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I haven't been participating the this, and other, religious threads, simply because at some point, we've said it all. I think, if some of you would bother reading into Thoth's posts - aside the sarcasm, you'd find that he isn't antagonizing anyone. I'm surprised so many of you took offense to his comments. My take is that he was merely pleading ignorance - ie. there may be a god, there may not. It's unproven, and as far as our current technologies, and understanding goes - will continue to be unproven. And really, he's not off-target on this... I think it's possible to have faith in something that remains unproven - and great, all the power to those who choose to have faith. But having faith, and believing in something, doesn't necessarily make it an unrefutable fact.

no, no, Dan... I meant E is a crude form of MDA, or MDMA depending on who mixed it in their basement.

Oh, you're putting the thing together! I really didn't get it.

yes, yes! you can count on Ani to really shake things up! And BTW - windows update is a really good idea. The patches can help avoid a whole lot of headaches by removing several securty vulnerabilities. As for system efficiency, sometimes, after months of installs/uninstalls ad infinitum, you just need to format C: and start all over again!

USB plugs, come in 2 varieties, regular (the rectangular ones) and extra-strength. no, sorry, and mini-USB, (which are the small square ones) usually you don't find them on the machines, but more likely on an extrenal peripheral, or a digital camera, etc. Oh, but maybe I misunderstand, what do you mean by 'listed on the motherboard' ?

Unfortunately (or rather, fortunately ) Armat jan - I don't use XP, so i will not be of much assistance. On the surface however, it seems that the problem could be: 1, your mail client (program such as outlook or eudora) doesn't reconize the newly updated browser as the default browser. In this case, you could download the latest version and re-install it - that should take care of the problem. 2, in XP there are various firewall type controls, perhaps they are configured to allow access to only certain materials (i'm reaching!) Probably Sip will have some more concete suggestions...

Interesting Vayri - but I'm sure their have been very few clinical studies on the long-term effects of these substances (Ibogaine). Until there are, I wouldn't touch it - addicted to heroin or not! Don't forget just a few years ago (err.. well, the seventies) they were prescribing MDA/MDMA with psychotherapy for the treatment all sorts of mental illnesses - it wasn't 'till people starting having problems with their nervous systems, spinal fluid - (leading to paralysis in some cases!) that the FDA banned the substance! BTW if any of you take 'e' / ecstasy - it's the same stuff... Edit: Actually, a brief search on google turned up some interesting resources on studies (even some in vivo) on Ibogaine. Some of this stuff dates back to 1995 - although I didn't have time to verify the publications, I think there might be some more depth there than I imagined....

You're welcome, both of you

Great!

ROTFL! That's great! thanks sip!!! :D

Investing is not for neophytes - a few years ago, everybody and their mother was throwing money into the stockmarkets. Well, a lot of people got burned (including me). Furthermore, public confidence has been shattered in the wake of 'crooks' like Kenneth Lay, and debacles like Enron, Worldcom, Adelphia and now Parmalat is not going to help the markets short-term. That said, I do believe that balancing your investment strategies with a combination of long-term guaranteed investments & more volatile choices like stocks and bonds, is a solid way to invest. Just make sure you do your research and invest in companies with good fundamentals.

I really preferred the orginal with Steve McQueen. He was the king of that genre (car-chase action movie). Ocean's Eleven - also preferred the original. New movies aren't necessarily better movies, eventhough the production valuenow is much higher (ex LOTR series - probably the most visually stunning series of movies ever made!)

There have been many, many threads analysing the pros & cons of the film Ararat. Just look HERE for a list of threads.

Truly a Canadian classic... thanks edward

This is very dangerous. Although I hope no women do it! Almost as bad as reading the paper (yes people do this!)

Yes. This drives me BONKERS! I was driving with a female friend of mine. Pulled over at 40km/h over the speed limit, drove through a school zone. Pulled into a no-stopping zone (with the cop right behind her - lights flashing and everything) and she was speaking on her cell phone at the same time (this is now a punishable offense). She sweet talked her way to a 'warning'. Damn. If that was me - i would've had 4 tickets!

I'd have to agree with this - i'm not too motivated by money... (evidence is my spending habits ) but fear of failure is a HUGE motivator.

Evil nurses with BIG needles

Oh, and another way to avoid viruses like this is to disable the preview pane of your email client. Ex. if you receive a virus & don't run it you won't get infected. If you receive the virus, but your email client runs it - (through the preview, or otherwise) or you run (double-clicking on the attachement) then you will activate the virus and be infected. I strongly urge you to get a good anti-virus software - it's not expensive for the peace of mind it can give you...

Storm - use an anti-virus please and keep it updated. I can't emphasize this enough. PS you don't need to disable ZA completely - just open a port, or approve an app that you want to give access to... As for the IE problem - i've seen this happen a few times. Just restart, and it should go away provided you are virus free and have a pop-up blocker installed. (PS - whcih version of windows are you running?)

I don't think you actually need it. I mean, that's the whole point of being "AMEX protected" non? If someone steals your wallet - you can still get help

With quotes like these - Dan should run for president. ROTFL! Ok - I really don't understand what the big deal is - let's all (gays, straights, lesbians etc.) just live happy together. Let everyone get married - no one's getting hurt... and marriage isn't what it used to be either. So let same sex marriages be... I'm pretty ambivalent on this...

Well, I figure there's some great music in Brazil - so I'd try to find some street musicians/other artist, and dance to the groove. I'd soon forget my sorrows! Besides, I'm sure in the evenings they'll be some fireside gatherings of young/foolish travellers also short on cash - Canadians are well liked in the world, and i'd try and make some friends to travel with (hopefully, on would have the means to take me somewhere). Last resort would be to find an Amex office - I'd get a replacement card/cash advance, and live it up until it waas time to fly home :)

Thanks for the link Bandaz! and welcome to HyeForum!

Have you been to Liberia last year by chance?? No i have not - but I certainly wouldn't generalize the population of an entire continent based on the behaviour of a few warring factions in civil war! In recent history we also can look at the slaughters in Kosovo, & Bosnia - would it be fair to generalize and say that all europeans are gun-toting, child-killing rapists? Please. And there are so many more examples...