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...which raises the question: "why have you done that?" are there vampires in your neighborhood? thinking of a carreer change? :D--> If I actually expected to USE that information, I'd know a lot more than just "a little". I know about some of that because, as an RPGer, I've read various game sourcebooks and descriptions both of legends and weapons of various types. Also, I've read some fiction involving vampire hunters here and there. None are required to conform to each others' stories or legends, BTW. Besides, EVERY monster is vulnerable to FIRE. Napalm smells like victory when fighting them.... :)-->

Isn't Shockwave the program with the dataminers? Why didn't they go with a Javascript program? JRE is free and does not use spyware....

The one that bothered me least was "gaught" as in "what to do with it after you've gaught it." The one that bothered me most was "hexegeckomai", which I thought involved a 6-sided lizard or something.

Side-note on the crossbow, from someone who's read a bit on vampire-hunting... Different weapons have different effects. A crossbow or a bow is a superior traditional method for hunting vampires, since they can be used to stake a vampire from a distance. Both of them have an advantage over even a "stake-thrower" shotgun, in that the arrow/bolt will enter the chest but not exit the chest (to stake a vampire, the stake has to stay in his chest). So, unless your vampire is vulnerable to other weapons and you have them handy, both are good. A crossbow offers several advantages over a bow, which is why it's used more often. Sounds like the movie addressed the crossbow's one drawback-the cocking of the crossbow for the next shot. Light crossbows could be levered back, but heavy crossbows used a cranequin and were cranked back into place.

Oh, I don't know...... Maybe Linder will grab the reins first. Maybe it'll be Rupp. Or Donna. "The fox" isn't getting any younger, so her abilities will decline... however...... if she steps down, they'll toss her in a "retirement community" so fast her head will spin, wouldn't be the FIRST TIME.... Reminds me of an old adage about having a wolf by the ears- is it more dangerous to hold on, or to let go? Either way, you've got trouble....

Gee, you're the first user of ZoneAlarm who said they had GSC problems that I know of. It works fine for me... We were discussing it in the Registry Keys thread... didn't look like ZoneAlarmPro caused problems either.... If you're getting popups about access attempts, you can switch that off and they'll log them quietly. I got 9 drive-by scans just sitting at the GSC in about 10 minutes. I think downloads may or may not count as a single access attempt. So, if you downloaded 10 programs and got 10 access attempts today (doubt that happened), it might be all of them. Then again, somebody else here got zero scans all day, so it's really NOT so much where you go or problems with ZoneAlarm...

Unless, of course, OM says "I changed my mind," which means the posts you quoted reflect an EARLIER mindset which, upon reconsideration, is no longer being held. *waits to see if that possibility happens*

We've been talking security in the "Registry Keys" thread. I'd skim the thread. If you're worried you may have a virus of any kind, go to the trendmicro link (or other online virus scanner) and scan your machine. Pack a lunch-it can take an hour for a thorough scan. I do that once a month, just in case. So far, always a clean bill of health. AdAware offers updates every few DAYS, so remember to update at least weekly. I run the thing daily, sometimes more than once. From what the local experts here say, using Linux over Windows, and Mozilla/Firefox over IE, both increase your security. That's because hackers write almost all their exploits and viruses and things to take advantage of either Windows or Internet Explorer.(Some exploit Outlook Express.) They'll have to tell you more about that.

McAfee's firewall is probably better then ZoneAlarm. However, since ZoneAlarm is free, I thought you'd want to stick with one of the free firewalls. It sounded like you weren't TOO worried you'd need one. McAfee's stuff is probably designed to work together, so, yes, if you're up to it, by all means use them. =================== You connected a PS2 to a cat? Sounds painful. Honestly, no idea. I am not a computer expert-I am a paranoid. (A cheap paranoid at that.) So, I know some stuff about security programs, but that's it. Someone else will have to answer you, Tom. *waits for someone who knows computers to chime in*

I think it's AMC theaters that prominently posts the following suggestions by the ticket counter... PG -let the kids go PG-13- go with your kids R- leave your kids home Something like that, across all the ratings.

Only this one thing: give all your goods to the poor, and you will have treasure...no, wait, wrong list. You've got a really sweet-sounding setup. I would add a software firewall as well-AdAware is good. (See the link on this thread.) Your hardware router does a dandy job on INCOMING traffic. Can't beat a router for that, AFAIK. However, on the off-chance a program slips thru your defenses, it won't stop the program from dialing out to another pc. A software firewall will add a layer of protection there against that. When the thing tries to send out data, your firewall will ask if you want it to do that FIRST, which will be your last warning before it does. Without one, you won't have that last line of defense. Not the most necessary step, nor the most elementary, but I'd do it. Protect your OUTGOING traffic.

There was a humourous rumour floating around when ST:TNG was about to start airing on tv the first time. It was about a Federation starship of the line at the time of ST:TNG. The USS Kirk. Its crew was composed of all Kirk's kids from all the planets he'd stopped over at...

I think he was able to focus back to the job at hand pretty fast, but he DID flip out for a few seconds at David's death.... ".my son, my son...you Klingon bas*ards, you murdered my son!..." Yes, it comes up in VI, also. Kirk's personal log. "I've never trusted Klingons, and I never will. I'll never forgive them for the death of my boy." (I think that's the exact line.) He didn't like them to begin with, and he REALLY hated them after that. His response in VI to the idea they might die out: "LET them die." ============== Somebody somewhere noticed the acting before. Shatner being interviewed on the Daily Show by Kilborn, back a few years.... Craig K said he'd admired Shatner and Adam West growing up, and their style of acting. Shatner winced, and Kilborn responded. "Did I say 'Adam West'? I meant 'Richard Burton'..." I think he may have been referring to the over-emoting of all 3....

I think they're short-sighted and petty enough to waste a sizeable chunk of their ABS money just to make nuisance suits and vent on someone. They WOULD cut their nose to spite their face.

I always pronounced "exegeomai" as ex-ayh-gay-oh-my, and "pleroo" as play-raw-oh. Shoulda gone corps, and learned coy-rect pro-noun-see-ation. --> :D--> Man, that really got on my nerves. I kept checking in my first pfal to make sure I was reading correctly, since I kept missing the "k" in "exegeomai" when he said it. Every time, I kept picturing that little lizard that's now doing commercials. Except I pictured him with a red tinge on his skin. :)-->

BOTH: 3 drinks if a military reference in a verse is explained as actually being an ATHLETIC reference, a la AOS. 1 drink if a claim is made out of the blue-and is only justified as follows: "you'd believe this if you worked The Word on this" (example: "the Roman soldiers molested Jesus. You'd know this if you worked The Word." ) 1 drink whenever Ephesians is called "the greatest revelation ever given to the Christian church" or equivalent (as if Romans is a waste of time.) 1 drink whenever speaker laughs aloud at his own joke 1 drink whenever "faith" in the KJV is changed into "believing" 1 drink whenever a Version other than the KJV is quoted 1 drink whenever the word "brainwash" or "cult" is used drain glass if something complimentary is said about Christians in another organization; drain a SECOND glass if it's NOT followed by an insult that removes the compliment AND ONLY if the group is NAMED. (I'm planning on collecting these when we're done, BTW....)

I hate to be a wet-blanket, but please try to stick to what few rules apply to coming up with the game-rules... A) please specify if a rule is twi-1, twi-2/3, or both B) the game is played when playing back an AUDIOTAPE. C) (you're following this one) one drink for relatively common stuff, two for rarer stuff, three for very rare/specific stuff (the once-in-a-lifetime stuff can be "drain the glass if") ====================================== For example, BOTH drain entire glass/bottle/can if speaker admits to wrongdoing, legal or moral (must acknowledge it was WRONG to do it) three drinks for an "expanded translation according to usage" two drinks if "plurality giving" is mentioned one drink if some global catastrophe is mentioned, past or present. (Includes "we stopped an earthquake" and "on 1/1/00, civilization will end")

He's usually AT high volume already. It's hard to tell lcm's normal yelling from other yelling, anyway.

So, if I chime in, the establishing will be established. Cool. :)-->

Ok, here's the idea. This, technically, would be 2 games, one for Twi 1, and one for twi 2 & 3. (So, 2 sets of rules.) Someone will put a teaching tape in the machine, and prepare to play. Everyone will have a beverage of choice at hand, preferably alcoholic, and everyone will either be spending the night, or taking a cab home. (Minors are preferably not invited, but can drink soda.) For each specific catchphrase, everyone takes one drink. Especially rare catchphrases may warrant two, and a truly exceptionally rare one may be three, or drain the glass/bottle/can. (I take it you all already understood all this.) So, let's make up the rules for this one. Please specify twi-1 or twi-2,3, or both. =========================================== Both: one drink for every time the phrase "Thank you Father" is said in a prayer one drink for every "clap-along" song. one drink for every attempt at a joke by the speaker twi-2,3 one drink whenever anyone says "standing household" one drink whenever anyone says "remnant" one drink whenever anyone says "prevailing word" three drinks for "standing household of the prevailing word". one drink whenever speaker compares himself to an Old Testament saint. twi-1 one drink every time vpw addresses the audience as "class" no matter the event one drink whenever "traditional Christians" are mocked one drink whenever a "traditional Christian" symbol or holiday is mocked one drink whenever an "alternate title" is said for a renamed holiday ("Ho-Ho", "Resurrection Sunday", "Household Hearts") one drink whenever a class is being promoted one drink whenever a new product/music tape is being promoted; two if it is claimed to be superior to anything on the market Please add your own.

Actually, I liked to get specific... I liked to count "Thank you Father"s. Didn't count unless it was that exact phrase. Could make for a drinking game with the tapes off the teachings, I bet. Every time they say "Thank you Father", everyone takes one drink. (Minors may drink soda.) This gives me an idea....

That's very, VERY interesting. I've been suspecting the Jubbalpore incident was either made-up, or lifted from someone else's account. That's the one where the only proof was vpw tells me so. For those of you blanking on it, we spent 3-4 minutes on it in pfal. That's where vpw's on a train, getting ready to leave town, and an UNBELIEVER comes up to him out of the blue and requests healing for his arm, "BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE IN YOUR JESUS." (Remember NOW, right?) So vpw immediately prays and there's an instant miracle of healing, and the guy's waying his healed arm, jumping up and down, and vpw says "thank God you were healed, in the name of Jesus Christ", just as the train begins pulling out in a nice dramatic exit. So, a miracle of healing was good enough for an unbeliever, when there were no witnesses, long before pfal was ever on the drawing-board...... ...But years later, when there's witnesses, healing is NOT made available for a Christian who TAKES THE CLASS, even, at vpw's direct instruction, (not even slower, gradual healing), but instead, the guy dies. What possible reason could there be for this guy to not get his healing when the guy in Jubbalpore supposedly got HIS? (Don't tell me, let me guess. A) First of all, let's call Uncle H a liar. B) Second of all, let's ridicule the question. C) Third of all, and most important, blame the Christian who needed and wanted the deliverance, who had his needs and his wants parallel, who knew what was available, how to receive it, and what to do with it after he gaught it, who knew that God's ability equals God's willingness.)

The thing is, to them, Geer's ancient history. Is Geer CURRENTLY doing anything to oppose them?

"Have you updated your drivers?" (Dunno what this means, but they always ask that at this point.)