This contradicts other studies that found those who are stoned to be statistically indistinguishable from their sober counterparts. The researchers speculate it's because people who are stoned realize their impairment and compensate by concentrating more and driving slower. (Contrast that reaction to someone whose been drinking alcohol!) The consistent findings have been:
Drivers from worst to best
1) Texters
2, 3 & 4) Drunks, Sleep deprived, and Cell phone users [three-way tie]
5) Young/inexperienced drivers
6) Seniors
7 & 8) The stoned and the Baseline test subjects [tie]
Clearly if we are going to get MADD about something, it should be cell phones!
This article is totally awesome. It reads like so many conversations I've had with friends.
About "Terminator," a movie about which I've given embarrassing amounts of thought to, you're sorts right. An infinite number of Terminators does/has gone back in time to an infinite number of possible universes.
Oh...and in the first movie, Kyle Reese can't be John's dad.
(It's probably that dude with the fancy car that blows off Sarah Connor.)
It's hard enough to get people to use their directional signals...!
Why not just block cell signals whenever the car is in motion? And since people who text-and-drive are more dangerous than those who DWI, I say make the fines/penalties equal (at least).
Ladies, if it's more cuddling you desire, try sex in the morning, 'round noon, in the afternoon, before dinner and/or after dinner (but before bed). Problem solved.
Gentlemen, if she ain't tired, you didn't do it right/enough. Get back to work. And no worries if you can't cut the mustard, you can always lick out the jar.
(Personally, I like cuddling, then sleep.)
Fuck that. Kill brown recluse spiders on sight.
Mr. Torchinsky makes a compelling argument.
Nom nom nom
My people!
Man, fuck that shit. :)
A few questions about Reavers:
1) How do berzerkers manage to keep decrepit spaceships going? Are there techie Reavers? What Reaver could put together a trap so sophisticated that only our beloved genius mechanic Kaylee could figure a way out? How can a Reaver pilot keep up with our beloved genius pilot Wash?
2) How do berzerkers plan and coordinate attacks (like the planetary raid in 'Serenity')? Is there a command structure? If so, how do they communicate without tongues or words other than, "Yarrrgh!"
3) Are there female Reavers? Baby Reavers? If a human female rape victim survived to give birth to a half-breed, how would that turn out?
4) Given that most survivors of Miranda would be males between the ages of 17 or 18 to 35 and that this was 15 years ago...most Reavers then should be middle-aged. How could they survive for that long on a limited diet, no antibiotics or tetanus shots and their adrenaline glands cranked up to 11?
Interestingly, "The sabertooth morphology has appeared several times during the history of the mammals." (I take this as a lesson against over-specialization.)
Man...when spiders don't pull out, they *really* don't pull out.
Dang! Another one of my tech fantasies is shattered. :)
To sell that screenplay and get a Rally Fighter...as my daily driver.
@squarethecircle:
I've never had the pleasure of seeing one IRL. What problems were there? Surely the tech has gotten better and cheaper since the early 1990s.
Not too sure on radar-based emergency braking though. I think it'd be better to render darkness and fog moot - to see and therefore avoid a problem well before the need for emergency braking.
Again I ask, "Why isn't IR video/HUD standard equipment on cars?"
SO. MUCH. WIN.
I read that factoid somewhere else (another website -- I know, I'm cheating on io9!) and copied-and-pasted the name Tauriel. Based on the name (and the fact that there's only a handful of female characters), I'd guess she's to be a relative of Galadriel.
In any case, she's definitely got the look -- and I'm glad she's going to (somewhat) mitigate the sausagefest. :)
Wow...you're right. I never thought of it that way. Thank you very much! :)
Here's what I wonder: if we gave dogs full-color, human-level vision, would the extra brain power required to process the extra information deleteriously affect their sense of smell? (Using up more of their brain's real estate, so to speak.)
