Japan: Proud Producers of 3D and Mammoths

Since we're early in this blog's life, I figure it's a good time to define some terms for everyone.  These aren't the "according to Hoyle"* definitions, but my own personal ones.  Language evolves through usage and this is how I use these words...


Nerd:  An intelligent person who puts their intelligence towards practical uses.  For instance, a good scientist is a nerd.  Nerds can generally tell you the square root of things or build a rudimentary adding machine out of sticks & stones.
Geek:  An intelligent person who puts their intelligence towards trivial uses.  A geek might be able to tell you square roots, but he'd rather explain how the warp drive on the USS Enterprise theoretically works.
Dweeb:  A moderately intelligent person who doesn't know enough about trivial or practical things to talk to geeks & nerds on the same level.  Someone who can't remember if the Force is in Star Trek or Star Wars or someone who doesn't know the difference between rational and irrational numbers** is a dweeb.
Dork:  An idiot.


That being said, there are many cross breeds in the mix.  I personally define myself as a nerdy geek; I'm more prone to geekdom, but I do know a fair amount about math and science.  Also, anyone can be demoted to "dork" if they make a dumb enough statement (Tax cuts for the rich solve everything!).  Anyway, let's have a look at what some Japanese geeks and nerds are up to.

How about a nice game of 3D Chess?

Humans are innately curious beings.  We are fascinated by the things we do not know (which is a huge amount of stuff) and are always trying to learn more about this little blue ball we live on.  More than anything though, we like doing what essentially boils down to tricks for one another.  Take the newest craze sweeping the entertainment world: 3D screens.  They're everywhere and everyone's talking about them.  Pretty soon, they're even going to be hand held with the upcoming release of Nintendo's 3DS.  Get it?  It's... it's like a DS, but also 3D... so it's a... a... yeah...

The Snuffleupagus in
it's natural habitat.

However, if the Nintendo Wii has taught me anything, never judge a gaming book by it's gaming cover.  It could be great, it could be the next big thing.  Nintendo seems to be good at creating the next big thing.  Speaking of BIG things; Wooly mammoths.  These huge, furry, tusked Snuffleupegases went extinct over 5,000 years ago, but a few were considerate enough to get themselves frozen in ice.  This has led Japanese scientists to the idea that if they were to impregnate an elephant with a cloned embryo of a woolly mammoth, we could have woolly mammoths again.


And, if reading novels and the subsequent film series they are based on have taught me anything, this bringing back to life of creatures that were once extinct means only one thing... Cenozoic Park!  Lawyers trampled by mammoths, a greedy employee shutting off the power, sabertooth tigers turning out to be FAR smarter than we thought.  Oh shit, what happens when they cross the mammoth DNA with that of the common moth?

We are all doomed, DOOMED!

Anyway, hope you all liked my first blog with pictures!  Granted, they probably break some copyright laws or licensing issues, but what the hell.  I'm not makin' any money here.  Though I hear Snuffy's lawyers are real monsters...  Feel free to subscribe/comment/discuss/burn me in effigy.***


*Besides, Hoyle sucks.  Bicycle makes much better playing cards.
**Irrational numbers are more likely to go on shooting sprees or believe in psychics.
***As long as it's not the REAL me, knock yourself out.