Cygnia Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Camel beauty pageant kicks out 12 animals for Botox Christopher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Ursula K. Le Guin has died at 88 Pattern Ghost, L. Marcus and Cygnia 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Ugh. Sad to lose her. Bazza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 More here https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Hey look, draconian enforcement and confiscation of property by police . . . and they aren't American! Dutch Police to Confiscate Clothes from People Who Look Too Poor to Wear Them Here, I looked up local coverage, for those who don't care for National Review Critics slam Rotterdam police plan to confiscate expensive clothes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 51 minutes ago, Sociotard said: Hey look, draconian enforcement and confiscation of property by police . . . and they aren't American! Dutch Police to Confiscate Clothes from People Who Look Too Poor to Wear Them Here, I looked up local coverage, for those who don't care for National Review Critics slam Rotterdam police plan to confiscate expensive clothes That is largely their plan. How much they are actually allowed to confiscate legally is another mater altogether. Of course this is one of those cases, where even in context it will propably still sound like a stupid idea. So there is definetly that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 It’s official: Australia is a better country than the US https://qz.com/1186469/wef-davos-2018-australia-is-a-better-country-than-the-us-according-to-the-latest-best-countries-report/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Can't argue with that. Towards the end of the article it lists "Best Country for Women: Denmark". I really could use some more context before I spend money on a plane ticket. Christopher, Sociotard and assault 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Doctor Poo Clones Monkeys One step closer to human cloning. Spare parts for us old farts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 14 hours ago, Pattern Ghost said: Doctor Poo Clones Monkeys One step closer to human cloning. Spare parts for us old farts! Since (contrary to popular belief) clones don't grow up at an accelerated rate, you would need about twenty-five years of a head start before any of those parts are ready to use, during which time the clone would develop her own personality and live her own life (If I am not mistaken, there have yet to be any male clones). If you turn around after all that time and say "Give me your liver! You have no choice!", you are commiting a massively immoral act -- and the clone is unlikely to be cooperative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Mark E Smith of The Fall has died http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42811968 Also Hugh Masekela has died http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42786749 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 R.I.P. Horror Author Jack Ketchum Has Died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: Since (contrary to popular belief) clones don't grow up at an accelerated rate, you would need about twenty-five years of a head start before any of those parts are ready to use, during which time the clone would develop her own personality and live her own life (If I am not mistaken, there have yet to be any male clones). If you turn around after all that time and say "Give me your liver! You have no choice!", you are commiting a massively immoral act -- and the clone is unlikely to be cooperative. We made a movie about that concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 A prominent member of Germany’s far-right anti-Islam party just converted to Islam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 41 minutes ago, Sociotard said: A prominent member of Germany’s far-right anti-Islam party just converted to Islam They are of course "pro family values". Anti gay rights. Anti Patchwork Family. One of the party leaders is a married Lesbian, with a child from first marriage. A former leader was having her 5th child, from the afair she married. You simply can not make shit like that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 13 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: Since (contrary to popular belief) clones don't grow up at an accelerated rate, you would need about twenty-five years of a head start before any of those parts are ready to use, Yes, yes. That's why it's good that they're starting now. Also, you only need to age one to about 9 to 12 for it to develop an adult-sized brain holder. So, if they also get cracking on brain transplant research too, by the time I hit old age I'll be all set to go through puberty again. It's simple, really. Don't you even think these things through, Michael? Also, doesn't matter if they have a personality, that's gone with the brain. Duh. As to the male clone issue: Look, if I get to have a whole second lifespan, that's fine. By the time on my next one, they'll likely have cracked the male clone issue.I'll just have to be a prettier me for one turn. EDIT: Looks like they're already working this one out. Seriously. I've got this all planned, quit being a Debbie Downer. And thank you for being my straight man. I was waiting for someone to post something like that so I could follow up with this post. Well done. pinecone and Lawnmower Boy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Christopher said: We made a movie about that concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film) Better known as Parts: The Clonus Horror from 1979, and used for an episode of MST3K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 3 hours ago, Christopher said: They are of course "pro family values". Anti gay rights. Anti Patchwork Family. One of the party leaders is a married Lesbian, with a child from first marriage. A former leader was having her 5th child, from the afair she married. You simply can not make shit like that up. What's a patchwork family? Lucius Alexander Pro palindromedary values Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 Just about all of them, in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 I see your new tech and lay down old fossils! https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/25/580811109/new-fossil-found-in-israel-suggests-a-much-earlier-human-migration-out-of-africa Now let's mix them and see if it's two great tastes that can taste great together!! (Madscience laugh!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 56 minutes ago, Lucius said: What's a patchwork family? The Brady Bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 10 minutes ago, Hermit said: I see your new tech and lay down old fossils! https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/25/580811109/new-fossil-found-in-israel-suggests-a-much-earlier-human-migration-out-of-africa Now let's mix them and see if it's two great tastes that can taste great together!! (Madscience laugh!) It gets a bit weird towards the end, with stuff like: "Genetic evidence suggests humans alive today have descended from a group of humans who left Africa about 60,000 years ago." Something got a bit garbled there. Aside from anything else, it would be interesting to know when the ancestors of the modern population of Africa returned to Africa... The dating of the settlement of Australia is a bit of a problem here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, assault said: The dating of the settlement of Australia is a bit of a problem here too. Makes sense... It's hard to date anyone who's trying to kill you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 6 hours ago, Lucius said: What's a patchwork family? Oh right, a english sounding term that is not actually used in English. Wo do have a lot of those in german. "Stepfamily" seems to be the closest approximation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepfamily But any family in wich the genetic parent of some children might no longer live with the family. It also extend to "raising children, but not married" and "having foster children". The usual "failed lifemodel". In wich I was raised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 12 hours ago, assault said: It gets a bit weird towards the end, with stuff like: "Genetic evidence suggests humans alive today have descended from a group of humans who left Africa about 60,000 years ago." Something got a bit garbled there. Aside from anything else, it would be interesting to know when the ancestors of the modern population of Africa returned to Africa... The dating of the settlement of Australia is a bit of a problem here too. For a long time there was the notion that a population in Southern Africa (sub Saharan) didn't have any DNA markers from other homo species that failed to make the cut. It's still true for neanderthal in their bloodline but evidence was found of non-neanderthral markers in this population more recently, though. In any case - migration from Eurasia back to Africa was wide spread and continuous. Wander out, interbreed with other things that looked compatible for a few thousand years, wander back. Eventually adapt enough that the place you wander back to in generational wandering isn't as far away. That basically sums up human pre-history (and modern, really) in a nutshell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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