MacFluffers

On my PSP's 16 GB memory stick, there's a little over 1 GB of corrupted files. The error number is 80070570. I've tried delete utilities, but they give me errors too. And I've tried registry cleaners, but they all seem to only scan the local drives. I'd appreciate any advice on how to get rid of those files.

Seriously, it doesn't make sense. This doesn't have to do with the fact that I'm a theist, it's just that being an atheist isn't a source of knowledge. As a source, "I studied philosophy in college" makes sense. "My husband is a social scientist" makes sense. "Atheist" does not.

By putting "atheist" as their source, they're not telling me why or how they know the things they discussed, they're just telling people what they believe.

Is it because they think that being atheist means that they know things theists and skeptics don't know? Although I know a fair amount of atheists think that all theists are irrational and stupid, I can't understand why they would think that it makes sense to think that believing a theory is a source of information. Knowledge leads to understanding of theories, not the other way around.

A: "Wow, that's interesting. Where did you learn that?"

B: "I'm an atheist."

See how that doesn't make any sense, no matter the context? Let's replace "atheist" with other philosophical theories and beliefs and see what happens.

A: "Wow, that's interesting. Where did you learn that?"

B: "I'm a Cartesian dualist."

A: "Wow, that's interesting. Where did you learn that?"

B: "I believe that the earth is round."

A: "Wow, that's interesting. Where did you learn that?"

B: "That cloud looks like a dolphin."

I hope I'm clear as to why I'm confused.

Don't get me wrong, I like vamps and lycans. However, I feel like they're being used left and right, in fiction and games and whatnot, whereas so many other folkloric creatures are widely ignored.

What about revenants (similar to zombies, but intelligent)? Or werecats and werehyenas (kind of like werewolves, but...you know)? I could go on listing the interesting all the cool creatures that have come up in folklore that are just sitting there, unused by writers.

So...what is it about werewolves and vampires that makes them so popular?

Please don't mention werewolves or vampires being real. I will really dislike you if you do that.

I'm planning on writing a story about undead creatures trying to live in modern society (a bit like White Wolf's World of Darkness, but with a lot less politics). However, I'm having some trouble figuring out what each type of undead should be like, especially werewolves. So far, this is what I have (these are the short explanations):

Death Knight: A person tied to this world because of intense love or hate. Those who stay because of love are the only undead resistant to holy artifacts. Incapable of magic, but the physically strongest form of undead.

Vampire: A blameless individual, usually a virgin, bitten by another vampire. Hell cannot accept their innocence, and heaven cannot accept an individual with a blood tie to an undead. (Vampires can only pass on peacefully when their masters are dead and they are still innocent.)

Lich: Warlock or sorcerer who has intentionally barred himself/herself from the afterlife. The only self-induced form of undead. Physically no more impressive than a living person, but is capable of wielding nether-magic unavailable to all other beings except for demons.

Revenant: A person so evil that hell itself rejects him or her because he or she is incapable of suffering. He or she is doomed to live on earth until some form of goodness has been restored, and then hell can accept and torture the person.

There are also ghouls and their ilk, but they are just mindless corpses.

This universe is a more fantastic take on the idea of the undead (compared with the modern trend of making vampires and whatnot more "realistic"), with magic and demons and whatnot.

So anyway, I need help figuring out what an undead style werewolf should be like. I know it's not done often, but I want to see how writing a werewolf like as an undead would work.The most important part is that I need a reason for the werewolf to be undead, IE: the death knight is tied to the mortal world due to love or hate, and the revenant is so evil that hell doesn't what him.

Ideas?

A question asked just a short while ago was about Christian punk pop. As I like the genre, I went on and answered the question, which essentially was a request to list Christian punk pop bands to suggest to a friend. I listed Hawk Nelson, FM Static, Relient K, and Switchfoot, although I should have mentioned MxPx in retrospect.

Anyway, what surprised me as I read through the answers was that there were a lot of thumbs ups for answers that didn't even answer the question. Answers like "Don't be controlling" and "I don't think there's such a thing" got several thumbs ups, while actual lists of bands had several thumbs down.

I don't understand what non-Christians have against Christian music. I mean, if it were proposed that Christian music were better than non-Christian music, then I'd argue that the speaker were wrong. But on the other hand, just because a band labels themselves as Christian doesn't mean that their music is bad.

Basically, what I'm trying to say is that religious inspiration does not determine quality of music. Some groups, like Relient K and Switchfoot are very good and produce music that is on par with non-Christian groups of the same genre.

So...why are people prejudiced against Christian bands?

It should be noted for people who don't listen to Christian bands that just because a band is Christian doesn't mean that all their music is religious. MxPx has tons of love songs and the music of Hawk Nelson is mostly about growing up in the band's hometown.