At 4/25/08 01:42 PM, TitusRevised wrote: I don't know if this has been discussed already (I tried searching but didnt find anything) so I apologize if this is something old.

My question being, why is homosexuality accepted as normal when it is unnatural?

Natural selection says that only those most capable of producing healthy offspring are the 'fittest' and thus the most fit will keep their genes in the gene pool while those infertile or simply too unhealthy to produce offspring will die and their genes weeded out. Should sexual orientation be genetic, then shouldn't homosexuals be the arch-enemy of natural selection, and be completely eradicated by millions of years of evolution?

Actually, there is a growing amount of research stating that homosexuality is transferred via a recessive gene on the mother's side. So suppose someone has two children. In one child, the gene is expressed (he is homosexual), and in the other, it isn't (she is heterosexual). Both children still have the gene and can transmit it to offspring. Read the book Genome by Matt Ridley. He does a good job explaining how seemingly undesirable genes (at least from an evolutionary perspective) still exist even after millions of years of evolution.

Hamandchees3, thank you for making one of the most rational posts about politics and the Iraq war I've ever seen on these boards.

The first time I used the Internet was way back in 6th grade (about 10 years ago). We were being taught how to use Powerpoint because the faculty thought it would better prepare us to go online, making websites and such (I'm not kidding). We were only allowed to visit one website: http://www.com

"Is that a keg in your pants? Because I'd like to tap that!"

At 5/12/07 01:55 PM, g0t wrote:

At 5/12/07 01:44 PM, LordJaric wrote:

At 5/12/07 01:26 PM, g0t wrote: you waste billions of tons of food annually just because you couldn't sell it, instead of giving the leftovers to underdeveloped countries.

we give our food to homeless, to people who went through a national disaster, and to undevloped countries.

No you do not. If you did, kids in Africa would not be starving.

Actually, we do. Here are a couple of articles proving it.
Food to Afghanistan in 2001
Food Bank in Indiana
Article showing how much the US spends on feeding the world's poor, as well as how dire the situation still is
Some facts and history about the US's hunger aid programs

Alright, let's see what you got (by the way, I'm the good one).

Actually, if women were allowed to go topless, people would probably get used to it eventually, and female breasts would lose the sexual allure/stigma they've been given by our culture. Much like male toplessness, it would be considered normal and acceptable.

The picture of the machine selling fresh eggs inspired this one.

I don't want to vote for Hilary, and I don't think she'll win. I think the only chance she would've had is if Condoleezza Rice had run for President as well.

While I won't vote for her, I think it would be hilarious if Hillary got elected. Because Bill, famous for his, shall we say, "disrespect" for women, would become the nation's very first "First Man."

Well, getting back to the original topic, I'd say that it might be a matter of perception.

Every new generation (aka "young people") comes up with new political and economic ideas. Since any new idea is typically seen as "liberal", we associate the youngsters with most of the aspects of that belief system. As the generation ages (becoming the "older people"), their ideas become the norm, and are thus viewed as "conservative."

This content doesn't appear to be stolen, IMHO. The games are unaltered, everyone gets credit, and the disclaimer says,

"funny-games.biz does not own nor does it claim to own the copyright to any media found on this website, if you are the owner / original producer or copyright holder of an item found here and would like recognition for it or would like it removed, please contact me. "

So unless the owner(s) start(s) slapping on watermarks and taking away credit from authors, I wouldn't get too upset.

I feel most sorry for the taxpayers of the state of Kansas. I wouldn't tolerate it if my tax money was going to this sort of thing!

It pains me that the crazy fringe religious groups like this get the most media attention. It gives reasonable Christians a bad name (and believe me, we do exist).

My entry isn't flashy like the others...then again, that's probably appropriate for the product.

What if we instated this rule:
Nobody gets to hit anybody.

I kinda like that one.

But, back on topic, if a woman hits a man who doesn't deserve it, he has every right to defend himself. But if he provokes that hit, then he should not strike back.

At 11/26/06 03:20 AM, Jackrabbit-slims wrote: The reason the conspiracy exists is because our government hasn't done its job yet. If we captured all the men responsible for 9/11 attacks and they admitted they masterminded the attacks, i think most CT's would take that as a sign to stfu. until then, we have nobody blame.

Actually, I'd bet money that some of the CT's would start saying that the captures were fake, too (like the claims of the governmentfaking the infamous Berg beheading ). There comes a point where people just stop listening to reason.

In my opinion, anybody who thinks (and I use the term loosely) that there was an American conspiracy behind the September 11th attacks is seriously overestimating the US government.

Ah, alright. Thanks everybody!

At 10/20/06 10:35 PM, Hornby wrote: You'll have to set the music to Start. And on the frame you want it to stop just put the the same music on the frame then set it to stop

What do you mean by setting the music to Start? Is that an actionscript command?

BTW, I should probably also mention that I am working with MX 2004 Professional.

Okay, but how do I turn the music into an event?

Is it at all possible to make music continue playing from one scene to the next? For example, if I have two 30-second scenes and 45 seconds of music, can I start the music clip in one and have it continue in the next, uninterrupted? If not, is there a way to get around this problem?

At 3/30/06 01:28 AM, Bowlofchilli wrote: Have you tried varying its alpha?
Have you tried varying its height, density, fluffiness etc...?
Can we see a pic of what you've got so far?

<3

Altering the alpha seems to be doing the trick for me. Thanks!

I'm designing my own preloader/intro screen. The background features a beach. I've got everything just about the way I want it, except for the ocean foam. When I draw it, it just looks like there's an ugly white space between the sand and the water. Does anyone have any decent techniques for drawing ocean foam? Note: it's not animated, it's just a still image.