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Well, there are a few quotes that come to mind:Experience is the best teacher but she gives the test first before the lesson.Failures are the foundation of success.Everything happens for a reason.Oookay, so maybe the last one wasn't called for. Science has always been full of blunders like that, mostly stemming from not knowing what we will know in the near future. Back when carbon-dating was still relatively new and known to a limited number of people, a professor was once asked if a skull fossil he had was varnished or not. Licking its surface, he mused on the taste and, afterwards, commented it was not. What he inadvertently did was deposit thousands of genetic material on the fossil, making any carbon dating and genetic testing on it practically fouled up.It was the same with the dodos. They were extincted on the island of Mauritius simply because we can kill them. Heck, it doesn't even make a nice meal for the sailors; they just killed them all for the fun of it. Later on, the last dodo specimen, a stuffed carcass was found, by a museum director, to be "too musty for the standards of the museum" and ordered it into the fire. A horrified (and probably more aware) personnel tried to rescue the poor dead bird from the flames but all the managed to salvage was a leg and a beak.If, indeed, life were beginning on Mars, it could very well be a long long time before they turn into a sentient, intelligent specie. For all we know, bacteria could already be beginning the process of introducing oxygen into the Martian atmosphere. That is, of course, assuming we do not meddle with their evolution process

Oookay, first off, those "stupid doctors" didn't get the title "Doctor" for being stupid. If anything, I think the title is indicative of the opposite. Also, if you really read the original post, you'd find that some vegetarian diets bring about, not lack of protein, but lack of cobalamin, or Vitamin B12. The complexities of vegetarian diets do not end with protein. Also, the strength of a creatures relies not on its size. Just because an elephant is large does not mean it necessarily is strong. Look at ants. They can lift up to 50 times their own weight! They also eat meat, btw Another thing, just because you are healthy now does not mean it will stay that way forever. It may take months or even years before the effects of a new diet begins to manifest themselves. Lastly, there is no point in comparing humans to cows and elephants when it comes to diet. For one, cows and elephants are completely capable of digesting cellulose, which is why they need not eat meat. We, humans, on the other hand, can only get starch and vitamins from most plant matter that we do need to eat meat to get our protein somewhere.

Aren't you supposed to be the one to start writing about it? I mean, you're the thread starter and all. And please, writing in all caps is very rude. It is the textual equivalent of shouting at us. Okay, maybe I should start this one. Chemistry is a branch of science dealing with the study of the composition of matter and the ways it reacts with other matter. See, that wasn't so hard now, was it?

Uhm, I don't think there are any good programs where you can just point-and-click or drag-and-drop that produces good C code. If you're working on MS Windows, you can download TurboC, which is small in size, and do your own codes. If you're using Linux or Unix, I think they already have gcc installed.Anyway, I hope you know this but just in case...You don't create C code with any special program. Any text editor, like notepad, wordpad, gedit or kwrite can be used to code C code. Just save the files in .c format, not .txt. Now, what you need the software for (tcc or gcc) is in compiling your program. It's your way of saying, "Okay, I've finished coding (for now). Go turn this C code into machine code." If all goes well, you will end up with an executable file.For C++, on the other hand, I'm not sure 'coz I've never used it before. However, I think MS Visual Studio does have C++, right? Guys? Anyone?Anyway, best of luck in your endeavors

While it is true that space is mostly empty, our local space, that is, within the neighborhood of the solar system, is not exactly as empty as the vacuum people think it is. As a matter of fact, our local space is just something extremely thinner than air. Very light but hardly empty at all. The particles comprising this "air" are mostly from the sun. The sun, our own local star, continuously "shoots" out millions of these particles. The reason we (or the planets) don't get blown away is because the planets are dense enough to withstand this constant bombardment and that the sun has sufficient gravitational pull to keep them in place. Fact is that Mercury and, it is also thought, Mars have had their atmosphere blown off by the solar wind. The Venusian atmosphere too has been discovered to be slowly eroding, like comets do when they near the sun. The reason Earth retained it's atmosphere is because of the magnetosphere shielding us from these winds. For something less dense with a large surface area, like properly taut sails, this solar wind might be enough to carry it as far as the heliopause. For more info on this wind, see this Wikipedia entry. It is a phenomenon known as Time Dilation, where, simply put, the faster an object moves through space, the slower it's own "clock" ticks. It's is not hypothetical; it's quite real. For example, we have a lot of particles in the universe that, within split-nanoseconds, decay into other particles, equally swift in their decay. However, sensors at ground level pick up these particles from cosmic showers with relative ease. The reason is that these particles travel through space at speeds near that of light. Time Dilation slows down time for them such that, in our point of view, instead of decaying quickly, the decay process is slowed down. Note, however, that in the point of view of the particle, it is just decaying at the normal, quick rate. It can't be solved, really. Separation and death is something we often gamble on whenever we travel. Workers sent overseas run the risk of losing contact with their families. Sometimes, natural calamities finish off some of our relatives on the other side of the globe. I don't think Time Dilation is something that needs to be "fixed". If I were to travel to Proxima Centauri, take a few snapshots of extraterrestrial scenery and a few shots of extraterrestrial liquor, then return, I could hardly expect you guys to still be alive and cheering for me

Bill Bryson, the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, once said that within an average adult human lies an energy far more than a trillion hydrogen bombs. Of course, you'd probably have to be suicidal and strongly inclined to make a point, if you wish to liberate that energy.Einstein's equation E=mc^2 implies that even an infinitesimal mass is enough to liberate tremendous amounts of energy. We, humans, do this with metabolism but so much is dissipated as background heat. The sun, or the stars, on the other hand, do this quite efficiently that they can keep burning for quite a long while.We don't need to create more energy, per se. What we do need is more energy in a more easily manipulated form, say, electricity. Everyday, we get bombarded by heat and light energy from the sun. However, what use is it to us, as technology dependent individuals, if so much of it is lost as heat and only a small part of it can actually be converted to electricity? (I know the sun is central to powering life but let's not get into that, shall we ?)I've heard from a friend of mine, though, that there are plans to build a particle collider that will generate a very small blackhole, which has the potential to liberate more energy from matter. Any thoughts on this?

Say, my good man, might you happen to have some piece of land that lies fallow this time? I mean to till its earth and reap its fruits for a while. You are a nice man, eh? Oh, and while you're at it, prithee spare a few scraps for your brother, this fellow about to die of starvation. There's a good man Ahh, yes. The past does inspire the RPG gamer within all of us who wish to do away with people like lawyers, politicians and bureaucrats and replace them with snarling barbarians, uneducated tribesmen or cannibalistic savages. What's the difference, you ask? I, personally, would like to steal from people back then. If anything, I'd probably be the richest bandit alive ever to wield the quarterstaff Oh, I dunno. I think I would prefer it if people just grabbed each other's throats or knocked craniums with quarterstaves. It may be cruel but, at the very least, you hit only your foe. With guns and bombs nowadays, collateral damages seem to be the norm, which is not nice, mind you. Not nice at all. I can't say I entirely disagree. I do concede that a refined and cultured girl is, indeed, a rare treasure nowadays. However, back then...1. We, girls... Okay, so maybe I wasn't a woman in my past life. Anyway, girls wore bulky crinolines, which made it impossible to seat one's self at gatherings. 2. Under that, we wear several petticoats and a pair of long pantaloons, just in case a strong wind blew. 3. We also have layers upon layers of clothing as our tops. Robes, coats and that thing they tighten from behind, which was supposed to push your stomach, as we know it, upwards into your boobs so you'd have that dream figure. 4. There is no airconditioning back then. In a crowded hall, beneath heaps of yards of clothes, with no hopes of getting seated and dancing the whole night away, it's a surprise we don't faint. I mean, it's a surprise they don't faint I guess I could say, "Wow, women back then were so... strong," 'coz really, women today are also strong but only in that they assert themselves, sometimes a bit too aggressively. When they want to sit, they will sit, fv(< the )@mn etiquette, fv(< the world

Ahh, the fallacy of the slippery slope. First off, this only works under the assumption that those who commit suicide leave behind people who want them back. Think about it, who will be hurt when a starving orphan drowns himself? Will you be hurt if a leper/bum died right on the opposite side of the world? Oh, please don't say, "I will be hurt, because I'm human. I care," 'coz, really, that's bull$#!+. You won't even know of their deaths, just like the rest of the planet. Uh, yes? I didn't exactly get the entire gist of it but it did spark an insight. About leaving behind people hurt by an act of suicide, if these people really cared, then why didn't they strive to better the victim's condition right before he took his own life? IMHO, a parent who eventually leads his/her child to suicide, whether directly or indirectly, and, later on, mourns for the great loss is a total hypocrite. Ahh, yet another pro-lifer's hasty generalization. Must I expound more on the weak foundation behind this statement? On the contrary, smoking indeed is suicide. First, it has no known physiologically beneficial effect. Almost anyone who lights up a stick knows darn well how dangerous that stuff is. Also, it may be a habit but it is not something that any person is born with. There is always a first time, a turning point in a person's life that will determine whether he/she lives on to smoke or lives on even longer to not smoke. I do think it is suicide or just a slower form of it. Ahh, yes. Anyone can get help, isn't it? Ask and you shall receive, isn't it? Where there's a will, there's a way, isn't it? Well, here's what I think: If they did get help, would they be dead now? See, I have observed that there are a lot of people here who are pro-lifers, quite a handful of you partially driven by religious beliefs. However, I do think we are doing all suicide victims a great injustice in just assuming that they all "took the easy way out" and died without a fight. See, I don't think people will take their own lives if they are aware there is another way out. The problem is, they're not and it's not because they haven't looked for answers hard enough, it's just that they don't have the eyes needed to spot the solution. Simply put, they did try to get help, only they didn't get any. Indulge me and walk into my fantasy. Suppose you were mistakenly put alone into a ship that was catapulted into interstellar space. You're really hungry but you don't know which console buttons to press so you could get a Happy Meal. As a matter of fact, there are only two buttons on the panel: a green one and a red one marked "Self-Destruct" I know the sensible of you guys will press the green button but, unfortunately, it shuts down the air-conditioning unit. Not only are you hungry now but you're also cold and beginning to freeze your @$$ off. In despair, maybe, some of you might keep on pressing the green button for n times, all to no avail. What else will you do? It seems the only choices you have are between an excruciatingly long and painful death and a swift and painful death. I have no doubt most of you will either press the red button or just helplessly freeze or starve to death. Back on Earth, I will be laughing. I'd think, "What an idiot. If he had pressed that green button just once more, he'd be teleported back into the warm and toasty confines of his own home." A co-conspirator, who also happened to be a priest, would say, "Tsk, he/she gave up too easily." An eccentric friend of mine would pipe in, "If only he sought the answers from the stars... (Interstellar space is very conducive to astrology), he would have known that there are n+1 red giants in view. If he just pressed that green button one more time..." If it weren't for the fact that your non-decaying body is in interstellar space and had no coffin or casket to shelter it, I'm sure you would have rolled in your graves. See, that's also what's happening. Please don't feel like every suicide victim is so beneath you for having performed what you deem to be the taboo act of self-destruction. Please don't just mindlessly say life is the answer simply because it is what the religion taught you. Don't be insensitive and say suicide is not the answer or "Whatever it is, it's bearable," because, if I was a betting man, I'd bet life has been relatively good to you and you don't know what you're talking about. Don't be judgmental and say they gave up too easily or made the wrong choice because there's always another way 'coz frankly, I don't think they'd give a )@mn about alternatives if they couldn't see it or, worse, if it is denied to them. Honestly, though, I don't think we should even be asked whether suicide should be legal or not. When it comes to situations harsh enough to push a man (or woman) on the brink of bringing about his/her own death, does it matter whatever the law says? Just my two cents (which, I'm aware, happened to be so long, I think it'd make a dollar or two)

This is a topic morbidly close to my heart and the replies to it have touched on a heartstring or two. It is selfish, yes, as I'm sure a person on the brink of self-destruction is aware of. However, I doubt that person will care the least bit about society's morals. Pardon my sarcasm but it does seem ambivalent to 1) admit a suicidal person's condition must be unimaginable and 2) generalize that "whatever it is, it's bearable" Let's see, how bearable is it to be rejected by friends and family because of your sexuality? How bearable is doubling over in pain regularly because of an illness that has no cure? How bearable is it to curl up in hunger because you haven't the money to buy food, much less, put a roof over your head? How bearable is it to have been raped, humiliated and now, shunned by the entire community? How bearable is it to live through the stigma of having AIDS you know you got from a careless transfusion when people around you mumble and whisper words like *BLEEP*, **** or, for the more genteel of you, sexually promiscuous? The world is a big scary place and just because some people can't see the horrors it is capable of doesn't mean those horrors do not exist to haunt people elsewhere. Really, it is quite insensitive to say, "whatever it is, it's bearable" It is as inhumane as a doctor saying, "Shush! That's nothing!" to a patient with broken ribs. It ain't that cruel. I think it is only sensible, from a humanitarian POV. I mean, instead of burning you body to ashes or feeding your body to worms, which in my opinion is so much better in that it nurtures life other than that of another human's, why not just donate it to someone who needs it more than you do? It's true; when you're dead, every other person needs your organs more than you.

Oh please. At the very least, read the post well before you reply. The link's in the original poster's sig.

Well, as for me, I've been pretty much enamored with the word "sorcerer", I like it much more than "witch", "wizard" or "mage". I've Googled for its translation in my native tongue and was fortunate to find out there's no significant site which owns it yet (except for an IMDB entry of a movie with the same name)Try it, Google for "salamangkero" and might I add I'm proud to have my blog as the first result? (Usually, it's first place unless it remains stagnant for long and the IMDB entry overtakes my blog)

Oookay, I am so... offended is a very harsh word so let's just say my feathers were ruffled a bit, hm? I use the Internet not only for entertainment but also as a means to keep in touch with the rest of the world. I don't watch TV much 'coz I'm usually asleep when they have the good shows on (they have some pretty good shows, right? Err, right?) We also buy newspapers only on weekends and on Mondays so whatever happens during weekdays completely beats me. I do have a mobile phone but compared to instant messaging, sending even an SMS message seems totally expensive. Lastly, we also have a home phone but like hell I'd divulge that number to anyone who I happen to know! So that pretty much leaves the Internet as my everything. I blog, check on my friends, chat with other people, leave messages and, most of all, send and receive email on a daily basis. How crucial is it for me to get online daily? Very. Aside from having a dialup connection and living in an area affected by the Taiwan quake, I am also unfortunate enough to have my connection cut off from time to time. Some completely irreverent souls pilfer great lengths of phone cable, effectively cutting me off. In times of typhoons, I also find my electricity supply cut off. I would have applied for DSL but it was unavailable in our area. I also subscribed for wireless broadband but our house was surrounded by tall structures, making it impossible to get a decent connection. Life pretty much sucks like that and, despite having a penis, I throw a PMS fit everytime my Internet connection is lost. Do I have no life? I beg to differ; I have a very colorful life online. Oh, did I mention I was a computer science student on top of that?

I just read on the newspaper, about a month or two ago, about something I think they called LifeStraw. Basically, it's a tall plastic cylinder you can conveniently wear around your neck. It filters a lot of microbes and nasty stuff from dirty water, rendering it, more or less, potable. Costing a dollar or three, this was to be used so African people can drink from the river without much worry. I hear that water sucked from this "straw" has an iodine aftertaste and that there are certain chemicals it cannot take out of the water.Still, if these people, who have never seen scientists in their life, could trust their life to a handful of foreigners telling them to suck water through a plastic cylinder, why can't we, citizens of better-off countries trust our own chemists and engineers to know what's good for us? These people aren't even foreigners, they're one of us, our neighbor, friend, employer or possibly a relative of ours. Science ain't all that bad; just because we made the mistake of spraying CFC's on our atmosphere and belched carbon dioxide into the skies doesn't mean all pills from the local pharmacist are poisonous or carcinogens.In the same way, I don't see you guys having problems with your own tap water. Even my paranoid chemistry teacher contented herself with boiling/freezing water depending on her mood, I guess. (Traditionally, boiling water is the safer method but it does consume fuel. Freezing water, on the other hand, kills some microbes but there are others that survive temperatures well below freezing)My parents, on the other hand, buy water filters, just like almost everyone in the country (that is, for those who could afford it)

Oookay, thank you very much for your colorful and fairly imaginative opinion, which, might I point out, is practically irrelevant to the topic. I have another idea, though. My previous posts, by mentioning the mere impossibility of time travel forward or backward, imply that we have no other choice but to believe UFO's, as we know them, are not man-made. However, it might still be possible that these crafts are made by humans, after all. We might have clandestine military personnel, undiscovered civilizations, psychic groups or some other previously unknown clan or tribes hidden deep within the frigid Himalayan range, under the Atlantic ocean or even deeper within the Pacific. Yes, they could quite possibly still be humans, caught in an environment that makes it impossible for us, the outside world, to get an up close and personal look with our scrutinizing eyes and antiquated technologies. So it could be humans, after all, only, they're not from the future. They're from here and now!

First, I'd like to point out that I am aware the thread title is "Coming Out of the Closet" Seriously, though, I don't see the reason behind this predisposition, among homosexual people, mostly, to "come out of the closet" I mean, I do understand myself it is nowhere near a grand melodramatic ceremony where one finally announces to the world he's gay (or she's lesbian). I am also aware that we do have these moments when we simply needed to tell the people closest to us, because we trust them or whatever other reasons. What I don't understand is this... sense of urgency, the need felt by a lot of gay people to "come out of the closet", in all the senses of the phrase. See, for me, it just means admitting your sexuality to one or more people close to you. So regardless whether you drop the bomb on a silent crowd or steal some poor bride's thunder on her wedding reception, it all boils down to the same thing, which is saying you're gay (or lesbian) to people close to you. I guess what puzzles me is why some homosexuals talk about "coming out" in school or in one's own community. I mean, sure, people can be really friendly and congenial but that doesn't mean everyone in school needs to know of one's own sexuality, right? I, for one, do not hide my homosexuality in the real world but I do not flaunt it either. Some outspoken gay activists in our campus would happily call us gutless cowards. On the other hand, people like me do not think being gay is something to be celebrated. If anything, I would totally loathe to be associated with loud screaming *BLEEP*s who think that just because they're gay, they have the right to drop their manners on the floor and screech like herons with avian flu. Anyway, the point is, coming out need not be a spectacular and sudden cataclysm in the social environment. After all, you'd do better doing anything but offering information to those who could care less for it. Otherwise, one of the feedback you'd probably receive will go along the lines of "So what if you're gay?" Just be yourself, exhibit a limp wrist, dress in drag, go man-hunting, be as slutty or as genteel as you wish, flirt with boys or, heaven forbid, scream in the highest pitch. If people do genuinely care about your sexuality, they'd ask, "Are you gay?" and that time, when you're certain they want your answer, you'd be ready with your, "Yes." As Dr. Seuss once said, "Be who you are because the ones who matter don't mind and the ones who mind don't matter."

True, that'd be nice and all but that's not all there is to it. I've watched Dungeons and Dragons 2, which ain't a very good movie at all, but it did enlighten me on the dangers of teleportation across time, space or both. Sure, we're lucky enough to be an infinitesimal speck in the vastness of space. However, on the off chance, what if we were teleported into a brick wall? The core of the sun? A blackhole? 2 seconds before an atomic/nuclear ground zero? A fusion reactor? Although, if it is of any comfort, the likelihood of that, like I said, is a thousand to one. Not too small to be safe but, well, it's just there Ultimately, I'd concede that UFO's are products of future humans only if I have ascertained that time travel relative to an object, say the Earth's core or the centremost atom of the world, were possible.

Whoo-hoo! Finally! A thread where I (just possibly) might belong and feel at home! I'm basically out online so anyone who knows my online identities could very easily know of my sexuality. I'm being vague offline though; I don't disclose my "secret" where it is unnecessary.Of course, that did result in some... awkward moments like a girl having a crush on me.Although I must admit, I am also curious how you handle the constant criticism?I'd like to point out, though, that Darran's question: "What made you decide to have a partner of the same sexuality?" is kinda... I dunno. Slightly offensive? I mean, it is clear that choosing the sexuality of our partners has a lot to do with our own sexuality. Ultimately, it does seem presumptuous, assuming that homosexuality (or bisexuality, or even heterosexuality, for that matter) is a choice an individual can make. I think it is not, but if you have other ideas, do be kind enough to share

Ahh, I see. So if I said, "Rarr, I wanna kill a thousand females," or "Let's go smash the skulls of a thousand Catholics," or even, "One CEO, stabbity-stab, two CEO's, stabbity-stab, three..." it'd be genocide. On the other hand, if I just said, "I want to kill a million bystanders," or, "Let's bomb the local stadium," or, "Toss a coin. Heads, you die. Tail, you toss again," simply counts as ordinary, non-exciting, flat gray and boring mass murder. However, what if I said, "I wanna kill a thousand idiots," or, "I'll kill every female in our neighborhood," or even, "Burn, baby! Burn!" in its most literal sense, does that count as genocide? All this is a kinda roundabout way of asking, "How specific should the specific intent be to determine whether it is genocide or nothing more than an ordinary, non-exciting, flat gray and boring mass murder?"

It is quite bad enough that I'm a dialup user living on a suburban environment DSL cannot reach and wireless broadband sucks big-time. Now, I have to deal with this slow Internet connection! I've heard that it was two optic cables that were damaged. Also, ISP's are looking westward to Europe for alternate routes, effectively congesting the network and, ultimately, giving me more lag than I'm used to. I'm not sure if we have cables running through the Pacific to the Americas but if we did... well )@mn! By the way, just a side note while we were on the topic of seismic activity, did you know that Tokyo, in the words of Bill McGuire, is a city waiting to die? I've been reading a chilly e-Book, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson well into the chilly winter nights and, honestly, it's not exactly the material for pleasant dreams. Anyway, an excerpt: I dunno, the thought just popped into my head, what will happen if it does rock Tokyo? Will it affect a lot of other countries as well? How many Internet dependent individuals like me will be severely inconvenienced? How many mirror sites in Tokyo will go down? How many aunts of other people will die? Why am I talking in questions nobody can answer for sure? One thing's for sure; I do agree with the aforementioned author when he said, "we live in a world that doesnt altogether seem to want us here."

I'd like to point you guys into this link to Sal's Realm of Runescape. It's got he nifties guides I've ever read, both for free and paid members of Runescape. It also gets updated regularly, especially whenever there is a strange, new interesting event in-game, which comes as no surprise since its owner is, himself/herself also a Runescape player.

Au contraire, it does download some stuff into your computer like maps, although it's still comparatively smaller than other mainstream, graphics-intensive games. Try deleting everything in your browser's cache. You'll find that your play will almost always be interrupted when a new map loads everytime you step into another area I have a nagging suspicion that it does download a virus or Trojan of some sort. Not confirmed, though.

They are, well, more or less. See, it's a Java applet game and being such puts a very uncomfortable limit on its graphics capabilities. (I personally think Java is not exactly the best language to use if you wanted graphics. You'd be better off with C# and DirectX) It's not all that bad, I mean, Runescape is free, more or less playable, runs on any applet-enabled browser and runs on any platform running the aforementioned browser. So you don't have to be a slave of Windows, you could play it on Linux, or OS X, you could play on an IBM, MAC or any other computer that supports GUI's Methinks they have reached a plateau for their graphics. They are making excellent progress in sounds, though. By excellent, I meant, comparatively excellent for a Java applet game. I don't always play it, though. I just go there when I'm really, REALLY, REALLY bored. Oh, I also go there during Easter, Hallowe'en and Christmas, for the holiday drops

Truth be told, this theory, where these "aliens" are actually humans of the future, sounds a lot more believable at first. For one, a very large obstacle to the extraterrestrial theory so difficult to overcome is the problem of traveling through space.Unless some non-imaginative fanatic of Star Trek would like to tell me again how warp drive powered by antimatter engine will soon be a reality or how wormholes will be the key to faster than light travel, I see no means for any alien civilization out there could come here, nab a few people/cattle, even say hello or booyah! It does, at first, seem plausible that time travel is much easier than faster-than-light travel.However, consider this, oft-unconsidered, problem with time travel. Nah, never mind about killing your ancestor or changing the past. The problem is, if you were to travel through time even just a single millisecond, wher would you end up?The intuitive answer would be, "Surely, I'd still be here, right on the spot I'm standin' on." However, where is "here"?Remember that the tectonic plates are moving about the earth, the earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun, the sun moves through space about the Milky Way and, heaven knows, the Milky Way moves about as well. In short, "here" is currently hurtling through space thousands, if not more, miles an hour. What's to say that were you to travel one millisecond, you wouldn't end up in the middle of interstellar or, heaven forbid, intergalactic space?Just a "cold" and "chilling" thought. Pun intended

All this talk about nanites got me thinking. Sure, I mean, it's already possible to create nanotechnology devices that work by themselves but withe each other?I'd like to take this "Swiss Army Knife" with a grain of salt. If it were, as described, claytronics, what's to assure that the form it takes is suitably adapted to function in pretty much the same manner a sthe object it mimics?How does a claytronic hammer compare to the run-of-the mill hammers we have? Can it withstand enough stress to effectively push a nail through wood? How about those running shoes? Are they soft enough not to hurt your feet yet firm enough to protect your soles from sharp rocky extrusions?If this claytronic mass were, indeed, composed of nanites, it could be compared to animated sand, where the particles are small enough to fill the greatest possible space yet large enough to contain the driving mechanism. So saying, I surmised it won't hold water or any other non-viscous liquid. Another fluid, air, could easily pass through it as well. So saying, I doubt they could be actually used for telepresence, that is, "faxing" yourself to another part of the world. Sure, they could copy every detail of your anatomy but they cannot speak, the air would pass right through its "lungs" and "diaphragm", producing no more than a husky, raspy, gasping and creaking sound.Then again, I could very well be wrong. If I ever see the day this becomes a practical reality, I might as well die on the spot

Oh, thank gawd, Google Pilipinas wasn't like that. I mean, yeah, technically, it was all like our language was butchered but on second thought, that's almost exactly how we speak here. Web is displayed as web, 'coz if it were translated as "sapot" it would refer to a spider web and not the www. Likewise, the words advertising and directory were retained. This is the first time I was made aware of this. All along, all I had was my Klingon Google tlhIngan Hol. I changed the homepage in the computer lab to this and everyone was like, "What the... nejwI' 'Itlh?!?" Up 'til now, I am still using the Klingon Google. However, I'm also quite enamored with Google Bork, bork, bork! I just might try it some time