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xoxoxoBruce 04-07-2007 01:47 PM

Then don't do it.

jinx 04-07-2007 01:50 PM

Ok, no problem. Can we back up to the questions I asked now?

Undertoad 04-07-2007 02:01 PM

LJ's "moderator account" only allows him the ability to moderate threads and posts in his message section... which no longer exists.

Actual Cellar moderators are given "super moderator" accounts which permit them moderation of not only message areas but users and some other administrative stuff.

xoxoxoBruce 04-07-2007 02:21 PM

My understanding is that pictures and videos slow the loading and increase band width considerably.

Sticking in a picture or video occasionally can greatly enhance a thread, but loading a thread that is not specifically designated as a thread that will have a number of pictures/videos, doesn't allow people with slow connections a choice to skip them. It lures them into getting hung up in the loading process which ties them up and slows the Cellar down.

Of course self centered elitists wouldn't give a shit, but I do and will continue to do so unless UT says I'm misinformed about the ramifications of picture/video loading. That's always a possibility, me being a distinctly non-geek.

Undertoad 04-07-2007 02:36 PM

I don't know what it's like for people with slow connections!

jinx 04-07-2007 03:11 PM

Video doesn't load unless you click it as far as I can tell, it's just like a picture until you do. And I didn't realize we were limiting pictures and videos to allow for the slowest common denominator. Were you planning to make a general announcement or just bark at people individually, starting with your personal favoirites?

And what the fuck does LJ, his account, or his section have to do with anything I've posted Bruce?

Happy Monkey 04-07-2007 03:12 PM

A video only starts loading (other than the screenshot) when you click "play".

xoxoxoBruce 04-07-2007 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx (Post 331719)
Were you planning to make a general announcement or just bark at people individually, starting with your personal favoirites?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruce
I wish you would put the videos where they belong, instead of making it longer for everyone to open these threads.

If you think that's barking you've led a very sheltered life.
Quote:

And what the fuck does LJ, his account, or his section have to do with anything I've posted Bruce?
I said if you wanted the job you could fucking well have it and use LJ account to do it. I think that's a reasonable reply to you attacking me and calling me names.

jinx 04-07-2007 05:59 PM

Bruce I'm sorry I attacked you and called you names and made your pussy hurt, but I do think you've been a grumpy fuck lately. Whatever, I'm done here, as long as we can clarify that posters can include pictures or videos in their posts, whether they're in a designated thread or not. Eh?

I like to attach pics and videos, I like it when other people do too. It never occurred to me that only self centered elitists do this, and everyone else thinks we're being rude.

xoxoxoBruce 04-07-2007 06:11 PM

Well then since you speak for everyone I guess that makes it so.

jinx 04-07-2007 07:54 PM

Great, thanks :thumb:

Ibby 04-08-2007 08:19 PM

Both of you, stop acting like fuckin' high schoolers.

Since nobody's making a declaration on this, I will.

Pictures and videos are fine, in moderation - I.E. thread bombs, small illustrations of a point, etc - and nothing too huge.

How does that sound?

rkzenrage 04-08-2007 08:21 PM

I hope everyone had a great time celebrating the sex holiday the christians stole from the pagans since they could not get anyone to come to their spring celebrations.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...easter-wtf.jpg

xoxoxoBruce 04-08-2007 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram (Post 332064)
Both of you, stop acting like fuckin' high schoolers.

Since nobody's making a declaration on this, I will.

Pictures and videos are fine, in moderation - I.E. thread bombs, small illustrations of a point, etc - and nothing too huge.

How does that sound?

Sounds like you think somebody actually gives a shit what you think.

DanaC 04-09-2007 06:25 AM

Oooo. Handbags at dawn!

Hime 04-09-2007 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamore (Post 327764)
I don't believe the majority of that poll...sounds way too PC. I'm not above giving people credit where credit is due, but 92% would elect a Jew? 88% a woman? 72% a Mormon? Bullshit.

In California they call this the Bradley effect, after a very popular African American politician who ran for office, whose poll numbers were much higher going in to the election than the numbers he actually got. A lot of people will say that they're going to vote for a minority candidate, but can't actually bring themselves to. Most racists are either unconscious of their racism or deeply secretive about it.

rkzenrage 06-09-2007 02:39 AM

Lots of inside pics of $25 mil flushed down the toilet.
One great pic of a sign that says the dinos with all the sharp, pointy, meat-eating teeth, were vegetarians until Adam and Eve messed-up LOL!!!!
SO much better than feeding the hungry!

piercehawkeye45 06-09-2007 08:02 AM

This is the one where a plane flew over carrying the banner "Thou Shall Not Lie" right?

Clodfobble 06-09-2007 09:28 AM

The fifth picture in the slideshow shows a poster that includes a previous IOTD image, the mixed-race couple with one black and one white twin. (The text is blurry, but I can make out "Biological Differences are Superficial" and "We came from one woman/We came from one man.")

RonBurgundy 06-09-2007 09:04 PM

$27 million anti-evolution museum to open soon

Cool. I hear that a museum for tooth fairys, easter bunnys and hob goblins is in the works. It is supposed to rival the anti-evolution museums historical and scientific accuracy.

richlevy 06-10-2007 04:51 PM

I was channel surfing and ran across a guy in some soft of quasi-safari outfit with a nautilus shell talking to a TV host. He gave an interesting (and probably accurate) description of the life of a nautilus, a very cool critter.

Then he used it to justify creationism, and the 'scientist' was from the staff of the creation museum. The juxtaposition of science and pseudo-science gave me mental cramps for a moment, sort of like a mental version of 'the bends'.

They really should label cable channels better.

rkzenrage 06-13-2007 04:36 PM

http://crazytalk.typepad.com/bluegra..._the_crea.html

Quote:

Early in the museum, the visitor is given advice on the proper mind frame to have for your visit: “Don’t think, just listen and believe”.
Telling kids "don't" FUCKING "think"?!!!!
Burn it to the ground... that is all it is worth... a place to roast marshmallows.
This religion is a scam and nothing more.
Prove me wrong, seriously, prove it.
"Outrageous claims call for outrageous evidence."

Sundae 06-13-2007 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 352847)
The fifth picture in the slideshow shows a poster that includes a previous IOTD image, the mixed-race couple with one black and one white twin. (The text is blurry, but I can make out "Biological Differences are Superficial" and "We came from one woman/We came from one man.")

Crikey - I wonder if they agreed to have their picture used as an example of creationism?

Interesting they use that picture though. When slavery was justified using the Bible because blacks were descended from Ham's cursed son to be a hewer of wood after looking on the old man in his drunkenness. And some fundamental churches still have frown on interracial marriage.

Perhaps I should see this as a step forward.

rkzenrage 06-13-2007 04:57 PM

Jesus and Paul both discussed a slave's duty to serve their Christian masters better because they are better people.
Those quotes were used as well to justify slavery. Gotta' love it.

rkzenrage 09-20-2007 12:06 AM


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I invite everyone to view the full collection of photos taken at the creation "museum".

http://www.flickr.com/photos/n1c0sta...7600335006271/

These images were not taken by me. It was a mistake by me to refer to the couple as atheists in the video. By their own admission they simple are two people who do not believe in creationism.

I always put museum in quotes as this building makes a mockery of the fine history of science and art institutions. The slides I have selected show clear evidence that creationists believe in and promote the idea of Super Evolution. Here I present very simple evidence that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that such rapid change is completely impossible and goes against every single piece of data collected over the past century and a half.

This "museum" goes beyond teaching super evolution. The real goal is to convince the visitor that science in general does not work. And of course this makes sense. How else can one reconcile the ideas offered by creationists with the millions of facts collected by scientists. In short, creationists want people to accept what they say, and not think for themselves. Because even the most marginal effort of free thought will unmask their ideas as completely ludicrous.

This "museum" makes it clear that creationists want our society to fall back into the dark ages. Ask yourself this: Where have all of our medical breakthroughs come from? Where have our communications and transportation technologies come from? The scientific method, logic, and human reason are the backbone of modern civilization. Creationists want us to abandon them for blind acceptance. Yet they are more than willing to use these technologies to advance their ignorance. And yes that does make them hypocrites.

The slide at 4:33 should read "most animals are diploid" as the vast majority are but a few specie are in fact haploid.

To download this video go to:
http://files-upload.com/files/502381...0Evolution.wmv
or
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1172854PXpmHQgW


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