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And I'd have to see my own wording -- I believe all I said was what Greg had told me once, which is accurate in its context.

I don't have the slightest clue which topic that was in, A. Linky?

You're very kind, Lemoru, thanks.

Plus animals can be trained to do good or evil tasks without direct commands, just out of habit. Attack dogs vs. rescue dogs, etc.

GB -- Well, that's sort of like the robots in some ways -- like horses being killed in old wars. Was the horse evil? Highly unlikely. With animals it's not so much about good vs. evil but about whether the animal is being used by evil, like a tool. But then, in Bionicle it's not that simple since some animals are intelligent.

EW -- I tried, but my comp freezes up every time. Dunno why.

I guess, GB. But as I said in replies in the blog, there's a difference between a tool like a gun and a programmed robot -- if it's programmed for good, it is (arguably) good. But gray areas there be.

Short answer from there:

Sometimes good and evil are points of view, but there are absolute definitions of both words, based on selflessness and selfishness. To confuse the former definitions of these words with the latter is an equivocation fallacy, which is invalid and logically impossible.

Oh, what the heck, I'll write a blog entry to answer your question, Gravitan. I had a big answer typed here but it was so long. So see here:

http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&req=showblog&blogid=39&st=0

Huzzah?

since that's a subject we can't get into here but this can fit with both views). So we're definately looking back in time, and probably enough that yes, those quasars no longer exist as quasars.

choc -- I think I see what you meant -- that the farther you were from Earth the less "back in time" we're looking? Well, since time has a speed limit, things like quasars are so far away, the tiny difference between land and earth-orbit isn't even noticeable. The diff would be in split seconds compared to millions of years (note I'm not talking about evolution vs. creation sin

Ah, the sweet smell of a correction:

http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=257997

Haven't gotten to do one of those in a looooooong time.

Ikki -- No. Freakin'. Way. O_O

I swear, I looked it up in the official topic before I typed that. Uh, yeah. Ever had one of those moments where you think you just passed into an alternate timeline? This is one. ()_o

be negligible.

I don't see what Earth's atmosphere would have to do with quasars -- it's a gravitational effect. It is related to the event horizon, yes -- the visible orbiting debris is what is outside the e.h. Maybe you're thinking of land-based telescopes, but I am pretty sure it was Hubble and/or other satellites that do most of the photographing of quasars. So atmospheric distortion would

Choclate -- yes, they would have an effect as well. By the way, the "somehow" is pretty simple -- it's like the swirling drain I mentioned. Anything floating in the water would surround the drain for a while rather than go right in.

Thanks Gravitan. Choclatemilk, yes. All gravity everywhere has an effect on all matter/mass anywhere in the universe. How big an effect, depends on how big the mass in the gravimetric field and how close it is to the other mass in question. Most supermassive black holes seem to be galactic cores, in fact. Sorta like water spinning down a drain.

*shrugs* I never said my profile was meant to be interesting. That's what my blog is for.

Well, he still slows me down plenty, so no, he's still fightin. And I have no doubt he's behind the database corruption errors too.

VTP -- firstly, see my note in the Interests field. Second, I've just been too busy to add anybody else to the list yet. Got a lot going on right now.

Hi, THI. Yes, I remember you.

And yeah, GB, until someone passed me.

Hi, bionicle fan nuva. If you go to my blog, click the "Other" Category, and scroll down to the "History of a Dromer" entry, you will see where my name comes from.

Lol, format tags for html. They worked in the last version of IPB but not now. Just haven't gotten around to fixing it...

Wow, MM -- that's neat!

And thanks, KI and EW! :-)