by: And striving he must err. ]

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Geneforge 3 Beta Call for Mac on RPGCodex in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Friday, January 7 2005 00:40 Profile Homepage #3
Weird when other gamer sites know about the beta call before we do here on the company-owned forum. :P

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
New Arena RP: The Empire Always Loses in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, January 5 2005 05:29 Profile Homepage #18
People have lost worse in accidents with a chainsaw. Still... a community where roleplaying is so strongly monopolized by established satellites (ie Desperance and Polaris) isn't really fertile ground for a new rp board.

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Life Cycle of the Adventurer in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, January 5 2005 04:08 Profile Homepage #18
I'd hardly say that adventurer is a "male job", or that these women lived as males. It's just that we're more accustomed to seeing men behaving like that. :P

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
hey ppl in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, December 22 2004 05:11 Profile Homepage #45
Done and done and done! Happy holidays, and a happy new year! :)

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
hey ppl in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, December 22 2004 02:18 Profile Homepage #44
quote:
Originally written by Pedon Merkki:

Oh, I know, that was a BAD "joke", but the school's over for now, IT SI TEH CHRISTMAS BREAK h00rj!
Another 45 minutes worth of Analysis lecture for me, and I can take my vacation too! Huzzah! :D

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
hey ppl in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, December 22 2004 01:22 Profile Homepage #39
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

It's funny the first 10 times you hear it. After that, the novelty fades.

Good job bringing the typo to our attention, though.
Every time you make a typo, God kills a kitten.

And every time you point one out, he kills another one.

Will nobody think of the poor kittens? :(

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Avernum 4 in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Tuesday, December 21 2004 01:30 Profile Homepage #241
Neither are they nuclear. At least not the ones I'm familiar with.

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Morality question in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Tuesday, December 21 2004 01:28 Profile Homepage #44
quote:
Originally written by Wilfred A. Spurts:

quote:
Originally written by SupaNik:

Then, I'm ashamed to admit it, but I'd let her die, then kill myself. Life wouldn't be worth living without her, and I wouldn't want her to see me killing myself.
Notice that he assumes that the person is a she.

Do I hear Dashboard Confessional playing in the background?
The premise for the situation was to assume the one stuck in the car was "the one you love the most out of everyone you know". It did not state anything about gender.

For many heterosexual males, said person would presumably be female.

[ Tuesday, December 21, 2004 01:29: Message edited by: Strawcab sith ssnuanworp ]

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Avernum 4 in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Monday, December 20 2004 02:39 Profile Homepage #234
quote:
Originally written by Garrison:

And I think Ben has either zealot like issues, or loves flaunting his fake devotion.
From what he's been posting all the time he's here, I'd say it's the real thing. No fake zealot would have that much energy and fervor. 800 years ago, he'd have made an excellent witch hunter. :)

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
Avatars in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Friday, December 17 2004 04:23 Profile Homepage #11
Hit the nail on the head.

Neither is bad, as long as they're kept nice and small.

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
THE WORST MAN EVER: Round 1 in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Friday, December 17 2004 04:06 Profile Homepage #13
These duels do actually take place in a BoE arena cell, right? If so, what would the stats be like?

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
THE WORST MAN EVER: Round 1 in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Thursday, December 16 2004 23:32 Profile Homepage #10
Don't worry Wisey, I'll get back at Siberia for that. Or someone will...

[ Thursday, December 16, 2004 23:32: Message edited by: Strawcab sith ssnuanworp ]

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00
I AM TEH SPAMER in General
Albus Dumbledore
Warrior
Member # 3870
 written Wednesday, December 15 2004 03:24 Profile Homepage #46
quote:
Originally written by Wilfred A. Spurts:

The worst part is that I've actually heard someone say pwned aloud. The second worst part is that my initial reaction did not include clocking said person squarely. Alas. ¬_¬
And so? Did it sound like 'powned' or did the person in question possess some weird tongue-twisting pwning powers?

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"Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it."
---Thomas Paine
Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00

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