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where can i read books online? in General
Drew
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 written Friday, August 19 2005 11:14 Profile #4
Well, that's out of my field (I guess the title didn't say it all). I say give any of the classics a go instead.

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where can i read books online? in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Friday, August 19 2005 10:56 Profile #2
Try Project Gutenberg.
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RWG in Richard White Games
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Friday, August 19 2005 09:43 Profile #212
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO RW
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Fatal Computer Game Marathon in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Friday, August 19 2005 05:29 Profile #23
«Drew, your way!»
«There's only one thing in the world I want and that is Drew.»
«Drew evolution.»
«One goal, one passion - Drew.»

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Hello in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Friday, August 19 2005 05:26 Profile #2
Welcome to Spiderweb, Destrier! Please leave your sanity at the door.

EDIT: Durn - missed it by a second!

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RWG in Richard White Games
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Friday, August 19 2005 05:23 Profile #208
RW is the sky of the sun.
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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Thursday, August 18 2005 06:17 Profile #198
Aren't you just splitting hairs there?
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A plea for iBook help in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Thursday, August 18 2005 04:32 Profile #2
It may well still be the logic board. I bought my iBook in 2003 and had my logic board collapse, and a friend of mine had to have his replaced twice. If the program still exists (I'm not certain if it does at this point) I suggest seeing if you can't get yours replaced. In the past, I've worked with a computer where something was outright wrong with the hardware (in that case, the built in sound card on the motherboard was fried), and though the computer still worked, it did so in a slow, seemingly "mentally handicapped" fashion.

Best of luck to you - that definitely sucks! :(
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Campaign Against Illiteracy: Chapter I - Piracy in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 02:25 Profile #1
Meh. If you're planning on preaching here, go somewhere else. And if you think this is unfair - kill yourself, save the Earth. Thank you.

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What the heck? in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 18:02 Profile #49
I see their numbers have lessened. Good - everything is going according to plan!
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RWG FAQ in Richard White Games
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 10:56 Profile #16
[Ben has killed the funny. Long live the funny!]
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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 10:46 Profile #185
The truth doesn't sell well because the truth is unpleasant. Unfortunately, the Democratic (I would say Realist) outlook is very unpleasant, and the only solutions call for sacrifice. The problem as I see it is that no one is going to elect any bearer of bad news and so take the foul-tasting (but necessary) medicine so long as there are politicians willing to defy realities and continue to get away with borrowing and spending (the current administration). The long term enlightened self-interest just isn't as sexy as the now-now-NOW (tax cuts AND war spending).

The same rationale is behind why everyone is up to their arse in credit debt, and the outcome is going to be the same for the debtors and the nation: we're all going to have to pay sometime in the future. Fortunately for Bush, it probably won't be on his "watch."

EDIT: Salmon, I would also point out that my anger was directed at Gizmo for laughing at my assertion about the groupthink and incompetence of the administration's war plan, which has resulted so far in the needless deaths of over 1800 US soldiers and God knows how many Iraqis. I found her reaction to be incredibly callous, especially in light of her own admission that the war hasn't been carried out well.

EDIT 2: To Ash...

quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

quote:
Originally written by Zaiu:

Ben, do you understand that keeping church and state separate is in the constitution, and what he is doing is violating people's liberty?
quote:
Originally written by Drew:

Separation of Church and State is infered from the U.S. Constitution, not a part of it. It was discussed at further length in the Federalist Papers, which, though venerated, aren't laws.
Please see the rest of my statement for the context. Seperation of Church and State as a principle has pretty much been firmed up in subsequent Supreme Court cases and other lower court findings, both of which establish the Common Law.

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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 08:47 Profile #182
Furthermore, if he was lied to, then why is he protecting the people who lied to him?
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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 07:12 Profile #180
Why? What is untrue about that statement? The administration has fired experienced generals (Shinseki) who disagreed with their approach to the war, and has done their best to discredit those who tried to expose the "untruth" of their nuclear rationale (the Valerie Plame incident), all for the sake of pushing their agenda forward. If that isn't groupthink (the act of surrounding one's self with likeminded individuals and discouraging dissent), and if the gross failure of this war so far doesn't represent incompetence, then I don't know that those words mean anything. Frankly, I don't think it's a laughing matter at all. If Bush was lied to, it's because he wasn't interested in the truth. The truth in this entire matter was far and away too evident, even prior to the war for those with proper clearances.

As a side note, maybe we should all watch "Bridge Over the River Kwai" again to gain some perspective on what inappropriate treatment of prisoners is. Who are the monsters now? We are.

Know that your laughter flies in the face of the families of everyone who has died because this war wasn't planned better (misappropriation of contractor funds anyone? The lack of body armor that could have prevented troops from getting killed? Sufficient forces? Hello?) or incorporated the ideas and intelligence of all the government's experienced resources. Of course, had that been the case, the war likely wouldn't have happened, because it was a COLLOSALLY BAD IDEA.

EDIT: Grrr!!! This has made me so angry. I really, really hope, Gizmo, that you have some sort of explanation for your remark.

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versions in Blades of Avernum
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 05:54 Profile #2
Thanks, ef!
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versions in Blades of Avernum
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 05:26 Profile #0
Am I right in supposing that if you've purchased BoA for Mac, and will be making a switch to PC (school-related reasons), you'd have to pay full price for the PC version?
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SW has a new untitled Guru in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 05:07 Profile #33
Hence the retroactivity. :)
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Fatal Computer Game Marathon in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 04:53 Profile #6
Dehydration will do that to a body after about two or three days. What a moron.
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SW has a new untitled Guru in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 04:15 Profile #31
You know, Aran, your title is somewhat retroactively applicable to your status as semi-regular monthly statistics provider. ;)

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SW has a new untitled Guru in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Monday, August 15 2005 12:19 Profile #9
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae...

Oh Imban, Where Art Thou?

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naming a character in Avernum in The Avernum Trilogy
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Monday, August 15 2005 10:45 Profile #51
I go for names that are four characters or less usually, like Bob, Sue, Joe, Fred, Ed, Lily, etc. It's a holdover from my NES RPG days.

I also sometimes use silly names, like Chickie or Miss Sassy.
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What's your religion? in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Monday, August 15 2005 09:54 Profile #79
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (97%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (97%)
4. Secular Humanism (92%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
6. Neo-Pagan (73%)
7. Taoism (72%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (70%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (69%)
10. Nontheist (63%)
11. New Age (62%)
12. Jainism (61%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (59%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%)
15. Reform Judaism (55%)
16. New Thought (48%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
18. Scientology (44%)
19. Sikhism (44%)
20. Hinduism (41%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (30%)
24. Islam (27%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (27%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
27. Roman Catholic (13%)

Kind of how I figured it would turn out. The test wasn't phrased very well though for someone who truly believes the jury is out. I would have thought that agnostic or secular humanist would score higher, though perhaps it's my views on abortion, homosexuality, nature, and the like that threw me into the UU category.

In the other quiz, I scored as an agnostic, followed by paganism (I guess I revere nature) and Satanism (which I guess is how Christianity refers to Hobbes).

What's really fun is that my wife (which still feels weird to say) is a moderately devout Christian Scientist. The conversations are definitely interesting. For anyone who is a Christian (and anyone else for that matter), I'd recommend giving "Science and Health" a read - even if you're not willing to buy into the faith, Eddy makes a lot of interesting points.

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What the heck? in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Monday, August 15 2005 09:27 Profile #31
Dolphin, Lily is quite adorable - thanks for the link! What breed is she again?
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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Monday, August 15 2005 09:24 Profile #177
Translucent != Invisible

Anyway, my original point/question still half-seriously stands, Benny Boy.
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What the heck? in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Monday, August 15 2005 08:42 Profile #27
Except you will. :)

Take it easy, dude. Everyone that starts one of these topics gets one star, it's just the way it goes. Just cool out and have fun - it's not so hard.
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