timouse

happy birthday!!

two words.

night light.

food forum please.

I saw some Santana video with the guy from Creed the other day.

I wanted to smash my tv.

Me too' date=' but your door was locked.

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*rim shot*

boinkonon obviously has whiskers.

boinkonon? is that some sort of sexaholic self help group?

I heard today that amounts of methane produced from Cattle shit is more than cars ?

That's actually true' date=' because cars don't produce methane.

so cattle shit is worse for the ozone rather than cars?

According to

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_176.html

It's believed 18 percent of the greenhouse effect is caused by methane, putting it second on the list of offending gases behind carbon dioxide.

OK, The Straight Dope may not be the best source for up-to-date environmental info, but it gets across the key point: while methane (as produced by, among other sources, cows) is an important greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide is more important, and cars, power plants, and other industrial processes are the biggest sources of it. (As well, you [as well as the person who asked that SD question] confuse damage to the ozone layer [which neither methane nor carbon dioxide are responsible for] and production of greenhouse gases.)

Aloha,

Brad

in addition, methane is a mch bigger problem with feedlot cattle, not so much with cows on pasture. feedlot cattle eat a mix of corn and other grains that their digestive system is not adapted to handle...as a result, most cows are suffering from indigestion and releasing surprising amounts of methane.

pastured cattle on the other hand are eating the diet that their system was designed for, and are producing negligible amounts of methane.

interestingly, E. coli 0157-H7, a particularly virulent (to humans) strain of ruminant bacteria, thrive in the high acid environment of a grain fed cow's stomachs, and thanks to the medieval sanitation in a feedlot, they really thrive.

pastured beef rocks.

congratulations Aaron!

i went back to school after a year(s) off and having had many years of sucky jobs, was very motivated to do well...i used to keep the name tag from the pizza place on my bulletin board as a reminder of what my other option was. worked like a charm

i also got a D at 69%

heh heh heh...69...

what's the theme of this year called?

It's still kinda early to tell. After midnight I kept toasting everyone with "2008; the Year to Quit Beer"' date=' which was not very popular at all.

Now I've changed it to "2008, Check your Prostate", which is still not very popular.[/quote']

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Cellphone talkers clog car traffic, researchers say

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 | 12:03 PM ET

CBC News

Talking on a cellphone while driving slows down traffic, University of Utah researchers reported Wednesday.

"That SOB on the cellphone is slowing you down and making you late," psychology professor Dave Strayer said in a news release. "At the end of the day, the average person’s commute is longer because of that person who is on the cellphone right in front of them."

Drivers talking on cellphones are less likely to change lanes to pass a slow car, a new study suggests.Drivers talking on cellphones are less likely to change lanes to pass a slow car, a new study suggests.

(CBC)

Using a computer simulation, where 36 students "drove" a car on a section of highway where conditions mimicked those on a major Salt Lake City route, the researchers found that the students talking on a hands-free cellphone took 15 to 19 seconds more for the 15-kilometre trip and were less likely to change lanes to overtake a dawdling driver.

"We designed the study so that traffic would periodically slow in one lane and the other lane would periodically free up," said researcher Joel Cooper, a doctoral student in psychology. "It created a situation where progress down the road was clearly impeded by slower moving vehicles, and a driver would benefit by moving to the faster lane, whether it was right or left."

The time differences between drivers on phones and those not on phones during the simulated car trip were relatively small.

But researcher and engineering graduate student Ivana Vladisavljevic ran simulations to see how changing the proportion of drivers talking on phones affected traffic flow.

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"We saw an increase in delays for all cars in a system, and the delays increased as the percentage of drivers on cellphones increased" from zero to 25 per cent, she said.

Citing statistics from other sources, the university release said that there are an estimated 240 million U.S. cellphone subscribers and nearly three-quarters of them use their phones while driving. Another study estimated that at any given time in the day, 10 per cent of U.S. drivers are on their cellphone.

Strayer's previous research showed that cellphone drivers are more likely to have an accident, their reaction times are slower and talking on a cellphone impairs drivers as much as having a 0.08 per cent blood alcohol level, which defines drivers as drunk in many jurisdictions.

But that prior research did not look at how traffic flow was affected. Strayer worked with engineering professor Peter Martin, director of the University of Utah traffic lab, to study the traffic effects.

Cooper is set to present the research on Jan. 16 at the annual meeting of the U.S. Transportation Research Board.

I guess this thread is proof that canadians are a bunch of socialists. So, how'd we end up with harper in Gov't?

brilliant. but don't forget

happy birthday!

happy new year everybody! niffermouse and i celebrated the 1st day of 2008 by shoveling and walking the dog and lots of beer. cheers!

this one'll push your sketch over the edge

that's the one i was going to suggest too...very mesmerizing.

happy birthday!

I prefer a nudie suit.

HELL YES!

dear work,

thanks for leaving me alone for a few days to enjoy my own life.

Your scored -7 on Moral Order and 4 on Moral Rules.

The following categories best match your score (multiple responses are possible):

1. System: Socialism

2. Ideology: Activism, Libertarian Socialism

3. Party: No match.

4. Presidents: Jimmy Carter

5. 04' Election: David Cobb

6. 08' Election: Dennis Kucinich

Of the 400,947 respondents:

1. 2% are close to you.

2. 85% are more conservative.

3. 0% are more liberal.

4. 0% are more socialist.

5. 9% are more authoritarian.

niiiice. thanks scott!

dave, your story made me smile. margaret is gold.

merry christmas everyone!

sad indeed. the world has lost another class act.

RIP Oscar.

happy day after Zappa's birthday, nearly Paisleys birthday, and Solstice!!

finally!

exactly.

Is That It? by Bob Geldof is fantastic. It shows how a single man can really change things. I recommend it for a 13-year old any day.

seconded. also reccommend

One of my favourites:

Pretty sure it's suitable for a 13 year old.

happy birthday!!

happy birthday karin!