The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread IX

[Tani Coyote]

...Why is procrastination so much better than actually working?

 

[Mirc]

...Why is procrastination so much better than actually working?

Well, don't know how it works for you, but I seem to have a huge sensation of satisfaction after having completed something that I needed to work on, whereas I have an unbearable feeling of guilt the whole time when I'm procrastinating. I came to hate procrastination with a passion, although I've been doing it a lot in the past 2 weeks. Don't know if this helps, I was just sharing my experiences with it.


Edit: Post (multiple of)#20 blues, nooo!

Spoiler :

Does anybody know of a program or website that can calculate international itineraries and/or give driving directions? I should mention that Google Maps and Yahoo Maps don't seem to be able to do it in Europe, with the exception of the most developed European countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, UK), and I'm mostly interested in the rest of Europe.

Some 4 years ago, I used to have Loxane Way Home Europe, and I loved it (used to give me the exact distances between the departure and destination points, as well as between any other points in between, directions accurate to the very traffic lights one would meet on the way, time approximation based on changeable settings, and details about all the cities reachable in between), but I left my copy of it in Romania, and it was already a couple of years old when I last used it - which is why I'm not sure how up-to-date it is right now.

I would prefer a freeware program/website, although it's not a disaster if isn't.

 

[BCLG100]

Well, don't know how it works for you, but I seem to have a huge sensation of satisfaction after having completed something that I needed to work on, whereas I have an unbearable feeling of guilt the whole time when I'm procrastinating. I came to hate procrastination with a passion, although I've been doing it a lot in the past 2 weeks. Don't know if this helps, I was just sharing my experiences with it.


Edit: Post (multiple of)#20 blues, nooo!

I might be getting wrong what you're asking for but would this do?

http://www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp

 

[really]

Edit: Post (multiple of)#20 blues, nooo!

Try http://www.viamichelin.com/

 

[Zelig]

That merely stopped exercising your shins. You'd have been better off continuing your exercises - after a few days off to relieve the pain, of course - with a superior shoe, or perhaps a foot wrapping.

Hm, did you catch my post correctly? I started exercising my shins (anterior tibialis.)

And see my previous post for a whole bunch of links to pubmed with studies about how expensive shoes are useless.

 

[BCLG100]

And see my previous post for a whole bunch of links to pubmed with studies about how expensive shoes are useless.

In response to this inparticular, surely there is a reason why all top athletes use the expensive running shoes other than sponsorship. I don't think even they would ruin their livelihood for the extra cash.

 

[Ulyaoth]

Because they're just following the trends of the sport?

 

[Mirc]

Thanks both of you guys!

Try http://www.viamichelin.com/

That one doesn't seem to be able to "find any location", regardless of what I select...

I might be getting wrong what you're asking for but would this do?

http://www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp

That's exactly what I'm asking for, although it also doesn't seem to be working outside the EU (that's definitely a step ahead of Google/Yahoo though, since they don't even work inside the whole EU).

And (unrelated, and probably just due to some weird setting), I searched for a route from Hungary to Greece and I noticed a weird spot, which is why I decided to make a certain search... And here's the result it gave me!

Spoiler :

If you (or any others reading this) know of other websites/programs able to do this (edit: not talking about this particular result, talking about itinerary calculation in general), do speak up.

 

[BCLG100]

You could perhaps try this one, i have it bookmarked but haven't used it much because AA fulfills most of my needs

http://www.rac.co.uk/route-planner/

 

[Elta]

http://maps.google.com/

I'll be damned, I was told practice

 

[Zelig]

In response to this inparticular, surely there is a reason why all top athletes use the expensive running shoes other than sponsorship. I don't think even they would ruin their livelihood for the extra cash.

Usain Bolt's 9.69s 100m shoes go for $45.

Haile Gebrselassie's 2:03:59 marathon shoes go for $69.

Also, see Bing Maps for route planning.

 

[Tekee]

how come when we eat DNA we don;'t turn into wharever we ate? Like when we eat a fish why don't we turn into a fish?

 

[Tani Coyote]

...Why does English class require reading so much boring - and if not that, depressing - literature? Why can't there be more fun crap?!

 

[Genocidicbunny]

how come when we eat DNA we don;'t turn into wharever we ate? Like when we eat a fish why don't we turn into a fish?

Because your stomach breaks down the DNA. As far as your stomach is concerned, it's just another foodstuff.

Take a class on basic biology sometime.

 

[LucyDuke]

I think I will definitly buy some good running shoes. Any good brands you recommend?

What you were born wearing.

 

[Tekee]

Because your stomach breaks down the DNA. As far as your stomach is concerned, it's just another foodstuff.

Take a class on basic biology sometime.

No but you eat the DNA, and use it, so why doesn't you become a fish, like your DNA and the fishe DNA fuse?

(by the way, I finished a university level grade 12 course of Advanced Biology with 75% average last semester )

 

[say1988]

If you don't know this, your teacher should be fired.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

No but you eat the DNA, and use it, so why doesn't you become a fish, like your DNA and the fishe DNA fuse?

(by the way, I finished a university level grade 12 course of Advanced Biology with 75% average last semester )

Like said above, your teacher should be fired.

 

[Masada]

Don't blame the teacher, blame the student.

 

[say1988]

I don't blame a teacher for the lack of knowledge, but for having passed him to have passed with a B.