WoW! . yes, higher IQ, more damaged metal !!!
and lower IQ, more ratification of Darwin!!! -- j
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I am sure there is some correlation between JATO powered rocket cars and IQ. ( Something like the greater the intelligence the greater the need for Child like play), so you might want to check these links.
https://youtu.be/3ORXv_1XlDY
http://on.aol.com/video/mythbusters--jat...

Thank you, Ibecame.

Jan, I am

did they light one up? -- j
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Here is the link to a post I did earlier: http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/27...
And you might like this one: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...

There was a good Mythbusters episode on JATO powered cars.

I would love to read more about these organisms. If there are particular sites or papers you can direct me to, I would be obliged.

Jan

I have seen those disclaimers as well. I suppose in our non-Gulch world Lawyers will always have a job. The phrase I remember from times past: the USA as 5% of the worlds population and 95% of the worlds lawyers.

oh, man! . we got soooooooo lucky! . I did a thorough
internet search and found another one, 3 years
younger (but with more miles on it) -- and a turbo
model -- just 300 miles away. . we went down to the
atlanta area and bought it. . in great shape!!! -- j
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reminds me of the fellow who strapped a JATO
bottle to his chevy. . (jet assisted take-off rocket)
he lit the thing and burned out the brakes before
hitting a rock outcropping a mile or so later.
the chevy bow-tie logo was embossed in the rock. -- j
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My deepest sympathy for th loos of the Baha which is no longer made.

My wife's ia a white and silver , in Mint condition with 155K on it and people frequently come up to her wanting to buy it

This looked interesting. Why don't you post it as a new topic?

As far as I know, there is no relationship between IQ and ambition. Having a high IQ does not automatically mean that the person will use it, or use it for anything productive.

Don't forget that the vast majority of Genius IQ's are currently incarcerated.

You bring up a very good point. Our food supply has been improving steadily for the past hundred years and there are a number of studies that relate nutrition to IQ, especially during pregnancy and the early years.

They have also cataloged several Gene combinations that relate to the level of IQ,

One other new factor is that several viruses have been documented to reduce IQ, and several bacteria are suspected of producing toxins that reduce IQ (studies are in progress).

I think the Lawyers already solved that problem. I bought a saw the other day and the manual started out with "Read This First" and then proceeded with five pages of fine print on all of the things I shouldn't do. In fact I think it basically covered everything; In other words anything I did with the saw except leaving it packed in the box and never using it was dangerous and the instructions were littered with disclaimers of liability. No one but me would have read that thing and the only reason I did was because I was thinking about your post.

Same as it ever was.

When I was 17 the Doctor nearby bought his Daughter an brand new Cad. for her 21st birthday. Our street ended with a sharp turn and a 30ft drop if you went off the street. When they found her the car it was wedged with just enough room to pinch her in between two huge Douglas Fir's. Obviously she had been drinking. Two months later she did the same thing. New Cad. Daddy bought her a sports car this time and about three monte later she centered on the left Fir Tree and dropped the 45ft to the ground from where she hit. Darwin was successful.

very fine! . and TN -- the same with an F150 wrapped around it. -- j
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I was being a bit satirical about the PHD's ( Sorry, you make a good example) , and if it were a contest, I probably have worked with more PHD's and people with masters than anyone. Intelligence, Common Sense, and Education are three separate things. I have worked with highly educated people that were dumb as rocks and had zero common sense and I have worked with people that made it through High School that were brilliant (but often ignored because they had not sheep skin). The one thing I learned about Educated people is that they fit the bell curve, and having a degree doesn't change that. I worked with ( actually my "working" manager ) a PHD's that never did figure out how to turn on his computer. On the flip side of that I worked with several people that should have won the Nobel Prize, if any one knew of their accomplishments.

But it is magic! The hardware people put magic smoke inside of the chips, and it does marvelous things until you spill coffee on your laptop and let the magic smoke out.

Reminds me of one of the definitions of the North Carolina State Tree I heard when we first moved here...

A pine or maple with a Camaro wrapped around it.

he's the mentor who works with me on electronic
stuff and hardware -- and ham radio -- so we build
things together. . he's my favorite millionaire. -- j
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On the other side of the ledger from succumbing to accidents are the higher birth rates in lower IQ populations (as already noted) plus the fact that the existence of the many safety net programs keep many people going for a lot longer than they otherwise might.

I'm not a PhD, but you make a good point, so there's no need to apologize as far as I'm concerned.

Love the analogy. Been in IT for 20 years and it still amazes me that people think IT is magic. ;) It's not - it's a direct reflection of business process. If you've got convoluted code and lots of bugs, it's likely that this is due to the complexity of your business processes.