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12/07/09
"See you later alligator."
"In a while crocodile."
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In fact, I'm not sure of where it comes from in classic Universal Century (UC). In UC Lunar Titanium is renamed to Gundarium alloy after being used to armor the Gundam.
ok. enough Gundam babbling from me.
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Thanks io9, for making me fail this semester!!! XD
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When taking a test, or writing an essay, or even verbally answering something, I would recall various pages in the text, and remember where on the page I had seen it, I.e: pg. 53, 3rd paragraph, 4th sentence. (Even where I had read the passage originally [library, bedroom, etc.]) After that, I could remember the necessary information (or quote) almost verbatim.
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sometimes it's called Cathedral Memory...because everyone knew all the different places in a church (nave, apse, altar etc) they could place items to remember is specifics spots...then just walk through their Cathedral to remember things...
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I do somewhat of the same thing when I'm memorizing lines (especially from Shakespeare--I mean, I swear Old Bill sometimes didn't write English...) Anyway, I visualize where the line is on the page and it jogs my memory. I also learn the last line of two of someone else's speech that leads into mine. I'm finding that now I don't need to know that I know the line--the line is there, even if I can't remember it until I need it. Mostly I use something that's close to hypnosis--progressive relaxation then repeat the line in my head. just before I go to sleep.
BTW, the guy who's credited with the "memory palace" where objects are associated with furniture, etc. was Simonides of Ceo, back in 500BC.
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11/14/09
Actually that's the best thing about it. I really wouldn't want to date me.... #robertaheinlein
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Many people who are too much alike don't get along at all; an opposite-sex (or same-sex, if that's what you like) clone doesn't seem likely to be a perfect match.
-Kle. #robertaheinlein
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Assuming we're not in some freaky psychic-link parallel universe and each clone is alone in their own head...
Masturbation relies on a physical sense of self and is by definition a solitary act, so - because any clone will have an individual sense of self separate from their genetic destiny - clone sex is not masturbation.
Incest, however, comes in two flavors: relationship and genetics.
The act of people who are genetically related having sex is always *biologically* incest to one degree or another, even without emotional bonds being present; but if the two people are strangers there's no emotional baggage, and mental health-wise it's just like any other hook-up.
People who are not related by biology but who are raised together as a family from an early age (under 5) form familial bonds which generally preclude sexual attraction; this is an emotional bond and despite lack of genetic similarity a sexual relationship here would be called "incest" by a psychologist.
So sex between clones is always biologically incest with all the attendant genetic risks for children, but it might not have the emotional overtones of traditional incest if the clones were strangers until they were adults.
The Vorkosigan series has a lovely legal take on clones and relationships, if anyone's interested. #robertaheinlein
11/13/09
"clones having sex!"
"...did you just say clowns having sex?"
"nope, *clone* sex."
"...'cause *that's* better. You're a freak, you know that?"
"Says the man playing four D-cup female characters on DragonAge."
"That's different." #robertaheinlein
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