Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:55 pmFound this during Geography yesterday- pretty interesting if you set it to 'now' and come back after 15 or so minutes.
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:55 pmPosted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:26 pmThat is depressing.
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:02 pmDepressing but Impressive 
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:52 pmBrilliant find, VAC.
And it depends like all things on the view you take.
I showed this to some deeply cynical mates I have, who were hugely entertained by taking side bets on whether the next fatality was going to be a tropical cluster disease, or a poisoning!
Sheesh!
What is Deeply Depressing certainly: following the next link which calculates your longevity, I discover I should get Bloody Old, because I have No Bad Habits.
(Althoiugh Flight Simulation it appears, knocks off a couple of years, being such a sedentary occupation - but far lesss effect than extreme Base Jumping, for example...)
And it depends like all things on the view you take.
I showed this to some deeply cynical mates I have, who were hugely entertained by taking side bets on whether the next fatality was going to be a tropical cluster disease, or a poisoning!
Sheesh!
What is Deeply Depressing certainly: following the next link which calculates your longevity, I discover I should get Bloody Old, because I have No Bad Habits.
(Althoiugh Flight Simulation it appears, knocks off a couple of years, being such a sedentary occupation - but far lesss effect than extreme Base Jumping, for example...)
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:12 pmInteresting find, thanks for sharing, Tom 
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:28 pmWow, very interesting stuff Tom, thanks for the link. 
Alex
Alex
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:19 amInteresting that the earth produces over 57,000 barrels of oil in 1 minute according to that site, yet they still can't keep the price down 
Certainly is an interesting site Tom, thanks!
Certainly is an interesting site Tom, thanks!
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:16 amWow Thats quite interesting.
Good point about the oil Albatross. To bigger demand?
Thanks for sharing the link.
Thats quite interesting. Good point about the oil Albatross. To bigger demand?
Thanks for sharing the link.
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:01 amNice find Tom, thanks for posting.
The life expectancy calculator on that page is quite interesting also, although not very accurate for me as I had to guess my blood pressure and I haven't even finished high school. It was interesting to see what effect each question it asked had on your 'virtual age' and life expectancy.
Apparently, I'm going to live well above the average age for white men of 74.
The other statistics/world clock page is pretty interesting too.
Alister is right - if we produce that much, how much of it must we be using for the price to remain high. (Think economics - high demand = high price)
The life expectancy calculator on that page is quite interesting also, although not very accurate for me as I had to guess my blood pressure and I haven't even finished high school. It was interesting to see what effect each question it asked had on your 'virtual age' and life expectancy.
Apparently, I'm going to live well above the average age for white men of 74.
The other statistics/world clock page is pretty interesting too.
Alister is right - if we produce that much, how much of it must we be using for the price to remain high. (Think economics - high demand = high price)
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:32 amAnthony wrote:QUOTE (Anthony @ Jun 22 2008, 09:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The life expectancy calculator on that page is quite interesting also, although not very accurate for me as I had to guess my blood pressure and I haven't even finished high school. It was interesting to see what effect each question it asked had on your 'virtual age' and life expectancy.
Apparently, I'm going to live well above the average age for white men of 74.
Same here. I think it gave me something like 89.6 when I did it last night
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:43 amCheck out how many $$$$$ the military spend in a minute, like 2.3 mil!
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:51 amYesterday I drove from Visalia, up to San Francisco (Oakland to be precise).. so I know where the fuel is going The SFO freeway at 10.30pm on a saturday night was like Auckland rush hour 
But to be fair, Americans drove 20 billion LESS miles last year than the year before.. so it's places like China and India creating the demand now. (places with little oil themselves)
The SFO freeway at 10.30pm on a saturday night was like Auckland rush hour But to be fair, Americans drove 20 billion LESS miles last year than the year before.. so it's places like China and India creating the demand now. (places with little oil themselves)