This is a silly way of putting it. Charms don't "work"... your belief in them does. Try this with something random that the charm holder can't influence (e.g. lottery) and you'll see how much they "work". :-D
Hm, I'm just about legally blind without my contacts and so have encountered this situation before. You just hold your finger near the top of the mug/glass to know when the liquid is near the top. Coffee might be a little hot, but other than that this technique has served me pretty well!
It's a good thing we're developing this, because there a lot of other countries' submarines out there that we need to outrun. Also there is a large naval threat facing the US today, and modern wars cannot be effectively fought without a naval component. Just think of how ineffective the invasion of Iraq would have been had we been unable to utilize our submarine technology.
Pretty narrow definitions of art I'm hearing today. People sometimes seem to forget that art isn't necessarily beautiful, nor does it need to be safely tucked away in a museum. One of the biggest components of art is how it communicates with the viewer, how it makes them think or feel. I believe that the creator in this had something to express, and his actions certainly seem to be generating the expected responses. Why do people respond these ways? Are these the best responses? What does this say about our world?
And for those who would say, "it's not art, I could do that": great! Go out, make art! We need more creative people out there, challenging the status quo and getting people out of their normal thinking patterns. Ars gratia artis.
@mmm: Two minutes on Wikipedia would have gotten you this...
Not all regions called "jungles" would qualify as "rain forests" because many would apply "jungle" to the forests of northern Thailand or southern Guangdong in China: but scientifically, these are "monsoon forests" or "tropical deciduous forests" but not "rain forests".
This isn't all that surprising, like Violet said... but I think the real concern here is that there are unique and UNRECOVERABLE species that can become extinct with the loss of rain forest areas as well. Think about it... say a plant that serves as a basis for a cancer treatment drug grows in one valley where the environmental/soil conditions are very specific. When that valley's gone, so is that plant.
DRukus, don't compare pseudoscience to actual biology. If there is an unknown hominid, all we need to accept it as real is a specimen. In the case of previously unknown creatures like giant squids or coelacanths there wasn't a near-cult focused on their supposed existence.
Hpavc, this is savage behavior whether someone is or is not in a theocratic society. There's no moral justification for this; it's simply the kind of human rights abuse you can expect from a religiously intolerant society.
If you really think that physically assaulting someone is an appropriate response to feeling insulted (implied or deliberate), then you'd probably be better off living in a country like that.
And for those who would say, "it's not art, I could do that": great! Go out, make art! We need more creative people out there, challenging the status quo and getting people out of their normal thinking patterns. Ars gratia artis.
Not all regions called "jungles" would qualify as "rain forests" because many would apply "jungle" to the forests of northern Thailand or southern Guangdong in China: but scientifically, these are "monsoon forests" or "tropical deciduous forests" but not "rain forests".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle
If you really think that physically assaulting someone is an appropriate response to feeling insulted (implied or deliberate), then you'd probably be better off living in a country like that.