How Gross is Double Dipping that Chip?

Dip Once or Dip Twice? - New York Times: "On average, the students found that three to six double dips transferred about 10,000 bacteria from the eater’s mouth to the remaining dip.

Each cracker picked up between one and two grams of dip. That means that sporadic double dipping in a cup of dip would transfer at least 50 to 100 bacteria from one mouth to another with every bite."

Top Four Tips For Driving Like A Pro | Editorial Blog at Motor Trend

Top Four Tips For Driving Like A Pro | Editorial Blog at Motor Trend

1. Be smooth.
2. Turn later.
3. Look ahead
4. Brake like you are taking a ...

Air Traffic Safety vs. Capacity

Get the Flick: Air Traffic Safety vs. Capacity

Blog by an air traffic controller explains the pressures of the airline industry vs. the absolutes of runway capacities. Excerpt:

But it won’t solve the core problem -- runway capacity. Remembering the lessons above, you still need a minimum of three miles (or one minute) between landing airliners. Controllers are capable of running airplanes closer together now -- with the current radar-based system -- but safety won’t allow them to do it. Until the safety-mandated rule that only allows one airplane on the runway at a time changes, a system that allows controllers to run aircraft closer together won’t increase the runway’s capacity.

While we are on this subject, I need to call your attention to another point about wake turbulence. Wake turbulence exists behind departing and landing airliners. Behind the largest aircraft -- classified as “heavy” aircraft -- the spacing requirements increase to 5 miles. Remember that theoretical line of aircraft stretching out 180 miles from JFK airport ? Throw in a couple of “heavy” airliners and the line will stretch past Washington, D.C.

www.woot.com

Only the internet could have a store that only sells one item per day, with a new item every day:

What is Woot and who's behind it?

Woot.com is an online store and community that focuses on selling cool stuff cheap. It started as an employee-store slash market-testing type of place for an electronics distributor, but it's taken on a life of its own. We anticipate profitability by 2043 – by then we should be retired; someone smarter might take over and jack up the prices. Until then, we're still the lovable scamps we've always been. But don't take our word for it: see what the online community has to say at this Wikipedia article.

I see only one item, do you sell anything else?

No. We sell one item per day until it is sold out or until 11:59pm central time when it is replaced (see next entry for details). However, each item we sell is in stock and typically ships within 2-3 business days.

Camp Hoover Updates

I finally updated the foster lab blog. You can find the link on the right side of this page.

On January 1st we had our 25th graduate of Camp Hoover. Participants at Camp Hoover are expected to learn how to sit before dinner, walk on a leash, and not to bite when being handed a cookie. If they get out of line they shouldn't be surprised to find themselves locked up for a time-out.

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