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12-13-2010, 01:52 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Perhaps you've heard..?
 According to the just-unembargoed research paper “A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus,” the much-debated possibility of a terrestrial “shadow biosphere” (that is, “a second genesis for life on this planet”) has allegedly been confirmed by scientists studying the microbes of California’s arsenic-rich Mono Lake. From Cosmic Log: [/indent]In the paper published today, the researchers report that some of the bacteria could survive on arsenic and incorporate it into their cellular biochemistry. Instead of the usual phosphate-rich DNA, they observed arsenate-rich DNA. Heightened levels of arsenic also showed up in the cell’s proteins and fats. The scientists used mass spectroscopy, radioactive labeling and X-ray fluorescence to confirm that the arsenic was really being used in the biomolecules rather than merely contaminating the cells.[/indent]
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12-13-2010, 07:00 PM
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Riding the Ocean Spray
Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa
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Even life as we don't know it. I think humans typically sell short the other little critters and microbes while overinflating our own importance. I never met a tree I didn't like.
Given the content of Jet's post above, if I now look at the Periodic Table I'll predict that pretty soon some smart human will stumble upon critters who thrive in Antimony and Bismuth environments in other parts of our Universe. |
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12-13-2010, 08:40 PM
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#23885 (permalink) |
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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I don't like a lot of trees. They're really stand-off-ish. So long as they leave me be, I let them alone.
- - - Here's a post I hope to one day re-contribute into my TFP Aquarium idea thread. So much so, I'll post it here first so you know what it might look like then, in the future. (... continued ... from elsewhere)  The Hippocampus Denise Seahorse is no bigger than most human fingernails at about 16 millimeters from the its snout to the tip of its tail. It’s so small that experts had previously believed it to be the young of the next smallest seahorse species, the Hippocampus bargibanti. It’s hard to even discern most Hippocampus denise seahorses from the coral they live in off the coast of Indonesia. [webecoist.]
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi Last edited by Jetée; 12-13-2010 at 08:44 PM.. Reason: seems I've been turned back on ..? |
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12-14-2010, 01:00 PM
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#23888 (permalink) |
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Riding the Ocean Spray
Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa
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Don't worry, the earth and moon are not actually colliding during the upcoming total eclipse of the moon on Dec. 20 & 21, 2010.
In case you are interested to learn more about this specific subject, this is a very nicely designed site: Shadow & Substance Home Page |
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12-14-2010, 02:22 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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That settles it. I am now on the record in believing we sorely need a "Stars in Space" topic, even if it only just pictures, links, and our three selves.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi |
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12-14-2010, 03:04 PM
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Riding the Ocean Spray
Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa
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I'll 3rd that.
...though I am under the impression that "the authorities" have looked askance at pictures only threads. I don't believe that's change my habits, but it crosses my mind when I do it...sort of like a partial eclipse of the mind. |
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12-14-2010, 07:46 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi |
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12-14-2010, 09:11 PM
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Casual... Real Casual
Location: Orstraylia
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one more for the cause...
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"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking.
Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd |
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12-15-2010, 01:59 PM
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Casual... Real Casual
Location: Orstraylia
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Finish this sentence:
Technically speaking......
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"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking.
Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd |
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12-15-2010, 05:41 PM
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Riding the Ocean Spray
Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa
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Quote:
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12-15-2010, 06:11 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Quote:
Everything else is "in actuality".
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi |
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12-15-2010, 11:24 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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 (Do you believe? Do you believe - does this count as a 'space post' {coast to coast}? I want to believe.) - - - -- (to note: I make it a habit of rarely uttering the hackneyed terms of 'technical', 'irony', and/or 'you know what I mean?', because, to state it like what I ate for lunch today , {"Franks"} it is an unillustrated but known fact that 96.7% of the Western population uses the above in-sentence phrases in precisely the opposite {channeling Lex Luthor: WRONG!} manner. Just to put it out there.)
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi |
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12-16-2010, 11:01 AM
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still, wondering.
Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge
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Actuality
is served by technicality & one's perspective. **post space** Ashes to ashes - further, fucking dust to dust! Dreams aren't even air.
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12-17-2010, 08:58 AM
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still, wondering.
Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge
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You know that I will,
in support of our function, since words are just words. ...hey, did you send out those engraved invitations? The soup's getting cold.
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12-17-2010, 12:40 PM
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Riding the Ocean Spray
Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa
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if it's Gazpacho, cold is OK with me. Or any of these cold soups would be quite tasty in my mouth:
Cold borscht – based on beets. Cucumber soup - based on cucumbers, known in various cuisines. Dashi soup (Japanese) - fish stock soup, with seasonal vegetables. Gazpacho – (Spanish) pureed tomato and vegetable soup. Okroshka – (Russian) kvass- or kefir-based vegetable and ham soup. Sour cherry soup – A cream-based Hungarian soup. Salmorejo - (Spanish) Tomato soup with garlic and bread crumbs. Tarator – A Bulgarian cold soup made from yogurt and cucumbers. Vichyssoise – (French-American) creamy potato and leek soup, served with chives. Sayur Asem - An Indonesian soup that tastes sour and spicy. Naengmyeon - (Korean) buckwheat noodles in a tangy iced beef broth, raw julienned vegetables, a slice of a Korean pear, and often a boiled egg and/or cold beef |
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12-17-2010, 01:48 PM
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Riding the Ocean Spray
Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa
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Sometimes I like to put "nonsense" terms into a search engine to see what comes up.
So I just found out that "sexy soup" brings up this tee shirt:  ...as well as a photo of eight hefty Asian guys all in a hot tub, a few other sexy pics, and my favorite, that cute girl from Harry Potter in a bathtub. In case you need to know. |
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12-17-2010, 05:48 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Quote:
—Anonymous Wikipedia addict  We can't repel information of that magnitude! on a personal note: I'm a good example of this; unless I have he mentality of get in, get out with the knowledge I initially came in for, it is very easy for one to suscept into "link-jumping" or "topic-turning" for hours on end when you just follow a stray blue underline on Wikipedia. In fact, I've had a "crush" with the tvtropes.org website on-and-off for nearly a year now, but only now, have I realized how big and diverse it has gotten in the mean. It's huge, and nearly everything is interconnected to anything. And it's also quite hilarious and nerdy. What comedy isn't though? Dude, (and I don't say that often) and they even have an archetype and/or name for this sort of occurrence: the Archive Binge.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi |
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12-18-2010, 03:42 PM
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Casual... Real Casual
Location: Orstraylia
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Finnish this sentence:
"She was a good cook, ....."
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"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking.
Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd |
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12-18-2010, 08:15 PM
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Casual... Real Casual
Location: Orstraylia
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A knife thru the Solar Plexus is pretty short too....
---------- Post added at 12:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:09 PM ---------- how come I can never get 2 posts in a row, she said, whilst stirring the stew....
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"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking.
Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd |
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12-18-2010, 10:39 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Patience is...
---------- Post added at 01:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:37 AM ---------- ... all I'm good for now. (I like this old tasting apple better; it's bittersweet to realize my help wasn't wanted, but now I don't really run into the accursed problem of subter-imposed red-edit lines anymore. Joy.)
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi |
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12-19-2010, 05:06 AM
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#23916 (permalink) |
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Casual... Real Casual
Location: Orstraylia
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......a virtue, Moses said.
Sure he did, said the peasant, but he didn't have his balls caught in a rabbit trap!
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"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking.
Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd |
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12-20-2010, 12:06 AM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Booble? Is that what you were looking for?
I haven't tinkered with Google Body - did not know of its existence - how do I get there?
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi |
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12-20-2010, 01:30 AM
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Casual... Real Casual
Location: Orstraylia
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Thats a very good reason to try google body, right there...
Sorry to break the mood, but this clip is more important. Pass it along...
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"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking.
Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd |
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