oh k thats an interesting response. i feel that in some places you miss the point.
- ge has been present for millions of years and what we are seeing at the moment is the natural evolution of it-
oh k you mentiond nature and 'science' (this quantified thing you speak of). we are talking about evolution here. depsite the fact that nature has its' own fuck-ups, as far as you or i know this could be natures evolution. nature is evolving into science. as say 'as far as we know' because with evolution, we can't see it until it's happened. sure at the moment;
"SCIENCE on the other hand has less than 5% of an understanding of the nature of genes & dna"-
however this just reinforces my point. you can't immeaditley know absolutley everything. with the evolution comes understanding. we are seeing the start of this.
- why do we have to question everything?
no, this isn't the fundamental function of science. i admit it's a pretty stupid statement in that it's too broad - we question evrything by existing. the fundamental function of science is to find out why. the statement was more aimed at my annoyance of many uninformed claims floating around.
- ¿who are we to stop the evolution of the human race?
lena this is the lamest response to any question ever. it is what politicians use. anyone can turn any question around, and make the converse really negative. however as questions make statements, by applying this tact you use all meaning of the statement, and end up filling up space on a page trying to show that you have a convincing argument. however i acknowledge that in places people have jumed the gun, where more time is needed. i am not trying to dispute this at all. it's just that there's a difference between giving it more time and 'keeping it in the lab'. you can't recreate earth's environment in a lab.
¿is your degree a phd in dorkology- from the university of fuckwit?
haha i wish! dorks are way cooler than me.
you absolute retards. ge has been present for millions of years and what we are seeing at the moment is the natural evolution of it. why do we have to question everything? who are you to stop the evolution of the human race? which would you rather consume - something which has been "traditionally" grafted between a few splices of various species, and then exposed to some radiation to speed up the process, or something which has been tested over and over and over again? (with statistics on its' side to be a proven sucess). with ge, our economy can flourish, which will filter through to even our musicians. believe it or not, the scientists don't want to die either!! for fucks sake people, open your eyes. if we want to survive as a country, we have to face some facts. i'm embarresed to think new zealanders are so naieve. and before you ask, 'what do I know about ge?'... i have a degree in it. which also doesn't mean i'm biased. believe me - any negative factors are minimal in comparison to the positive factors of genetic engineering.
noones mentioned the episode where homer & co. go to rock'n'roll camp! keith richards, lenny kravitz, tom petty and i forget who else are there. apu brings up the all important topic of crotch stuffing - a bit of a sensitive of for lenny if i remeber rightly.
plus the episode where homer gets stoned
homer: WOW - we have a kitchen?!
homer: you do the best flanders!
flanders: well, actually homer, i am flanders.
homer: do wiggum, do wiggum.....
homer: i have a question. could jesus microwave a burrito so hot that not even he himself could eat it?
flanders: well gee, thats a real melon tickler of a question there homer, and i don't know the answer. but luckily i have a book which does .
homer: it's pretty long, could you read it to me?
ned: could i?!!
hahaha
billy corgan: "hi - i'm billy coragan, smashing pumpkins"
homer: "homer simpson, smiling politley"
the live version of 'everything in its right place' cracks 7 mins. its fecking good too.
why do gigs HAVE to be R18? i went to see the datsuns, polyphonic spree etc. in glasgow earlier in the year, which was R14 (im sure only to stop people littler than this being crushed). The point is they still had a bar there, just with a bouncer on the end, and a few patrolling thru the venue checking the young looking ones id. This worked brilliantly, it was sold out, we still got drunk, had a good time, and the youngin's saw what happens when you grow up in cambrdige.
I know this isn't really applicable to pubs/bars because of legislation, but who's to say we can't try and make it change? We seem to base the rest of our society on the uk.
We can drink at the cricket and the rugby - why is a performance by a band any different?
wow there's a lot more to the $2 shop than i ever realised....
they have an upmarket range? damn man, i've been missn' out.
maybe it's to save confusion between their upmarket range and standard range. I'd hate to see a confused $2 shop customer.
i think when you read someones posts over time, you make your own mental picture of that person. like reading a book compared to watching a movie. i suppose the little icons next to one's name kind of gives a clue. its really weird coz its like you know someone on one level, then when you actually meet them all those thoughts are either shattered (you were completley wrong in your analysis of the person from text) or you can build on your picture (you're pretty good at this pyschic shit).
i can't really comment that well coz i havn't met that many nzmer's.
some people are so sexy it oozes into their postings'.....
are there really price tags in the $2 shop? idiots.
i saw them at one of the nme awards shows a couple of weeks ago. it was crazy seeing so many people on stage, but they pulled it off really well. there was a really good sound, where everyone gelled with everyone else - something which is often hard enough to do with 4 people in a band. its a shame because they didn't have the extravagance on stage which some of thier shows do, with all sorts of props and dressed up animals a la flaming lips, which would have made an amazing show even more intruiging.
an interesting act to preceed the datsuns too!
i met interpol last weekend. they were dorks. dunno about the music yet.
We had a freak storm hit at work. It blew in a window about 5m x 2m. Could have killed someone, Big big chunks of glass flew everywhere. It also blew wine barrells off a truck onto a guy, who then had to go to hospital. And it also took some of the roof off the winery.
coincidence of destiny? arrrr this shit screws with me.
lost soul music is a fucking world class album. a fairly diverse content musically yet still manages to flow and pass the time away like you don't even know it's been happening. original percussion, warm bass and supersweet vocals make for the most enjoyable soak in the bath or sunday morning recovery.
nice vids too.
does anyone know whats happening - hopefully another recording is in the works?
hemp doesn't have the thc content of pot (thc is the magic ingrediant). you'd have to smoke a whole field of hemp for it to have any effect.
fuck this government fucks me off. stupid stupid people. my solution: you need to pay the prime minister and their associates some stupid salary e.g. $2m. fact is that most of us are in it for the money (?) and anyone who has any talent in that area is going to make a fucking shitload more doing what they do in thier area of commerce than the $100k or so ms clarke gets. i mean come on who would want to be prime minister? you need SOME inscentive. its the talented people with flair which we need running our country. all we have are idiots. fucking idiots. people who organise events such as the 'world series' and think they've done well. go and fall out of a plane.
yeh i mean to read no logo - i hear its good. :)
i'm embarresed to think that new zealand music will be associated with these bands. there goes any credability on an international scale. idots.
and ferdinand (sp?) porsche designed the beetle at the request of hitler, before he was fired by volkswagen and started his own car company.
64% of statistics are made up on the spot. 53% of people know that.
// strangely enough though, not in the eastern world
now why is that?
the genetic make-up of the eastern population doesn't allow them to drink (as much) as westerners do.
it dates back to when the populations were becoming established - to survive you need water. water supplies were unsafe, so there were two things you you could do. boil it or distill it. the asian cultures went with boiling - hence the 'tea culture', and the european cultures distilled.
the evolution of the two races (very slightly) split at this stage - to the point where many people of asian descent today cannot drink any alcohol, or very little has very bad effects.