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2004 Ig Nobel Prizes Announced

Posted by michael on from the she-blinded-me-with-science dept.

ancice writes "The 2004 Ig Nobel prizes are out. Article by New Scientist. An 'invisible gorilla has scooped the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize for Psychology'. And 'dropped food is safe to eat if it has spent no more than five seconds on the floor' - Public Health. Finally, there's proof for the 5 second rule! And for Engineering, 'Patenting of the combover'. Official page with ceremony and lectures."

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  1. Re:Shurely shome mishtake ? by ericspinder · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The fact that Coca Cola thought they could get away with [selling bottled water] for real
    I drink bottled water often, in particular, when I am out on the road. It's nearly impossible to find a public water fountain these days, and besides I wouldn't trust my health to most of them. For the most part, they are just decent well filtered tap water. Some are true 'spring water', with the 'minerals' intact, but most try to come close to just pure H2O.

    However, It does amaze me that some people buy the stuff by the case for their home, and/or the most expensive brand (it's just packaged water, damn it!). Nearly everyone can get the same quality water from home with the right filtration process.

    While sometimes over used by some people, pure packaged water makes a fine product and I believe that wherever you see a soda can vended you should have the opportunity to purchase the most important thing that humans need, clean fresh water.

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    The grass is only greener, if you don't take care of your own lawn.
  2. Re:Shurely shome mishtake ? by tomhudson · · Score: 3, Insightful
    The fact that Coca Cola thought they could get away with for real makes me wonder what *other* "Del-boy" schemes have been put into practice!
    Coca-Cola and Pepsi are "getting away with this for real".

    Both of them sell bottled tap water under their respective brand names world-wide.

    Aquafina == Pepsi municipal tap water
    Dasani == Coke municipal tap water

    So I guess people shouldn't complain that I let my dog drink out of the toilet - she's getting the same stuff you're paying a buck a bottle for.

  3. Re:Shurely shome mishtake ? by JDevers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yea, it's always amazed me that people will pay MORE (sometimes the water costs the same, but a lot of the times it is more) for Coca-Cola or Pepsi WITHOUT the flavoring, coloring, carbonation, sugar, etc added to it...basically just the water.

  4. Re:Shurely shome mishtake ? by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Yea, it's always amazed me that people will pay MORE (sometimes the water costs the same, but a lot of the times it is more) for Coca-Cola or Pepsi WITHOUT the flavoring, coloring, carbonation, sugar, etc added to it...basically just the water.
    Especially since beer is cheaper.