Elegarth

Am I getting paid to be a part of this drama primetime show?

It all depends, it is a secret for them

Name is Elegarth, I am the some of a secret encounter in WestWind's and Asta's past... I am both their bastard son and their secret enemy

That is an amazingly beautiful pic

So, hello again. I feel the need to re-introduce myself as prolly has been so long away that I'd be a stranger again.

I would be nice if it were a man made moon-sized base

Congratulations and welcome to dealing with me!

Is just an insult. Period.

I haven't really made my mind towards this... I am really not good at it, gimme a couple of days to think about it and juggle my RL demands

I wonder if this would work... Good luck, I guess?

As comrade Senator Pierconium mention, the funniest / saddest part of it all, is that TSP was / is going through one of those specific times when the disillusionment is born or caused by the whole environment, and yet Rach's self-imposed blindfold prevents her from taking a look at it... We lie to ourselves to make a point? That is kind of childish...

Pierconium

Can you take a guess?

It seems to me that some members of the TWP are reflecting their DESIRE to discover a conspiracy of association between NPO and the UDL? It is becoming somewhat forced. Don't you think you have discovered a big secret or a conspiracy: we are really not allied to the UDL. There isn't really much more than that. The Pacific doesn't defines itself as defender nor as raider. And hence would not associate itself with an organization like the UDL, which exists only to uphold such tenants.

I was going to say the same as Mlo, Tweedy: any critic or comment you have is valid as an opinion. I don't know how much emphasis could I make on this... Ok, yes, I overdid my emphasis... I understand how such thing would be disquieting, WW, but rest assured: we are currently not allied to the UDL, and we have never been.

And who do you refer to?

I am guessing you didn't liked it, then, Tweedy? I would also like to clarify that there will be follow-up commentaries that expand on this principle with more detail and more direct treatment of the issues raised in the myth, that acts as an "introduction" of sorts. Thanks to all for reading and feel free to comment.

The Userite Myth Countless theorists, politicians and activists have told us that the ultimate delineation of nations within this realm can be categorized within two broad but distinct frameworks: feederite and userite. Further demarcation and nomenclature have adjusted these overarching archetypes with terms such as defender or invader, or most recently, independent and imperialist, but the concept remains the same. Some have sought to provoke these portrayals into coherent political agendas and philosophies, to greater and lesser success. Proper thought or manifesto aside, these have been nothing more than platitudes created to either uphold or break down the status quo. Many have been structured around specific groups or regions, giving credit to individuals for feats that, while monumental, were nothing more than the perpetuation of an erroneous mindset. The reason that such theoretical conflicts between these separate mentalities have occurred historically is that the underlying mythos has created cognitive dissonance within the collective gestalt of our nations. It is time for a paradigm shift. The myth that has been perpetuated since antiquity within this realm is based upon an incorrect understanding of the individual nation’s position within the overall structure. All nations are created equivalently and arise within those regions specified as “feeders” upon their initial foundation. There are no exceptions to this fundamental fact. If a nation ceases to exist and is resurrected, it then arrives in one of the regions designated as “sinker” but this is not an instance of foundation, it is an instance of rebirth, and therefore provides a separate and secondary dynamic. Therefore, all nations, at some point, even those created specifically for the purpose of departure from the region of its birth, are feederite. At the most basic level of classification, all nations, regardless of size, age or location, have been and always will be, to some extent, the product of a feeder mentality. There is no such thing as a pure userite nation. It is a matter of self-delusion for any nation to deny its heritage as a child of the feeders. Therefore, it is necessary to define the feederite diaspora. Since it is a given then that not every nation left the feeders voluntarily, or that every nation, though equivalent in creation, has sought equivalence in action and position, there are some levels of differentiation to be clarified. First, those nations of the so-called enforced diaspora, who met the lords of the Rejected Realms against their will, have a certain predisposition against the idea of feederite rehabilitation. While it is certainly correct to state that some instances of forced relocation are without merit, it is equally true to state the converse. Consequently, the separation of these two dejected parties is insubstantial when measured against the totality of the diaspora as a whole. All nations that have been removed via ejection from a feeder by a Delegate, regardless of circumstance, are part of the enforced diaspora. And yet, they are still feederite at their core. Likewise, those nations that have been disillusioned with the government that they encountered upon creation or mislead by the barrage of invitations that they receive upon conception are also feederite in origin. Disillusionment stems from a lack of understanding while the misleading of nations by those that have already gone into the diaspora before also evolves from this same misperception. These nations, which have left of their own volition, are part of the coerced diaspora. Often, those of the coerced have been prompted to action by the enforced. The enforced prey upon the coerced to the detriment of the whole. Through this cyclical pattern of denial-delusion-deceit, we find the impetus for all divergence within the Nation States world. The bulk of nations within this realm dwelling outside of the feeders are part of the coerced, living a lie manufactured and fed to them by the enforced. They utilize this lie in order to create great personal power, build large temples to themselves, or some self-aggrandizing political hokum, in order to wage war upon that which they left behind. There is a further group of nations belonging to the diaspora, those that are mere puppets of either the coerced or enforced, bereft of autonomy and utilized for a multitude of tasks which enslave them to their more prodigious masters. For the purpose of this study, such entities hold no value beyond that of placeholder. In the rare instance that such a nation serves a purpose expressly independent of its diasporic progenitor the nation would invariably find itself within one of the preceding categorical classifications unless it was itself feederite in position. Such incongruities will be addressed separately, however. In the present vein, notwithstanding uncommon examples, there is therefore only one overarching classification of nation: feederite. Those nations that are part of the diaspora in any one of the two main segmentations are simply displaced feederite constituents. Since no differentiation between those nations within the feeders and those without can be made outside of pseudo-philosophic propaganda effected by the enforced diaspora and taken up or misconstrued by the coerced, it stands to all reason and common sense that no political differentiation can logically exist either. Hence, all supposed userite, invader, imperialist, independent, etc. etc. ad nauseam, justifications for separation from and opposition to feederite institutions are invalid. If no such delineation can exist then no antagonism to these fabricated separations can exist. The enforced diaspora has perpetuated a false-mentality of obstruction in the face of their shortcomings or misunderstandings. They have utilized the coerced as tools while obfuscating the reality of their situation. In short, the userite myth has been developed and cultivated in order to destabilize the feeders and propagate a war between prodigals and their homelands. ------------------------------------- (Originally meant for our embassy)

Schrodinger cat's is usually overused and misunderstood anyway

You could sum it up like that, indeed. There is so much... "made up" concepts... that you can allow to validate a theory, it would perhaps be better to sum them all into a black box, call it the "dark side" of the theory and admit that you have no clue what happens there....

Newton was a case of a very intelligent mean breaking apart to deep levels. He was a man of God and a crazy one at that. But he is also one of the greatest minds we have had

Hahahaha... That was meant as a joke... Now, formally speaking, both the Dark Matter / Dark Energy theory as the Super String theory are quite good to explain things that are otherwise unexplained with our classic approaches. However, they are both "constructs" if you may. They are too... artificial. One thing is to come up and describe phenomenons in new imaginative ways and from there extract new ideas, theories and what not, and another one to sit in front of the paper and "deduct" a mathematical application of numeric and algebraic tools to simulate the universe. String and Super String theory have that feeling: "Ok guys, this I can't explain it with 7 dimensions, do you guys mind if I go up to 11 to make it work? - Yeah, sure, knock yourself out" And then comes the usual unanswered question to all Super String Theorists: and what are these dimensions? What they represent? How are they visualized? And the house of cards comes down as they are little else than mathematical expressions of the algebraic need of a system to behave as desired. Of course it is amazing how Super String theory has allowed for unified explanations of some of the end of the scale phenomenons, but it was BUILT to be able to do it. I am NOT saying that it is not right, but it is somehow... artificial... constructed... while nature and the time-space continuum are not constructs, they are the reality upon which we move and try to study and describe... Needless to say, it is quite convenient that the same construction of the theory prevent experimental proof of it, as it lacks dimensions... And a similar concept goes for Dark Matter / Dark Energy: "My math and my classic model do not allow for the numbers I am crunching on the Universe, hence I am going to create a Big Black Box, give it all the characteristics that I need to make sure my numbers add up, and then call it WILSON!... No wait, that was used already? Damn... Then I'll call it DARK MATTER!" At least, tho, the studying of possible options or explanations of WHAT is Dark Matter, if it exists at all, are more tangible and experimental than String related stuff. I DO recognize and can accept that our current gravitational theory doesn't holds galaxies together and hence, instead of coming up with a black-box solution to make it work, I think we should question the gravitational theory directly... We should perhaps invest more in graviton related grants than weapon ones... But hey, knowledge comes way lower in priority than commercial success... I do think and feel studying them both can lead us to breakthrough discoveries to better understand and describe our Universe, but from this point of view, you can't avoid feeling a little bit disappointed in them both... Somehow.

Going back a few pages... Glenda?

I could do it, if you happen to want an unscheduled always late rarely on time possibly empty newspaper

I would like to know why I have been missing in this GREAT thread.... Dark matter, like super string theory, is stupid. Trust me, I am/was a physics major