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dreadlord Member	posted February 25, 2009 11:13 AM hmmm.... its the govornment. dont get involved or you will have to wear a suit for the rest of your life and always have to put glasses on when you show someone a pen. lol. where did Nintendos 1-63 go? why start at nintendo 64? IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted February 25, 2009 10:15 PM quote: where did Nintendos 1-63 go? why start at nintendo 64? Man, time for Mom to kick you out of that basement, DL. N64 was what, three, four, gaming systems ago? IP: Logged
dreadlord Member	posted February 26, 2009 12:13 AM jerk. its just that I still have mine... (I only play Ocarina of time on it, though.) and I looked at it and it made me wonder. ok? not-so-random thought: why do people always assume a reference to an old system denotes an out-of-touch person? no offense, I just like the classics is all. [This message has been edited by dreadlord (edited February 26, 2009).] IP: Logged
aspirit Member	posted February 26, 2009 12:49 AM Wow. That was an astounding amount of emotion over a friendly gaming system joke. Continuing the topic of jokes: A turtle walks up to a tree, sighs, then begins to climb the trunk and out onto a branch. Spreading her limbs wide, she jumps... and lands in a pile of leaves. She crawls out of the leaves to return to the trunk and repeat the process. On a nearby branch, Momma Bird turns to Daddy Bird and says... IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted February 26, 2009 09:31 AM Just Establishing Repartee with fellow Komrade Instead of throwing out another witty, innocent, but emotionally charged, comment, let me apologize. Sorry. quote: On a nearby branch, Momma Bird turns to Daddy Bird and says... "Should we tell her she's adopted?" Dreadlords harsh reaction has me down. A game of Pong should bounce me out of this mood. IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted February 26, 2009 09:47 AM There's the monk who took a vow of silence, only to be permitted to speak once in twenty years. When that time came, he only had one question to ask: "Where's the toilet?" IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted February 26, 2009 07:30 PM Random musing: Every productive hour spent on my computer requires at least 2 totally worthless hours staring at the screen. IP: Logged
dreadlord Member	posted February 26, 2009 08:15 PM my bad.. I kind of take those things VERY intencely... IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted February 26, 2009 09:41 PM Okay then, How about a serious reason why they went right to N64. Computer memory works on a binary system. All sizes of memory, computing power, that sort of thing, is done on exponential powers of two. The Nintendo system operated on a 4K processor, Super Nintendo 16K, square that and you get 64K. Get it? Nintendo 63 would be incomplete. It's like choosing to use multiples of nine instead of ten. That explanation isn't totally correct but it's close enough. The real explanation makes most people's head explode. IP: Logged
philocinemas Member	posted February 26, 2009 09:48 PM Snapper, I had to laugh at myself when you made the N64 comment. For a couple of years, in my mid-twenties, I moved back to my hometown and lived in the downstairs apartment of one of parent's houses, and I bought a Nintendo 64. Scary...I know. In my own defense, I did pay rent, and it was the first gaming system I had owned since my Atari 2600 back when I was a teenager in the 80's. Unless you count my Commodore 64 that I had during college. dreadlord, I still have my N64 too. Zelda is still a great game, as is Mario 64. I still play them every once in a while with my 6 year-old. And as for the other part, I moved out of my parent's basement about 15 years ago. IP: Logged
dreadlord Member	posted February 27, 2009 12:33 AM yes! I am not alone! hmmm... Mario 64... Im gonna have to try it now. we all cool here? by the way, why two "a"s in aardvark? IP: Logged
Patrick James Member	posted February 27, 2009 12:49 AM Because the aardvark is a very insecure creature requireing as much attention as it can get, it has named named itself thusly to ensure its place in aphabetical listing. Even the most casual of browsers will come across it. IP: Logged
Zero Member	posted February 27, 2009 01:08 AM ADHD is a very serious problem in our day and age with ... what is that over there? Ooh shiny. IP: Logged
dreadlord Member	posted February 27, 2009 07:34 PM where? by the dull thing? butterfly... LOOK! A DISTRACTION! [This message has been edited by dreadlord (edited February 27, 2009).] IP: Logged
satate Member	posted February 27, 2009 07:51 PM I'm shocked! ADHD is not funny, it's...lol, funny comercial. [This message has been edited by satate (edited February 27, 2009).] IP: Logged
aspirit Member	posted February 27, 2009 08:20 PM My husband is kind. He's said my "mind fidgets." "Oh give me home, Among the gum trees, With lots of plum trees..." IP: Logged
Crank Member	posted February 27, 2009 09:08 PM As someone with ADHD, it's very much like some pharmaceutical company depicted in a commercial several years ago, where the mind behaves just like TV channels changing constantly, yet you don't have control of the remote. My problem is that my mind seems to spend too much time flickering between the Procrastination Channel and FOIC-TV (Fixate on Irrelevant Crap). Oh...by the way, the ADHD distraction jokes aren't even funny because and then my kids are taking me out for Buffalo Wings for my birthday tomorrow. S! S!...C! IP: Logged
JohnMac Member	posted February 28, 2009 12:42 AM I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner.... IP: Logged
satate Member	posted February 28, 2009 01:16 AM LOL Crank you had me laughing at the end. I was worried for second that we'd offended someone. Oh, and my husband says we're all nerds. LOL, he doesn't have room to talk because he's a computer geek and discusses Star Trek at work. IP: Logged
JohnMac Member	posted February 28, 2009 01:19 AM I've done far worse than your husband.... I've played Axis & Allies and Dungeons & Dragons at work. And my boss knows I keep the poker set in the trunk of my car.... IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted February 28, 2009 08:56 AM The only game I have access to at work is the NY Times crossword puzzle---which I bring myself. IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted February 28, 2009 12:19 PM There is a drug that will help a person deal with their ADHD problem. It's called pot. You smoke tons of it and you won't care anymore. IP: Logged
melme54 Member	posted February 28, 2009 12:38 PM Just to clarify if anyone still cares: It was Nintendo64 because of the 64 bit graphics chip. IP: Logged
JohnMac Member	posted February 28, 2009 05:28 PM I really want to find a 10 quart crock pot... IP: Logged
tnwilz Member	posted February 28, 2009 06:33 PM Oh I thought it was called Nintendo 64 because that's what it would eventually reduce your kids IQ to if you let them play it as much as they want to. IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted March 01, 2009 12:08 AM Tracy, that may be the funniest thing that I read on these forums. I salute you. IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted March 01, 2009 09:20 AM Gee...I just thought they named it "Nineendo 64" because sixty-four was a multiple of two.. IP: Logged
dreadlord Member	posted March 03, 2009 01:38 AM why does your sister always seem better at hiding things than you? IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted March 03, 2009 06:05 AM Necrophilia is a bad idea: you're in love and she doesn't know you're alive. IP: Logged
Zero Member	posted March 03, 2009 09:58 AM Have you noticed how natural selection, in the face of modern science and technology, has drifted us away from choices that are actually in the interest of continuing the species? Like how we rescue a person who swallows fifty marbles <i>and</i> let him procreate. Or how women universally find bald men less attractive even though they are more likely to produce offspring (though I might contest this finding). Or how we eat lots of sweets and cake because they taste better than vegetables, even if the end result is diabetes and heart-disease. etc. IP: Logged
dreadlord Member	posted March 03, 2009 08:09 PM Rob, that was hillarious! where did you find that? a dyslexic athiest insomniac is someone who stays up late at night wondering if there really is a dog. IP: Logged
JohnMac Member	posted March 03, 2009 10:53 PM CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!!!!!! IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted March 04, 2009 06:00 AM quote: Rob, that was hillarious! where did you find that? It's a modification of something I read in The Big Book of Death. ***** Then there's the story of the frustrated necrophiliac, who solved his problems by becoming the coroner. IP: Logged
Zero Member	posted March 04, 2009 10:34 AM I liked yours too, dreadlord. Except he'd be an agnostic and not an athiest if he were wondering about it. IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted March 05, 2009 09:23 AM Where's the rest of me? IP: Logged
aspirit Member	posted March 05, 2009 10:02 AM Atheists tend to question, which is how they know they're atheists. Agnostics tend to believe humans cannot understand God, if it exists; therefore, they don't see the point in asking themselves theological questions. Does honking at a field of cattle as you drive past mean you're desirous of inter-species interaction? IP: Logged
shimiqua Member	posted March 05, 2009 10:47 AM Yes, yes it does. ~Sheena IP: Logged
Zero Member	posted March 05, 2009 11:56 AM I very much disagree, aspirit. Atheists believe there is no god. Agnostics admit they do not know. There are degrees of dedication to either ideology. But if you want to see atheists in action you see people like Penn and Teller and Richard Dawkins who announce with certainty that "there is no god," that's what atheism is. Agnosticism is someone who admits they don't know. Or think it can't be known. Or that it isn't known yet. And a religious person is someone who, like the atheist, believes that they know the answer--they just reach a different conclusion. [This message has been edited by Zero (edited March 05, 2009).] IP: Logged
philocinemas Member	posted March 05, 2009 01:00 PM Greek: prefix - a (against, without, opposite of, un-) -gnostic (knowing, knowledge, one who has unique spiritual knowledge) -theist (one who believes in one or more gods) IP: Logged
tnwilz Member	posted March 05, 2009 01:06 PM So I'm lost, what happened to the dog? IP: Logged
aspirit Member	posted March 06, 2009 04:38 AM The dyslexic never brought the dog home. An agnostic is someone who admits they don't know and either thinks it can't be known or that it isn't known yet. Atheists don't believe there is a god, which is different than believing there is no god. While many atheists believe there is no god, most of atheists I know continue to question. Which means the second group admits there could be a god; they simply don't believe there is. Therefore, the acceptance of questioning is a line between an agnostic and an atheist. IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted March 06, 2009 12:49 PM "A man who doesn't believe in God will believe in anything." G. K. Chesterton (I think). IP: Logged
Zero Member	posted March 06, 2009 04:08 PM I think you're reaching, aspirit. You said: "Atheists don't believe there is a god, which is different than believing there is no god." But those statements are logically identical. Let's break it down. Condition 1: there is a god Condition 2: there is no god Conditions 1 and 2 cannot be simultaneously true or false. Athiests believe condition 2 is true. Theists believe condition 1 is true. Agnostics refuse to answer the question. IP: Logged
Crank Member	posted March 06, 2009 05:19 PM quote: Agnostics refuse to answer the question. Not entirely...at least, from my vantage point. Many agnostics would very much like to know the answer to the 'god' question, including me (making the uncertain assumption that I will still be classified as 'agnostic' in the mind of those who read this essay). I grew up in an environment where people regularly spouted: "There is a God because the Bible says so!", and was later subjected to an environment replete with "There isn't a God because (fill in the blank)" diatribe. Blame it on the scientist in me, but I got fed up with both sides' insistency of proclaiming the rest of the world was wrong, despite the fact that they couldn't prove themselves right. Allow me to add this: Those who simply believe the way that is most comfortable for them are OK with me; blind faith, as much as I might inherently recoil from it, is still more tolerable---and a heluva lot more workable---than blind assumptive dogma. I've since come to the conclusion that I'm wise enough to know that I am not nearly intelligent enough (nor is the rest of the human species) to completely understand how the Universe operates (regardless of whether it's God, or Fate, or some other 'entity,' behind the wheel). But that doesn't stop me from wanting to figure it out. S! S!...C! IP: Logged
dreadlord Member	posted March 06, 2009 10:47 PM wow... one joke and it spawns a heated argument... (i feel doubly foolish now... maybe I should stop posting on this subject...) IP: Logged
Kathleen Dalton Woodbury Administrator	posted March 06, 2009 11:19 PM Eh, I didn't figure it was heated. After all, this topic is supposed to be random, right? IP: Logged
Crank Member	posted March 06, 2009 11:51 PM Perhaps, the dyslexic dog would like to play a game of Dice War... S! S!...C! IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted March 07, 2009 01:07 AM Do you think we could get this thread up to a 1000 replies? I wonder what the record is... IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted March 07, 2009 09:58 AM A professional writer carefully blocks out time to write, until everything is ready and the writing mood is upon him and he's rarin' to go, and then he sits down at the word processor, then leans forward, and gets up and makes a pot of coffee. Writing is what happens when he can't get any more coffee and needs money to buy some. (I'm crediting Theodore Sturgeon with this one, though I've adapted it for modern times.) IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted March 07, 2009 10:36 AM I must be so close to being a professional writer then--all I've got to do is stop brewing licorice tea and start brewing coffee. Who knew it would be so easy? IP: Logged

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