Not trying to cozy up to the staff or anything but if you've ever run a website or a blog or a forum, you know how much time & effort goes into basically an unpaid job (let's call it what it is; it's a second occupation).

If you are a mod (whether this forum or any other large community or website), what drives you? What keeps you committed to your mod duties? If you're a regular member like me, what's your take on online moderation?

Hi Phantom, you really should see a doctor. Sounds like a joint thing and not a muscle thing. You need to increase your calcium in take (like triple it). Maybe consider physiotherapy - they might be able to teach you how to move better and put less stress on it.

Yes. He is very smart. My family refers to him as the modern Chaplin coz like Chaplin's tramp, Mr Bean is a mostly non-speaking role told through body language. My parents speak poor English but have no problems understanding Mr Bean episodes.

My favourite portion of Blackadder is the intelligent Jibberish segment where Contrafibularity was first introduced

Just started the series. Is fun. Helping good guys by conning bad guys. Use the same methods as the other side but with "good intent". Plus the voice over narration sounds almost Sherlockian but only one or two lines of observation rather than several pages

When Life runs out of meaning and you manufacture a purpose, this is called Art.

Why is it that art (fiction, music, painting, etc...) - the most expressive form of human communication is always concieved of and often implemented alone?

Why is it that economists can justify their trade by reminding people of how much money they could make for them & scientists can justify their trade by reminding people of how much of the functioning of our lives depends on their work, but artists cannot justfiy their trade by reminding people of how much fun & joy they bring them?

Somehow artistic and/or cultural endeavours because they are less profitable, are always deemed to be less important? 

On the flip side, when someone does make it big in the arts, people usually respond with "oh they were just lucky". Funny how no one ever goes "he was just lucky" when referring to a mechanic or a surgeon...

It just goes to show that people with real issues aren't in the media all the time with their issues. Unlike modern pop stars, Robin Williams didn't voice his issues in public. That's why his death is all the more shocking because it was unexpected.

Amazing that he was the life of the party & made everybody else happy (but himself). And of course the media is trying to cash in with Time magazine publishing a commemorative special edition.

I love that aabout the media. When you're alive no one wants to know about you but the minute you die, you suddenly become ratings gold & everyone wants to do a story about you.

To me, he will always be Hook & Keating & Maguire.

Tomorrow?

Yes. It is referring to the Australian Aborigines.

Full lyrics to this song can be found @ http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/seekers/iamaustralian.html

This forum has a high number of people who work in science based industries (e.g. medicine, research, technology, etc...)

I wanted to ask you guys, how do you reconcile what you know to be true from your work/industry with what the book/church tells you?

This is not an anti-religion post; just curious coz I am areligious (different to atheist) I don't have to face this dilemma.

But I know that many scientists are religious, including the famous ones (llike Newton).

It seems that for many scientists, their work does not impact on their beliefs at all. If they were areligious prior to working in the sciences, they continue to be areligious after. If they were religious prior to their work, they're still religious at the end of their work.

Is it coz your able to compartmentalise? Do you treat the two as separate entities and leave it at that? What has been your experience with science & religion/philosophy?

I came from the dream time. From the dusty red soil plains. I am the ancient heart. The keeper of the flame. I stood upon the rocky shore. I watched the tall ships come.