Chit chat thread #2 (slowest thread ever! ha!)

[The_Cheat]

i'd be happier if we earned a minus 1 star by tomorrow. and once again i reiterate that i feel sorry for the poor wretches who try to catch up with this thread.

I think most will probably just skip 2 or 3 pages, and won't have to read about the vegetarian, the camisoles or the teddies.

 

[zaren]

Nature published a new species of whale two years ago. :bsmilie:

where was it discovered? poor thing.

 

[hwchoy]

only a gentleman would defend the honour of the lovely ladies. a brute couldn't care two hoots.

Q.E.D.

but recall that I am an opportunistic brute, hence I am trying to SEEM to be defending the honour of the lovely ladies, in the hope that they will fall madly into my arms (again, with the caveat that they should not share physical similarities with whales). :lovegrin:

 

[zaren]

I think most will probably just skip 2 or 3 pages, and won't have to read about the vegetarian, the camisoles or the teddies.

au contraire, the camisoles and the teddies may prove to be the welcome oases in this endless desert of philosophical and religious discussion.

 

[The_Cheat]

he's outdone himself again! :cheergal: the mushrooms proves that A+ are not just for chio-bus. :bsmilie:

help! I'm being stripped naked by the_cheat :cry:

I think by tomorrow morning we'd reach ½-star heehee.

Frankly, I'm more envious of people who are like you. At least there's still this hope of miracle turning up or salvation at the end of the road.

For me, the choice of atheism bounded myself with the chore of seeking meanings for all my actions all the time. There's simply no difference in deed and heart in my believe. And if one act against what they set out to do, they're simply just being an outright hypocrite, that's all.

 

[zaren]

but recall that I am an opportunistic brute, hence I am trying to SEEM to be defending the honour of the lovely ladies, in the hope that they will fall madly into my arms (again, with the caveat that they should not share physical similarities with whales). :lovegrin:

you do not wish them to be wet and blowing hard?

 

[hwchoy]

…with pictures of your precious,

ahh, still trying to hit on her, huh? :devil:

 

[The_Cheat]

where was it discovered? poor thing.

Where else but the fish market? Hahaa~!:bsmilie:
Some japanese scientist got hold of some specimen of whale meat in the market, went back to lab to do sequencing, and come out with a phylogenetic tree, and thereby determining that it's a new species lor. It's rather interesting that something so low in impact could actually be published in Nature lah.

 

[The_Cheat]

ahh, still trying to hit on her, huh? :devil:

You guys have lost me on the "she" and "her" part...

 

[zaren]

Frankly, I'm more envious of people who are like you. At least there's still this hope of miracle turning up or salvation at the end of the road.

For me, the choice of atheism bounded myself with the chore of seeking meanings for all my actions all the time. There's simply no difference in deed and heart in my believe. And if one act against what they set out to do, they're simply just being an outright hypocrite, that's all.

so if a robber intends to rob a bank, he is already guilty of robbing one?

 

[zaren]

Where else but the fish market? Hahaa~!:bsmilie:
Some japanese scientist got hold of some specimen of whale meat in the market, went back to lab to do sequencing, and come out with a phylogenetic tree, and thereby determining that it's a new species lor. It's rather interesting that something so low in impact could actually be published in Nature lah.

discovery of a new species is quite newsworthy what.

 

[The_Cheat]

so if a robber intends to rob a bank, he is already guilty of robbing one?

If the robber have the intention to rob the bank, he is guilty in terms of breaking the moral rules. Unfortunately, there ain't moral police in this world. There's just a lot of a-moral ones, who follow legislature that's supposed to be based on one inflexible set of moral beliefs.

 

[hwchoy]

Frankly, I'm more envious of people who are like you. At least there's still this hope of miracle turning up or salvation at the end of the road.

I didn't say you get A++ hor :sticktong specifically I do not believe in "salvation" (in the context of my poor religious understanding) and what you might call "miracle" I would term "unexplanable (yet)"

 

[The_Cheat]

discovery of a new species is quite newsworthy what.

Newsworthy... yes!
Good science... maybe!
Appearing on Nature... priceless!

 

[The_Cheat]

I didn't say you get A++ hor :sticktong specifically I do not believe in "salvation" (in the context of my poor religious understanding) and what you might call "miracle" I would term "unexplanable (yet)"

Oh? So I'm wrong then... okay. Have to engage in more talks of camisoles and teddies to understand more about you then! Hahaha~!! :bsmilie:

 

[zaren]

You guys have lost me on the "she" and "her" part...

here's a recap for your benefit.

"she", despite looking suspiciously like a whale, is determined that "her" gentle lover, uncle choy, never leaves the roomy confines of her cavernous mouth.

 

[hwchoy]

You guys have lost me on the "she" and "her" part...

my she is not your her. the keyword is "precious"

 

[zaren]

If the robber have the intention to rob the bank, he is guilty in terms of breaking the moral rules. Unfortunately, there ain't moral police in this world. There's just a lot of a-moral ones, who follow legislature that's supposed to be based on one inflexible set of moral beliefs.

you've been watching "minority report" a tad too many times.

 

[The_Cheat]

here's a recap for your benefit.

"she", despite looking suspiciously like a whale, is determined that "her" gentle lover, uncle choy, never leaves the roomy confines of her cavernous mouth.

Err... I'm really quite dumb at this kind of specific stuff one. In fact, most of the time, my students could point out to me little things that they'd read in the notes that I didn't even bothered to read... :bsmilie:

I like the forest, not the tree.

 

[hwchoy]

discovery of a new species is quite newsworthy what.

aiyah in my photo archive of 400 species of freshwater fishes, easily 10-20 of them are "to be new species", i.e. they have not yet been described.

surprising to the layman perhaps, but taxonomists are actually still pondering exactly what a "species" is, and when you should call a species another species.