Not natural connections, but there are connections. The OP's problem is that Chinese characters have no visual connection to the sound they represent, and there's a huge variety of characters with the same sound.

I have a PowerShot SX200, which is compact and DIGIC IV. It also shoots 720p. There's a beta of CHDK for it, and it's worked well so far.

That's a good idea too. I guess that depends on where the organism is to be used.

Pseudogenes are junk DNA. They no longer have a function. Perhaps the killswitch could be in a RuBisCo-type enzyme. RuBisCo is a plant enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide to make glucose. It also fixes oxygen, however, which is hypothesized to be a remnant from the early atmosphere where oxygen was rare. Oxygen fixation by RuBisCo, or photorespiration, results in ammonia, which the plant must use energy to detoxify. My idea: an enzyme based on RuBisCo, which is part of an essential boichemical pathway, but causes problems in the presence of a specific substance. This substance would be manmade and very rare, and the effects on the organism would be fatal.

That doesn't necessarily mean it's bad; just that people should try to forget their preconceived notions of how everything should look.

That's what stillsuits are for.

"Einsteinian post-mortem rotation." That is all.

I've thought it should be like that here in the US for a long time. Doctors must get pretty annoyed when they tell their patients they need X and they insist on prescriptions for Y because they saw Y on TV. It doesn't help that doctors' offices are full of pens and pads of paper covered with the names of prescription drugs.

That would actually be pretty fun.

Video Professor is a company in the U.S. with ads that are very common on TV. They consist of an older man advertising his videos in which he shows how to use various software. He then assures the viewer that he is so sure you will like his product, he will send you one free. What actually happens is that you get the free video (plus shipping and handling), then a charge on your credit card for another video each month.

Thus guaranteeing thousands of frantic downloads.

I just upgraded from Jaunty, and it's been great for me. The only major differences I've noticed so far are the updated boot screen (which is beautiful) and the Ubuntu Software Center; I have no doubt, though, that there are plenty of under-the-hood improvements I'm not noticing, especially since I'm an upgrade.