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first thing.

these are invented creations, often designed by a toy company to make some money.

second thing.

these are also a new mythology for a lot of kids these days. our ancient stories of dragons, demons, fairies, angels etc are to a great extent fabricated stories told by people throughout the ages.

but these stories, and fantastical creations are not without merit. through these characters we tell our tales, and impart our ideas of what it is to exist. their strength gives them a life of their own, and they in effect become very real.

i'm not trying to validate beyblades or dragonballz or whathaveyou, but i think it is unwise to demolish the fragile imagination of younger folk who are exploring the greater universe for the first time via these mythical devices. perhaps a gentle guidance towards the ideas that we have gained is a better solution than forever closing the door on these curious minds?

Nader.

mmm.. Toroid Universe....

I think the general idea is to give more information on where to look, not what they are to be looking for...

I guess the ability to channel the Supreme Being would depend on the existence of a Supreme Being.

Defining a being's supremity may be rather difficult.

please excuse me in advance if this is a n00b question!

Perhaps keep the forums free & open, and ask for donations?

A great many people have some form of obsessive or compulsive behaviour, and even if it cannot be completely removed from their life, people can control it so it does not interfere with living.

So too with social behaviour. It's a very well run cliché, but the "socially inept - but academically skilled" type is very common indeed. Again, this need not be a problem per se, as long as it is not providing any real negative impact on your life.

Your mother knows what she's talking about.

small groups of people have broken away from "the system".

i know of a particular group who live in north scotland and are almost entirely self sufficient (own food, water, power) and only buy certain items that they are unable to make themselves. they live a life that is fairly comparable to a regular 21st-century western community.

the only real problem that i've gleaned from my visits is how they try to manage everyones expectations on how they're group should run.

they do have a fair amount of money tho. a lot was spent in buying the farmhouse, electrical equipment etc. not sure what their total budget was to make it happen.

wrong? no.

tho i would caution that the experience may be harder to control than "by hand". chemicals can be handy, but they can make things rather fragile.

there is an archived version of the show for those who missed it.

listen to it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/rams/mon2030.ram

I think it's generally a sign of Good Things 

Sleep!

Well, any dilution of the forum makes sense.

Back in the early 90's when not that many people used the Internet, the atmosphere of the net was totally different.

Eventually the masses swarmed on to the net, along with the associated issues like commercialisation, spam, and of course a prolific number of newbies. The dynamic changed.

i suspect that in any apocalypse, the split will be more along the lines of luck more than anything else.

*happy new year!*

a lot of this "2012" apocalypse/pole reversal/planet flyby/alien invasion/demon war/whathaveyou seems to be based on the mayan calendar.

the mayan long-count calendar finishes its 13th (?) cycle in 2012. im not exactly sure why certain writers have decided that this signals a momentous date of prophecy, but at any rate it seems to have spurred much heated rant from many.

i would very much recommend finding some more evidence before getting too concerned about our impending doom.

the bitkari calendar finishes tomorrow. time to buy party streamers. and a new calendar. no apocalypse in sight!

aeroplanes are a fairly frequent feature of my dreams (i dont live near an airport, btw :*).

im not too sure if this thread is a joke that i lack the faculty to understand, or is describing something very strange going on.

someone care to fill me in?

the routine of daily life is a nice method to obscure one from doing interesting stuff isn't it?

..or completely lacking in space, maybe?

it would make (a bizzare kind of) sense for time to be a third dimension  (alongside Space & Probablility) to constitute our universe.

if we were to be in another universe, one devoid of these dimensions, it would be possible to navigate these "local" dimensions without restrictions such as entropy.

time would be as relevant to this "greater" universe as the rules of football outside of the pitch.

the bible, as with any piece of information should never be taken as either true or false.

there may be a great deal of very dodgy dogma in the bible, but there is quite possibly a quantity of value to be found.

something about throwing away dripping babies springs to mind.

Whatever is going to happen, I hope it starts soon. I'm getting bored.

well the "kittens and puppies" calendar hanging on my wall runs out at the end of this year! omg!

theres definately something about thunderstorms. the air has a nice tingly feel to it during one.