A young Chinese woman is undergoing medical tests in Beijing after dining on dirt for 11 years.
The 18-year-old from Inner Mongolia was taken to Beijing by her parents, who wanted to know why she finds dirt appetizing.
She told Chinese television she started the habit when she was just 7 years old when she consumed dirt that was attached to the roots of grass.
Yellow mud is her favorite. Her eating habits have caused problems for the family's next-door neighbor, who has a mud roof.
Hello, my name is Loh Ji Yuan, in chinese 罗吉原. Loh Ji sounds like Logic(逻辑)in Mandarin, hence LogicYuan.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Computers - Male or Female?
As you are aware, ships have long been characterized as being female (e.g., "Steady as she goes", or "She's listing to starboard, Captain!").
Recently, a group of computer scientists (all males)announced that computers should also be referred to as being female. Their reasons for drawing this conclusion follow:
Five reasons to believe computers are female:
1. No one but the Creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. The message "Bad command or file name" is about as informative as, "If you don't know why I'm mad at you, then I'm certainly not going to tell you".
4. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
5. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
However, another group of computer scientists (all female)think that computers should be referred to as if they were male. Their reasons follow:
Five reasons to believe computers are male:
1. They have a lot of data, but are still clueless.
2. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the problem.
3. As soon as you commit to one you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have obtained a bettermodel.
4. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
5. Big power surges knock them out for the rest of the night.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
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