AzurePhoenix

I just hope I'll stop sleepwalking before I somehow drive away my first husband.

It could have legs like hydrolic pistons with harpoon tips so it can latch to the ground and fight the wind. And look up thermoacidophiles. They thrive in fighteningly acidic environments. The leg thing's just an example. Come up with your own, slacker.

I'd say that's a sound conclusion.

The one he's imagining exists, obviously

I suppose if you were seeking a happy medium you could choose to believe in intelligent design. (not that you can "choose" to believe anything, which isn't something you consciously decide)

oooh, homegrown cherries and peaches are the absolute best, except for maybe homegrown blackberries

The corn plant was a type of grass called teosinte, which basically looked like plump green wheat. The Silk Moth is another perfect example. Both are "engineered" to the point that they can't survive in the wild. Of course, genetic engineering also allows for recomninant engineering, introducing genes from one organism into another, whereas with artificial selection, your stuck with those expressed by the organism being bred, so inmany ways it's more limited.

I'm sad to say that I'm very into justice. I was raised with the "let no one go unpunished' version of morality. People get like that when their dad's are law-enforcement officers.

Like Phi says, it just depends on the circumstances, but also your personal morals, and how much abuse you're wiling to take. Everyone's different. You choose the route of piece? You have my respect. You retaliate in kind? You still have it. You pet-nap their kitten and leave its evicerated corpse on the front lawn? Then you've crossed several lines, and should be institutionalized.

It's easy to not give a damn about what people think about you, what can be hard is dealing with how they treat you, whether it means they're bugging you directly, vandalizing your house, or actually showing hostility towards you, when it'd be easy enough for them to quietly shun you and stay out of your business, which I pretty much wish everyone would do. The problem is, today people aren't happy unless they can hurt you in some way, and it's simply not rational, nor fair, to expect someone to sit back and accept abuse of such a kind.

Please give them clues!! I want somone who's good with patterns to figure it out so I can see my name in mystic-number-form!!! In the words of my less-evolved peers "I'm trippin' "

I experience deja vu three or four times a week, when everything slows down, and perfectly matches a vague but solid memory (normally regarding a conversation while walking someplace, or in the car). I'll have dreams that are absolutely dull, boring, eventless, but a week or so later, I'll realize they closely match a real event.

Yeah, if I wasn't hot or good on the soccer field, I think I'd have more problems than one little wannabe nun, no matter how great my personality is

Technically a dracaena. http://www.dracaena.com/Marginata.asp

That's very true. I've noticed that alot of people use the person's "nerdism" as an excuse to punish them for other things, such as (but in no way limited to) the way they dress, how annoying or obnoxious they are, or their version of morality.

Why'd you ever want to do something like that? Unless it was edible of course.... My own lemons and oranges are coming in quite nicely, and my romaine is flourishing. My Dragon Plant? Dead as a chuckwalla in a woodchipper .

Simple; Go to this thread. We talked a bit about feathers, wings, and flight. http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=6434&highlight=microraptor

Agreed. I hope I didn't give the impression that he should seek out each of these punks and bludgeon them in their sleep. unless he himself is as obnoxious as his name implies.

Mokele, do you think it's a good idea to "castrate" the best of brains in the world? What if they have a lot to offer, gene-wise?

If you've read any of my other posts, you'd realize the normal rules don't apply to me. For instance, my icon and hero is a two-foot tall, bat-eared lizard with ESP, a speech impediment, and a laser-stick! Anyway, I haven't hurt anyone since (except on the soccer field, and that one guy who came on a little strong). The point is, somone tried to prosecute me for my nerd-related beliefs, and I nipped the problem in the bud.

I know. Can you believe her?! And don't worry Phi, she pulled through without the need for major reconstructive surgery (she got pretty again in no time), though her nose bled like Niagra Falls, and her eye was black the next morning.

Chick. She claims she's a chick.

You just need to mix a little attitude with your're smarts. Only one girl (a pure and mighty Bible-Thumper) ever made a fuss over my brains, so I brained her. I've been fine since, and as an added bonus, the religious girls avoid talking to me.

I think this is the first time I've been the sanest girl involved in a thread. Where's Coral? I need someone to balance me out....