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From: vnelson@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gerald Vernon Nelson)
Subject: Re: The Other 95% of the Brain
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 01:41:41 GMT

In <1992Sep2.170622.15452@cs.sfu.ca> shell@cs.sfu.ca (Barry Shell) writes:

>Over the years, from time to time I come across the "fact" that one
>only uses about 5% of one's brain; or the brain's potential. The 
>idea is that if the brain was used to its full potential, telepathy,
>telekinesis, out-of-body experiences, etc would be possible, and 
>who knows what else. 

OK before anyone flames.. The following is from a half remembered 
T.V. show I saw some 2 years ago.  So don't hold me to it.

This was a british show.  It featured 3 children who had suffered
from hydra-encephilitis (sp?) as children.  Water on the brain.

The surgical procedure is to insert a valve so that the fluid can
be drained.  This reduces the pressure on the skull.

These 3 kids had suffered a fair amount of brain damage before
the valve was inserted. This happened when they were very young.
6 months to 2 years old.  The show was studying them as teenagers
15 - 16 yrs old.  They were quite normal in intelligence even
though up to 70 - 80 % of their brain was just gray matter.

It was very interesting.  One fellow was very adept at mathematics.
Considered to be a higher brain function.  I think he had the
least working brain matter.  They evaluated brain functioning by
scanning them.  They showed them pictures and the scans showed where 
the blood was flowing.  In one, they asked him to talk.  They 
determined that his speach center had moved. The original location
was not functioning.

Anyways, it was really neat!  If you ever get the chance,
I think it was called "Do we really need a brain?"

Vern Nelson
From: tony@mantis.co.uk (Tony Lezard)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science
Subject: Re: why the moon/sun looks bigger -new expl
Date: 31 Aug 92 11:06:11 GMT
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

IQTI400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (macphil) writes:

> So you should explain the spectrum of fingers:
>  
> thumb    index or fore finger   middle finger   ring finger     pinky

For me, and millions of pianists, it goes

  1st finger    2nd finger    3rd finger    4th finger    5th finger

Sinple. It's unfortunate that some people call them Thumb/1st/2nd/3rd/4th.

--
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OR EVEN arl10@phx.cam.ac.uk if all else fails. Great! Kept my .sig down to two
lines!
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From: IQTI400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (macphil)
Subject: Re: Sparking Lifesavers in the DarK
Organization: IUPUI
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 00:13:39 GMT

In article <Btx7sy.5M4@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
mjg51721@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael James Gebis) writes:
 
 I wrote:
>>: It's called "triboluminesence" (yes, that's a word and it's in almost
>>: any quality dictionary)...it means "luminesence via friction".
>
>in CURAD (I THink that's what they're called) band-aids.
>If I recall correctly, this is NOT triboluminesence....the life savers and the
>tape are actually DIFFERENT and have different words to describe them.
 
the lifesavers & tape may indeed have different terms, but the one for
livesavers is indeed triboluninesence, as I originally posted.
 
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From: colossal@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (colossal Microscope)
Subject: ice cubes and soda pop
Keywords: ice soda pop liquid cooling
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:54:55 GMT

i don't remember where i heard this
but
   i want to post it
and
   see if it is true...

does soda pop (originally "warm" in a can) stay cooler/colder
if
  a.) one puts ice in the glass first
      and then puts the soda pop in the glass

  b.) one puts the soda pop in the glass first
      and then put the ice cubes in

for some reason
i heard that b was the answer

that the pop will stay cooler longer
if the ice cubes go in after the pop (or other beverage)

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From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science
Subject: Gene Rowley your email bounces
Date: 29 Aug 92 19:28:05 GMT
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Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Reply email to you bounces.
Send a better path for your reply.

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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From: IQTI400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (macphil)
Subject: Re: why the moon/sun looks bigger -new expl
Organization: IUPUI
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:21:35 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.161825.7255@ac.dal.ca>
aproden@ac.dal.ca (Andrew P. Rodenhiser) writes:
 
>>>>This is all very well, but what in the world is a "pinky" in this context?
>>>>Inquiring (European) minds want to know!
>>>The "pinky" is the smallest finger. What does it mean on your side of the pond?
>> So you should explain the spectrum of fingers:
>>
>> thumb    index or fore finger   middle finger   ring finger     pinky
>>
>
>Obviously a right-hand rule!
 
>Andrew P. Rodenhiser
>One of those one-in-ten lefties.
 
Really now?  Hmmm. Well, @ the time I wrote it, I was looking @ my left
hand, palm facing me.  Never assume there is one, and only one answer. No?
 
MacPhil,
One of those even rarer ambidextrous (by examination, not self-fiat)
 
Hence a common .sig of mine:
 
 
"When ambidextrous people can't do it right, we do it left."
From: klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science
Subject: Re: 2nd law not taught in the ex - Eastern block?
Date: 1 Sep 92 10:34:47 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

APPMS@CUNYVM.BITNET (Alexandre Pechtchanski) writes:

>In '60s and later the
>trend became more subtle: they didn't drop or forbid ideas which apparently
>contradicted marxist ideology; in an exercise of double-talk they "proved"
>that there is no contradiction or that "marxist philosophy" dealed with
>higher-plane ideas than mere physics, so any contradiction was deemed
>apparent only.

Why is this double-talk? The universe moves toward maximum entropy,
society moves toward perfection. There is no absolute frame of reference
for physical motion, there are absolute values in human interactions. I
see no contradictions.

Klaus O K
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From: asnd@msr.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Subject: Re: Sparking grapes
Summary: onions too 
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: onions, microwaves, sour grapes 
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:44:00 GMT

>pk03+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul Karol) writes:
> 
>>Why not stop posting so many guesses on why split grapes sparkle in a
>>microwave and do some experiments?  Let's see some science.

I missed the original post, but chopped onions also spark in a microwave 
oven.

Donald
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From: csuah@warwick.ac.uk (~WISP at CU~)
Subject: Re: why the moon/sun looks bigger -new expl
Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:57:12 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.192449.19720@colorado.edu> juola@bruno.cs.colorado.edu (Patrick Juola) writes:
>In article <1cBDqB4w165w@mantis.co.uk> tony@mantis.co.uk (Tony Lezard) writes:
>>
>>For me, and millions of pianists, it goes
>>
>>  1st finger    2nd finger    3rd finger    4th finger    5th finger
>>
>>Sinple. It's unfortunate that some people call them Thumb/1st/2nd/3rd/4th.
>
>I don't know -- for me and millions of violinists/violists, we wonder why
>people can't tell the thumb and fingers are functionally distinct....
>
>8-)
>		- kitten

This is absolutely true. Of course, it's the *thumb* that's much more
useful than the other digits: complete loss of a thumb loses you 90% of the
functional capacity of the arm! Hence all those ridiculous operations
involving grafted toes etc...

Later,

The Wisp.  [trust me: I'm a doctor...]
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From: s082@nonne.ii.uib.no (Ketil Malde)
Subject: Re: Microwaved light bulb
Reply-To: ketil@ii.uib.no
Organization: student of computer science at the University of Bergen, Norway
	<SLAGLE.92Aug5205129@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
	<56919@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Aug17.175203.1637@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:08:37

In article <1992Aug17.175203.1637@ccu.umanitoba.ca> chrstie@ccu.umanitoba.ca (William John M. Christie) writes:

   From: chrstie@ccu.umanitoba.ca (William John M. Christie)
   Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:52:03 GMT

   When you did this (microwaving a CD) did you also have something to
   absorb the 
   excess rad's or does the short exposure time not really hurt the magnetron?
   
   
As an moderately experienced microwaver (I'm working on the Ball
Lightning) I think I can answer the question.  At least, when I blew
old Bob Marley to dust (no flames please, it didn't work in the first
place :-), I also had a glass of water to absorb excess radiation.

I should think that 5 sec. is to short to overheat the magnetron, but
I really don't know.

What, exactly, can happen to a MW?  If you have a glass of water in
it, is MWing CDs and the like, safe?

--

     Ketil Malde,                In real life: ketil@ii.uib.no
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Subject: Re: Bird with oral fixation
From: srcriro@chv.dsir.govt.nz
Date: 3 Sep 92 17:39:08 +1200
Organization: DSIR, Lincoln, New Zealand

Remember that any Budgie sitting in a cage is probably stark raving mad from
the amazingly deranged lifestyle it is forced to undergo, compared with what it
is geneticly equipped for.
A couple of cubic feet of space, no or minimal company, limited variety of
food, as opposed to living in the Australian outback with several hundred
others of your own kind and able to seek who-knows-what food items.
No wonder their behaviour gets a bit bizarre at times.
 
Tootle pip..........Ian Orchard
From: carlf@panix.com (Carl Fink)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science
Subject: Re: Migratory habits of Mediterranean eels
Date: 2 Sep 92 22:42:11 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <2SEP199211035745@zeus.tamu.edu> enw2049@zeus.tamu.edu (WALKE, ERIK N) writes:


>       I'm just posting off the top of my head (normally I try to 
>       refrain from it ;-> ), but this story rings a bell, vaguely.
>       Are there lampreys or some other fresh-water eel/fish that
>       migrate from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes?

>***************************************************************************
>  All opinions expressed by this user are well-reasoned and insightful. 
>  Needless to say, they are not those of his advisor or university.
>**************************************************************************

  Lampreys are non-migratory.  Also, they aren't eels - heck, they aren't even
FISH.
-- 
==============================================================================
Carl Fink          carlf@panix.com, C.FINK4(GEnie), or CF427620I@LIUVAX.BITNET
  "Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits"  -  Mark Twain
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From: s082@nonne.ii.uib.no (Ketil Malde)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science
Subject: Re: Seriously, microwave health risks?
Date: 27 Aug 92 13:45:38 GMT
Reply-To: s082@brems.ii.uib.no
Distribution: alt
Organization: student of computer science at the University of Bergen, Norway

In article <stefang.714564657@isy> stefang@isy.liu.se (Stefan Gustavson) writes:

   From: stefang@isy.liu.se (Stefan Gustavson)
   Date: 23 Aug 92 10:10:57 GMT

   The microwaves themselves "settle down" in microseconds or less, but
   the microwave heating process works by boosting the rotational energy of
   water molecules, while normal oven or stove-top heating primarily adds
   vibrational energy. Quickly microwaved food has an overweight of
   rotational 
   energy that makes the properties of the heat somewhat different.
   When the microwaves are turned off, the rotational energy gradually
   transforms to vibrational energy, your normal Brownian heat motion, but
   this does not happen instantly, especially not in a clear liquid.

Is this the reason that, when I drop a teabag in a MWed cup of water,
I get a lot of tiny bubbles (almost foam)?

I know this has been discussed before, but I can't remember if we
found a satisfactory answer.

Could it be that the rotating molecules bounce off the teabag, much
like any spinning irregular object would, thus making the water boil
locally?

--

    ; Ketil Malde,                In real life: ketil@ii.uib.no  +
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From: IQTI400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (macphil)
Subject: Re:Sparking Lifesavers in the DarK
Organization: IUPUI
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 03:03:31 GMT

In article <1992Aug29.001512.16526@u.washington.edu>
wolgamot@milton.u.washington.edu (Greg Wolgamot) writes:
 
>I was on a tour through some caverns in Montana, and the tour quide,
>deep within the cave, turned off the lights and popped a peppermint
>Lifesaver in her mouth.  She then chewed it with her mouth open,
>and we all saw sparks.  Is this do to breaking of chemical bonds,
>as she explained, or do to friction between the chunks of lifesaver
>and her teeth?
>
>Help me understand this... I'm in the dark!
 
It's called "triboluminesence" (yes, that's a word and it's in almost
any quality dictionary)...it means "luminesence via friction".
 
Rather than type a disseration for you, I'll do you a favour and make
you look this up because of what you will get in return.  Go to your
nearest quality bookstore and look for Cecil Adams' "The Straight
Dope" and "More of the Straight Dope".  You'll find what you are
looking for in the index under "lifesavers".  Oh, make sure you have
some time before you start reading.  You will *NOT* want to stop.
Ed Zotti (the <current> Cecil Adams) is a really nice guy.  I was
on a talk show with him about three years ago because I was such an
avid follower and was able to interview him better than the host.
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From: mikelson@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (MIKELSONS PETER LEON)
Subject: Re: Conservation of Energy?
Keywords: energy
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 22:30:17 GMT

wrb@cbnews.cb.att.com (wallace.r.blackburn) writes:

>Second question:  A method for reducing injuries from falls in martial arts
>involves hitting the ground as hard as possible just before impact.  Yes,
>the hand(s) and arm(s) may be hurt, but presumably this is better than the
>internal damage from the fall.  We are talking about being thrown here, not
>just a trip.  So the possibility of serious injury from the fall is real.
>Does this sound plausible?  I don't understand how this reduces the kinetic
>energy and force of impact.  Is the idea to slow down or stop the fall
>momentarily so that acceleration due to gravity starts over from 1" or so?

Well, I've never tried this, or seen it done, but it sounds like
a case of conservation of momentum. Just before you hit the ground
your body has a total momentum P, which is about to be converted into
general heat and damage. You strike with your arm in your direction
of travel, giving your arm momentum P'. Your body (not including
your arm) then has momentum P - P', since 
	P(before arm swing) = P(after arm swing)
by conservation of momentum.
		P = P(arm) + P(body w/o arm)

		P  =  P' + (P - P')
P
Damage from falling is proportional to kinetic energy (K)
		K = P^2 /2m
and K is proportional to P, and P=mv. This means that the faster you
swing your arm, the more of the damage from the fall it will take
. If P'=P then your arm is moving just fast enough to stop your
body in mid-air, allowing it to land gently.
If you swing it fast enough, P' > P, and you will bounce back into
the air.

In any case, the kinetic energy is converted into heat, sound, and
energy to overcome chemical/molecular/whatever bonds that hold
bones, tendons, etc. together.

				Peter Mikelsons
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From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Subject: Re: scientific explanation for divining rods?
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 00:31:52 GMT
Distribution: na

What?  You mean for finding water?

Most of the land mass has ground water underneath it (hydrosphere).
It's a question of how deep you want to drill.  Sort of like saying,
"There will be an earthquake tomorrow. {period}"  Yeah where?
They are world wide.  The hydrologist Leopold (UC Berkeley) has a chapter
in his hydrology text.  We will probably always have dowsers.

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
  Resident Cynic, Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers
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From: steven@syacus.acus.oz.au (Steven Malikoff)
Subject: Re: Microwaved light bulb
Organization: ACUS Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Sydney
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 23:31:12 GMT

s082@nonne.ii.uib.no (Ketil Malde) writes:
: In article <1992Aug17.175203.1637@ccu.umanitoba.ca> chrstie@ccu.umanitoba.ca (William John M. Christie) writes:
:    From: chrstie@ccu.umanitoba.ca (William John M. Christie)
:    Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:52:03 GMT
:    When you did this (microwaving a CD) did you also have something to
:    absorb the 
:    excess rad's or does the short exposure time not really hurt the magnetron?
: I also had a glass of water to absorb excess radiation.
: 
: I should think that 5 sec. is to short to overheat the magnetron, but
: I really don't know.

I tried microwaving a CD (a damaged copy of Abbey Road, actually) to see
for myself what happens. I placed the CD on top of a glass of water, unmarked
side up and let 'er rip for about 5 seconds. Pretty neat! I wanted to see
how far it would go, so I gave it a few extra 5-second bursts, but this burned
holes on the foil and spoilt the overall appearance. The oven still works, BTW.

Steve Malikoff.
steven@syacus.acus.oz.au
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From: frank@rover.uchicago.edu (Frank - Hardware Hacker - Borger)
Subject: Re: why the moon/sun looks bigger -new expl
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Reply-To: frank@rover.uchicago.edu
Organization: Joint Center for Radiation Therapy
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:08:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.161825.7255@ac.dal.ca>, aproden@ac.dal.ca (Andrew P. Rodenhiser) writes...
>In article <16852D62C.IQTI400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU>, IQTI400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (macphil) writes:
>> In article <1992Aug29.185251.16483@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
>> bwatson@nyx.cs.du.edu (bruce watson) writes:
>>  
>>>>This is all very well, but what in the world is a "pinky" in this context?
>>>>Inquiring (European) minds want to know!
>>>The "pinky" is the smallest finger. What does it mean on your side of the pond?
>> So you should explain the spectrum of fingers:
>>  
>> thumb    index or fore finger   middle finger   ring finger     pinky
>>  
> 
>Obviously a right-hand rule!
	
	Step 1: Hold right hand up looking at back of hand.

	Step 2: Hold left hand up, looking at palm of hand.

	Step 3: Notice that both hands now follow the rule.

	Step 4: Rotate both hands 180 degrees, notice that neigher hand matches
		the rule.

	Step 5: Notice askance glances of co-workers who think you may be
		making some rude suggestion to them.

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From: wfs5572@rigel.tamu.edu (SMITH, WILLIAM FRANK, IV)
Subject: Re: Conservation of Energy?
Summary:  oooh baybee
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: energy
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:20:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.005650.23798@panix.com>, carlf@panix.com (Carl Fink) 
writes...
>All the kinetic energy
>is converted into head (which is kinetic energy itself, in the form
                   ^^^^
>of vibrating molecules).

It sure makes my molecules vibrate, if you know what I mean (wink wink).


                                                    Spike
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From: mjg51721@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael James Gebis)
Subject: Re: Sparking Lifesavers in the DarK
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:29:20 GMT

steven@syacus.acus.oz.au (Steven Malikoff) writes:

>: It's called "triboluminesence" (yes, that's a word and it's in almost
>: any quality dictionary)...it means "luminesence via friction".

>'Scientific American' devoted 'The Amateur Scientist' column to
>triboluminesence about 4 or 5 years back (I think). It mentioned LifeSavers
>and also apparently a piece of stickytape stuck to glass, then pulled off
>at an acute angle backwards. It claimed you could see sparks right at the
>point the tape was peeling off the glass. (I haven't tried this)

Actually, for those of you without glass and stickytape, you can see this
in CURAD (I THink that's what they're called) band-aids.
If I recall correctly, this is NOT triboluminesence....the life savers and the
tape are actually DIFFERENT and have different words to describe them.

>Steven Malikoff.
>steven@syacus.acus.oz.au

Mike Gebis  m-gebis@uiuc.edu

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From: kate@cithe501.cithep.caltech.edu (Kate Scholberg)
Subject: Migratory habits of Mediterranean eels
Originator: kate@cithe501.cithep.caltech.edu
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 13:48:17 GMT


Recently an Italian collaborator of mine claimed that the eels caught 
in the Mediterranean near Italy have actually migrated from the
Gulf of Mexico.  Does anyone know if this is true?  Can anyone
provide me with, or direct me to, any further information on
eels, especially those of the Mediterranean?
Thanks,
Kate Scholberg.
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