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Yeah, you're spot on.

I was in a labratory today, doing simple DNA amplification. (For those who don't know, it's just multiplying DNA strands into the billions, so we are able to see them) At the end of the practice, we had a discussion to do with genetic profiles. It was all relating to how you can test for certain genetic orientated diseases, such as Huntingtons and Sickle-Cell-Annemia. Nowadays, doctors are unable to give us certainties about whether we are, or aren't carrying certain genes for diseases; they are only able to figure some of them. But, at current progression, it is said that they will be able to give us a complete genetic profile-printout within 5-10 years. This means that it can tell you: What genes you are carrying. What genes are likely to develop into certain diseases. The chance of how likely you are to carry that gene onto your off-spring. I think you get the picture. It basically tells you what you are going to die of, if anything in particular. Also, you can have something called "Genetic Embryo Screening" - I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think it has something to do with choosing what embryo you want to give birth to, and terminating others. In the future, they say you will be able to choose what sex, if they have athletic ability, etc. Personally, I disagree with the whole idea. It makes us focus on things which should flow naturally. It makes us write a 1000s to-do's before we die and all that mumbo-jumbo, when life is just all about going with the flow. It also has huge affects on insurance. I know that in the States, if you've had a Genetic Test, you have to show it for job interviews, insurances, etc. This could be a severe case of inequality, as an employee wouldn't like to employ someone who he knows is going to die in 3 years. It's something which I've thought about hard, but haven't came to any conclusion as of what I'd personally want. What are your thoughts? Discuss. [sorry for the lack of knowledge, I'm going on what the Professor said at the lab and nothing else]

If you're attractive - Could be an anchor-man. (Person who presents News Bulletins, etc) Onto something which is more important: What subjects are you qualified in, how qualified are you in them and are you studying any subjects at the moment?

Social life, technology and basketball. There are also the obvious ones, such as body parts and family.

My knowledge of God is little? Hmm, guess what? So's everyone else's. I wasn't even attempting to show any knowledge. I was trying to state how this is such an open-ended discussion, that it is worthless and that the probability of someone proving God's existance was minute, and even minute is an extreme exaggeration. What will come at the end? What will come throughout? Nothing. We will all draw the same conclusion, as we have many a time in the past. "There is no proof that God exists; faith is all you have. Get over it."

If someone flipped a double headed coin, and by chance, a solar wind happened to be within our atmousphere and hit the coin, melting one face and it then being solidified into the exact shape of a tails, whilst not incinerating the person who flipped the coin, and then the coin landing on tails, whilst balancing on a drawing pin facing up, is the chance that someone can prove that God exists. Now lets all move onto a different subject, that has somewhat of a non carpe diem nature. [Excuse the spelling mistakes, if any]

No, I believe there isn't a god, as such. I believe that there is someone/something up there that I sometimes chatter to when I'm feeling doubtful or worried, but I do not believe in a god. My interpretation of a god = better than everyone, has a beard, etc. Don't believe in Adam and Eve. Don't believe in Jesus' acts. Don't believe in the Bible. Give me Science, and I'll be on that religious bandwagon in a flash. Sorry if I caused offence, I didn't intend to.

Personally, if I knew I was nearing death, I would ask to be frozen and return in 500 years to see what the future holds. But, if I died, I would have a pretty normal burial, with a few close items, such as something to do with gaming, computing, basketball... etc. But I would want a transparent coffin.

To be honest, height only plays a small factor in dunking. My friend's 6ft 6 and he can barely reach half way up the net. AND, Nayte Robinson is the shortest person to win an NBA dunk competition - ~5ft5 (I think).

To be honest, if you can grab the rim with 2 hands and not dunk with one, I think you're bull-ing. I can only just grab the rim with both hands and I'm easily dunking with one. I've been playing basketball since about 6 years ago, now (currently 16) and I've been able to dunk about 3 months ago after a pretty short plymetrics schedule. It involved stepups and squats and lots of hopping with weights - was very harsh on my knees. But yeah, now I'm dunking. I also dunked in a game for the first time about 3 and a half weeks ago - my whole team went bezerk. I'm 6ft 4 and I have no idea what my vertical jump height is. I'll either record a video or post a picture of me dunking from my upcoming training on Thursday. I so wish I was in America, it'd be a dream to play there in College. I play for a school team and a club team - hoping to be scouted for my nation in a big game, soon. How old must you be to play in College? And do you have a whole college team, or year by year? (I'm from the UK - Don't know alot about America's schooling system)

Swiming is the most efficient in every way, too. Firstly - Very cheap, only a couple of dollars/pounds. Secondly, it's veeerryy good for toning and weight loss. It's indoor. The only downside is that you're always hungry afterwards, so don't eat junk! Pasta or salad is your best bet. But I'm no nutritionist, don't ask me those things. :P

If you're interested in basketball, that's an indoor sport which keeps you warm and is seriously good for cardio work-outs. Very good for toning up, also. But, I still think just because it's cold, you shouldn't stop jogging. Just chuck on a scarf, hat, warm hoodie and some big socks and you should be set. If you're dedicated, you should fight the cold easily.

Just a group of close friends, look up the thread.

Go talk to them, face to face? Jeeeze, be a man! Erm, I could survive, depending on the weather. If I could go out and skateboard, hang out with my girlfriend, or play basketball... I'd be happy as could be. Although at the moment, I will admitidly say that I do spend alot of time at my computer, but still do all the outdoor stuff too. I don't watch alot of TV, apart from when something I really like is on; which isn't that often.

... We drew them by hand back in first year of High school. Was in our Maths lessons. All to do with enlargement and the likes. Was a fun topic. I used CAD for my design and technology project. Don't know if I got anything on the computer left from it, though. I'll check later. :)

Haha, funny you should say this. I've only now came back to TIF since about this time last year. I can remember the huge uproar about Darkwebz and the people who had #Darkwebz Mafia in their sig. That was amazing. I stayed up ALL night to carry on posting on the thread. I wonder if that's still about. There's a few that I've loved though, and the people. I've looked up to Bubsa, Nadril, all the people who go in Darkwebz, Chris... All the old-schoolers, really. MrXman is someone I've admired, also. Good times.

I use Gmail, and to be honest, they're the best E-mail domain I've used, ever. All my spam is seperated from my proper Emails in it's own "Spam" section, just incase one day one of those emails will come in handy... Not saying it will. :roll: Current Spam Emails: 1433. Not bad. Every 14 days they delete, so it doesn't keep rising. So my advice is: Use GMAIL. :D - Also, they say you can never run out of capacity on Gmail; one thing that I particularly like.

Nah, I weigh 120 at 5'9. I never work out. My metabolism is just fast, I guess. My sleeping pattern is that I can stay up for at least a day and a half without being tired. I usually only get 2 hours of sleep a night. Is it 1 hour per night = Insomnia? Or something like that, so... In effect, you're bordering insomnia? That's not good. I get atleast 6 hours of sleep every night. (apart from weekend nights) Sleep is goooood.

To be honest, I chuckled. Join the club. :P

But it's also full of taurine which quickens your metabolism. Yeah, but it doesn't quicken it enough in comparison to how unhealthy it is.

That's very... Strict. In my school, students as young as 13-14 openly kiss and the teacher's just take the mic'. In the sixth form (17-18 year olds), students quite frequently fondle, jokingly and the teachers laugh along/joke about it. It's odd, but I suppose American schools are different. Personally, if the teacher gave me detension for hugging somebody, I'd do it another thousand times, and then to him... Just for good measure.

Just to give you a hand: MTU = Maximum Transmission Unit: Basically, the maximum information packets you can send through an interface/network at a given time. RWIN = Recieving Window (I think) -- Something to do with how much the user can recieve without actually having to accept it/information coming through without you having to aknowledge it. BDP = No clue, and I'm quite up to date with my acronyms. Doomster, fancy explaining it? I would come away with something too, then. :P EDIT: I got a list, but have no idea which one you're referring to: BDP Acronym List Bandwidth Delay Product? I don't know. :P

Redbull, psht. I drink around 10 - 15 on a night out (mixed with double vodkas) and I still manage to fall asleep when I get home. :P SO HA! Explain that. :notalk: Must be the vodka : I drink about 1-2 daily for about 3 years, so you can see why this happened. Long time + a lot of energy drinks. Basically, I have drank about: 1,095 - 2,190 energy drinks in the past 3 years. That much has affected my body while you only drink about 10-15 a night, sometimes. Plus, I wouldn't continue doing that. That many in that period of time would kill you. The warning label says to keep your limit of 3. I'd watch out for a heart attack. :? Plus, I don't prefer Redbull over other energy drinks. They are expensive and I down them pretty fast. I usually buy the really big RockStar guava for about $2.50. Which the tallest Redbull (Which is the equivalent of the smallest RockStar; Guava) is $2.49. The RockStar Guava is huge and tastes awesome, so that's why I buy 'em. Now, I only buy energy drinks because of their taste. I guess you could say I am addicted :D My record of consuming the warning limit of Redulls was 1:13. That was 3 of the large ones ;) Plus, the coldness of it hurt my teeth #-o Do you exercise after drinking the Red-Bulls? If not, I can picture you being morbidly obese(not being offensive or anything. I'm being serious). Drinking 2 cans of Red-Bull per day, with no exercise is like eating 2 slices of chocolate cake. Red-Bull is designed for alert-ness and to keep you physically active, not to keep you awake. Some would say "Well, those two subsequently, do keep you awake". That's where they're wrong. Once you drink a Red-Bull, you will have a burst of energy for so-long (dependant on what you're doing), and then will have a period called a "lull". It's where it basically runs out, and you become very tired and very unaware; worse than you were before you drank the Red-Bull. So, if you think drinking Red Bulls regularly has put you in a position where you are able to stay awake all night, you're probably wrong. If you drink them during the day, you're more likely to fall asleep earlier in the night. Your body wouldn't become accustomed(sp?) to it, as it cannot produce the ingredients designed for the energy burst itself. And sleep is a must for the body, so, it wouldn't keep you awake mentally, either. You might have developed a wider sleeping pattern, but that's about it. I know I babbled a bit and sorry if you can't understand it. It's rather... All over the place. (In a hurry)

Holy... I don't think I could ever go back to Dial-up, thinking about it. I complain when I'm getting less than 200kbp/s, nowadays. Personally, I'd get a pen and paper and draw whatever browser you want. They'll probably implement a device which turns your paper into a fully functioning monitor by the time you download a new browser. :P ... Only kidding. Er, I'd go with IE7, although, I haven't seen it run on a very out-dated computer yet.

Personally, I prefer Firefox, just because it looks better and the extentions are fun to play around with when you're bored. There's nothing wrong with IE7, as such. I got Firefox when the old IE was about (Which didn't have tabbed browsing), and I didn't like that, hence me getting Firefox. If you're running a fairly slow computer, Firefox will take longer to boot (open up) than IE7. But if you're computer's fairly decent, Firefox is a must have in my books.