I tend to prefer the idea that dreams are a way for your unconscious to sort through things which you haven't had time to process while awake, and gen...
Well, as I said earlier, I don't think gun ownership is necessarily a bad thing, as long as people are aware of what they are capable of, and are appr...
Quote:Also, nobody's going to pull a gun if someone's got a gun to their head, but if you hear someone breaking into your house at night, would you fe...
I have no real problems with people owning guns as long as they know how to safely use them. My view is similar to conventional approaches to cars - t...
I've also joined the UK crew. Location's only temporary, though, since I'm due to graduate from uni this summer...
Native English speaker. Limited (and largely eroded due to lack of use) knowledge of French and German, and am probably more fluent in Latin than eith...
Ummm... didn't we go over all of this in Marble Garden a while back? I think it's easier to just say "we'll do things our way, you do them yours&...
Quote:I respect PETA's beliefs, if you want to be a veitarian, so be it, if you want to go hardcore and be a vegan good for you Or if you want to go ...
Just a bit of a thought, but following PETA's biblical claims, I wonder what the theological implications of this would be given that some of his more...
Stumbleina, true, 2nd wave feminism did pave the way for 3rd wave. However, it focussed a lot more (AFAIK) on creating identity and cultural recogniti...
There's an interesting social concept that's been developed from feminism that seems somewhat apt here. Basically, the idea is that society as a whole...
Each of these organisations still provides an outwards image of conformity within the unit, even if they encourage variety within the group. It provid...
To a large extent, the hunting of the Dodo and Great Auk was more for sport than for profit. But those were cases of unchecked hunting, which led to e...
Hunting within reason is OK - if there is need to keep populations in check, and/or the animals killed are then used for some benefit to those still l...
Probably between Alt-Tab and Alt-F4 for mine - don't tend to use the others much, although I sometimes have cause to invoke Ctr-Alt-Del. After all, I ...
Just some of my thoughts on respect, and apologies for the somewhat dis-jointed nature of them It's something that should be earned, but also strange...
If I remember my Richard Attenborough correctly, Bonobos use sex as a way of maintaining peace within the community. Whenever there's a potential argu...
As far as things to do would be, just make sure she knows that you're not that comfortable with them taking drugs, say why, but otherwise be supportiv...
Quote:That's a VERY dangerous line of thinking SX. Down that line of thought lies... -Euthanizing children with birth defects, mental or physical. -E...
Quote:..you have three hands? o.o; What, doesn't everyone? Just something I don't make too big a deal of. Comes in useful though... (and for those...
*Selects three sporks from training rack, holds one in each hand, and then performs each move simultaneously* Hmm... *Rotates which hand performs wh...
Slightly off-topic, but if you enjoy tetris, then one of the best clones I've come across is EITtris (www.ericjorgensen.com/eittris/). Only supports 4...
Hmm... a resourceful one... Welcome to the MoFo. I tend to lurk more than I post, so you probably won't see me around too much. Just thought I'd say ...
This also doesn't take into account the problems with potential hacking of accounts to post messages anonymously, which could also be a viable defence...
My only comment on the theme: This is the first time I've ended up using the quick-link to get into the forum. My computer didn't like the flash anim...
The 9 move was more luck than judgement - it was a fairly friendly combination. The average is based around a fairly systematic process - I've done to...
Well, best I managed was 9 moves. However, no screen-grab - you'll just have to take my word for it... Tend to average about 13 moves, though...
See Rico's post below...
Cyc, not really. I think I pretty much picked up on exactly what he was saying in the last one... Maybe you think I was giving it more credit than it...
For Ultra's quiz: Liberal Statist (50%-10% for Personal-Economic) For Cyc's quiz: Economic -2.25, Social -1.85 More or less as I expected...
But if we are already in hell, then hell must exist for us to be in it. Unless you are implying that we ourselves do not exist... More seriously, lif...
However, if all those few million decide that, even if everyone else continues to support the industry they will stop doing so, then suddenly it all s...
No prob. Just should think a bit more about how soundbites will be read by others in future
Probably the only thing I can suggest for avoiding obsessiveness is to find something to ground yourself, so that you have something to pull you out o...
Technical nitpick, Xag, but you merely describe popularity contests, while implying contests in general. Of course, given this piece of news, it's oh...
Equal opportunity certainly seems fine - but this means everyone has the same opportunities, so in that sense "equal" and "same" m...
Very true, Craig. I was watching Last Action Hero recently with a few friends, and one of them just didn't get the point that the Slater portion of th...
I believe that a fairly recent (as in mostly 20th Century) issue in the USA was built around the discovery that treating people in a way that was &quo...
While it is possible to destroy rocks, etc. without doing injury to your fist, it will still hurt in the short-term. As someone who has some experienc...
One interesting note a lecturer I had last year has made in our student newspaper recently on the topic of diversity: "... the promotion of dive...
Well, the vast majority of science-talk in movies is (as far as I've heard, not being a dedicated scientist myself) generally inaccurate, if not entir...
Let's take another look at that last sentence: Quote:Hence, while the official order may be set, it doesn't change assertions about what the best vie...
Fair enough. Not sure how good it would be as transparent underwear, though. Probably a bit too clingy...
The invisible underwear would either be so loose as to have no real effect, or would have some obvious effect. Also, what solid materials do you know ...
Bill Bailey is one of the few comedians who fairly reliably makes me laugh - he is truly a genius of comedy. Jim Carrey is also great, and not just fo...
While the official order may be numerical, and originally conceived as such, Eps. 4-6 were made under the belief that the other episodes would not get...
I have plyed Doom, I am not one who randomly wanders around with the BFG, and I do indeed value the shotgun highly - good ammo efficiency and highly e...
Babylon 5 is the only one that really leaps out at me from that list. If they can find a few more classics like that, then I'd be a lot more intereste...
True. Some people will watch a given thing for the best part of a day quite happily - normally TV series, but LotR and similar have brought the concep...
I'd say that there's something to be said for viewing the films for the first time for both 4-5-6-1-2-3 and 1-2-3-4-5-6. Given that the original trilo...