Re: What Do You Want ?

On Mon, 02 May 2005 17:25:35 +1200, Sir Gilligan Horry
<GM@ga7rm5er.com> wrote:

On Mon, 02 May 2005 16:38:35 +1200, Sir Gilligan Horry
<GM@ga7rm5er.com> wrote:

Re: Galactic Sheldan Nidle Fan Club/s
(previous posts with similar content)
Re: 100 reasons why some folks hang out in AAR and AAV ...
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http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.alien.research?hl=en
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Question...

What Do You Want ?


I had better give my (what do I want) reply also......

...

I was going to say... "I want to thank the people that gave us the
Internet".
However, I really want to say "I want to have the Internet and
participate and share, and explore, and create, and exist and learn
with a free open Internet on Planet Earth.

Thankyup.

:-)

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Disclaimer:
Although, I did once say...

1. Gumball Rally around Earth and the Universe. (In a motorhome at
mostly law abiding speeds)
http://www.gumball144.com 

2. The Late Show Tonight with David Letterman. 
http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/show_info/index.shtml


(this is true)
On a recent Late Show Tonight with David Letterman........

Daniel Tammet (Brainman) savant.

Brainman on the Science Channel. Savant Daniel Tammet is just "not
human". He knows 9 languages and can learn a new one in one week. He
says his mind doesn't do complex math computations it just gives him
the answers through imagery.

On The Late Show with David Letteman, Daniel Tammet said he sees
numbers as colors and shapes.

A video ...
http://media.science.discovery.com/convergence/brainman/videogallery/videogallery.html

(Daniel is one of only 25 documented 'savants' in the world according
to eminent
US psychiatrist Dr Darold Treffert)

The Savant Syndrome: Islands of Genius.
Darold A. Treffert, M.D.
Savant Syndrome is a rare, but spectacular, condition in which persons
with various developmental disabilities, including Autistic Disorder,
have astonishing islands of ability or brilliance that stand in stark,
markedly incongruous contrast to the over-all handicap. In some,
savant skills are remarkable simply in contrast to the handicap
(talented savants). In others, with a much rarer form of the
condition, the ability or brilliance is not only spectacular in
contrast to the handicap, but would be spectacular even if viewed in a
normal person (prodigious savant). There are fewer than 100 reported
cases of prodigious savants in the world literature. The condition was
first named Idiot Savant in 1887 by Dr. J. Langdon Down (better known
for having named Down's Syndrome). He chose that term because the word
"idiot" at that time was an accepted classification level of mental
retardation (IQ below 25) and the word "savant" meant knowledgeable
person derived from the french word savoir, meaning "to know". The
term idiot savant has been largely discarded now, appropriately,
because of its colloquial, pejorative connotation and has been
replaced by Savant Syndrome. Actually Idiot Savant was a misnomer
since almost all of the reported cases have occurred in persons with
IQs of 40 or above. The condition can be congenital or acquired in an
otherwise normal individual following CNS injury or disease. It occurs
in males more frequently than in females in an approximate 6:1 ratio.

more ...
http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/islands.cfm

3. Contributing to an 'Earth Care Day' website. 

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Quotes From Astronauts. 
Best Earth Photos Gallery. 
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Earth Care Day. 
http://earth-care-day.tripod.com