However fortunately our blood is all not exposed through our skin (otherwise we'd leak anyway). For example, putting your arm in a vacuum tank is unlikely to make it explode...
As far as I understand, the pressure is exerted on the lungs, which allow gas exchange with the blood through lots of tiny air sacs.
Holding your breath doesn't work; your lungs can't contain enough pressure to help. You'll just get a ruptured lung, which is a medical emergency even if you were in a hospital and not exposed to vacuum.
/me wonders about the corner case of being in a vacuum in space and being in a hospital, that happens to be floating around... would they be able to help you then?
It's quite easy to interpret the Genesis story as more than pure allegory, and for evolution to be part of the process as well... just look at the actual account: "Let the land produce vegetation; Let the water teem with living creatures; Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds"
A key issue is that for years now there have been debates about OpenOffice.org's source code being put under the control of a foundation with representatives from all major contributors, rather than Sun's corporate ownership. This would be the first step they need to take to allay the problems, but they've just put off doing it, which IMHO has decreased trust.
In South Africa criminals tend to use stolen cars, and then copy license plates from similar looking cars... of course if the car is recovered they can look at engine/serial numbers etc but it does make tracing the car harder... all based on anecdote not evidence
An Ada exception is when a routine gets in trouble and says 'Beam me up, Scotty'.
