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Post by Meph on Aug 10, 2004 14:04:48 GMT 1
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Post by TheWeeMan on Aug 30, 2004 22:56:56 GMT 1
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Post by Graeme Houston on Sept 4, 2004 20:24:41 GMT 1
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Post by Meph on Sept 6, 2004 23:08:53 GMT 1
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Post by Buckfastbuchanan on Sept 7, 2004 1:56:23 GMT 1
Hey, the Guardian article is very interesting, I have came across a lot of these "Middle Lane Gene" people. They obviously don't know how frustrating it is when they "hog" the middle lane. Either that or they havent understood their highway code where it says, you may use the middle and outer lane for overtaking purposes until you have passed the vehicle you wish to overtake. It is illegal to undertake, but have been forced to do so as the "middle laners" refuse to pull in. While Im on the subject of faulty driving. Answers on a postcard "What is a box junction for and what is its restrictions?" Within the last 5 days 6 drivers have stopped within a box junction at Stevenston high road/low road split. It drives me crazy, especially with the huge tail backs on the bypass. Whatever happened to "the courteous driver" There is obviously no gene for it!!!!!!!!
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Post by Meph on Sept 7, 2004 13:35:17 GMT 1
I sometimes tax my car, which obviously means that the middle lane belong to me and me alone. I like to drive along it to Stevenson (on my way to the box junction) at 50mph whilst wearing a winter coat and a corduroy cloth cap, randomly using my indicators and occasionally braking severely for no reason at all.
A box junction is a junction in which you’re allowed to stop IF you have an empty cardboard box on the back seat of the car.
Meph
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Post by Pollywollydoddle on Sept 7, 2004 15:12:56 GMT 1
Good to see you back on form Meph..
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Post by Graeme Houston on Sept 13, 2004 1:05:26 GMT 1
Excellent link meph!
I especially liked the following:
The Procrastination Gene
Geneticists initially doubted the existence of a gene governing procrastination, arguing that a habit of putting things off had no discernible evolutionary advantage. Eventually, however, behaviourists at Princeton University got round to doing a proper study and were surprised by what they found. "It turns out that a lot of problems do just go away if you ignore them for long enough," said a member of the team. He added that a search for the gene would begin soon, although there was no need to rush into anything.
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Post by Graeme Houston on Sept 14, 2004 21:53:16 GMT 1
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Post by TheWeeMan on Sept 14, 2004 22:25:51 GMT 1
This is an excellent article Graeme. well found!
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Post by Graeme Houston on Sept 15, 2004 14:19:37 GMT 1
Features or Creatures: Visual Expertise Taps Same Neural Networks15 Sep 2004 Is there a special area in the human brain that only processes faces? No, according to Brown University research. When study subjects learned to identify computer-generated figures and then saw both human faces and the figures, scientists found they used the same neural mechanisms. The study appears in the current online early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. From Medical News Today www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=13412
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Post by Meph on Oct 17, 2004 21:33:19 GMT 1
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Post by Meph on Nov 2, 2004 20:59:27 GMT 1
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Post by Graeme Houston on Nov 13, 2004 11:55:35 GMT 1
The Dutch ExperimentIt is a weird experience. You walk up to a Dutch policeman, and ask where to get some marijuana. You are smilingly directed to the nearest "coffee shop", where the menu offers everything cannabinoid from something called Space Cake to Northern Lights, a local weed. In much of the world, this could never happen: the penalties for using cannabis are severe. But in 1976, the Dutch legalised the possession of small amounts. What has happened since? Some say that crime has soared, schoolchildren drop out, and heroin addiction is rife. Others insist the Netherlands is a stoned paradise of peace and love. www.newscientist.com/hottopics/marijuana/dutch.jsp
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Post by Graeme Houston on Dec 10, 2004 1:04:42 GMT 1
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