We slept with our boots on - War Poetry
15 years ago
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Yawns...
Maaaaannn... So bored... I meem the server of bannedstory is so lag, I can't even make my animations lolz. Anyway, i can tel;l you, life is sooooo boring. Imean it. Everyday study study study, It's the same every day. T-h-e-r-e-s n-o-t-h-i-n-g NEW!!!!!! It's just the same old droning from my teacher, Homework here homework there, so old... (sighs) Who agrees? Pls Tag and say!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Recap
Hello all....
So sowwi, so long no animations...haha. Anyways, There will be what i call a recap soon. What many would be asking is what is it. Simple. I'm gonna post the past animations that have been made. Again.
So sowwi, so long no animations...haha. Anyways, There will be what i call a recap soon. What many would be asking is what is it. Simple. I'm gonna post the past animations that have been made. Again.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Requesting for music...
Wellllll.....
anyone have any suggestions on what songs i should put on my blog??? Pls tell me WHAT!!!
anyone have any suggestions on what songs i should put on my blog??? Pls tell me WHAT!!!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Artificial intelligence
There is this book called "Flowers for Algernon", it is about this person who has a very low IQ ( in short, he is mentally retarded ). He went for this operation to artificially increase human intelligence. this brings me to the whole point of this post. Is artificial human intelligence a good thing, or a bad thing? It exists that's for sure.
Increasing human intelligence artificially has its pros and cons. The advantages being that you can be much smarter, have a much stronger memory and helps you to understand things better, at a much faster speed. It also helps to increase your emotional range and enhance them.
You might think that " Hey it's so cool! Its so helpful! Iwould like to do it too!" If that's what you are thinking then I am sorry to say that you are sorely mistaken if you think that its advantages cover all its disadvantages.
The disadvantages in increasing human intelligence in this story is simply shocking. One will suffer from amnesia as the modified brain starts to degenerate. Soon, loss of mucle control follows. Next could be death.
There are a couple of reasons why i am against artificial human intelligencs. First, altering what is given to us is just like what people refer to as " Playing God". It is wrong. As normal people, craving for such needs is seriously being greedy, asking more of what is given to us. It is just like asking triple of the world's fortune. Besides, the risks of the operation could be fatal. In my opinion, being too smart, it tis almost impossible for us to communicate with a lot of other people as our intelligence surpasses all others. Thus, it will lead to our unhappiness. So it all burns down to one major question: Which is more important, Happiness or Intelligence?
Increasing human intelligence artificially has its pros and cons. The advantages being that you can be much smarter, have a much stronger memory and helps you to understand things better, at a much faster speed. It also helps to increase your emotional range and enhance them.
You might think that " Hey it's so cool! Its so helpful! Iwould like to do it too!" If that's what you are thinking then I am sorry to say that you are sorely mistaken if you think that its advantages cover all its disadvantages.
The disadvantages in increasing human intelligence in this story is simply shocking. One will suffer from amnesia as the modified brain starts to degenerate. Soon, loss of mucle control follows. Next could be death.
There are a couple of reasons why i am against artificial human intelligencs. First, altering what is given to us is just like what people refer to as " Playing God". It is wrong. As normal people, craving for such needs is seriously being greedy, asking more of what is given to us. It is just like asking triple of the world's fortune. Besides, the risks of the operation could be fatal. In my opinion, being too smart, it tis almost impossible for us to communicate with a lot of other people as our intelligence surpasses all others. Thus, it will lead to our unhappiness. So it all burns down to one major question: Which is more important, Happiness or Intelligence?
Monday, February 9, 2009
Australian wildfires rage on after killing 131
WHITTLESEA, Australia (AFP) - - Troops and firefighters battled raging Australian wildfires Monday that have left at least 131 people dead amid a landscape of charred homes, bodies and devastated communities.
The wildfires have become the deadliest in Australia's history, destroying entire towns and wiping out families.
Amid the heartache there was also anger as police revealed they suspected some of the fires were started by arsonists , whom Prime Minister Kevin Rudd accused of "mass murder."
"This is of a level of horror that few of us anticipated," he said, later choking up with emotion as he recounted the messages of support that have arrived from around the world.
Parliament suspended normal business to mark what Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard called "one of the darkest days in Australia's peacetime history."
Tales of tragedy , fear and narrow escapes have transfixed the nation while images of the towering flames dominate television and newspapers.
Huddled under a dampened blanket in a puddle in a creek, as Australia's deadly bushfires roared over her head "like a jet engine," Sonja Parkinson was convinced she and infant son Sam would die.
Instead, the flimsy shelter saved them from the inferno that claimed at least 32 lives in their town of Kinglake, one of the many compelling stories to emerge from the country's worst fire disaster.
"The two front rooms were ablaze. I couldn't see. It was black. We went down to the creek and we hid," she told The Australian newspaper. "This little one was so brave under the blanket."
Thirty-one fires were still burning in the southeastern state of Victoria, where all the deaths occurred, and nervous communities were on alert as the flames burnt all in their path at the whim of the winds.
They have swept through some 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 square miles) fed by tinder-box conditions after a prolonged heatwave.
A number of the smouldering ruins are now surrounded by crime scene tape as police probe whether arsonists were to blame.
"What do you say about anyone like that, there are no words to describe it other than mass murder," Rudd said.
One picturesque hamlet, which became an emblem of the fires when aerial pictures showed it razed to the ground, was declared a crime scene for suspected arson.
Police blocked cars from driving into Marysville in northeast Victoria, saying there were still bodies in the streets and the whole town was a crime scene, the national AAP news agency said.
In a home in the worst-hit town of Kinglake, north of the state capital Melbourne, the charred bodies of four children were found huddled with that of an adult, believed to be a parent.
Police identified the four as children only from the size of their skulls, the Australian newspaper reported.
With Kinglake flattened, residents in the town of Yackandandah in Victoria's northeast were nervously waiting to see if they would suffer the same fate.
"People are nervous, we are at the mercy of the weather," said businessman James Lacey. "If we get southerly winds we might be in trouble."
Thousands of farm animals, pets and wild creatures have also perished in the flames. One stark image showed a farmer shooting a badly burnt sheep with a rifle.
Glenda Elliott, who runs the Kangaloola Wildlife Shelter near Yackandandah, said she was ready to pack the scores of native animals she cares for onto her pick-up truck and take them down a mine shaft as she did during a 2003 fire.
"We are on high alert, the fires are probably only five kilometres away," she told the national AAP news agency.
But for other people, it was already too late.
People died in their cars as they sought to escape the flames, smouldering wrecks on roads testimony to failed attempts to flee, while others were burnt to death in their homes.
Thousands of survivors are now jamming community halls, schools and other makeshift accommodation.
In neighbouring New South Wales state, two people have been charged with arson -- a 31-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy.
Neither of the fires they are accused of starting killed anybody, but police suspect arsonists were also behind some of the major fires in Victoria.
State police commissioner Christine Nixon said all bushfire areas will be treated as crime scenes, saying there was "good evidence" to believe some of the fires were deliberately lit.
Reflections:
Due to global warming, the temperature of the surroundings have increased. The forestfire might have happened due to certain reasons. It could be due to the increasingly elevating weather. The dry leaves in the forest might have caught fire after being exposed to the intense heat. This then led to the forest fire.
The other reason that many people thought was the right answer, was that this fire is a case of arson. This fire could have been deliberately set to cause trouble. It could also be set by a person with a vengeful heart, wanting to take revenge on something. it could also merely be an accident.
No matter what the reason, This fire killed and injured many lives. If this fire is a case of arson, then the arsonist should be ashamed of himself or herself. hopefully, such an incident will not happen again, else many more lives will be lost. and the consequences will be severe. Arson is a serious offense and if practised could have very dire consequences.
WHITTLESEA, Australia (AFP) - - Troops and firefighters battled raging Australian wildfires Monday that have left at least 131 people dead amid a landscape of charred homes, bodies and devastated communities.
The wildfires have become the deadliest in Australia's history, destroying entire towns and wiping out families.
Amid the heartache there was also anger as police revealed they suspected some of the fires were started by arsonists , whom Prime Minister Kevin Rudd accused of "mass murder."
"This is of a level of horror that few of us anticipated," he said, later choking up with emotion as he recounted the messages of support that have arrived from around the world.
Parliament suspended normal business to mark what Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard called "one of the darkest days in Australia's peacetime history."
Tales of tragedy , fear and narrow escapes have transfixed the nation while images of the towering flames dominate television and newspapers.
Huddled under a dampened blanket in a puddle in a creek, as Australia's deadly bushfires roared over her head "like a jet engine," Sonja Parkinson was convinced she and infant son Sam would die.
Instead, the flimsy shelter saved them from the inferno that claimed at least 32 lives in their town of Kinglake, one of the many compelling stories to emerge from the country's worst fire disaster.
"The two front rooms were ablaze. I couldn't see. It was black. We went down to the creek and we hid," she told The Australian newspaper. "This little one was so brave under the blanket."
Thirty-one fires were still burning in the southeastern state of Victoria, where all the deaths occurred, and nervous communities were on alert as the flames burnt all in their path at the whim of the winds.
They have swept through some 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 square miles) fed by tinder-box conditions after a prolonged heatwave.
A number of the smouldering ruins are now surrounded by crime scene tape as police probe whether arsonists were to blame.
"What do you say about anyone like that, there are no words to describe it other than mass murder," Rudd said.
One picturesque hamlet, which became an emblem of the fires when aerial pictures showed it razed to the ground, was declared a crime scene for suspected arson.
Police blocked cars from driving into Marysville in northeast Victoria, saying there were still bodies in the streets and the whole town was a crime scene, the national AAP news agency said.
In a home in the worst-hit town of Kinglake, north of the state capital Melbourne, the charred bodies of four children were found huddled with that of an adult, believed to be a parent.
Police identified the four as children only from the size of their skulls, the Australian newspaper reported.
With Kinglake flattened, residents in the town of Yackandandah in Victoria's northeast were nervously waiting to see if they would suffer the same fate.
"People are nervous, we are at the mercy of the weather," said businessman James Lacey. "If we get southerly winds we might be in trouble."
Thousands of farm animals, pets and wild creatures have also perished in the flames. One stark image showed a farmer shooting a badly burnt sheep with a rifle.
Glenda Elliott, who runs the Kangaloola Wildlife Shelter near Yackandandah, said she was ready to pack the scores of native animals she cares for onto her pick-up truck and take them down a mine shaft as she did during a 2003 fire.
"We are on high alert, the fires are probably only five kilometres away," she told the national AAP news agency.
But for other people, it was already too late.
People died in their cars as they sought to escape the flames, smouldering wrecks on roads testimony to failed attempts to flee, while others were burnt to death in their homes.
Thousands of survivors are now jamming community halls, schools and other makeshift accommodation.
In neighbouring New South Wales state, two people have been charged with arson -- a 31-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy.
Neither of the fires they are accused of starting killed anybody, but police suspect arsonists were also behind some of the major fires in Victoria.
State police commissioner Christine Nixon said all bushfire areas will be treated as crime scenes, saying there was "good evidence" to believe some of the fires were deliberately lit.
Reflections:
Due to global warming, the temperature of the surroundings have increased. The forestfire might have happened due to certain reasons. It could be due to the increasingly elevating weather. The dry leaves in the forest might have caught fire after being exposed to the intense heat. This then led to the forest fire.
The other reason that many people thought was the right answer, was that this fire is a case of arson. This fire could have been deliberately set to cause trouble. It could also be set by a person with a vengeful heart, wanting to take revenge on something. it could also merely be an accident.
No matter what the reason, This fire killed and injured many lives. If this fire is a case of arson, then the arsonist should be ashamed of himself or herself. hopefully, such an incident will not happen again, else many more lives will be lost. and the consequences will be severe. Arson is a serious offense and if practised could have very dire consequences.
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