October 2005 Links

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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.
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Random: 2-Variable Intuition Test ( Link )

70% / 47% on a hurried run through. I apparently suck at emotional intuition.

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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.

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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.

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Yeah that girl just didn't look happy at all.
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62% SCIENTIFIC INTUITION and 62% EMOTIONAL INTUITION

You guys talking about the suicide totally influenced my results.

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I scored the same as Jonathan...
Have you clicked today? Check status, then: People, Jobs or Roads

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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.

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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.

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http://dilberito.com/dilberito.htm

It reads like a bad joke, yet as far as I can tell it is not.

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I've actually seen a Dilberito somewhere before.
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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.

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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.

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Noooooooo
Stupid Standford!

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Peijen wrote:Noooooooo
Stupid Standford!
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.

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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.

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TGDaily: Stanford's Stanley wins DARPA Grand Challenge 2005 ( Link )

Nice summary article.

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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.

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http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3144103&did=1

Review of Darwinia, a free 40MB download. Ought to try to play it eventually.

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http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/ ... oulier.php

Only enjoyable if you have a strange obsession with comedian and Full House star Dave Coulier.

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I really enjoyed it.

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