That awful man in the check trousers, it's...

T H E   J U I C E   A N D   G I N

Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Term XXXIX, Issue 10 (#173)

Weather outlook:
Now we're just being taunted.


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* Contents *
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- Editor's Blurb
- Ongoing Events
- Photographia
- Greg's DTK
- Humour
- General Info


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* Editor's Blurb *
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Hey all

Our resident rock climbing Spiderwoman, Claire, has informed me that
there's a new contact for the regular Thursday Night Rock Climbing
extravaganza.  It's now Andrew P., whose email address is in the Ongoing
Events section under, coincidentally enough, Rock Climbing.  And in
Claire's own words:  "Andrew will run this with just as much enthusiasm
as I have in the past three years if not more.  And for those who still
want to see me, there is no reason to be worried:  I am far from
dropping out!"

Now you know:  Claire's no drop-out.

Until next time,

I *need* to pee on the cat!

Michael (mailto:nutsinfo$yahoo.ca)

And now, the rest of the story...


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* Ongoing Events *
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[See the Event Calendar on the web site for full descriptions.
--Ed.]

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Pool League
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Mondays

STILL NEW LOCATION!

http://nutsevents.topcities.com/events/index.html#Monday
Contact: Larisa and Michael (mailto:pool$solutionsatsource.com)

View the current players' statistics at:
http://nutsevents.topcities.com/events/pool/index.html

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Indoor Rock Climbing
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Thursday evenings

NEW CONTACT

Contact: Andrew (mailto:akpallek$hotmail.com)

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* Photographia *
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More fun to punch music by.

http://nutsevents.topcities.com/pictures/Punch/index.html
http://torpedo.ca.newbridge.com/mirror/pictures/Punch/index.html


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* Greg's Deep Thought Korner *
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A long, long time ago, when the Earth was young and I lived in a placed
called the Nuthouse with a bunch of other newly graduated engineers
working for an old fossil called the "Newbridge Networks Corporation",
we had many interesting discussions.

One such discussion centred itself around the idea of immortality.
Would we ever be able, through medicine and electronics, to make
ourselves immortal?  Would it be a good thing if we did?  What would it
do to our society if people stopped dying?

And, more importantly, how could it be accomplished?  Would it count if
I could copy my brain in to hardware and have it act just as I would
act?  Certainly it wouldn't count for me, but the copy presumably
wouldn't know and it would keep going as if merely teleported.  Perhaps,
then, if the biological infrastructure of our bodies simply isn't
suitable in terms of the durability required for infinitely long life,
another answer could be found.

Perhaps it would be possible to slowly replace, neuron by neuron,
synapse by synapse, dendrite by dendrite, every component of a person's
brain with an electronic version with the exact same electrical
properties and - this is important - much better durability.

At what point would we declare that the thing with the electronic
synapses passed from living to non-living?  Or would the thing with a
completely electronic brain count as being alive?  All I could say for
sure was that if the electronic brain thing was dead, the living guy
that it started from wouldn't even notice the change.

Creepy.

Greg.

[Send responses to DTKs or new Editorials to mailto:nutsinfo$yahoo.ca]


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* Humour *
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[Forward any good jokes or interesting web sites you see to
mailto:nutsinfo$yahoo.ca]

[Disclaimer:  The Humour Section may contain content that includes dirty
words, adult situations and jokes that make fun of politicians.  Viewer
discretion is advised.  --Ed.]

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A Visit To The Pediatrician
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Thanks to Linda G.'s Funny (But Not Ha-Ha Funny) Factory

A woman and a baby were in the doctor's examining room, waiting for the
doctor to come in for the baby's first exam.  The doctor arrived,
examined the baby, checked his weight, and being a little concerned,
asked if the baby was breast-fed or bottle-fed.
 
"Breast-fed" she replied.

"Well, strip down to your waist," the doctor ordered.

She did.  He pinched her nipples, then pressed, kneaded, and rubbed both
breasts for a while in a detailed examination.  Motioning to her to get
dressed, he said, "No wonder this baby is underweight.  You don't have
any milk."

"I know," she said, "I'm his Grandma, but I'm glad I came."

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Superdickery.com
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Thanks to Chris D., former Puzzle Of Death Champion

A website devoted to old comic book covers which should never *ever*
have passed the Comics Code Authority audit process.  The title of this
site is a reference to the original gallery, which was a collection of
covers depicting Superman being a, um, shall we say "jerk."  Yeah. 
Let's go with jerk, then.

http://www.superdickery.com/galleries.html

[In the gallery "Seduction of the Innocent", I almost died at #3. 
Really, the paramedics were on their way.  --Ed.]

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* General Info *
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Contact the NUTS Committee:
mailto:nutsinfo$yahoo.ca

The NUTS Website is:
http://nutsevents.topcities.com
http://torpedo.ca.newbridge.com/mirror (for people within Alcatel)

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