Thursday Randomness
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." -- Albert Einstein
Redheads don't feel your pain
"The nature of it is still being worked out, but it does appear that redheads . . . require less anesthetic to block out certain pains," Prof. Ian Jackson told London's Daily Mail.
o_O? Very interesting. Another thumbs up to redheads! (though I wonder where they got the redheaded mice for the study!!?!)
Bush Signs $286.4 Billion Highway Bill
Alaska, the third-least populated state, for instance, got the fourth most money for special projects - $941 million
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Pacific Rim nations pushing ahead of U.S. in engineering
"Our ability to innovate in this country is diminishing. If you look at the number of patents, they are shifting now to other places. Scientific papers that are published, citations - we are clearly losing ground in terms of the competitive stance we've had"
|-O-O-|! Oh No! We need more Geeks! Fast!!!!
Warming hits 'tipping point'
the west Siberian peat bog could hold some 70bn tonnes of methane, a quarter of all of the methane stored in the ground around the world.
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Again on the topic of tolerance... You can tolerate and even love someone else without having to agree with their opinions or choices. Tolerance does not require agreement (or even support), but simply by respectful acceptance and compassion towards each other regardless of agreement status. Being married for 15 years has taught me that sometimes even husband and wife don't see eye to eye. There's still love and acceptance, even in the midst of disagreement - a good example for tolerance in other relationships.
I heard an oil company representative on the radio this morning who said (paraphrasing) that he was surprised that gasoline buying habits haven't curbed due to the high prices. He goes on to say that they may experimentally raise prices to see how high they can push them.
??!?!?!?!?!?! Yeah, we all have to continue to go to work and school!!! We'll simply spend less on other things and save less. Sheesh. Some people are a bit disconnected from reality (is that a bad thing? ;-P )...
Pinky: Whoof, oh, I'd have to say the odds of that are terribly slim, Brain.
Brain: True.
Pinky: I mean, really, when have I ever been pondering what you've been pondering?
Brain: To my knowledge, never.
Pinky: Exactly. So, what are the chances that this time, I'm pondering what you're pondering?
Brain: Next to nil.
Pinky: Well, that's exactly what I'm thinking, too.
Brain: Therefore, you are pondering what I'm pondering.
Pinky: Poit, I guess I am!
Redheads don't feel your pain
"The nature of it is still being worked out, but it does appear that redheads . . . require less anesthetic to block out certain pains," Prof. Ian Jackson told London's Daily Mail.
o_O? Very interesting. Another thumbs up to redheads! (though I wonder where they got the redheaded mice for the study!!?!)
Bush Signs $286.4 Billion Highway Bill
Alaska, the third-least populated state, for instance, got the fourth most money for special projects - $941 million
o_
Pacific Rim nations pushing ahead of U.S. in engineering
"Our ability to innovate in this country is diminishing. If you look at the number of patents, they are shifting now to other places. Scientific papers that are published, citations - we are clearly losing ground in terms of the competitive stance we've had"
|-O-O-|! Oh No! We need more Geeks! Fast!!!!
Warming hits 'tipping point'
the west Siberian peat bog could hold some 70bn tonnes of methane, a quarter of all of the methane stored in the ground around the world.
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Again on the topic of tolerance... You can tolerate and even love someone else without having to agree with their opinions or choices. Tolerance does not require agreement (or even support), but simply by respectful acceptance and compassion towards each other regardless of agreement status. Being married for 15 years has taught me that sometimes even husband and wife don't see eye to eye. There's still love and acceptance, even in the midst of disagreement - a good example for tolerance in other relationships.
I heard an oil company representative on the radio this morning who said (paraphrasing) that he was surprised that gasoline buying habits haven't curbed due to the high prices. He goes on to say that they may experimentally raise prices to see how high they can push them.
??!?!?!?!?!?! Yeah, we all have to continue to go to work and school!!! We'll simply spend less on other things and save less. Sheesh. Some people are a bit disconnected from reality (is that a bad thing? ;-P )...
Pinky: Whoof, oh, I'd have to say the odds of that are terribly slim, Brain.
Brain: True.
Pinky: I mean, really, when have I ever been pondering what you've been pondering?
Brain: To my knowledge, never.
Pinky: Exactly. So, what are the chances that this time, I'm pondering what you're pondering?
Brain: Next to nil.
Pinky: Well, that's exactly what I'm thinking, too.
Brain: Therefore, you are pondering what I'm pondering.
Pinky: Poit, I guess I am!