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HI Everyone, I am new here and this is the first time I've joined a forum. I don't even know whether this message is gonna show up or not. (Fingers Crossed) I just hope that it will and someone will reply. Though I don't know yet if I am allowed to post this kind of stuff. Anyway, I would just like to say that I am just a novice and know nothing about anything. I just hope that I will learn lots of things from u guys and hope to make some new friends. I had this one question though - can I post ( For instance ) any kind of (say) mathematical problem or ask questions like - what is red blood corpuscle ? I mean how do I interact with u guys or this forum ? …

Sony has its greasy little fingers in all the little media honey pots all over the globe: movies, music, video games and all the delivery systems for these products. Now they think they have influence enough to ban music from being played in public establishments? Pay royalties? With all the feeling and passion I can muster, I say this. "Sorry buck futters." Half of these morons' income comes from their music being played in public places by such extablishments, coffee shops, doctors offices and the like, and they have the gawl to charge these people money to play it in the first place? Does a dentist have to pay daily royaltees for the painting on his wall?…

http://www.j2h.net/music/j2h_site.php?ID=140 It's in Japanese, but the picture / video should get the message across. ...so touching

Day 10 of a Brown Recluse bite. YUM!!!!

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-bake-sale-protest,0,5768770,print.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines DALLAS -- Southern Methodist University shut down a bake sale Wednesday in which cookies were offered for sale at different prices, depending on the buyer's race or gender. The sale was organized by the Young Conservatives of Texas, who said it was intended as a protest of affirmative action. A sign said white males had to pay $1 for a cookie. The price was 75 cents for white women, 50 cents for Hispanics and 25 cents for blacks. Members of the conservative group said they meant no offense and were only trying to protest the us…

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I found a site that helps illustrate the problems of translations across languages. I often find that people find it hard to conceive that there is rarely a piece of text that can be directly translated; it’s nice to have a demonstration. Plus it's funny! http://www.tashian.com/multibabel/ Original English Text: I know why the caged bird sings Translated to French: Je sais pourquoi l'oiseau mis en cage chante Translated back to English: I know why the bird put out of cage sings Translated to German: Ich weiß, warum der Vogel, der aus Rahmen heraus gesetzt wird, singt Translated back to English: I know, why the bird, which is set from framewor…

Flims that I'm going to see in Leeds next month:- Cowboy Bebop http://www.leedsfilm.com/filmpage.asp?filmId=149 The film! In a swish film place! Kill Bill: Volume 1 http://www.leedsfilm.com/filmpage.asp?filmId=148 Tarintino before it's general release! Bubba Ho-tep http://www.leedsfilm.com/filmpage.asp?filmId=237 Bruce Campbell as Elvis in A retirement home being chased by a Egyptian mummy called 'Bubba'. With JFK. YAY! And somehow Blike managed to get distribution for his propaganda film:- Bike Like You Mean It http://www.leedsfilm.com/filmpage.asp?filmId=280 WTF???????

http://www.lucidity.com/LucidDreamingFAQ2.html This stuff is fun. I did the clapping thing a week or so ago. If you don't know what "the clapping thing" is, it is when you look at your hands and clap while dreaming to assert control over the dream. Anyone here any good at this?

It`s been annonced today that in the UK the police will no longer arrest you for possesion of cannabis, and in 4 months time it will be degraded in status to a class C drug. no weights or exact measurements were given as to how much constitutes possesion or "dealing", but it`s a step in the right direction and I don`t even smoke the stuff !!!

Hello Everyone. I am 13 and in 8th grade. But please do not judge me upon that. I may not be as educated in science as some others on this forums site. But I will listen and do my research. I hope that this can further increase my knowledge of science. I hope enjoy my stay here and I hope there is a good community. My favorite areas of science are Biology and Genetics. Thank You.

Hey, I just damaged a bus stop sign... pretty badly. I imagine I'm going to be paying for it in a day or two. Who owns bus stop signs so that I may nip this in the bud? Also, would it be a hit and run if I were to "exit stage left" as it were? I did not do anything illegal, but I did damage municipal (not sure) property.

We are leet. While optimizing the database: Optimization Results Total Space Saved: 92.875 Kb You have run this script: 13 times 1337 Kb saved since its first execution! | | | | | | | V Just think, you'll never get those 3 seconds of your life back. mwahahaha.

I'm right below the center of the second white bar.

C'mon...let's chat. I'm going there now...I love chatting but even when some of you are there you seem to be "busy". I know I'm a bit tragic but I like the chatroom....

I got a front-page article on Slashdot. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/03/160241&mode=thread&tid=103&tid=123&tid=141&tid=188&tid=99 "Quite a few" comments too. I rock :banana:

Come on this is rediculous. The music industry is trying to scare everyone into not downloading any music but I won't stand for it. I've downloaded lots of music since they started this bullshit. I hate them. They can't stop people from doing things like this. 15 dollars for a CD, yeah right.

Have you ever watched it? Do you think it's cool? Have you ever played the videogame? Is it "better" than UFC? I for one think it's a pretty cool sport. I like it more than I like boxing, and I think it's about time this type of fighting can be broadcast and have a big following. I'm relatively new to watching but so far I like it a lot. It really tests the emotions and skills that humans have. Not to mention its pretty damn exciting, it gets your adrenaline flowing. You never know when someones gonna land that big face crushing flying knee or thundering knock out punch. A lot of skill is involved in managing yourself when someone tries to get you into a submission, and y…

I only got a 3 on my AP chemistry exam:(

A nearly completed, $239 million weather satellite toppled to the floor as it was being moved at a Lockheed Martin plant and was seriously damaged, officials said Tuesday. Check out the picture: Here (just a small warning, the website has an obscenity in the name)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3104022.stm I live here! I had to make alternative travel arrrangements tonight because I sure as hell wasnt walking up Albert Drive. Ive even shopped in the place that got firebombed, what is going on!!! I live about 4 minutes walk away!

I love the BBC's reporting http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3100550.stm Just standing under David Blaines little box going 'oooh, it's a bit boring isn't it?' to nobody in general. Don't know if you heard about in the US, but the Londoners are annoyed with david, they keep chucking food at him and playing drums under his plastic tub. It's funny people just trying to mess with his mind. He didn't get that in the US. I'm trying to convince Sayonara³ to come down with us so we can walk around his a box with a sign that says:- Heh.

You don't see me, just photons bouncing around.. anyhow, greetings!

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I am Demosthenes. I am a moderator and a loudmouth over on HackerNetwork.com. A relatively new member over there, Dudde, suggested I check out this place, and I find it intriguing, though I do need to read a few more threads to get a feel for your forum here. Anyway, I just thought I'd make a "hello" thread here and introduce myself before wading into any serious discussions or giving any input on any of the topics of interest.