1. One creating a topic about historical persons, make sure who you're talking about and how you spell their names;
2. Don't give people a reason to get off-topic, which succeeded perfectly since (only a few) understood that Stalin was spelled wrong - what happened to the rest. Seriously...

At 11/20/09 05:56 AM, Nanakisan wrote: Good points and big durr to me thats what i did to the same person. I have reasons to suspect this person is the same one i blocked 2 times already. its becoming annoying. well seeing as this has been proven a silly topic may a closing be in order good sir.

It's not silly. I understand it's annoying as hell, but there's isn't much (regrettably) you can do about it. Just try to ignore it as much as you can. :)

If you want to make a statement, please do so by using correct spelling and grammar. Also, when the PM system was implemented James (site programmer) has added the block sender feature - which allows you to block the sender from sending you PM's once blocked (duh, sounds obvious, doesn't it?).

To be honest, on any website you will visit it's no-one can 100% guarantee you will be 'protected' for these kind of actions. Just use the block feature for these kind of PM's and just delete the PM - problem solved.

At 11/15/09 06:00 AM, PlugThisIn wrote: How do u get one of those BBS Signiture banner thingies!!vi want 1 but i have no clue bout how to get 1

Welcome! First read the FAQ and before posting it would be wise to read the BBS rules. :)

Cry a blog.

Lol, you silly irrational people with your conspiracies. :)

Level 41. :)

The user has so far only posted in the Flash forum itself - with a few exceptions in the General forum. Therefore I can conclude the topic starter must have been talking about AS since he has not shown any interest so far in programming in other languages.

Case closed.

At 11/7/09 06:00 AM, Leidolfr wrote: I have 2 main theories on life past this planet, and they are:

1 - when we think alien, we think higher intelligence, I think due to sheer numbers there must be life elsewhere, but they are just beings, theyre either germs, animals, even human like beings, but they probably all look up at their sky from their little rock and say hmm, i wonder whats out there. as far as humans understanding of physics is concerned....its impossible to travel at the speed of light, or anywhere near it, and if we cant, we'll never get anywhere in the universe, its all too far away.

2 - If we do ever meet Aliens, that are smart enough to reach us, we're in trouble, If human history has tought us anything, its that the true nature of things is Violence, and greed, over actual progress, progress is a subsequent result of our greed and own need to better our own lives.

Very interesting again. I have once read about the theory called the "Multiversie" - sorry for still linking to Wikipedia, I know how inconsistent the source can be.
It's fascinating to read that there (theoretically) can be parallel universes. And the ground reasons of this theory are simple: the entire universe has the same laws, everywhere. So it's most likely there are indeed other living forms out there, with the exact some conditions we're living in, since they have the same physical laws applied. Heck, they might even look like us. Though this is relative, just like Einstein has proven with time.
And I assume the 'aliens' have the same natural instinct just like the humans, which is survival. Humans are capable of making the weirdest (irrational) decisions, just to stay alive. History has shown that.

At 11/7/09 05:36 AM, Leidolfr wrote: consequently, ive read that all blue eyed people share a common ancestor, a man from Denmark, and they determined this, because, say two people have brown eyes, though they have the same eye color, different strands of their dna were changed, where as the blue eye mutation occurs in the same strand for all blue eyed people [ Green eyes have the blue mutation, but other mutations on other strands that determine shade of green ]

Fun fact: I have a rare colour of green eyes. My mother has blue eyes and my dad brown. Guess that explains the mix up. They do say the green eyes are most common in the Middle-East.
Another fun fact: In Greek mythology the gods always had green eyes, because they were so rare.

Yeah, we're all very fascinated with things we cant have or be apart of, as humans, and, i think the allure is we know we're here, but we dont know how or why, and, since we dont know the future, we try to understand where we started, as a means to where we're going, this may or may not be a flawed concept, lol.

Also, the typical viking had red hair and blue eyes. Where did the red hair came from?

There are still so many things to be discovered on our own planet, so that means there are unlimited facts to be discovered if we look beyond our planet. :)

At 11/7/09 05:07 AM, Leidolfr wrote:

At 11/7/09 04:56 AM, Zendra wrote:

At 11/7/09 04:45 AM, Leidolfr wrote:

lol, yeah, Im not Somalian, Im from uhh, Maine, yeah...
as for being European, umm, Im Mostly German and irish by blood, but im from here, and well, im lots of things, Im ACTUALLY German Irish Norwegian Swedish and Passamaquoddy [ Peskotomuhkatay ]

So I can conclude you're just one weird mix up.

now that depends on how far back youd like to go, because most have reached an agreement that viking were originally from, the middle east of course, and went through the caucasus [ over a long time, of course ] into northern india, on into western europe, where they went to southern sweden, and settled there, and then expanded out from there. so yes, they were "from" friesland, but in all fairness it was one stop of many, as far as history is concerned, id say most people think sweden when they think viking, and, of course norway, because norway was a dominant force, even amongst vikings

Agreed. But, the history of these regions can be resembled, since they are so alike - even nowadays with the dialects and nouns. Of course, if you trace back the entire human history you'll probably end up with the ancient Sumarian civilization and we're all the same. At least we have the same structure, yet some of us adapted to their environment (some people can withstand bare colds, are more muscled, etc.). The only difference that occured in the long run of human is probably the evolutionary rise and extension of the Neanderthal. Their structure was actually different than the 'normal' human being back in the days.

HIstory is fascinating. :)

At 11/7/09 04:45 AM, Leidolfr wrote: The Platt I speak is actually northern schleswig platt, theres also saxon, baerish, ummm, frisian, freese, lol, etc etc etc

Most interesting. I am from the Frisian region from the Netherlands. It's even an older language than Dutch itself and they say it was the first viking language which later on moved to Denmark and the Scandinavian regions. The original vikings origined from the province Friesland in the Netherlands.
Du praatst don toch gewoan mei us mei toch? Dot su net sa roar matte wese foar san ien as dei.

It's actually most fascinating to see someone from the African continent being aware of the older languages here in the Northern of Europe. Perhaps you have lived in Europe for a little while?

At 11/7/09 04:26 AM, Leidolfr wrote: Twee mensch op en bruegge sitt, wanner siehrt en mensch durch de water kum, un er schrei "help, help, i cant swim"

de erste segg, ik witt nikt, watt makt wi tun? un de annern geseggt, ik witt nikt? englisch lern'n?

[ two men are sitting on a bridge when they see a man come in the water, and he screams, help help, i cant swim, the first says, i dont know what we should do, and the other says, i dunno, learn english? ]

Haha, now that is awesome! For some reason you do mix up a lot of German grammar and spelling in it, but it also seems like the old Dutch, still spoken in South-Africa. You know that too? :)
PS: How's pirate life?

At 11/7/09 04:13 AM, Leidolfr wrote: I didnt use one, and I speak german so, that'd be why, lol

You already had me wondered why you were living in Somalia (lol) and still have a German (nick)name.
Good thing they teach us German in the Netherlands. If you're living in the West of Germany, near the Dutch border, I think they should teach you some Dutch. Heck, in some ways it's almost similar to German and/or Danish.

[ oder was auch immer sie macht bedeutet wird ]

Es macht mir nicht so viel. Ich kann es Lesen und Schreiben.

At 11/7/09 03:59 AM, Leidolfr wrote:

At 11/7/09 03:47 AM, Zendra wrote: Learn Dutch and you're cool.

Ik hou van Drugs [ I love Drugs ]

Lol, thanks for stereotyping. But everytime I see someone doing so, I just laugh at the fact that the ratio of drug users in other countries is way bigger than here in the Netherlands. In fact, America has more drug addicts than here in the Netherlands, if you judge it fairly by ratio.

[ Mien auto is kapott ] {My Car is Broken}

Now your translator just broke, that's half Dutch half German.
"Mien" is an unknown word in Dutch, it more sounds like the German "mein" for "my". "Kapott" is spelled with one 't'. Though we don't intend to some 'kapot' when something isn't working, like you're breaking glass, means the broken glass and is translated as "het kapotte glas".
The correct Dutch translation would be: "Mijn auto is stuk" or "Mijn auto is kapot".
The German translation however would be: "Mein Auto ist kaputt". See, half German half Dutch translation. ;)

Learn Dutch and you're cool.

Flash forum.

Big deal. Maintenance.

At 11/1/09 01:33 PM, zailistiaa wrote: hello i just thinking what i should get to start up with flash media, what should know about them so i can start maken flash

Your previous topic about "HEY I AM NEW HERE!" has already been deleted. Read the primer and FAQ before making these kind of topics.

At 11/1/09 01:26 PM, XxPoppinfreshxX wrote: I'm hungover from last night and I know there are not any hangover "cures", but is there anything to help them? (And don't say don't drink. I already knew that jackass.)

You're 16, stop drinking too much lemonade.

At 11/1/09 01:21 PM, Air-guitar9 wrote: I had just finished my "shoop" masterpiece when i found out my thread had been closed, and the picture doesnt deserve to go unseen, so here it is.

A lock means it can't be discussed anymore.

We already have review moderators for checking the marked reviews by the users. Read all about it in the FAQ.

I would lock every topic.

Tada.

Post it in your blog. The BBS is (not yet) meant for stories.

At 10/27/09 03:57 PM, ReiperX wrote: I do applaud the French government on cracking down on this "religion".

I don't. Scientology is officially by law in France a sect. So if they consider it already as a sect, then it should be banished.

Rob is responsible for the Art portal's coding. It would be best to contact him about this matter.

At 10/27/09 01:43 PM, Auz wrote:

At 10/27/09 12:43 PM, SilverBaller wrote: holland:
gosh i hate this place... i live in lumburg, the rest of the country hates us for some reason... probably its between 2 other countries (Belgium, and germany...)

*Limburg

I think the only thing people might hate is the accent you people in Limburg have. For the rest, I've never heard anyone say a bad thing about your province here. I think the people from your area and the rest of the eastside would hate the "Randstad" (where I'm from) more.

Oh, I recognize that. I live in Friesland and it's the only province that has it's own official language (though there are many other provinces in the Netherlands where they speak and write another language than Dutch). I study in the city Groningen and for some reasons there has always been this rival kind of feeling between these provinces - must be soccer, which can be compared with Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
It's not like they treat me different, but every now and then when they get the chance they will try to make a joke towards my 'origin'. Not that I am really bothered by it, but it's typical behaviour in these provinces between Friesland and Groningen.
It is true people have certain judgements about where people are from, like I think it's actually funny to hear someone from Limburg talking with the 'soft G' and even like the beer they brew (!) and I think the people from the Randstad can be extremely stressed in their responses (personally I guess).

But let's be honest; this kind of behaviour between provinces/regions you will encounter in every country where you go.

At 10/27/09 11:46 AM, Jezuz wrote: From my perspective, China is a country that is now trying to stomp over the United States, and flex their economic muscle due to a weakened dollar. They're stealing a lot of our 'talent', and they're developing much quicker than we are, but I don't see that lasting. Our 'talent' in economics is what made this country fail in the first place. Good luck to them. Europe may think of us more progressive in social values now, but again I believe America is looked at as weak now, that our economy is in shambles and it has caused Europe's economy to shrink, which may anger Europeans.

The crisis started begun in the USA and has caused it to get in - what economics call - downward spiral. The debt of the USA is dramatically increasing and with the current economic-models, -strategies, -facilities and etcetera the USA uses it isn't showing any improvement so far. As the graphic (source of 2008 (!)) shows, the USA has a lot of debt to other countries. I didn't used any graphs released by the Federal Reserve since that can't be considered as a neutral party - heck, it isn't even part of the government.

In all honesty, the USA is still struggling to get the inflation stable and for a long time already the Euro has been the most stable currency countries use. Not to forget the dollar will most likely will be replaced by a basket of stable currencies shared by the current 'super powers'. Also not to forget that secret deals the USA made with Saudi-Arabia in the '60 are pretty much useless nowadays.

The USA still has a long road to walk before they are back on the 'top'. It isn't even surprising that Obama now tries to implement divers (economic/social/government) systems of Europe (including the healthcare facility of the Netherlands) to slowly crawl back - but when that happens, others have taken their opportunities...

At 10/27/09 09:37 AM, TheLambsAreScreaming wrote: Could a mod please lock this. Should have been in the Flash Section.

Yes, sir. Of course, sir. Right away, sir!