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Hmmm ciao bella :D

One thing to do regardless of when you buy, is to make sure you have a good quality and stable PSU (power supply). I would say a good 65%+ of t/s I have do for people has to do with a) gaming B) a generic rig with a poor PSU - two things which do not play nice with one another. Most of the name brands are ok, but I would recommend either an Antec or Vantec if you are paying someone to put it together for you or if you are doing it yourself. As well, if you can, you can get a much better rig put together by someone locally than a Dell for instance ... the big proviso is ensuring that the person you find is someone who has a good reputation. If you know of someone who does gaming rigs and has a web site, I am sure there are many gecklings here who can compare and assist in ascertaining whether the person knows their pricing.

I'm not really good at the "you're wrong" "I'm right" debate ... probably why I was not often in YoP I was merely trying to add some background without hopefully telling anyone the way they should or should not think. What I would say, however, is that any belief system can co-exist with the interpretation of others, as long as they do not intend harm a/o judge others. I know that is a large generalisation and open to much interpretation, but in essence the humanist and political philosopher John Stuart Mill sums up my belief well, in that we all have competing rights, but we are all permitted to express those rights as long as is does not infringe on another's well being. When this line is crossed, imo, then that is what is wrong.

I guess it all depends on the intent of identifying what in fact the text is or is not. From whose authority does the text derive? The question, in essence, is what importance or significance does one attach to the text? Is it an example of a faith community's attempt to address problems that are not dissimilar to its modern counterpart? Or do you move beyond that into the authority of the text as Divine and over-riding the years that separate them from the present reader? If it is the lattter, then there arises a whole set of questions around authenticity, paprylogical corruption, and archeological conundrums (to mention only a few), all of which begin to outline the inherent contradictions. Furthermore, these contradictions are often only exacerbated by the lack of recognition of these sanctions from the Prophet himself. In the end, these are questions that must be answered for each person from wherever he/she is on their faith journey.

Fwiiw - the sanction in Romans was a clear poltical attack against those who had begun to see the Way as a potential threat. Moreover, as the Way became identified no longer as a part of the Jewish faith system, the Christian community was under more pressure - political and financial - to conform to the Roman adherence of the Pax Deorum. When it became obvious that the Way and the early church was not going to submit in the manner most others had, the early Apologists began to attack the State in a manner that was consistent with the inference of Leviticus. Historically speaking, however, it is not until the use in the NT that the sanction receives a special status and it must also be noted that these letters in Romans are in themselves a human response of a community under attack, and in each prohibition there actually is no reference from the Prophet to deny and/or validate the sanction.

Fwiiw the prohibition against homosexuality in Leviticus is also the same as eating pork and being with a woman during her menstrual cycle (to mention only a few). Furthermore, most of those prohibitions were not hierachical in nature. To move beyond the text as a socio-historical document, however, and apply a literal interpretation in fact is fraught with an extreme level of circular and contradictory logic.

Fair enough ... even if only cynically (on my part that is)

Thanks for the clarification. I must admit that I assumed as much, but it was better to ask Though I could have respected the other option as well, I find that this is one of the biggest impediments to people today actually exploring faith and spirituality. The fact is most people are disillusioned with most institutions - be they political or religious. Something that I think is rather sad - sadder that there has been no learning from many of the institutions to address the fact that they are alienating the people who may need/desire relationship most ...

Can mods be added to the ignore list as well? I am sure that is possible. Though I would assume that this might not be implemented, as a potential problem poster would have to be informed of his or her infractions and we would not want anyone to claim they did not know they had done anything wrong since they had used the ignore function. After all - we're ruled by an enlightened despot - not a democratically elected represenatative. Again - I think the rules bear this out and if you have problem with the rules, then again might I forward you to admin through PM. S = Sarcastic

Ok - well thanks for raising the issue and when you decide, please feel free to contact me or admin.

No I guess if it has to do with board mechanics and such that is fine, but when it is in regard to a decision, I think that for the sake of ease I would recommend trying PM from the outset, as I really do not think it is necessary to get stuck in trying to figure out all of the shades of grey. In essence, I think the rules are pretty clear in this regard and what admin expects. If you have a problem with this, then I would suggest PMing admin, but until then I would use this as the standard.

Well that is a good idea. I am not sure where admin is on making changes, but an ignore function I am sure would be appreciated by many people. But until that time, trying not to let that lack of capability frustrate each of you when there seems to be disagreement.

Well thank you Karzak for offering me the opportunity to lock a thread Perhaps - as we have discussed and is outlined in the rules (something I am sure you and Seraphim have discussed), if you have problems with board moderating a/o maintenance, please feel free to use PM in those instances.

Ok kids, let's all play nice and stay focused on the topic at hand ... rembember when in disagreement ... take it to PM, I think I have already done enough to earn my conspiracy badge for the day

Well as is inevitable with all valuable threads must ... they degenerate past their prime. I guess this one is guilty of that inevitable fact ... so I am sure that the Brothel and all of its potential environs will be noted and incorporated into any potential Project X that may or may not have room for such possibility ... thanks for the feedback and now back to your regular viewing pleasure ... no no not that FLoSD.ObE

Well to follow up then ... which one?

I am not sure if admin is considering this, but if this is going to happen, I would assume it will not be until the next version of the board is released and maybe not until Project X is made official. I think that they EVEN have fora for us to play in is ... well rather nice of them But then of course I am subjective and likely biased I do think another skin options might be nice, but I suspect, at this point, it is not a priotrity. Granted I may be wrong ... not that unusual actually

Well I know I am the ruin of all fun parties ... I think this is why The Guildmaster agreed to allow me to mod ... but if Volourn - by popular vote of course - has been denied popular ascension - no offence intended volourn (pm me if you are ) - then this thread itself becomes ... moot - or is that mute? - hehe look I am amusing myself again ... well without further ado adieu a do ... oh you know what I mean FLoSD.ObE

Flagrant derailment ... hehe I like that ... well thanks for the input y'all. I guess we will put this one to bed until the next "how and why the rules are the way they are ..." thread :D

I agree this is not a bad idea, but I am not sure whether admin will move to implement this for the reasons Hydrogen has pointed out ... but you never know Thanks for the great suggestion agris!

Of course this begs the question ... what's the first?

As well, fan support can always turn these things around. Though I am not an Angel watcher, how have it ratings been specifically to the competition? Odd that they would cut a success, unless people want more $ than they are willing to pay - possible?

Well I think that we have been most ... entertained by the democratic joie de vivre Unless Volourn or Llyranor object (please PM me) we'll just let this one go to rest.