RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:57 am

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I got two baby rats yesterday! Both males, called Mikey and Raph, after the two coolest ninja turtles. They're the cutest and I have Mikey on my lap right now.

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 10:07 am

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Legions of metalheads who've saluted "the number of the beast" may need to subtract 50 from the numeral that adorns their notebook doodlings, T-shirts and tattoos.

A newly discovered fragment of the Book of Revelation challenges the conventional belief that the Antichrist's mark is 666, indicating instead that it is 616. Expert classicists used multi-spectral imaging to get a better view of the text, which is written in archaic Greek and dates to the late third century.

"It is clearly an important new manuscript, giving us a relatively very early copy of the text of Revelation," said Christopher Tuckett, a theology professor at Oxford University's Pembroke College. "It is probably not the earliest manuscript of Revelation that we have ... but this is the first time [the 616 reading] has been found in such an early text."

Fear of 666 is so extensive it actually has a name — hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia — and has inspired everything from televangelist speeches to Hollywood films. The numbers have long been appropriated into the heavy-metal lexicon and symbology. Black Sabbath, Rob Zombie, Danzig and Sepultura have featured depictions of "666" on their album covers, Slipknot have decorated their stage set with 666 signs, and hordes of other bands have incorporated 666 symbols into T-shirts, stickers and other merchandise.

Most famously, 666 provided the title of Iron Maiden's groundbreaking 1982 album, Number of the Beast. The title track begins with the Revelation passage "Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number. Its number is 666."

The recent 616 discovery, which was found in a collection of documents recovered in Egypt, isn't exactly a whole new revelation. While it dates back the furthest, other ancient manuscripts of the Book of Revelation have the number as 616 instead of 666, provoking some debate in the past as to which were the original digits. Both Greek and Hebrew letters have numeric values that can be added up to arrive at a total. One common explanation of 666 is that it comes from the numerical value of "Nero" transliterated into Hebrew letters. A small change in the transliteration can result in 616.

Many scholars believe that 666 won out because it is derived from a more complex formula and also because it's simply more catchy. "Six hundred sixty-six looks like a more memorable number than 616," said David Parker, a New Testament professor at the University of Birmingham in England. "Six hundred sixty-six steadily took over, and the alternative was forgotten until modern scholars in the past 200 years started to look at more manuscripts and to find ones that had been lost."

Alan Mitchell, a theology professor at Georgetown University, said there's no reason the discovery should detract from the popularity of 666. "In my opinion, it doesn't change anything," he said. "The most reliable manuscripts have the number as 666. There's no reason to change the text of the New Testament, and there's no reason to change the tattoos."

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 12:59 pm

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Rats smell bad.

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 2:09 pm

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No worse than you probably do

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 3:18 pm

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Rats are cute.

"Both males"...

Sure hope so, I know HEAPS of people who have been told that.

Then one has babies

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 4:58 pm

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Their huge balls gives it away

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Tue Mar 4, 2008 9:51 am

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I smell like after shave and taco mince.

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 3:01 pm

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Ha! Sure you shave Johnson, sure you shave.

I have shaving, I wanna destroy every razor in the world. I'd rather wax, but that takes time, effort, money, and a high tolerance for pain. So I'll continue to shave, and get prickly stubble in places I wish were naturally bald.

FYI

Piss: I slouch too much coz I'm tall and have a long torso.

Pissssss: It gives me a really sore back.

Pissssssssssssss: I will no doubt have back problems when I'm older.

Awwww I opened the packet of rice crackers that my mum specifically said no body was allowed to open.
How baddass am I?

No matter how hard I tried, I could NOT get that "I?" to be on the same line as the rest of the sentence.

I'm not badass at all, and I don't try to be.

I hate those emoticons, which is why I only ever use them to take the piss. I put this in the worlds longest thread thread coz it is full of randomy goodness, so don't go deleting it for being off topic Kraven, everyone has a right to know what rules my mum sets about the food in the pantry. She doesn't actually set any rules, just for some reason those rice crackers were off limits. But I ate them anyway coz I love peanut butter on rice crackers. I've had like 5 today, plus 2 nectarines and a plum. I don't feel very well.

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:45 pm

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Sometimes I shave the little bit in between my eye brows, so I don't get a mono brow.

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:58 pm

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^ Look it's still there!

I hate these emoticons too. When I finish making the new forums, I'll be sure to include some better ones. In fact, I will probably ask for people's opinions before we choose some. So, if you see any on another website that you like, let me know, so we can steal them!

And sorry, I'm not waxing my face, so leave my razor alone.

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:27 am

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_%28alien%29

Look at this, I've seen one recorded on camera in our lab.

Weird.

They are also on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amnNgXRK_vo&feature=related

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:55 pm

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I got my new mac laptop yesterday. I feel so cool.

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:42 am

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I've had my ibook for nearly four years now.
I need an upgrade. What one did you get?

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:27 pm

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great just helping out

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:49 pm

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I got a macbook. but it has an upgraded harddrive, dual booting xp and tiger. yay!

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:19 pm

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My flatmate got me onto this awesome t shirt printing website. And they are real cheap!

threadless.com

designer submit their own designs for prints and then we can buy them. Quality t shirts too, AA and fruity, yeow!

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:53 pm

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BORING...

I got my hair cut today, I look so pretty I love it!!!

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:48 pm

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I personally don't like the macbook keyboards but I'm still pretty jealous. Good on ya.

Oh look clownie it's your post #888. Just thought I'd point that out.

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:08 am

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Thanks Poopoo, I love you.

RE: worlds longest thread
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:04 pm

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Yeah I wanna buy a new one. Mac have these slimline ones which are much nicer than the laptop keyboards. but they are so expensive.