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[casandra]

no balloons this time but just plenty of flesh-eating bugs....

http://www.youtube.c...&v=VwT6RLsYe1c#!

Edited by casandra, 14 November 2012 - 07:11 PM.

[hobglobin]

well a sushi master is nothing against this dude (and the beetle larvae)

Edited by hobglobin, 15 November 2012 - 05:23 AM.

[casandra]

behold the ubercows:

[casandra]

Cheers!!!

[hobglobin]

An interesting paper in PLOS ONE (unfortunately a bit late for Christmas and New Year's Eve ):
Alcohol Consumption in Midlife and Cognitive Performance Assessed 13 Years Later in the SU.VI.MAX 2 Cohort

[hobglobin]

isn't it what we're all looking for (even if subconsciously)?

http://www.guardian....sources-own-job

[casandra]

hobglobin, on 27 January 2013 - 11:04 AM, said:

isn't it what we're all looking for (even if subconsciously)?

http://www.guardian....sources-own-job

and he managed to get away with it for many years...

[hobglobin]

a nice blog with many interesting and/or funny maps:
Strange Maps

examples:

[casandra]

how about this (sort of a remapping of the arctic )  the Ilulissat Glacier calving:

http://www.youtube.c...&v=hC3VTgIPoGU#!

[hobglobin]

A "law" developed by Parkinson in the 50s which is still worth knowing, since the situation it is describing is still in full force, especially at universities :
Parkinson's Law

Bureaucracy growth is explained by two forces:
(1) "An official wants to multiply subordinates, not rivals"
(2) "Officials make work for each other."

Parkinson notes in particular that the total of those employed inside a bureaucracy rose by 5-7% per year "irrespective of any variation in the amount of work (if any) to be done".
(from wikipedia)