Ben Zwycky

It doesn't appear in the server list.

That's wierd- I can't connect at all.

I'll be on server 3 in about 5 mins. (am sending some emails)

OK, a real training sesh. Yippee! Maybe we'll even get a full team together for the fleet match. That'd be somethin'.

OK, Nick, can you make it? Anyone else? the fleet tournament match is at 7pm GMT

Then there's the Salvation Army. I don't know the relative percentages of officers (pastors) worldwide, but the ratio of women to men officers in this country is over 50:50 and the fifth last General (the overall head of the entire movement) was a woman, Eva Burrows.

So is the next fleet match time changing with daylight saving (moving to 8pm GMT), or not (staying at 7pm GMT?

OK, with the hour change, the next fleet training session will be Saturday at 6pm GMT (so that's still 12 noon for you, Zane ) and the next fleet tournament match is on Sunday. I'll have to check whether it's changing with the hour change as well.

At the moment I am preparing a level 2 document, and have another level 3, a level 4 and a level 1 planned. We'll see how long it takes me.

quote: Originally posted by DREADA: All I want to know is what is the "infamous" Ben Zwycky teaching his bunch? quote:Originally posted by Zane: Wow, no wonder Zwycky is mopping the floor in fleet matches. I learned volumes today. Just glad they're GALCOM...sorry Shingen! I'm afraid that's classified level 3 and above- ISS only. I have to draw in new members somehow, you know. What better way than training them up to be the best of the best? After all, we are the elite praetorian guard.

Yeah, it was a fruitful session. I guarantee you will improve your mp performance by attending fleet training sessions.

OK, the first person (who is not already ranked at level 5) to gain level 4 clearance by right will be automatically promoted to leader of Defence Wing, given level 5 clearance, and be able to take part in all top-level fleet organisation discussions. I will then remain purely fleet leader. I.e. first one to get 3 kills for us in official multiplayer matches gets Defence wing and full security clearance.

Maybe we could do it with just one other, but I would much prefer more than that, because I wanted to practice some teamwork drills. I'm not running up my phone bill for nothing again.

excellent!

OK, that'd be nice.

Well, it's pretty cheap (15 Kc (60c)) an hour off-peak, a little more expensive for the first ten minutes of every connection, and a lot more peak-time. Our income is irregular, averaging out a little over 16000Kc (640 bucks) a month at the moment (about average wage, because we have a big series on it's regular for now, but we only have one more month of that left, and are waiting to see what we'll get after that. This means my wife is usually working on our only computer. Alternatives are basically ADSL. Unlimited data 256/64 with aggregation 50:1 is 700Kc (28 bucks) a month, and 512/128 with 50:1 is 1000 (40 bucks) a month. I'm not sure what exactly I could do for you, I don't really have any big business contacts to sell to or anything.

Steve, while I respect your opinions on most issues, I find myself unable to agree with you here. It is true that the dietary and sacrificial/ritual laws of the covenant Moses introduced had built-in obsolescence, in that the covenant would be replaced with a new one (Jeremiah 31:31-34), which Jesus himself said he came to establish. (Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20) However, in doing so he didnÔÇÖt repeal the moral laws, instead strengthening them, even specifically the sexual ones (Matthew 5:27-32, Matthew 9:3-9, Luke 16:18). The bibleÔÇÖs message has always been at odds with the surrounding culture, even with the culture it came from (Matthew 23:37, the number of verses I could use to support this statement run well into triple figures), and even with ÔÇÿChristianÔÇÖ ones. If someone makes a strong moral stand, whether they are right or wrong, they will always be ridiculed and/or hated by at least some in every culture, it only varies as to which moral issues provoke the biggest reaction. Every culture has itÔÇÖs own favourite vices and double-standards, which they regard as minor and excusable, while they view those of other cultures as vile and detestable. The Bible sets a higher standard than them all, and people donÔÇÖt like having their faults exposed. The correctness of a statement or idea has nothing to do with how culturally acceptable it is. As an illustration, The Sawi tribe in New Guinea until recently (IÔÇÖm not sure if they still do) held up deceit as their highest virtue. Their all-time No.1 cultural hero was someone who took a long time cultivating a friendship with his neighbour, then ate him. When they were visited by a Christian Missionary, who tried to tell them about Jesus, ideas like love and forgiveness had no appeal to them, while the story of JudasÔÇÖs betrayal got them all excited, and he became their new No.1 hero for shrewdly penetrating JesusÔÇÖ trusted inner circle and then betraying him to an agonising and humiliating death. Does this mean that the Bible is wrong in saying that deceiving, betraying and murdering your neighbours is morally wrong? It was perfectly acceptable behaviour in that culture. Further, morality is never an isolated personal matter. Every moral choice you make has an impact on someone else, and will influence their future moral choices, which will influence other peopleÔÇÖs future moral choices and so on. The ripples go out much further than you realise.

Well, we just got our phone bill, and IÔÇÖm in a little trouble. I was on-line for 43 hours last month, and we only get the first 13 free. So from now on IÔÇÖll have to be online a lot less per day, which means saving pages and reading them offline, so my responses will be slower.

The one I have is freeware, with no restrictins on use.

OK, next fleet meeting is at 5 GMT on Saturday, but if I don't hear from at least two people in this thread saying they'll be there, it's going to be cancelled.

That can be done. It's just a simple encryption program where you choose a password for each document you want to encrypt, so individual passwords for individual documents is no problem to arrange.

Never mind.

in sept 26th mission 1 Dreada was in a Warmonger, and so was I, Shin was in a Garid and Chavik a sunflash. I was pretty sure we sent those messages. If they weren't there, then I apologise.

OK, IÔÇÖve changed my mind about the document I am writing. It is now classified at security level three. I am instigating a graded security clearance system for the fleet, With RipÔÇÖs webspace to be used as a classified document repository. There are to be five levels of security clearance, which have to be earned. Level 1- New members of the fleet Level 2- Regular posters in the fleet forums here (This is the maximum clearance someone in an allied fleet can be given) Level 3- Regular partaker in ISS fleet training sessions- must have attended at least three. or Has successfully represented ISS fleet in a tournament match. I.e. has at least one kill recorded on the fleet scoreboard. Level 4- Regularly represents ISS fleet in tournament matches ÔÇô has at least three recorded kills. Level 5- Member of the fleetÔÇÖs inner circle- is a wing leader or above. Each clearance level has its own password for encrypting and decrypting documents. I.e. a member with security clearance level 4 has the passwords for level 1, 2, 3, and 4, can read all documents encrypted up to and including level 4 and can create documents that can only be read by people with level 4 clearance and above, or lower security documents, should they feel their information is not so vital. In other words, only those who already have rank in the fleet or those who represent the fleet in multiplayer (or at least come along to three training sessions) are going to get a peek at this document. (IÔÇÖm not promoting anyone to wing leader without them representing the fleet well in mp) Believe me, itÔÇÖll be worth it At the moment the only ones in the fleet who are ranked high enough to read it are Myself (obviously) Jamont (by virtue of his rank as vice-fleet leader) Zane Marlow (by virtue of his rank as wing leader, even if he wasnÔÇÖt he would still qualify at level three since he has one recorded kill in a fleet match.) IÔÇÖll be uploading the encryption program when I finish the document (in a couple of daysÔÇÖ time) and will post the link. Get busy people! [ 01-24-2005, 03:45 PM: Message edited by: Ben Zwycky ]

No-one around. Hmm this is getting annoying. I'll wait qaround on server 3 for another half hour then call it quits. Next fleet match is tomorrow evening 1900 GMT. Let's see if we can put a team together for that.