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    What did you want to grow up to be as a child?

    A scientist, when I realised that it was a lot more than just putting pretty colours in flasks to make cool stuff happen. --Which is incidentally happening since I'm doing a Masters Degree in Physics and working in R&D in Germany over the summer, with the intent to pursue an academic career...
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    is it wrong for guys to shed tears?

    Nothing wrong with it. That fact the men cry less just makes it more significant/meaningful when they do. On the flip-side of that, I sometimes find it irritating how easily and frequently some girls do cry. Incidentally, there is good reason why men cry less. Crying requires the production...
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    What is the best malware/virus scanner?

    I use Linux. (although if I had to use Windows then I'd make use of Avast's free version)
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    Games you loved but people hated you for liking

    My housemate berates me for playing Minecraft, which he says "Looks likes it was made in 1967". He hasn't played it.
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    British Engineers Design Anti-Pirate Laser

    That's no boat ... Profit *cough* ... sorry
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    MineCraft Player Destroys Giant Monster With Lava and Chickens

    What's the name of the texture pack being used here?
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    Humble Indie Bundle Pack #2 is out.

    Thought people here would want to know. Watch the video if you haven't heard of it: Pretty self explanatory. URL: http://www.humblebundle.com/
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    Games you Desperately Want to be Made. NOW.

    Me too, I was expecting that to be the first post CBFD II: Revenge of the Fairy Panther King......?
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    Ever feel like the universe is just fucking with you?

    Occasionally, but no more often that the opposite effect. Also, for anyone who wants to put "It could be worse" here: Don't. Knowing that other people have even more crap in their lives than me doesn't make me feel any better, it makes me feel worse due to a little thing I have called...
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    Anyone else with Chrome getting a warning from the Escapist?

    No problems here. I use Chrome for Ubuntu Linux for my general web browsing, including the Escapist.
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    HERESY

    Neither have I & I barely got into FOTR before leaving in exasperation -- and I'm a book person Again me too. I haven't even watched someone else on a Warcraft game, WOW or otherwise.
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    Mutations?

    Don't worry about it. When discussing genetics & evolution, it's best to avoid the term "dominant" unless you're referring to the relationship between different alleles.
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    Mutations?

    I never said it couldn't happen -- it probably can. I just pointed out that is hasn't yet* and that it would take a more significant mutation or mutations to do it. *GM mice with jellyfish glow-in-the-dark genes don't count. They don't reflect green light -- they produce it. EDIT: And this is...
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    Hugh Laurie as Gordon Freeman?

    Like Blue Shift then?