Yeah, my wife’s starts with 0 and she was born in/registered in Buffalo, NY.
She thought there were only 100 towns in each state (or did she think those town digits referred to groups of towns?)!
There used to be an urban legend that race was coded into the SSN
You’re absolutely right. From 186’, the 50lbs ball lands in 4.1 seconds and the 20lbs ball lands in 5.2.
This takes me back. In grad school, we shared part of our lab with a group working on NMR. They posted a prominent photo of the professor’s young daughter with her arm positioned inside the magnet for the inevitable question from visitors of “Isn’t it dangerous?”
Why hasn’t anyone mentioned gluten? It has gone from a substance found is a few grains (most prominently, wheat), which some people were intolerant of, to a deadly toxin, potentially lurking in every type of food. I don’t need a prominent “gluten free” on those lollipops, or that popcorn, or…
Race used to be coded in South African ID numbers. Well, still is, in my case, but not new ones.
It can be an assurance that the manufacturing facilities do not process anything that contains gluten. Even a minute trace can be enough to trigger an attack.
Of course, it can also be band-waggoning.
it’s not a case of intolerance, it’s an immune system reaction. Read up.
Speaking as someone who, when younger, seriously considered, and I mean seriously considered, BECOMING A CATHOLIC PRIEST…Catholics are not a cult. They are not really extreme. They are pretty much like any other religion.
I am still fascinated how Catholics are portrayed in film and TV shows. St. Christopher’s medal is usually a huge plot point. Naw, at least not where I was. They show them kind of creepy or at least very devout. Ha! Like any religion, there are some but no more, and probably less, than most.
It’s just your run-of-the-mill religion with a really really cool mythology. Catholic mythology is interesting.
There is also gluten intolerance
Agreed. Also the fact that if you had a choice…
New car cost $X. Same 3 year used car costs $X-$Y.
Would you take the used car at $Y or drive a new car for three years at $X-$Y?? The answer, at least to me, is I would ALWAYS choose to drive the new car for three years (or whatever years we are talking about) for $X-$Y. $Y is always way way too high, imo.
Shouldn’t this be ‘Same 3 year used car costs $Y’?
Thank you. I stand corrected.
It would have to be in ten groups of states, as 0-9 obviously doesn’t cover each state individually.
They brought a MRI machine to a street fair?
Think “trade-show table.”
They had posters of it, and brochures they were handing out.
As I recall, this was at the Stanford Shopping Center, so the hospital was probably associated with Stanford.
FINE! Be persnickety! 
This reminds me that belief in a god is the most widespread completely wrong thing in the history of the world.
D’oh. I didn’t even notice that part
(I’ll start with the nitpick that the max weight of a bowling ball is 16 lbs. But it’s certainly possible to have a spherical mass the size of a bowling ball (diameter = 21.6 cm) that weighs well over 50 lbs, so we’ll go with that.)
I assert that the heavier ball will definitely hit the ground sooner.
Assumption: Because they are the same size and shape, at any given speed the two balls have the same aerodynamic drag.
- Let D represent the drag at a chosen non-zero speed.
- Let G represent the force of gravity.
- At the chosen speed, the net downward force (call it NDF) on each ball will be (Mass * G) - D
- Because F = m * a, change in downward speed will be NDF / mass = G - D / mass
- Thus, the speed of the 50 lb ball is always* increasing faster than that of the 20-lb ball.
*Until D = G for the 50-lb ball, at which point both balls are at constant (aka terminal) velocity, with the 50-lb ball falling much faster.
The cause of non-celiac wheat sensitivity (aka Gluten Intolerance) is still not known. The Celiac Disease Foundation has this to say about it:
" At this point, research has not confirmed that gluten is the culprit triggering the immune reaction as is the case with celiac disease. Other potential culprits include amylase-trypsin inhibitors (ATIs) and fructans (found in FODMAPs). Each of these contain gluten, but gluten may not be the cause of the syndrome. According to head researcher of the study, Dr. Armin Alaedini, “there is some ambiguity there, which is why we are referring to it as non-celiac wheat sensitivity for now.” Intolerance can be triggered by gastrointestinal infections, medications, and surgery."
Yeah, that was on QI, and it is bogus. A compass has a needle which goes along a North/south axis. Yeah sure the “north” pole of the compass needle points south, but that is not material.
The Geographic vs Magnetic is correct, but of course there is a (moving) Magnetic North pole, which a compass needle points towards.
The Mother Superior of a convent would disagree.
But that is not 'anti-democratic". The Church is Patriarchal.
Yep. And that is why people can say they have a masters degree.