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-Hybridization(the process through which two different species end up mixing), though originally considered an evolutive deadeand, has been found to be quite common in underwater environments, and quite the opposite of dead end. The reason? A large amount of underwater species perform their fertilization outside the body and directly in the water, which allows for unusual mix-ups to happen.
-The popular quote "Carpe Diem" ("Seize the Day") is almost universally misunderstood, taken as an expression of "Live the moment, forget about the future". It's intended meaning, however, is the exact opposite, the original quote being "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" ("Seize the day, trusting the next one as little as possible"). In other words, "Carpe Diem" is supposed to mean quite literally "Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today".
-Another popular quote widely missunderstood is "Money is the root of all evil", often used to point at currency systems as the cause of the woes of humanity. The actual quote, which comes from the Bible, also includes the word "love". The original quote is "Love for money is the root of all evil". So it means to say that greed, and not paper with famous people's faces printed on it, is the root of all evil.
-The Great Wall of China cannot, in fact, be seen from the Moon (at least not to the naked eye).
-Over 500 different folk versions of the tale of Cinderella are known, going back over 1,000 years. None of them showcase crystal shoes (in fact, most of them don't even feature shoes at all, varying between rings, necklaces and other forms of jewelry).
-Since 2009, astronomers have been detecting a huge section of the distant universe that is being attracted by some colossal unknown structure outside of the observable space. Called "The Dark Current", no one has any idea what it is, but some of the theories suggest another universe comming into near contact with ours.
Most Hybrids that people think are Sterile are in fact they might not be.
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-Hybridization(the process through which two different species end up mixing), though originally considered an evolutive deadeand, has been found to be quite common in underwater environments, and quite the opposite of dead end. The reason? A large amount of underwater species perform their fertilization outside the body and directly in the water, which allows for unusual mix-ups to happen.
Nope, nope, nope, never getting in a hot tube again.
-Hybridization(the process through which two different species end up mixing), though originally considered an evolutive deadeand, has been found to be quite common in underwater environments, and quite the opposite of dead end. The reason? A large amount of underwater species perform their fertilization outside the body and directly in the water, which allows for unusual mix-ups to happen.Nope, nope, nope, never getting in a hot tube again.
Priceless...
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-Hybridization(the process through which two different species end up mixing), though originally considered an evolutive deadeand, has been found to be quite common in underwater environments, and quite the opposite of dead end. The reason? A large amount of underwater species perform their fertilization outside the body and directly in the water, which allows for unusual mix-ups to happen.Nope, nope, nope, never getting in a hot tube again.
It is already too late. Hordes of Cucumberfolk, Spongemen, Antropojellyfishes, and Homoctopuses are preparing to take over the world, as soon as they figure out how to stay solid out of the water.
-The popular quote "Carpe Diem" ("Seize the Day") is almost universally misunderstood, taken as an expression of "Live the moment, forget about the future". It's intended meaning, however, is the exact opposite, the original quote being "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" ("Seize the day, trusting the next one as little as possible"). In other words, "Carpe Diem" is supposed to mean quite literally "Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today".
Please explain how you believe those two colloquial interpretations to be the opposite. Maybe it's just a language thing, but to me, those mean exactly the same thing.
Both interpretations mean, basically, there may not be a tomorrow, stop putting stuff off.
-The popular quote "Carpe Diem" ("Seize the Day") is almost universally misunderstood, taken as an expression of "Live the moment, forget about the future". It's intended meaning, however, is the exact opposite, the original quote being "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" ("Seize the day, trusting the next one as little as possible"). In other words, "Carpe Diem" is supposed to mean quite literally "Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today".Please explain how you believe those two colloquial interpretations to be the opposite. Maybe it's just a language thing, but to me, those mean exactly the same thing.
Both interpretations mean, basically, there may not be a tomorrow, stop putting stuff off.
The way I understand them, one means "Enjoy the now, don't worry about the consequences tomorrow", while the other says "Do it today, don't trust that you will be able to do it tomorrow". One is about living moment by moment, while the other is about preparation.
Well I guess that is all hinging on your interpretation of the context of the original latin saying. I interpret it as meaning, basically, both. Don't put off until tomorrow what you could do today, because who knows what tomorrow will bring. This means both responsibility and enjoying onesself. I know I've used the saying to mean both things.
Like when I'm on vacation and trying to wake my girlfriend up (she's a heavy sleeper) Carpe Diem! Gotta get out there and see Toronto, or whatever the f%+~. Also, when the Snowpocalypse happened, I took the opportunity to prep ahead in my Ravenloft game several sessions so I wouldn't have to dick about with it over the holidays.
I'm just saying, I rarely hear it used as a clarion call for irresponsibility or hedonism, but rather to initiative and industriousness. Either way, it means don't procrastinate. But maybe that's a cultural thing in Sudamerica?
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That's why I always bring a student's desk with me wherever I go. "Carpe diem!" carries more weight when delivered from atop on.
if you wikipedia "Byford Dolphin" and scroll down to the "accidents and incidents" section, it will give you nightmares?
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That's why I always bring a student's desk with me wherever I go. "Carpe diem!" carries more weight when delivered from atop on.
I always just go with "bibamus, moriendum est." It i[]does[/i] get tough to say from atop a school desk after the third or fourth glass, though. :P
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Slaadi only sneeze in increments of prime numbers.
Except when we don't.
if you wikipedia "Byford Dolphin" and scroll down to the "accidents and incidents" section, it will give you nightmares?
In Internet Years, I imagine most of us are deeply-jaded old farts, with mental scars that resemble the Grand Canyon. While I am sympathetic to the victims and their families, explosive decompression is mild compared to what many of us have seen/read in the Uncharted Territories.
Did you know...
There are some things I *don't* hate?
O_o
-Hybridization(the process through which two different species end up mixing), though originally considered an evolutive deadeand, has been found to be quite common in underwater environments, and quite the opposite of dead end. The reason? A large amount of underwater species perform their fertilization outside the body and directly in the water, which allows for unusual mix-ups to happen.
-The popular quote "Carpe Diem" ("Seize the Day") is almost universally misunderstood, taken as an expression of "Live the moment, forget about the future". It's intended meaning, however, is the exact opposite, the original quote being "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" ("Seize the day, trusting the next one as little as possible"). In other words, "Carpe Diem" is supposed to mean quite literally "Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today".
-Another popular quote widely missunderstood is "Money is the root of all evil", often used to point at currency systems as the cause of the woes of humanity. The actual quote, which comes from the Bible, also includes the word "love". The original quote is "Love for money is the root of all evil". So it means to say that greed, and not paper with famous people's faces printed on it, is the root of all evil.
-The Great Wall of China cannot, in fact, be seen from the Moon (at least not to the naked eye).
-Over 500 different folk versions of the tale of Cinderella are known, going back over 1,000 years. None of them showcase crystal shoes (in fact, most of them don't even feature shoes at all, varying between rings, necklaces and other forms of jewelry).
-Since 2009, astronomers have been detecting a huge section of the distant universe that is being attracted by some colossal unknown structure outside of the observable space. Called "The Dark Current", no one has any idea what it is, but some of the theories suggest another universe comming into near contact with ours.
O_o
Oh my!
It is already too late. Hordes of Cucumberfolk, Spongemen, Antropojellyfishes, and Homoctopuses are preparing to take over the world, as soon as they figure out how to stay solid out of the water.-Hybridization(the process through which two different species end up mixing), though originally considered an evolutive deadeand, has been found to be quite common in underwater environments, and quite the opposite of dead end. The reason? A large amount of underwater species perform their fertilization outside the body and directly in the water, which allows for unusual mix-ups to happen.Nope, nope, nope, never getting in a hot tube again.
:)
Huzzah!!!
Woooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Today is my boy's 2nd birthday!
Actually, I did know that.
/creeper
You rang?
Happy birthday, Aberbaby!
Pigs may not fly, but they're actually pretty decent swimmers.
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Pigs may not fly, but they're actually pretty decent swimmers.
Pigs do fly, but not under their own power. {loads Wilbur onto Saturn V rocket} Bacon and ribs won't deliver themselves.
Fitting Picture Professor.
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Each cheeseburger eaten is a homage to such proud creature.I would happily pay you a dollar tomorrow for a hamburger today.
Dang. Now I want to go up the street to Wimpy's for a burger.
These days, DDR is an American company owning and managing retail shopping centres in the US (including Puerto Rico) and Brazil. Whether their mall-cops are known as the STASI is not known by me*.
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-The Selk'Nam(natives that used to live in what is now southernmost Chile and Argentina) were known to wrestle and kill walruses barehanded, while swimming in arguably the most dangerous sea in the world: The Drake Passage (even the name sounds menacing). They then made rafts with their skins and used them to go out and wrestle even more walruses.
-The Selk'Nam are the reason the southern tip of South America is called "Patagonia" (meaning "Land of the Big Feet"). The reason: The average height of a Selk'Nam was 1,83 metres (6 feet) and they were hugely built, discovered at a time when the average european barely scrapped the 1,65m (5'4 feet).
-They were nigh-exterminated by "Indian Hunters" hired by the sheep herding companies in the second half of the XIX century. Alexander Mac Lennan, known as "Red Pig", used to pay 1 pound per testicle or breast, and half for each kid's ear. The only Selk'Nam who survived did so under the protection of a local mission of the Society of St. Francis, who managed to get part of the land donated to them by the Chilean government and thus make it off-limit for the sheep companies. By 1905, only 500 Selk'Nam remained. The last pure Selk'Nam died in 1974.
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Although they use muscles attached to the inside of the exoskeleton to flex their limbs, spiders use hydraulic pressure to extend them. The only extensor muscles in spider legs are located in the three hip joints. As a result a spider with a punctured cephalothorax cannot extend its legs, and the legs of dead spiders curl up. Spiders can generate pressures up to eight times their resting level to extend their legs, and jumping spiders can jump up to 50 times their own length by suddenly increasing the blood pressure in the third or fourth pair of legs.
After the revelations about various pre-packaged meals supposed to be made with beef in it has actually been made with horsemeat, one Swedish butcher has reported a 1000% increase in the amount of horsemeat actually labelled as such that he's sold.
Both Brage and Frej played football today - with varying results.
These days, DDR is an American company owning and managing retail shopping centres in the US (including Puerto Rico) and Brazil. Whether their mall-cops are known as the STASI is not known by me*.
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Dance Dance Revolution?
Grasshoppers have white blood.
I found that out when I killed one as a kid...It was gross.
Willard Scott is the creator of Ronald McDonald.
The TV news guy?
Dance Dance Revolution?These days, DDR is an American company owning and managing retail shopping centres in the US (including Puerto Rico) and Brazil. Whether their mall-cops are known as the STASI is not known by me*.
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Deutsche Demokratische Republik, the communist East German State that crumbled in 1989 (Sabine grew up there), GDR in English
New York was once called New Amsterdam.
And the York part is after the Duke of York, who would later become King James II of England, until he was deposed in The Glorious Revolution for being Catholic and having a son.
At least he got to spend the rest of his plutocratic life supping at the table of the King of France.
Better fate than his pop's.
Deutsche Demokratische Republik, the communist East German State that crumbled in 1989 (Sabine grew up there), GDR in EnglishDance Dance Revolution?These days, DDR is an American company owning and managing retail shopping centres in the US (including Puerto Rico) and Brazil. Whether their mall-cops are known as the STASI is not known by me*.
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COOL!!!