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DWBH, check your DM. Meanwhile, OF COURSE THEY BLOCKED YOU! YOU USED YOUR REAL NAME!

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MRAP: It really depends on a number of factors. I tend to quote the original post if it was more than a page ago, or if it makes several points that need to be handled separately. This allows the reader to see exactly what you're referring to when you reply. Fast Reply is useful if you're confident there will be no post between your response and the one you're responding to (I used fast reply for this post, for example). Fast reply is also useful if you're responding to the original topic and not necessarily to anything anyone has said in between, or if you're replying to more than one post. And quoting a nine-paragraph post just to day "I agree" isn't usually necessary unless it's not clear what you're agreeing with. Use your judgment. There are no rules about it.

We will be moving to a new server in the next few days, which will allow for the software upgrade. Paw says the site will be more "robust" after the upgrade. I don't know what that means, but I assume it at least means we'll be seeing fewer shutdowns.

The last shot filmed for this movie (not the last shot OF the movie, the last shot filmed) was shot the day after the movie already won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Amended the opening post. If we reach our goal before April 30, the thread will remain pinned. Anything that keeps coming in will be handled by Pawtucket. My belief is he should consider it a reimbursement for 16 years of doing this on his own. We do kind of owe the guy. But Paw says he'll just apply it to the monthly service fee and pay ahead. In other words, the more we raise now, the less we have to ask next time around. Imagine next year's fundraiser goal... ZERO! That would be nice.

We are at 60 percent!

Can't help you there, waysider. No idea what's going on. So far we're at or near $600, which is awesome. You have paid for the upgrades and taking the financial burden off of Paw for a few months. Our goal is to take the burden off him for a full year, which is why I calculated $1,500. (An earlier calculation of $2,500 was based on an error on my part, for which I apologize. The goal is $1,500. We are 40% of the way there! Pawtucket, by the way, is duly impressed and appreciative.

Deadpool.

Wow. I'm humbled. Thank you. I'll ask Paw for a tally. If he's online now, I'll have an answer shortly.

I wanted to add something here: Pawtucket did not ask me to do this. I did it because I offered to help and, when I found out what the numbers were, I realized that my ability to contribute would not be enough to make a meaningful dent. But if we all did, we could. We're not quite at $200 yet. We're aiming for $1,500. Let's see how far we can get today. I will say that $300 would pay for the new server and upgraded software (ie, fewer site crashes). So let's see if we can get to $300 by the end of the day. Thanks.

If you pledged support, we're counting on you!

Looks like I misunderstood what Paw said. Our fundraising goal should be $1,500, not $2,500. Will edit the opening post.

More! More! By all means, chime in once you've donated!

Guys, let's stay on topic and move this worthwhile conversation to another thread. Not that I have a problem with the digression, but it is an interesting conversation and no one would ever know to look for it on a thread called Atheist FAQ.

MRAP, Could you point to any posts that do not address the topic of the thread?

William H Macy

Since shedding my belief in God, I find that I am more troubled by acts of violence in general, especially when innocent children are the victims. And my heart absolutely breaks when thinking of natural disasters.

The Passion of the Christ

Isn't he the guy you get when you can't afford Willem Dafoe?

That would be Murphy Brown

I don't wish to be rude, but when you start a thread about science and Genesis, you kind of unhinged the door and threw it away.

Yeah. That's why the final episode was one of its most watched. But ok. Yes, the mother was not seen until the last moments of the last episode of season 8. The scenes with the daughter had all been filmed 7-8 years earlier. By the time the mother was cast, the daughter was nearly the same age as the actress playing the mother.

I think God passed gas to start the universe. How does science account for that assumption? It's a nonsense question.