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October 2005 Links
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:48 pm
by Jonathan
http://wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,68962,00.html
Lab accidentally produces mice which can regenerate tails, ears, toes. Click on the photo thumbnail for a time-lapse series of photographs.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:05 am
by VLSmooth
Random: 2-Variable Intuition Test (
Link )
70% / 47% on a hurried run through. I apparently suck at emotional intuition.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:42 am
by Jason
VLSmooth wrote:Random: 2-Variable Intuition Test (
Link )
70% / 47% on a hurried run through. I apparently suck at emotional intuition.
70%/55% I think I really missed the suicide one.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:14 pm
by skanks
Jason wrote:70%/55% I think I really missed the suicide one.
well, I got an 85 on the emotional and I chose the shorter uglier girl (#1) for the suicide.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:34 pm
by Alan
Yeah that girl just didn't look happy at all.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:58 pm
by Jonathan
62% SCIENTIFIC INTUITION and 62% EMOTIONAL INTUITION
You guys talking about the suicide totally influenced my results.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:38 pm
by quantus
I scored the same as Jonathan...
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:52 pm
by bob
quantus wrote:I scored the same as Jonathan...
I totally did too! 62 each. I was not influenced by the suicide discussion because I didn't read it before the test.
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:26 pm
by VLSmooth
While looking at
this, I decided to refresh my definition of double entendre by checking
wiki...
wikipedia wrote:One of the earliest examples of double entendre in
American culture was the late 19th-century
vaudeville act, the
Barrison Sisters. They danced, raising their skirts slightly and asking the audience: "Would you like to see my pussy?" After an enthusiastic response, they would raise up their skirts, revealing live
kittens secured over their crotches.
Double entendre indeed.
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:22 pm
by Jonathan
http://dilberito.com/dilberito.htm
It reads like a bad joke, yet as far as I can tell it is not.
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:16 am
by Alan
I've actually seen a Dilberito somewhere before.
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:32 pm
by VLSmooth
MSNBC: Taiwan’s (contraceptive-device)-promoting nun is no more (
Link )
Yes, it's from 2005-08-24, but I just saw it. How's that for an article name.
Btw, used
contraceptive-device in case the name isn't SFW for you.
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:39 pm
by Jonathan
http://www.google.com/reader/things/intro
This looks like the RSS reader I've been looking for. It's a bit slashdotted or beta or whatever at the moment, but I'll definitely give it a whirl later.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:41 am
by Peijen
Noooooooo
Stupid Standford!
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:39 am
by Jason
Yep, it's pretty sad since they had to recruit Thrun from CMU in order to do it. Couldn't do it on their own.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:06 pm
by Peijen
Jason wrote:Yep, it's pretty sad since they had to recruit Thrun from CMU in order to do it. Couldn't do it on their own.
So he is our Thrun, I was thinking if he just happen to have the same name.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:11 pm
by VLSmooth
TGDaily: Stanford's Stanley wins DARPA Grand Challenge 2005 (
Link )
Nice summary article.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:46 pm
by VLSmooth
Random ( taken from
LJ Article )
Cliff Clavin on Cheers wrote:Well ya see, Norm, it's like this ... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:23 pm
by Jonathan
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3144103&did=1
Review of Darwinia, a free 40MB download. Ought to try to play it eventually.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:55 pm
by Jonathan
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/ ... oulier.php
Only enjoyable if you have a strange obsession with comedian and Full House star Dave Coulier.
...
I really enjoyed it.