Random playlist song: Bach - Suite française No 5 - Ouverture dans le style français: Piotr Anderszewski - French Suite No 5 in G Major, BWV 816 - 1. Allemande
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If anyone has information on how to contact Royston Tan (of "Cut" and "15" fame), it would be much appreciated.
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Someone: *quotes from my RJ review*
haha...he is my teacher now
he is crap, man... total crap
Me: haha
one does one's best
half the teachers probably hate me
ah well. this is the price of editorial probity
I used to be more raw
unfortunate that I have slackened
the price of fame and too many real world consequences coming back to haunt you!
Someone: haha
i notice though, that you sound really mysogynistic
Me: hahahahahahaha
pray tell ;)
Someone: i am not sure that is the view you really hold
but you speak of girls in a tone reserved for a particular savage tribe, who practices you don't quite approve of, but have to accept anyway
Me: hahahahahahha
and how about now?
Someone: toned a bit... but still there
well, i am just inferring from the tone you take in your articles
i am not sure you really hold those views, or it is a way to attract attention
Me: verily, I am amused
Someone: well, your ultimate savage-practices-of-girls post :P
and your RJ post
Someone else: i cant be pedantic with anyone without being rude, except you. haha
Me: you're welcome
I should charge for my services man
Me: are the systems by which bacteria resist antibiotics irreducibly complex?
Someone (2): not exactly
there are differing mechanisms among antibiotics and thus antibiotic resistance
like say, some bacteria evolve cell walls that are impermeable to antibiotics
some bacteria develop enzymes to digest a particular antibiotic
some baceteria develop different parts to make use of different nutrients/substrates/whatever that the antibiotic makes it poisonous for them to make use
y'know, sorta like instead of eating poisoned rice, you switch to noodles
Me: but these mechanisms can be claimed to be irreducibly complex right
Someone (2): well, yeah, at a cellular and molecular level, i suppose so
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"Q: Why does TRUE use non-standard punctuation marks around quotation marks?
"Standard" depends on your point of view. An average American would write
I like "This is True," which I get every week.
while a typical Brit would write
I like "This is True", which I get every week.
See the difference in the placement of the comma? The American system is idiotic: the name of the publication is, in fact, "This is True". Its name certainly does not include a comma, as implied by the quotation marks! "British punctuation style" is much more logical and correct. American schools teach the former because it means the writer doesn't have to think -- they can just follow a simplistic rule. Accuracy? Forget it -- it's not even considered. True is about thinking, about accuracy, about education. It follows logic when punctuating, not lazy school rules."
Hah!