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it's good to be the king
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tpaine posted:
fuckin science



i tried but kari from mythbusters put out a restraining order

kari...

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Mythbusters is a good analogy for science in general. It serves only to glorify and enable mindless wanton destruction and generally takes place using US armed forces resources.

that's a fascinating thesis, sounds like you need a more focused environment to develop it tho

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Arrest those men for crimes against basic fashion Mr president!
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Yesterday, before the senate debated and voted on the stem cell bills, Rick Santorum was a guest on C-Span's Washington Journal.

After a caller phoned in to voice her moral outrage over embryonic stem cell research, Rick expressed his belief that, "most scientists unfortunately, those that certainly are advocating for this (embryonic stem cell research), and many others feel very little moral compulsion." Rick continued, "It's a utilitarian, materialistic view of doing whatever they can do to pursue their desired goals."



I think this is very true, and Santorum should be applauded for saying it regardless of how some of his other views are far from perfect.

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i'm going to go have a spliff and watch the spillway on the dam being opened this weekend; the gushing megalitres pouring over the concrete will represent the tears of all the climate-change carpetbaggers as their false religion crumbles.
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post a trip report w/ pics. tia
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Ironicwarcriminal posted:
i'm going to go have a spliff and watch the spillway on the dam being opened this weekend; the gushing megalitres pouring over the concrete will represent the tears of all the climate-change carpetbaggers as their false religion crumbles.



wow, carpetbagger? please dont try to speak like (for) southern people especially if you're going to misuse our linguistic stylings in such a crass manner

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english really does need a second person plural pronoun tho
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Bring back ye then don't try to co-opt the linguistic STRUGGLE of the southerner
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don't hide your light under a bushel brah
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guidoanselmi posted:
post a trip report w/ pics. tia



Will do

thirdplace posted:
english really does need a second person plural pronoun tho



"Youse"

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tardy on these heaters
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yousunuz

thats a little Türkçe joke for all yall
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english needs if anything far fewer words. e.g. all of them
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http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/tar/wg2/index.php?idp=434

Acute water shortage conditions combined with thermal stress should adversely affect wheat and, more severely, rice productivity in India even under the positive effects of elevated CO2 in the future.



http://www.farmchemicalsinternational.com/news/marketupdates/?storyid=3421

India is reaching records this year in many key agriculture areas… India has become the world’s largest producer of rice as a result of record production and the lifting of a three-year ban non-basmati rice exports.



http://www.blackseagrain.net/photo/india.-wheat-exports-to-more-than-double-in-2012-13-on-record-harvest

Wheat exports from India, the world’s second-biggest producer, is expected to more than double to 1.5 million tonnes in the 2012-13 marketing year on account of back-to-back record harvest, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a report.

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Ironicwarcriminal posted:
http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/tar/wg2/index.php?idp=434

Acute water shortage conditions combined with thermal stress should adversely affect wheat and, more severely, rice productivity in India even under the positive effects of elevated CO2 in the future.



http://www.farmchemicalsinternational.com/news/marketupdates/?storyid=3421

India is reaching records this year in many key agriculture areas… India has become the world’s largest producer of rice as a result of record production and the lifting of a three-year ban non-basmati rice exports.



http://www.blackseagrain.net/photo/india.-wheat-exports-to-more-than-double-in-2012-13-on-record-harvest

Wheat exports from India, the world’s second-biggest producer, is expected to more than double to 1.5 million tonnes in the 2012-13 marketing year on account of back-to-back record harvest, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a report.



"Scientists predict warm weather in the summer BUT cooler weather in teh winter." *sticks head out of drug tank* AH actually its kinda warm today in the spring. Gotcha again scientists *hatch swings down on head* COR BLIMEY

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the best language is nihongo
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http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/308333/20120303/russian-mogul-plans-transplant-human-brains-robot.htm

Itskov's actually launched his project "Avatar" a year ago but only revealed more details to a group of futurists at a three-day conference called Global Future 2045 in Moscow. Itskov now has plans to involve more scientists in the initiative.

"I want to collaborate with scientists from around the world," he said. "This is a new strategy for the future; for humanity."

The project will develop in different stages. The first phase will involve creating the new body for the human being to inhabit.

"It will have a perfect brain-machine interface to allow control and a human brain life support system so the brain can survive outside the body."

After the first phase, Itskov anticipates transplanting a human mind into the robot body. And within the next 30 years Itskov plans to create hologram-type bodies that can host human consciousness.

"Holograms give plenty of advantages. You can walk through walls, move at the speed of light," he said. "Remember in "Star Wars", Obi-Wan's hologram? That was pretty amazing."

Itskov acknowledges that the project is audacious and certainly not easy but he dismisses the notion that it might not even be scientifically feasible.

"I understand these are some very big challenges for scientists," Itskov admits. "But I believe in something you call 'The American Dream.' If you put all your energy and time into something, you can make it a reality."

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i'm crackin up like humpty dumpty here
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those who can't do, teach
those who can't feel, science
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The Future is Here
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discipline posted:
english is a great language imo


English is a wonderful language cause it happily takes in good stuff from languages it's exposed to. Imagine if those CULTURAL APPROPRIATION people were around when white men first said "canoe"
We'd have to call it something like, dinghy-boat, elongated, lightweight and the acronym would be DIELT