Teh interesting (non-PHL-related) news stub thread

[Lord_Leperman]

Poor planet. Nice image though :p

I wonder if there's intelligent life on that planet and if they were able to make it out alive...

[Twin-Skies]

Not just tech. It's that they don't have enough plains to use as farmland.

That's a pretty old issue - I remember hearing from my asian history classes on admu that Japan's minimalist culture was partly due to the land's frequent lack of resources. It was because they were often strapped for materials that they developed various art styles the focus on subtlety and detail instead of outright flamboyance.

[Fox]

Poor planet. Nice image though :p

I wonder if there's intelligent life on that planet and if they were able to make it out alive...

No, they didn't make it out alive. Instead, they decided to put their last hope in a capsule and send him on an interstellar journey to an insignificant planet on the other side of the galaxy, where he will grow strong and help protect his adopted home-world.

[HayWire]

Poor planet. Nice image though :p

I wonder if there's intelligent life on that planet and if they were able to make it out alive...

No, they didn't make it out alive. Instead, they decided to put their last hope in a capsule and send him on an interstellar journey to an insignificant planet on the other side of the galaxy, where he will grow strong and help protect his adopted home-world.

Dude, I remember that show!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclop...hp?id=2232

[Grim]

Poor planet. Nice image though :p

I wonder if there's intelligent life on that planet and if they were able to make it out alive...

No, they didn't make it out alive. Instead, they decided to put their last hope in a capsule and send him on an interstellar journey to an insignificant planet on the other side of the galaxy, where he will grow strong and help protect his adopted home-world.

Dude, I remember that show!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclop...hp?id=2232

Or, you know...

[NiX]

AHAHAAHHAHAAHAH that got a good chuckle from me.

[Twin-Skies]

DepEd seeks to purge schools of ‘jejemon’ mentality
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20100522/tp...cd5cf.html

[Grim]

I hate saying it, as it reeks of elitism and is just plain wrong, but sometimes I wish for some kind of genocide to happen to our country.

[J.E_Magog]

Pakistan blocks Youtube, Facebook
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100520/ap_o..._crackdown

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan blocked YouTube and many other Internet sites Thursday in a widening crackdown on online content deemed offensive to Islam, reflecting the secular government's sensitivities to an issue that has ignited protests in the Muslim country.

The move came a day after the government obeyed a court order to block Facebook over a page called "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" that encourages users to post images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Most Muslims regard depictions of the prophet, even favorable ones, as blasphemous.

Supporters of an Islamist political party protested against Facebook in at least three cities in small and peaceful rallies. The government, which is unpopular among many Islamists for siding with the United States in the war against the Taliban and al-Qaida, is hoping that the website bans will lessen anger in the days ahead.

"We are ready to die protecting the honor of our beloved Prophet Muhammad," said Aysha Hameed, one of 1,000 female protesters in Multan city.

Others — mostly members of the more secular, educated elite — accused the government of blocking freedom of expression and hurting small businesses that use Facebook for marketing. Many questioned need for the entire Facebook and YouTube sites to be blocked, instead of individual pages on them.

About 20 million of Pakistan's 180 million people are Internet users and social networking sites are among the most popular, especially among those younger than 25. Pakistan's Internet service providers' association said usage had dropped by about 25 percent since Wednesday.

The offending Facebook page encourages users to post images of the prophet on May 20 to protest threats made by a radical Muslim group against the creators of the American TV series "South Park" for depicting Muhammad in a bear suit during an episode earlier this year.

"Such malicious and insulting attacks hurt the sentiments of Muslims around the world and cannot be accepted under the garb of freedom of expression," Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said.

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[Twin-Skies]

I hate saying it, as it reeks of elitism and is just plain wrong, but sometimes I wish for some kind of genocide to happen to our country.

Tempting...very tempting...but quite frankly, I'm scared that doing so might make us into some Khmer Rouge persona, where we think we're doing the right thing, when we're actually being douchebags.

[atdsutm]

I hate saying it, as it reeks of elitism and is just plain wrong, but sometimes I wish for some kind of genocide to happen to our country.

Tempting...very tempting...but quite frankly, I'm scared that doing so might make us into some Khmer Rouge persona, where we think we're doing the right thing, when we're actually being douchebags.

same here, dont want to end up regretting my actions

[wildheart]

well probably we see a lot of bad things happening around us and that i think is enough reason for us to strive to help make our country better. the question is what can we do?

[Hempire]

take what you just said...and apply that to the world.

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Hopefully this incident won't lead to a real life AC setting. Then again, we won't be able to build ACs if we don't have oil to start of with.
Seriously, this incident is affecting a lot of people and we have yet to feel the impact of the environmental consequences.

[clonezero]

wait till someone flicks a lit match on that baby XD

[Sforza]

wait till someone flicks a lit match on that baby XD

It's underwater.