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Why wasn't this linked in the post?

The Discovery Science channel is running a special, "Venus Unveiled", about the planet and this ESA program. It airs several times during the next 2 weeks.

http://science.discovery.com/tvlistings/episode.js p?episode=0&cpi=117536&gid=0&channel=SCI

Can't we just put this "volcanoes are the problem" urban legend to rest once and for all?

Jamie: "We've recreated a volcano here in our workshop."

Adam: "We're now going to see how high Buster will be launched when the volcano erupts."

Both: "The pain, the pain!" (as a flaming buster lands on them)

Not to stray too far off topic, but didn't all this 'boot camp' crap start when cable channels like Discovery began airing stuff like this and 30yo adolescents far and wide thought that one Hell Week of any sort and they could be Authorized Bad-Ass Certified Hacker Ninjas?

"Yeah (sniff), I coulda been a F-16 pilot, but I couldn't pass the vision screening, so I became an MCSE instead."

Not that I believe in the whole TFH/MCR thing but please use proper scientific procedures when debunking "pseudoscience". Otherwise you will just give them more to be paranoid about.

The chances of it existing? -12.4% Center of this planet must solidify first.

Don't know which planet you're living on, but the centre of planet Earth is actually solid.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050418/eart hcore.html

Thomas-

I don't think the article on the Discovery Channel website has any more information, but it does have my favorite quote on the subject..."In a typical reaction, he can make about 50 billion Smiley faces. I think this is the most concentrated happiness ever created."

Actually to be slightly more precise, albeit less humorous, "They're like your average Mammal then?". I know slashdot has run a few articles on it and what not; here's a brief synopsis from the Discovery Channel..

A great example of how correlation is not causation.

There IS a correlation. Whether this is caused by being married, I don't know. It's not that correlative indices are NEVER causally related, just that they are NOT NECESSARILY causally related. I haven't read the book, and know nothing about their research. But, "studies found that married people have these benefits" seems to have a pretty clear message that a healthy marriage is NOT all bad.

What about the hypothesis that couples smart enough and happy enough to have long, successful marriages tend to be successful at other things as well, like budgeting and having a healthy lifestyle?

That seems like a reasonable hypothesis. But, how would you test it? How do you know if someone is "smart enough/happy enough" to have a long, successful marriage, if they are not married? I can't even begin to imagine how one would conduct an experiment to verify or falsify this hypothesis.

how about the hypthesis that it's much easier to have a successful marriage when you're rich, healthy, and sexually compatible? Of course, that would ruin your magical fantasy because it implies that a successful marriage is a result - not the cause - of the factors you listed.

Thank you for referring to this as "my magical fantasy" -- that really added to the argument. ;-)

As for the hypothesis -- of course it seems that it would be easier to have a successful marriage if you're rich, healthy, etc. However, there are many that are rich, healthy, and sexually compatible (I assume) that have NOT had happy marriages. Again, I'm not sure how one would test this hypothesis.

All you seem to have done is present alternate hypotheses to what the psychologists I mentioned have proposed. You are free to do research and publish your findings when you disprove their work.

I am not saying that they ARE right, merely that they COULD be. Since they have done a lot more research into than I have (I assume, of course -- and I know assuming risks mistaken conclusions), it seems to me that their conclusions may have some weight.

You might be interested in Discovery Health's page on this:

http://health.discovery.com/centers/loverelationsh ips/articles/marriage_myths.html

It just seems that the majority of current research (as far as I can find via easy Google searches, of course ;)) indicates that a commitment to marriage has real, tangible benefits to both parties.

Now, if you're jsut getting married for the tax benefits, or on a "Why not?" basis, and are not willing to put the work in to keep it healthy (because it DOES require work), you are much more likely to have marital problems. So ... yeah. Of course it erquires work, but if you are willing to do so, the benefits are real.

I don't think I have presented "emotional" reasoning -- merely said "hey, several scientists believe this. Maybe it has some merit."

Could anyone let the Adam and Jamie know about this at Mythbusters and see what happens?

I am so sending this to them to check out.

Survivor Man. The most "realistic" and interesting reality show on TV. It's basically what "Survivor" *should* have been, without the stupid voting or morons with larger chest sizes than IQs.

So what would happen if one of the geek faves, say, Mythbusters was hosted by a man and a woman (cf. Scrapheap Challenge/Junkyard Wars? Or by two women - say, Scottie and Cathy Rogers hosting, while Jamie and Adam do the dirty work.

I suspect people would find the latter scary, and possibly dangerous. Like what happened when they made a movie about two women shooting their way across the west.

...laura

I've seen these before, I think they were in fact on TV on the "MythBusters Outtakes" episode. Although I can't find a reference to this episode on the MythBusters website.

I heard about this quite a while ago.

Besides which, didn't the Mythbusters find that the toilet seat is one of the cleanest surfaces in the house (Episode 39)?

Quick'n'dirty translation:

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Recent research shows your keyboard is more dirty than a toilet seat

(2006-01-18 09:20) Do you have some dirt between the keys on your keyboard? Spending a few bucks on a new keyboard might be a good idea. The latest issue of Pc för Alla shows that a keyboard can be a major source for contamination.

By Fredrik Agren

A keyboard holds about 33.000 bacteria per square centimeter - 265 times more than a toilet seat.

The computer magazine PC För Alla has examined what exactly is hiding on a keyboard. The task was assigned to Pegasus Lab, which discovered that every square centimeter contained 3.100 fungees.

Not surprisingly, Enter and Space Bar are the most filthy, as they are the keys we use more frequently.

There are many ways to keep your keyboard clean, but those afraid of catching the flu can follow a simple advice from Smittskyddinstitutets Kerstin Mannerquist:

- Wash your hands when you're done with the computer, she says to PC För Alla.

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Anyway, remember the findings of Mythbusters?
In the episode Chinese Invasion Alarm episode, while busting the 5 second rule myth, they discovered that the toilet seat is one of the cleanest spots in your house.

I've seen these shows and news items and had the same thoughts.

If this is the case, and all the lava from the supervolcano is draining from afar, it is a far beter outcome that that which the Discovery Channel Supervolcano movie presents.

Although either way FEMA will screw up and Mexico will close its borders to us.

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/supervolcano/ supervolcano.html

Doesnt anyone else watch the "How its made" show on the science channel?
http://science.discovery.com/
http://science.discovery.com/tvlistings/series.jsp ?series=103469&gid=0&channel=SCI

"How its made" and "Survivorman" are two of the coolest shows on TV, you have GOT TO watch survivorman if you have not seen it yet. It rocks.

http://science.discovery.com/convergence/survivorm an/survivorman.html

Doesnt anyone else watch the "How its made" show on the science channel?
http://science.discovery.com/
http://science.discovery.com/tvlistings/series.jsp ?series=103469&gid=0&channel=SCI

"How its made" and "Survivorman" are two of the coolest shows on TV, you have GOT TO watch survivorman if you have not seen it yet. It rocks.

http://science.discovery.com/convergence/survivorm an/survivorman.html

Doesnt anyone else watch the "How its made" show on the science channel?
http://science.discovery.com/
http://science.discovery.com/tvlistings/series.jsp ?series=103469&gid=0&channel=SCI

"How its made" and "Survivorman" are two of the coolest shows on TV, you have GOT TO watch survivorman if you have not seen it yet. It rocks.

http://science.discovery.com/convergence/survivorm an/survivorman.html

No wireless, smaller than an ASIMO. Lame.

Sadly the networks cannot condone properly taking care of the needs of the end users. That wouldn't be fiscally responsible to their pockets.

While I realize that you're just being a jerk, they've actually answered that question in the past.

It's on page 2 of their chat transcript.

A while back, Discovered moved all the good ole' Discovery Channel stuff to the more refined Science Channel. No motorcycles there :)

You watched that show on the Discovery Channel, too? http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/b eringstrait/interactive/interactive.html

Sounds like a case for... Team X-Treme!

http://health.discovery.com/tvlistings/series.jsp? series=109445&gid=0&channel=DHC

Description:
Witness groundbreaking surgery to remove the largest facial tumors ever recorded, giving a five-year-old boy a chance for a normal life. The tumors, caused by a rare congenital disorder called fibrous dysplasia, stem from abnormal bone growth.

but just as the Romans couldn't even imagine in their wildest dreams a B2 bomber

Of course, it would have to be a B2 instead of a B1 or any other type of bomber so that it won't be detected by the Romans RADAR. ;-)

I swear I remember seeing this on an episode of "Dirty Jobs" (discovery channel) not too long ago. Some guy took dirty grease off of mexican restaurants and such once a week or so and turned it into fuel. Pretty cool episode.

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/dirtyjobs/dirtyj obs.html

Mythbusted. Not convinced? Ask them.

Personally, I think she is cold -- or I'm happy to be at the top of the tallest mountain, freezing my arse. A previous post could reveal to you a biography and a dedicated photograph area to sister Kari.

I looked it all up, because obviously none other than me are looking for everything but smut pictures of sister Kari.

Biographry of Kari -- "Sculptor, painter, actor and one-time-only backside-model."

Nuclearbeef dedicated photograph area to Kari -- I think this photo of her compares with brother Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda having chosen to wife with sister Kathleen. But before anyone goes around shootin' their wads, just remember that Kari flies the horns just like every Satanist in the McWorld.

I don't think they mean to spread freeBSD.

It's too bad this chat transcript was not linked in the story, because it covers a lot of the more common questions.

See here for some myths that didnt make it. Mythbuster video galleries

See here for the bloopers: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/vide ogalleries/videogalleries.html Besides, thats what makes the show great, is that they leave most of the bloopers in.

MythBusters - Brown Note
BUSTED

http://shopping.discovery.com/product-57781.html
http://www.meyersound.com.au/brownnote.shtm
http://www.poopreport.com/Intellectual/Content/Myt hbusters/mythbusters.html

Here is another australian science show which is being shown on the discovery channel here in the US. Not sure if anyone is offering podcasts for it however, if anyone finds them let me know :)

http://science.discovery.com/schedule/series.jsp?s eries=115556&gid=0&channel=SCI

http://www.beyond2000.com/

I'll stick to watching Dirty Jobs.

Civilization Board Game

Aha! I didn't know that was out. Have to check that out.

Stephen

As a picky guy, I noticed a space. It is "MythBusters". See the official Web site. No space! Also, no Mythbusters.

MythBusters is a bit smarter than Brainiac, but the girls, while undeniably pretty, aren't, well, like this.

MythBusters is a bit smarter than Brainiac, but the girls, while undeniably pretty, aren't, well, like this.

MythBusters is a bit smarter than Brainiac, but the girls, while undeniably pretty, aren't, well, like this.

You must not be a candidate for elected public office, and if selected as a participant, you will not become a candidate for elected public office until 12 months after the initial broadcast of the last episode of the series in which you appear.

...tackled the Archimedes Death Ray on Episode 16: Ancient Death Ray, Skunk Cleaning, What Is Bulletproof?.

The MythBusters beat U to it http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/myth busters.html If they say it can't be done then well?

Not to argue that the mythbusters are always right, but they've disproved this in one of thier episodes. They did some pretty good convincing after building a trireme and using a few hundred mirrors and only reaching a couple of hundred degrees (F).

Mythbusters: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/myth busters.html

If you watched Mythbusters you would know. Episode 3: Do eel skin wallets really demagnatize cards? It takes about 1000 gauss to strip the information. And the field or the card have to be in motion, otherwise there is no rearrangement of the magnetic media and thus the data. And no the eel ksin wallets will not erase your credit cards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_Whale

There was an episode on Discovery's Animal Face-off about a Giant Squid versus a Sperm Whale: The winner was the sperm whale, which stunned the squid with its sonic emitter, and then ate it whole. Of course, before this, the whale had to swim at a very high speed to get rid of the squid's clawed tentacles (this is why some sperm whales have scars on their heads, because you can't just take off a squid's tentacle, you have to rip it off - ouch).

It was an exciting and interesting episode :)

Actually, a guy already did:

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/releases/2005/au g/hynek.shtml

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050829/sunh at.html

Though his primary focus was on keeping gadgets charged.
-k