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King Shit *board owner* | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 6:12 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01  | Hey, I let Foundry hock the board for writers, I figure I might as well be allowed to do it myself. We're looking for people to write as staff (columns, features, etc.) on Over the Limit If you have a workable idea for a column or have a few article ideas you'd like to put into words, please feel free to drop me an Email. We always accept and read through user submissions as well, but if you are interested in seriously becoming a writer with us we may have a place in the company for you. Yes this is a legitimate startup, so we can offer you equity.  I believe in the Faith... that can save me. I believe in the hope and I pray... That someday it may raise me... above these badlands Over The Limit | ||||
| OAAWITE | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 6:25 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | quote: And that's in addition to how much actual currency exactly?  | ||||
| zootybang | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 6:38 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | Yeah, and whats an "equity"? Is that like a pence or a quid? God loves you.it's everyone else that thinks you're an asshole. Posting regularly,yet still a lowly lurker. | ||||
| danked Dankarella! | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 6:42 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00 | i've been working on something, but i dunno. college creative writing just sucked the very soul out of me. i haven't been proud of much of my writing in years. i'll drop you an e-mail with my stuff if i feel good about it. | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 6:46 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | Equity is stock in the company. Shares of ownership. But we're looking for a serious committment for that. Otherwise like I said, we always intrested in reading simple submissions, reviews, etc. Some of the best talent we could find is on the board, it'd be a shame to let it go to waste. I believe in the Faith... that can save me. I believe in the hope and I pray... That someday it may raise me... above these badlands Over The Limit | ||||
| crx girl Newbie! vg Y's me ugo girl Limey Mothercocker | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 6:49 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote:no, that's actual money, in fact worth more than a penny or a buck...  need me? try: [email protected] | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 6:58 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: Cool, actually you reminded me of something. Unfortunately writing posts on a message board usually differs from writing actual pieces. So if I'm unfamiliar with your style, please send me a few paragraphs just so we can tell how well you fit in. I believe in the Faith... that can save me. I believe in the hope and I pray... That someday it may raise me... above these badlands Over The Limit | ||||
| IrishAlkey Chucky Official OA.com Homo CUNT ROCKETTE Look who's laughing now, fuckers!!! Is It In Yet? JYD-4-LIFE [Sarcasm]Subzero316 fan since day one!!1!![/Sarcasm] "my mod powers are on temporary hiatus" This status is sponsored by: P®oJë©T M@¥hέm | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 7:37 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Aug. 01 | The task to prove the existence of a being, namely God, is one that many philosophers have undertaken from vaious angles. Difficulties arise due to the fact that there is no absolute, tangible proof of God's existence. When one is attempting to formulate a proof concerning the existence of "a being than which nothing greater can be conceived" (F. 19), one must do so without the aid of actual evidence by which the proof may be supported. Therefore, there is absolute necessity that every premise made within a proof of God's existence be exact, if not, the argument made will not be a proof, rather a debatable theory. Saint Anselm's Ontological, a priori argument is one that attempt's to prove God's existence by merely using the concept of what God is. The basic premises of Anselm's proof are based upon the concept that God is a being than which nothing greater can be conceived. From this definition of God, Anselm states the premise that God exists in the understanding, which is in no manner an illogical premise because by acknowledging the meaning of the word "God," one must admit that God exists in the understanding. Next, Anselm asserts that "if that, than which nothing greater can be conceived, exists in the understanding alone, the very being, than which nothing greater can be conceived, is one, than which a greater can be conceived" (F. 19). The preceding premise is based on the assumption that God may have existed in reality, which is also not an illogical assumption because a being than which no greater being exists is not an illogical concept. An example of an illogical concept would be 'the object which is completely round and completely square at the same time' (F. 22). From these premises, Anselm is able to prove that if God only exists in the understanding, and might have existed in reality, then God might have been greater than God actually is. Since assuming that God only exists in the understanding leads to an obvious contradiction, Anselm can safely assert that God must also exist in reality. Of that many criticisms that the Ontological argument faces, one that presents the most realistic argument is set forth by a monk named "Guanilo." William Rowe writes, "Guanilo sought to prove that Anselm's reasoning is mistaken by applying it to things other than God, things which we know don't exist" (F. 24). Using the identical proof that Anselm uses to show the existence of God, Guanilo proves that there is an island than which no other island is greater. He achieves this by merely inserting the words "perfect island" in place of the word "God" when it appears in Anselm's proof. Guanilo's strategy is simple, if one knows that the perfect island does not exist in reality, but if Anselm's proof appears to show that it does, then there is no logical reason to believe that this same proof can accurately prove God's existence. On the surface there appears to be no way in which to argue against Guanilo's criticism. However, in order for his criticism to be accurate, the premises must also be accurate. When Anselm states the premise that there exists in the understanding a being than which no greater being exists, there is no contradiction or impossibility within the statement. When Guanilo asserts that there exists in the understanding an island than which no greater thing is possible, a problem arises. First, who is to say what the perfect island would look like? How many grains of sand would there be on the beach? For this reason the basic premise of Guanilo's argument might be illogical. Rowe explains the problem as follows: "[p]erhaps, then, since Anselm's reasoning applies only to possible things, Anselm can reject its application to Guanilo's island on the grounds that the island than which none greater is possible is, like the round square, an impossible thing" (F. 25). The second problem is that one can not be sure that there is an island than which no greater thing is possible. For if the perfect island did exist, could there not possibly be some thing which might be greater than that island. The man than which no greater man was possible might very well be some thing greater than the perfect island. Consequently, when one assumes that God exists only in the understanding using Anselm's argument, one derives an absurd conclusion, however, when one assumes that the perfect island does not exist, there is no absurd derivation. The proof that Anselm uses to show the existence of a being than which no greater being is possible, namely God, is based only on the concept of what the word "God" means. Trying to prove that a concept exists is an unthinkable task because when one thinks of proof, one thinks of tangible evidence, not deduction from reason. Anselm's Ontological argument does just that, using solid premises to build up to a conclusion that, when challenged, appears illogically impossible. If God is a being than which no greater being is possible, and God only exists in the understanding, then God has the potential to be greater than he is, an obvious contradiction. Also, the proof only leads to an absurd conclusion when it is used to prove the existence of God and nothing else. There is no time at which the proof will prove the existence of something known not to exist because there is always some thing greater than the next as long as that thing is not God.  | ||||
| HyBriD FN Moron is an indian giver!! I had my cool status for about 10 min. then it was gone. GONE! G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Agent WD40 Licensed to Kill My spoon is TOO BIG. (finally) Hanger-on to the JYDs for LIFE I INVENTED ORANGE MOTHERFUCKER This status is sponsored by: P®oJë©T M@¥hέm | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 7:47 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 01 | im scared it can't rain all the time | ||||
| TheGooch Mullet Master Yo Gooch, Moron here... how's that for some fucked up shit... Fez is giving you status... Karma sucks, huh? | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 7:55 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | hey, doesn't tenbat have one about fucking dolphins??? Here's a tip that will save you alot of grief and time... Don't believe in and depend on anyone but yourself. | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 8:33 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | quote:fucking adjective or fucking verb?  "It appears my wee wee has been strucken with rigor mortis." I've purchased illegal substances once- i guess i caused the death of a baby- i wish i could have killed that fucker with my own hands | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 8:46 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | maybe if you promised Enron stock, i would consider said writing position I Will Be Your Dixie Chicken | ||||
| CriticsLoveSnatch i know better than to ask for a status from you mean ol' mods I shall call him mini-FTL | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 8:57 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | oops. my bad. This message was edited by CriticsLoveSnatch on 2-5-02 @ 8:59 PM | ||||
| TheGooch Mullet Master Yo Gooch, Moron here... how's that for some fucked up shit... Fez is giving you status... Karma sucks, huh? | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 9:00 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | VERB, my boy. About fucking them thru their blowholes. Here's a tip that will save you alot of grief and time... Don't believe in and depend on anyone but yourself. | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 9:03 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | Wrong thread, what exactly are you looking for for a writer? IkeaBoy's life of clones? "It appears my wee wee has been strucken with rigor mortis." I've purchased illegal substances once- i guess i caused the death of a baby- i wish i could have killed that fucker with my own hands This message was edited by IkeaBoy on 2-5-02 @ 9:10 PM | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 9:16 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | We're very open-ended Ikea. We are just looking to find some regular contributors who can write well, are creative, and have the same frame of mind we do. Even if you are too busy or don't want to write every week or several times a week on different things, we welcome individual articles whenever the muse hits you. Everyone doesn't have time to do a column like Grumpy twice a week, or Strawberry weekly. Dan is writing a random review when he heads to the movies, Ree did a GTA3 review when he picked it up last month, etc. I believe in the Faith... that can save me. I believe in the hope and I pray... That someday it may raise me... above these badlands Over The Limit | ||||
| IrishAlkey Chucky Official OA.com Homo CUNT ROCKETTE Look who's laughing now, fuckers!!! Is It In Yet? JYD-4-LIFE [Sarcasm]Subzero316 fan since day one!!1!![/Sarcasm] "my mod powers are on temporary hiatus" This status is sponsored by: P®oJë©T M@¥hέm | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 9:25 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Aug. 01 | How about, "Alkey's Open Bar: Happy Hour is Every Hour." | ||||
| GrkqtOandAfan Claim staked by FTL. | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 9:40 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | What a coinkydink, Sephiroth was just telling me today in IMs that he wanted to write for OTL!!! No one looked...as I walked by Just an invitation would have been just fine Said no to him...again and again First he took my heart...then he ran | ||||
| FoundryMusicScott | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 10:06 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 00 | Froy, are most of the topics your writers write about include gaming, music, movies, men and women? Are these op/ed articles, either based on one of the aforesaid topics or something else? Looking at the website, I doubt the things I'm good at (History, Politics, Finance, Business, and Law) are interesting enough for www.overthelimit.com. Let me know a frame of reference for wanting to submit an entry. "That's what we're paid for, boys. We're gonna take care of this. We're going to find out who did this. They're not going to like me as President." -President George W. Bush, 9/11/01 | ||||
| Nana's Precious | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 10:08 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Froy if I had two brain cells left to rub together I would consider making a go............ what the fuck was I talking about? I like ham.........  09-11-01 Never Forget, Never Forget Bring back the Bitch...... Give blood, play hockey. | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 02-05-2002 @ 10:11 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: The trick is to find an interesting twist way to write about those topics. I'm working on a new history section to go in For Men, but instead of giving a history lesson, we'll be highlighting some of histories greatest moments in a humorous or twisted way. Anyone can sit and write about the stock market, but you have to know how to make it engaging and more fun to read than picking up the Wall Street Journal. I believe in the Faith... that can save me. I believe in the hope and I pray... That someday it may raise me... above these badlands Over The Limit | ||||
| FoundryMusicScott | posted on 02-06-2002 @ 1:03 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 00 | Then I, unfortunately, am not your man. History in a "twisted" way for me is using historical evidence to determine if, President Lincoln had lived, his 10% plan would have worked during Reconstruction. As it were, Andrew Johnson tried it, and the plan brought about unfortunate results. Oh well. Good luck to you otherwise. "That's what we're paid for, boys. We're gonna take care of this. We're going to find out who did this. They're not going to like me as President." -President George W. Bush, 9/11/01 | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 02-06-2002 @ 9:31 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | That's a bit too bland, the trick is to take something like that and make it funny. I believe in the Faith... that can save me. I believe in the hope and I pray... That someday it may raise me... above these badlands Over The Limit | ||||
| Ken'sPen [Sarcasm] Doesn't Live Up To The Hype [/Sarcasm] I should have stayed OVER THERE | posted on 02-06-2002 @ 9:57 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | Froy, I have an idea I have been kicking around about good dental hygiene, let me know if you’re interested. | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 02-06-2002 @ 11:47 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | Dental Hygeine, if that doesn't say big-time readership, I don't know what does. I believe in the Faith... that can save me. I believe in the hope and I pray... That someday it may raise me... above these badlands Over The Limit | ||||
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