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Hello all,

my first post in the Journalism is a Dying Profession? is up.



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Originally posted by PatrickGarrow17


Atlantis existed

edit on 12/12/2012 by PatrickGarrow17 because: (no reason given)

Yeah, approved.

reply to post by adjensen


Thanks for the topical offer but I must reject it. Reason: I cant find enough interest in either side.

If you have any other ideas let me know...

Results for the Atheism debate are in. It was another tie that had to be broken.

And the winner is...

Great debate intrepid!

I am actually surprised I won considering that my second post was rather weak. There are some places I need to improve and hopefully I will do so in debates to come.

My second post in the AI debate is up

Could I please trouble a mod to fix my broken quote tag:

My opponent said the following:

[ quote]Without understanding what consciousness is, the hope of creating AI is futile. We simply cannot create a machine to mimic us flawlessly without first understanding ourselves.[/ headline]

Here, where I absent mindedly threw in "headline" instead of "quote"?

Thanks!

reply to post by Hefficide


yup.

reply to post by Hefficide


Can you do the same for me?

www.abovetopsecret.com...

If your child's DNA tested positive for Tay-Sachs, and there was a gene therapy treatment available, would you cure your child?

Been like that for a week, it didn't occur to me to ask to have it fixed..I think the tag is fine but for some reason it's showing on the post. It looked fine on the preview too, if it's possible to fix I'd appreciate it.

Congrats SS. Good debate.

reply to post by PatrickGarrow17


Done.

FTR: I couldn't see a problem with the coding at all. My first means of testing was to simply delete your BBcode and rewrite it myself. That worked.

The edit did not alter nor change any of the content of the post.

reply to post by Hefficide


Thanks, I think that line has a lot more punch in size 4

reply to post by PatrickGarrow17


I'm up, my good man

And let me just say thank-you again for being so patient with me. I will be loosing internet in about 24hrs time for about 36hrs so take your time, once you respond I will attempt my 2nd response but it may not occur until Monday evening my time (GMT +8) if I don't get to it before signal loss.

My second statement in the Journalism is a Dying Profession debate is up!

Hey, a thread on the mainstream media, and it only has one flag? You guys are giving "conspiracy theories" a bad name.

Debate approval requested

Sheepslayer247 vs SonoftheSun: "The Internet: Advantage or Disadvantage to the Human Race?"

reply to post by sheepslayer247


Approved.

reply to post by Hefficide


Well that was fast!

I will have something posted by tomorrow, or maybe tonight if I have trouble sleeping.

reply to post by Hefficide


Nice avatar, Heff, how come you didn't have that one active during our Santa Debate?

reply to post by adjensen


Thanks!

It didn't exist until a few hours ago! I was loathe to put on a "Holiday" avatar because I was worried somebody would gank my Daryl ( The Walking Dead ) avatar and then, well then future generations of ATS'ers would whisper about the day *that* happened... in hushed tones and in frightened tones.

All in all I figured the Daryl thing was for the public good. Some still remember me as the guy who changed avatars eight time an hour.

reply to post by Hefficide


Mine is Oscar, who is usually a goofy looking amiable pup, but who was decidedly unhappy with me for trying to pose him with that snowman (I lived in North Dakota at the time, and it was probably 20 below zero.)

It's one of my favourite shots of him, because you can just see the "cartoon balloon" over his head that reads "Fine. You got your stupid picture. Can I go back in the fricking house now?"

reply to post by Hefficide


That is the best Avatar I have ever seen...

I'm a fan of Santa and Ninjas, to see the two combined....it just " says" Ninja Christmas

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