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| New Anthem for Nag Ehgoeg; *Sigh* | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 5 2006, 04:26 AM (278 Views) | |
| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 5 2006, 04:26 AM Post #1 |
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Ok when chosing Nag Ehgoeg's national anthem, I just picked my favourite hymn When Quaon asked me a question about my anthem, I happily dug out my copy of "The Devil's Notebook" to find out the answer. Uh-oh. Nag Ehgoeg's national anthem is kinda... Well it's... It's kinda the "Hymn of the Satanic Empire" by Anton LaVey. Hardly the best choice of anthem for a Holy League member... Which brings me to the point of the thread: I need a new anthem. My favourite Christan Hymn is "My Jesus, My Saviour" followed by "Oh you'll never get to heaven" then many others... but that's hardly anthem material. Or is it... Set the stage... Olympic games... Nagian *Event here* competitios pick up first, second and third place. They stand on the podium: 1:"I ainta gonna grieve my lord..." 2:"I ainta gonna grie-i-e-i-eve..." 3:"I ainta gonna grive my lord no more..." 1:"I ainta gonna grieve my lord..." 2:"I ainta gonna grie-i-e-i-eve..." 3:"I ainta gonna grive my lord no more..." All:"I ainta gonna grive my lord no more... O, you'll never get to Heaven, On roller skates..." |
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| Catholic Europe | Jun 5 2006, 05:25 AM Post #2 |
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You're a joke lol! |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 5 2006, 06:59 AM Post #3 |
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Yup. But the more I think about it, the more I like "My Jesus" as an anthem. |
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| Catholic Europe | Jun 5 2006, 07:09 AM Post #4 |
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And how does that go? |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 5 2006, 07:21 AM Post #5 |
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My Jesus, My Saviour, Lord there is no one like you, All of my days, I want to praise The wonders of Your mighty love. My comfort, my shelter, Tower of refuge and strength Let every breath, all that I am Never cease to worship You. Shout to the Lord, all the earth let us sing, Power and majesty, praise to the King! Mountains bow down and the seas will roar, At the sound of your name! I sing for joy at the work of your hands, Forever I'll love you, forever I'll stand Nothing compares to the promise I have in You. My Jesus, my Saviour, Lord, there is none like You All of my days, I want to praise, The wonders of your mighty love My comfort, my shelter, Tower of refuge and strength Let every breath, all that I am Never cease to worship You Shout to the Lord, all the earth let us sing, Power and majesty, praise to the King! Mountains bow down and the seas will roar, At the sound of your name! I sing for joy at the work of your hands, Forever I'll love you, forever I'll stand Nothing compares to the promise I have in You. Shout to the Lord, all the earth let us sing, Power and majesty, praise to the King! Mountains bow down and the seas will roar, At the sound of your name! I sing for joy at the work of your hands, Forever I'll love you, forever I'll stand Nothing compares to the promise I have in You. |
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| New Harumf | Jun 5 2006, 08:59 AM Post #6 |
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I prefer the first one. Simplicity. |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 5 2006, 09:33 AM Post #7 |
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Oh, the Deacon went down, (2x) To the cellar to pray, (2x) He found a jug, (2x) And he stayed all day. (2x) Oh, the Deacon went down to the cellar to pray, He found a jug and he stayed all day, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. O, you'll never get to Heaven In a rockin' chair, 'Cause the Lord don't want No lazybones there! O, you'll never get to Heaven In a rockin' chair, 'Cause the Lord don't want No lazybones there! I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. O, you'll never get to Heaven On roller skates Cause you'll skate right past, Those pearly gates O, I can't get to Heaven On roller skates Cause I'll skate right by Those pearly gates I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. O, you'll never get to Heaven In a limousine, Cause th Lord don't have No gasoline O, I can't get to Heaven In a limousine Cause th Lord don't have No gasoline I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. If you get to Heaven, Before I do, Just drill a hole, And pull me through. If I get to Heaven, Before you do, I'll plug that hole, With shavings and glue. O, th Deacon went down To th th cellar to pray He fell on his knees And I heard him say O, th Deacon went down To th cellar to pray He fell on his knees And I heard him say I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. O, th Deacon came up From th cellar where he prayed He picked his Bible up From th table where it laid O, th Deacon came up From th cellar where he prayed He picked his Bible up From th table where it laid I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. **** That's not the exact lyrics my churches used but it's the best I can remember. We used to make up all kinds of silly verses in the car on long journeys. The key part of the song is the chorus: I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord, I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more. The first two lines can be sung in one of 3 main ways: 1) (I ain't a-gonna) Grieve my Lord, 2) I ain't a-gonna grie-i-e-i-eve, or 3) I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more As this is a traditional black hymn, the lyrics are very flexible, and quite fun. |
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| Catholic Europe | Jun 5 2006, 11:24 AM Post #8 |
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The first one. |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 5 2006, 11:36 AM Post #9 |
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Neither are great anthem wise. |
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| East Anarx | Jun 10 2006, 08:14 PM Post #10 |
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I just spent a week in church camp and I sung that song like thirty times. |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 11 2006, 05:38 AM Post #11 |
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Heh, I used to love Church camp. Any week long camp where you don't sing this at least 20 times, is a fails at Christianity! |
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| The CNNP | Jun 11 2006, 07:30 AM Post #12 |
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It is still funny. :D |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 11 2006, 10:28 AM Post #13 |
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I think I'm going to go with this: Forged from the love of liberty In the fires of hope and prayer With boundless faith in our destiny We solemnly declare: Side by side we stand For all the people of the world to see, This our native land We pledge our lives to thee. Here every creed and race finds an equal place, And may God bless our nation Here every creed and race finds an equal place, And may God bless our nation. |
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| New Harumf | Jun 11 2006, 10:31 AM Post #14 |
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How whimpy and politically correct can you get?? :D :P |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 11 2006, 10:38 AM Post #15 |
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It's the anthem of the football team YOU paired me with :P Unless you made me Sweden... |
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| New Harumf | Jun 11 2006, 10:55 AM Post #16 |
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Actually, a randomly seeded and scrambled APL random number generator paired you with that team, not I. Blame the Gods of chance. |
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| Quaon | Jun 11 2006, 02:09 PM Post #17 |
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NH, it isn't chance. Computer random number generators aren't actually random, because that is beyond a computer. It takes an algorithum and changes it each team you "roll." It's pre determined. The only way a computer could really be random is to have a robotic hand roll a die. |
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| New Harumf | Jun 11 2006, 02:41 PM Post #18 |
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Hmm, let me see, I've been working with computers for 35 years. Oh, and I didn't know that? In the APL language, I can use the command 32?32 which will give me 32 numbers between 1 and 32 without repeating a number, or, randomizing the sequence according to their internal algorithum. Now, the algorithum uses a random seed, i.e., some integer that, if kept as the seed, would produce the same result every time. Every time the ramdom function i.e. ? is called, it also randomizes the seed. Now, if I initialize the random seed to some integer, like the sum of the time stamp (year, month, day, hour, second, millesecond), then call the random function some random number of times, I can guarentee I have no idea what the random seed is, therefore I have produced an unrepeatable sequence, or as random as you can get. This is an old gamer's trick to assure results from a game will not be duplicated. So, the function is: f = R<-RANDOMIZE (QUAD)RL<-+/TIMESTAMP (sum the integers of the time stamp, or some other non-fixed value and assign to the random seed) I<-0 (assign 0 to I) LM<-?10000 (assign LM some integer value between 1 and 10000 LP: ->(LM<I<-I+1)/END (run the next line until the value of LM is less than the increasing value of I, then branch to END) R<-32?32 (assign the random sequence to the function result) -> LP (branch back to loop, and repeat for the next value of I) END: (you are done, and have an unduplicatable sequence) Close enough for union work, OK? PS: It is because of this feature that the APL language is used by actuarials to generate random results tables for calculating mortality rates. |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 11 2006, 02:50 PM Post #19 |
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Problem there is... Well, if a number isn't repeated... But... Uh... Damn... Shut me up. Quaon, little help please? |
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| Quaon | Jun 11 2006, 02:53 PM Post #20 |
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Yes, but the seed, as far as I know, isn't actually randomized: it's cycled through a custom cycle made for that one computer...I think...or maybe I'm just talking crap now. |
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| Al Araam | Jun 11 2006, 03:03 PM Post #21 |
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Chance is relative. Even pseudo-random numbers are good enough for our purposes. Maybe the random number generator has it out for you, but the point is that NH doesn't. That will be good enough for all of us. |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 11 2006, 03:05 PM Post #22 |
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But of course. The seed is just an interger. The shuffle function that randomises the random seeds has to be a pre-coded algorithum. But still, given that the sides of a dice or coin cannot be equally wieghted, it's as close to random as anything else. |
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| New Harumf | Jun 11 2006, 03:05 PM Post #23 |
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You be talking crap now. I can do a little more research if you want the actual limitations of APL, but I know the seed can legitimately be an integer from 0 to 10E27th, which is a pretty broad range, considering, and because this language is the ONLY one I know of used to generate numbers for actuarial work, it has their confidence of producing pretty random sequences. Nag, if you want 32 numbers that can repeat, the expression is 1?32 (rho) 32, where (rho) is the actual greek letter rho (APL has the greek character set as well as the latin, where the greek letters are reserved for functions. (rho) means repeat the number on the right the number of times specified on the left). |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 11 2006, 03:08 PM Post #24 |
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The point is, that you're still generating numbers from a predefined set. "Pretty broad" isn't infinate. Now as Al Araam said, it's more than random enough. As I said, I don't claim to understand the process of generating random numbers beyond coding an IRC dice roller. Why? Because nothing needs to be truely random. And if it does, we all better hope god doesn't exist... |
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