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... about those surveys that say Americans don't know where various
countries are on a globe.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/15/body.knowledge.survey/index.html
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Insanity is a small city on the western
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Darren New wrote:
> ... about those surveys that say Americans don't know where various
> countries are on a globe.
In fairness, I would suggest it's fairly common knowledge that your
heart is located in your ribcage, but *precisely* where? I wouldn't
know. And exactly how lage? Nope, not really sure.
Most doctors, presumably, would know this though. :-P
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> > ... about those surveys that say Americans don't know where various
> > countries are on a globe.
>
> In fairness, I would suggest it's fairly common knowledge that your
> heart is located in your ribcage,
Ouch!
Stephen
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Invisible wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> ... about those surveys that say Americans don't know where various
>> countries are on a globe.
>
> In fairness, I would suggest it's fairly common knowledge that your
> heart is located in your ribcage, but *precisely* where? I wouldn't
> know. And exactly how lage? Nope, not really sure.
http://www.hobbytron.com/human-body-model-visible-man.html
It's also common knowledge that Switzerland is in western Europe somewhere.
Exactly where? I wouldn't know. Precisely how large? Not really sure.
Same thing, really. :-)
In my defense, anything more than 1000 miles away is all in the same place,
namely, the airport. ;-)
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Insanity is a small city on the western
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Darren New wrote:
> http://www.hobbytron.com/human-body-model-visible-man.html
Now I'm wondering what the hell the difference between "visible man" and
"visible woman" is... o_O
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
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> Now I'm wondering what the hell the difference between "visible man" and
> "visible woman" is... o_O
>
I would imagine there would be significant difference in the
reproductive tract.
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>> Now I'm wondering what the hell the difference between "visible man"
>> and "visible woman" is... o_O
>
> I would imagine there would be significant difference in the
> reproductive tract.
Have you seen the size of the models? Would such a difference actually
be noticable? :-P
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On 16-6-2009 2:17, Darren New wrote:
> ... about those surveys that say Americans don't know where various
> countries are on a globe.
Another thing in defence of Americans: Europeans have just as much
trouble locating US states and Canadian provinces. If there is news of,
say, a school shooting many Europeans will not know much better than
that something happened in the US. About as informative as knowing that
Vaduz is in Europe.
It would only get a little embarrassing if a European head of state
would suggest that e.g. Atlanta is the capital of San Francisco. That
sort of magnitude of confusion is more typical USA.
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>
>> http://www.hobbytron.com/human-body-model-visible-man.html
>
> Now I'm wondering what the hell the difference between "visible man" and
> "visible woman" is... o_O
>
Chin, ribcase, waist and hip at least. And yeah, hands and shoulders also.
-Aero
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Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Darren New wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.hobbytron.com/human-body-model-visible-man.html
>> Now I'm wondering what the hell the difference between "visible man" and
>> "visible woman" is... o_O
>>
>
> Chin, ribcase, waist and hip at least. And yeah, hands and shoulders also.
Well, there's lots of differences all over between men and women. Not really
in the models, tho. It's not like they have the adam's apple or the brow
ridge molded in, at least not big enough to be obvious.
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On 06/16/09 15:15, andrel wrote:
> that something happened in the US. About as informative as knowing that
> Vaduz is in Europe.
Never heard of it.
--
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"Mueen Nawaz" <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote in message
news:4a381d56$1@news.povray.org...
> On 06/16/09 15:15, andrel wrote:
>> that something happened in the US. About as informative as knowing that
>> Vaduz is in Europe.
>
> Never heard of it.
Vaduz or Europe? :)
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Eero Ahonen <aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
> Chin, ribcase, waist and hip at least. And yeah, hands and shoulders also.
A paleontologist is able to immediately tell if a human skeleton is of
a male or a female, so there are definite clear differences.
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andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Another thing in defence of Americans: Europeans have just as much
> trouble locating US states and Canadian provinces.
I'm somewhat convinced that most western Europeans (or at least most
Finns, as I can't really speak for all Europeans) can name and locate
(or at least get close) on a nameless map more US states than most
Americans can name and locate European countries. Principally Hollywood,
and secondarily general geographical education, do have their influence.
Now the Canadian provinces are much harder. They are not very prominently
used in movies not TV shows, so...
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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Eero Ahonen <aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
> > Chin, ribcase, waist and hip at least. And yeah, hands and shoulders also.
>
> A paleontologist is able to immediately tell if a human skeleton is of
> a male or a female, so there are definite clear differences.
>
> --
> - Warp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvis#Sex_differences
Stephen
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Warp wrote:
> Eero Ahonen <aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
>> Chin, ribcase, waist and hip at least. And yeah, hands and shoulders also.
>
> A paleontologist is able to immediately tell if a human skeleton is of
> a male or a female, so there are definite clear differences.
A pathoentologist probably examines skeletons somewhat larger than 7
inches. ;-)
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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> A pathoentologist probably examines skeletons somewhat larger than 7
> inches. ;-)
The differences are not that small.
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On 06/16/09 23:13, Ken wrote:
> "Mueen Nawaz" <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote in message
> news:4a381d56$1@news.povray.org...
>> On 06/16/09 15:15, andrel wrote:
>>> that something happened in the US. About as informative as knowing that
>>> Vaduz is in Europe.
>>
>> Never heard of it.
>
> Vaduz or Europe? :)
LOL.
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DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG (UNDER PENALTY OF LAW)
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>>>>>>mue### [at] nawazorg<<<<<<
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Warp wrote:
> A paleontologist is able to immediately tell if a human skeleton is of
> a male or a female, so there are definite clear differences.
It's not hard even with the skin on. Press your fingers to your eyebrow and
rub up and down a bit, and you'll feel a little bit of a ridge. Now do that
to your wife/girlfriend/secretary(slap! ;-) and you'll notice there is no
ridge there. For example.
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Insanity is a small city on the western
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Darren New wrote:
> It's not hard even with the skin on. Press your fingers to your eyebrow
> and rub up and down a bit, and you'll feel a little bit of a ridge. Now
> do that to your wife/girlfriend/secretary(slap! ;-) and you'll notice
> there is no ridge there. For example.
OK, own up: How many of you just poked yourselves in the eye? ;-)
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Warp wrote:
> I'm somewhat convinced
I would tend to agree with that.
I had a professor who would put up a slide at conferences saying he's from
the University of Delaware. Now, Delaware is a state that isn't even big
enough to have its own telephone area code (aka "city code"). So he'd say
"It's about halfway between Philadelphia and Baltimore. If you don't know
where they are, it's halfway between New York and Washington DC. If you
don't know where they are, we're from America." :-)
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Insanity is a small city on the western
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On 17-6-2009 6:13, Ken wrote:
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> "Mueen Nawaz" <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote in message
> news:4a381d56$1@news.povray.org...
>> On 06/16/09 15:15, andrel wrote:
>>> that something happened in the US. About as informative as knowing that
>>> Vaduz is in Europe.
>>
>> Never heard of it.
>
>
> Vaduz or Europe? :)
Vaduz is the capital of Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein is a country in
Europe with almost 35000 inhabitants and an area of 160km^2. In
contrast: Delaware 800000+ inhabitants and 6452 km^2.
Europe is the western part of Eurasia, it is north of Africa. Either
west or east from North America.
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Now do that to your wife/girlfriend/secretary(slap! ;-)
I would, if I had one... :P
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On 17-6-2009 18:43, Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Now do that to your wife/girlfriend/secretary(slap! ;-)
>
> I would, if I had one... :P
>
What, you don't have a secretary?
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andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> On 17-6-2009 18:43, Warp wrote:
> > Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >> Now do that to your wife/girlfriend/secretary(slap! ;-)
> >
> > I would, if I had one... :P
> >
> What, you don't have a secretary?
Nope. Nor any of those two other things either.
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On 17-6-2009 18:52, Warp wrote:
> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> On 17-6-2009 18:43, Warp wrote:
>>> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>>> Now do that to your wife/girlfriend/secretary(slap! ;-)
>>> I would, if I had one... :P
>>>
>> What, you don't have a secretary?
>
> Nope. Nor any of those two other things either.
>
Although technically not mine, I can choose from three and one for which
the test won't work. Then again I also have a wife. What is missing is a
girlfriend or I would have had a full house.
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On 17-6-2009 18:57, andrel wrote:
> On 17-6-2009 18:52, Warp wrote:
>> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>> On 17-6-2009 18:43, Warp wrote:
>>>> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>>>> Now do that to your wife/girlfriend/secretary(slap! ;-)
>>>> I would, if I had one... :P
>>>>
>>> What, you don't have a secretary?
>>
>> Nope. Nor any of those two other things either.
>>
> Although technically not mine, I can choose from three and one for which
> the test won't work. Then again I also have a wife. What is missing is a
> girlfriend or I would have had a full house.
>
hmm, I think that 'which' should have been a 'who'.
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andrel wrote:
> hmm, I think that 'which' should have been a 'who'.
"Whom", if you really want to be picky. :-)
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On 17-6-2009 19:26, Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> hmm, I think that 'which' should have been a 'who'.
>
> "Whom", if you really want to be picky. :-)
>
I was thinking about that. Is that old-fashioned or still current?
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On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:42:18 +0100, Invisible wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>
>> It's not hard even with the skin on. Press your fingers to your eyebrow
>> and rub up and down a bit, and you'll feel a little bit of a ridge. Now
>> do that to your wife/girlfriend/secretary(slap! ;-) and you'll notice
>> there is no ridge there. For example.
>
> OK, own up: How many of you just poked yourselves in the eye? ;-)
Not me, I am wearing eye protection. :-)
Jim
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Darren New wrote:
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> Well, there's lots of differences all over between men and women. Not
> really in the models, tho. It's not like they have the adam's apple or
> the brow ridge molded in, at least not big enough to be obvious.
>
Yes. My list was based purely on the photo on the linked page.
-Aero
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andrel wrote:
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> Although technically not mine, I can choose from three and one for which
> the test won't work. Then again I also have a wife. What is missing is a
> girlfriend or I would have had a full house.
>
If you did have a girlfriend, you'd have a black eye instead of a wife.
-Aero
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andrel wrote:
> On 17-6-2009 19:26, Darren New wrote:
>> andrel wrote:
>>> hmm, I think that 'which' should have been a 'who'.
>>
>> "Whom", if you really want to be picky. :-)
>>
> I was thinking about that. Is that old-fashioned or still current?
I don't think correct English ever goes out of style. The incorrect English
just comes into style. :-)
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Now I'm wondering what the hell the difference between "visible man"
>>> and "visible woman" is... o_O
>>
>> I would imagine there would be significant difference in the
>> reproductive tract.
>
> Have you seen the size of the models? Would such a difference actually
> be noticable? :-P
I think the *internal* reproductive organs are bigger than you think.
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>> Have you seen the size of the models? Would such a difference actually
>> be noticable? :-P
>
> I think the *internal* reproductive organs are bigger than you think.
Well, maybe. I'm not an expert in this field...
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> It's not hard even with the skin on. Press your fingers to your eyebrow
> and rub up and down a bit, and you'll feel a little bit of a ridge. Now do
> that to your wife/girlfriend/secretary(slap! ;-) and you'll notice there
> is no ridge there. For example.
If it's not your wife/girlfriend/secretary,
then you might need to pay extra to poke em. =P
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> ... about those surveys that say Americans don't know where various
> countries are on a globe.
Funnily enough I overheard an American woman talking to a Finnish girl on a
plane from Amsterdam to Detroit this week. The woman asked the girl why she
was on this plane, as wouldn't it be shorter to go "the other way round,
past Australia". Later the girl said that the flight from Helsinki to
Amsterdam had been about 2 hours, and the woman didn't seem to understand,
it was as if she really thought Finland was near Japan or something.
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scott wrote:
> Funnily enough I overheard an American woman talking to a Finnish girl
> on a plane from Amsterdam to Detroit this week. The woman asked the
> girl why she was on this plane, as wouldn't it be shorter to go "the
> other way round, past Australia". Later the girl said that the flight
> from Helsinki to Amsterdam had been about 2 hours, and the woman didn't
> seem to understand, it was as if she really thought Finland was near
> Japan or something.
:facepalm:
As the old saying goes, "It's better to be quite and thought a fool than
to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> As the old saying goes, "It's better to be quite and thought a fool than
> to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
Would now be a bad time to point out a spelling mistake?
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
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> Would now be a bad time to point out a spelling mistake?
>
Yes. yes it would be.
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