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im sorry you feel that way the_Ender, but i kmow what im saying and if you dont agree with it then you dont have to read my posts.

[Edited on 7/20/2004 8:37:21 AM]

  • 07.20.2004 8:34 AM PDT

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Big words don't make you intelligent

I don't mean to sound like a -blam!-, but there are no such thing as "big words." You should know that, Ender.


I know I'm getting a bit off-topic in this, but isn't "The Ender" from a novel? I heard that book was good... Its called Ender's Game or something like that, right? If so, can you give me the name of the author? I'd liket o read it in the not-too-distant future.

  • 07.20.2004 9:11 AM PDT
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1. Big words do exist. The more letters they have the longer and therefore "bigger" they are. I don't know what you were talking about otherwise.

2. Orson Scott Card is the author of Ender's Game and many other great sci fi books.

  • 07.20.2004 9:47 AM PDT
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Big words exist and they scare me, sometimes.

  • 07.20.2004 9:59 AM PDT

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Alright, I see your point. You're talking about words like antidisestablishmentarianism... But I wasn't referring to "big" in that way. I was talking more about certain choice of words.

I'll take something out of the Simpsons to give an example:

Dr. Hibbert: You need a Coronary Bypass.

Homer asks him to dumb it down... several times...

Dr. Hibbert after trying to dumb it down: We're going to tinker with your ticker.


I've seen circumstances in which, one using more "intellectual" words would be regarded as using "big" words... in other words, words beyond someone's understanding.... but not necessarily big, syllable-wise.

Word

Sorry I sad words so much...


And thank you for the Ender's Game info... I figured it was Orson Scott Card... I've got to get to reading his stuff...

[Edited on 7/20/2004 10:31:15 AM]

  • 07.20.2004 10:12 AM PDT
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Alright, I'm sorry for the whole christmas themed post I did with the red and green. It served its purpose of stirring emotions and I see some people didn't like me for it.

  • 07.20.2004 12:32 PM PDT

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.... I had no problem with it...

  • 07.20.2004 1:45 PM PDT
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OH! So THAT'S what it was. I thought you were just having fun. Or you could have been catering to our Italian friend. (Sorry man. I just had to put that in.)

  • 07.20.2004 2:23 PM PDT

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OH! So THAT'S what it was. I thought you were just having fun. Or you could have been catering to our Italian friend. (Sorry man. I just had to put that in.)



... I don't get it... Sorry.

  • 07.20.2004 2:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: Shai Hulud
Posted by: Sporndog
OH! So THAT'S what it was. I thought you were just having fun. Or you could have been catering to our Italian friend. (Sorry man. I just had to put that in.)



... I don't get it... Sorry.


I think he's talking about the post with the colorful text. Green and red are both colors of the Italian flag.

  • 07.20.2004 2:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: Geronimo
Posted by: Shai Hulud
Posted by: Sporndog
OH! So THAT'S what it was. I thought you were just having fun. Or you could have been catering to our Italian friend. (Sorry man. I just had to put that in.)



... I don't get it... Sorry.


I think he's talking about the post with the colorful text. Green and red are both colors of the Italian flag.



Ah! I can see now! .... mildly funny!

  • 07.20.2004 3:09 PM PDT
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Alright, I'm sorry for the whole christmas themed post I did with the red and green. It served its purpose of stirring emotions and I see some people didn't like me for it.

I disagree. An obvious cover for the absurd and meaningless post I called you on earlier. Next time someone shows you up just take it like a man. You can take or leave that advice, but perhaps someone will echo it help to validate it.

[Edited on 7/20/2004 5:25:02 PM]

  • 07.20.2004 5:21 PM PDT

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Hey, now, Ender, ease down a tad. That's not helping anybody... unless you're trying to demonstrate that grammar and spelling aren't perfect indicators of maturity either. Dial down the rhetoric, rein in the diss, whatever... but teaching folks to take a civil approach to conversing on the boards is what we're looking for in this thread, isn't it? So let's practice what we preach.

Yeah, the joke was lame and even misguided, but showing 'tude when replying to it doesn't solve anything.

-- Steve notes that you can take or leave that advice, but hopes you take it like a man.

  • 07.20.2004 6:38 PM PDT
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I concur. I didn't however chew him out or curse him so although I agree with your points I don't believe I crossed any civility line. I just refuse to ignore and tolerate any obvious lying or b.s. I only called him on it... no more no less.

  • 07.20.2004 7:58 PM PDT
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"A moderator earlier mentioned he/she was 15, and his/her post was coherent."

Who was that?

Anyway... trying to stay on topic, there appear to be alot of people coming in and replying without reading the entire thread. Kids coming in and saying "I'm 13 and damn proud of it" and such. I don't think they even grasped the point of asking for ages...

And earlier somebody mentioed that the ratings on games were advisable only because an american court ruled against it... well apart from alot of rude things I could say about America not owning the world and that theres more to the world than America, have a look at movie ratings... wouldn't that go against your "freedom" legislation as well?

Ratings are made to be followed, not disregarded! Especially by those parents (who seem to come up quite frequently) who pay no attention to what they hand their kids.

  • 07.21.2004 2:05 AM PDT
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Sigma at the bottom of the first page of this thread mentioned he/she was 15.

I completely agree with your paragraph about kids not reading the entire topic and just randomly spouting off.

The ratings aren't technically a "meant to be followed" sort of system. Back in the 80's when good ol' Tipper was fighting the music industry the courts finally decided that the system would be used as an advisory. It was set up to let parents know what their kids were listening to, and now later playing. So parents can do a couple of things with this. They can ignore it completely and let their kids listen and play whatever they wish. (Which seems to be the case for the majority of the youngsters around the forums). Or they can enforce it to whatever degree they wish. That's the freedom part. It's a bit like the movie rating system. Unless you're 17 you can't see an R movie unless your parents come with you and buy your ticket. I'm fairly certain it's the same for M rated music and games. So despite whatever sort of criteria the raters use to slap that little black and white rectangle on the covers of so many plastic cases, it's up to the individual how to/ how not to follow that legislation.

Personally I think many parents should take a listen and look at what their kids are using without the silly labels. At whatever point you're emancipated (I know, legally 18 state side unless you take it to court), then a person can listen to, play, watch, whatever they will.

[Edited on 7/21/2004 6:42:02 AM]

  • 07.21.2004 5:55 AM PDT
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Ok I get chewed out for posting the colorful post, and then I get chewed out for posting an apology? Sorry if I seem rude now, but what the -blam!- is wrong with you ender?

  • 07.21.2004 9:14 AM PDT

With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.

Does anyone know how to "keep cool?" And Ender, you're not helping, either.

[Edited on 7/21/2004 9:44:54 AM]

  • 07.21.2004 9:44 AM PDT
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I'm not trying to help. I'm just trying to minimize the b.s. Let's just put and end to it here and get back on track.

  • 07.21.2004 10:01 AM PDT

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  • 07.21.2004 3:10 PM PDT
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Yo, ender nice name. you get from a book like i did?

  • 07.21.2004 3:35 PM PDT
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14 here, i try to keep my posts decent when it comes to grammar

  • 07.21.2004 7:53 PM PDT
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Yo, ender nice name. you get from a book like i did?

Yo, dave yeah. i got from a book like you did.

It was an easy read because it had all of these capital letters for the first letter of the first word in a sentence and for proper nouns (like names). And it was written with some aspects of grammar in mind.

  • 07.21.2004 8:12 PM PDT
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Hey, calm down a bit... People, if you're going to post, at least read what the thread is about! It only furthers the confusion and agitation when people post stuff randomly. Dave Ender if you'd read through the thread you'd have known it was from the book, Shai Hulud asked him just before...

READ THE THREAD PEOPLE!

  • 07.22.2004 4:00 AM PDT

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Posted by: the_Ender
Yo, ender nice name. you get from a book like i did?

Yo, dave yeah. i got from a book like you did.

It was an easy read because it had all of these capital letters for the first letter of the first word in a sentence and for proper nouns (like names). And it was written with some aspects of grammar in mind.



the_Ender, we understand your point in this thread, but you don't need to flame people who ask simple questions. Its very unnecessary. It makes you no better than the people who raise pointless arguments over such simple things.

Oh, on another topic, why does "the" in "the_Ender" not have a capital "T?" Simply curious.

[Edited on 7/22/2004 3:22:52 PM]

  • 07.22.2004 1:32 PM PDT