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

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?

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.>>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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