The show has been MIA for some time because the network kinda went under some changes. We are trying to revive it via online, so if you have ideas or would like to contribute in any way. Get at us!
How did you create your username for VOX? What influenced your decision?
Submitted by Strive2Be.
My username for VOX is also my gaming username. Way back in the early 90s I was playing Doom and Descent and use the name 88keys, taken from Mandy Patinkin's character in Dick Tracy. He was the piano player for Madonna's character.
Not being a piano player, at least not a really good one I wanted something a little bit cooler, a little more exotic. A quick glance at the time and I had it...Xemit. Actually many of the quality timepiece makers have neat gamer names when you use their name backwards...Oisac, Xelor, Okies, Avolub, etc. Very other worldly sounding if you ask me.
I stuck with that name for a long while. I bored of it and explaining it and changed my name to AdroNesn. This is a jumble of my last name and something I used to tag all my school property when in middle and high school.
Eventually it came time for a change. This time I looked back into my past to pick a name that I thought had a lot of meaning: pr0gr4m. This name is taken from and inspired by the movie Tron. The "characters" in Tron referred to each other as program e.g. "Greetings program". In the movie, the programs were forced by the MCP to compete in games often to their eventual death or de-rezzing.
The 0 and the 4 in the name are just some l337 speak thrown in there for fun and "coolness".
And that's the story of pr0gr4m and I think I'm going to stay with this one.
What's your favorite hangover cure?
Submitted by Soup.
This ain't actually a cure but some good preventative maintence...two bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches from Waffle House and as much water and you can suck down before you go to bed. If you wake up and still feel like crap a super big gulp (Coke of course) and some cold fried chicken will do the trick.
I read this joke today on Craigslist and had to put it here. It's the funniest thing I've heard/read in a week.
Heard the one about the insomniac agostic dyslexic?
He stayed up all night wondering if there was a dog.
Someone's writing a biography of your life (to date). What is the best/worst chapter of the book?
Submitted by Ross.
Best:
In the beginning there was much hope. He was new to the world with every opportunity awaiting him. His body and mind in perfect rhythm with nothing to stop him from reaching any goal imaginable. He can dream. He can love. He can live.
Worst:
Sure, he had dreams...pipe dreams. Did he love? Hardly. Did he live? Barely. Plus he got fat.
The End
Policies Schmolicies. I want to know they think about the problems of our nation. We all know that the Democratic Party stands for X and the Republican Party stands for Y. What I want to know is what they think this country needs to do to better itself, its people and its place in the world.
Question #1
What single thing do you think Amercans view as the biggest problem/concern in the US today? Now we know that this can be different state to state, county to county and even house to house. If you want to be president, you need to be able to step back and look at the country as a whole. You travel the country and talk to people. What concern do you hear about more than others? It could be ending the war, not ending the war, the economy, health care, the environment, education, etc.
Question #2
What do you think is the single largest problem/concern in America? This is different from question #1 in that it asks what you personally think the biggest problem is. That very well may be different from what you think that America thinks...and that's not necessarily a bad problem.
Question #3
Of the large problems/concerns in this country, which one is the biggest for you personally? This question differs from the previous two in that it asks what problem affects you the most. It could be taxes, jobs, national infrastructure, whatever.
Question #4
Every day we hear "I can fix the economy" or "I can fix health care". There is no "I" in Government. It's a team effort. What are your plans for getting the ideas you have to fix or address the problems/concerns of the nation passed through Congress?
Question #5
Do you forsee being able to complete good work as a president in the next 4 years or do you think you would need to be in office for 8 to "get things done"?
The guy died. I liked him. I thought he was a good actor and I liked the roles he played. He died. That sucks. Does it need nationwide media coverage? Do we need any more coverage other than "Heath Ledger, 28 year old oscar nominated actor, was found dead in his room today."? Do we have to have all the talking heads on TV with their speculation. Why the hell can't we just wait for the facts. The guy died. They are going to find out why. If it turns out to be drugs, then you all can get up on your soap boxes and tell us how bad drugs are. But give the guy, his family and the rest of America some peace already.
There is no justification for the amount of coverage this has gotten and it hasn't even been 12 hours...the body is still warm.
If you want to report some news, tell us how many 28 year old people died in America today. Show us a pie chart of how they died? You know, 28% drug related, 37% auto accidents...that sort of stuff.
Then tell us how many people were murdered in America today. Break it down by state. Show a nice graphic of the US with a number on top of each state showing how many murders (or suspected murders) there were that day. This should be a daily segment on the national networks. America has no clue. Do the same for rape and kidnapping. THAT'S NEWS! Not Heath Ledger.
R.I.P. Heath.
P.S. I love A Knights Tale and I don't care who knows it!
I've watched or more accurately tried to watch the "debates". The only thing debatable about them is whether or not we should watch. They don't debate anything. They disagree alot but not about the issues. Instead they argue about what this candidate said last week or what that candidate promised 2 years ago. It's really not helpful. It actually turns me off of politics entirely. I watched The Real World...the first season and I catch it from time to time. What I saw last night on CNN was very much like watching an episode of The Real World. Annoying people talking about annoying things and making me dumber for watching them.
Where's the substance? Where's the information? Where's the Debate?
With as many of these things they are having, they should simply tackle one or two issues per episode. This way we can get a very good idea where each candidate stands on each major issue. We see it all the time where candidates are having to cut short their explanation to move on to something else. If the debate focused on one thing they would have all the time they need. I believe a format like this would lead to less mudslinging and more transfer of knowledge. It would force the candidates to know the particular issues inside and out and allow them to explain their ideas to the American people...thus educating them (us) and help us to better decide the candidate we like.
As it is now, I hate them all. Hate may be too strong a word. Disgust is better. No still too hash. Dissappointment. That's it. These are supposed to be well educated people with designs on running our country and all we get is a bunch of nonsense from them.
What television show stands the test of time?
Simpsons! But the first show to pop into my head is Friends. People all over the world know Friends, but is it a timeless show? I think not. I think Simpsons has withstood the test of time!
Correct me if I'm wrong but I've heard that Meet the Press is the longest running TV show of all time.
Show us a snippet of something you're writing
"In order to probe the intermolecular interactions in the α’ crystal, spectroscopic methods were employed on four types of samples: amorphous PLA and three semicrystalline PLA samples."
I'm working on a paper that anayzes different crystal structures of poly(lactic acid) a.k.a. PLA. PLA is an important material, ecologically, and interesting scientifically.
Ecologically speaking, PLA is made from plants, corn specifically. When PLA is introduced into the human body it degrades to lactic acid, which occurs natually in the body. PLA has been approved by the FDA to be used inside the body. PLA is what people in the biz call a "green" polymer, since it's (a) renewable (from plants) and (b) biodegradable.
Scientifically, PLA is a chiral (chiral wiki) molecule. The two isomers can crystallize together to form the "stereo-complex" which has a higher melting temperature. PLA is also semi-crystalline meaning that some of the material will be amorphous (without long range order) and other parts will have well defined long range order (crystalline).
