Reveilled

Yeah, nowadays in the UK most interaction of religion with the state is more ceremonial than anything. Plus, since we don't have complete religious nutcases elbowing their way into everyone's lives, no one really seems to give a damn about the phrase "merry christmas". That clip got me thinking, though. That song, "We wish you a merry christmas", interpreting it literally, isn't it a song that should be sung by non-christians? After all, the singers are bringing good tidings to your king, not theirs.

I never recieved orders from you, Jags. Maybe there's something up with my email (since I assume now that you sent them and I didn't recieve them). If you PM me them, I'll update.

Next year may be the year of George Best comparisons. We may finally find out what he was famous for, other than getting drunk on Wogan. Perhaps this newfangled internet radio thing will allow us to watch the match with commentary from the nation of our choice. Can you get Trinidadian radio yet? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't know. What language do people in Tinidad & Tobago speak? And how do you say "Disaster for Trinidad!" in it, I wonder?

Try sitting through a match in the world cup and count the number of times 1966 is mentioned. It doesn't even have to be an England one. My personal record is only 15, but I don't make a habit of watching football, unless it's a Scotland game, a Scotland-surrogate game (Trinidad and Tobago for t3h win!) or a game England are definitely going to lose (which, sadly, isn't all of them). 1st commentator: "And Beckham passes to Owen, rather like how Moore passed to Hurst in 1966. And Owen sucessfully gets to the ball, running towards the goal, kicking the ball along the ground, just like england did in 1966." 2nd commentator: "Oh, I agree. Kicking the ball was the key to England's victory in 1966. Had it not been for kicking the ball, 1966 might have been a crushing defeat. But luckily it wasn't, so we won in 1966." 1st commentator: "Very true. Oh, and Owen shoots...and it's saved by the goalkeeper! A bit like 1966, except that it went in then. And now the keeper kicks it down the pitch...Alenskanderonovovich takes it...runs with it...dodges the england defence, quite unlike what happened in 1966...shoots...and scores! A goal for Latveria! " 2nd commentator: "That was an interesting goal. A bit like the second one in 1966, except that we scored it."

Ugh. Is it four years already? *sigh* Well, I suppose I had better go find a Paraguay flag... "

Immaculate conception is actually scientifically possible...except that since it's caused when two eggs fuse and the result fertilises, the result is always female. However, in turkeys, Y chromosomes are produced by the female reproductive organs. So, the big question: Was Jesus a girl or a turkey? "

Notebook sounds like a small hardback book with lined pages for writing on.

Nintendo themselves will probably focus on their normal areas like Mario, Zelda, and competely new game concepts, but I'd be surprised if they didn't take advantage of the controllers FPS potential by actively seeking a second or third party to make such games for them. Remember how well Goldeneye and Perfect Dark did on the N64? I certainly hope Nintendo will.

You only need 1 button for strafe <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmm. It's been a looooooong time since I played an FPS, obviously. Back when I were a lad, we used two buttons for strafing, and we never complained! Young people today 'ave it too easy!

... My God is love (1 john 4:. and we (christians) love Him because He first loved us. (1 john 4:19, NKJV) chaos, discord... sounds unharmonious... by definition it is "unharmonious"... The passage you gave talks about "greyface". who the heck is a greyface? That doesn't apply at all to me. and of course you think the Holy Bible is inefficient and "dumb", the Bible even says you would think that: "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." My God's foolishness is wiser than your wisdom, and My God's weakness is stronger than your strength. (1 cor. 1:25) dang that is pretty wise and strong. But no hard feelings. i am just presenting my beliefs. i in no way at all hate you. i am commanded by my God to love you. So i shall do that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Greyface was the man from whom stems the idea that the universe, religion and god should be as boring as he, and that we should dedicate our lives to something other than enjoying ourselves. His closest analogue in your mythology would be Abraham (except, of course, that Abraham is instead portrayed as good in the religions that claim him, in a similar way that Prometheus/The Serpent is good in Greek mythology but evil in Christianity). Fred 23:12-15 And Greyface claimed that our world was not real, but a test constructed by the deity. And when the people asked him then about this deity, many great claims did he make of its power. And so did the children lament further about the loss of their spirit. And also, I don't hate you either. But I too can quote scripture until the cows come home, and I doubt it will have any effect on your beliefs. Do you expect that I will read what you quote and come to some revelation that you have the correct notion of god? But here is my own attempt at divine revelation. Given how long your quotes are, I think I'm entitled to one of my own. This is the parable of the Free Hot Dog: "Many years ago, when the son of the goddess was walking around his Imperial Capital of San Francisco, he became endowed with a righteous and almighty hunger. Seeking to satiate the holy hole in his stomach, he did enter an estabishment which did sell the foods of the common man. And the Emperor did strike up a bargain with the man at the counter and said "My Good man, would you give your Emperor a hamburger?", whereupon the spotty faced teenager did reply "Of course, your majesty," and did present him with a burger, saying "That shall be ten cents, my Lord." The Emperor did begin to look sad, and said unto the boy at the counter "Alas, my young subject, I have but five cents with me." The boy, not wishing his emperor to go hungry, did then present him with a hot dog, saying "Well, your grace, the hot dog is only five cents." At this, the Emperor did become solemn, and suddenly did he take the hot dog and toss it in a most righteous manner out of the establishment. Taking the burger in hand, he said unto the boy "The hamburger is five cents, the hot dog is free." And so did the boy become enlightened." I hope that helped.

on the analog stick, there are 2 buttons. On the controller, there are 2 obvious buttons. Without holding it, hard to say which buttons you can easily access other than the main two. If you can hit hte directional pad, you get 4 more buttons. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Forgot about the 2 buttons on the analogue part. Strafe left and strafe right would be all that would be necessary in that regard, I guess.

One thing I am curious about, though...given that the analogue stick would be used to move, and left and right on the stick would presumably be used to turn, and the small number of buttons on the remote mean that almost all of them will be used for weapons; how would one move sideways?

Is this characteristic of Dell, or characteristic of laptops? I've hardly ever seen Laptop parts for any kind of manufacturer.

I'm sure it would, but with that level of functionality you'd probably play non-stop for a few days and pick it up fairly quickly as a result. Assuming one is already proficient with FPS games, I imagine no more than a few levels of the Single Player mode would aquaint one with the controls well enough to play at roughly the same level as before. It would just be a matter of mapping the same skills to a new set of buttons. Personally, I haven't played an FPS since Perfect Dark on the N64, but with the Revolution...yes please! :D

Perhaps...or perhaps all of you are Neurotic! Huh? Huh? Nah, on second thoughts, it's probably just me.

From the Honest Book of Truth: Joe 14:1-2 And Malaclypse did begin his speech thus: "Oh ye who do not see the light of Eris, or the light of freedom, and choose instead to follow the lies of greyface! Ye are dumb!" My holy book says in 2 verses what yours takes 7 to do. My god is more efficient than your god. Which, considering that my god is a god of Chaos, doesn't say much for your god.

Oh, great you just had to say that, didn't you? Thanks to you, it looks like a book to me now!

See, now we have another quagmire. How do you know you're right? How do you know you're God exists, or that it's even a she? What evidence do you have of it's existance? It's more faith on your part, just as it is on mine. And I of course will politely insist that you don't believe in God and I do, because my God exists. And my God can beat up your God. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hence the "". Of course, my religion is based on faith, I accept that. And unless I'm directly facing assertions of faith as fact by someone of another belief, or being less than serious, I generally avoid stating my beliefs as such. When all the arguments are pretty much done, though, and it comes down to either saying "I'm right and you're wrong" or "Well, either of us might be right, so I guess we'll have to leave it at that", then if someone does the former I'm more than happy to jump in with statements to the contrary, if only to demonstrate how futile they are to debate. Unless of course (as is the case here), where the statement is not intended as an actual reasonable argument and is really just agreeing to disagree.

Not familiar with Eris, maybe by a different name. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Eris is her Greek name, her Latin one is Discordia. Goddess of Chaos and Discord. Her not being invited to a party led to the Trojan War.

I've never been entirely sure whether the picture is of Hitler, with a little tiny book after "Are you hitler?", or of hitler sticking his tongue out. " I mean, once I realised it was a book, I suppose it was obvious, but I saw it as his tongue for so long that it's hard to see it as anything else.

Why would you assume that a being who was here before humanity has a vastly superior intelligence and conciousness? Why do you assume, though, that god is to mankind is as parent is to toddler? If we are like toddlers to god, then wouldn't god's continuing allowance of the existence of evil, as well as natural disasters and eternal torture in hell if we disobey constitute child abuse? If we're like children, then looking after us and preventing us from getting into trouble is the responsibility that goes along with the right to tell a child what to do. If preventing evil and dealing with the consequences of free will are our responsibility, then only we have a right to tell us what to do. All that aside, why would god calling us into existence give him the right to tell us what to do in the first place? Well, I'm raising the questions that shaped my own beliefs here from the point of view of a non-christian theist. I found my road to religion a long and hard one, and I often find myself wondering if those who seem to find that their religion comes so easily to them and with such conviction have really considered how much faith is involved. I'm happy, as long as people are aware of it, and are willing to question it regularly to make sure that it is still there (I've known quite a few people who rather than admit they had lost their faith simply closed their minds and pretended still to follow it rather than examine why). But if my conception of how humanity should live differs from God's, then what will happen to me? Will I get to decide what to do with my eternal non-material existence, or will god decide my place for me? It's not really a quagmire, any more than trusing the advice of family or friends is. Her guidance might not always lead to the best outcome, but I trust her to give the advice that she feels is best for me. I don't trust her advice to be correct, I trust it to be honest. I do, but will politely insist that I believe in god and you don't, because my god exists. But even without god, won't there still be people saying killing was wrong? If one holds to the belief that only one religion is the correct one, then surely all others, not being the word of god, must be derived solely from the word of man? And if so, is it not comforting that so many religions have rules against killing and stealing? Other than that, though, I'd have to say that I agree with you (though how I think god advises me isn't going to be how you think god advises you!),

I could link something... But I wont. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I used to have picture of Misty and Charmander as my desktop. :"> The fact that it looked cute rather than sick made it very surreal. Which is why it was on my desktop, not because I found it arousing. Oh no. "

So, you agree then that correctness has nothing to do with God's power? If you could kick his ass, he'd still be correct since he created correctness, right? But what if he didn't create correctness? What if he's lying about it? But I don't intend to follow God's commands, because I do not agree that he has any right to issue them to me. And I don't think good will come from entrusting things to god, but I get the feeling that if god as you see him exists, I won't get the option not to. Not to be obvious, but the Bible would say that, wouldn't it? What assurances are there that the Bible is correct in this regard? If Jesus or God were liars, we'd expect that books written to praise how great they were would claim they never lie, so that proves nothing. No, that's not the best government. In fact, that's a pretty bloody awful government. There are no political freedoms. Unless the rulers can be chosen, it is utterly impossible to have a fair government, as political freedom and the right to choose your rulers is the absolute first requirement for a fair government. Give me liberty or give me death, and all that. Oh, he might not tyrannously control my life, but he'll control my afterlife, won't he? No, see, I trust my god, just as I'd trust my friends or my family. Since she doesn't claim to be omni-anything, I have no reason to believe she is lying to me, and thus, I can trust that the guidance she gives me is honest and heartfelt. Whereas, when a deity claims to be all knowing and all powerful, I don't believe it. Thus, I will never trust any advice it gives me, on the basis that it could be lying. Ah, but I don't deny god. It is you that denies god, by believing in your deity. And I have examined many religions in my time, I've looked at the world around me, and I've looked into my heart too. And I'm led to the conclusion that if there's anything god doesn't want, it is obedience. She hopes that in time you will understand the universe, and in the meantime will enjoy its wonders. It's not about obedience, it's about free spirit. I would urge you to stop looking into your heart and start consulting your pineal gland instead.

What I had heard was that the transmission frequencies of a mobile phone interfere with the connection between the plane and Air Traffic Control. As I remember, a month or two ago there was some trouble because new advances in Air technology mean phones will no longer interfere, and as a result mobile phones would become usable on plane flights, which the CIA apparently wasn't happy about, and so is seeking to have them banned on flights by Federal Law.

3/4 tower by the looks of it. I wasnt sure if there was a standard size or not. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'd guess mine as being 18x5x24 inches (height, breadth, depth). Pretty much every tower I've seen is pretty much the same, due to standardised sizes for CD-ROM drives and motherboards. I'd always assumed the size was standard.