The 5 second rule is simply an excuse for people who don't care about the germs:) A convenient myth so they (we) don't get quite so sour looks when we let some good food not waste.
Testing the 20 second rule.
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Tom7
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· Score: 3, Funny
The 20 second rule on slashdot says that any post you can write in 20 seconds must not be worth posting (unless you reload a few times until the time is up!)
The *original* article
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menscher
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· Score: 4, Informative
The real reason for the duplicates
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narratorDan
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· Score: 4, Funny
The reason is, and this is the real scary part, that each duplicate story contains a secret message for a anti-US geek terrorist cell bent on destroying the Christian capitalist imperialism of the infidel west. To read the messages you compare the two (somtimes three) duplicate stories and ROT13 the output. This is from the two five second rule articles:
The countdown to the next Windows web worm outbreak has begun. SoBig.G ready in 5 days. Praise Allah
'Course, the repeat stories are between repetitive stories of SCO 0wnz-u x.x, MS Evil 1.4beta, RIAA molests little girl, etc, etc.
-- "If you're not confused by quantum mechanics, you really don't understand it." - Niels Bohr
Last time this story was posted, I got a Score:5, Funny...
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-- There are only 10 kinds of people in this world... those who understand binary and those who don't
since the first time
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epine
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· Score: 3, Interesting
I read an article on Science Daily, IIRC, about the concept of hormesis: that low level exposure to pathogenic forces improves the health of the organism.
A few years ago I read an article about the spread of bacteria when handling raw chicken. They asked a number of people to prepare a roast chicken starting with a sanitary kitchen, and then they went around afterwards looking for salmonella bacteria. The woman in the study who cleaned most compulsively proved best as smearing the bacteria onto every kitchen surface. Unless you clean with bleach, the average soapy rag is just an efficient distribution system.
Compared to kitchens and door handles, the average floor is a dose of penicillian. Hormensis from fallen gummy bears prepares my body for food that has contacted the kitchen counter for more than a few seconds.
Don't recall exactly where I read about the salmonella study, but it was around the time that The Sciences was still good, so it was a while ago.
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Must every thing be duplicated 5 times?
... the 5-second-rule is that the dog has 5 seconds to eat dropped food before I pick it up and eat it myself.
He knows this, and usually manages to snatch the morsel before it even hits the floor.
...of who posts more dupes? Would be interesting statistics to see :)
--AP
The 5 second rule is simply an excuse for people who don't care about the germs :) A convenient myth so they (we) don't get quite so sour looks when we let some good food not waste.
The 20 second rule on slashdot says that any post you can write in 20 seconds must not be worth posting (unless you reload a few times until the time is up!)
From Sep 2: If You Drop It, Should You Eat It? Scientists Weigh In on the 5-Second Rule.
To read the messages you compare the two (somtimes three) duplicate stories and ROT13 the output. This is from the two five second rule articles:'Course, the repeat stories are between repetitive stories of SCO 0wnz-u x.x, MS Evil 1.4beta, RIAA molests little girl, etc, etc.
"If you're not confused by quantum mechanics, you really don't understand it." - Niels Bohr
I'm still awaiting scientific analysis of the "he who smelt it dealt it" rule.
Last time this story was posted, I got a Score:5, Funny...
:-)
Mods, go to work
There are only 10 kinds of people in this world... those who understand binary and those who don't
I read an article on Science Daily, IIRC, about the concept of hormesis: that low level exposure to pathogenic forces improves the health of the organism.
A few years ago I read an article about the spread of bacteria when handling raw chicken. They asked a number of people to prepare a roast chicken starting with a sanitary kitchen, and then they went around afterwards looking for salmonella bacteria. The woman in the study who cleaned most compulsively proved best as smearing the bacteria onto every kitchen surface. Unless you clean with bleach, the average soapy rag is just an efficient distribution system.
Compared to kitchens and door handles, the average floor is a dose of penicillian. Hormensis from fallen gummy bears prepares my body for food that has contacted the kitchen counter for more than a few seconds.
Don't recall exactly where I read about the salmonella study, but it was around the time that The Sciences was still good, so it was a while ago.