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| Member number | 6700 |
| Title | Lifecrafter |
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| Registered | Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, May 14 2006 11:36
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quote:Broadband, more than likely. I have DSL at home (one of the benefits of having two people in a household who work with remote FTP servers). At school, I use the campus broadband connection which, though claiming to have higher speeds, gives me a ping akin to a 56k connection. -------------------- The Silent Assassin once attempted to create the Anti-Internet. I'm told that idea only went over well in Linux circles. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 8 2006 11:59
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Trumpet: Pachebel's Canon in d minor Flugelhorn: There's this one really common latin jazz improv piece; the name in English is "The Little sunflower" or somesuch; I can never recall its name in Spanish. I don't really have a favorite for any of my other instruments, as I don't play them that often. ------------------- The Silent Assassin's favorite song to play is Zoot Suit Riot, on trombone. Just FYI. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 4 2006 20:25
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 Sometimes pure ridiculity is the way to go. Though my first vote really would go to Darth Vader. -------------------- The Silent Assassin's favorite bad guy is the Jackal, from the namesake movie starring Bruce Willis. I think it's because of either the Jackal's brilliant subterfuge tactics, or the fact that his weaponry makes the victim's skull splurge. Probably the latter. [ Thursday, May 04, 2006 20:31: Message edited by: Lenar Research Facilites ] -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 3 2006 07:13
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I hate to repeat a quote, but I couldn't pass it up. On NationStates, I am the Most Holy Empire of the Tronian Republiic. You won't see me too much around the forums, though. -------------------- The Silent Assassin has made it clear that if he is elected, the beatings will be reduced in intensity. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 2 2006 19:19
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I spent May day being oppressed under the harsh scourge of final exams. And packing. and cleaning. and packing. and more packing. Did I mention that I spent a lot of time today packing? Edit: Splling -------------------- The Silent Assassin once, a long time ago, said somehing witty at a dinner party. I forget exactly what he said, because at that instant, the Goths finally attacked Rome. But I remember that it was funny. [ Tuesday, May 02, 2006 19:20: Message edited by: Lenar Research Facilites ] -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 2 2006 09:52
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Very nice poll, Starty. After reading this whole string about video game music, I wondered, why not group all soundtracks together as their own genre? Isn't the idea of a soundtrack to relate the listener to events complemented by the music, even when the events aren't going on? quote:Christian rock is more like a sub-subgenre, much like sacred music could be said a subgenre of classical. Lyrics, as Slarty said, are an integral part of the song. There are, yes unfortunately, "Christian versions" of other styles of music. But, in my experience working with a campus radio station for a christian college, many of these are sickeningly poor rip-offs of various style in order to either make money off of an apparrently isolationist subculture, or the work of said isolationist subculture to keep itself from going secular. Most of the better artists have a blend between "secular" and "sacred" work within their colloective repitoire, and are generally considered good artists within a sub-subgenre, not "christian versions" of a genre. See artists like Reliant K, Jeremy Camp, Switchfoot, and the guy that did the Christmas Shoes song (I can never remember his name). Odd unverified subcultural myth: POD was considered "Christian rock" group by the christian community until they stopped doing blatantly "sacred" work, and then they were virtually immediately rejected. One little thing that you have to notice about media in general throughout the ages: Only the good stuff lasts. -------------------- The Silent Assassin has begun yet another attept at creating the ultimate homemade incendiary device. In other news, I can't figure out why all of our toothpaste is missing. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 10:29
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Diki, I love my review. :D And if you're going where I think you're going with this plot... you're awesome! And if not, you're still awesome. -------------------- The Silent Assassin recently shut himself in the bunker's dryer. He is still quite unsure as to how the large desk found its way in front of the dryer's door not seconds after it closed. I think it was the cat, myself. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Saturday, April 29 2006 09:52
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I have no particular favorite genre. I listen to what I like. Favorite artists include Manheim Steamroller, 4Him, Paul Simon, Nightwish, Evenescence, Neil Diamond, and The Manhattan Transfer. I'm also a huge sucker for good Latin Jazz, classical strings, and baroque brass music. -------------------- The Silent Assassin's favorite song is... still a mystery to me. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 28 2006 09:44
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I speak English. -------------------- The Silent Assassin has recently begun an investigation into the telepathic qualities of dryer lint. I suppose that I could tell him that the incidents that spurred this investigation could be explained through common sense, but where's the fun in that? -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, April 27 2006 15:57
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I'll come up with a decent one, eventually. quote:-------------------- The Silent Assassin takes offense to being grouped with Dintiridan, though this is out of his professional pride in his work as a pseudo-lone wolf and has no reflection upon his opinion of Dintiridan's capabilities as an Evil Ovelord or in the field of deranged subterfuge. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, April 27 2006 15:43
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quote:Dangit, Erika, you beat me to it. -------------------- The Silent Assassin quotes: quote:and responds: Try writing about the cultural significance of indoor plumbing. Or how about discussing why people congregate in forums like this. Perhaps you could, worst-case scenario, write about writers' block. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, April 26 2006 12:06
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My idea of an afterlife? If I'm going to heaven, then let's call this heaven: It would probably be a lot like the life that I'm living, with a few differences. I would never be separated from the people I love (or at least, I would always be within walking distance). Work would always be enjoyable. (yes, work. I don't want to get bored) For some reason, I see a lot of storytelling and creative thought. No lines for gas. Heck, let's get rid of fuels entirely. Everything runs off of divine will. An endless supply of chewing gum, in varying flavors. I would be able to know everything humanly possible and yet still be able to learn more. I wouldn't necessarily want to know everything, but just knowing that I could... -------------------- The Silent Assassin, when asked about his ideas of the afterlife, gave an answer while I wasn't paying attention. If I understood him correctly, the afterlife has something to do with tuna fish and graphite composites. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, April 26 2006 11:42
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The world will be a much better place when someone finally discovers cold fusion. On a more serious note, I'm going to have to agree with Kel about the fact that there is no one way that we can solve our energy problems. What little I know about alternative energy leads me to believe that geothermal, ethanol, and hydrogen-cel power sources may be the major answers. The problem is, of course, efficiency, especially in light of current energy trends. Face it: solar and wind power are only efficient when they are given a lot of space, and then only in areas where the climate constantly suits them. Currently, electric-only cars are impractical (though I thought that they got a bit more than 100 miles per charge. oh well.), especially for people who are required to be constantly driving, or those that need to regularly drive long distances. Pretty much, what we need is more research, or rather, further progress in research. Which takes funding and skill and luck. Edit: Yay for nuclear power! Clean, efficient, and not nearly as deadly as people think! Edit2: Gasp. 150 posts. -------------------- The Silent Assassin once experimented with natural methane as a power source. But I'm not going there. [ Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:45: Message edited by: Lenar Labs ] -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, April 24 2006 15:17
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Alo: Point made. On that note, I would like to point out that the Bible has been proven historically accurate, where it touches upon documented history. So we'll call it half-blind faith. But that does not mean that religion cannot possibly accept evidence. quote:Justice. Perfection. I once heard "balance" thrown into the mix, but I don't necessarily agree with it. Essentially, a perfect God must have a perfect, balanced judicial system. Everyone who intentionally violates His perfect will must be punished, because it is an act of defiance (or somesuch). Justice must be served out because this is a perfect system. The forgiveness bit comes in because there is apparrently a loophole in the perfect system (makes you wonder about the nature of perfection), in that even though someone has to be punished, it doesn't have to be the one who transgressed. So, through some strange working of great theological and metaphysical significance that I don't really understand (i just know that it works), the way things work out is that hell is for two kinds of people: People who are still defiant of God, and those that don't want forgiveness. -------------------- The Silent Assassin once attempted to use self-hypnosis to make himself forget about a certain job. It took me four hours to figure out how to get him out of the trance. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, April 24 2006 14:45
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quote:Yes. Wow. I may have once lived within driving distance of Jeff Vogel. -feels honored- Marlenny: You should have started a poll. :D -------------------- The Silent Assassin says nothing. Now ain't that stereotypical? -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, April 24 2006 10:29
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quote:Um... no. One of the greatest and most influential "modern" misunderstandings about religion, especially religions like Christianity (as well as Islam, Mormons, Satanists, gnostics, and others, to a point) is the fact that "faith" has nothing to do with evidence. This derives directly from a misunderstanding of what faith is. The accepted definition of "Faith" is some sort of blind trust that has no proof. Wrong. Faith is the logical hope that accompanies a trust that is earned by evidence. Or, in simpler terms, Faith is trust. Contrary to Rantalot, evidence has everything to do with it, because with no evidence, faith is useless. Belief in Christianity without evidence of a Resurrection is about the same as a belief in the idea the Jimmy Hoffa is alive and well and owns a bar in LA. Logic and evidence part are the foundation of the Christian faith. Because, frankly, baseless trust is either desperate or stupid. Evidence? Judaism was formed at Mt. Sinai, after the entire nation had been exposed to miracle after miracle, culminating in an announcement of God in front of the entire people, and then a huge banquet with Him and the national leaders. All of this followed by more miracle witnessed by a nation. Ask about evidence? In the Gospels, there are many references to eyewitnesses to the Miracles of Christ, including the Resurrection; speaking in Tongues, the survival of the Church. You want to argue about logic in religion? In the Old Testament, there are countless points where writers and prophets ask their audience to listen to God and use common sense. The Apostle Paul argued for Christianity using simple talk and logic. In fact, he argued against not having an intelligent faith. What more is faith than trust? How else to earn trust than to do the impossible? Of other note, it is my not-so-humble opinion that if a Vatican priest can't reconcile the "spiritual" and "secular" worlds, he doesn't deserve to be a priest. Being a priest is all about bridging that gap, or so I am told by what friends I have who are Jesuit priests. -------------------- The Silent Assassin has demanded a pay raise. So I doubled his lack of pay. Huzzah for loopholes. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, April 24 2006 09:11
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I'm going to point out something useless that has a lot to do with the topic, but will do absolutely nothing to further the discussion. I may occasionally stir up controversey because someone takes said useless post the wrong way. -------------------- The Silent Assassin has come up with some form of bizarre witticism or strange behavior, more than likely dealing with something called deranged subterfuge. I will either not understand it or not like it. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 18:50
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Dintiridan: What I did was change the file extension after I downloaded it. But for my actual download, I got the same thing that you did. huzzah for boosting my post count. -------------------- The Silent Assassin told me that before we ended up working together, he was referred to as the Killing Assassin. Which is kinda odd, because he also once told me that before he went into deranged subterfuge, he worked in real estate. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 12:58
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Dintiridan: I had the same problem, though I don't know what's causing it. I fixed it by manually changing the file extension after saving. If Windows Explorer doesn't allow you to view file extensions, go into the menu: Tools > Folder Options, and select the View tab. There's a checkbox within the options that says "Hide extensions for known file types". Deselect that, and the only thing you have to do to change the extension is rename the file. -------------------- The Silent Assassin recently complained to me about the fact that I always disagree with him. I don't think that he's right. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 10:10
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I'm tempted to be excited about this. -------------------- The Silent Assassin once attempted to create a teleporter in our kitchen. WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE THE KITCHEN??? -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 09:48
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written Friday, April 21 2006 18:56
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quote:Have you ever actually read Job? I mean, actually read it? It wasn't an abuse of power, and it wasn't being immature. Job's suffering was a combination of a test of faith and an object lesson, done to make points to both Satan and Job. And Job ended up getting everything back once he understood the lesson. -------------------- The Silent Assassin wants to know why I had a problem with his butchering a cow in the kitchen earlier today. Let me make this clear: when I said that I wanted Cheesesteak, I implied that I wanted to order out. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 21 2006 09:10
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quote:Possibly. How many of us have you murdered in our beds thus far? quote:Above the system, as always. Part of the ideology of a perfect God is the idea that He is incorruptable (which is part of perfect). -------------------- The Silent Assassin believes that if absolute power truly did corrupt absolutely, then the Voices would have brought the world to chaos by now. I don't know what he's talking about, but he did make mention that he wants said voices to go away. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 21 2006 09:01
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Ah, yes. I remember that one quite well. "Friends don't let friends watch kung fu movies" If you go all the way through the monastery and enter the testing chamber, there is a secret passage on the left-hand wall, I believe. I don't remember if you have to beat the test first. -------------------- The Silent Assassin is upset because no one is giving him credit for his work in dreanged subterfuge. I thought that getting no credit was the idea. I could be wrong. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, April 20 2006 04:50
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quote:I am of the school that says that everything but the prophesy and poetry (which are inherently symbolic) can be taken quite literally, although I do agree with Kel in that everything is first included for some form of Theological content. I, too, believe in celebrating the idea (which is why I go to church on Sunday, as well as celebrate the holidays); however, to the academic mind, the date for Christmas doesn't gel with historical fact (and the fact that the Catholic church was quite fond of replacing pagan holidays). I merely continued what TM started because I was curious of the views of another academic. quote:Really? Where? (no sarcasm involved. I don't want to have missed anything, especially if it sounds that ridiculous to me) -------------------- The Silent Assassin overslept this morning. Meaning that I don't have to quote him. Ha ha. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |