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That's... stupid. If they did survive to reproduce, then chances are it wouldn't impact the population much, if at all. Animals have a tendency to not reproduce beyond what their resources can accommodate.

If Oblivion is an option, why are you even considering the others? This is like trying to make a choice between a steak, two bits of wet paper, and some chewing gum found under a table.

Pictures or it didn't happen! >=( :P

So I take it you have nothing against incest, wanton genocide, homophobia and forcibly unprotected sex?

As a market research interviewer, I have some measure of sympathy for telemarketers. Since I started working in a similar field, I've been nothing but polite to them on the phone. I don't buy their crap, but I don't make their jobs harder for them, either. What I hate more are people who confuse legitimate research with telemarketing and act like complete twits on the phone. To be honest, all it takes to stop the call is a simple "No, thanks." None of these people want to waste their time talking to someone who isn't interested. Just do them a favour and make it as quick as possible without making a complete jackass of yourself. They've got quotas to fill, and if you just waste their time, you're also wasting the time of their supervisors, the data analysts, and the client company or organisation. You're also wasting your own time. Every time someone is extremely rude or abusive on the phone, my co-workers and I have a good laugh because we know that's probably all the enjoyment that poor sod ever has.

With a literal translation, yes - it is better applied to the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Fair is fair, but giving the other person 26 just gives the deal that psychological edge - "Hey, I'm getting the better deal here" - even when the difference is negligible. In a case where the 25/25 split only has a 50% chance of being accepted, giving them that one extra can tip the scales in your favour. You each get your money, and you only lose a tiny bit to ensure that.

I got 25 on the male side. [hide] Angles This task tested your ability to identify the angle of a line by matching it with its twin. This is a spatial task, which looks at how you picture space. Your score: 15 out of 20 Average score for men: 15.1 out of 20 Average score for women: 13.3 out of 20 What does your result suggest? If you scored 0 - 12: You have more of a female brain. Scientists believe that people with a female brain find it more difficult to judge the slope of a line because they're not wired for spatial tasks. In past studies, 65 per cent of people who scored in this range were women. If you scored 13 - 17: You found this test neither hard nor easy. This suggests your brain has male and female traits when it comes to spatial ability. If you scored 18 - 20: You have more of a male brain. On average, men outperform women in this task and those with more mathematical knowledge tend to score quite high as well. In past studies, 60 per cent of the people in this range were men. Interestingly, men's testosterone levels fluctuate through the seasons and studies have shown that men's scores are lower in the spring, when their testosterone levels are at their lowest. Do our cave dwelling ancestors offer us any clues about why men and women score differently on this task? Find out more. Spot the difference This task tested your ability to identify which objects changed position. You lost points, if you incorrectly identified objects. Your score: 50% Average score for men: 39% Average score for women: 46% What does your score suggest? If you scored between 0 - 33%: You may have more of a male brain. Scientists say men tend to under perform in this task. The corpus callosum, the part of the brain that links the right and left hemispheres, is a fifth larger in women. This means women can process visual and other signals at the same time more easily than men. There is also a theory that oestrogen levels in women give them an added advantage in spatial memory. If you scored between 34 - 66%: You may have a balanced female-male brain. If you scored between 67 - 100%: Those with a female-type brain generally score in this range. Your ability to remember where objects are may serve as an advantage to you when you're trying to find your way around places. You're more capable of recalling landmarks to get from one place to another. Find out more about our spatial abilities. Hands You said your left thumb was on top when you clasped your hands together. Right thumb on top: This suggests the left half of your brain is dominant. Many studies have tried to establish whether there is a relationship between handedness and brain dominance. Some scientists believe that if you are left brain dominant, you would be more verbal and analytical. Left thumb on top: This suggests the right half of your brain is dominant. Some studies theorise that as a right brain dominant person, you may excel in visual, spatial and intuitive processes. However, these theories are debatable and leave much to be said about the small percentage of people who are ambidextrous. Find out why right-brained people may be better fighters and artists. Emotions and Systems This task looked at whether you prefer to empathise or systemise. Empathising Your empathy score is: 7 out of 20 Average score for men: 7.9 out of 20 Average score for women: 10.6 out of 20 What does your result suggest? Empathisers are better at accurately judging other people's emotions and responding appropriately. If you scored 15 and above, you are very empathic and would be an ideal person to comfort people in a time of crisis. Women in general are better at empathising. Systemising Your systemising score is: 18 out of 20 Average score for men: 12.5 out of 20 Average score for women: 8.0 out of 20 What does your result suggest? Systemisers prefer to investigate how systems work. A system can be a road map, flat pack furniture, or a mathematical equation ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Ãâ anything that follows a set of rules. A score of 15 and above suggests you're good at analysing or building systems. Men in general are better at systemising. Scientists are keen to learn more about people who score high or low on both tests. They want to find out whether or not empathising and systemising are linked. Is a possible to make yourself more empathic? Some scientists claim that our empathy and systemising abilities can be traced all the way back to prehistoric times. Find out more. Eyes This task tested your ability to judge people's emotions. Your score: 9 out of 10 Average score for men: 6.6 out of 10 Average score for women: 6.6 out of 10 What does your result suggest? If you scored 0 - 3: Do you think you're good at judging how another person is feeling? Your score suggests this doesn't come to you quite so naturally. If you scored 4 - 6: Your result suggests you have a balanced female-male brain and find it neither easy nor difficult to judge people's emotions. If you scored 7 - 10: Your result suggests you are a good empathiser, sensitive to other people's emotions. Women generally fall into this category. Professor Baron-Cohen at the University of Cambridge says that people usually perform better than they expect to on this test. Men often think a person's eyes are sending signals of desire when that's not the case at all. Find out more. Fingers We asked you to measure your ring and index fingers. Your ratios came to: Right Hand: 1.04 Left Hand: 1.04 Average ratio for men: 0.982 Average ratio for women: 0.991 It's thought that your ratio is governed by the amount of testosterone you were exposed to in your mother's womb. The ratio of the length of your index finger to the length of your ring finger is set for life by as early as three months after conception. Even during puberty, when we experience intensive hormonal changes, the ratio stays the same. Men generally have a ring finger that is longer than their index finger, which gives them a lower ratio than women, whose ring and index fingers are usually of equal length. Studies have found that men and women with lots of brothers generally have more masculine finger ratios. Find out what other things scientists think our ratios may tell us. Faces This task looked at how you rate the attractiveness of a series of faces. The images you looked at were digitally altered to create slight differences in masculinity. Your choices suggest you prefer more masculine faces. Highly masculinised male faces possess more extreme testosterone markers such as a long, broad and lower jaw, as well as more pronounced brow ridges and cheekbones. Interestingly, women's preferences are said to vary across the menstrual phase. A more masculine face is preferred during the 9 days prior to ovulation, when conception is most likely. A typical 'attractive' female face possesses features such as a shorter, narrower, lower jaw, fuller lips and larger eyes than an average face. Are you surprised at what researchers think they can learn from your answers? Find out more. 3D shapes This task tested your ability to mentally rotate 3D shapes. Your score: 10 out of 12 Average score for men: 8.2 out of 12 Average score for women: 7.1 out of 12 What does your result suggest? If you scored 0 - 6: Do you find yourself having to physically rotate a map to point in the direction in which you're travelling? This might explain why you scored in the lower range in the 3D shapes test. Twice as many women as men score in this category. Previous studies suggest that those with a female-type brain or with an arts background fall into this range. If you scored 7 - 9: In past studies, 50 per cent of the people who scored in this range were women and 50 per cent were men. If you scored 10 - 12: Are you an engineer or do you have a science background? People with these skills tend to score in this range. Past studies have concluded that people in this range have a more male brain. Nearly a third of men who took this test got full marks, whereas less than 10 per cent of women managed the same. Find out why. Words This task looked at your verbal fluency. Your score: you associated 6 word(s) with grey and you named 3 word(s) that mean happy. We are assuming that all the words you entered are correct. Average score for men: 11.4 words total Average score for women: 12.4 words total What does your result suggest? If you produced 1 - 5 words: You are more of the strong, silent type with a male brain. You probably find it easier to express yourself in non-verbal ways, preferring action rather than words. If you produced 6 - 10 words: Most people in this range have a female-type brain. Women are said to use both sides of the brain when doing verbal tasks while men mainly use their left side. Studies have shown that girls develop vocabulary faster than boys. This difference in brain power is caused by levels of pre-natal testosterone. Find out more . Ultimatum This task asked you how you would divide money. If you had to split ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã50 with someone, you said you would demand ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã24 So far on the Sex ID test, men have demanded 51.6% (ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã25.80) of the pot and women have demanded 51.0% (ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã25.50), on average. What does your response suggest? Sex differences are small in this task. Demanding less than 60% of the pot (ie ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã30) is more typically female. Demanding more than 65% of the pot (ie ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã32.50) is more typically male. Scientists believe that people with lower testosterone levels tend to take fewer risks so they are probably more willing to keep less for themselves. Those with higher testosterone levels tend to drive a harder bargain and are less compromising. Men's testosterone levels fluctuate over the seasons and are at their lowest levels during the springtime. This is said to influence their bargaining power. Find out more about the role of testosterone.[/hide] I don't agree with the last section. I chose 24 because it maximises the chance of my partner agreeing while minimising my potential loss.

On a more serious note, this incident isn't half as funny as those Serbian vampire hunters who dug up Milosevic's grave to put a wooden stake through his heart.

I was laughing by the time they said "What we discovered is shocking." That's pretty much a stock phrase for tabloid reporting.

Seriously, the amount of fun you could have when clubbing is nothing compared to the amount you will have trying to beat your Russian friends at drinking.

Must've been French. Who else would have such a weakness for wine and cheese, and be so ready to abort an offensive?

For your age - that's close to slave labour :lol: Especially with the NZ dollar convertion :ohnoes: Yeah, Jesus flying Christ, what the hell is your union doing?

Well of course Pacific Island states would top the list. Their people tend to be genetically predisposed to larger builds. As for trying to discount them on the basis of lower populations than the USA or other first-world countries, you have to remember that 94.5% is 94.5%. If you increased the population of Nauru to equal that of the USA's, and gave them as much land, chances are, it'd still be 94.5%. That's how statistics work.

Zagnar the Destroyer (Yes, use that name) says: 1. Do you agree that the cloning of animals should be legal in your country? [Yes] 2. Should the government spend more taxpayerÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s money on research and refining cloning techniques? [No] 3. Do you think we should allow private companies to conduct research on the cloning of animals? [No] 4. Would you eat any product which has been obtained from a cloned animal? Why/Why not? Yes. Zagnar does not believe that cloning suddenly makes the meat become maggoty. Either way, Zagnar will still feast upon the flesh of dead chickens/cattle/pigs/sheep. Glory be to the gullet of Zagnar. 5. Do you agree that the cloning of animals, if made legal is going to benefit society? Why/Why not? No. Zagnar sees no difference in food production efficiency, and a biologically unsound idea for repopulating endangered species. Zagnar disapproves of widespread inbreeding. Zagnar will destroy these animals. 6. Do you agree that the cloning of animals allowed in other countries would disadvantage the companies of your country? Why/why not? No. Zagnar is of the belief that cloned animals still have to be fed, same as birthed animals. Zagnar also sees that they may also be more susceptible to disease due to potential genetic defects. Zagnar's position on this issue that such animals are better destroyed.

Hilarious! I swear, that date has got to be this decade's "remember!" date. Back in World War 2, it was "remember Pearl Harbour!" In World War 1, it was Archduke Ferdinand, along with the Franco-Prussian War. It's not just America that does this. Almost everyone has some fallback atrocity/humiliation date they can rely on to rally the home front. Just remember, every time we screw up in the Middle East, we can always blame it on 9/11!

I have found that those people who consider the Bermuda Triangle to be some sort of paranormal mystery tend to be the same people who believe in ghosts, apparitions of the Virgin Mary, and any number of other ridiculous "mysteries" caused by heat shimmers and such.

Where I work, I get $20 an hour to sit around surrounded by cute girls and men who can keep up intelligent conversations.

Probably Diablo. With forty people, they're not going to develop any sort of original game, and even looking at Blizzard's past performance, it's unlikely they'll even consider that in the foreseeable future. They haven't released a game that wasn't already part of an existing franchise for a decade.

This man speaks the truth. Other food groups include: cake, chocolate, alcohol, coffee, steak.

This thread is lacking in Funny. Funny is Serious Business. >=(

I take it that all the people who are shocked about how fattening bacon is have never tried the Awesome That Is Butter Wrapped In Bacon?

I prefer going to pubs and boozing up. Then again, most of my friends are engineering or education students, so that makes sense.

Sheesh, don't pull out now. I was already preparing my Freedom Popcorn so I could watch a good old-fashioned proxy war.

Don't let the door attack you with a chainsaw on your way out.