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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Term XLIV, Issue 01 (#229)

Weather outlook:
Pickle.


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* Contents *
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- Editor's Blurb
- Ongoing Events
- Greg's DTK
- Humour
- General Info


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* Editor's Blurb *
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Hey all

Welcome to the start of another new term.  The Summer Term.  The
grooviest, swinginest, most happening term of them all.

The Pool League recently wrapped up another successful term with an even
more successful End of Term Tournament.  Ah, you should have seen it.
And if I ever get off my ass and put a picture gallery together, you
just might.  Maybe.  Perhaps.

The League starts up again this Monday, May 07 at the usual time and the
usual place.  See the Ongoing Events section below for more info.  You
know you wanna.

Until next time,

It's time like this that make me want to lash out against a cruel world.

Michael (mailto:nutsinfo$yahoo.ca)

And now, the rest of the story...


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* Ongoing Events *
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[See the Event Calendar on the web site for full descriptions.
--Ed.]

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Pool League
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Mondays

Starts anew on MONDAY, MAY 07, 2007!

http://nutsevents.topcities.com/events/index.html#Monday
Contact: Dave and Michael (pool$solutionsatsource.com)

View the current players' statistics at:
http://nutsevents.topcities.com/events/pool/index.html

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Indoor Rock Climbing
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Thursdays

No climbing on Thursday, May 10, 2007

Contact: Andrew (akpallek$hotmail.com)

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* Greg's Deep Thought Korner *
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I have always enjoyed finding studies that demonstrate the fallacy of
assuming causality from correlation.

A correlation is simply a mathematical dependency between two trends or
tendencies.  For example: young males tend to get in more car accidents;
people who smoke are more likely to get lung cancer.

Causality is always harder to prove.  Not only should there be a
correlation, but it must then be demonstrated that one of the factors is
actually responsible for the other.  What is it about young males that
causes them to get in more car accidents?  Is it bad driving habits or
just that they do more driving?  What is the biological underpinning
that connects smoking and cancer?

To which I add the following, a study showing that intelligent people
tend to lose their virginities later in life:
http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/04/intercourse-and-intelligence.php

Besides the amusing bar graph which indicates that the Studio Art
Department at Wellesley apparently includes an Orgy class, the author's
first conclusion in explaining this causality is the following:

"One reason we might guess that smarter people in high school, or in
more challenging colleges or majors, delay their sexual debuts is
because they are delaying gratification in expectation of future reward.
Sexual behaviour (or at least the investment needed to procure a partner
or sustain one) may compete with time/resources required for other
goals, and intelligent people may have more demanding goals."

He goes on to say:
"Another idea is that smarter people are more risk averse, and delaying
these activities is a byproduct of enhanced concerns about unwanted
pregnancy and disease."

That's cute, really, and it's very sweet of him to think that.  Either
he wasn't very intelligent in high school and university, or he's very
embarrassed about the lateness of his own "sexual debut".

But seriously.  Is this guy nuts?  Is he actually suggesting that all of
the smart virgins in the world are doing it on purpose?

No.  No, that's not it.  Trust me.

Greg.

[Send responses to DTKs or new Editorials to nutsinfo$yahoo.ca]


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* Humour *
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[Forward any good jokes or interesting web sites you see to
nutsinfo$yahoo.ca]

[Disclaimer:  The Humour Section may contain content that includes dirty
words, adult situations and jokes that make fun of politicians.  Viewer
discretion is advised.  --Ed.]

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The Triple Filter Test
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Thanks to Linda G.'s Philosophy Depot

Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you either hear or are about
to repeat a rumour.

In ancient Greece (469-399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom.

One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to
him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about
one of your students?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied.  "Before you tell me I'd like you to
pass a little test.  It's called the Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?" asked the acquaintance.

"That's right," Socrates continued.  "Before you talk to me about my
student let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say.  The
first filter is Truth.  Have you made absolutely sure that what you are
about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it."

"All right," said Socrates.  "So you don't really know if it's true or
not.  Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness.  Is what
you are about to tell me about my student something good?"

"No, on the contrary...".

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him,
even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued.  "You may
still pass the test though, because there is a third filter -- the
filter of Usefulness.  Is what you want to tell me about my student
going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really..."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True
nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"

The man was defeated and ashamed.  This is the reason Socrates was a
great philosopher and held in such high esteem.  It also explains why he
never found out that Plato was shagging his wife.

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Inappropriate Place Names
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Thanks to Linda G.'s Atlas Of Death

Shafter (California, USA)
Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)
Bastard (Norway)
Twatt (Orkney, UK)
Arsoli (Lazio, Italy)
Muff (Northern Ireland)
Wankie (Zimbabwe)
Climax (Colorado, USA)
Nobber (Donegal, Ireland)
Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)
Lord Berkeley's Knob (Sutherland, Scotland)
Beaver (Oklahoma, USA)
Dildo (Newfoundland, Canada)
Turdo (Romania)
Dongo (Congo - Democratic Republic)
Seymen (Turkey)
Dong Rack (Thailand-Cambodia border)
Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA)
Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK)
Wanks River (Nicaragua)
Wankendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Fuku (Shensi, China)
Beaver Head (Idaho, USA)
Fukui (Honshu, Japan)
Shag Island (Indian Ocean)
Fukue (Honshu, Japan)
Middle Intercourse Island (Australia)
Wankie Colliery (Zimbabwe)
Chinaman's Knob (Australia)
Wet Beaver Creek (Australia)
Tittybong (Australia)
Pis Pis River (Nicaragua)
Dikshit (India)
Dog Dyke (Midlands,UK)
Wankener (India)
Sexmoan (Luzon, Philippines)
Upper Penguin (Australia)
Pratt's Bottom (Kent, UK)
Jacks Bush (Salisbury, UK)
Black Charlies Opening (Tasmania, Australia)
Fukum (Yemen)

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* General Info *
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Contact the NUTS Committee:
nutsinfo$yahoo.ca

The NUTS Website is:
http://nutsevents.topcities.com/
http://torpedo.ca.newbridge.com/mirror/ (within Alcatel-Lucent)

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