k wrote:
] ] Falling in love may be a great feeling but the next time you
] feel
] ] lovesick,missing your sweetheart, rush straight to a doctor
] as now
] ] the doctors have warned that the throes of passion should
] ] be seen as a potentially fatal medical disorder.
]
] [ Whatever. Powerful emotions can cause mental instability?!
] No fucking way! Give this doctor the nobel prize in the
] category of "Proofs" of Otherwise Obvious Facts. -k]

Why is it that clinical psychologists identify some psychological phenomenon and immediately classify it as a "disorder". Anything that deviates from numbness is deemed to be extreme and must be treated immediately. Seems to me like they're constantly trying to drum up business for themselves.

RE: Falling in love can kill you!

Decius wrote:
] ] Researchers who receive grant money from the National
] ] Institutes of Health will be "asked" to submit their
] ] results to a public Web site within a year after they are
] ] published in a scientific journal, under a new and
] ] controversial NIH policy announced yesterday.
]
] Haven't ya'll heard of a library?

You missed the point. NIH wants researchers (those they fund) to make their raw data readily available to anyone wishing to replicate the results reported in the published article. As it stands now, anyone can email the researchers and request their data, who will happily provide whatever they request. Seems a bit odd that NIH would request that scientists would post their data online. Email at least encourages collaboration and communication. Regardless - NIH seems to be sticking their nose in places they shouldn't. I'm afraid they will soon demand the kinds of research they believe should be done. Canada has a brilliant funding model in place (NSERC). NIH should take note.

RE: NIH Grant Recipients Are 'Asked' to Post Data (washingtonpost.com)

Complaining of a toothache, a US construction worker was surprised when told the source of his pain.

'It's a pretty rare injury'

Another strike against us atheist folk.

Atheist loses bid to bar prayer at Bush inauguration

The origin of the graphing calculator! An insider's view of what Apple's 'skunkworks' is really like.

Skunkworks At Apple -- The Graphing Calculator Story

A hilarious bit by Deborah Ross on learning to use various sorts of technology.

It's not rocket science - it's worse

For those of you (like me) that have a first or second generation iPod with a less than fantastic battery life!

IGM: Better iPod Batteries for Half the Price of Apple's

This article shows how distorted and short term our perception of randomness is. The Gambler's Fallacy at work! I suspect they might decide to redraw if the numbers were perfectly sequential!

"A report in 2002 suggested the number 38 ball be "physically examined" because it was sucked out of the machine so often."

Guardian Unlimited | Life | Is ball 38 luckier than the rest?

Kind of a neat look at pleasure as *the* motivating factor:

"Ian Sample talks to the scientists teasing out why we strive so much for pleasurable experiences - and why, when we have it all, we risk everything for more excitement."

Guardian Unlimited | Life | The new pleasure seekers