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(3 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

How about Crossword+Syllable+Picture= CrosSyllaPic

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(3 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

"cluezzle" reminds me of Wordle. So that's pretty good.

Pictocross - and I could not find it online.

I also found this:
CrossPics is a picture word puzzle game that offers over 10,000 free crossword puzzles with pictures for clues.

Crossoodle - this is weak, but it's not used and it might inspire someone else.
Crossdoodle - same as above.

Dirk B wrote:

Notes r.e. the Last Challenge:

- The ending of Revelation (Satan et al are cast into the Lake of Fire) is merely a warning, not a certain outcome. In other words, change your ways, or this is what will happen to you. That's the other reason John didn't write about the challenge: Revelation is just a warning of what could happen, in this case of what could happen with no Last Challenge.

To be continued...

What? Just a warning? No, it's definite.

Dirk B wrote:

I'm looking for a way that the Antichristus dagger (forged by God for Connor) could affect the future if Connor were to throw it at Christ when the time comes (as opposed to throwing it at Satan, his other option). God decided when he accepted Satan's Last Challenge that he would accept Connor as the one to make that final decision. If Connor throws it at Christ, then Satan wins. Not only does he not burn forever in the Lake of Fire, but he ends up in control of Earth, ruling all grave sinners. Further, God promised that he would return to the spirit realm and never return.

However, if Satan wins the Last Challenge, it hardly seems sufficient for God to leave Earth with his saved people. That's not much of a victory for Satan since that's what would happen anyway: Satan and grave sinners will wind up in the Lake of Fire and God will live with his saved people on a New Earth.

There needs to be more to Satan's victory. I'm still considering that if Christ is hit by the dagger thrown by Connor, it would cause an end to the hypostatic union, separating the Lord's spirit from the physical body of Jesus. Since the dagger is a physical object, it ought to have a physical impact, hence the end to the union. Further, there ought to be no salvation at all, for anyone. Those people, too, should be left for Satan to rule.

I know that this is not a theologically correct treatise. It's fantasy. Fine, but...

If Connor knows that God and Satan exist and knows who they are and he chooses to disobey God buy hurling the knife made by God at Jesus, then Connor has an extremely hardened heart (i.e. he's a bad, bad dude). Here’s God and here’s Satan, who do you want? A weakness of my argument is that I don't know/remember how Connor understands that God made the knife.

A problem is that if God loses then he leaves all his creation behind. That means that God leaves a billion galaxies with each one containing a billion stars. And he leaves that huge universe in charge of an evil creature. And then throw in the end of the hypostatic union! That's too much to lose on God's side. Satan should be happy if he doesn't get the lake of fire, gets earth and a promise that God won't bother earth. Or perhaps the solar system. Maybe the new earth could be on the other side of the sun.

Of course, if Satan realized that someday (approx. 7.6 billion years) the sun will expand and engulf the earth then perhaps he will want the entire solar system.

Hey Dirk,
Sorry, but I am a little confused about what a "grave sinner" is. I went back a page and couldn't find a good definition. I assume it's someone who has died and is in a grave.
George FLC

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(1 replies, posted in Historical Fiction)

Welcome aboard Jon,

This site is great if you use it correctly. We have very good writers and a few who have published. So, find the ones that you can work with and learn. I keep a "tips" file that I refer back to.

Have thick skin. People will make comments about your work that you might not appreciate, so keep what makes sense. But remember that you have to like your story at the end of the day. That was some advice given to me.

Do the contests. They're great. They stretch my mind.

Put more info into your Profile if you want. I want to know what your genre is and if you have a tech background or history (just a hobby?) or whatever.

I generally use the In-line Reviews. So, if I read a story of yours, please comment on at least a few of my comments so that I know what you're looking for. Some people aren't worried about -ly adverbs! And I hope to remember that. Many of the really good writers don't bother much on some technical grammar details.

Again, welcome aboard
George FLC

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(7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

If you're not connected with the person, then send a Quickie and ask if they're going to read it. If you have a connection with them then send a message.

George FLC

I could not find a good definition of generative AI from previous postings so here is one generated by Grok (Musk's AI):
Generative AI (often shortened to GenAI) is a category of artificial intelligence that can create new content from scratch — things that didn’t exist before.
It learns patterns from huge amounts of data (text, images, audio, video, code, 3D models, etc.) and then generates new examples that look and feel similar to the training data.

Hope this helps.
George FLC

From what I learned, MS Word's editing is AI driven as well. I personally believe that AI will never generate creative ideas so it's usable as a tool for things like editing.
George FLC

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(4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Welcome aboard. I'd prefer more profile. I can't tell if you write in similar genre that I do. I'm not even sure what literary fiction means.

Grok (Musk's AI) helps me with researching a couple projects. Don't worry. I'm not doing reviews with it! And it can be easier than trying to track down something on my own. It found out something about social security for me.

George FLC

That is a great hobby. There has to be a few stories you could write based on the ham radio and your programming experiences.
Writing is another great hobby. I hope to someday publish a book, but I know that writing will help keep my neurons firing even if I never publish. And I enjoy it.

Keep on writing and hamming... I know that's not the proper way of saying it... what is the proper way to say something like - keep on hamming?
George FLC

May I ask: what is the furthest distance country that you communicate with? None of my business but I am curious.

George FLC

That fixed it. Nice video. And nice cabinets but nothing is in them. Better fill them up in preparation of the next blizzard.

And you used ham radio? I'm impressed. Do you still call across the globe with it? My next-door neighbor has a ham antenna in his back yard. It's kinda big.

George FLC

I tried the link:
404. That’s an error.
The requested URL was not found on this server. That’s all we know.

And then it threw me out of TNBW.

I give up! Bill wins the ancient programming award...

George FLC

Dirk B wrote:

Assembler? Tsk, tsk. Kids these days.
Charlton Heston would have poked machine code directly into RAM!
On a Timex Sinclair 1000!!!
Before breakfast.
tongue

Hopefully, he had a couple cups of java...

George FLC

And I used COBOL as well! So there!!! And Pascal and assembler. Beat that!

George FLC

I also go back to punched cards. I also learned FORTRAN and BASIC. Wow. That industry has progressed!

George FLC

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(29 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Hey Alan,
Sorry for your loss. I hope that writing/reviewing allows you to fill some of your empty times.

George FLC

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(29 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Very good, Bill! I like it. :-)

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(29 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

If he's that smart, then he should join this website. His stories might be great!
Is there a feline discount?

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(29 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

J.R.,
I've read 3 of your stories and owe you 1 more. We have had some good discussions as well. I might also owe a couple others some reciprocations. Sorry about that, all. My life got flipped around a little.

I've been wanting to post one chapter from my Tribe book, but I was inspired with a discussion with you J.R. and the chapter got more complicated. So, I'll blame you for my slow posting! :-)

And congratulations on the new grand babies Marilyn and Bill. Be blessed.

George FLC

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(7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

I just started reading the article. Thanks, Dirk. It's interesting. AI itself doesn't scare me, but this article might change some of that. And it's who is using the AI that scares me and if they have a system that is far superior to others. AI is a tool. And tools can be used to conquer and control. AI engines function on statistics not on ethics as the article notes. But what if very unethical people construct it. We hope for neutral programmers.

Keep on reading!