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| First and second chapters of Genesis in the K.J. Holy Bible. | August 31, 2010, 4:36AM |
 by: anarchoslegion |
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Some things about myself... I am an atheist. I do believe firmly in certain sciences. I don't believe that Science proves the Bible wrong. I believe the Bible proves the Bible wrong. I have read the Bible, for those of you who haven't there will be included in this the book and chapters I'm referring to, and I shouldn't hear any questions like, "why do you read the Bible if you don't believe in it?". Because, you idiot, you have to know about what you don't believe in if you're going to say you don't believe in it. Same goes for you believers. If you haven't read it then you don't know if you believe in it. So here's a start if you're interested. This is just a quick look at the first 2 chapters in the first book of the Bible annnnnd I'd like to point out a couple things. A little info, for those of you who are WAY out there, God nor Jesus wrote the Bible... And yes there are those who will say such. Human beings wrote the texts! Surprise! We can see it's broken up into several Books with short chapters and shorter verses. We will be looking at the First book, specifically the first and second chapters in this book, for a little debate or discussion. The first thing that is pretty noticeable is that the first and second chapters are written by two different people. These two chapters also contradict the beginning as they are two completely different stories about HOW the Earth was created by the deity. From that point, I'd like to add that the space I added in chapter two, between where verses 3 ends and 4 begins, is because verses 1-3 should more than likely be added as the last verses in chapter 1... and chapter 2 should Start at verse 4. So, I won't post much more of my opinions of mistakes just yet. However, I would encourage a little grade school game. Maybe you can read the two and compare what it is You see that complicates the structural integrity of the story's believability. Sort of like looking at a few drawings and trying to find out which one is different than the others. Maybe one of you will get a GOLD STAR on the board next to your name ;) Book 01 Genesis CH.1 001:001 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 001:002 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 001:003 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 001:004 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 001:005 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 001:006 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 001:007 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 001:008 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 001:009 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 001:010 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 001:011 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 001:012 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 001:013 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 001:014 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 001:015 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 001:016 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 001:017 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 001:018 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 001:019 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 001:020 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 001:021 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 001:022 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 001:023 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 001:024 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 001:025 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 001:026 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 001:027 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 001:028 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 001:029 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 001:030 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 001:031 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. CH.2 002:001 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 002:002 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 002:003 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 002:004 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 002:005 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 002:006 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 002:007 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 002:008 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 002:009 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 002:010 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 002:011 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 002:012 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 002:013 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 002:014 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 002:015 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 002:016 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 002:017 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 002:018 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 002:019 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 002:020 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 002:021 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 002:022 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 002:023 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 002:024 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 002:025 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. | |
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| No More Records? No More CD's? No More Music? | August 30, 2010, 12:45AM |
 by: MWStormwolf |
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The internet without a doubt, is the downfall and uprise of the music industry. In other words, the internet is the necessary evil of the music industry. And I'll explain why. Look at the title of this ''Blog'' That's how the recording industry would like to see things. And so would some handful of musicians. But they have to understand that times are changing, they either change with the times? Or feel the wrath of what's to come. Which is funny because a lot of them are feeling it already, and no matter what, it isn't going to stop. What I mean by that is, people from here on in, are going to be illegally downloading, as long as the internet exists, it's always going to happen. Yeah sure, some get caught but it's like drugs, as long as humans exist, so will the desire for it. How Was It The Downfall? Who needs CDs anyway? Just get on the internet and find a friend, or a site and download the damn song. Why buy the whole CD, when you can get that ONE song you adore so much. Or find a program that let's users around the world upload songs and then trade or freely download the song. This is what's happening right now, right now as I write this, every song that's downloaded, there's $1 gone from the music industry. So in a given day, one CAN assume there's about 1,000,000 transactions of this a day? Who knows?! How Was It The Uprise? Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and whatever the hell else they have igniting out there in the cyber world. With one damn click of the mouse musicians can notify their fans of updates, instantly! WORLDWIDE. Of tours, merch, songs available for download (:D) Not only that, they can gain even more fans then before. But of course, this all depends on how good they are. Record labels don't have to pay huge advertising prices, along with their musicians; all they have to do is post updates and fans are up with the latest news. Ok, let's compare the 80's to now, in the 80's, bands sold 3 Million-5 Million Records, per album! Today? Metal bands only sell 100 thousand hard copies. So if a band sells 200,000 copies, it's a big deal. Back then? 2 Million copies? Was nothing. Why did so many sell? Well for one obvious reason, the internet didn't exist! And the music was a little better (Coughs) But just so you know, records and CDs will never go away. Look at vinyl, it was making a come back a year ago. And in a way still is, not WAY popular but it's still in medium demand, to where it wasn't wiped off the face of the earth. And the same will be with CDs, they're always going to be there for the diehards. Rob Zombie said in a recent interview that they may not print CDs anymore, a bit dramatic there Rob. But I can understand how some musicians take this illegal downloading to heart like the drummer of Metallica; since this is how they make their living. But what do you expect? This is the internet, and it's run by humans..... | |
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| Updated IM Features | August 27, 2010, 1:56AM |
 by: eon |
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Two important features have been added to the IM system: The ability to block other members from IM-ing you, and the ability to remove the IM bar completely from your screen. Blocking a user from your IM is easy. Just block them the way you normally would by visiting their profile and clicking their 'Add [name] to your block list' link. If you've already blocked someone and are still getting their IMs, you will need to un-block and then re-block them. To remove the IM bar entirely, go into your control panel and find the link for IM Settings. Change 'IM' to 'Disable' and you're all set. | |
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| New IM System | August 23, 2010, 12:18AM |
by: eon |
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You may have noticed the new Facebook-esque IM bar at the bottom of your pages. It does exactly what you'd think. If you click the "Who's Online" tab, you'll get a list of all of your friends who are online. Clicking on any of them will open up an IM conversation with them. Currently, the "friend" system on this site is a little bit loose. That is, someone can add you to their friends list without permission, so "friendships" aren't necessarily mutual relationships. The effect this will have on the IM system is that people who have added you will be able to see your online status whether or not you've added them back. I'm going to see how that aspect of it goes for a bit. If it doesn't work out, we're looking at a major overhaul of the friend system on this site, where all friend requests would have to be approved. Before we jump to that, let's give this a shot. Remember that you can always remove yourself from anyone's friends list by clicking the link from your profile which shows those who have friended you. And of course, if you have trouble with someone re-adding you, you can always block them. For Andromeda members, this opens up an interesting new possibility. Andromeda invisibility operates separately from invisibility on the IM system. Therefore, it is possible for Andromeda members to be invisible to the site at large, but still visible and available to their friends for chat. Pretty neat. (All members have the ability to go invisible on the IM system by clicking the little 'gear' icon to the far right of the tool bar and then clicking 'Invisible'. You should do this if you don't want to receive any IMs!) This system has replaced the previous IM system by UserPlane. Frankly, good riddance! So, guys, play around with this. Please comment me if you find any bugs, suspicious activity, or large piles of unattended cash. And, as always, Enjoy . . . | |
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| So a little back ground...... | August 15, 2010, 2:01PM |
 by: Misplaced_soul |
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A little background first.... Dragons exist. To perplex the world and dodge tax and dragon hunters etc they had a little get together with the devil n whilst they did come to the conclusion that despite the fire and brimstone and toasty humans that had frequently crossed paths with both parties they weren't really all that evil. However, they did take abit of inspiration from one aspect of the Devils existance or lack there of as it may be. To quote a certain statement: 'The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.' Ditto now for dragons. All manner of mythical creatures actually exist n fleetingly appear in our midsts from time to time. Though admitedly few of quite the size and status of dragons. But then its easy to hide when you can fly anywhere in the world and crispify anyone who spots you. BBQs are alot easier too. Some people, and certain beings, are aware of the dragons. Painfully so. Not least of these groups are Ninja Pixies & Legomen. At some point in time Ninja Pixies lived blissfully care free lives along side dragons and depending on who you speak to this was either down to their peaceful nature or the fact that neither knew the other existed despite essentially living next door to each other. Given that most Ninja Pixies have now picked up the word 'Death' into their names (Ninja Death Pixies) it is fairly safe to assume that ignorance was probably the main reason behind previous peacefulness. Legomen on the other hand are entirely different story. The background of how they became aware of the dragons is lost in the past somewhere, hidden somewhere in the depths of time amongst the mysteries of velcro and marmite and oh yes the intricate details of quite how legomen came to actually somehow be sentient beings whilst still maintining their large presence in the toy market. But the fact still exists today that they are aware of dragons and are one of the few races not to be a favoured snack of the Dragons (Even dragons don't like eating melted plastic). Ninja Death Pixies spend a large bulk of their time causing mischief, however unlike their slightly more pleasant relatives the leprechauns, their mischief (as the name would imply) generally ends somewhat more fatally.... Not the brightest of mythical creatures and yes not always deadly. But experts at infuriating everyone be it the tiny little things like tying your headphones in knots the second you put them down. Or more complex interference with human affairs that last highlighted itself in a certain cuban missile crisis. Legomen on the other hand are much more pleasant creatures, happy to remain innert and enjoy their place in millions of households world wide as play things. They often indulge in building projects, with their humans or sometimes just by themselves (ever woken up to find that lego model is just a bit more assembled then you remember it being (Or occasionally a bit less assembled and half way across the room looking distinctly like a drink driving incident has just occured?)? | |
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| Andromeda Feature Update | August 12, 2010, 12:12AM |
by: eon |
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The Andromeda list of recent profile visitors will now include the number of times each individual has visited the profile, thereby increasing the creepy, stalker-ish powers of Andromeda account holders. The number of visits will only increase for any individual once per ten minutes. This way if someone visits your profile and clicks around for a bit, they won't run up a huge number of artificial "visits". (Either accidentally or on purpose!) This will make the count a more accurate reflection of unique visits. Want to know more about Andromeda membership? Enjoy... | |
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| Is the internet progressive or degenerative? | August 9, 2010, 6:48PM |
 by: skypirateJess |
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Alright, I know I will get a lot of hate for this, but I feel the need to share my feelings on online dating and so called love. Now, I know we all have tried online dating, and thought we loved someone, but the real question is: Is it real? Now, I've asked myself this hundreds of times, countless times I've had someone tell me they love me, and usually, they are just jerks. That feeling that someone actually cares, can be addicting, maybe because you can't have someone you really want, or can't get someone where you live, so looking to the internet for love is a release of all that feeling of being unwanted. Now, on that same note, why would you want to do so? I mean, there are hundreds upon hundreds of people. I am not saying all online dating isn't real, but majority. Like kids that are 16, and saying they found the love of their life. No, I'm not saying they are wrong to think that way, but honestly? Saying the love of your life, is someone who lives in another country. How could they possibly meet? At 16 you're usually living with your parents, attending school, and you most likely don't have a job. I may only be 20, but at 16, I didn't work, I was a full time student. Think back years ago, when there was courting, when dating someone meant dates, and a burger and coke at the drive thru. Now, dating is having sex, and teen pregnancy, and drop outs. It's seriously gone downhill since our parents and grandparents were 16. And I'm pretty sure they are cursing society as much as I am. I know, I'm online, and talking to people so I must be a hypocrite right? I can say I've had my share of online dating experiences, and trust me, I would take it back in a second. Sure, meeting new people is fun, and I've met some of the most amazing people online, that I have met in person and still talk to, but that's very rare I've learned. Most people are fake, or want to hurt people just to make themselves feel better. Sure, there is real people out there, that are here to just make a few friends, and enjoy this site. I know because I've met them. But majority is girls trying to get attention, posting pictures that their parents would be ashamed of if they saw them, and guys just trying to get and easy cam whore. Where is the dignity in that? Why can't they just go to the mall, like normal teenagers, and flirt there? At least they can actually be with that person, instead of being online with someone they aren't sure are the same. Dating in real life, and dating online is completely different things. My proof? My best friend had met her boyfriend online, and she moved in with him, things went amazing for the first three months, then, out of nowhere he got possessive, and went through all of her stuff, for no reason at all. People can mask who they really are easily online, and that's the scary part. Sometimes, the internet can be for good, you see stories of couples that met and are married, but how often do you do that at 16 or 17? More so, why aren't you enjoying your youth? And enjoying the years you get before you get slapped with the real world? I wish I enjoyed my youth before I was thrown into the real world. Instead of prepping for that, kids are having sex, doing drugs, and online, or even playing games. It's sad. I must say I wish I was born in a different generation because most parents don't parent really. Yes, there ARE parents who do care for their child to succeed, but look at the big picture. How many kids graduate? How many girls drop out of school because they are pregnant? How many kids drop out because of drugs, and drinking all the time? It's kind of sad. I come from a town where the graduating class is usually at 50 kids graduate out of the couple hundred. So many drop outs. Instead of seeing teens try for school, and try to succeed, you see them online, or playing games, doing drugs, or busy having sex to care for school. I know that's not the case all the time, and I'm not stating that, but look at society. I saw on TV today, girls are hitting puberty at 7 years old. 7. It's unbelievable. I wish we could go back before there were sexual predators, and even before the internet. | |
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| Of Scientists and Philosophers | July 31, 2010, 12:59PM |
 by: Desecration |
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Firstly, let it be said that I am often criticized by others for my predominantly empirically-minded attitude towards the world around me, and as such, my admiration for and appreciation of the empirical sciences is great. Whilst my admiration however, for both the profession and the professors of each is vast, only the latter of the two is appropriated my reverence. For while I can claim not to be a scientist, as such a severe insult that would be to science itself, I can liken its professors (perhaps, however, giving concession to those of the theoretical, and thus very much philosophical, realm) to the common builder, mechanic, or craftsmen. This again, is intended as no insult, but rather as an allegory. Science as it is now, although once being derived of philosophy, has limits which are comparatively infinitesimal. The professor of science may know the inner-most intricacies of the empirical world, the most minute detail of the corporeal building blocks of the universe we find ourselves in, but what he may fail to grasp, is the profundity which lies therein. The philosopher’s job is of much greater scope, not only in and of itself, but also in the prerequisite scientific competency, which is necessarily incorporated into his work, should it be taken at all seriously. So, whereas the scientist is the mechanic or builder, with only a practical understanding (once again I must remind the reader of the aforementioned concession), the philosopher is the architect, with both a practical competency (I must stress the use of the word competency, so as not to undermine the much more rigorous understanding of scientists), and a metaphysical, theoretical wisdom, which allows him to gaze beyond the “muddy vesture of decay”, and catch a glimpse of the sublime that lies beyond. | |
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| AVChat replacing TinyChat. | July 30, 2010, 1:24PM |
by: eon |
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I've replaced the previous chat (a TinyChat room) with our own in-house chat server (AVChat). There are some tradeoffs here, but overall, I'm liking AVChat much better and most seem to agree. We have it on a 30 day demo before I must make a purchase decision, so try it out and let me know what you think. When playing with it, realize that all of the cam and chat windows can be moved around and re-sized any way you like. (To re-size, use the red tab on the corner of any window.) So if it looks a little messy when you first enter, don't let that deter you. A bit of playing around and you can have a nice display! On the plus side, the new server doesn't have the same annoying character limit as TinyChat. I don't know about you guys, but it was intensely frustrating when I needed to type a message longer than like 64 characters. (Which happened frequently.) Also, there will be no random fuck-tards invading the room from the great internet abyss. Only registered DS users are allowed to enter the chat, so there will be no reason to have a password or anything like that. In addition, the chat is more tightly integrated with the site. Users are displayed with their DS icon and link back to DS profiles. There are also a few other nice features in AVChat that were not present in TinyChat. (Like inline display of images and YouTube videos!) The only real negative I see is that it's hosted on our own bandwidth, so I've had to impose some sensible limitations. Namely, you'll only be able to view a maximum of 4 cameras at a time. Of course, you can close / open any cams you like, allowing you to watch the 4 people of your choice. I don't see this as a huge drawback, as opening more than 4 windows tends to hog up screen space anyway and really, do we need to watch 8 people simultaneously? ;) Having said that, I may eventually allow additional cam views to Andromeda members. I need to watch the bandwidth utilization for a while first, though. Hope you guys enjoy it. | |
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| Chat Room Password | July 17, 2010, 4:37PM |
by: eon |
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Because of trouble from no-good-so-and-sos, the chat room is now password protected. Password: dschat This will hopefully keep random people from the tinychat site from jumping in and causing so much trouble. For now, this will cause the main chat entrance page to always report that there are zero people in chat. Just ignore it and go ahead and enter the room to find out for sure. I'll be back in a few days to evaluate everything further and fix the splash page if possibe. Later! | |
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