Interesting Stuff Thread

kylith

joseph brand wrote: »

A child's skull before losing baby teeth! :eek:

GAH!!! Xenomorph!!! Kill it! Kill it with fire!!!

robindch

Weird. A quick google suggests that there's only one skull which actually shows all this stuff with the surface bone sliced off. Eeeeww:



With the bone in place, here's what a four year old kid's skull looks like:



From my new favourite "Jeez, how did you end up doing that?" website here.

Bannasidhe

robindch wrote: »

With the bone in place, here's what a four year old kid's skull looks like:



From my new favourite "Jeez, how did you end up doing that?" website here.

and it can be your's for just $210 plus $35 for the '4-year-old Human Child Skull Stand' :eek:

Dave!

Outbreak of measles in Cork due to kids not being given MMR vaccine

Kivaro

Good god.
I clicked on the last page of this "Interesting Stuff Thread" to see what's new, only to find the skulls of children.

Do you know what the Christians are going to say now?

"Seeee. I told youse. A bunch of divil-worshipin' baby-killin' atheists!"

Sonics2k

Kivaro wrote: »

"Seeee. I told youse. A bunch of divil-worshipin' toddler-killin' atheists!"

Fixed :pac:

joseph brand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWxCM6llL60

Koko turns her back on film at sad part. :eek:

Genghiz Cohen

wat

robindch

Norway abolishes state-sponsored religion:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/324906

Digital Journal wrote:

In an unprecedented move, the Norwegian Parliament has voted to abolish the state-sponsored Church of Norway with a constitutional amendment. The bipartisan measure to create a separation of church and state will officially be presented on Tuesday, reports Norway's TV2. The nation will not have an official religion, and the government will not participate in the appointment of church deans and bishops.

Svein Harberg, the spokesman for the Church, Education, and Research Committee stated that the decision "is historic both for the Norwegian Church and for the politicians in Parliament." The Church of Norway began after the Lutheran Reformation in 1536, and was officially called the Lutheran State Church. The state meddled very little in church matters, only quelling unrest when it had to, chose high church officials, and financially supported the church. Opposition from secular groups arose in the 1970s when Norway's economy boomed and the church benefited.

Traditionally, every citizen of Norway became a member of the Church of Norway upon baptism. 79 percent of Norwegians are registered members, but only about 20 percent make religion a large part of their lives and only two percent attend church regularly, according to 2009 and 2010 data. A 2002 study done by Gustafsson and Pettersson revealed that 72 percent of Norwegians "do not believe in a personal God."

Dave!

Delirium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoWtvpg77oE

Sarky

Lovely children's tale, or example of how easy it is to lose meaning in translation?

http://www.rockpapercynic.com/index.php?date=2009-05-06

shizz

koth wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoWtvpg77oE

Would of been so much better if the year was present on the screen.

Coriolanus

Interesting watching Irelands little pushback. I guess I never thought of it in geographical terms but the pushback around 1400-1600 was actually nearly complete.

robindch

The Institute of Physics of Ireland has an online petition up to name the new Marlborough Street bridge over the Liffey in honor of Ernest Walton, Ireland’s only physics Nobel prizewinner:

http://www.iopireland.org/news/12/page_55296.html

Delirium

Scientists Build Electricity Producing Viruses

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab have genetically engineered a virus known as M13 to emit electricity when pressure is applied to it. "M13 is a natural power source, but researchers enhanced its output by genetically engineering the virus, adding some negatively-charged amino acids to one end of its tough outer shell." Scientists organized the viruses onto squares of film measuring about one square centimeter and then sandwiched the film between two gold-plated electrodes. By connecting wires to the electrodes, scientists were able to power a small liquid-crystal display screen.

recedite

“The Church of Ireland affirms, according to our Lord’s teaching that marriage is in its purpose a union permanent and life-long, for better or worse, till death do them part, of one man with one woman, to the exclusion of all others on either side”.more

Didn't stop them previously from voting to allow divorced persons to remarry though :pac:
The age profile of the delegates pictured in the article suggests the older generation are the ones doing the voting. In a way, they are hastening the demise of their own church by alienating the younger generation, who are generally not homophobic.

Turtwig

koth wrote: »

Scientists Build Electricity Producing Viruses

It's only a matter of time now.

Turtwig

Purely so I'll be able to find this gem again.
No added colouring or preservatives eat your heart out.

Calibos

Jernal wrote: »

Purely so I'll be able to find this gem again.
No added colouring or preservatives eat your heart out.

I take it, thats aimed at the type of people who would earnestly support the worthy environmental cause of a ban on the use of di-hydrogen monoxide in industry?

kylith

Calibos wrote: »

I take it, thats aimed at the type of people who would earnestly support the worthy environmental cause of a ban on the use of di-hydrogen monoxide in industry?

Hey, DHMO is a serious threat! Inhaling even a small amount can kill you to death.

Turtwig

kylith wrote: »

Hey, DHMO is a serious threat! Inhaling even a small amount can kill you to death.

Pfft how naive are you!

Sam Vimes wrote:

DHMO:
-is also called "hydroxyl acid", the substance is the major component of acid rain.
-contributes to the "greenhouse effect".
-may cause severe burns.
-is fatal if inhaled.
-contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
-accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
-may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.
-has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.


Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:
-as an industrial solvent and coolant.
-in nuclear power plants.
-in the production of Styrofoam.
-as a fire retardant.
-in many forms of cruel animal research.
-in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.
-as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.

Sam Vimes hurry on back to this board ya hear!

Genghiz Cohen

Where is Sam anyway?

Fortyniner

This priest is getting himself in a lather..
From today's Irish Times

Obama's support for gay marriage
Sir, – Though well into my 80s, I can’t remain silent after reading your Editorial (on gay marriage, May 11th). You obviously reflect that groupthink that pervades the media today and which I experience as overwhelming. Those shouts are coming at us from all sides: get rid of the Ten Commandments, Christianity is irrelevant to our lives, get all mention of Jesus Christ out of our schools.

Though I have not much energy left, I am appalled at the anti-God poison that is in the air, about the perversity of shaping an “easy”, “gentle” type of religion with no mention of any cross and no mention of marriage coming from God the creator of male and female.

Sixty years ago, almost, when I was ordained a priest, I never imagined these unbelievable attempts, not with guns but with the print and electronic use of language, that would be made – let me put it bluntly – to tear our civilisation apart. – Yours, etc,

Fr TOM KELLEHER,
Ballinspittle,
Co Cork.

Bannasidhe

Fortyniner wrote: »

This priest is getting himself in a lather..
From today's Irish Times

Obama's support for gay marriage
Sir, – Though well into my 80s, I can’t remain silent after reading your Editorial (on gay marriage, May 11th). You obviously reflect that groupthink that pervades the media today and which I experience as overwhelming. Those shouts are coming at us from all sides: get rid of the Ten Commandments, Christianity is irrelevant to our lives, get all mention of Jesus Christ out of our schools.

Though I have not much energy left, I am appalled at the anti-God poison that is in the air, about the perversity of shaping an “easy”, “gentle” type of religion with no mention of any cross and no mention of marriage coming from God the creator of male and female.

Sixty years ago, almost, when I was ordained a priest, I never imagined these unbelievable attempts, not with guns but with the print and electronic use of language, that would be made – let me put it bluntly – to tear our civilisation apart. – Yours, etc,

Fr TOM KELLEHER,
Ballinspittle,
Co Cork.

Ballinspittle...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

I remember hearing about their moving statues when I lived in London. Oh how us Irish enjoyed people of other nationalities laughing at us, the Dubs also had a ball as it gave them a chance to laugh at Cork people - all of them were unaware that nobody was laughing more then us Corkonians.
Kept us amused for months.

Sarky

Such opinions will lose a lot of weight in the coming years, because most of the people holding them are very very old.

Bannasidhe

Sarky wrote: »

Such opinions will lose a lot of weight in the coming years, because most of the people holding them are very very old.

It's interesting that the letter from Ballinspittle's voice of moral authority is published under a letter discussing Freedom of Speech in Bahrain.
Now - Freedom of Speech in Bahrain would be a good thing - a civilised thing- which I am sure the good father would agree with. I doubt he would support Muslim States silencing people.

What many Christians fail to understand is that we have a great deal of Freedom of Speech in Ireland.

This allows Christians to say things like 'Jesus Loves You' and 'The Catholic Church is the only way to salvation' without fear of censorship.
It also allows those who disagree with those statements to say 'That's Bollocks!'

Dades

Breaking News:

"Octogenarian Priest From Ballinspittle Appalled That Everyone Doesn't Embrace His Catholic Worldview."

dmw07

Bannasidhe wrote: »

It also allows those who disagree with those statements to say 'That's Bollocks!'

Isn't there some form of law her on this isle making sure we can't call religion Bollocks?

Bannasidhe

dmw07 wrote: »

Isn't there some form of law her on this isle making sure we can't call religion Bollocks?

Ah - but I didn't call religion Bollocks - I said those statements were Bollocks.

Legal hair-splitting at it's finest.

Not to mention that the statement that 'the Catholic Church is the only way to salvation' could also be considered blasphemy by those who believe the way to salvation is via an entirely different religion.