Archive for the ‘sociology’ Category

Electric Emoticon Announcement

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
UNESCO Spokesman:
Ladies and Gentlemen.

The seriousness of environmental issues on the planet is recognized globally. Many countries and institutions have tackled these problems through various projects; however, the global trend of environmental degradation is still continuing. Humanity is still burning millions of barrels of oil every day, and still emits millions of tons of pollution into the air.

Today, every effort to end the oil age and switch to the clean, environmentally friendly alternatives should be publicly recognized, emphasized, and supported. As part of the international environmental movement, today UNESCO officially announces an ASCII art sequence representing the electricity or electrical nature of something. The ASCII sequence consists of two characters, plus and minus, enclosed in square brackets.
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Quantum Love

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
The Professor:
Hey! Hey! Anybody! Where am I?!
The Doctor:
Easy! Easy, professor! Settle down. You are in a hospital. I’m your doctor. I’m here to help you.
The Professor:
What happened to me?
The Doctor:
The ambulance got you here this morning! Something happened in your lab, professor, but nobody has a clue what was it. What could possibly happen in the department of sociology?

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