- Is it that women like to socialize more than men do or is it that everyone, men and women alike, prefers to socialize with women?
- A great way to test for strategic effort in sports would be to measure the decibel level of Maria Sharapova’s grunts at various points in a match.
- If you are browsing the New York Times and you are over your article limit for the month, hit the stop button just after the page renders but before the browser has a chance to load the “Please subscribe” overlay. This is easy on slow browsers like your phone.
- Given the Archimedes Principle why do we think that the sea level will rise when the Polar Caps melt?
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October 3, 2012 at 12:42 am
Gavin
Re #3: Isn’t it the volume of water stored as ice currently not in the ocean (i.e. on land) that is the concern? In places like Greenland, Canada, Scandanavia etc? That was always my understanding of it anyway.
October 3, 2012 at 1:35 am
Anonymous
Apparently the issue re: #4 is that the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are not actually in the water but are resting on land, so when *those* melt, that’s when the sea level rises. Also, there’s a bit of thermal expansion of water as the temperature moves about 4 degrees Celcius, so that also accounts for rising levels.
(Thanks for making me look smart, Google.)
October 3, 2012 at 6:12 am
Matt
You are assuming that Sharapova’s grunts are a direct measure of her effort. Things might get complicated if she’s learned to grunt strategically (which would be awesome).
October 3, 2012 at 6:25 am
Anonymous
The land under the ice also ‘springs up’ after the weight of the ice has been removed, increasing the effect of displacing water.
October 3, 2012 at 12:05 pm
Enrique
re #1 — define “socialize”
October 3, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Roger Williams
The answer for #1 is “the former”.
For #3, here is a one-time-settles-it fix for Chrome (other browsers should be similar):
1. Click on the spanner icon
2. Go to Settings
3. Click on ” Show advanced settings…” at the bottom
4. Under “Privacy”, click on “Content Settings”
5. Under “Cookies”, click on “Manage exceptions”
6. Under “Hostname pattern”, enter “nytimes.com” and set “behavior” to “Clear on Exit”
Now every time you close your browser, your NYT count resets. Enjoy.
October 4, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Vinnie
Wouldn’t serve velocity (or substitute fastball velocity to use my favorite sport) be a much simpler and more accurate gauge?