What Does The Internet Look Like?

scubacuda writes "What does the Internet have to do with the network of sexual partners? More than you think, according to this Economist article on Albert-Laslo Barabasi's attempt to 'present a general framework for improving the accuracy of Internet models' by treating the net 'as though it were a natural phenomenom.' Dr. Barabasi's findings that the Internet is 'scale free' has a lot of interesting implications: resistance to human failures, as well as vulnerability to malicious attacks. Dr. Barabasi's goal is to create models that are 'statistically indistinguishable from the real Internet. When and if that is achieved, the models should have predictive, as well as descriptive, power.' (BBC and News Factor had stories on his work earlier)"

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Salmon

[BobbinsOriginal]

It'd better not be bloody pink.

Bathroom scales?

[phorm]

Actually, sexual activity is a really good way to burn energy/calories/etc. People with a really cranked sex drive can get in shape from their bedroom activities.

I suppose it's a trend. Sex=possible weight-loss,muscle gain=better looking partner=more sex

So people with a lot of sexual output probably will be happily surprised when next stepping on the ol' bathroom scale.

Next time you want to pick somebody up, just tell them:
Do you know that strong sexual activity is a great way to get in shape? How about you and I do some workouts together - phorm