More gender bashing

Megan Forbes

Paul Watson wrote: I have often wondered what it must be like to take my conciousness and place it in another persons brain. I wonder how things will look, taste, feel and smell different. Wether we will react differently too. Yeah, it would be interesting. The fact that colours like green and blue relax most people doesn't necessarily mean they look the same to all of us. But how will we ever know???

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Michael A Barnhart

Megan Forbes wrote: Chocolate almost attains Bob status with us You have not met my brother. He keeps bakers chocolate handy so he knows he has some if needed and the "regular" has been taken :mad: (or used up:-O). I am not as addicted but do have a cookbook of only chocolate chip cookie recipes. ;P "I will find a new sig someday."

KaRl

Agreed! I'm a chocolate fan since my youngest age.

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benjymous

I seem to remember being offered honorary womanhood after my comments on chocolate at some point :) Oh yeah - hi Meg :) Got any of your holiday pics online yet? I signed up to photoSIG[^] and got my first photo uploaded (restricted to 1 pic every 3 days for newbies) - I'm chuffed that it's getting a possitive response :) Through the Clock[^] -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

KaRl

As soon as we will have better interfaces for the brain than the ones given by Mother Nature, it will IMO be possible (but desirable :confused:?)

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KaRl

benjymous wrote: Through the Clock[^] "Nice weather, isn't it?"

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benjymous

Mmm - I love really rich, really dark chocolate (the stuff you need to resort to extreme violence over in order to break off a chunk) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

benjymous

KaЯl wrote: "Nice weather, isn't it?" huh? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

benjymous

Paul Watson wrote: ..take my conciousness and place it in another persons brain.. I'm pretty sure *everything* would feel wrong. For example how can you be sure that what you see as being the colour red would actually look red when seen through your new nervous system (of course the object would still be red, but to your brain, calibrated to your own body, it may look blue or green) - I know for certain that my own eyes have a slightly different colour balance, so I see no reason why somebody else's eyes would have a balance even remotely like mine. -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

KaRl

The picture is really nice, however the sky is so grey in the background that I remembered this old image of two typical britishmen, talking under rain "-Nice weather, isn't it? - indeed" Just a mental image :) (in any sense :rolleyes: )

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benjymous

Ahh, well, that's November Paris weather for you ;P KaЯl wrote: (in any sense :rolleyes:) Danger, emoticon parse overflow! -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

Paul Watson

Megan Forbes wrote: Yeah, it would be interesting. The fact that colours like green and blue relax most people doesn't necessarily mean they look the same to all of us Indeed and just take the case of synthenasia as a good indicator of just how differently people can percieve the same thing. Megan Forbes wrote: But how will we ever know??? I guess one day it will be possible, and very much desirable. Maybe it will clear up some of the "my life sucks, why can't it be like hers" thoughts :)

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

My humble photographic tribute to our world[^]

Paul Watson

benjymous wrote: For example how can you be sure that what you see as being the colour red would actually look red when seen through your new nervous system Right and as I mentioned to Meg synthenasia is a prime example of just how screwed up things can really be without us noticing. p.s. Glad to see you on photosig Benjy! Cool bio pic, would never have guessed you look like that. I left a critique of your photo btw. :)

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

My humble photographic tribute to our world[^]

KaRl

benjymous wrote: Ahh, well, that's November Paris weather for you Thanks God, I live 700 km southern! Today the sky is blue, the sun shines and the temperature is 8°C :) benjymous wrote: Danger, emoticon parse overflow Yep, I fall in this one anytime. Is it a bug or a functionality :rolleyes:?

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benjymous

Paul Watson wrote: synthenasia is a prime example Yeah, especially when people who grow up with this often don't realise it's not normal Paul Watson wrote: would never have guessed you look like that Hmm, I'll take that as a complement, I guess :) Actually, that pic is photoshopped a bit, as the original pic has the wonderful 70s wallpaper of my bedroom in the background (rented house, and I don't plan on spending my own money decorating somewhere that I don't plan on living in for long) Thanks for the critique. There were a few other suggestions to crop the top and bottom of the image a but - how much do you think would be needed? (Oh yeah, and do you know if it's possible to re-submit an image, or would I just have to submit it again as a new image, and leave/delete the old one?) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

benjymous

My guess is that the parser just loops through looking for instances of each emoticon type, so it found the : ) at the end first, and turned it into a :) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

Shog9 0

As disgusting as it sounds, chocolate actually goes well with quite a lot of foods. Beer, for instance...

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Shog9 The siren sings a lonely song - of all the wants and hungers The lust of love a brute desire - the ledge of life goes under

Lost User

Beer ? X| The tigress is here :-D

Shog9 0

Sure, bash it without trying it. Tell you what though - get a good pale beer and some fudge or good dark chocolate and try them together. Then come back and comment...

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Shog9 The siren sings a lonely song - of all the wants and hungers The lust of love a brute desire - the ledge of life goes under

Christian Graus

Paul Watson wrote: Q: Is there any reason I have to be in the delivery room while my wife is in labor? A: Not unless the word "alimony" means anything to you. I think it's wrong that men are under so much pressure to go to the birth. It's kind of like owning Disneyland and being forced to watch it get destroyed by an earthquake. Don't get me wrong, I was there and wanted to be, I just don't see why we're able to get pressured into it. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002