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Hardly, Mike. As usual, you have selectively distorted the facts to reach your dubious conclusions. Lorentz was not the first to derive the dilation equations, and Poincare was writing about lightspeed invariance five years before Einstein published his paper on special relativity. Condescension when one is correct is merely arrogant and rude. Condescension when one is deliberately misleading, as you are doing here, is either foolish, a desperate attempt at misdirection, or both. So you don't want to live if PFAL is wrong, eh? Well, guess what? It is wrong. Rafael Olmeda's challenge to you is still unaddressed, yet you continue to pontificate, obfuscate, and downright squawk about your "mastery" of your flighty philosophies. However, it's blatantly obvious you don't have the balls to actually make good on your acid-tripping skydive bluster, which leads anyone with half a synapse firing in their brains to conclude that you are, yet again, still talking out of your a$$. No, actually, that might be more intelligible. You're giving false prophets a bad name there...

More horse..... The invariance of lightspeed was confirmed by Michelson and Morley in 1887, when Einstein was but eight years old. "Ignored by the intelligencia[sic]", my a$$. Then again, considering the complete pig's breakfast you've made out of PFAL, your faulty grasp of physics should come as no surprise.

I've liked Mr. Card's well-crafted works since the first time I read Ender's Game. Here's one of his non-political, non-scifi columns, that, while I do not agree with all of his conclusions, is quite an interesting take on the films of the past year. Reposted from the Greensboro, NC, Rhinoceros Times

Actually, you can do it if you rest your elbow on the desk and trace a "6" in the air with your index finger.

Mike: For the umpteenth time, there is absolutely nothing outside of your own imagination that supports your assertion that Wierwille wrote PFAL theopneustos. Zero, zip, nada. Nothing that you have proffered in support passes Wierwille's own standards for the inerrancy of God's Word, let alone any outside independent scrutiny. You have made up a set of rules and definitions that you change on a whim whenever it suits you, all clothed in smarmy self-righteous egocentrism that makes Martindale look like a Buddhist monk in comparison. A single verse is all that's needed to demonstrate to anyone with a third-grade education that your preposterous idolatry is not concomitant with the true God's Word: James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. It's easy to find numerous examples of Wierwille's writings in PFAL and the collaterals that fail the above standard, and even easier to find more in your misguided hyper-Wierwillian sermons. You have no real audience here, Mike. You might as well grow up and face that fact. While some may speak on your behalf at times, it is purely for the abstraction of personal freedom. Absolutely no one I've seen welcomes your constant "mastery" admonitions, nor have I seen the slightest interest in partaking of such bibliolatry, regardless of what lost secret mystery knowledge you claim lies within. Since life is short, you might do better by moving your soap box to another street corner. The internet's a big place, and there's bound to be someplace where people might actually consider your secret mastery. Not here, though. You might as well be preaching to a row of empty chairs, (well-strung, if you like).

Still not the same comparison, I'm afraid. Whose life was a better example of the ideals of Christianity: the Apostle Paul (post-Damascus) or VPW (post-snowstorm)? There is every indication that VPW's adulterous abuse INCREASED as he went along, whereas Paul put away his old man sins after his conversion. VPW's forgiveness is NOT just between him and God, either. None of the women here who were used sexually by VPW ever got so much as an acknowledgement of his wrongdoing, let alone a contrite apology or any sort of restitution.

Re: Bernard Hill What, apart from True Crime, The Ghost And The Darkness, The Bounty, and Gothika? :)-->

Let's see... David: The Word of God records that David repented of his sins before the Lord and was truly contrite. Wierwille: No record exists anywhere that VPW repented of the sins he committed while supposedly acting as the "Man of God". Didn't Wierwille himself say that when David was off gallivanting around with Bathsheba that he was out of fellowship, and only when he asked forgiveness was he the Man of God again?

Tom: Andy did all the action wearing a motion-capture suit, then the other actors re-shot the scenes without Andy and the digital Gollum was controlled by Andy's mo-cap data from the first take. He also did all the voices for Smeagol/Gollum, too. Since he appeared as live-action Smeagol at the start of ROTK, he should have been eligible for a Best Supporting Actor nomination this year. He was cheated.

Hope: Actually, I thought Bernard Hill (King Theoden) did a top-notch job. Still don't know if it was Oscar-worthy, but it was one of the better performances nonetheless.

The Peelers' attorney should be able to subpoena them from HQ directly, if no one can provide them.

Funny how Depp's phenomenal success in Pirates rubbed off onto "Once Upon A Time In Mexico", even though OUATIM was shot in 2001, back before Rodriguez made "Spy Kids 2". Two years' delay turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

S: But, Oscar is our friend! G: No! Oscar betrayed us! Tricksy, false, wicked Oscar! S: No, no...Oscar will remember us next year! G: There isn't going to be any next year, nobody's going to award YOU! S: Ohhhh, ohhhh! My PRECIOUSSSSS!

Here's the link to the original discussion on the movie old thread One of my few complaints about the theatrical version was that the digital-to-film transfer was a bit grainy in spots. Since this is direct digital-to-digital, this is simply one of the most GORGEOUS transfers I've ever seen. It still has the 24-frame look, but it has detail and sharpness that film can't touch. There's a featurette in the Extras section entitled "Film is dead" and I think it's right. Just as digital cameras killed film in astrophotography ten years ago, and digicams are pushing Kodak away from celluloid, HD-video will be how all movies are shot in ten years. The "Making-Of" featurettes are invaluable for those who like the behind-the-scenes info. Writer-Director-Composer Robert Rodriguez is a genial, enthusiastic teacher, eager to show how all the stunts were faked, how all the editing and mixing were done in his (remodeled) garage in Austin, and even how to cook the pork dish that Johnny Depp ate at every bar--puerco pibil. (That recipe looks delicious, but I'm not so sure where I can find all the ingredients.) The feature commentary had a lot of neat info I didn't know before: --Rodriguez originally wanted George Clooney to play Depp's role, and wanted Quentin Tarantino to play Danny Trejo's "El Cucuy" role, yet neither was able to schedule it in. --All of Johnny Depp's scenes--plus four that were cut out--were shot in only EIGHT days on the set. HD-video was the wondertool that allowed that to happen. --They only had rubber dummy-guns for the first two weeks of shooting because of permit problems getting the blank-firing guns into Mexico. When Antonio Banderas is blazing away at the bad guys in the first church gunfight, he's just waving a machine-gun-shaped rubber wand. All the bullet flashes and ejected shell casings were added digitally later. Antonio ruined the first few takes because he was mouthing "bang-bang-bang" as he jerked the rubber prop. Even if you don't really care for the movie, the disc is worth watching just for the cool filmmaking stories and secrets.

I'm still not very proficient on the banjo yet, but the odd thing is that after practicing a while on it, my mandolin playing improves! The scales on the banjo aren't intuitive like a mandolin, since they jump all over the neck. Perhaps I should have started with the 4-string tenor banjo first, since it's strung in fifths like a mandolin/mandola/octave mandolin, but there is something to be said for taking up something completely different so bad habits from one instrument don't carry over to the other. I'm still thinking about picking up the fiddle, since the fingering is the same as the mandolin, but when you haven't mastered bowing, the screeching of the practice would probably lead to my untimely demise... (Zixette does have her limits, after all.) That's the saving grace of the banjo. Since it's tuned to an open chord, if you hit the wrong string it still sounds harmonious. Oh well, if it was easy, it probably wouldn't be any fun...

They have a RealAudio copy of that episode on that site, although it was a repeat from 2002. Look at the Main Archive page. I didn't listen because it wanted to download RealPlayer 10 to do it, and I don't appreciate their spyware.

Glad you enjoyed it! :)-->

Tom: On Betazed, everyone at the ceremony is in the nude. (Although more reform Betazoids sometimes only require the bride & groom to be nude.)

Definite agreement with you, WordWolf, on "The Pass" by Rush and "Beauty and Sadness" by The Smithereens. I'd add: Rush: "Marathon", "The Enemy Within" Barenaked Ladies: "Brian Wilson", "Jane", "The Old Apartment", "Life In A Nutshell(live)" Smithereens: "Miles From Nowhere" R.E.M.: "Wendell Gee", "Driver 8" Big Country: "Thirteen Valleys" Jason and the Scorchers: "Victory Road"

Thanks, Dot! Where are all the other players, though?

JF: Yep. We have an Australian actress, an English actor and director, and the whole thing was shot in Romania. Miramax just hates North Carolina? Oh yeah, and Renee Zellweger is from TEXAS... :D-->

never mind...

Guess I'd bid on the grounds and give it back to the Wierwille kids.

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