I just found this wonderful flickr album by paulthewineguy.

Some samples:

There are lots of other funny versions of classic artpieces, check it out!

Oh, and to use the album to comment on itself (I love recursion):

Q: What did the receiver say to the radio wave?
A: Ow! That megahertz.

The highest educational degree is actually quite basic. I mean, come on. It's pH D.

There is a sign in Munich that says, "Heisenberg might have slept here."

A small piece of ice which lived in a test tube fell in love with a Bunsen burner. "Bunsen! my flame! I melt whenever I see you" said the ice. The Bunsen burner replied :"It's just a phase you're going through".

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

I'm about to rewrite my profile and years of experience has showed me that it is probably a good idea to backup the old one before.

My self-summary
I'm a Computer scientist, Gamer, Trekker and a geek (but I'm repeating myself).

Depending on your perspective I'm either a cool, interesting guy who doesn't fit in with mainstream society very well, or a sad, pathetic loser who will never amount to anything. Feel free to look around and decide for yourself.

My main vocation is an AI-researcher focusing on creativity and behaviour selection. I'm a versatile programmer, especially in Java and Perl. Currently I'm learning PHP (for work) and Scala (for fun).

My world view is free of supernatural beliefs (I am consequently a Bright.) and often poke fun at mainstream religions. I must however admit a fondness for a certain other Unicorn (may her hooves never be shod) that I've never actually seen but believe is pink...

I have a fascination with writing systems. Unlike verbal language that, in all probability, developed before hominids spread across the world, writing was independently invented at different times and in different places. This gives writing systems a diversity that intrigues me.

I also love constructed languages that highlight aspects of languages that we otherwise would take for granted. The two languages I try to learn are lojban and tlhIngan Hol (klingon).

I play a lot of different board-games and have played in dozens of role-playing systems. Games I love to play include Blood bowl, Zendo, Carcassonne and RoboRally.

Most boys (that have a chance to learn about them) tend to get dinosaur-fever around the age of ten to twelve years. (Science has no answer to why this virus mostly affects boys.) It lasts half a year to a year and then they have lifelong immunity. I caught a mutated version that although benign seems to be chronic. I'm fascinated by dinosaurs, in many ways the most magnificent animals to ever walk on the Earth or soar above it. (By the way, dinosaurs are not extinct, since birds are dinosaurs!) I'm especially fond of Leaellynasaura.

I enjoy backpacking, alone or as a pair, but it has been many years since I did it last time.

In terms of Keirsey temperaments, I'm an Architect, that is I am an Introverted Rational. (For the Myers-Briggs fans out there: this corresponds to the INTP-type.) While temperament/type models can't be scientifically validated (nor falsified) I seem to land solidly in this corner, no matter the variation on the test. Also, the description of the Architect in Please Understand Me II seemed to be written by someone who knew my innermost thoughts. Although all sixteen descriptions have something that fits (due to the Forer effect), no other seemed so perfectly in agreement with me like that.

I collect and actually use Tarot-decks. Not that I believe they can predict the future or anything but I've found them to be useful as a kind of "psychological sonar" when I'm confused or in conflicting moods. Send in a well modulated archetype "ping" and listen to what "noise" is bounced back... It helps me get to the bottom of the conflict.


Hacking PHP for Lund Institute of Technology.

I'm really good at
Object-oriented programming, remembering trivia and ignoring household chores.

The first thing(s) people usually notice about me
My tallness and my moustaches.

My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Books: How to Keep Dinosaurs, Starship Troopers, The Dependent Gene, Lord of the Rings, Illuminatus and Neverwhere

Movies: Kelly's Heroes, The Princess bride, Jurassic Park, Alien, The Sting, Pale Rider, Terminator, LotR and Highlander

TV-series: Torchwood, Star Trek (especially TNG, DS9 and VOY), CSI, Criminal Minds, Babylon 5, SG-1 Murder City and Buffy

Music: Adolphson & Falk, The Be Five, Bonnie Tyler, Vangelis, Queen, Kraftwerk, Wilmer-X, Nordman, S.P.O.C.K, Shania Twain, Svenska Hotsynth Qvinteten

The six things I could never do without
Time alone, Computers, Mental stimulation, Internet access, Knowledge, Books.

I spend a lot of time thinking about
Sex, programming, the workings of the mind and my alternate (imaginary) worlds
On a typical Friday night I am
At home, on-line.

The most private thing I'm willing to admit here
I shoplifted once in my teens and got caught.

You should message me if
You're a girl and turned on by geeks... ;-)

and/or

You're interested in playing some games (probably via some kind of Play-by-Email)

and/or

You want to talk "geek stuff".

A small furry animal walks into a bar, orders a drink. Bartender looks at him, says "Sorry, the occupancy is 6.03x10^23. We cannot serve a mole."

Q: What does a sperm do when he meets the egg of his dreams ?
A: He looses his head !

Q: What is the difference between a Quantum Theorist and a Beauty Therapist?
A: The Quantum Theorist uses Planck's Constant as a foundation, whereas the Beauty Therapist uses Max Factor.

Q: What do you call a tooth in a glass of water?
A: A one molar solution.

Do you have mole problems? If so, call Avogadro at 602-1023.

Q: Why does hamburger have lower energy than steak?
A: Because it's in the ground state.

Two atoms are walking down the street.
Says one atom to the other, "Hey! I think I lost an electron!"
The other says, "Are you sure??"
"Yes, I'm positive!"

In response to Owl made me do it... by Permanence_101:

In response to Owl
made me do it... by pookisue:

How can I resist?

I found an intriguing notion the other day.

Basically the point was that if you consider it unethical to kill someone (including death penalty, etc.) then, by consequence, you should consider it unethical to save someone from mortal danger!

The point being that in both cases you are setting yourself up to judge who is to die and who is to live, the only difference is which way you let the verdict fall.

On one hand you could say that it is only the choice of death that is unethical, in which case you should always act to save people from dying. On the other hand, just being aware of the choice forces you to choose, thereby making a life/death choice, so if the choice itself is unethical, you are now forced to behave unethical from now on (sorry!).

So, what do people think? Is it the act of choosing itself that is unethical or is it "just" the choice of death that is unethical?

This last christmas I got one of the best presents I've gotten, ever.

"How to Keep Dinosaurs" by Robert Mash. Like the title indicates, it is written in the style of an ordinary take-care-of-your-pet-book but it is about dinosaurs. The trick is that it is written like this would be a perfectly ordinary thing (in fact, only once (in the Foreword) does the author admit that (non-avian) dinosaurs are extinct!).

If it were just for the fun way of presenting facts about dinosaurs or for the beautiful photos of people interacting with dinosaurs (my favourite is of a teen-aged girl who, with a bored look, is holding her sandwich out of reach for a bunch of small dinosaurs while reading a book (How to Keep Dinosaurs, in fact)), it would be a good book.

What makes it great is the dry wit that suffuses it. From the little icons that gives a quick description of the dinosaurs in question (these often form little sets like "Doesn't like babies", "Likes children" and "Likes children to eat" or "Worryingly clever", "Worryingly stupid" and "Worryingly flatulent"(eew!)) to the text itself. It is full of gems like "It is not an intelligent dinosaur and it may well mistake you for somebody else. As it is big, bulky and beaked, the results may be irreversible." or that since distracting an Protoceratops can easily cause it to panic the best thing to use is "some spectacle without too great a surprise element, such as a video of Jurassic Park" :-)

The more one knows about dinosaurs the more things can be found in the text. For example, the author notes that due to the lax animal husbandry regulations in Gobi Desert, many Protoceratopses bought there have been damaged by Velociraptors breaking into their cages. Nothing special you say? Well, if I tell you that the most famous fossil of a Protoceratops is of an individual locked in combat with, you guessed it, a Velociraptor, it becomes more significant. Now I just need to figure out why he insists on keeping the feet of a Stegoceras dry...

Another special thing is that the derivation of the latin names are almost always twisted. Protoceratops, for example, is derived as "Earliest Horny Eye" and claims that this comes from its habit of mating at dawn...

Also, it may be obvious but, the map and text telling the reader where to buy the dinosaurs are of course indicating where the fossils have been found in the real world.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is even remotely interested in dinosaurs and/or enjoys dry, dead-pan humour with a science twist.

If you were in a coma with little chance of recovery what would you like your significant other to do?

• Pull the plug immediately, I don't want to linger

• Pull the plug after 2-4 months, gives them time

• Don't pull the plug at all, a chance is a chance.

• I'm not sure . . .

Well, if I'm in a coma with little or no chance of recovering then I would say that I am already dead, the part of me that is me at least. I'd say, take whatever spare parts that can be used, take the time you need to say farewell, and pull the plug. It's not like I'm going to mind (or even have a mind).

Just make sure that I really am in a coma and not just locked in my body...

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You are introverted, reserved, and quiet with a preference for solitude and solitary activities. Your socializing tends to be restricted to a few close friends. You can be very easily upset, even by what most people consider the normal demands of living. People consider you to be extremely sensitive and emotional. A desire for tradition does not prevent you from trying new things. Your thinking is neither simple nor complex. To others you appear to be a well-educated person but not an intellectual. People see you as tough, critical, and uncompromising and you have less concern with others' needs than with your own. You like to live for the moment and do what feels good now. Your work tends to be careless and disorganized.

Oh dear, not exactly spot on. Extremely emotional? Non-complex thinking?? I'm beginning to feel insulted here . (Damn that emotionality) My work may be disorganised but not careless.