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I know there's a guy chased by some paperboy over the 2 bucks. Is this "Breaking All the Rules"?

No. And a decent description of the episode would be sufficient. I thought this one didn't get a lot of airplay- perhaps it got even less than I thought....

It's some movie I never sat down to see. Was it "the Christmas Story"?

"This is a mistake." "Good Lord, Martin, what would you have me do?" "Anything that would keep them out of here." "We have nothing to hide." "We have a great deal to lose." "What is that... ?" "It's them... Look at this, Martin..." "Think of it another way -- are there still people in your society who have not discovered who they really are or what they're meant to do with their lives... ? They may be in the wrong job... they may be writing bad poetry. Even worse, there may be great poets working as laborers, never to be discovered. That does not happen here." "This is in direct violation of the intentions of our founders, Aaron..." "I don't think they intended us to die, Martin." "We have immeasurably extended the potential of humanity -- physically, psychologically -- we have evolved beyond... beyond..." "Beyond us..." "Thank you, Martin... Perhaps you've also made it clear that we still have a few imperfections we're working on..." "If we do not survive, the balance of our society won't mean a great deal... will it?" "I'll tell you the truth... and I'll deny it if you tell Martin... but today has been exhilarating... meeting you, meeting new people, with new ideas..." "I feel the same about being here... I'm something of a student of Human nature... I find this all fascinating... " "A nursery rhyme my mother used to read to me has been running round and round my mind since this all began..." "A nursery rhyme?" "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall... Humpty Dumpty had a great fall... " "All the King's horses and all the King's Men... Couldn't put Humpty together again." "Why do we tell our children such ghastly stories?" "Perhaps to prepare them for times like these." "We are every bit as fragile as an egg and as impossible to reconstruct... integrated and refined to such a degree that any fundamental change would lead to chaos... Nobody ever talks about how the King feels about being so... helpless... " "Sure. With some modifications... Oh, this would be perfect... " "What... ?" "If the answer to all this is in a VISOR created for a blind man... who never would have existed in your society. No offense intended." "I could fall in love with you, Aaron. So easily. But we both know the end of that story, don't we? How would Martin feel about introducing half-Betazoid DNA into the genetic balance?"

Last time this came up in passing, here's what I posted. =================== t's mentioned here: Genesis 9:2-23. (http://www.biblegateway.com) It says that Ham "saw [Noah's] nakedness". What does it mean? Well, read Leviticus 18 and Leviticus 20 in their entirety, and you'll see. Leviticus 20:11a is the short form. "And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness:" (Or Leviticus 18:8.) So, Ham didn't literally do anything to Mr Noah-he did it to Mrs Noah. Now, the reason Canaan, son of Ham, was cursed becomes a little clearer. (His father was Ham, and his mother...) I wanted to get that covered also. In case anyone's curious, that was covered by one of the corps in one of the "gmir" articles (which stopped around the time PoP was read) and that's where I saw this taught. Further, I lent that article to a guy who had NO connection to twi, and was Jewish-and-when he gave it back, he agreed with the conclusions. ============ Let me know if you need me to expand on this.

Let me get back to this when I have time to do it correctly.

It's also premature to accept that the previous time in any form included a fair, unbiased examination or even an honest skepticism. That was the same time-period you referred to transcribing vpw tapes to the disciples who transcribed Paul's letter. If you're adamant about dancing a few more rounds, Mike, I'll call for the band to play a few more numbers. On the other hand, we can save the time and skip the next round.....

"This is a mistake." "Good Lord, Martin, what would you have me do?" "Anything that would keep them out of here." "We have nothing to hide." "We have a great deal to lose." "What is that... ?" "It's them... Look at this, Martin..." "Think of it another way -- are there still people in your society who have not discovered who they really are or what they're meant to do with their lives... ? They may be in the wrong job... they may be writing bad poetry. Even worse, there may be great poets working as laborers, never to be discovered. That does not happen here." "This is in direct violation of the intentions of our founders, Aaron..." "I don't think they intended us to die, Martin." "We have immeasurably extended the potential of humanity -- physically, psychologically -- we have evolved beyond... beyond..." "Beyond us..." "Thank you, Martin... Perhaps you've also made it clear that we still have a few imperfections we're working on..." "If we do not survive, the balance of our society won't mean a great deal... will it?" "I'll tell you the truth... and I'll deny it if you tell Martin... but today has been exhilarating... meeting you, meeting new people, with new ideas..." "I feel the same about being here... I'm something of a student of Human nature... I find this all fascinating... " "A nursery rhyme my mother used to read to me has been running round and round my mind since this all began..." "A nursery rhyme?" "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall... Humpty Dumpty had a great fall... " "All the King's horses and all the King's Men... Couldn't put Humpty together again." "Why do we tell our children such ghastly stories?" "Perhaps to prepare them for times like these." "We are every bit as fragile as an egg and as impossible to reconstruct... integrated and refined to such a degree that any fundamental change would lead to chaos... Nobody ever talks about how the King feels about being so... helpless... "

My experience is that Firefox is a superior product in every manner that I care about. Especially since it's customizable- and I can add all sorts of additional security measures to it as I see fit.

"This is a mistake." "Good Lord, Martin, what would you have me do?" "Anything that would keep them out of here." "We have nothing to hide." "We have a great deal to lose." "What is that... ?" "It's them... Look at this, Martin..." "Think of it another way -- are there still people in your society who have not discovered who they really are or what they're meant to do with their lives... ? They may be in the wrong job... they may be writing bad poetry. Even worse, there may be great poets working as laborers, never to be discovered. That does not happen here." "This is in direct violation of the intentions of our founders, Aaron..." "I don't think they intended us to die, Martin." "We have immeasurably extended the potential of humanity -- physically, psychologically -- we have evolved beyond... beyond..." "Beyond us..." "Thank you, Martin... Perhaps you've also made it clear that we still have a few imperfections we're working on..." "If we do not survive, the balance of our society won't mean a great deal... will it?"

No.

I didn't pick 2 of the best-known quotes, so I didn't think it was THAT easy. However, it's your turn. :)

This may sound like it, but that's not this one.

I knew of 2 actors in that movie. You named one, I'll name the other. Tom Hanks Apollo 13 Kevin Bacon Amazing how long we've gone before he came up again...

"This is a mistake." "Good Lord, Martin, what would you have me do?" "Anything that would keep them out of here." "We have nothing to hide." "We have a great deal to lose." "What is that... ?" "It's them... Look at this, Martin..." "Think of it another way -- are there still people in your society who have not discovered who they really are or what they're meant to do with their lives... ? They may be in the wrong job... they may be writing bad poetry. Even worse, there may be great poets working as laborers, never to be discovered. That does not happen here." "This is in direct violation of the intentions of our founders, Aaron..." "I don't think they intended us to die, Martin."

"It's not that bad. Well, I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here, but the trees are actually quite lovely." "We'll never survive." "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has."

It is not. And the man's name in that was "Kevin Uxbridge." (I remember it because the collectible card game had a card for him, and it was cross-referenced on a few other cards.)

"This is a mistake." "Good Lord, Martin, what would you have me do?" "Anything that would keep them out of here." "We have nothing to hide." "We have a great deal to lose." "What is that... ?" "It's them... Look at this, Martin..."

"Scrooged."

I imagine this will place me on the "he only makes personal attacks" list (supposing I'm not already there), but I exercise my editorial rights BEFORE I HIT SEND. Nearly all changes I make after posting are COSMETIC. (I don't change the words, just punctuation, brackets, bolding, etc.) I've exercised the right to NOT post, as well. Sometimes, looking over a post, the best thing to do is NOT hit "send." That way, I save myself the trouble of trying to delete it later. Have my posts ever been affected by moderation after that? Yes. Have I agreed with the moderation? Sometimes. And the rest of the time? I give the staff the benefit of the doubt. I can see their position, disagree, see how they got there, and let it go. Then I move on with my posting and with my life. It also looks to me as though Abigail and Garth have used the same or similar approaches to keep from personalizing what's the rather everyday task of moderating a messageboard. (I may be wrong, but it certainly appears that way to me.) It also appears to me that not everyone is prepared to do that. (Phoning the admin over editing of a post? Really? In the middle of the night? Isn't that like using a hammer to kill a flea?)

"Melora?"

I wouldn't be in prison, but I'd definitely have a reputation for acting a lot more precipitously and capriciously than Paw does. That would be fine with me-the same people would make the same complaints, and everyone else would have a less stressful board. I think a lot of people who have never tried staffing a board would have a different perspective if they HAD. I've moderated and staffed, and it's a whole other thing entirely. If posters don't like how any board is managed, they are always welcome to start their own board, or to move to an existing board. I don't get the sense of entitlement I get that people feel they have a Constitutional right to vent at Paw or something.

If people don't like the way you're managing, you're not legally accountable to them. This is why admins are often likened to ogres. They have to lay down the law and that's it. Obviously, it's a sign you're having an effect on people. Otherwise, they wouldn't even think of you or your site. As for me, I'm curious about the other site. Mainly, I want to know what they said about me. If they're not trash-talking me, I may not be getting enough done! No matter what decisions are made, voices will be raised in opposition as loudly as possible. That's pretty much a constant in human experience. I agree.

Ultimately, you need to concern yourself primarily with yourself. If you don't take care of yourself, you'll fall down and go splat, and then will be unable to help anyone at all. See, most other messageboards don't make any attempt to be so transparent in their dealings. Twits get a suspension or a ban and that's it. Anyone doesn't like it, they can leave. As much as the GSC means to us, has meant to us, if it crashed irretrievably tomorrow, we'd all survive one way or another. You have to find a healthier method of managing things-including your own life. If that requires-and you're the only one who can truly know for sure- that you close up the shop and throw away the keys, well, so be it. Those of us who don't care more about your well-being SHOULD. Is it possible the GSC could be delegated, and only "appeals" to the Admin's decisions be directed to Paw? With mods handling day-to-day, and one or more Admins evaluating and making the difficult decisions?

I've heard people say Jesus=Melchizedek. Since there's no verse that I can find that says this, a case must be made FOR or AGAINST, as I see it. Of course, this does take into account that an absence of a clear statement of that as fact can be seen as supporting the case it's not true. (There's no verse that says Jesus smoked cigarettes. This supports the claim he did NOT smoke cigarettes.) I just quoted all the verses that mention Mel. Mel was King of Salem. Mel was a priest of God. Mel was both a secular ruler and ruler under God. Abram gave a tithe to Mel here. This is mentioned later. "Salem"- the name means "peace." Mel was the King of "Peace." This looks like it refers to someone with SIMILARITIES to Mel, but who is very different from Mel HIMSELF. The lack of detail of "the order of Melchizedek" has been exploited by lots of people who've claimed to know what it meant- or claimed they were in that same Order. It seems to me this obviously claims similarities between Jesus and Mel. Again, it seems obvious. More information finally comes here: The inferiority of the order of Levi, the Levites, is shown with the order of Melchizedek. Mel, it says, does not have a geneology that is traced from them. THAT's what it seems is meant by him not having "father" "mother" "geneology", etc. His priesthood was not based on BLOODLINE, nor descent. it was based on an anointing from God, and obedience to God. Moses spoke concerning priests of the tribe of LEVI, not of others. Jesus didn't come from Levi-Jesus came from JUDAH, i.e. NOT LEVI. Similarly, Mel didn't come from Levi. That's the tribe that officiates from the altar. Jesus and Mel both were obedient to God, not Levites, were/will be secular rulers as well as priests of God. Their priesthood isn't conditional on bloodline-and thus not subject to annulment. I say this is clear Mel was "a type" of the Christ to come, just as other things pointed to Christ. However, Mel was no more Jesus HIMSELF than the brass serpent in the wilderness was Jesus HIMSELF. John 3:14-15. 4And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.