Dan Kaschel

Dan Kaschel

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Reply to Do I need to Blog? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

You are so mellow (and I know it was before my time), but I just cant see you going off the deep end far enough to get banned. I wouldn't ask you to take my word for it. This is the blog where it happened: Link

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Reply to Do I need to Blog? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I *try* not to care, but I can't lie and say I don't. I used to be the same way. Try getting banned for a summer... makes you realize what parts of your life drew you to blogging in the first place. The second I got to be in the top ten, I got hooked on points. I was number two for a long time... but

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Reply to social self-experiment- the rules in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Reading about it won't help. I'll tell you what to do to stop it: First, find out what you should be doing. Then, find a reason that you should do it. Keeping that reason in mind, do it on a set schedule that you have no excuse to break. Often, the hard way is the only way. Just my 2 cents. Good luck, though. God knows we're all different. Dan, a fellow procrastinator

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Reply to The End of Originality in Games? in Gaming JoeUser Forums

Agreed wholeheartedly. Not much to add, I guess, except that any given line should continue at least a while. For instance, SC2K was better than the original Sim City in my opinion. But, of course, SC3K was awful. And Command & Conquer was okay, I guess, but Red Alert was the real gem. Even tiberium sun was a really good game. But RA2 sucked. Age of Empires struck gold the first time, but it had the command and conquer series to build off of. N

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Reply to Gmail = bad in Internet JoeUser Forums

I'm siding with Leegleech on this one. Google has done a good job holding to their "don't be evil" policy. I've never felt like the information that I've provided them has been misused. The products that they offer are solid and intuitive. The services they offer are effective. Until they give me a reason not to trust them, I'll stay loyal. And privacy issues aside, storage rocks. I love the conversation idea... I have just one e-mail fr

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Reply to So long in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

"As children my brother and I used to sit and compare stories. Who had the juciest " I need help story"" I remember that. I can't quite explain the emotion that comes next after that sentence, but it's something like regret, and reminiscence, and a host of other things that makes me wonder if that kind of overbearing arrogance was worth the lessons it taught me. I certainly hope so. It'll be good to have you back at home. D

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Reply to Abandoned Love in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Because love has yet to receive any formal denotation (i.e. it means something different to every person you ask), I think what you're saying is true for some people and not for others. Where does love go? It goes down the same pit that idealism falls into; the all consuming mouth, lined with decaying strands of hubris. Well, it had to go sometime, right? Dan

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Reply to Gmail Makes Other Netmail Companies Cry... in Internet JoeUser Forums

It is forwarded to an Advertising company to indicate YOU as a potential customer for a product...If information is NOT sent to 'other companies' how is it you are targetted by those other companies? You're not targeted. They pay G-Mail to show their ads to people who will likely show interest. It doe

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Reply to Gmail Makes Other Netmail Companies Cry... in Internet JoeUser Forums

A couple points. 1. I've seen words used like "sent information" and "read e-mails" regarding GMail's collection of info. That just shows a lack of knowledge. E-mail parsing is as simple as searching for words to improve the likelihood of ad relevance. That doesn't involve "reading" (which implies comprehension) or sending information to other companies. It's about as invasive as the function that checks the size of the e-mail. 2.

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Reply to Anger filled rant If easily offended DO NOT READ.Many cusses in Blogging JoeUser Forums

America != Bush This made me smile. As for the rest... liberals aren't bad people, just... misguided. Speak as they will about noble philosophies and ideals, I've always considered the proof to be in the pudding, and let's face it: you poll the top 1000 most successful (fiscally) people in the

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Reply to Ok, So You're a Satanist? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Your views are most similar to those of Christianity . Do more research on Christianity and possibly consider being baptized and accepting Jesus, if you aren't already Christian. Christianity is the second of the Abrahamic faiths; it follows Judaism and is followed by Islam. It differs in its belief of Jesus, as not a prophet nor historical figure, but as God in human form. The Holy Trinity is the concept that God takes three forms: the Father, t

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Reply to F*ck You George Bush in Politics JoeUser Forums

"He's also stealing are effing time: Bush steals our time!" This is why I'm glad I'm not a liberal. Spellcheck can't save you this time... Dan

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