The Off Topic Topic

[Josephus]

It's 4:30 p.m. and it's almost pitch black outside. 

Less than two weeks till it starts going the other way.

Amen

[DisturbedPervert]

Finally got the repairman to come fix my airconditioner.  Past two days it's been acting up and randomly turning off.   

[Josquius]

Woohoo, I've just gotten an A on a 15 credit module.
And thats a ECTS A. i.e. a freakishly impossible 98%.
Modules without exams FTW.

[Josephus]

Does anyone remember that STNG episode when Ryker brings in some sort of Virtual Reality-like headsets and everyone on the Enterprise starts playing this computer game and gets addicted? Does anyone remember what it was called? Or what season it was in?

[Josephus]

Nevermind. It was "The GAme". Season Five. Ep. Six.

Thanks. 

[Josquius]

Report back if its anygood.
It sounds wonderfully silly.

[Razgovory]

I had the strangest dream.  I dreamt my brother was a God over species of geometric two beings, my mother got breast implants to impress the fish people and I married a black woman.

[Admiral Yi]

Apparently the gulf stream is the north american bit and the north atlantic drift the bit that extends to europe, so they're different things.
But meh, thats dull

We call the whole thing the Gulf Stream.

[MadImmortalMan]

Beer could be the new weapon against cancer

Published Date: 09 December 2009
By John von Radowitz
MEN now have another excuse to go down the pub thanks to new research suggesting that a compound in beer may prevent prostate cancer.
Tests showed that the ingredient, xanthohumol, blocked a biological pathway that allows prostate cancer to be fuelled by the male hormone testosterone.

The disease is commonly treated with drugs that act in a similar way.

Xanthohumol is a powerful antioxidant derived from hops. It belongs to a family of chemicals called flavonoids found in fruits and vegetables that are known to have anti-cancer properties.

Previous studies have already suggested that xanthohumol may block the female hormone oestrogen's ability to stimulate breast cancer. Scientists now believe it may have a similar effect in men.

In laboratory tests, the compound blocked the molecular "switch" that allows testosterone to trigger changes in prostate cells that may lead to cancer.

[sbr]

Beer could be the new weapon against cancer

Published Date: 09 December 2009
By John von Radowitz
MEN now have another excuse to go down the pub thanks to new research suggesting that a compound in beer may prevent prostate cancer.
Tests showed that the ingredient, xanthohumol, blocked a biological pathway that allows prostate cancer to be fuelled by the male hormone testosterone.

The disease is commonly treated with drugs that act in a similar way.

Xanthohumol is a powerful antioxidant derived from hops. It belongs to a family of chemicals called flavonoids found in fruits and vegetables that are known to have anti-cancer properties.

Previous studies have already suggested that xanthohumol may block the female hormone oestrogen's ability to stimulate breast cancer. Scientists now believe it may have a similar effect in men.

In laboratory tests, the compound blocked the molecular "switch" that allows testosterone to trigger changes in prostate cells that may lead to cancer.

That's the best news I have heard in a long time. 

[Josephus]

So, to summarize....are they saying "DRINK MORE BEER?"

[sbr]

Chemistry student killed by 'exploding chewing gum'

A CHEMISTRY student has reportedly been killed by what is believed to be exploding chewing gum.

Russian news agency Ria Novosti reports the 25-year-old chemistry student was found dead with his jaw blown off after he was working on a computer at his parents' house in the Ukraine city of Konotop.

"A loud pop was heard from the student's room," a city police chief aide told ukranews.com.

"When his relatives entered the room they saw that the lower part of the young man's face had been blown off."

The man was studying at Ukraine's Kiev Polytechnic Institute and was known for his habit of dipping chewing in citric acid.

Ria Novosti reports police found both citric acid packets and "some kind of explosive material" on a table in his parents's room.

They believe he may have confused the two packets, dipping thegum into the explosive material rather than the citric acid.

Forensic experts will travel from Kiev tomorrow to investigate the substance, as local authorities feared it may explode if transported.

http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/chemistry-student-killed-by-exploding-chewing-gum/story-e6frflri-1225808518676?from=public_rss

Yes, the article is poorly written.

[katmai]

What if anything can one gleam from this little fact
Of the top ten thread starters,
Posters #6-10 have 354 threads  started combined
Poster #1 has 351 all by himself.

[jimmy olsen]

What if anything can one gleam from this little fact
Of the top ten thread starters,
Posters #6-10 have 354 threads  started combined
Poster #1 has 351 all by himself.

I'm awesome?

[katmai]

What if anything can one gleam from this little fact
Of the top ten thread starters,
Posters #6-10 have 354 threads  started combined
Poster #1 has 351 all by himself.

I'm awesome?

I was gonna say too much time on your hands