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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:54 am

Badmike wrote:
Warning Signs of Possible Computer Crime Problems
(Note: These are warning signs only and are meant as warnings of possible problems, not evidence of a problem.)

Computer addiction - withdraws from friends, family, "lives on the computer," and may lose interest in social activities
Use of a new, unusual vocabulary, heavy with computer terms, satanic phrases, sexual references or a sudden interest in related hard rock or satanic oriented posters, music, etc.
Look for related doodling or writing using of words such as: Hacking, Phreaking, or any words with "ph" replacing 'f"
Lack of interest in self and appearance, grooming and hygiene, or indications of lack of sleep, sudden drop in school grades, and unauthorized absences from classes.
The computer and modem are running late at night, even when unattended
Computer files ending in GIF, JPG, BMP, TIF, PCX, DL, GL, FLI, MPG, AVI, MOV - these are picture or graphic files and parents should know what they illustrate. Image files may be pictures of a sexual nature and can be of very high quality, moving pictures, and even include sound.
Names on communication programs that seem satanic, pornographic, rude, or vulgar in nature
An obsession with fantasy adventure games such as Dungeons and Dragons and Trade Wars
Use of the computer to scan or run telephone or credit card numbers

Is this a joke?

The part about replacing "f" with "ph" sounds suspiciously funny.

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:12 am

FormCritic wrote:
Is this a joke?

The part about replacing "f" with "ph" sounds suspiciously funny.

You meant, "The part about replacing "f" with "ph" sounds supiciously phunny." :lol:

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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:29 am

Oddly enough....the page is currently unavailable. Perhaps being linked to on FARK.com caused an uproar of D&D players all over the country and they took the page down.

It didnt look like a joke to me. It looked like whoever put the page together is seriously uninformed or out of touch with reality. Kind of like the guy who is considering legal action against squirrels for stealing the American flags from veterans headstones.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs ... -1/NEWSMAP

:roll:

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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:53 am

Kingofpain89 wrote: It looked like whoever put the page together is seriously uninformed or out of touch with reality. Kind of like the guy who is considering legal action against squirrels for stealing the American flags from veterans headstones.

The kinda guy that doesn't like Soccer because it's a "communist" sport...

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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:27 am

Prufrock wrote:
You meant, "The part about replacing "f" with "ph" sounds supiciously phunny."

Martin

Wish I'd thought of that.

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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:12 am

TheMilford wrote:
The kinda guy that doesn't like Soccer because it's a "communist" sport...

you mean football...

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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:00 pm

ashmire13 wrote:
you mean football...

You mean futbol? :wink:

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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:18 pm

ashmire13 wrote:
you mean football...

That's how we'd know you're a Commie:

If you say "soccer" in a normal tone, you're a Democrat.

If you say "soccer" in a derisive tone, you're a Republican.

If you say "football" when you mean "soccer" you are a Commie.

If you say "football" in a foreign accent, you're a foreigner...and you still might be a Commie.

If you say "football" and you sound pissed off, you're English.

If you say "football" and head butt the nearest person, you're Scottish.

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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:53 pm

Love the categorisations! Put me in for English then...

KoP. No. That is what Johnny Foreigner calls it!

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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:55 pm

http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=7401

Alright...which one of you art collector's bought this one? :wink:

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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:51 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=7401

Alright...which one of you art collector's bought this one?

Wow! A million dollars. That can only be good news for fantasy art collectors!

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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:07 pm

only if you collect conan paintings by frank the looks of the article.. and this seems the only one sold as ...

"The Frazettas have held on to all the paintings Frank created for the Lancer Conans for forty years now. There has been no reason given as to why that particular trade embargo has now been lifted."

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the reason the "trade embargo" has been lifted is due to the fact that someone paid a SHIT LOAD OF MONEY for it.. I'm pretty intinuative about these things..

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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:17 pm

Let us not forget that Saddam Hussein was also a fantasy art collector.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3025163.stm

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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:13 pm

jasonw1239 wrote:Let us not forget that Saddam Hussein was also a fantasy art collector.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3025163.stm

Which means what? The biggest art collectors tend to come from the ranks of the worlds elitists. Nary a godly one among them.

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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:18 pm

SimperingToad wrote:Which means what? The biggest art collectors tend to come from the ranks of the worlds elitists. Nary a godly one among them.

Present company excepted, of course.

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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:46 pm

jasonw1239 wrote:Let us not forget that Saddam Hussein was also a fantasy art collector.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3025163.stm

Surprising that he didn't get his own face painted onto the original works.

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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:33 pm

jasonw1239 wrote:Let us not forget that Saddam Hussein was also a fantasy art collector.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3025163.stm

When US troops first discovered these paintings they were presented in the US media as if they were soft-core porn.

I wonder where those two paintings are now.

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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:39 pm

FormCritic wrote:
When US troops first discovered these paintings they were presented in the US media as if they were soft-core porn.

I wonder where those two paintings are now.

In several religions, they ARE softcore porn.

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