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Siberian_Khatru

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I just had the most roundabout and inconclusive 20 minute discussion with my boss. The presuppositions, the reasoning, the overall attitude at times here (at work), even, floors me. I get along with everyone personally, but I am struggling so much with the level of ignorance here.

(Prayers for patience and/or a new job prospect would be greatly welcome right about now!)
 

violakat

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I just saw 'confirmed fraud' under the name of one of my friends. What does that mean exactly? Does it mean he's banned? Is he not who he say he is?
I would say probably yes. Does it say something about being banned under his name?

If I'm wrong, Ugly, Stilly, or Once will probably correct me.
 
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Tintin

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About God's silence, I have found He is often silent when I ask Him about something that is already in the Bible. And no, I don't mean sin specifically, although it IS rather futile to ask Him if it's okay to do something the Bible already said is wrong. I mean the Bible covers a whole lot of stuff - it's basically a user manual for the body and the world we are in.

About joy, that is inseparable from all the other facets of a relationship with God - peace, love, faith, when one increases they all increase. When one decreases they all decrease. Usually it is faith that increases or decreases first. As I trust God more, I have more peace. As I have more peace, there is more room for joy in my life. As I have more joy, I love God more. And as I love God more, I have more faith in Him. The circle can increase or decrease, but it never stays static.
Lynx, maybe I'm just odd (it's true) but I find I believe on God, I have faith in Him, but I struggle to trust and love Him as I should. I don't know what that means, but it's like I've compartmentalized my heart and my head. That's scary! I'm learning to know stuff more with my heart than my head. It's a long road and I'm growing ever so slowly. I feel so much fear and anxiety. I haven't been like this in years and years. Maybe this is part of the healing process. Maybe people see things I don't see about myself. I don't know. I need to stop giving the Enemy ground. Because we're meant to have the joy of the LORD. And I know that's different from happiness.
 

Oncefallen

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I just saw 'confirmed fraud' under the name of one of my friends. What does that mean exactly? Does it mean he's banned? Is he not who he say he is?
I would say probably yes. Does it say something about being banned under his name?

If I'm wrong, Ugly, Stilly, or Once will probably correct me.
Usually when a user is banned their user title automatically changes to "banned." On very rare occasions CC Admin chooses to make the ban reason public in which case we manually change the user title to the reason for the ban.

Simply put, if the user title says "confirmed fraud" it means that we spent countless hours investigating suspicions and researching inconsistencies in a (or multiple) users claims about their situations and found that there was no other possible explanation for those inconsistencies other than the fact that they were not true.

It is unfortunate that some people use social media sites for the sole purpose of defrauding and misleading other people.


PS. In the future please direct these types of questions to one of the Admin directly via CC mail rather than making a public issue of them.
 

lil_christian

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I never thought I'd say this...

I stinking miss the sound of rain right now. Almost to the point I'm about to go on YouTube and listen to a track of rainfall. Sure rainy weather has always made me feel sleepy, it's a nice sound... Though I've never been one for thunderstorms.
 

Lynx

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So there's this guy at work named Billy. Lately, because of lack of a car (his "baby's momma" has it now) and lack of license (don't ask) I've been taking him to work. While en route to work we have been talking about music making. He uses Audacity for recording simple tracks through a microphone (recording himself singing,) but he buys beats from someone else for TWENTY TO THIRTY DOLLARS?!

Wait... what?

He has had Cakewalk Sonar LE (which is a basic audio sequencer like many others) for some time, but never has "gotten into it." So later this week I'm going to show him how to make his own beats. There are tons of places where you can get free samples and loops - put a kick sample in a track, copy it to wherever you want the beat, "glue" it into one beat line, loop it. Repeat with snare, hi hat, clap, whatever.

Twenty to thirty dollars? The mind boggles. His style of music isn't even something I've ever done before but I thought I'd try it just to see if I could. I snagged a few samples online, threw them in my DAW and made some killer beats in... all of ten minutes. No wonder so many people make this kind of music, it's dead easy.
 

CatHerder

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So there's this guy at work named Billy. Lately, because of lack of a car (his "baby's momma" has it now) and lack of license (don't ask) I've been taking him to work. While en route to work we have been talking about music making. He uses Audacity for recording simple tracks through a microphone (recording himself singing,) but he buys beats from someone else for TWENTY TO THIRTY DOLLARS?!

Wait... what?

He has had Cakewalk Sonar LE (which is a basic audio sequencer like many others) for some time, but never has "gotten into it." So later this week I'm going to show him how to make his own beats. There are tons of places where you can get free samples and loops - put a kick sample in a track, copy it to wherever you want the beat, "glue" it into one beat line, loop it. Repeat with snare, hi hat, clap, whatever.

Twenty to thirty dollars? The mind boggles. His style of music isn't even something I've ever done before but I thought I'd try it just to see if I could. I snagged a few samples online, threw them in my DAW and made some killer beats in... all of ten minutes. No wonder so many people make this kind of music, it's dead easy.
You need to come to California and show me some of these tricks. I've arranged some music for church orchestras and some praise band stuff using Finale, which is great for the print music, but not for demos.
 

cinder

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I'd rather be a rectangle than a parallelogram!

Wait.. is a parallelogram a rectangle??
A rectangle is a parallelogram but a parallelogram isn't necessarily a rectangle.

Criteria for parallelogram: A quadrilateral with two sets of opposite parallel sides

A rectangle is a parallelogram with 4 right (90 degree angles)

If all 4 sides of a parallelogram are the same length it's a rhombus

If all 4 sides of a rectangle are the same length it is a square

This concludes cinder's geometry lesson ( I have to go find my nerd hat now).
 
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Shouryu

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You need to come to California and show me some of these tricks. I've arranged some music for church orchestras and some praise band stuff using Finale, which is great for the print music, but not for demos.
You may just need a more robust computer, or an updated version of Finale. The Garritan Orchestra soundfiles that have been included with Finale over the last four or five years are pretty dadgum good. Well worth the $150 upgrade if you're still running Finale '07 or something like that.
 
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blueorchidjd

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Drinking tea and watching fractured fairy tales.

Love it.
 
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blueorchidjd

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Kind of funny little thing but I felt like it was interesting today
I was talking to a coworker over work and one of the ovens opened by themselves today. And I'm talking about one of those latch ovens that interlock with each door. lol
I really felt that it was God telling me that he is there and protecting me.
I know it sounds silly like maybe it was broken...But I don't really believe it was because, I have never seen anything like that before.
 
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Tintin

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Kind of funny little thing but I felt like it was interesting today
I was talking to a coworker over work and one of the ovens opened by themselves today. And I'm talking about one of those latch ovens that interlock with each door. lol
I really felt that it was God telling me that he is there and protecting me.
I know it sounds silly like maybe it was broken...But I don't really believe it was because, I have never seen anything like that before.
I'm not seeing the connection here.
 
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didymos

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A rectangle is a parallelogram but a parallelogram isn't necessarily a rectangle.

Criteria for parallelogram: A quadrilateral with two sets of opposite parallel sides

A rectangle is a parallelogram with 4 right (90 degree angles)

If all 4 sides of a parallelogram are the same length it's a rhombus

If all 4 sides of a rectangle are the same length it is a square

This concludes cinder's geometry lesson ( I have to go find my nerd hat now).
...You're so square.
Baby, I don't care... ;)


[video=youtube;q0VdFi8p_wM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0VdFi8p_wM[/video]
 

Lynx

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You're a square, I'm a square... let's face it we're killing time on an online forum, we're all squares. But that's okay. I hear it's hip to be a square. :cool:

[video=youtube;LB5YkmjalDg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5YkmjalDg[/video]
 

Lynx

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And Catherder, for your end-use it would probably be best to go with Shouryu's idea. Far better than learning a whole new program and interface.

Or just fire up Audacity, connect your keyboard's headphone out to the computer's mic port (if they are different sizes there are adapters for that) and record what you're playing directly into the computer. Audacity is free and the learning curve is almost a flatline.
 
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MissCris

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This is a Good Morning post for anyone who hasn't been told good morning yet.

Also, I just sat in a puddle of chocolate milk.
 

hoss2576

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Thank you everyone for the prayers. Eye surgery (cornea transplant) was somewhat a different experience than when I had it done 15 years ago. Already had a follow-up appointment this morning, and the surgeon says my new cornea looks good, and I can already see out of it better than he normally sees at this point. Thanks again.