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The local news is all like "So far there have been zero reported incidences of swine flu in Louisiana SO TAKE PRECAUTIONS YOU POTENTIALLY DISEASE-RIDDEN DUMBASSES"

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I thought it was really informative on the relation of technology to culture.  How cultural revolutions have been caused by the mere presence of certain technologies, etc.  Then specifically goes into television as a cultural ideology.

http://www.lists.opn.org/pipermail/local_activists_lists.opn.org/2008-August/000261.html

Chapter 11 of "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman.  On modern media.  Whole book was an informative read, I thought.

In other news, China's central bank wants to get rid of the dollar as the world's reserve currency.

I really liked the closing statement.

This thread is mired in Cartesian dualism.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/15/gangmasters-asylum-seekers

WOW.   

A piece of gold walks in to a bar, the barman says A U get out of here.


An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third orders a quarter of a beer. Before the next one can order, the bartender says, "You're all assholes," and pours two beers.


Q:  Why won't Heisenbergs' operators live in the suburbs?
A:  They don't commute


The world's dead geniuses play hide and seek in heaven. Einstein goes over to a tree to count, while everyone scurry around to hide. In the meantime, Newton draws a 1 meter square with a stick and sits in the middle of it.
When Einstein finishes counting, he turns around and sees Newton in his square. "I've found you", he says. "No you didn't", Newton answers. "But you're right here in front of me!" Einstein says, puzzled. "Tell me, what do you see?" Newton asks. "I see you, Newton, sitting in a one meter square."
"And what is a Newton on a 1 meter square?"
"A pascal."
Newton grins.


A biologist, a physicist and a mathematician are all paid to observe this house. They watch it for a week and nobody enters, or leaves the complex. On the 8th day somebody walks in, and on the 9th, two people walk out.
The biologist says: "Clearly they must have reproduced"
The physicist says: "Obviously our initial observations were incorrect"
The mathematician says: "If one more person walks into that house, there will be nobody in it"


An architect, an engineer, and a physicist are all hired by a farmer to help him design a fence. He tells them, "I want to enclose the largest area using the least amount of materials." The architect draws a square. The engineer draws a circle. The physicist takes the engineer's circle and writes "outside" on the inside.


Q: Why do chemists like nitrates?
A: because they are cheaper than dayrates


my ground is non-zero. That's why it hurts to walk


A man walks into a chemist's shop and says 'I'd like some adenosine triphosphate please.'
'Certainly sir,' says the chemist, 'that'll be 80p.'


A trichinosis larva and a botfly maggot walk into a bar. The botfly maggot turns to the trichinosis larva and says "hey buddy, I heard you like pork." The trichonosis larva looks the the botfly maggot right in the spiracles and says "indeed, I encyst upon it."


An engineer, an experimental physicist, a theoretical physicist, and a philosopher are taking a walk through the Scottish highlands when they come across a black sheep. The engineer blurts out "hey look, the sheep in Scotland are black!" The experimental physicist turns to him and says "some of the sheep in Scotland are black." The theoretical physicist, looking bemused, chuckles and says "actually, at least one of the sheep in Scotland is black." The philosopher, who had been kneeling to examine a flower, looks up and says "on one side, anyway."

last sentence killed me