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Just some articles i found interesthing over the past weeks
At a conference in Kuala Lumpur last year, muftis and scientists pondered how to pray in space in the face of difficulties locating Mecca and holding the prayer position in a zero-gravity environment. — AFP
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Girl raped by dad 23 times from age 8
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18 October 2007
Straits Times
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(c) 2007 Singapore Press Holdings Limited
FOR one 10-year-old girl, hell was a place called home.
For over a year, starting when she was just eight, the girl was raped no fewer than 23 times at home by her father.
The 68-year-old man, who was married three times, forced himself on her even when her mother was asleep in an adjacent room in their three-room flat.
The rapes started in 2005 and ended only in February this year, when her school principal found out about the man's sordid deeds.
Early this year, the Primary 4 schoolgirl told four classmates she knew about sex as a man had slept with her and kissed her. Her troubled friends spoke to their mothers and the principal eventually found out that she had been abused by her father since she was in Primary 1.
This led to the man's arrest in late February. The girl is now in the care of a foster family.
Yesterday, the man, a chauffeur, was jailed 24 years for the series of sexual abuse on the youngest of his nine children. He was spared the cane on account of his age.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Stella Tan told Justice Tay Yong Kwang that the girl, who was born and raised in Indonesia, arrived here in July 2003 for her studies. Barely three months after her father brought her here, he began molesting her.
The father told police after his arrest that he saw his daughter scratching her buttocks one evening and he suddenly felt like touching her. (WTF!? REASON IS THAT?)
The girl, who initially slept on the same bed as her parents, was woken up by her father one night. He led her to the living room, where he molested her on a sofa.
He later warned her that if she told anyone about what he did, both she and her mother would not be able to stay on in Singapore. Out of fear, she keep quiet.
From May 2005 till January this year, the man would rape her every month. In February, he raped her twice.
After the first incident, she told her mother that 'papa touched me'. Her mother simply told her not to sleep on her parents' bed anymore.
Urging the court to impose a sentence that reflected the severity of the offences, DPP Tan said the man had taken advantage of his position of trust and subjected his daughter to his 'cruel acts' to 'satisfy his selfish sexual lust'.
In his mitigation, the man told the court he loved his daughter very much. 'She is closer to me than my wife...I never intended this to happen,' he said.
The man, who faced three rape charges, could have been jailed up to 20 years on each charge
23 times? Seriously. Like seriously. I loathe paedophiles to the core. If i had a chance I'd volunteer to perfrom the whipping or whatever tortures given to them. Notice how they only feel remorse AFTER they have been caught. For what it's worth, no amount of punishment can atone for what they did. Seriously. Like seriously. Wtf man.
On a lighter note,
A robot mate the cure for all lonely hearts?
As far-fetched as it sounds, a scientist predicts that a US state will allow marriage with androids by 2050
JOSEPH YADAOjoseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg
ABSURD! That was my reaction to a recent report on the Internet that anticipated that humans would be marrying robots within the century.
Earlier this week, artificial intelligence researcher David Levy of the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands told Livescience.com he predicted that Massachusetts in the United States — home to Ivy-League Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a state liberal enough to push for same-sex marriages — could be the first place on earth to legalise marriages with robots by the year 2050.
You may think such a comment would come from someone who has spent too much time playing with his Aibo, Sony's now-defunct robot dog, and watching Futurama.
But in reality, that prospect is not as far-fetched as we may think.
In Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with his ivory sculpture Galatea, whom he married after she was brought to life by the goddess Aphrodite.
Fast forward to the modern world: Can science play the role of Aphrodite?
Movies and books in pop culture dictate that robots will increasingly become a part of our lives.
And just in case your image of the future involves a shotgun-carrying android version of Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing sunglasses and riding a Harley, the robot maid Rosey in The Jetsons as well as Star Wars' C3PO point to a more peaceful futuristic co-existence between man and machine.
Today's robots have been largely kept behind the closed doors of mass-production manufacturing plants — doing the job of insert bolt, weld and repeat.
The Japanese have already developed robots to ease the burden on a declining labour force and an ageing population.
A vacuum-cleaning machine makes nightly rounds in some of Tokyo's skyscrapers, while US$3,500 ($5,100) robots with a spoon-and-fork swivelling arm help feed the elderly or disabled.
Honda's Asimo, a 130-cm tall robot that resembles an astronaut, is the closest science has come to replicating a human robot. As Japan's most famous humanoid, Asimo has danced and dined with dignitaries as an unofficial Japanese ambassador in between stints as a coffee-serving receptionist.
It is not exactly what people envision their android spouses to be, but it's a start.
Given the power to design the perfect mate, I'm pretty sure the curves and abs would be put in the right places as well.
Robotics pioneer Masahiro Mori believes robots should not have human-like appearance and movements, saying in 1970 that they would have an eerie feel about them should they adopt the physical imperfections of human beings.
Even so, few will be surprised to see a mechanical Brad Pitt or Jennifer Love Hewitt — the robots, not the Hollywood stars.
People can develop affection for the most inanimate objects, be it a mobile phone or a car.
Children form emotional bonds with their digital tamagotchis, with some shedding a tear when their "pet" dies.
Why not a machine that cooks, cleans, listens and even understands?
Psychologists have found around a dozen reasons why people fall in love, argues Dr Levy, and most of these can be programmed into the entity.
Even then, will society accept a union between man and machine?
The jury is still out, but some women are already cheering the prospects of a nuts-and-bolts man.
A friend told me she would welcome an android husband: "If he pushes the wrong buttons, I'll just pull the plug."
How interesthing. Can't really imagine this happening. But honestly i do not believe it will. It will mean the end of mankind! Like I Robot. Omg
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