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An Internet forum is a facility on the World Wide Web for holding discussions, or the web application software used to provide the facility. Web-based forums, which date from around 1995, perform a similar function as the dial-up bulletin boards and Internet newsgroups that were numerous in the 1980s and 1990s. A sense of virtual community often develops around forums that have regular users. Technology, computer games, and politics are popular areas for forum themes, but there are forums for a huge number of different topics .
Internet forums are also commonly referred to as web forums, message boards, discussion boards, discussion forums, discussion groups, bulletin boards (but see also dial-up bulletin boards), fora (the proper Latin plural) or simply forums.
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Internet forums are prevalent in several developed countries. In terms of countable posts, Japan is far in the lead with over two million posts per day on their largest forum, 2channel. The United States does not have any one large forum, but instead several hundred thousand smaller forums, the largest of which are GameFAQs, Gaia Online, and IGN. Other countries such as China, the Netherlands, and France are also home to hundreds of independent forums. Some countries such as Finland and Sweden do not have many prevalent forums despite having open and easily available Internet access. As of yet no study has been done on the prevalence of forums in countries around the world. It is also dubious as to whether any country has its own fora, as - especially in the English language - contributors to a forum often come from outside the country in which the forum is hosted. There is often not a 1-1 relationship between languages and countries: for example, English language fora are contributed to by people all over the world, whilst Japanese language fora are likely to be contributed to only by Japanese people, but Japanese people also contribute to English language fora, so there is no 1-1 relationship between Japanese language fora and Japanese people contributing to fora. More on [ Internet forum ]
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Global warming... REALLY?!?! with Seth & Amy
Zombdi Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:43:42 -0000
Really? Is driving a Hummer going to cause global warming? I'm not saying a Hummer is the best thing that ever happened to Earth, but even with all those "gas-guzzlers" we still only count for 3% of the world's C02 emissions. If global warming happens, it's not our fault, it's just that time of the year again. Nature recycles itself. That's all global warming is. It just restarts the Earth. Why has global warming happened before humans? IT'S NATURAL!!! P.S. If you get the joke from this title from SNL, I'm glad.
The inside story of Northwest 188
Nono Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:42:57 -0000
The ever-excellent Patrick Smith gives the first plausible explanation (see full article) of a story that sure had people yapping non-stop for weeks*:* link (http://www.salon1999.com/news/air_travel/index.html?story=/tech/col/smith/2009/12/10/askthepilot344) ---Quote--- (...) When it comes to aviation incidents, things are seldom as simple as they first seem, or as the media frames them. (...) I'm annoyed at myself for not being more suspicious of this incident from the start. I'm just as annoyed that this story made such a splash in the first place and has spent so much time in the media spin cycle. It never deserved it. The airplane and its occupants were never in peril. The deviation occurred during the cruise portion of flight, with the aircraft plainly visible on ATC radar and in no danger of colliding with other aircraft or the ground. When it landed in Minneapolis, the jet still had two hours of fuel in its tanks and was only 15 minutes behind schedule, including a 35-minute delay out of San Diego. (...) The pilots had their FAA certificates stripped through emergency revocation almost immediately, prior to any formal investigation. Reportedly, not everybody at the FAA thought this was the best of course of action, but pressure to do so came all the way from the White House. The media firestorm dictated that somebody had to be punished, and fast. (...) ---End Quote---
Caffeine Is A Psycho-active Drug:
asteroid777 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:25:28 -0000
and it causes anxiety and insomnia.
Muppets
Nono Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:27:10 -0000
Muppets sing Jim Croce's "Working at the Carwash Blues" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Gw5e1AnMc)
Merry Christmas, Volconvo!
imsimple Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:15:11 -0000
Hey, how about Christmas? I know, that this is not a housewivesÂ’ forum, but one thread wouldnÂ’t be out of place! Post your Christmas trees, decorations photos, and just your thoughts about this great night. Asking secularists - no debates here, please, itÂ’s just festive topic. This year IÂ’ll go to my parents to another city on Christmas and New Year, so I didnÂ’t see my tree yet and IÂ’ll post a funny Xmas web-tree - World Christmas Tree (http://theworldchristmastree.com/). Thinking, itÂ’s quite nice idea, especially if itÂ’ll be at least half-filled. Unfortunately, itÂ’s loading rather slow : (
Aliens are God?
Zombdi Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:20:17 -0000
The more I read the Bible & the Koran, the more I think that aliens put us here, and all the stories of God are from them. My examples: Cain & Able (Old Testement): After the one who's gift was accepted(1), a beam of fire from the sky went down and engulfed his gift. This sounds like something out of a science-fiction novel. Also (Koran), when the one who murdered his brother tries to kill, he doesn't know how, but Satan shows them. Wouldn't an alien know how to kill? Jesus's birth (New Testement): An angel came down from the heavens, and told Mary she would have a child, but without having sex. This sounds like artificial insemination, which is very easy now, but would have been a miracle back then. Now there are many more, but I thought I would be lazy and just tell you these two. What do you think of this(2)? Footnotes: 1: I'm so sorry, I can't remember which is which. 2. Not my laziness, but my the first two paragraphs.
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