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Messages - razno

razno.206 djino, -> #202, inferno
+| Zar prelazak iz oblika u oblik mora biti trenutan da bi se +| ti uverio? :) Pa ne mora, ali bih voleo da ima neki dokaz za tu tvrdnju o transformaciji koju smo doživeli.. Na kraju krajeva, mora da je to bilo jako zanimljivo.. Recimo, onaj ko je postao čovek sretne nekoga ko to još nije postao pa krene da ga bodri.. 'ukapiraj, ukapiraj, to nisi ti..' ;) Ko zna, možda su bile grupice koje su pevale 'ajmo, ajde, svi u napad' ;) Pa onda sexualne kombinacije.. ;) Bajdvej, koje je bilo prvo živo biće koje je nastalo? Ako neko može hronološki da mi sortira..
razno.207 djino, -> #203, morkin
+|Ne mogu, jer nisam stručnjak za to. Kad bi počeo da ti to objašnjavam, ti bi +| se odmah uhvatio za grešku koju bi ja napravio i tako bi obarao čitavu +| teoriju evolucije. Na kraju krajeva, sigurno si je učio u školi. Veruješ dakle u nešto što ne možeš da mi objasniš? A što se škole tiče, jeste, učio sam, samo sam evoluirao od tada.. ;) Meni to i jeste priča za decu.. +| Zato jer nisam čuo za logičnije rešenje. Ako ti imaš, izvoli. Pa nemam šta da ti kažem, meni to nije najlogičnije rešenje jer ima mnogo pitanja na kojih nema odgovora, pogotovu onih ključnih. Sa druge strane, toliko je ispravljana da će uskoro potpuno izgubiti svoju osnovu. +| Hoće, samo je proces spor. Majmuni koriste "alate" za razbijanje nekih +| plodova. Daj im milion godina, ukapiraće kako da založe vatru i peku meso. A kako to nismo svi prošli tu fazu? Mislim, MI kao bivši majmuni, dakle braća nam još nisu svesna da su nam braća a mi smo toga svesni (mi, sada kao ljudi). Što im ne pokažemo kako da se 'pokriju, da založe vatru, peku meso'..? Onomad smo mogli sami da ukapiramo a sada Oni (bivši mi) ne mogu ni sa asistencijom.. +| Mi se transformišemo, samo te promene nisu očigledne. Da li si primetio da +| generacijama ljudi postaju u proseku sve višlji i višlji? Jeste, primetio sam.. Jednog dana ćemo glavom kroz atmosferu sa stopalama na zemlji.. ;) Evolucija ;) OK, znam, ne moraš/te da se zalećete.. to je proces koji traje.. ;) +| Da sad ljudi odu na X planetu i da odvojeno živimo milion godina, verovatno +| bi se razlikovali usled dejstva gravitacije, promenjenog načina ishrane, +| drugačijeg sunca... Ne, po izgledu se sigurno ne bi razlikovali. +| >> Jednostavno - dobili smo na "Bingu". +| +| > Dobili jesmo, samo, svaka lutrija ima darodavca.. ;) +| +| Izvrnuo si ono što sam hteo da kažem. Citirao si samo poslednju rečenicu +| jer si mogao da je izokreneš. Hteo sam da naglasim da sve teorije o tome +| kako je mala verovatnoća da se tako nešto desi padaju u vodu. Ništa ja nisam izokrenuo, niti sam imao nameru, i dalje mislim tako.
razno.208 lexus, -> #206, djino
=> Recimo, onaj ko je postao čovek sretne nekoga ko to još nije => postao pa krene da ga bodri.. 'ukapiraj, ukapiraj, to nisi => ti..' ;) Ta tvoja teorija ima samo jednu manu, bilo je potrebno smisliti jezik da bi se reklo "ukapiraj, ukapiraj..." A i nisu se previše trudili da ih nagovore da se transformišu, već su ih kao, slabije, ubijali...
razno.209 lexus, -> #207, djino
=> Onomad smo mogli sami da ukapiramo a sada Oni (bivši mi) ne => mogu ni sa asistencijom.. Pojedinačni primerci su naučili... => OK, znam, ne moraš/te da se zalećete.. to je proces koji => traje.. ;) Ti misliš da ljudi u proseku nisu porasli? => Ne, po izgledu se sigurno ne bi razlikovali. Jesi li video slike iz Hirošime i Nagasakija? Razmisli malo...
razno.210 lexus, -> #204, djino
=> Pa eto, slučajno nastali, slučajno nestali.. Još ima vremena... To što smo mi sada ovde ne znači da ćemo večno biti... A opet, ne mora da znači ni da nećemo.
razno.211 djino, -> #208, lexus
+| Ta tvoja teorija ima samo jednu manu, bilo je potrebno smisliti +| jezik da bi se reklo "ukapiraj, ukapiraj..." Jel'? Ja rek'o na italijanskom pričali.. Valjda ti je jasno i po tekstu 'ukapiraj, ukapiraj..' i 'ajmo,ajde..' da je šala u pitanju.. Pa još mi imputiraš da je to nekakva moja teorija a znaš da mislim da bilo kakve transformacije uopšte nije ni bilo. Znaš, lepo je praviti se pametan, samo je mnogo gore ispasti glup.. Ne bih ovu raspravu da vodim tim putem ali gledaj da očigledne šale odvojiš od ozbiljnih stvari..
razno.212 djino, -> #209, lexus
+| Pojedinačni primerci su naučili... Ali, u kojoj tački kapiranja nekih stvari vidiš prekretnicu koja vodi na put transformisanja? +| Ti misliš da ljudi u proseku nisu porasli? Vidim da i današnje klinkice imaju sa čime da se isprse ;) Jedino ne vidim kakve to veze ima sa nastankom, tj. sa drastičnim menjanjem lobanje i slično.. +| Jesi li video slike iz Hirošime i Nagasakija? Razmisli malo... Pričamo o životu u takvim uslovima.. Mi pod takvim okolnostima ne bi smo mogli uopšte da postojimo.. Da, promenili bi oblik ali do uništenja i to vrlo brzo.. To nije proces koji traje.. ;)
razno.213 djino, -> #210, lexus
+| Još ima vremena... +| To što smo mi sada ovde ne znači da ćemo večno biti... +| A opet, ne mora da znači ni da nećemo. Moramo prvo da shvatimo kako sve ovo funkcioniše, ceo svemir.. Trenutna naša logika nema rešenje niti može da prihvati bilo šta jer uvek imamo spremno pitanje - A kako je ON/ONI/TO onda nastao.. Kada bi se meni sada ukazalo nešto (bog recimo) ne bi mu verovao da je on Prvi.. uvek bi mislio da ima još nekog iznad njega ;) Ma mnogo gadan problem.. ;)
razno.214 dr.iivan, -> #205, djino
>+ | Sve se zasniva na odredjenom principu.Samo sto mi (jos) >+ ne znamo | sve principe. > > Pa vidis, u tome je problem, samo bi onda trebalo u skolama > da se uci kako je zivot mogao nastati i na neki drugi nacin. > Da se ima dokaza kako nas neko nije napravio jos bih i razumeo, > ovako, nagadjati na osnovu ljudski najblize logike nema > smisla.. ;) Ali, opet ponavljam, na osnovu tih pretpostavki je izmisljeno dosta stvari, koje funkcionisu. Cim funkcionisu, znaci da je tacna pretpostavka. >+ | Kada pogledas, do vecine principa smo dosli pod >+ pretpostavkom da | je svet nastao onim praskom ili kako je >+ to vec islo. Uglavnom, | mislim na opsteprihvacenu teoriju. >+ Na osnovu prvog saznatog | principa smo dosli do saznanja >+ drugog i tako redom. Kasnije | smo i samo poceli da >+ zakljucujemo nesto i pravimo teorije na | osnovu nekih >+ principa, koje smo pokusavali da dokazemo preko | >+ experimenata, pa smo mnoge stvari i 'izmislili'. Da li je sve >+ | to lazno sto smo izmislili, posto tvrdis da taj osnovni >+ princip | iliti teorija nije tacan ?! > > Sve je to u redu, ali ne vidim sta smo mi to 'izmislili' > zahvaljujuci toj teoriji, probaj da budes konkretan.. Pa recimo ovako. Ne mogu sada da nadjem neki konkretniji primer, ali se sve ustvari svodi na to. Nismo nista izmislili na osnovu te teorije, ali smo dosta izmislili na osnovu neke druge, sto se posle ispostavilo kao tacno. Princip je isti. Tesla je dosta experimenata otkrio preko nekih pretpostavki. Nije mogao znati da li su one tacne ili nisu, ali je pokusao da na osnovu njih izmisli nesto novo. Posto je to izmislio, i to radi, iz toga sledi da je pretpostavka tacna. Isto tako je neko pretpostavio da je covek nastao od majmuna i na osnovu toga zakljucio da je i neka ptica nastala od neke pre nje. Kasnije se pronadju dokazi da je ta ptica stvarno nastala od one tamo i zakljuci se da je tako nastao i covek. Sve ovo tako labavo zvuci, ali kada nadjem neki dosta konkretniji primer, javicu ti. Ipak se nadam da ti je malo jasnije sta sam hteo da kazem.
razno.215 vdjole, -> #189, djino
> a da se proces vrti u krug dok kombinacija ne uspe > nije u skladu sa temeljima teorije.. Hm, to da se OGROMAN broj kombinacija vrti u krug i da samo neke uspeju upravo JESTE u osnovi teorije evolucije (ako si na nju mislio).
razno.216 zeljkoj, -> #206, djino
> Recimo, onaj ko je postao čovek sretne nekoga ko to još nije > postao pa krene da ga bodri.. 'ukapiraj, ukapiraj, to nisi > ti..' ;) Da li treba još jednom da se ponovi da je to proces koji je trajao milionima godina (i još traje). Razlike koje su mogle nastati za vreme jednog ljudskog (majmunskog :) veka su neprimetne, tako da nisu mogli istovremeno da postoje oni koji su 'još majmuni' i oni koji su 'već ljudi'.
razno.217 morkin, -> #207, djino
> Veruješ dakle u nešto što ne možeš da mi objasniš? > A što se škole tiče, jeste, učio sam, samo sam evoluirao od tada.. ;) > Meni to i jeste priča za decu.. Da li veruješ da avion leti? Ako veruješ, objasni kako leti. Ja sam studirao vazduhoplovstvo i to mogu da objasnim. Da sam studirao biologiju, verovatno bi mogao da objasnim teoriju evolucije. Jednostavno, jedan čovek ne može da zna sve. Hoću da kažem da svi (pa i ti) verujemo u neke stvari koje ne možemo da objasnimo, bar ne 100%. > Pa nemam šta da ti kažem, meni to nije najlogičnije rešenje jer ima > mnogo pitanja na kojih nema odgovora, pogotovu onih ključnih. Rekao si da to nije najlogičnije rešenje. Odatle sledi da postoji neko logičnije. Izvoli podeli ga sa nama. > +| Hoće, samo je proces spor. Majmuni koriste "alate" za razbijanje nekih > +| plodova. Daj im milion godina, ukapiraće kako da založe vatru i peku > meso. > > A kako to nismo svi prošli tu fazu? Jesmo. > Što im ne pokažemo kako da se 'pokriju, da založe vatru, peku meso'..? > Onomad smo mogli sami da ukapiramo a sada Oni (bivši mi) ne mogu > ni sa asistencijom.. I nije fora u loženju vatre, fora je u majmunima. Uzmi neku jedinicu za merenje pameti (mada je pamet ovde diskutabilan pojam) - neka je majmun pametan 100. Njegovi potomci (neka ih bude petorica) neka su pametni 102, 101, 100, 99 i 98. Od tih pet najveće šanse da crknu imaju najgluplji. Neka prežive trojica - ta trojica imaće sinove koji će biti još pametniji. Loženje vatre i njena upotreba zahteva pamet od 1.000.000. Tako majmuni neće još dugo biti sposobni da lože vatru. > +| Da sad ljudi odu na X planetu i da odvojeno živimo milion godina, > verovatno +| bi se razlikovali usled dejstva gravitacije, promenjenog > načina ishrane, +| drugačijeg sunca... > Ne, po izgledu se sigurno ne bi razlikovali. A zašto ne bi? Daj neki argument.
razno.218 djino, -> #215, vdjole
+| Hm, to da se OGROMAN broj kombinacija vrti u krug i da samo neke uspeju +| upravo JESTE u osnovi teorije evolucije (ako si na nju mislio). Aha, a kako to da sva živa bića koja mogu da se kreću imaju po dva oka? Najoptimalnije rešenje? ;)
razno.219 djino, -> #216, zeljkoj
+| Da li treba još jednom da se ponovi da je to proces koji je trajao +| milionima godina (i još traje). Razlike koje su mogle nastati za vreme +| jednog ljudskog (majmunskog :) veka su neprimetne, tako da nisu mogli +| istovremeno da postoje oni koji su 'još majmuni' i oni koji su 'već ljudi'. =========== Kako brate? ;) Otidi do zoo vrta da vidiš koji primerak ;) Ili si znao za to (predpostavljam) ali misliš da su oni ipak imali mnogo glupe pretke koji nisu ukapirali kad i ostali?
razno.220 djino, -> #217, morkin
+| Da li veruješ da avion leti? Ako veruješ, objasni kako leti. Verujem jer imam solidan dokaz, ne možeš tako gledati na stvari. Veruješ li da sunce postoji? Ako veruješ, objasni.. +| Rekao si da to nije najlogičnije rešenje. Odatle sledi da postoji neko +| logičnije. Izvoli podeli ga sa nama. Pa rekao sam već da sam kreacionista.. ;) Dal' od božije ruke ili neke druge.. to ne znam.. +| Loženje vatre i njena upotreba zahteva pamet od 1.000.000. Tako majmuni +| neće još dugo biti sposobni da lože vatru. A kako to da još ima ostataka majmuna? Mislim, od tog prelaza pa do danas.. +| > +| Da sad ljudi odu na X planetu i da odvojeno živimo milion godina, +| > verovatno +| bi se razlikovali usled dejstva gravitacije, promenjenog +| > načina ishrane, +| drugačijeg sunca... +| +| > Ne, po izgledu se sigurno ne bi razlikovali. +| +| A zašto ne bi? Daj neki argument. Ne vidim kakvu Ti promenu oblika zamisljaš pod stavkama koje si naveo.. Ako misliš na ten, težinu i ostalu 'šminku'.. mislim da nisi ozbiljan :) Gravitacija ne znam kako bi uticala ali.. Što porediš neku drugu planetu kad mi pričamo o našoj? I na kraju, pričamo o prelazu iz životinje u čoveka a ne čovek u čoveka.
razno.221 lexus, -> #211, djino
=> Valjda ti je jasno i po tekstu 'ukapiraj, ukapiraj..' i => 'ajmo,ajde..' da je šala u pitanju.. Meni je jasno, problem je samo što ti ne možeš da razdvojiš šalu od zbilje. I to već treći put u ovoj raspravi... => Znaš, lepo je praviti se pametan, samo je mnogo gore ispasti => glup.. Drago mi je da si to shvatio, ali morao si na to ranije da misliš.
razno.222 lexus, -> #213, djino
=> Kada bi se meni sada ukazalo nešto (bog recimo) ne bi mu => verovao da je on Prvi.. uvek bi mislio da ima još nekog iznad => njega ;) A zašto život na zemlji ne bi bio prvi ;)
razno.223 lexus, -> #219, djino
=> Ili si znao za to (predpostavljam) ali misliš da su oni ipak => imali mnogo glupe pretke koji nisu ukapirali kad i ostali? Učiš se...
razno.224 vetman, -> #216, zeljkoj
>> Recimo, onaj ko je postao čovek sretne nekoga ko to još nije >> postao pa krene da ga bodri.. 'ukapiraj, ukapiraj, to nisi >> ti..' ;) Duhoviti d(j)ino :> Ali za tvoju informaciju nije čovek nastao od majmuna, već su današnji majmuni i homo-sapiens nastali da tako kažemo od zajedničkog pretka koji je pa izumro iliti ga više nema (ima tu još detalja koji baš nemogu u priču da stanu ...) Dakle i majmun (ima ih dosta raličitih) je od tog stadijuma evoluirao, a i čovek (a i njih ima različitih: žutih, crnih, ružičastih, kosookih, sa izbačenom vilicom ;) ...) Posledice su očigledne sada posle ko zna koliko miliona godina. > A kako to da još ima ostataka majmuna? > Mislim, od tog prelaza pa do danas.. Ja tebi odgovoriti :> ali ti ne hteti svatiti. Tako ja i majmunima govoriti kako vatra dobra za njih, dobro ložiti vatra i peći meso ali oni ne hteti shvatiti oni i dalje semo lizati banana :)
razno.225 djino, -> #221, lexus
+| Meni je jasno, problem je samo što ti ne možeš da razdvojiš +| šalu od zbilje. I to već treći put u ovoj raspravi... Ti k'o da sam sa sobom pričas ;) +| => Znaš, lepo je praviti se pametan, samo je mnogo gore ispasti +| => glup.. +| +| Drago mi je da si to shvatio, ali morao si na to ranije da misliš. Kad ranije? Nisam video potrebu za tim ranije, činio si se pametnijim.. Sve u svemu, drago mi je da postoji želja za korekcijom. Nije loše, vrlo dobro rekao bih..
razno.226 djino, -> #222, lexus
+| A zašto život na zemlji ne bi bio prvi ;) Pa može, samo još da vidimo kako se to dogodilo.. ;)
razno.227 djino, -> #223, lexus
+| => Ili si znao za to (predpostavljam) ali misliš da su oni ipak +| => imali mnogo glupe pretke koji nisu ukapirali kad i ostali? +| +| Učiš se... Ili ti nemaš odgovor..
razno.228 firus, -> #218, djino
> Aha, a kako to da sva živa bića koja mogu da se kreću imaju po > dva oka? Najoptimalnije rešenje? ;) Pauci imaju daleko više od para očiju (4-6 pari očiju) pa opet mogu da se kreću. Insekti sem para složenih očiju imaju bar još par prostih očiju i sl. ... Takodje, medju insektima postoji puno onih koji su ili potpuno slepi ili čak uopšte nemaju oči, a daleko od toga da su nepokretni. Gliste se takodje kreću. Sve u svemu, tvoje tvrdjenje jednostavno ne stoji. BTW, na latinskom je optimus (-a,-um) superlativ prideva bonus (-a,-um). Narečeni pozitiv znači dobar, tako da pridev najoptimalniji može da predstavlja samo čist pleonazam (a možda si ti zapravo želeo da kažeš najbolje medju najboljim rešenjima ;). Analogno, nemamo ni najpesimističkije rešenje već samo pesimističko (ili kako bi neki rekli, pesimalno - igra reči na optimalno).
razno.229 lexus, -> #225, djino
=> +| => Znaš, lepo je praviti se pametan, samo je mnogo gore => +| => ispasti glup.. => => +| Drago mi je da si to shvatio, ali morao si na to ranije da => +| misliš. => => Nisam video potrebu za tim ranije, činio si se pametnijim.. => Sve u svemu, drago mi je da postoji želja za korekcijom. => Nije loše, vrlo dobro rekao bih.. Drago mi je što sam ti se činio pametnijim, ali, zaista pametan čovek se uvek kritički odnosi prema svojoj pameti, tako da i ja to činim... A budući da sam pobornik teorije evolucije, potpuno je jasno da želim da ispravljam svoje greške, pošto time vršim ličnu evoluciju... ;) Medjutim, "Drago mi je da si to shvatio..." deo se u potpunosti odnosio na tebe... Dakle, morao si na to da misliš, pre nego što si ispao glup. ;> Čudi me da nisi shvatio poentu... Mada, možda i ne bi trebalo da me čudi ;> Ako hoćeš da nastavimo ovu granu rasprave, tj. lično prepucavanje, prebaci je u mail... Mada tamo nije zanimljivo ;) A sada ću biti toliko slobodan da se izvinim cenjenom auditorijumu na šumu koji sam ovom porukom proizveo, i da obećam da se to neće dešavati u sledećih par dana ;)
razno.230 lexus, -> #227, djino
=> Ili ti nemaš odgovor.. Pa i nisi pitao mene, nego supersa...
razno.231 n.ceh, -> #196, djino
Dj> A zbog cega smo morali da opstanemo? Ne znam. Ali činjenica je da smo opstali, i ja verujem da je to, ako ne isključivo, onda bar delimično zato što smo baš takvi kakvi smo. Ceh.
razno.232 djino, -> #229, lexus
+| Medjutim, "Drago mi je da si to shvatio..." deo se u potpunosti +| odnosio na tebe... Dakle, morao si na to da misliš, pre nego što +| si ispao glup. ;> Čudi me da nisi shvatio poentu... Mada, možda +| i ne bi trebalo da me čudi ;> Sigurno da se odnosilo na mene, to je jasno, samo mi nije jasno kako ne vidiš da se onaj drugi deo oko pameti odnosio na tebe.. ;) Nema šta da te čudi kako ja nisam shvatio poentu, shvatio sam ja poentu samo me sada Ne čudi kako je ti nisi shvatio.. ;) +| Ako hoćeš da nastavimo ovu granu rasprave, tj. lično prepucavanje, +| prebaci je u mail... Mada tamo nije zanimljivo ;) Trebao si da daš primer tako što bih ovo pročitao u mailu ;)
razno.233 djino, -> #230, lexus
+| Pa i nisi pitao mene, nego supersa... Znači, kad treba da postaviš pitanje onda nisam pitao supersa, da bi onda kada ti se odgovori, to koristio kao izgovor da ne odgovoriš na pitanje koje sam zbog tvog uplitanja tebi uputio.. Pa što se onda mešaš? ;)
razno.234 morkin, -> #220, djino
> A kako to da još ima ostataka majmuna? > Mislim, od tog prelaza pa do danas.. Ovo nisam najbolje shvatio. Objasni malko opširnije. Kakvi "ostaci majmuna"? > Što porediš neku drugu planetu kad mi pričamo o našoj? Zato da bih ti pokazao kako mogu različiti životni uslovi da utiču na formiranje živog bića kroz generacije. > I na kraju, pričamo o prelazu iz životinje u čoveka a ne čovek u čoveka. Tu grešiš, jer je čovek živo biće kao i životinja. Taj prelaz je bio vrlo, vrlo lagan i postepen.
razno.235 djino, -> #234, morkin
+| > A kako to da još ima ostataka majmuna? +| > Mislim, od tog prelaza pa do danas.. +| +|Ovo nisam najbolje shvatio. Objasni malko opširnije. Kakvi "ostaci majmuna"? Pa postoje i danas, od prelaza je prošlo ali zaista mnogo vremena.. Pitam.. šta čekaju? Objašnjenje da je to dug proces u ovom slučaju ne stoji na mestu jer bi morali da vidimo makar mali nagoveštaj odvijanja procesa u tom pravcu. Da ne ulazim u to da su imali i imaju danas nekoga da ih nauči.. +| Zato da bih ti pokazao kako mogu različiti životni uslovi da utiču na +| formiranje živog bića kroz generacije. Pa znam ali sve to što pričaš je samo jedna predpostavka, zar ne? To kako bi mi opstali pod X uslovima na X planeti je nebitno za našu priču, pogotovu što ne možemo to da dokažemo ni na našoj planeti i pod našim uslovima.. +| > I na kraju, pričamo o prelazu iz životinje u čoveka a ne čovek u čoveka. +| +| Tu grešiš, jer je čovek živo biće kao i životinja. Taj prelaz je bio vrlo, +| vrlo lagan i postepen. Čovek jeste živo biće kao i životinja ali je isto samo po tome što je živo. Ili misliš da niko od nas ne poštuje znak na kome piše.. ..zabranjen ulaz životinjama. Ili da nema dobrovoljaca za životinjski vrt? A možda uopšte i ne misliš da smo sad životinje? Ne razumem onda gde grešim.. Moraš da shvatiš da je to ogromna razlika.. To je prelaz iz nesvesnog u svesno.. To ti je kao kad bi probao da poteraš WinNT na ZX spectrumu. Nije kompatibilno.. btw, u Engleskoj je sada velika buka oko ludih krava.. Nešto se sada razmišljam.. Možda su ukapirale da niko ne bi trebao da ih muze.. ;) Naravno, za krave bi pomislio da nikad ne bi bile u stanju to da urade, ali pošto majmuni liče na čoveka onda je to druga stvar.. Znam, znam, to je bila neka specijalna vrsta majmuna.. ;) ..kojih više nema, znam.. ali našli smo neke lobanje.. Ma to je to.. ;) A šta i kako, to nema veze..
razno.236 lexus, -> #233, djino
=> Znači, kad treba da postaviš pitanje onda nisam pitao supersa, Pa i nisam postavio pitanje, konstatovao sam da si počeo da učiš...
razno.237 lexus, -> #232, djino
=> Sigurno da se odnosilo na mene, to je jasno, samo mi nije => jasno kako ne vidiš da se onaj drugi deo oko pameti odnosio na => tebe.. ;) Meni nije jasno, kako to da tebi nije jasno, da je meni jasno, ali da sam iskoristio blagodeti svog okruženja, te sam iskoristio metodu popularnog naziva: "Izvlačenje Citata iz Konteksta". ;) => Trebao si da daš primer tako što bih ovo pročitao u mailu ;) Koliko godina imaš?
razno.238 supers, -> #230, lexus
>> => Ili ti nemaš odgovor.. >> >> Pa i nisi pitao mene, nego supersa... A-a. Cccc. Ovde nešto ne štima sa referencama, u diskusiji nisam učestvovao.
razno.239 geronimo,
Zato ljudi i prave tolka sranja na Zemlji...jel su mnogo radoznali. (izvinjavam se moderatoru na izrazu ali to je jedina adekvatna rec za ovu raspravu koju vode)
razno.240 djino, -> #236, lexus
+| Pa i nisam postavio pitanje, konstatovao sam da si počeo da učiš... Jel'? ;) Dakle, koliko se sećam to si konstatovao na moje pitanje -> da li to znači da je razlog što danas majmuni postoje taj što su imali glupe pretke koji nisu ukapirali kad i naši? Ako tako misliš, a evidentno je da misliš, izem ti znanje.. ;) Jedino što ja mogu da konstatujem je da Ti još nisi počeo da učiš..
razno.241 djino, -> #237, lexus
+| => Trebao si da daš primer tako što bih ovo pročitao u mailu ;) +| +| Koliko godina imaš? Kakve to veze ima sa onim što si citirao? Meni je recimo sasvim jasno koliko ti imaš godina, nema potrebe da te to pitam, niti me interesuje.. ..ali polako, rekoh, nisi jos počeo da učiš.. ;) Možda smo ipak stvarno nastali od majmuna.. ;) nhf, ali zaista je vreme da ovo prekinemo, ako misliš da ima potrebe da nastavimo deo koji nema veze sa evolucijom, ti kreni na mail..
razno.242 dr.iivan, -> #241, djino
Htedoh jos i ovo da ti kazem.. U prethodnim porukama si na konstataciju ostalih da imamo ruke i noge i sl. rekao zasto bas ruke i noge, zasto nemamo krila. Mogu da ti kazem da bi i u slucaju da imamo krila opet postavio pitanje zasto bas krila tj. zasto nemamo ono sto recimo majmuni imaju, a to su ruke i noge. Dakle, to vec nije (puno) pitanje evolucije tj. zasto je bas ovako covek gradjen, vec vise covekova (tvoja) teznja da se obori vec postojeca teorija ili mozda nesto drugo !?
razno.243 morkin, -> #235, djino
> Pa postoje i danas, od prelaza je prošlo ali zaista mnogo vremena.. > Pitam.. šta čekaju? Ne čekaju ništa. Oni i dalje evoluiraju i postaju sve pametniji i pametniji. Mi postojimo vrlo kratko vreme i za to vreme nismo bili u stanju da opišemo i uočimo promene na životinjama. Da je Brem živeo pre 10000 godina, možda bi i utvrdili neke razlike. Poenta je u tome što ljudi nisu znali da pišu tada, a i imali su preča posla nego da opisuju i crtaju životinje. > Objašnjenje da je to dug proces u ovom slučaju ne stoji na mestu jer > bi morali da vidimo makar mali nagoveštaj odvijanja procesa u tom pravcu. > Da ne ulazim u to da su imali i imaju danas nekoga da ih nauči.. Niko nikoga ne može da "nauči" već on to mora sam da shvati i to mora da bude zapisano u njegov _genetski_ materijal. Hranjenjem golubova zimi (ti ih učiš gde da nađu hranu i oni to brzo skapiraju, ali njihovi potomci to neće znati ako ih opet to neko ne nauči). Da li si svestan razlike između učenja i "zapisa" u genima? Ako ti, nekim čudom, naučiš majmuna da čita i piše, njegov potomak neće biti ništa pametniji od njega. > Pa znam ali sve to što pričaš je samo jedna predpostavka, zar ne? > To kako bi mi opstali pod X uslovima na X planeti je nebitno za > našu priču, pogotovu što ne možemo to da dokažemo ni na našoj planeti > i pod našim uslovima.. To je vrlo bitno za našu priču jer govori o tome da se živa bića _menjaju_ i prilagođavaju sredini. Kako misliš da ne možemo da dokažemo na našoj planeti? Zašto kaktusi kojima ne treba puno vode ne žive u džunglama? Zašto tropske biljke ne žive u pustinjama? > Čovek jeste živo biće kao i životinja ali je isto samo po tome što je živo. To _samo_ znači _sve_ izuzev svesti. To je jedina razlika između čoveka i životinje, ali zato vrlo bitna. Ako nas je neko stvorio, zašto nas je napravio tako glupo? Bolje bi bilo da smo od metala, da smo mnogo jači, itd. Zašto nas onaj koji nas je pravio nije napravio malo bolje? Što nam je dao slepo crevo?
razno.244 djino, -> #242, dr.iivan
+| Htedoh jos i ovo da ti kazem.. Reci slobodno sve što imaš.. +| Mogu da ti kazem da bi i u slucaju da imamo krila opet postavio +| pitanje zasto bas krila tj. zasto nemamo ono sto recimo majmuni imaju, +| a to su ruke i noge. Možeš da mi kažeš da bih i u tom slučaju postavio pitanje..? To je dokaz da postoji kolektivna svest.. ;) Inače, to je bilo u sklopu pitanja - kako su ptice nastale.. +| Dakle, to vec nije (puno) pitanje evolucije tj. +| zasto je bas ovako covek gradjen, vec vise covekova (tvoja) teznja da +| se obori vec postojeca teorija ili mozda nesto drugo !? Kako bih ja ovu tvoju težnju mogao da nazovem? Težnjom da mi oboriš težnju? Ako ja imam težnju da oborim Darvinovu teoriju to nije zbog novca koje mi daje Džordž Soroš već zbog mog mišljenja. Ti ako možeš reci gde grešim u toj mojoj težnji a predpostavke šta bih radio kad bi imali ovo ili ono pusti za neku drugu priču.
razno.245 lexus, -> #241, djino
=> +| => Trebao si da daš primer tako što bih ovo pročitao u => mailu ;) +| => +| Koliko godina imaš? => => Kakve to veze ima sa onim što si citirao? Ima veze, ali me ne čudi što ne možeš da shvatiš... Ako si stariji od mene, a još si i (bar u tvojim očima ;) daleko inteligentniji od mene, logično je da ti meni daješ primer, a ne ja tebi. Naravno, postoje situacije u kojima čak i Veliki Ti, možeš od malog mene, nešto da naučiš... Ali, ovo definitivno nije takva situacija... Ipak, Ti znaš da napišeš mail. E sad, postavlja se pitanje zašto nećeš da napišeš mail, nego se prepucavaš po konferenciji... Možda si već napisao mail, ali nisi dobio odgovor, pa moraš u konferenciju? Možda imaš neke sitne ;) komplekse, koje pokušavaš da izlečiš vredjajući ljude po Sezamu? Možda zamišljaš, pošto si potomak vanzemaljaca, da letiš po CyberSpace-u i pucaš laserskim pištoljem po zlim dizelima, lexusima i zeljkojima dok njihova krv (Coca-Cola kod nekih ;) šiklja po istom? Ili, pak, spremaš Zemljane na dolazak njihovih predaka, ali pošto ne veruju u iste, ti ih sad preobraćuješ? A pošto si na Svetoj Misiji, uopšte te ne zanima da jadne glistice nemaju dva oka, jer si ti uvek u pravu, a čak i ako nisi, dovoljno je zamisliti da ono što ti smeta ne postoji... (izbaci insekte, reče on ;)
razno.246 lexus, -> #240, djino
=> Dakle, koliko se sećam to si konstatovao na moje pitanje -> da => li to znači da je razlog što danas majmuni postoje taj što su => imali glupe pretke koji nisu ukapirali kad i naši? Konstatovao sam da si počeo da učiš, a ne da si se naučio... => Ako tako misliš, a evidentno je da misliš, izem ti znanje.. ;) Jedino je evidentno da si ti užasno, ali užasno glup, a da si, uz to, i jako bezobrazan... Pošto zaista nemam vremena da se bakćem sa budalama, ostaviću te da se svadjaš sa samim sobom (verujem da to često i radiš), a ja ću te sa vremena na vreme obići, da vidim kako si :) A ako poželiš da te češće obilazim, javi mi na mail da si naučio da čitaš ;)
razno.247 inferno, -> #218, djino
Ů│ ˙ Aha, a kako to da sva živa bića koja mogu da se kreću imaju po dva oka? Ů│ ˙ Najoptimalnije rešenje? ;) A muva? ;>
razno.248 dbambi,
Evo kako je karikaturista Corax video preuzimanje " Studija B " od strane novih gradskih vlasti. Objavljeno u današnjoj " Našoj Borbi " Bambi corax.gif
razno.249 zeljkoj, -> #245, lexus
> i zeljkojima dok njihova krv (Coca-Cola kod nekih ;) šiklja po Khm... ;)
razno.250 crncic,
Ima li negde po Beogradu lepih kupaćih gaća, imate li ideja ?
razno.251 ljubisha, -> #809, nenad
>nije pomoglo, i dalje se šalje, mislim čak i da si i ti jedan od >redovnih "prilagača". Nekoliko slika je i obrisano, uključujući i Aha, u zadnjih godinu dana celih 6 slika od kojih su 3 sa Klaudijom Šifer, na jednoj je Sandra Bulok, jedna je crtana i to iz doba Spectruma a jedna je blago pornografska gde se vidi samo ono što se može videti i u drugom izdanju Gnjavnika. :) >shvatio, problem u tome što je poslata montirana sliku sa nekom >poznatom ličnošću. Seti se slučaja sa slikom 'Dragana' i vremenom dok je Dejan bio glavni. >Ako te dobro shvatam, ti očekuješ da neko redovno skida sve te >slike koje šaljete i onda nad njima vrši cenzuru kako se Sezam ne >bi "spustio na nivo home made BBS-a"? Na žalost, niko nema toliko Slike skidam po 'default-u' i obavestio sam vas. Ostalo nije moj problem. >vremena niti je to rešenje dobro. To bi bilo ekvivalentno >situaciji da ljudi namerno šalju psovke, uvrede i druge >neprimerene poruke u konferenciju, a da neko na sebe preuzme >obavezu da ih redovno iščitava, briše svaku drugu-treću i tako u >nedogled. Čak je to i blaža varijanta od ove situacije jer se >čitanje svih poruka od strane moderatora podrazumeva. Hej, nema problema što se mene tiče. Stavi se sao u situaciju da ti na redakciju dođe čika u odelu sa akten tašnom i lupi na sto tužbu zbog onakvih slika (baljezgarija neiživljenih klinaca kojima su mama ili tata kupili kompjuter i uplatili pretplatu - moja opaska :)). >slike. Nije li bolje da sami učesnici u raspravi i "slanjima" >pokažu malo odgovornosti i, da je tako nazovem, samokontrole i da >do ovakvih situacija ne dolazi? He! Ne očekujem odgovor na ovo jer nije moja stvar ali da li je korisniku skrenuta pažnja na (zlo)delo? >Međutim, pošto svakako postoji neki krug interesenata i za "robu >široke potrošnje", zašto brate lepo ne osnujete grupu pa se >menjajte i razgledajte do mile volje i bez kontrole i bez ...ili neka odu do najbližeg CD kluba i iznajme neki disk sa pomenutom tematikom. Zadržavam pravo na veto povodom slika glumica ili manekenki jer toga nema na diskovima. Jedino ne preferiram foto montaže pa makar bilo i moje omiljeno stvorenje.
razno.252 ognjen, -> #218, djino
)-> Aha, a kako to da sva živa bića koja mogu da se kreću imaju )-> po dva oka? Najoptimalnije rešenje? ;) Jedna retka vrsta guštera ima 3 oka.
razno.253 supers, -> #3125, nenad
>> Ne podmeći, Mmtosic je izbačen zbog drugih razloga, >> on je pretio prijavama na radnom mestu ljudima koji su se izjašnjavali >> protiv aktuelne vlasti, on je i pisao takve prijave. Ovo prvi put čujem?
razno.254 lexus, -> #253, supers
=>>> on je pretio prijavama na radnom mestu ljudima koji su se =>>> izjašnjavali protiv aktuelne vlasti, on je i pisao takve => prijave. => => Ovo prvi put čujem? Gle gle... Izgleda da sam pogrešnu poruku objavio u vicevima ;)
razno.255 dbambi,
Kad nema teme zakoni, može i ovde. Dakle... Stigao mi je poziv od sudije za prekršaje :(. Nisam bio kod kuće u tom trenutku, a niko od mojih ukućana (postupajući u skladu sa mojim izričitim uputstvima :)) nije hteo da ga primi, pa ga je poštar vratio u poštu. Na papiru koji je ostavio piše da će se na preuzimanje pošiljke (dakle poziva) čekati pet dana, a da će zatim ona biti vraćena pošiljaocu. Pitanje: Ako ne preuzmem taj poziv u navedenom roku i on bude vraćen pošiljaocu, kakve konsekvence snosim ? Da li se to tretira na isti način kao i neodazivanje na poziv koji je uredno primljen i potpisan ? Bambi
razno.256 madamov, -> #255, dbambi
> Stigao mi je poziv od sudije za prekršaje :(. Nisam bio kod kuće u tom > trenutku, a niko od mojih ukućana (postupajući u skladu sa mojim > izričitim uputstvima :)) nije hteo da ga primi, pa ga je poštar vratio > u poštu. Na papiru koji je ostavio piše da će se na preuzimanje > pošiljke (dakle poziva) čekati pet dana, a da će zatim ona biti > vraćena pošiljaocu. > > Pitanje: Ako ne preuzmem taj poziv u navedenom roku i on bude vraćen > pošiljaocu, kakve konsekvence snosim ? Da li se to tretira na isti > način kao i neodazivanje na poziv koji je uredno primljen i potpisan ? > Nemam isti slučaj, ali je poučna priča. Elem, jedne subote u oktobru prošle godine primim ja rešenje o presudi (trebalo da platim kaznu), ali nisam hteo iz inata zbog toga kako sam načinio prekršaj, krivicom policajca koji mi je rekao da načinim prekršaj da bi me njegov kolega sačekao i napisao prijavu, ja reših da odem kod svoje drugarice koja radi u sudu u Masarikovoj. Bio je petak, rok za žalbe je osam dana, dakle sve je bilo u redu, tj. na vreme sam podneo žalbu, ili kako se kaže - u zakonskom roku. Međutim, žalba mi je odbijena kao neblagovremena, na dostavnici piše da sam rešenje primio u sredu (a ne u subotu). Hajde ti posle dokaži da si primio rešenje u subotu, kad mi je poštar podmetnuo da se potpišem na starom mestu, jer me verovatno nije našao te srede kod kuće.
razno.257 msp., -> #255, dbambi
d> Pitanje: Ako ne preuzmem taj poziv u navedenom roku i on bude vraćen d> pošiljaocu, kakve konsekvence snosim ? Da li se to tretira na isti d> način kao i neodazivanje na poziv koji je uredno primljen i potpisan ? Sudija će doneti rešenje bez saslušanja. Rešenje ćete dobiti poštom. U rešenju će biti pravni lek (kada, kome i u kom roku možete da se žalite). Samo u slučaju da se ne odazovete na poziv po krivičnoj prijavi bićete privedeni a to ovde nije slučaj. Spavajte mirno.
razno.259 dbambi, -> #257, msp.
=> Sudija će doneti rešenje bez saslušanja. Rešenje ćete dobiti => poštom. U rešenju će biti pravni lek (kada, kome i u kom roku => možete da se žalite). Samo u slučaju da se ne odazovete na => poziv po krivičnoj prijavi bićete privedeni a to ovde nije => slučaj. Spavajte mirno. Čini mi se da je to bio poziv na nastavak suđenja zbog prolaska kroz crveno svetlo. Ja sam odlučio da na svaki način izbegnem plaćanje 500 din. :). Ponovo pitanje: Ako bude donesena (po mene) negativna presuda i sud mi ju pošalje poštom, šta se dešava ako ja ponovo ne budem kod kuće i ne prezumem to rešenje :) ? Konkretno, ako u presudi stoji da treba da platim tu novčanu kaznu, na koji način će me sud naterati da to stvarno i učinim ? Da li je tačno da svi sporovi koji se vode pred sudijom za prekršaje zastarevaju nakon 2 god. ? Bambi
razno.260 madamov, -> #259, dbambi
> Da li je tačno da svi sporovi koji se vode pred sudijom za prekršaje > zastarevaju nakon 2 god. ? Da. tačno je.
razno.261 nenad, -> #259, dbambi
> Čini mi se da je to bio poziv na nastavak suđenja zbog prolaska > kroz crveno svetlo. Ja sam odlučio da na svaki način izbegnem plaćanje > 500 din. :). Zar za taj prekršaj ne sleduje oduzimanje dozvole?
razno.262 morkin, -> #260, madamov
>> Da li je tačno da svi sporovi koji se vode pred sudijom za prekršaje >> zastarevaju nakon 2 god. ? > > Da. tačno je. ...ukoliko nije pokrenut postupak pred sudom. Ispravite me ako grešim.
razno.263 dbambi, -> #261, nenad
=>> Čini mi se da je to bio poziv na nastavak suđenja zbog prolaska =>> kroz crveno svetlo. Ja sam odlučio da na svaki način izbegnem plaćanje =>> 500 din. :). => => Zar za taj prekršaj ne sleduje oduzimanje dozvole? Sleduje i to, ali me trenutno 500 din. boli daleko više od nedostatka dozvole u trajanju od 3 meseca :). Naravno, svo ovo izbegavanje radim iz dubokog uverenja da uopšte nisam kriv, tj. da nisam prošao kroz to crveno svetlo. Bambi
razno.264 nenad,
Malo je izmodilo, ali ako neko još ima volju da pravi bedž... uz poruku je zvanični znak, tj. logo CIA-e. ciaseal.gif
razno.265 msp., -> #259, dbambi
d> Ponovo pitanje: Ako bude donesena (po mene) negativna d> presuda i sud mi ju pošalje poštom, šta se dešava ako ja ponovo ne d> budem kod kuće i ne prezumem to rešenje :) ? Konkretno, ako u presudi d> stoji da treba da platim tu novčanu kaznu, na koji način će me sud d> naterati da to stvarno i učinim ? Neće se osvrnuti na to što ga niste lično preuzeli. Daće Vam rok (možda i žiro račun) za uplatu. Prinudnom naplatom. Prethodno pogledajte da li imate pravo žalbe. d> Da li je tačno da svi sporovi koji se vode pred sudijom za prekršaje d> zastarevaju nakon 2 god. ? Da bi Vas osudio sudija za prekršaje nije neophodno da Vas vidi.
razno.266 dkaralic,
Nisam siguran da tekst koji sledi u nastavku pripada ovoj konferenciji. Tekst u nastavku je pogled amerikanaca i kanadjana po raznim pitanjima. Nadam se da ce vam se dopasti. Dragan. >THE MALE STAGES OF LIFE >AGE DRINK >17 beer >25 beer >35 vodka >48 double vodka >66 Maalox >SEDUCTION LINE >17 My parents are away for the weekend. >25 My girlfriend is away for the weekend. >35 My fiancee is away for the weekend. >48 My wife is away for the weekend. >66 My second wife is dead. >FAVORITE SPORT >17 sex >25 sex >35 sex >48 sex >66 napping >DRUG OF CHOICE >17 pot >25 coke >35 really good coke >48 power >66 coke, a limousine, the company jet >DEFINITION OF A SUCCESSFUL DATE >17 "tongue" >25 "breakfast" >35 "She didn't set back my therapy." >48 "I didn't have to meet her kids." >66 "Got home alive." >FAVORITE FANTASY >17 getting to third >25 airplane sex >35 menage a trois >48 taking the company public >66 Swiss maid/Nazi love slave >HOUSE PET >17 roaches >25 stoned-out college roommate >35 Irish setter >48 children from her first marriage >66 Barbi >WHAT'S THE IDEAL AGE TO GET MARRIED? >17 25 >25 35 >35 48 >48 66 >66 17 >IDEAL DATE >17 Triple Stephen King feature at a drive-in >25 "Split the check before we go back to my place" >35 "Just come over." >48 "Just come over and cook." >66 sex in the company jet on the way to Vegas. >THE FEMALE STAGES OF LIFE >AGE DRINK >17 Wine Coolers >25 White wine >35 Red wine >48 Dom Perignon >66 Shot of Jack with an Ensure chaser >EXCUSES FOR REFUSING DATES >17 Need to wash my hair >25 Need to wash and condition my hair >35 Need to color my hair >48 Need to have Francois color my hair >66 Need to have Francois color my wig >FAVORITE SPORT >17 shopping >25 shopping >35 shopping >48 shopping >66 shopping >DRUG OF CHOICE >17 shopping >25 shopping >35 shopping >48 shopping >66 shopping >DEFINITION OF A SUCCESSFUL DATE >17 "Burger King" >25 "Free meal" >35 "A diamond" >48 "A bigger diamond" >66 "Home Alone" >FAVORITE FANTASY >17 tall, dark and handsome >25 tall, dark and handsome with money >35 tall, dark and handsome with money and a brain >48 a man with hair >66 a man >HOUSE PET >17 Muffy the cat >25 Unemployed boyfriend and Muffy the Cat >35 Irish setter and Muffy the Cat >48 Children from his first marriage and Muffy the Cat >66 Retired husband dabbles in taxidermy, stuffs Muffy the Cat >WHAT'S THE IDEAL AGE TO GET MARRIED? >17 17 >25 25 >35 35 >48 48 >66 66 >IDEAL DATE >17 He offers to pay >25 He pays >35 He cooks breakfast the next morning >48 He cooks breakfast the next morning for the kids >66 He can chew breakfast
razno.267 nenad, -> #266, dkaralic
> Nadam se da ce vam se dopasti. Odlično je. :) Možda je ipak trebalo u "devojke". :)
razno.268 mirkomi, -> #266, dkaralic
> Nisam siguran da tekst koji sledi u nastavku pripada ovoj konferenciji. Negde 93. godine bio je slican tekst o dobrim i losim devojkama, proglasen je za vic meseca, tamo to salji.
razno.269 dkaralic, -> #268, mirkomi
Znaci da saljem u vicevi, devojeke. Vidi se koliko pratim tu konferenciju kada nisam ni znao gde to spada. Ako je to vec bilo, kazes, 1993. mozda je onda pitanje da li ga i staviti. U svakom slucaju hvala za sugestiju. Pozdrav Dragan.
razno.270 dr.iivan, -> #269, dkaralic
> konferenciju kada nisam ni znao gde to spada. Ako je to vec > bilo, kazes, 1993. mozda je onda pitanje da li ga i staviti. U pravu si. Izbor za vic meseca vise ne postoji :(
razno.271 mirkomi, -> #270, dr.iivan
> U pravu si. Izbor za vic meseca vise ne postoji :( Nazalost, tako je. A zasto?
razno.272 schef,
Šta se polaže kao prijemni za FPN, kao i koliko ljudi primaju, postoje li smerovi, koji su smerovi i sl.? Hvala unapred. P.S. Ne, nije za mene. ;) Još nisam odustao od medicine. ;>
razno.273 dr.iivan, -> #271, mirkomi
>> U pravu si. Izbor za vic meseca vise ne postoji :( > > Nazalost, tako je. A zasto? Odgovor bi trebalo da ocekujes od nekoga iz uprave, ali bojim se da ga necemo dobiti :(
razno.274 miobrado,
Pre desetak dana lovci iz Vrbasa bili su gosti Nikšića. Tom prilikom je potpisana povelja o bratimljenju dva društva. Domaćini organizovali hajku na vuka, a Rade Naumov (Patak) ga odstrelio u prvom pokušaju. ... (PATAK UBIO VUKA) ... Na ovoj sednici, Mladi socijalisti SPS Vrbas raspravljali su i o stvaranju realnih pretpostavki da talentovani mladi ljudi sa teritorije opštine Vrbas imaju osnovu za početak i uspešan završetak usavršavanja: stranih jezika, obuku iz oblasti bankarstva, berzanskog poslovanja, državne uprave, javne administracije, diplomatije. ... (RAZVOJ PORODICE, ZAPOŠLJAVANJE I USAVRŠAVANJE MLADIH LJUDI) Nakon održane Prve krajiške večeri, predstavnici Organizacionog odbora "Krajišnika" posetili su izbeglički kamp u staroj Ginekoligiji. Tom prilikom deci, čiji su roditelji nastradali u proteklom ratu uručili su poklone i novčani dar. ... (POKLON ZA DECU I SIROČAD) Izvor: "Glas", br. 648, od 27. marta 1997. godine, str. 1., 5. i 7.
razno.275 schef,
I don't belive this! :( Upravo sam saznao sablažnjive podatke... :( Kragujevac je u Jugoslaviji drugi po procentu obolelih od side, prvi po procentu narkomana i predzadnji po životnom standardu. :( Gde ja živim... ;)
razno.276 morkin, -> #275, schef
> Kragujevac je u Jugoslaviji drugi po procentu obolelih od side, prvi po > procentu narkomana i predzadnji po životnom standardu. :( Hajde izbedači nekog i kaži ko je ispred (AIDS) i iza (standard), kao i odakle ti podaci.
razno.277 schef, -> #276, morkin
][ Hajde izbedači nekog i kaži ko je ispred (AIDS) i iza ][ (standard), kao i odakle ti podaci. Podatke sam čuo, moguće je da nisu tačni (za sidu i narkomane) ali za standard je garant tačno jer sam čuo na nekoliko mesta. A što se tiče side i narkomanije verujem da je tačno, sudeći po onome koliko ja narkosa znam, a o onima koji duvaju travu i da ne govorim (teško je naći nekoga ko je nije makar probao). Beograd je po sidi verovatno na prvom mestu. Stvarno bih voleo da vidim neke relevantnije podatke. Ima li neko kontakt sa Jazas-om?
razno.278 naumov, -> #277, schef
*Ima li neko kontakte sa Jazas-om? Pa moje dve drugarice su u stalnom kontaktu.Ako ti nesto treba pisi mi na e-mail,jer nesto cesto ne citam ovu konferenciju.
razno.279 miobrado,
P R O G R A M ODRŽAVANJA 5. FESTIVALA GUSLARA VOJVODINE Vrbas 19.aprila 1. Do 8,30 časova - Prijem učesnika i gostiju Festivala 2. Od 8,30 - 9,00 časova - Sastanak članova Festivalskog odbora stručnog žirija i tehničke komisije usaglašavanje stavova za nesmetano održavanje Festivala. 3. Od 9,00 - 9,30 časova - Žrebanje takmičara za audiciju 4. Od 9,30 - 10,00 časova - Pripreme takmičara za nastup na eliminacionoj audiciji 5. Od 10,00 - 12,30 časova - Eliminaciona audicija 6. U 12,45 časova - Objavljivanje rezultata audicije 7. U 13,00 časova - Žrebanje takmičara za finale 8. Od 14,00 - 16,00 časova - Zajednički ručak svih učesnika i gostiju Festivala 9. Od 16,00 - 19,00 časova - Odmor guslara i pripreme za finale 10. Od 19,00 - 23,00 časa - Finalno veče - zvanično otvaranje - takmičarski deo - proglašenje pobednika - uručivanje priznanja i zvanično zatvaranje Festivala. 11. Po završetku festivala, odnosno finalne večeri zajednička večera za sve učesnike i goste. Izvor: "Glas", br. 649, od 11. 4. 1997., str. 4. .
razno.280 dr.iivan, -> #278, naumov
>* Ima li neko kontakte sa Jazas-om? > > Pa moje dve drugarice su u stalnom kontaktu.Ako ti nesto treba > pisi mi na e-mail,jer nesto cesto ne citam ovu konferenciju. Iste su nam drugarice, tako da slobodno mozes da pises ovde, jer ja redovno pratim ovu konferenciju. I odgovor ces dobiti ovde, da ljudi znaju.
razno.281 dragoljub,
E, ako ovo nije delo nekoga Srbina... :) U strateškoj igri Steel Panthers II postoje i dve hipotetičke bitke između Rusije i Ukrajine. Zanimljiva su imena Ukrajinskih komandira. U scenariju "Flames in Crimea" to su narednici: Radovan, Karadzic, Draza, Mihajlovic, Alija, Sirota, Broz, Djilas, Mile, Pavelic, Milovanovic, Simovic, Lazar, Aleksa... U drugom scenariju se javljaju još i Mustafa, Franjo, Ante, Kosta, Mrksic... Da vidimo šta se sve odavde može dobiti. Dakle imamo: Radovana Karadžića, Dražu Mihajlovića, Antu Pavelića, Mileta Mrkšića, Aliju Sirota(novića), Kostu Mihajlovića (dobro, malo štrči) :) Ako neko može još nešto da uklopi neka javlja... :)
razno.282 miobrado,
"U Bosni se - bar do pojave novog talasa - na ulici mogla, de facto, prema pločama pod miškom prepoznati nacionalnost lokalnog rock-era: musliman (Queen, AC/DC, Sweet, Kiss), rimokatolik (Boston, Styx, Sky), ili Srbin (Deep purple, Gallagher, Allman Bros., Bad Co ili bilo koji izravni blues derivat). Ne oslanjajući se na svojevremenu nacionalnu diferencijaciju neuroza koju je iznio dr. Jovan Rašković, mislimo da je ipak važno da se ona pomene: rock je uostalom, neuroza po definiciji - vidjeti šta o tome pišu Vladimir Jovanović (portret Genesis u starom Džuboksu) i vladika Atanasije ("Znak preporečni, str. 73)." Citirano, je jedna od dvanaest referenci zapisa pod naslovom "Ne-zaobilazne strategije", Jerođakona Jovana - objavljenog u zborniku Bogoslovije Sv. Petra Cetinjskog na Cetinju i Odsjeka za filosofiju Filosofskog fakulteta u Nikšiću, naslovljenom sa: _Jagnje božije i zvjer iz bezdana_ - koji je objavila najnovija "Književna reč" (br. 488/489, za mart 1997. god.).
razno.283 jvujnic,
Da li neko zna adresu (ili telefon) fonda za "humanitarno pravo". To je fond koji je pomogao izbeglicama iz RS i RSK da dobiju proces protiv vlade i u kom je svakom isplaćeno po 120 000 dinara.
razno.284 nenad, -> #283, jvujnic
> To je fond koji je pomogao izbeglicama iz RS i RSK da dobiju proces > protiv vlade i u kom je svakom isplaćeno po 120 000 dinara. Ne mogu da ti pomognem sa adresom, ali bi bilo interesantno čuti o kakvom se sporu radilo i sa kojom (čijom) vladom je vođen.
razno.285 dbambi,
Evo jednog teksta iz najnovije " Naše Borbe ", posvećenog godišnjici Titove smrti. Raspored je none, ali se nadam da to neće suviše smetati prilikom čitanja. Sedamnaest godina posle smrti bivseg ju-lidera, saljivo-ozbiljna prepiska na YOU ARE THE BEST Josip Broz Tito ponovo je medju Juznim Slovenima, ovaj put preko Interneta gde se skoro tri godine vrti njegov "Home page". Autor ove kompjuterske monografije o Brozu je izvesni Josko, tako se potpisuje, iz Slovenije. 27. jula 1994. on je korisnicima alternativnog i sve mocnijeg infomrativnog sistema sirom sveta ponudio da cuju Titov glas i neke njegove govore. Ne samo to vec i neke horske pesme poput one "Uz marsala Tita junackog sina"... Mogu se videti i Titove fotografije podeljene u cetiri ciklusa; najstarije, predratne i ratne, zatim slede one iz mnogobrojnih susreta sa svetskim liderima. Pod naslovom "interesantne", uglavnom su odabrani fotosi napravljeni u trenucima predaha, lova, kod kuce, a poslednje su snimljene u Ljubljani nakon operacije pa ih je kreator Titove "domace strane" provokativno naslovio "Poslednja borba svetskog lidera". O Titu kao antifasisti, komunisti, marsalu ili kontraverznom vladaru totalitaracu ili perfidnom demokrati, svetskom lideru i diplomati hedonisti... napisano je mnogo a ostaje jos vise za ozbiljne analize u uslovima istorijske distance, ali da je Josip Broz licnost koja izaziva interesovanje savremenika i da inspirise hiljade ljudi da se oglase ispisivanjem stranica i stranica teksta pokazuje i "Tribina o Titu" u okviru pomenutog "Home page", koja se proteze na preko 60 stranica. Tako, eto, sedmnaest godina posle njegove smrti na Internetu je "i posle Tita Tito". Preko 90 odsto pisama upuceno je direktno njemu a mali procentualni ostatak autoru ove kompjuterske animacije. Na samom pocetku i poruka autora koji se identifikuje sa njim uz Titov logo u potpisu "Kao i prije i sada dokazujem kako cijenim demokratiju tako da sva vasa pisma pa tako i ova sa kritickim misljenjima objavljujem". Svestan da ce svojom ponudom za "razgovor" izazvati razlicite komentare "Josko iz Slovenije" takodje napominje da nije odgovoran ukoliko neke od poruka kod nekog izazovu teska osecanja. Pokazalo se medjutim, da uz nekoliko iznimaka ("Odsek'o bi mu i drugu nogu pa nek trci stafetu") ogromna vecina ucesnika ovog elektronskog razgovora uljudno razmenjuje stavove. "Tito, ha! Dosta mi je komunista", porucuje cetnik iz Cikaga, pod adresom "Zanet" dok Nedim Hadzibegovic, na cistom engleskom jeziku, dodaje svoju poruku: "Zadovoljan sam sto je ime kao Titovo naslo mesto na Internetu". " Hm! Zaista zanimljivo. Mozda bi trebalo pokazati i onu manje poznatu i manje lijepu stranu naseg ex idola. Ovo zasad je odlicno, ali treba produziti korak dalje. Nadam se da to imate u planu", konstatuje Gordan, iskoristivsi priliku da bivsim i sadasnjim Jugoslovenima skrene paznju kako na Internetu ima i Radio Slobodna Evropa. Luka Strajner se jednog dana oglasio parolom "Smrt fasizmu sloboda narodu" a drugog dana, postavlja pitanje na slovenackom: "Kje bi lahko dobil tekste pesmi Alan Ford" a zatim nastavlja "Dragi druze stari, ako boga znas vrati se i pomozi nam. Ti si imao kljuc za svaku bravu. Jednom recju POMAGAJ." Neki tekstovi su pisani na engleskom, neki na srpskom, hrvatskom slovenackom, makedonskom, a neki mesano. Ljubomir Jurkovic Titu porucuje "You are the best" (ti si najbolji) a potom dodaje, "Drago mi je da se u ovom tudjem svijetu covjek moze obratiti svome." Oprecnih komentaraTitovog lika i dela bilo je vise na pocetku kada je instaliran "Home Page", ali sto je tribina duze trajala, to su komentatori postajali ujednaceniji i blagonakloniji Titovom liku i delu. Igor Prohaska na tipsko pitanje elektronske poste o cemu se radi odgovara: "Druze Tito ja ti se kunem". Zatim nastavlja: "Zahvaljujem se onima koji drze u zivotu sjecanja na tvorca zemlje koja je bila moja i nasa domovina Jugoslavija. Naravno da nije bila perfektna, ali je neko drzao ove nacional-sovinisticke dzukele pod kljucem i zato kazem - Zivio drug Tito. Hvala ti na najljepsoj zemlji na svijetu! Zao mi je sto nema ni tebe ni nje." M. Bojanic istice: "Sto vise znam vise zelim da znam o Titu. Kako je uspeo da pobedi Nemce, sacuva zemlju slobodnom od staljinizma i primeni adaptirani marksizam koji je radio do njegove smrti." Ana Sedentel pise dugacko pismo naslovljeno na njenog idola: "Dragi druze Tito. Veoma mi je drago da te jos uvijek ima, pa makar te bilo na ovaj nacin. Steta samo sto sa svoje sadasnje pozicije nisi u mogucnosti da ocistis bagru koja se namnozila na prostorima bivse SFRJ. Procitala sam sve komentare na tvoj racun. Oni koji o tebi lose pisu su pripadnici gore navedene bagre. Dok je bilo tebe, bilo je i Jugoslavije. Kad si ti otisao nadigla se bagra i rasturise Jugoslaviju". Vrlo verovatno da su imena na adresama ove elektronske prepiske izmisljena. Medjutim, zemlje pa cak i gradovi odakle stizu poruke lako se citaju iz kompjuterske signature. Vecina sagovornika "Tribine o Titu" oglasava se iz dijaspore: Svedske, Nemacke, Argentine Spanije, SAD, Kanade, Ceske a na postjugoslovenskom prostoru najaktivniji su korespodenti iz Hrvatske i Slovenije. Bambi
razno.286 supers, -> #285, dbambi
>> Josip Broz Tito ponovo je medju Juznim Slovenima, ovaj put preko >> Interneta gde se skoro tri godine vrti njegov "Home page". Autor nije našao za shodno da napiše URL. Bezveze.
razno.287 junior, -> #284, nenad
> Ne mogu da ti pomognem sa adresom, ali bi bilo interesantno > čuti o kakvom se sporu radilo i sa kojom (čijom) vladom je > vođen. Ukratko - izbeglice iz RS (i RSK) su tužile vladu SRJ, zbog prinudne mobilizacije koja je izvršena u onim "kriznim danima", jer po međunarodnom pravu, čiji je potpisnik i naša zemlja, izbeglice ne mogu prisilom da se vraćaju u zemlju iz koje su pobegli. Uz to, ljudi su proveli po par meseci po muslimanskim zatvorima izloženi ko zna kakvim torturama, tako da su dobili odštetu iz zbog toga. Sve u svemu, ako ovo učine i drugi ljudi .. počeće da se klima ;)
razno.288 acafaca,
Počeli da se prodaju albumi sa samolepljivim sličicama KASANDRA!!!!!!!!!
razno.289 dzim, -> #288, acafaca
Pocheli, kazesh? Toga ima od ranije...
razno.290 vasam, -> #285, dbambi
> Josip Broz Tito ponovo je medju Juznim Slovenima, ovaj put preko > Interneta gde se skoro tri godine vrti njegov "Home page". Autor ove Bambi, nisam video adresu, pa daj bre :))
razno.291 vasam, -> #288, acafaca
a> Poceli da se prodaju albumi sa samolepljivim slicicama KASANDRA!!!!!!!!! Sta da uradim da ne citam nijednu poruku gde se pominje imenica K.........
razno.292 jvujnic, -> #284, nenad
> Ne mogu da ti pomognem sa adresom, ali bi bilo interesantno čuti > o kakvom se sporu radilo i sa kojom (čijom) vladom je vođen. OK, dakle evo celog teksta: (opet bih molio nekog ko slučajno zna adresu ili telefon dotičnog fonda da je pošalje) KANDIC: JEDINSTVENA PRESUDA PROTIV SRBIJE Beogradski Fond za humanitarno pravo pozdravio je danas presudu Prvog opstinskog suda kojom je Republika Srbija osudjena da plati odstetu nasilno mobilisanim izbeglicama. ,,Rec o jedinstvenoj presudi koja pokazuje strogo postovanje zakona i pruza nadu da ovo drustvo moze da krene ka demokratiji'', izjavila je direktorka Fonda, Natasa Kandic, na konferenciji za novinare, prenosi Beta. Prvi opstinski sud u Beogradu obavezao je Republiku Srbiju da osmorici izbeglica iz Republike Srpske i Republike Srpske Krajine plati po 120.000 dinara odstete za ,,pretrpljene dusevne bolove izazvane povredom slobode i prava licnosti''. Kandic je rekla da je od 12. do 20. juna 1995. godine policija hapsila i nasilno mobilisala i odvodila na ratiste lica iz Krajine i Republike Srpske, koja su imala status izbeglica. ,,Srpska policija je nezakonito uhapsene izbeglice predala vojnim organima RSK. Odatle su uhapseni upuceni u Bosnu, gde su ubrzo zarobljeni i odvedeni u muslimanski logor u Bihacu. U kasnijoj razmeni, Srbija je negirala da su to gradjani Srbije'', rekla je advokat Zorka Borozan. Jedan od mobilisanih izbeglica, Momcilo Damjanovic, rekao je da je ,,u 2.30 nocu iz kuce odveden u bazu u Sremskoj Mitrovici, gde mu je receno da ih vode na proveru nekih podataka. Pre prelaska granice promenjene su tablice na autobusima, a pogranicnim vlastima je receno da su u autobusima dobrovoljci''. Damjanovic je rekao da niko nije smeo da reaguju, ,,jer su u Sremskoj Mitrovici jednog coveka ubili i jednog ranili posle pokusaja bekstva''. On je rekao da su ga u Bosni ubrzo zarobili Muslimani i odveli u logor u Bihacu. ,,Oslobodjeni smo tek u oktobru kada je Radovan Karadzic predao 367 Muslimana za nas, 127 Srba'', izjavio je Damjanovic. On je dodao da mu nije vazna materijalna odsteta, nego ,,da zeli svima da dokaze da su on, i ostale izbeglice, nasilno uhapseni i odvedeni na ratiste''. Prvi opstinski sud je ocenio da je nasilnim odvodjenjem izbeglica na front Republika Srbija prekrsila medjunarodne dokumente o izbeglicama koje je potpisala i po kojima je izbeglicama bila obavezna da pruzi zastitu.
razno.293 mika, -> #286, supers
**> Autor nije nasao za shodno da napise URL. Bezveze. www.altavista.digital.com +"josip broz tito" +slovenija +tribina eto ;)
razno.294 mika, -> #288, acafaca
**> Poceli da se prodaju albumi sa samolepljivim slicicama **> KASANDRA!!!!!!!!! znam, vec sam zalepio jedan, sad cu i drugi ! :)
razno.295 acafaca, -> #289, dzim
-=> Pocheli, kazesh? -=> Toga ima od ranije... Ne znam... Moguće je da ima od ranije. Ali pošto sam zakasnio onda neću da skupljam. :) Osim ako ima neka nagradna igra. Na primer 7 nedelja sa Kasandrom. :))
razno.296 acafaca, -> #291, vasam
-=> a> Poceli da se prodaju albumi sa samolepljivim slicicama -=> KASANDRA!!!!!!!!! -=> Sta da uradim da ne citam nijednu poruku gde se pominje imenica Napiši novi olr.
razno.297 gmatic, -> #288, acafaca
==> Poceli da se prodaju albumi sa samolepljivim slicicama ==> KASANDRA!!!!!!!!! Ko skuplja da se menjamo? ;)
razno.298 gmatic, -> #291, vasam
==> Sta da uradim da ne citam nijednu poruku gde se pominje ==> imenica K......... Zamoli nekog na NET-u da moze da se lupi ignore K....... pa da ti te poruke nestizu. :)
razno.299 mika, -> #297, gmatic
**> Ko skuplja da se menjamo? ;) ja skupljam vec drugi, prvi sam popunio, ovako : fali mi : 21, 42, 35, 123, 53, 43, 32, 121, 54, 43, 23, 12, 52, 75, 86, 45 ,67 ,34, 1, 4, 5, 7, 65, 34, 21 , a imam : 2,6, 54, 34, 87, 65 eto.. nek se javi ko jos skuplja ;)
razno.300 dbambi, -> #286, supers
=>>> Josip Broz Tito ponovo je medju Juznim Slovenima, ovaj put preko =>>> Interneta gde se skoro tri godine vrti njegov "Home page". => => Autor nije našao za shodno da napiše URL. Bezveze. Sorry :(. U samom tekstu ULR-a, kao što vidiš, nema, a bilo je poprilično kasno kad sam ga skinuo, pa nisam mogao da malo probunarim za tom adresom. Bambi
razno.301 junior, -> #290, vasam
> Bambi, nisam video adresu, pa daj bre :)) Sa pro-a: http://lgm.fri.uni-lj.si/tito/tito-eng.html
razno.302 msp., -> #283, jvujnic
j> Da li neko zna adresu (ili telefon) fonda za "humanitarno pravo". Žao mi je, sve sam (čini mi se) preturio ali ne mogu da nadjem primerak njihove publikacije. Jedino preostaje, ako nije hitno, da se strpite dok mi stigne novi broj (izlazi povremeno) ili da natrčim (sapletem se) o stari broj.
razno.303 vasam, -> #298, gmatic
gmatic je pisao vasam: g> ==> Sta da uradim da ne citam nijednu poruku gde se pominje g> ==> imenica K......... g> g> Zamoli nekog na NET-u da moze da se lupi ignore K....... pa da g> ti te poruke nestizu. :) g> Mozda nije za ovu conf Da li postoji pretrazivac nezeljenih pojmova u porukama na NET-u, sa mogucnoscu preskakanja istih pri citanju?
razno.304 giovanni, -> #283, jvujnic
Ę? To je fond koji je pomogao izbeglicama iz RS i RSK da dobiju proces protiv Ę? vlade i u kom je svakom isplaćeno po 120 000 dinara. Nije sasvim tačno. Nije isplaćeno nikome ništa već je samo prvostepeni sud doneo presudu u korist tužilaca po kojoj država Srbija treba da isplati svakome po 120K dinara. Srbija će se naravno žaliti i ja mislim da se viša instanca neće "zajebati" da presudi u korist tužilaca. :( U svakom slučaju, teško da će iko od tih osmoro ljudi da vidi i jedan dirar a ne 120.000.
razno.305 petronio,
LONDON DAILY MAIL GIVES SERIOUS COVERAGE TO UFO CLAIMS [The following article ran in the mainstream Daily Mail on March 9, 1996, written by Mary Greene. CNI News has previously reported the British Civil Aviation Authority's recent ruling that a "near miss" event involving a British airliner could not be explained in any conventional way. This article reviews that event and puts it in the context of other events that seem to involve an unusual triangular-shaped craft of unknown origin, termed the "Silent Vulcan" in England. The most noteworthy thing about this article, in the opinion of CNI News, is its entirely serious tone, something of a milestone in mainstream reporting on UFOs.] SO IS THERE SOMEBODY OUT THERE, AFTER ALL? by Mary Greene It was a dark, cloudless evening in early January, and British Airways Flight 5061 from Milan was over the Pennines, coming in to land at Manchester Airport. All was going to schedule. Just another routine landing... And then it happened. First Officer Mark Stuart saw the thing first and instinctively ducked. A strange wedge-shaped object, illuminated like a Christmas tree, flashed soundlessly past the Boeing 737's starboard side. Within seconds, it had vanished, but Mark Stuart and his co-pilot Captain Roger Wills were in no doubt about what they'd seen. The two BA pilots, both sober-minded types not given to flights of fancy, had just experienced a close encounter with what's become known as the Silent Vulcan. And theirs was by no means the first encounter. Over the past ten years, the Silent Vulcan--so called because its shape resembles the old Vulcan bomber--has apparently been stalking the skies over Europe and North America. First sighted over the USA, there have now been hundreds of reported sightings, many of them in the Pennine Corridor which runs from the Midlands up through Yorkshire [in England]. In 1990 it was spotted in Belgium and, on that occasion the Belgian air force scrambled fighter planes in a fruitless bid at interception. Now even the sceptics in the corridors of power are beginning to take it seriously. The UFO phenomenon, long associated with little green men in starships, can no longer be easily dismissed as simple fantasy. Even senior-ranking MoD officials have now admitted publicly what they have privately been convinced of for many years: that the Unidentified Flying Object actually exists. Foremost among them is Nick Pope, head of Secretariat (Air Staff) 2a between1991 and 1994 and, as such, the British Government's expert on the UFO phenomenon. He began his three-year tour of duty as a fair-minded sceptic but, remarkably, ended as a believer. Still working for the MoD, he has written a book, "Open Skies, Closed Minds, " due to be published in June (Simon & Schuster)--and, significantly, has actually been promoted since he articulated his extraordinary claims. Of course, the vast majority of the 200 to 300 reports Pope received each year could be explained away. There are, after all, many logical explanations: freak meteorological conditions, an exceptionally bright meteor, even the earthlights that glow in the sky around the time of an earthquake. Yet, as Pope explains: "That left a hard core of five to ten per cent which defied explanation. I am now convinced that there may be an extraterrestrial explanation." So, too, is Timothy Good, a leading UFO authority, whose new book, "Beyond Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Security Threat," due to be published on April 26 (Macmillan), examines the potential threat of extraterrestrial beings. So why is the extraterrestrial theory finally being taken seriously? Significantly, earthly science is at a loss to explain the extraordinary speed of UFOs such as the Silent Vulcan (or, as Nick Pope prefers to term it, the Flying Triangle). Could a superior force be at work? "The Flying Triangle clearly behaves in a way that is beyond the cutting edge of our own technology," says Pope. "It can move from hover to speeds of about 5,000 mph in less than a second, acceleration that would kill any human occupant... and who knows if indeed there is an occupant?" Just a few years ago, such suggestions would have been laughed at. Now, however, even the Civil Aviation Authority is taking the matter seriously. After First Officer Stuart and Captain Roger Wills filed a formal report of their near-miss above the Pennines, the CAA spent a year investigating their claims. Last month, it agreed they had seen an Unidentified Flying Object--or, as they prefer to term it, an "unassessable" object. They commended the pilots, and British Airways, for their courage and enlightenment in making the report. Not surprisingly, the CAA's response was seen as a milestone in official recognition of the UFO phenomenon. To understand the UFO's sudden rise in credibility, it is necessary to trace the history of what later became known as the Silent Vulcan. As early as 1983, there was an extraordinary surge of sightings in the Hudson Valley in upstate New York. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of people, many of them professionals, bore witness to a spectacular phenomenon, that reappeared over a period of more than three years. It was described as a pattern of brilliant flashing coloured lights, generally in the form of a V or boomerang. It moved slowly, silently, and was as big as a football pitch; some said it was as big as three football pitches. Often, it was no more than a few hundred feet from the ground, and generally stayed in view for ten minutes or more. If it turned, it did not bank as a plane would, but simply moved sideways. The Federal Aviation Authority denied its existence, and no rational explanation was forthcoming. Sightings in the Hudson Valley tailed off during 1986, though there were sporadic reports of triangular or boomerang-shaped phenomena elsewhere in the country. But as sightings of the 'Silent Vulcan' waned in America, reports came in from the Midlands and North of England throughout 1986 and 1987. In October 1986, Mark Smith, 30, a company director from Leeds, and his wife Allyson, 28, an office clerk, had a mysterious encounter on the M1 just south of Nottingham. As Mark recalls: "There were no other cars about when we saw this light in the sky, about 200 feet above ground level but coming down on us at a 45-degree angle. It seemed to be travelling at about 50 mph, but slowed down as it crossed the motorway, at a height of about 50 feet. It was round, nearly as wide as the motorway itself, with what looked like windows around it and oblong structures that seemed to protrude from the sides. It seemed to be made of a grey metal. "A very bright light lit up the whole motorway but the object didn't make any sound: it just seemed to glide on. It landed in fields about 200 yards away from the motorway, and its light went out. I say it landed, but as it was dark. It could have disappeared over the brow of a hill. "At first I thought it was a plane going to crash and I slowed down. It wasn't a helicopter, it wasn't an aeroplane. If I'd been on my own I'd have thought I was just imagining things, but we both saw it." Other witnesses gave similar accounts. August 1987 showed intense UFO activity over this part of the country, and on the night of August 16, more than 20 people in Derby reported a brilliantly-lit object "that seemed to change shape, opening out from an oval into an arrow-shape." Among them was Audrey Boon, 66, a retired catering assistant from Belper, Derby, and her husband Trevor, 69, a former RAF sergeant. According to Audrey, they saw a massive object "with big square lights all the way round... all lit up like a couple of double-decker buses end to end in the sky." Not long afterwards, on September 29, 1987, Tony Goodwin, 53, a JCB excavator from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, and his three companions saw a similar glowing object coming towards them. "It was huge, about 100 feet long, triangular in shape and surrounded by about 30 brightly-coloured lights flashing in sequence, pulsing red underneath, " he recalls. Then came the best-documented manifestation of all. On November 29, 1989, a wave of mysterious sightings was reported across Belgium. In the early evening, two police officers observed a "dark, enormous triangle," seemingly solid, lit by white lights in each corner. It moved very slowly, at low altitude and they followed it by car; suddenly it rose up, vertically and soundlessly, sharply maneuvering to begin what appeared to be a slow, circular reconnaissance of the area. The policemen described what they saw as a dark, flat structure, with a windowed platform on top "like the windows of a train at night." Nearly three hours after they logged it, the object accelerated and disappeared. Hundreds of similar sightings were reported across Belgium: small triangles, jumbo-jet-sized triangles, triangles with windows, triangles that flew backwards. They continued for more than a month. Next, on March 30, 1990, on a cold, cloudless night, at 23.03 hours, the Belgian air force observed three strange lights in the sky, constantly changing colour, forming the points of an isosceles triangle. Soon a second set of lights was spotted, forming a smaller triangle. The air force recorded blips on its radar screens and at 00.05 hours scrambled two F-16s to intercept the "intruder." Several times they obtained a radar lock-on, once for as long as 20 seconds, but nothing was sighted. As soon as contact was made, the object seemed to maneuver out of the way, dropping in seconds from several thousand to just a few hundred feet. No rational explanation could be made of the events of that night. Had the Belgian air force scrambled to intercept the Silent Vulcan, which is alleged to have been heading towards Dover at more than 1,000 mph when it was lost? In this country, meanwhile, the evidence is steadily growing. Since the Fifties, our own Ministry of Defence has accumulated information on more than 8,000 UFO sightings, information that is withheld from the public under the 30-year rule. There is a standard response to such reports: "Our only concern is to establish whether or not they pose a threat to the security of the United Kingdom. Unless we judge that they do, and this has not been the case so far, we do not attempt to investigate further, or to identify whatever might have been seen... We are not aware of any evidence that might support the existence of extra-terrestrial life." Now, though, the MoD's united front is starting to crack. Some, like Nick Pope--ironically, the man who until recently signed such letters -- have been persuaded "by the sheer breadth and depth of the evidence over the years." Nor is Pope a one-off maverick at the Ministry of Defence. Retired Admiral of the Fleet Lord Hill-Norton, a former Chief of Defence Staff and the senior military officer in NATO during the mid-Seventies, has gone on record accusing the Government of covering-up UFO incidents, including the Belgian air force sighting. "It is absurd to pretend there is nothing going on when it is perfectly plain that there is," he has said. So is there a high level cover-up? Or simply bafflement? Ralph Noyes, now retired, was head of Defence Secretariat 8 (as Air Staff 2 was known before reorganisation) from 1969 to 1972. Like Pope, he was a sceptic when he first took up his post. "I thought it was nonsense," he says. "That was the official line but I know a number of my Air Staff colleagues were pretty uneasy about what was going on. "There wasn't a cover-up. There was ignorance," he alleges now. "Ninety-five per cent of cases can probably be explained in rational terms but there is a hard core that nobody understands." He himself claims to have sighted a UFO, over London's Chelsea in 1984. Intriguingly, he does not believe the UFOs' behaviour is simply random. "There is a persistent phenomenon around this planet which manifests itself in a very odd way and which seems to indicate a degree of intelligence. The experience of the military is that it flickers in and out, it appears on radar, then disappears... it teases them. The indication is that it targets: there's an aircraft, it plays tricks on it. There's usually a lonely witness, out in the country, and it teases. "The fact is that on a number of occasions it has come jolly near to causing aircraft accidents, though it hasn't been directly blamed for any accident. Hard-headed civilian airline pilots are extremely reluctant to report sightings. But it would be intellectual cowardice to argue away the hard core of these UFO reports." So what is behind the phenomenal rise in sightings--and what do they really mean? As yet, no one is offering answers. What does emerge, however, is a new and worrying suggestion--that the UFO activity may not be as benign as the authorities would like us to believe. As Philip Mantle, director of investigations for the British UFO Research Association, points out: "They call it an 'unassessable' object... but I wonder how they would have tabled a collision instead of a near-miss? Whom would they have blamed? The Russians? The IRA? Speculation would have been about bombs and terrorists. If I were part of the powers-that-be at British Airways or the CAA, I'd be worried..." If the experts are right, and UFO sightings continue at their present rate, one thing seems likely: that sooner or later the "near miss" may become a collision. Only then, perhaps, will we begin to understand a phenomenon once dismissed as fantasy, now recognised as the greatest mystery of our times. Until then, witnesses such as Mark Stuart and Audrey Boon can only wait and wonder... Original file name: CNI - Brit UFO.Serious 3.25
razno.306 petronio,
Aliens in the New World A New Paradigm for Ufology Copyright (C) 1995 Michael Miley / UFO Magazine Vol. 10, No. 6, 1995. CNI News thanks Michael Miley and UFO Magazine for permission to reproduce this article. "Throughout history, many societies have acknowledged consciousness as something more potent than we have in the West--as a sieve or receiver and transmitter of communication with forces, not always visible, other than ourselves. The contemporary Western tenet that we are alone in the universe, conversant only with ourselves, is, in fact, a minority perspective, an anomaly."--John Mack, Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens Something very old is reemerging in the modern world, but it appears like something new. It appears to be new by a kind of amnesia, acenturies-long sleep, from which we're awakening. I'm not just referring to a belief in beings from the sky, though that's a big part of it. Rather, it's something much deeper, and in consequence, more troubling, so much so in fact that it's escalated into a war. An ontological war. A war of worldviews. On the one hand, we have the materialist perspective, enshrined in our universities, our laboratories, and think tanks. And on the other hand, we have the more "spiritual" view, awakening like Rip Van Winkle in the lives of ordinary people. For some, it takes the form of visitations from various beings, odd impossible creatures who come calling in the night. For others, it looks like quantum weirdness, or out-of-body experiences, or ET channeling. What it portends is the collapse of a worldview that has served us well for a time, but no longer. But that collapse is not going to happen without a fight. And that fight will extend to the field of ufology. The thesis of this article is that the UFO/alien question is best answered by the transpersonal view of the world and a true "science of mind." This view posits other realms of being and states of consciousness, to which we have access. It postulates that the reason we haven't understood UFOs or alien beings very well is that our focus has been in the wrong direction. Dazzled by the phenomenon itself, by its trickster-like qualities, we neglect the being that it's happening to: us, Homo sapiens, but us as more than monkey or machine. The reason for this neglect is a mixture of brainwashing and fear, fear of a very profound and animal kind, a fear very akin to our fear of death. But then, there's no greater taboo than the one against knowing who you are. The Case for the Hyperdimensional Theory "If they are not spacecraft, what else could UFOs be? What research framework can account for the physical effects, for the impact on society, for the appearance of the occupants, and for the seemingly absurd, dream-like elements of their behavior?... I believe that the UFO phenomenon represents evidence for other dimensions beyond spacetime; the UFOs may not come from ordinary space, but from a multiverse which is all around us, and of which we have stubbornly refused to consider the disturbing reality in spite of the evidence available to us for centuries."--Jacques Vallee, Dimensions A short review of the hyperdimensional theory of UFOs and aliens is in order here, because the theory attempts to account for observed phenomena of several different kinds. These are the behavior of the craft themselves, the beings purported to operate those craft, and the effect of an encounter on the people who have them. Encounter is not confined to abduction, though that's one of its most dramatic kinds. Jacques Vallee was one of the first researchers to point out that UFOs often behave like no physical object or craft we know of, and yet they're able to leave physical traces on the ground or trees. Erratic flight at impossible speeds and trajectories, the merging of two craft, instantaneous disappearance and reappearance at a distant location, as well as many light and energy effects, led him as well as others (Davenport, Fowler, Randles) to speculate about other dimensions, or holographic light shows projected from those spaces, as well as hyperspatial, anti-gravity, and time machines. All these theories of UFO behavior imply some kind of hidden aspect to physical reality of which we have little knowledge. Then there are the beings themselves, who come in various forms. Catalogues vary from a few (Moulton Howe) to over 70 (Harder), but among the bewildering array of insect types, intelligent lizards, gray neonates, and beautiful people, are luminous sorts who can appear and disappear, pass through walls (bringing people with them), and communicate telepathically. Grays of the more solid sort, as well as "plasma-like" beings, are among the most common American types, for reasons which remain mysterious. Comparisons can be made between these alien types and apparitions of the past, in all climes and times, as ufologists, anthropologists, and folklorists are quick to point out (Vallee, Goodenough, Clark and Coleman, and Rojcewicz) -- though Thomas Bullard would say that abduction stories do not appear to be disseminated in the culture like folk tales, but have their own structure (Pritchard). More importantly for the hyperdimensional theory, however, is that these beings are understood to be all around us (and always have been), but are usually invisible and only seen under the right conditions. They may be extraterrestials for all we know, but they hide behind "the veil of matter." Then we have to account for the effects of encounters on the people who have them, the nature of which are manifold. In the midst of an abduction or encounter, an amazing array of extraordinary experiences are reported, including apocalyptic visions or holographic shows, telepathy with the beings, psychokinesis, levitation, dematerialization, out-of-body experiences (OBEs), and theophanies (Fowler, Mack, Turner). Beings are reported that resemble religious figures usually seen in mystical and near-death experiences (NDEs) (Turner, Fowler, Ring), while others shapeshift right before your eyes (Strieber, Turner). But the aftermaths are equally strange. People report electronic appliances ceasing to work in their presence, while poltergeist-like phenomena can invade their homes in ways similar to cases of disturbed pubescent teenagers (Jung, Talbot). Physical signs, such as lesions, scoop marks, and burns, as well as intimations of implants, imply hidden technologies at work; while rapidly healing wounds indicate paranormal forces similar to the ones that can be found in the lives of mystics, such as Padre Pio, whose stigmata disappeared upon his death (Grosso). Finally, it's not remiss to point out that encounter is not confined to physical abduction, though that's what's getting the press these days. I bring this up because even at the Abduction Study Conference held at MIT in 1992, attempts were made to define abduction primarily in physical terms (Pritchard/Hopkins, Jacobs, Rodeghier). My view is that encounter is not solely defined by abduction, nor is abduction confined to physical removal to another location, usually a spacecraft. Interviews I've conducted in the San Francisco Bay area with experiencers Dr. Angela Browne-Miller, Kurt Mayne, and Su Piercy (See following article) would seem to indicate that encounters are much more varied than abduction accounts would lead you to believe, and that encounters can occur in OBEs and in non-ordinary states of mind, even while you're lying in your bed. Of course, this view is controversial, though other researchers support it (Fowler, Mack, Randles, Ring). Daimonic and Non-ordinary Realities "When we hear of the shiny metallic skins or suits of the aliens, we naturally think of our own astronauts. But we might also remember the shiny little metal-men--earth spirits and kobolds--who haunted the mines and mountains; the hooded manikins called Cabiri who figure famously in Goethe's Faust; and the small but mighty Dactyls, gods of invention, who were known to the ancient Greeks. We have already seen that fairies and their like can travel the skies as lights resembling UFOs. But the ihk'al of the Tzeltal Indians in Mexico fly about with a kind of rocket attached to their backs. They are described as three-foot-tall, hairy humanoids who occasionally use their means of propulsion to carry people off."--Patrick Harpur, Daimonic Reality: A Field Guide to the Otherworld The transpersonal view of encounter tends to position aliens within a loose pantheon of imaginal, folklorish beings, in the sense used by visionaries and mystics such as William Blake or Ibn 'Arabi, who see such beings as real, but not entirely physical (Crobin, Grosso, Ring). But nowadays, the average Western student of folklore is apt to think of its study as a mere literary exercise, akin to trolling world mythology for psychological themes (Campbell). Gods and spirits, as well as a host of mythical beings, are reduced to mere images and metaphors of the human psyche, relegated to the poetry of the mind. This is symptomatic of the naturalization of the daimonic world (not "demons," but the world of the "soul" according to the Greeks) that is the legacy of Cartesian thinking, with its radical separation of mind and matter (Harpur, Herbert, Goswami). Things are not always helped here by the Jungian tradition, despite the fact that Jung himself took great interest in UFOs and admitted that a purely psychological interpretation of the phenomenon was perhaps inadequate to account for such things as radar traces and other physical effects. Even Jung's notion of psychoid phenomena -- events that are somehow both psychological and physical--has never much caught on. This is because "the psychoid" and related concepts such as "synchronicity" have a hard time competing with the dominant scientific view that our mind is in our heads, and that consciousness is a only function of our brains. (What's more, producing "psychoid" phenomenon at will is not a talent our laboratory technicians have mastered very well.) This is not to say that the work of all folklorists and mythologists is "mere literature," especially with regard to our topic. John Mack quotes from the works of Goodenough, Clark and Coleman, Eliade, and Rojcewicz in his book Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens, which point to tantalizing parallels to modern alien encounters in Hopi, Australian, Pygmy, Siberian, and Brazilian folklore. He also mentions the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, where lucid dreaming techniques can give way to OBEs, and where flights to "other dimensions" can mirror shamanic journeys, both for their evidence of other realms and the existence of normally invisible beings (Norbu). The Hindu tradition believes similarly, even to warning the practitioner of yoga against getting too enamored of the mid-realms of existence and the promises of the beings you can find there (Patanjali). Similar warnings can be found in the shamanic literature (Castenada, Halifax, Harner, Kalweit). To these must be added the findings of research in psychedelics, channeling, transpersonal psychology, OBEs, and thanatology (the study of death and NDEs) (Grof, Kalweit, Klimo, Kubler-Ross, McKenna, Monroe, Ring), all of which point to a similar conclusion: non-ordinary human experiences can occur "beyond the brain," in Stanislav Grof's emphatic phrase--which translates to experience of nonmaterial domains and the beings that inhabit them. I'll be more precise: NDEs and OBEs have been reported in the context of UFOs and aliens by a number of researchers (Fowler, Mack, Ring); while Raymond Fowler in The Watchers I and II (which concerns the experiences of Betty and Bob Luca) makes this very explicit: grays and tall robed "aliens" have been seen by Betty and Bob both in their bodies and out. This theme is sounded again in Whitley Strieber's Breakthrough, where the dead "astral" form of Michael Talbot is seen by Strieber in the context of alien visitations; while other experiences he recounts show him susceptible to OBEs. Now, anyone who's had an OBE (and that includes me) knows how difficult it is to convey the experience within a culture that simply denies that such things are possible, or that they can be what they appear to be. Anything seen during an OBE can be put down to hallucination; while NDEs, with their revelations of "the beyond" (the light at the end of the tunnel, the luminous beings waiting on the other side with your dead relatives) can be attributed to chemicals in the brain going awry during the dying process, or to the wish- fulfillment of a personality frightened by its own disintegration at the moment of death. The point to be made here, however, is that these are not "facts" of the case, but materialist hypotheses that need to be proven, and that they make an underlying assumption about causality and the physical nature of reality in order to frame an "explanation" for these peculiar phenomena. But the opposite is also true: because their "spiritual" counterparts are also hypotheses, we're faced with the intriguing prospect that the right kind of experiments might prove quite the opposite of a physical explanation. And that's precisely the transpersonal position: non-ordinary human experience, given its due, shows profound evidence for a nonmaterialist view of reality--a kind of idealist monism, where consciousness, not matter, is the foundation of all things. Contact in a Transpersonal Context "It would appear that many ETs may have already entered and, at least in part, mastered the post-dualist, unified field stage of understanding and working with Creation. They seem to be interacting with us, entering at will our less open, less aware species-specific, state-dependent consensus reality. They do so in such a way as to inspire at least some of us to entertain what it might be like to live and move in their, not our, frame of reference."--Jon Klimo, from Zen in the Art of Close Encounters Thus, the transpersonal view of UFOs and alien encounters has two clear virtues: 1) it places these experiences in an historical context supported by folkloric and esoteric traditions all over the world; and 2) it proposes that the realms of such experiences are accessible to human beings in non-ordinary states of consciousness. But it says something else, which is very provocative: that encounters, with all their trauma, may portend something startling about human evolution. Like the spirit trials of shamans, where a person is psychically torn apart and put back together only to emerge with new healing abilities, so too may UFO and alien encounters -- with the host of character changes and paranormal aftereffects they induce in the lives of contactees--portend some larger way of being-in-the-world. What would that larger way of human being look like; and conversely, what might it tell us about the "way" of alien beings? (Perhaps during encounters the aliens are infecting us with their own abilities and perspectives, and the more we're changed by them, the more we'll understand them.) Or maybe I should phrase the issue differently, namely: what kind of world is it wherein such things are possible? Clearly, not a world we've been taught to believe in, at least in the West, but a world that more closely resembles that of the shamans or yogis, where paranormal abilities are an assumed reality. In that world, consciousness is the fundamental fact of existence, not matter, and it's all-pervasive--a view of existence that Aldus Huxley once called "the perennial philosophy." A yogi is a human who simply "has more consciousness" and is "tuned in" to its depths and range in the cosmos (Aurobindo, Radhakrishnan, Yogananda). Seeing consciousness as the basis of all being is a very old mystical view of the world, versions of which can be found in the esoteric traditions of all world religions. But we're dealing here with a tendency that's also emerging at the cutting edges of quantum physics. A movement is afoot to view the observable traits of quantum weirdness (the wave/partical duality, uncertainty and the collapse of the wave function, the jump of quantum "objects" from state to state with no intervening stage, and the principle of nonlocality) as best explained by an idealist monism, where consciousness, as an implicit, fundamental reality, creates the explicit, material world as a kind of "dream" or hologram (Bohm, Goswami, Herbert, Talbot, Wolf). It's in transpersonal psychology, however, where most contemporary evidence for a larger worldview exists. The premise here, as Grof reports, is that if consciousness is everywhere, conscious beings potentially have access to all the manifold realms of existence, including the mid-realms of daimonic beings--the hunting ground of our so-called "angels and aliens." Fortunately, we don't have to take Grof's word for it. We can pursue non-ordinary states of consciousness for ourselves by a variety of means. It's not my purpose here to expound on the wide variety of non-ordinary states that people report, or about yoga, shamanic journeys, self- induced OBEs, or psychedelic experience. Readers are referred to the literature. My point here is to simply point out something rather obvious to consciousness researchers that seems to have escaped the attention of many ufologists: that if the hyperdimensional view of UFOs and aliens has any merit, and they inhabit the same realms we visit in non-ordinary states, then we also have experiential access to the sources of the UFO phenomenon. And that's a rather startling conclusion, with profound implications. Now the question of course becomes to develop these states systematically. I'm talking here about engendering nothing less than a true "science of the mind," where non-ordinary states of consciousness can be reliably explored, and where "objects" of non-ordinary perception can be scientifically catalogued and objectively compared within a community of researchers (Murphy)--even if those "objects" are as weird as UFOs and aliens. (The implications here for evaluating claims of so-called "channeled" ET communications are extremely relevant and might go far toward helping us discriminate between genuine channels and dissociated personalities (Klimo).) However, yogis and Buddhist monks have claimed for centuries that such a science of the mind already exists. It only needs to be applied diligently by competent and willing practitioners to prove or disprove it (Lodro). And therein lies the crux of the problem. It's possible that we already have at our disposal the means to uncover, through firsthand experience, the true meaning of UFOs and alien encounters, if the transpersonal view of encounters is correct. What stands in the way is a materialist ontology that's rampant in most scientific circles -- the selfsame ideology that would pathologize alien encounter and the people who have it. Add to that a basic fear, laziness, and resistance to uncovering our "true identity" as transpersonal beings, with all the implications, and you have some powerful deterrents to finding a solution to the UFO/alien problem. Transpersonal psychology is more hopeful than mainstream ufology in this regard, since it's aware of these non-ordinary states and domains in the first place. There are signs, however, among certain researchers that the "perennial" paradigm has again come of age (Fowler, Klimo, Mack, Pursglove). The process of discovering our own deeper identity may be the key to discovering the aliens' as well. [Michael Miley is a freelance writer and researcher of transpersonal psychology, the new physics, and the UFO/alien phenomenon. He can be reached via email at mikemiley@aol.com.] New Dimensions in Alien Contact (Sidebar to "Aliens in the New World") Copyright (C) 1995 Michael Miley / UFO Magazine Vol. 10, No. 6, 1995. When we move away from the usual abduction scenario for contact, things get very ambiguous. At our present level of knowledge, the true status of a particular experience is sometimes hard to discipher. Does a particular experience occur in a lucid dream? In an out-of- body state? In the physical world? In another dimension? Do experiences occur simultaneously on several levels? 1) on the conscious level, where what floats up to awareness is "edited" or intermixed with "screen" memories, perhaps induced by the aliens themselves? and 2) on a non-ordinary level, where the true event is registered? And using hypnotic regression to recover buried memories seems to be a double-edged sword. We appear to be recovering the "deeper" memory, but it may be that we're confusing the issue by "requiring a narrative" in the hypnotic session, as some researchers suspect. But maybe not. There's much that we're still finding out about non- ordinary states of mind, and the issue gets apparently complicated by the beings themselves. They seem to have their own agenda, which sometimes seems calculated to confuse or manipulate us. The quotes below are excerpts from interviews with three experiencers in the San Francisco Bay area who've had paranormal events happening to them all their lives. The first two are consciously recalled experiences, while Kurt's was aided by an hypnotic regression. Do these accounts support a "transpersonal view" of encounters, or are they evidence for extraterrestial contact? The jury's still out, but the evidence for the former is very suggestive.--MM Dr. Angela Browne-Miller "In July of this year [1995], I was driving down from Marin at around 11pm to meet someone I'd met through "the underground" at Crissy Field, near Ft. Mason, for some kind of "prearranged landing"--I know that sounds quite strange, but there you have it. But I never got there in my car. As I approached the bridge, I thought, 'This is nuts. You'd better not do this.' And when I next looked at a clock, it was 4 or 5 in the morning. Lost time. But then, in this empty space of time, there was a time when I was nowhere. This sounds so classic, it surprises even me. But a thing was there that was sort of formless, a kind of gelatinous something rather than a specific shape, but its bottom opened, and this white light--but it wasn't light--poured out, and it was the most delicious syrup. It was ecstatic, very seductive, sucking me in. And I came toward it and saw these five beings or presences in that light and they said [telepathically], 'OK, we're here to talk to you. You're not obeying, and if you don't do your job, we're going to take you back.' I said, 'What?' And they said, 'We'll take you now, if you aren't going to do the rest of your work.' And I said, 'I still have more to do.' 'Well,' they said, 'you can come back in another body, or you can just channel it in.' 'But I am doing my job,' I said. And then they said 'Your job was two things: Your job was as a breeder, and you're also here to disseminate mindthink.' I said, 'I'm doing that' (even though I'm actually undermining my assignment, Ididn't tell them that I am), 'but I don't want to leave just now. I'm also doing this love thing.' And they said, 'You didn't come here for that. You're really making a serious mistake.'" Sudakshina Piercy "It's December 1993. I'm going through a spiritual crisis. I'm functioning from moment to moment. I go home from work one day and put my futon on the floor and lay down on it. For three days, I'm in a trance. Everything shuts down. My husband comes in periodically to check on me, but I can't move, I can barely hear his voice. I seem to be in the Bardo, in the death space, and I see columns of light, pure soul energy around me, seven beings with Jewish names. The soul of this Jewish psychiatrist comes into the space. I see that she's going to die. [She does, alittle more than year later, in January of 1995.--MM] I feel like I'm in multiple dimensions at once. I'm on my bed in my room, but I'm also on a table in a more expansive space, like a beehive. There's a bright, intense white light on my face, coming down from the ceiling. I feel a heavy, physical pressure so intense that I can't move my arms. Outside the pool of light, there are several beings in a ring. I feeling like I'm being prepared. There's a communication, an interchange, to allay my fears. I'm in their realm, while they're in my experience of them, sharing it with me, as if they're inside my mind. It's as if I've moved into the space of a future event, that I'm going to be with these ETs later on. And now I remember that in 1974, when our family had seen the UFO in Chittaranjan, India, they told me [telepathically] that they'd be back in 20 to 25 years." Kurt Mayne "It's 1970, in Oakland, late summer. I get up from bed in the middle of the night because some cats are howling. But it's an eerie sound, like they're a million miles away. And then there's total silence. The normal thing to do would have been to go right back to sleep. Instead, for no apparent reason, I get up and walk out the bedroom door, into the living room. I look at the pane glass door leading to the backyard. I can see through the house, down the hallway, through the kitchen, to the window there in the door. On the other side, I see shimmering lights, and I walk towards them. I hear a roaring in my gut. Then I seem to go through the back door. It's then that I see him standing there. He's 5, maybe 6 feet tall, and he has two black dots for eyes. He's a pillowy form, not solid, a shade of green. He's pure love, and I love him more than I can say. I ask him why can't I go home. He tells me I am home and that I'm here because I have a gift for bringing people together. Then I see an orange planet projected into my mind which feels like home. There's a tall pyramid there with a ring around it, a halo. All the while, there's a circular ship above us and I can feel the warmth of a beam coming down. Then I go back to bed. I don't remember how I got there. I simply materialize back there, and that's it. It's after this experience that my night terrors began. They only cleared up when I confronted my experience and did regression." Angela Browne-Miller, D.S.W., Ph.D., also known as "Shri-Yah, " is an artist, psychotherapist, seminar leader, and author of numerous books, including Adventures in Death, and Omega Point. Su Piercy works in the software industry as a consultant, developing and managing training programs and technical documentation projects. Her interests are reading, writing, painting, and dance. Kurt Mayne and his family live in the East Bay. He has intense interest in not only his abduction/contact, but that of all contactees. Readers who wish to contact these folks should do so via mikemiley@aol.com.