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Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:15 pm
by Silverclaw
woot i like talking to myself and my signature and area is different i like ur pic tis kool
Hehehe werewolf whores
Thanks, I drew it meself
*lol, imagins werewolves pimping it out on the streets*
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:30 pm
by Aki
Figarou wrote:Rogue_A wrote:
And I need to make an avatar already. Not having one is making me feel...different....and...stuff..... >_>
Carefull on what avatar you make. Vilkacis might grab it and put it into motion.
Luckily, mine looks pretty much like the standard smilies. So i'm safe.
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:32 pm
by Figarou
Aki wrote:
Luckily, mine looks pretty much like the standard smilies. So i'm safe.
Well, we can take the wolf smilies and do edits on it.
Didn't think about that, did ya?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:04 pm
by silverpaw
I'm not a werewolf; I'm "lycanthropy-positive"
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:19 am
by Scott Gardener
How about "virus-like genomic modifier"?
Contageous polymorphic vector?
Lycanthropic genetic modification factor?
Therianthropic virus-like intracellular organism?
Or, we can start abbreviating. VLGM, CPV, LGMF, TV-LIO, or DVD+RW?
In my world, they started calling it a virus even though the scientists themselves knew (once they knew about it, that is--once their showing up in public killed the skeptical scientist bit) that it was really more complex a form than a simple clump of RNA stuffed in a protein capsule. The explanation "virus" was easier to convey to the lay public, who in 2012 aren't much smarter or better educated than they are now in 2005. It avoided a lengthy crash course in genetic biology and biochemistry just to make a point that it was a contageous thing unlike anything else. "Virus" was close enough. And, the name stuck. So, it's in my storyline known as the "lycanthrope virus," even though it's actually a chimera of an alien unicellular organism (that ordinarily forms complex multicellular constructs using crystalline shells) and a genetically engineered eukaryotic cell vaquely similar perhaps to the head of a sperm, carrying with it compressed DNA that when uncompressed form 34 chromosomes worth of information. (I left a lot of leeway--the wolf/human difference could be covered in 4 or 6 chromosomes. Shapeshifting, regeneration, and designing a virus that could infect every cell and not kill the host would take a lot of work. That, and my aliens are worse than Microsoft about bloated inefficiency.)
Re: I'm not a werewolf; I'm "lycanthropy-positive"
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:38 am
by Figarou
Scott Gardener wrote:
Or, we can start abbreviating. VLGM, CPV, LGMF, TV-LIO, or DVD+RW?
DVD+RW? Diptera Viral Diphylla + Real Wolves?
Heh, I'm not good at making stuff up.
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:14 am
by Vilkacis
DVD+RW is an acronym for:
DVD+RW is a Virus-like DNA Reader / Writer
Can't think of any good reason for the '+,' though.
Anyway, it is not uncommon (in English, at least) to see something with a name that doesn't represent its true nature (i.e. Mountain Lion). I think the term virus is close enough; I could see it being used to describe lycanthropy, even if it is not technically correct.
-- Vilkacis
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:41 am
by Figarou
Vilkacis wrote:DVD+RW is an acronym for:
DVD+RW is a Virus-like DNA Reader / Writer
Can't think of any good reason for the '+,' though.
-- Vilkacis
Hmm...I thought RW stood for "ReWritable."
You have DVD+RW and DVD-RW
Yes, I know. Off topic. Sue me.
*slobber*
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:30 pm
by outwarddoodles
This strangly reminds me of health class....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:54 pm
by Aki
Figarou wrote:Aki wrote:
Luckily, mine looks pretty much like the standard smilies. So i'm safe.
Well, we can take the wolf smilies and do edits on it.
Didn't think about that, did ya?
Ah, but those are generic smiles. So you could tell if it was a generic smily, or me. <.< >.>
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:59 am
by silverpaw
...woah everytime i see one of your posts i get confused very intrested but extremely confused
oh yeah and SWEET kool drawing
( i cantt draw) but i can do cartoony guys(badLY)
High capacity lycanthropy
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:36 pm
by Scott Gardener
Dehumanizing Virus-like Dimorphism with Restorable Wereform
And yes, I know, blah blah blah "were" blah blah "man" blah blah Old English blah blah. The "wereform" is the human form.
If you think pack rivalry is a problem now, just wait until the Silvr-Ray pack takes on those carrying HD-DVD...
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:34 am
by silverpaw
...*looks at words....* ahhhhhh*runs from room, BLAH BLAH BLAH in big multicoulered words appearing before eyes* ahhhh ...
dont worry im pretyy sure i know what your talking about
Re: High capacity lycanthropy
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:21 am
by Figarou
Scott Gardener wrote:Dehumanizing Virus-like Dimorphism with Restorable Wereform
And yes, I know, blah blah blah "were" blah blah "man" blah blah Old English blah blah. The "wereform" is the human form.
If you think pack rivalry is a problem now, just wait until the Silvr-Ray pack takes on those carrying HD-DVD...
Don't forget UMD!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:36 am
by silverpaw
Dont mock me ...Ahhhhhh...should i pay more attention in computer studies?
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:39 pm
by Rementh
wow, way too many abbreviations...
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:38 pm
by Kzinistzerg
*eats abbreviations* now there aren't any.
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:43 am
by Kavik
I agree that the change should require a genetic factor as well as a viral catalyst. I've always favored the explanation in WOLF, with the understanding that it would require a werewolf bite, not
just a wolf bite.
Oh yeah, and I'm new, sort of. I joined way back, faded away, and came back when I saw the progress the Pack has made.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 8:34 am
by silverpaw
Welcome to the pack Kavik and yah biting is fun
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:09 pm
by JonathanBaine
Chew...chew chew.....chew chew chew!
Got to love chewing things. Chew a friend, chew a duckie, chew a rump, ugly mailman, dirty rug!
Chewy Chew...Chew chew chew!
...Just stay away from trains. They will hit you worse than thrown duckies
I love chewing...
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:15 am
by Figarou
JonathanBaine wrote:Chew...chew chew.....chew chew chew!
Got to love chewing things. Chew a friend, chew a duckie, chew a rump, ugly mailman, dirty rug!
Chewy Chew...Chew chew chew!
...Just stay away from trains. They will hit you worse than thrown duckies
I love chewing...
*hides slippers*
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:13 am
by Kzinistzerg
*hides duckies*
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:06 pm
by ChaosWolf
I've always avoided things like 'virus' or 'bacteria' or stuff like that, and just used the generic catch-all of "pathogen":
any infectious material or substance that can cause radical changes in living organisms.
Fitting, yes?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:25 pm
by Vilkacis
ChaosWolf wrote:Fitting, yes?
I'm not so sure about that... I actually find it less fitting. The definition you gave is a rather loose one.
The prefix 'patho-' actually means 'disease,' and invokes a sense of suffering. A pathogen is an agent that causes disease. Pathology is the study of disease. Neuropathy: a neurological disease (-pathy is the suffix form of patho-). Someone who is pathetic is just sad...
It's not a term with great connotations.
-- Vilkacis
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:02 pm
by Set
Can we PLEASE stop arguing over what to call it? Virus will do just fine. Nothing in the English language that can accurately describe it will make it sound pretty or have good connotations. I don't want to see this place take the Shifters.org route and start making up words, or "coin a term" as they like to put it.
