June 12, 2002, 07:30
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Deity
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I don't get a lot of the quotations people put in their sigs
Explain them here if you like 
Origins, history, meaning, you know the drill 
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June 12, 2002, 07:40
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What a magnificent possibility for trolling * drool *...
The quotes in my signature generally exhibit one of two possible properties of the mind... Either sheer idiocy (sometimes from people who don't consistently act like idiots) or sheer brilliance. In the latter case the quote usually pertains in some way to the greatest OS ever, Linux.
Currently... my first quote is from Urban Ranger, who definitely doesn't act like an idiot consistently. Except in Asher-made threads. For some reason he seems to tend to lose a rather large part of his IQ in those...
... the latter quote comes from an unsuccesful search. I was trying to find out the exact form of Markos's "Administrators, by definition, do not spam" quote, or even find out if he had ever actually said that. Instead of finding that, I found yet another "interesting" evolution-creation thread with the usual arguments being thrown to both directions. And like always, there was this one creationist who kept the discussion alive mostly by using arguments that don't fit into even the most elementary and general definition of logic that I know. I have it in my signature as a reminder of how differently people can think...
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June 12, 2002, 07:43
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I don´t get my own sig, can someone explain it to me? 
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Banana
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June 12, 2002, 07:50
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Mine is something I used to say to someone special that is no longer with me.
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Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh
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June 12, 2002, 07:52
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Currently, Snapcase's description of my website.
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June 12, 2002, 07:56
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.... but what does this "Rocks tonic juice MAGIC" mean? Is it a reference to some drink?
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June 12, 2002, 07:59
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Rocks Tonic Juice Magic
It's not really got any relevance to the site whatsoever, and hence the Private-Eye- Emo-Conservatism...
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June 12, 2002, 08:15
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Administrator
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Pluck the day but be aware to die.
I have combined both famous lines.
It's because I'm a christian, I believe we're here on earth to enjoy life. That's why God created it, but we should be aware as well that we have to die one day. Don't live like there's no tomorrow.
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Formerly known as "CyberShy"
Carpe Diem tamen Memento Mori
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June 12, 2002, 08:22
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My quotes are from January of 1999. It was back when my life was going great: SMAC was going to released in about a month, I was running a successful SMAC site, and there was a large effort to reveal CTP for the fraud it was.
The first quote is to show how involved I was in the effor. The second is to show that Activision really tried to pass CTP off as Civ3.
They are there to remind me of how I once was.
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"Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
"At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
"Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
"In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd
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June 12, 2002, 08:27
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King
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"My forum is better than this one": a troll thread to draw attention to your own sig, Horse?
I think I understand about 50% of mine. I was amused by how fundies who believe in the absolute truth conveyed by the One True God can divide themselves into so many little boxes based on their own interpretations of what the Bible actually says.
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June 12, 2002, 08:29
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King
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Hmm, my two quotes. One is just a very funny one from The Onion, the other is a remar by Asher about me
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June 12, 2002, 08:31
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In my sig the first quote tells everything about me
In my sig the second quote tells everything about the greeks in general.
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I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.
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June 12, 2002, 08:32
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1st line is an Eric Clapton song title , 2nd is Civ Tribe name; the rest is self-explanatory, even for you.
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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June 12, 2002, 08:37
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mine's from the kosovo cycle, about how the serbs got their asses kicked as usual
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Stop Quoting Ben
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June 12, 2002, 09:03
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I try to have something that pisses people off. Sometimes, though, I just write something that I heard that I like.
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June 12, 2002, 09:04
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The PETA part is just something that caught my eye at the PETA website. It just sounded so deliciously silly I had to appropiate it.
New addition is a wise quote by a great, great man.
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"Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
"That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world
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June 12, 2002, 09:05
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Like now, I quoted from Moby ****. Revenge led Captain Ahab to kill himself in trying to kill the whale
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June 12, 2002, 09:06
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I like the No Pants Wonder Day, Stefu. 
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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June 12, 2002, 09:10
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Just another peon
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Mine is a simple lesson learned in life, and seemed real appropriate for the OT. (and "Testicles, the other white meat", got old)
RAH
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The OT at APOLYTON is like watching the Special Olympics. Certain people try so hard to debate despite their handicaps.
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June 12, 2002, 09:15
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I don't understand my own sig 
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June 12, 2002, 09:18
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Mine is a quote from the Billy Bragg song 'Take Down The Union Jack', and is pretty self-explanatory...
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"Love the earth and sun and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown . . . reexamine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency" - Walt Whitman
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June 12, 2002, 09:20
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some dudes being silly on poly, some cool dude being a middle earth hero.
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June 12, 2002, 09:28
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"Grog want tank" is from a very old Civ I cheat program I once saw. It had a number of different intros when you were loading it, and "grog want tank Grog Want Tank GROG WANT TANK! was one of them. The cheat program allowed you to go ahead and give Grog his Tank in 4000BC.
The second one is a quote I've heard attributed to Mao, but even if he never said it, I just think it's amusing.
-Arrian
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grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.
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June 12, 2002, 09:43
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Mine is a quote from Grandpa Simpson extracted from an episode in which Springfield was being terrorized by a sneak thief. The TV writers in turn ripped it off from advice given to a subordinate by the leader of Catholic forces in southern France during the suppression of the Cathar heresey regarding how to deal with populations where it was not obvious who was a heretic and who was not. Translated into English I believe the exact phrase was: "Do not overly trouble yourself. God knows his own."
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"I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!
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June 12, 2002, 09:47
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"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)
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June 12, 2002, 09:52
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Mine's wrong. But I keep being told its out of context. If I could find the context, I'd check...
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Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, Firaxis
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June 12, 2002, 10:14
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Settler
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They are self explanitory, but both have a lot of meaning to me, the first being that 10,000 miles is no obstacle for my love and I.
I love you Sweetheart 
The other requires no explaination.
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Distance between two hearts is not an obstacle, rather a beautiful reminder of just how strong true love can be.
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
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June 12, 2002, 10:19
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Stube and the other Finnish people should be able to guess mine before the end of the day. If not, I'll explain it later.
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June 12, 2002, 10:20
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King
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Monk, that's similar to mine... only that your's is about 15 years older...
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I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.
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June 12, 2002, 10:23
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Well, that lasted what... a minute? Way to go!
It's a Finnish entry from a Eurovision Song Contest years back. I've remembered the chorus, because it was... well... catchy. Very catchy. It sticks on your brain for hours after you've heard it, even if you don't know Finnish. I think it only recieved points from a single country - Sweden no less - and it ended up in last place.
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