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May 31st, 2008

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• May 31st, 2008

  What happens to consciousness during anesthesia?

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• May 31st, 2008

  Blacking out?

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• July 27th, 2008

  What was your first experience with a computer?

  Remember the KayPro? One of the first personal computers. A whopping 32K (that is kilobytes) of RAM. No hard disk. A 3-inch monochrome display. And all of this was before Microsoft and before DOS. It was about the size of a suitcase and you could carry it, but you had to plug it in. I still remember some of the keyboard shortcuts for the wordprocessing and spreadsheet applications! The first game the really grabbed me was the original SimCity.
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• July 26th, 2008

  Is it forbidden in some interpretations of Judaism, as it is in Islam, to eat with your left hand?

  I did an exchange program and lived for a year in Chile in the early 80’s. Being left-handed was a big deal, to my midwestern surprise. It was not acceptable for me to eat in public using my left hand. I learned to eat with my right. It was ‘strange’ but okay for me to write with my left in school. I remember the family asked me ‘why’ my mother didn’t slap my hand and keep me from using the left. I replied the my mother was left handed. That got a ‘knowing’—that explains it all—response from the crowd. The family I was staying with was nominally Christian. I found that there were many Islamic influences on the Christianity practiced as well as the general culture. Siesta. Mass five times a day. Some of which impressed me as superstition and others which I found I really enjoy. The left-handed thing was generally attributed to Islamic culture (though I profess to be no expert!). Oh yes, I had pushed this aside. Almost everytime I told a companion (of like status/class) that I was left handed, the very next question would be ‘Which hand do you use in the bathroom?’ (I said I washed my hands…) You all sound rather enlightened and god bless you. All sorts of prejudice flourish in places you might not suspect. I mean to offend no one.
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• July 18th, 2008

  Why haven't animals evolved with wheels?

  think of the climate and landscape of Central and South America! it is so wet and mountainous that roads are much less practical than on the plains of Spain. animals can roll up into balls but they can’t rotate an axle because there are no smaller parts to scale-up for the task. isn’t that how mother works? ...although, I do seem to recall some scurrilous rumour that bacterial flagella might be rotating a corkscrew, rather than flicking a whip.
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• July 12th, 2008

  Do you think the Indian Removal Act was rooted in racism?

  Twisted eugenics, xenophobia, and the delusion of Manifest Destiny were also at the root. The plunder, rape, murder and genocide that followed are hardly acknowledged! There should be a word for that sin beyond greed, which denies anyone else possession or happiness. I think there is a moral, spiritual and real world debt to be paid.
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• June 7th, 2008

  Cheap camera repair?

  I wish I had more palatable advice for you. Modern cameras are not user-serviceable. In fact, they are for the most part not shop-serviceable either (except for simplest of repairs). “Real” repairs of these units is not economically feasible and a replacement is what you get with a factory warrantee. My advice would be to go to a good shop and pay the tab (if they even think they can fix it). Otherwise, look for a used replacement. Dare I ask, “What was this physical damage that was your fault?” Regards.
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