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We could have a contest to decide!

If you ask LadyCrimson nicely, I'm sure she might host them for you.

This isn't the first time this has been published. (I believe the last time was due to Spain's communist party floating it.) There is less than 0.1% difference between humans of all types. But humans have about 97% junk DNA (almost half of the human genome) that "exists for the pure and simple reason that they are good at getting themselves duplicated".* If fact, over 60% of the genes are fundamentally those found in fruit flies. At least 90% correlate at some level to those found in mice. (We even have the same genes for making a tail, if we switch it on.)** We have 46 chromosomes. Some ferns have more than 600.** Actually, the real reason that humans are unique in this world is not because they are conscious; many (maybe even most) animals are conscious. Humans are the only beings that use symbolic representation, which allows us to conceptualize beyond the immediate, present tense of the world. There are three different levels of cognition, according to Terrence Deacon in his seminal work The Symbolic Brain: iconic, indexical and symbolic. Chimpanzees, and all the great apes, do not have symbolic brains. * Woolfson, Adrian Life Without Genes ** Bryson, Bill A Short History of Nearly Everything

There are a lot of refugees overrunning Syria. *Doesn't google exact figures.*

What are you waiting for? Quick, finish it!

Get the PSX version and run it via emulator. You can even up the resolution with proper plugins. I swapped a couple of old DVDs that I didn't want for a secondhand PSone and Tombraider. Brilliant. *merged*

DoD Hearts of Iron 2

I like it.

Of course, if you and everyone else stops buying the games, we still won't have any Art Blog. In fact, we wouldn't have this forum either! But the blog said that you guys are too busy and I thought... :sad: In this wretched reality there is only bad choices and it seems I

Weird? Absolutely not. Western news sites are supposed to be the first ones to be blocked, as they usually present an alternative viewpoint to Chinese media. On the other hand, torrents do not pose any political threat, it is mostly entertainment. Also, remember the attitude to intellectual property in China, so who would care about it? Sounds like a perfect medium for pirate political views to breach the Chinese barrier ...

Three points: Without water you will die VERY quickly. A mirror is both lightweight and useful to signal (but only during the day). Petrol would be necessary for nocturnal signalling, but how many search parties are active during the dark? You would eat the fish raw.

A contest is a good idea. Maybe, if it's good enough, we can think of a prize ... "

You are ignoring the fact that, now that the Coalition has removed Iraq (as a power) from the region, Iran is THE regional h

Dont be daft. Do you really think theres even a slight possibility of that happening? Not for this reason.

Good, because I don't want to suffer acute cuteness toxicity.

Well, actually, the coffee in the UK is better than that found in (most) of the US, too ...

That's not quite correct. As it was, Xerxes was able to retreat leisurely (it took him over a month-and-a-half* to meander back through Macedon and Thrace, to the Hellespont pontoon-bridges he built to get across from continental Asia to Europe, back to the Persian land); yes he had his Imperial navy, too, but that was for fighting, not for troop transport. (Another story and probably more interesting battle concerning the Athenian's brand new navy of 200 triremes versus the best seamen in the world: the Ph

That is the cutest puppy I have seen all day. Socks would have been apt, but predictable. Quick, take her away, before she makes me cuddle her!

Does Bok get two titles? "

Just finished VALIS (PKD). Not everyday you read a new cosmogony.

Well, that's more down to attention-seeking.

At least you can get a good cuppa in the UK.

Me likey.