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bystander · Post by **bystander** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:16 am

ScienceShot: Doctors Take Aim at ... The Tooth Fairy

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:57 pm

bystander wrote: ScienceShot: Doctors Take Aim at ... The Tooth Fairy

Whoa!! truth tooth really is stranger than fiction

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 1:16 am

I'm curious how doctors failed to spot the tooth in the ear canal prior to the CT scan. Obviously it must have been in a difficult place to spot it, but it still surprises me! The ear canal is just a tube. Not too many places to hide short of getting behind the tympanic membrane, no?

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:07 am

geckzilla wrote:
I'm curious how doctors failed to spot the tooth in the ear canal prior to the CT scan. Obviously it must have been in a difficult place to spot it, but it still surprises me! The ear canal is just a tube. Not too many places to hide short of getting behind the tympanic membrane, no?

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The ear canal for a 7 year old might be ~35 mm in length but less than 5 mm in diameter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_canal wrote:
The ear canal (Latin: meatus acusticus externus), is a tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about 35 mm in length and 5 to 10 mm in diameter.

http://www.babyhearing.org/Audiologists/verification/probemicrophone.asp wrote:
<<At birth, the average ear canal is less than 14 mm in length from the ear canal entrance to the tympanic membrane. The ear canal grows rapidly in the first few years of life, but does not approach adult-like values until approximately 7 years of age.>>

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 5:33 pm

IN New Zealand, members of an animal welfare organization have taught abandoned and maltreated dogs to drive:

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Ann

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:27 pm

heh,heh, driving went to the dogs L-O-N-G before that

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:03 pm

People are mean to the turtles... why?!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalv ... them-over/

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:55 pm

geckzilla wrote:People are mean to the turtles... why?!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalv ... them-over/

Good question! I suppose the only real answer is; why do people do the things that they do? If you can figure that out, you may have your answer. Then again... maybe not.

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 6:55 am

Yesterday we got a list of a bunch of new Swedish words of 2012. One of them was so good that I want to share with you: in translation, it might be "flesh-space". It is the opposite of cyberspace. I can't help wondering how far out from the Earth the flesh-space extends. Perhaps only into low orbit, where people can often be found. Perhaps to the Moon, which has indeed been visited by humans. Perhaps to Saturn, which is currently being visited by a man-made probe. Or perhaps to where the Voyager probes are currently located.

Well, flesh-space to you all and a Happy New Year!

Ann

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:23 pm

Flesh-space

I wudda thought that that would be the 'space' that your skin extended to. Which of course, would be different for everyone. Rangeing from New birth, to Super Nova size.

alter-ego · Post by **alter-ego** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:39 am

There are 25 (not 24) hours of New Year's celebrations!

With nothing to do with the holidays, the answer lies in the fact that there is actually 25 hours of time zones, and the funny buisiness occurs at the International Dateline. Kiritimati (Christmas Isl) time is 25 hours later than Alofi / Pago Pago time.

There are similar, and more common, local anomalies to the tune of an hour or so, but I never knew that it takes 25 hours for the New Year to be officially recognized across the globe.

: Alofi, Pago Pago => UTC/GMT -11 hours

: Christmas Isl. => UTC/GMT +14 hours

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:33 pm

The Year in (Bad) Astronomy Facts
Slate Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2013 Jan 04

Complete archive of the daily bad astronomy factoid, BAFacts.

https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer
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@BadAstronomer #BAFacts

Moonlady · Post by **Moonlady** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:20 pm

Ann wrote:Yesterday we got a list of a bunch of new Swedish words of 2012. One of them was so good that I want to share with you: in translation, it might be "flesh-space". It is the opposite of cyberspace. I can't help wondering how far out from the Earth the flesh-space extends. Perhaps only into low orbit, where people can often be found. Perhaps to the Moon, which has indeed been visited by humans. Perhaps to Saturn, which is currently being visited by a man-made probe. Or perhaps to where the Voyager probes are currently located.

Well, flesh-space to you all and a Happy New Year!

Ann

Interesting word

Since 1971 the Gesellschaft für Deutsche Sprache (society of German language) chooses the word / phrase of the year.
Since 1991 an autonomous society chooses the un-word of the year. Words which were created to sound more nice than they are.

Word of the year 2012 is Rettungsroutine = Savingroutine
Unword of the year 2012 = Anschlussverwendung = Followusing, in English Followemployment would sound nice, but German means using! Thats why it is an unword. It means to 'use'
employers of a former drugstore chain that was insolvent and closed many stores, again in other jobs. They were also called in the news as 'Schlecker-Frauen' the Schlecker-drugstore-women
who worked there.

My favorites are : from the list words of the year:

Zukunftsministerium = Future-ministration (I would like to work there if it is real)
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz = Beafmeatlabelingobservationdutycomissionregulationlaw (after scandals of expired and bad meats were sold again as fresh!)
Merkozy = the best friends Merkel and Sarkozy

From the list of unword of the year:

alternativelos = alternativeless
freiwillige Ausreise : voluntary departure (of war victims from other countries, they get offered money to go back to their countries)
Menschen mit bildungsferne Hintergrund = People with education-far-away background (for people who got no education after elementary schools and less educated in general)
Teuro = Teuer and Euro combined to say that everything is more pricey as it was before.

And a joke from a friend:

You may not say women , you say people with menstruation background!

Moonlady · Post by **Moonlady** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:36 pm

Ann wrote:
Beyond wrote:WHOA: Physicists testing to see if Universe is a computer simulation.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/wh ... 25825.html
I like it!

It reminds me of a film I saw way back when, in the early days of computers. The main character was a computer programmer who had created a whole artificial world populated by people who thought they were real, but who were, of course, only "figments of programming". These "computer simulation ghost people" were used by sociologists and others who subjected them to various tests and experiments, to see how human beings react in different situations. The main character could turn himself into a computer simulation too, and visit the world he has created. He had a contact there, da "person" he talks with. One day, when he was inside his own simulation, his contact told him that he, too, was a computer simulation, created by (presumably) real people who used him and his world for their experiments. So there were "two levels of computer simulations", one of which was created by the inhabitants of a simulated world! (Wonder if you got all that?)

Anyway, I have to wonder - what would we do if we find out that the universe is indeed a computer simulation, and we are "lab rats" created to satisfy someone else's need to experiment on us?

Sure would be a waste of simulation to create so much universe just to get a shot at experimenting with us, though!

Ann

Maybe you mean this movie? Its from 1999 and when I saw it the first time, I liked it. The Soundtrack is from HIM - Join me and I like this song too

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Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:53 pm

If i could find the switch that turned off this world... I'd turn it off too

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:59 pm

Beyond wrote:If i could find the switch that turned off this world... I'd turn it off too

Don't turn it off; I'd have no place to go! So; about that switch!>>>

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Ann · Post by **Ann** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:24 am

Hah! I found the movie I was looking for - it was a two-part German television miniseries, Welt am Draht ('world on a Wire in English)!

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Ann

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:27 am

Ann wrote:Hah! I found the movie I was looking for - it was a two-part German television miniseries, Welt am Draht ('world on a Wire in English)!

Click to play embedded YouTube video.
Ann

How big a wire

I've got wire-cutters

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:06 pm

Can a dog live to age 30? Some of these dogs came close!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_dogs

List of oldest dogsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search This is a list of the oldest dogs in the world. All are (or were) 20 years of age or older. Aging in dogs depends on breed and size.

[edit] Oldest dogs ever livedThe oldest verified dog (and several without strong evidence) is linked to the Australian Cattle Dog. This has prompted a study of the longevity of the Australian Cattle Dog to examine if the breed might have exceptional longevity. The 100-dog survey yielded a mean longevity of 13.41 years with a standard deviation of 2.36 years.[1] The study concluded that while Australian Cattle Dogs are a healthy breed and do live on average almost a year longer than most dogs of other breeds in the same weight class, record ages such as Bluey's ("Verified") or Chilla's ("Unverified")[2] should be regarded as uncharacteristic exceptions rather than as indicators of common exceptional longevity for the entire breed.

Rank Name Born Died Reported age Breed Country
1 Lucky[3][4] February 1979 6 September 2008 ≥700129000000000000029 years, 7002193000000000000193 days Border Collie cross Australia
2 Bluey[5][6][7] 7 June 1910 14 November 1939 700129000000000000029 years, 7002160000000000000160 days Australian Cattle Dog Australia
3 Max[8] 9 August 1983 Living 700129000000000000029 years, 7002150000000000000150 days Terrier United States
4 Lady[9] 1908 6 August 1937 ≥700128000000000000028 years, 7002218000000000000218 days Poodle United States
5 Minius[10] Rescued 16 January 1985 Living ≥700127000000000000027 years, 7002356000000000000356 days Cross-breed Poland
6 Bramble[6][11][12] 1 September 1975 31 March 2003 700127000000000000027 years, 7002211000000000000211 days Border Collie United Kingdom
7 Adjutant[6][13] 14 August 1936 20 November 1963 700127000000000000027 years, 700198000000000000098 days Labrador United Kingdom
8 Butch[6][14] 1975 2003 ≥700127000000000000027 years, 70001000000000000001 day Beagle United States
9 Smokey[15] 18 January 1986 Living 700126000000000000026 years, 7002354000000000000354 days Shih Tzu United States
10 Pusuke[16] 1 April 1985 5 December 2011 26 years, 248 days Cross-breed Japan
11 Sugar[6][17] 18 August 1952 13 August 1977 700124000000000000024 years, 7002360000000000000360 days ? United States
12 Bricciola[18] Rescued March 1989 Living >23 years Mutt Italy
13 Piccolo[6][19] 1 October 1987 26 December 2010 700123000000000000023 years, 700186000000000000086 days Mutt Italy
14 Scruffy[citation needed] April 1990 Living 700122000000000000022 years, 7002280000000000000280 days Schnauzer Mix United States
15 Kathy T. Dog[6][19] 8 January 1991 Living 700121000000000000021 years, 7002364000000000000364 days Mutt United States
16 Heidi[20] 12 January 1991 Living 700121000000000000021 years, 7002360000000000000360 days Dachshund United States
17 Bonnie[citation needed] 15 June 1991 Living 700121000000000000021 years, 7002205000000000000205 days Border Collie Cross United States
18 Chanel[5][6][21][22][20][23] 6 May 1988 28 August 2009 700121000000000000021 years, 7002114000000000000114 days Dachshund United States
19 Otto[6][24][25] 14 February 1989 14 January 2010 700120000000000000020 years, 7002334000000000000334 days Dachshund-Terrier cross United Kingdom
20 Jack[citation needed] adopted 1993 Living ≥20 years Jack Russell – Rat Terrier cross United States
21 Hogan[citation needed] 1992 Living 20 years Shepherd – Chow Chow cross Canada
22 Browny[citation needed] 1992 Living 20 years Bhutia India
23 Candy[citation needed] April 4,1992 Living 20 years Parson Russell Terrier United States
24 Koko[citation needed] 700120000000000000020 years, 7002246000000000000246 days Living 20 years Terrier Mix United States
25 Billy[citation needed] 700120000000000000020 years, 700119000000000000019 days Living 20 years Terrier Mix United States

[edit] References

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:04 pm

arf... WOOF!!

Moonlady · Post by **Moonlady** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:11 pm

Do dogs only live in North America and United Kingdom longer?
Only English speaking countries are listed?
Am I bad when I do comments about where dogs are part of food and cant live longer?
Western countries pay more medication and therapies for their dogs?

Over years keeping dogs in Turkey at homes become tradition, cats got now competition in getting attention!

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:13 pm

A lion is a lion is a lion is a... dog?

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/10/us/vi ... ?hpt=hp_t3

Ann

Moonlady · Post by **Moonlady** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:47 pm

Ann wrote:A lion is a lion is a lion is a... dog?

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/10/us/vi ... ?hpt=hp_t3

Ann

....a Lab-o-lion! I never liked poodles as dogs much, but this one being half poodle is amazing and cute ♥♥♥

In Germany a woman heard in her neighbours home a child calling "Mama come back" and "Papa" all the time, she tried to contact the neighbours in vain,
she called the police and the police were shouting to the kid to open the door, they called the firefighters, ambulance and emergency physician.
After opening the door, they found a parrot alone, the owner was on a vacation tour. But the parrot was getting daily care by a friend.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zei ... 76527.html

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:40 am

Animals steal the show again!

MargaritaMc · Post by **MargaritaMc** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:47 pm

And again!
I am doing this post simply to see if my new Avatar works! So the only tentative link I can make to the thread title is that I didn't know that I could use this photo of Syd licking his lips as my avatar. But it's a bit weak...
Margarita

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