All categories - 19 June 2006

i was composing a message to send but my connection got disconnected and i lost my work without saving it to my drafts how do i get that back or find it

2006-06-19 19:56:22 · 4 answers · asked by sweetv00 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

many people in this world lie and do something that some one dont expect many people advice each other that he/she should not lie but they themselves always lie.there are very little people in the world who always speak the truth.Why do the people lie. i am in a big big confusion please somebody help!

2006-06-19 19:56:20 · 16 answers · asked by sam 1 in Other - Arts & Humanities

2006-06-19 19:56:18 · 6 answers · asked by x_X 2 in Other - Entertainment

Effect of time of sowing and yield of sunflower

2006-06-19 19:56:11 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Science

I got the women to look at the male strippers now lets see who will look at the bathing beauties

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2006-06-19 19:56:11 · 3 answers · asked by joegossum 4 in Jokes & Riddles

2006-06-19 19:55:58 · 8 answers · asked by lilly rox 4eva 1 in Geography

2006-06-19 19:55:50 · 55 answers · asked by hAPPY 4 in Family

2006-06-19 19:55:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Commuting

now he realizes his mistake but he cannot let none of them go.now what should he do?please it is serious..i want to help my friend.thank u.

2006-06-19 19:55:24 · 31 answers · asked by mahdeynet 1 in Psychology

2006-06-19 19:55:23 · 2 answers · asked by fana 2 in Other - Education

2006-06-19 19:55:09 · 15 answers · asked by GrAcE 1 in Philosophy

MCCONNELL’S POST ON PIANKA:

Dr. Pianka was named the 2006 Distinguished Scientist by the Texas Academy of Science. He’s an ecologist, a “doomsday ecologist” as he puts it, with a CV several pages long and results that have changed the way ecologists think, forever. And damn is he ever entertaining to listen to.

Dr. Pianka’s talk at the TAS meeting was mostly of the problems humans are causing as we rapidly proliferate around the globe. While what he had to say is way too vast to remember it all, moreover to relay it here in this blog, the bulk of his talk was that he’s waiting for the virus that will eventually arise and kill off 90% of human population. In fact, his hope, if you can call it that, is that the ebola virus which attacks humans currently (but only through blood transmission) will mutate with the ebola virus that attacks monkeys airborne to create an airborne ebola virus that attacks humans. He’s a radical thinker, that one! I mean, he’s basically advocating for the death of all but 10% of the current population! And at the risk of sounding just as radical, I think he’s right.

Humans are far too populous. We’ve used up our resources, and we’re destroying the Earth at an accelerated pace. The more technology we create, the more damage we’re capable of doing. We now consider keeping the forest natural to save a species of catepillar more important that using that space for humans to live and till. And I’m in complete agreement with that. It’s the harsh reality that many people alive right now should be dead. And even harsher to think that the world would be better off with them dead too. My grandparents, who I love dearly and am so incredibly thankful to know, are honestly being kept alive only through the technology that we have created via medicine. The same goes for the millions of other old folk alive and kicking and will continue to do so for another 5-10 years, using up more resources. Or think of all the babies being born every hour with abnormalities that 50 years ago would have kept them from living. Now, those lives can be saved, and we pat ourselves on the backs at how smart and charitable we are as a species that we can create and sustain life. For those against cloning, etc because it’s “playing God,” how is this any different?? Life has a built-in mechanism that keeps species from becoming too overpopulated, and it wasn’t until humans started messing with the system that it went out of whack. Now that we’ve killed off the majority of all top predators, we now must take on the duty of keeping populations in check and at the same time, allowing other species a fair chance at reproduction.

It wouldn’t have been so bad 15-20 years ago when we reached that threshold of sustainability if we as humans would have learned to control our population size then. But instead, we saw the Earth’s resources as unlimited and our authority over them exclusive, and we continued to reproduce when we should’ve stop. Dr. Pianka made a very profound comment during his presentation; he said that China has the right idea by limiting reproduction at 1. We’re past the point of replacement reproduction as a species. We’re too many for the number we’re at now! We need to decline in population. A virus is probably the fairest method of extermination (though still not completely fair, I admit) because it’s nondiscriminatory as to whom it targets. Rich, poor, black, white, brown, nice, mean, religious, agnostic - we’d all be targeted equally. The only difference is who can afford medicine and even then, if it’s a mutated virus that strikes fast, humans would have only the tiniest of a chance to find a cure in time so money wouldn’t matter.

It’d be nice if humans could learn to manage our population as successively as we’ve learned to manage the population of literally every other species on this planet with whom we share. We’re very skilled when it comes to killing off deer, snakes, rabbits, and fish for population control. But we’re a stupid species when it comes to managing ourselves. An insightful observation was made during the talk that education should be the key to learning how to take care of the Earth, but the problem is that the educated have fewer children and the uneducated have many children. So eventually, the uneducated will take over the Earth. It may have already happened.

2006-06-19 19:55:04 · 9 answers · asked by lacoste 3 in Environment

2006-06-19 19:55:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

2006-06-19 19:54:53 · 3 answers · asked by Paul P 1 in Philadelphia

2006-06-19 19:54:50 · 1 answers · asked by fana 2 in Other - Education

Well, there's this song that I wanna listen to over and over again. I can't get it off my mind. Then I wish I was at school and think of stuff that is in school. Then I got a crush and can't stop thinking about her Which is weird, by the way. The idea that crushes are caused by chemical reactions should disgust me. Well, I stil have a crush. Oh joy. Then I think about how it's a chemical reaction then it leads to something then crushes then the brain then asudoindhuf I can't sleep

2006-06-19 19:54:27 · 16 answers · asked by Coffee-Infused Insomniac 3 in Other - Health

2006-06-19 19:53:59 · 3 answers · asked by Bala 1 in Higher Education (University +)

2006-06-19 19:53:48 · 10 answers · asked by homegrl162 1 in Music

2006-06-19 19:53:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Buying & Selling

2006-06-19 19:53:38 · 21 answers · asked by sasi 1 in Friends

Why do people get on here whining about the dumbest ****? I think the biggest whiners on here have to be the anti christians. Every couple of minutes someone wants to whine about the bible or god or whatever they can find to whine about. If they have such a problem with it then just convert and shut up already. Has anyone else noticed this or am I the only one?????????

2006-06-19 19:53:30 · 22 answers · asked by mudvaynecrazed 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-19 19:53:29 · 17 answers · asked by scorpioash19 1 in Skin & Body

Why do you people make fun of the way I look? Don't you know that God himself commanded that I wear stupid shirts and a toupe, and that I should get really fat? These physical attributes will give me special powers in heaven! With my toupe (which is actually a dead squirrel that I found in the road) I'll be able to swoop down to hell and make fun of the sinners (liberals, gays, scientists, etc.)

2006-06-19 19:53:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-19 19:53:18 · 15 answers · asked by geniusachal 1 in Other - Entertainment

2006-06-19 19:53:16 · 25 answers · asked by luvly_lady3426 1 in Marriage & Divorce

2006-06-19 19:53:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

most homosexual are christians... can profit from making story on jesus (da vinci code).... can make fun of marriage (divorce, annulment).... can do sex change.... women can choose freely who they want to have sex with.... can participate in jerry springer show..... if ur a MUSLIM can u do all this, i think not they will cut your head off :)

2006-06-19 19:53:15 · 17 answers · asked by engot 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-19 19:53:00 · 8 answers · asked by wuz up 1 in Other - Education