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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
    Entertaining interviews. I hadn't seen the 2nd one before. Just a shame they are so short and that O'Reilly does most of the talking.

    Peter smile
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      CommentAuthorBregje
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
    GRRRRR "being humble is a christian virtue" ?! rolleyes

    So christians invented and own this virtue or something?? I couldn't finish this video, it was too frustrating.
    slant
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      CommentAuthorBregje
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
    You know, it's a shame that some people think they need their religion for moral guidance and they can't be moral beings without religion...
    sad
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
    Always keeping in mind that not everyone religious is like that of course wink
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorBregje
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
    I know smile That why I changed 'people' to 'some people'.

    But you would be amazed how many parents choose a religious school for their children instead of a public school (while they are not religious themself!) because they think more values will be taught in the religious schools than in the public school.

    It's really a misunderstanding that non-religious life views or personal individual life views don't have values and 'a moral compass', as Dawkins calls it in the interview.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
    I'd not be amazed at all, especially if we're talking oh mai gwad 'merica. Sadly.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
    Bregje wrote
    You know, it's a shame that some people think they need their religion for moral guidance and they can't be moral beings without religion...
    sad


    Religions generally seek to make people entirely dependant on them. Christianity for instance teaches that people are worthless sinners and that they are nothing without God. It teaches that one can only feel fulfilled and happy, that one can only be moral and a good person for accepting the claims and that one is a fool deserving to be tortured for eternity if one rejects them.

    Luckily many modern christians realize the falsity of these ideas, especially if they have non-religious friends, where they quickly realize that atheists are just as decent and caring individuals as everyone else. In very religious circles these ideas tend to be deeply ingrained and pronounced though, and you come across them nearly everytime you try to engage in a debate about religion with an american christian.

    Peter smile
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2009
    Nano-technology is sure being used to useful things. Here's the world's smallest snowman:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop … owman.html

    ...and a video:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmK8ec9M … r_embedded
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeDec 17th 2009
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeDec 17th 2009
    plindboe wrote
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q

    Peter punk


    Yeah, those videos always put things in perspective, to put it mildly.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeDec 17th 2009
    And what's more amazing is that large structures like that -and therefore life- exist thanks to tiny (and I mean tiny) quantum fluctuations in the initial stages of Inflation. dizzy
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeDec 17th 2009
    Steven wrote
    And what's more amazing is that large structures like that -and therefore life- exist thanks to tiny (and I mean tiny) quantum fluctuations in the initial stages of Inflation. dizzy


    Funny that, I was just talking with the cash till lady at my bank about this very thing this morning.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeDec 17th 2009
    That's cash till ladies for you - always with the small talk. rolleyes
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeDec 17th 2009
    Tell me about it, whatever happened to 'isn't the weather awful this morning'.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorBhelPuri
    • CommentTimeDec 23rd 2009
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34573421/ns … e-science/

    When it comes to sex, some female ducks have taken "no" to a new level. They have evolved vaginas with clockwise spirals that keep out the oppositely spiraled penises of undesirable males, scientists have discovered.

    When the female wishes to say "yes," she has some tricks that make it easier for her preferred mate to slip his corkscrew-shaped penis easily inside and achieve fertilization.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeDec 23rd 2009
    This is how news are now?
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeDec 23rd 2009
    This is the part where we wait for someone to say "Sounds like my ex-wife."
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeDec 23rd 2009
    Christodoulides wrote
    This is how news are now?


    Sex sells! Anyway, it's an interesting (and amusing) biology fact. I say bring 'em on!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeDec 23rd 2009
    biggrin
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorMiya
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2009
    This is a bit old news but still amazing...

    FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news … e-picture/

    shocked
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      CommentAuthorMiya
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2009
    BhelPuri wrote
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34573421/ns … e-science/

    When it comes to sex, some female ducks have taken "no" to a new level. They have evolved vaginas with clockwise spirals that keep out the oppositely spiraled penises of undesirable males, scientists have discovered.

    When the female wishes to say "yes," she has some tricks that make it easier for her preferred mate to slip his corkscrew-shaped penis easily inside and achieve fertilization.


    Oh that's really interesting study! cheesy

    Actually this kind of study has been one of the hot topics in the field of evolutional ecology/biology. One of the members at my lab is also studying about it, though she's using insects which are not so "graphic" biggrin
    Labels are for cans, not people. - Anthony Rapp
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      CommentAuthorBhelPuri
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2009 edited
    Miya wrote
    BhelPuri wrote
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34573421/ns … e-science/

    When it comes to sex, some female ducks have taken "no" to a new level. They have evolved vaginas with clockwise spirals that keep out the oppositely spiraled penises of undesirable males, scientists have discovered.

    When the female wishes to say "yes," she has some tricks that make it easier for her preferred mate to slip his corkscrew-shaped penis easily inside and achieve fertilization.


    Oh that's really interesting study! cheesy

    Actually this kind of study has been one of the hot topics in the field of evolutional ecology/biology. One of the members at my lab is also studying about it, though she's using insects which are not so "graphic" biggrin


    The insect world is super creepy. Those parasitoid wasps especially. There are some youtube videos of them that are truly mind blowing,

    And as for the duck stuff there are videos...
    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/ … ond-kinky/

    dizzy
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      CommentAuthorSunil
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2009 edited
    There was a speculation that Asteroid may hit the Earth in the year 2029, but as of now astronomers and scientist have been ruled out that risk of hitting the Earth. Here is the articles ( i don't know how far its true )

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6751433/

    http://current.com/items/91736373_the-a … -earth.htm

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6914766/
    Racism, Prejudices and discrimination exists everywhere.
    • CommentAuthorTintin
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2009
    There is a 4 DVD set with 10 remastered episodes of the documentary series on astronomy Tours du Monde Tours du Ciel. I'm not sure if it is only in french or if it has subtitles in different languages but it is quite interesting and some great music to boot!

    Watch an full episode here with the mesmerizing music by Delerue:

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x79tcy … rs-du_tech

    Great music and images starting at 6 minutes

    http://www.georges-delerue.com/fr/news/index.php
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2009
    Thanks Martin, I'll have a look later.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010 edited
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      CommentAuthorSunil
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010
    Oh yeah! i just now read it in newspaper. Wow! it was damn good. I wish i could be there. punk
    Racism, Prejudices and discrimination exists everywhere.
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      CommentAuthorSunil
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010
    Eclipse Earth won't see for 1033 years.

    http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20100104/10 … 3-yea.html
    Racism, Prejudices and discrimination exists everywhere.
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010
    plindboe wrote
    Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, completed today. 828 freaking meters!
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … ai3214.JPG
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100104/ap_ … t_building
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa

    Peter punk


    Yeah, pretty amazing. Probably the last project of such excess we'll see for a while!
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      CommentAuthorSunil
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010
    Southall wrote
    plindboe wrote
    Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, completed today. 828 freaking meters!
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … ai3214.JPG
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100104/ap_ … t_building
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa

    Peter punk


    Yeah, pretty amazing. Probably the last project of such excess we'll see for a while!


    Exactly! 2012 end of the world. biggrin
    Racism, Prejudices and discrimination exists everywhere.

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