Jimbo

FFS http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/200...15875-21505884/

Gropecunt Lane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

Again that was a combination of MS's monopolistic pressure on manufacturers directly () and the "this isn't windows" effect, even though netbooks arguably function much better for what they are meant for with a modern Linux based OS than an 8 year old XP (still don't think they'll get Win7 to work well on "netbooks"). Looks fast from what I've read this morning. Basically MS is -ing itself over Google because they are beating them to the punch over online applications and (seemingly) OS's too. We could be seeing the last days of MS as it has been (they'll be harder to shift out of the business world though), although it isn't a massively good thing if Google just swaps places with it, even if their business model remains different (competition is what is needed for innovation). Been predicting that for a few years now. Google in 10 years will be the evil giant as the original business spirit is sapped out of it by Wall st. Possibly. All started in a garage. So did my sex life. So did mine, alone.

Never heard of that before, are you sure that isn't just someones status ??

"Did you know that every time a guy comes, he comes 200 million sperm? Did you know that? And you mean to tell me you think your child is special? Because one out of 200 million sperm connected . . . that load? Gee, what are the fucking odds? Do you know what that means? I have wiped entire civilizations off of my chest, with a grey gym sock. That is special. Entire nations have flaked and crusted in the hair around my navel, I have tossed universes, in my underpants, while napping. That is special." Bill Hicks.

I'm surprised they didn't contact me, given my experience in sperm production

Scientists in Newcastle claim to have created human sperm in the laboratory in what they say is a world first. The researchers believe the work could eventually help men with fertility problems to father a child. But other experts say they are not convinced that fully developed sperm have been created. Writing in the journal Stem Cells and Development, the Newcastle team say it will be at least five years before the technique is perfected. They began with stem cell lines derived from human embryos donated following IVF treatment. The stem cells had been removed when the embryo was a few days old and were stored in tanks of liquid nitrogen. The stem cells were brought to body temperature and put in a chemical mixture to encourage them to grow. They were "tagged" with a genetic marker which enabled the scientists to identify and separate so-called "germline" stem cells from which eggs and sperm are developed. The male, XY stem cells underwent the crucial process of "meiosis" - halving the number of chromosomes. The process over creating and developing the sperm took four to six weeks. Professor Karim Nayernia at Newcastle University and the NorthEast England Stem Cell Institute says: "This is an important development as it will allow researchers to study in detail how sperm forms and lead to a better understanding of infertility in men - why it happens and what is causing it. "This understanding could help us develop new ways to help couples suffering infertility so they can have a child which is genetically their own. "It will also allow scientists to study how cells involved in reproduction are affected by toxins, for example, why young boys with leukaemia who undergo chemotherapy can become infertile for life - and possibly lead us to a solution." However, Professor Nayernia stressed the researchers had no intention of "producing human life in a dish". But Dr Allan Pacey, a sperm biologist at the University of Sheffield, said he was not convinced the sperm were fully developed. "The quality of the images is not of sufficiently high resolution and I would need more data. They are early sperm, but functional tests would be needed to know exactly what has been achieved." The sperm cannot be used for fertility treatment as this is prohibited under UK law. The scientists in Newcastle say it will be at least five years before the technique is perfected - when they believe it should be available to help infertile men. This research also raises ethical issues. Josephine Quintavalle from Comment on Reproductive Ethics (Corethics) said: "This is an example of immoral madness. Perfectly viable human embryos have been destroyed in order to create sperm over which there will be huge questions of their healthiness and viability. "It's taking one life in order to perhaps create another. I'm very much in favour of curing infertility but I don't think you can do whatever you like."

Chooon !!!

Oh and Mr Flintoff too !

Happy Birthday !!!

I must admit I'm no fan of Michael Jackson, and I was quite cynical about the whole event, but I was in bits when his "daughter" gave her speech.

Good god, why put a little kid through that.

The Buffet is now open:

FYP

Even before the name came up, it was obviously by that nutter than made Independence Day etc

An extra £9 !

Phil Brown setting his sights on Shola after missing out on Owen tbh

correctamundo, it's the only source of official information tbh. ...and the best source of pure filth. Nah... that's his porn drive, surely?

looks like the floaty whiney bastard from Halo Looks like that camera/robot thing from Return of the Jedi that checks out R2D2 and C3PO at the gates of Jabba's palace. http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?...st&p=644399

looks like the floaty whiney bastard from Halo Looks like that camera/robot thing from Return of the Jedi that checks out R2D2 and C3PO at the gates of Jabba's palace.

Have we signed Deco yet ?