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Fake Iraq pictures and other stuff
by ball. inall the talk of fake (or not fake) pictures of troops in iraq, not too mention the number of fake pictures mates send me in emails, and not to mention the revolution in fake body parts, particularly boobs, leads me to wonder about the future.
will we live in a world in 50 years time, where every time you look at a picture, your mind is immediately pre-occupied with whether it is real or not, every picture looked at with a critical eye... no longer does a picture contain a thousand words, but may be a thousand lies also.
we've all seen the fake moon landings, haven't we?
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Rip-Off Alert for Brits on BT
by ball. ina warning to you all if you use bt.
1)directory enquiries prices changing from 25/3/04 .
connection charge 40p+15p per min was .
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Watchtower an NGO for the UN
by ball. inwe all know the story of the watchtower's membership of the un.. here's a hypothetical situation.
you start studying to become a witness and they ask what you do.
you work for the un, say a researcher or something you can do in any town or city.
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Dilema about posting on another board
by ball. inwell, i noticed my amateur science posts and mumblings about quantum mechanics don't get much response here so i joined a physics message board.
it's great!
i get loads of relpies over there.
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Saturday science
by ball. inwrite the word choice in clear capital letters on a piece of paper and look at it in the mirror.
then slowly turn the paper through 180 degrees.
ok find that interesting?
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Has this happened to you?
by ball. ini just went round the corner for a breakfast in the local cafe, and as i was about to go in, there was a jw, one of my best mates, just coming out.
i just stood there and looked at him in amazement, as i haven't seen him in 10 years and he had changed a lot.
i guess i have too.
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Does anyone see a problem with this?
by ball. in3 quotes about masterbation, blood and birthdays:
true, the words "masturbation" and "self-abuse" are not in the bible.
the mosaic law speaks of "emission of semen," but as bible commentators point out, the reference is to involuntary nocturnal emissions, not self-induced ejaculations.
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The Brain
by ball. ini know this maybe unhealthy but i think it maybe interesting to some people from a scientific point of view.. i have been playing a game online for about 2 years now and i find if i play the game solidly for about 2 hours, my brain goes into an altered state, where i suddenly feel my brain speed up, and i become unaware of anything else in the room.
in a sense, i actually "enter" into the game, but what i think is happening is that the brain *learns* to see the game in a new way.
bascially, the brain wires itself up to experience being in the game as opposed to seeing it on a monitor screen.. i guess this is why it feels like the brain is speeding up, because it starts using dedicated circuitry to deal with the information pouring in through the eyes and ears.
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Tell us something we don't know
by ball. in.
come on, tell us a random fact or two about you that bears no relevance to anything else.. i am getting repetative strain injury from holding a mouse.. i've also always wanted to go on "who wants to be a millionare" and say "i'll take the money" after the first 100 and walking out.. .
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freefall sky diving
by ball. inthinking of taking up sky diving or at least becoming a qualified sky diver in a week, this summer, in about 8 dives.
i was looking to do a bungee jump, and then thought of this instead.
it will cost only about 1200 plus the flights to spain and accomodation.. .