Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]

[kowalski655]

popeyewhite said:

DervVW said:

Impasse said:

Why can't girls throw?

Gross generalisation, sure. But on the whole, girls don't ever seem to have a comfortable or particularly fluid throwing action.

Is this not due to the development of the upper body? More muscle mass etc?

Girls can throw very well, they just don't practice it.

Until their husband piss them off,then they are VERY accurate with pans,ornaments, knives etc

[moustachebandit]

During WW2 we had warning systems to let us know of an impending attack. I was just wondering do we have something like that still in place now?

So if Aliens decided to attack will air raid sirens go off so we can all run for cover or will the first notification we get about it be on the TV?

[matchmaker]

moustachebandit said:

During WW2 we had warning systems to let us know of an impending attack. I was just wondering do we have something like that still in place now?

So if Aliens decided to attack will air raid sirens go off so we can all run for cover or will the first notification we get about it be on the TV Facebook?

EFA

[P-Jay]

popeyewhite said:

DervVW said:

Impasse said:

Why can't girls throw?

Gross generalisation, sure. But on the whole, girls don't ever seem to have a comfortable or particularly fluid throwing action.

Is this not due to the development of the upper body? More muscle mass etc?

Girls can throw very well, they just don't practice it.

Yep, they say it's nurture not nature - little boys a taught and encouraged to throw stones, sticks, balls etc, little girls are taught to play with dolls and have tea parties - or at least were until we became more enlightened in the last generations or so.

There are female athletes that throw stuff and are as-good or better than their male counterparts on the technicalities, men tend to throw further of course, that's down to genetics but nothing separates them on the technical aspect.

[SpeckledJim]

Impasse said:

Why can't girls throw?

Gross generalisation, sure. But on the whole, girls don't ever seem to have a comfortable or particularly fluid throwing action.

The bit of their brains that deals with that stuff doesn't work as well as blokes (on average). Throwing is hunting.

By way of compensation, they are much better at telling when someone else is in a bad mood.

[walm]

SpeckledJim said:

The bit of their brains that deals with that stuff doesn't work as well as blokes (on average). Throwing is hunting.

Urban myth.
Busted by Mythbusters and referenced here: https://bonniereillyschmidt.com/2014/08/25/throwin...

[marshalla]

moustachebandit said:

During WW2 we had warning systems to let us know of an impending attack. I was just wondering do we have something like that still in place now?

So if Aliens decided to attack will air raid sirens go off so we can all run for cover or will the first notification we get about it be on the TV in the Sean Connery Joke thread ?

We no longer have a network of sirens, but the BBC have the capability to broadcast in emergencies.

Mind you - if the aliens are intent on taking over, it's unlikely that anyone would have much time to do anything.

I, for one, welcome our new formless overlords.

Edited by marshalla on Monday 18th April 14:11

[SpeckledJim]

walm said:

SpeckledJim said:

The bit of their brains that deals with that stuff doesn't work as well as blokes (on average). Throwing is hunting.

Urban myth.
Busted by Mythbusters and referenced here: https://bonniereillyschmidt.com/2014/08/25/throwin...

Interesting, but I'm not sure about that Mythbusters stuff. Throwing wrong-handed is a totally different test, introducing different variables. There wouldn't be much of an evolutionary reason to make us any good at throwing wrong-handed, in preference to making us better at throwing with our good hand, would there?

I could be persuaded on the practice element, but thinking back, even the tomboys at school were still rubbish at throwing. There are 4 year old lads who are much better at throwing than their mums.

I can't now think of a single 'girl' I know who would be better at throwing than even the least talented lad.

We know our brains are different, and it seems very reasonable to me that this is one example of how.

[Vitorio]

SpeckledJim said:

Interesting, but I'm not sure about that Mythbusters stuff. Throwing wrong-handed is a totally different test, introducing different variables. There wouldn't be much of an evolutionary reason to make us any good at throwing wrong-handed, in preference to making us better at throwing with our good hand, would there?

I could be persuaded on the practice element, but thinking back, even the tomboys at school were still rubbish at throwing. There are 4 year old lads who are much better at throwing than their mums.

I can't now think of a single 'girl' I know who would be better at throwing than even the least talented lad.

We know our brains are different, and it seems very reasonable to me that this is one example of how.

Not to mention that mythbusters tests like this dont have a big sample size, just because they can find a women who can throw as well as a male athlete doesnt mean anything for the population at large, there will always be statistical outliers, deliberately finding one of those doesnt mean the hypothesis at large is incorrect.

[walm]

SpeckledJim said:

Throwing wrong-handed is a totally different test, introducing different variables.

But how else do you remove the training/practice variable?

[SpeckledJim]

walm said:

SpeckledJim said:

Throwing wrong-handed is a totally different test, introducing different variables.

But how else do you remove the training/practice variable?

Good question. Dunno. Good PhD project for somebody.

But if you lump throwing in with other 'similar' activities like shooting or ten-pin bowling, laser-quest, snooker or golf or other precise physical dexterity games or actions that aren't normally practised as children, then again (in my experience) guys are on average naturally much better at them.

Consider the average girl with a hammer and nails. Hopeless. Prosecution rests!

But give those same lads the 'Guess Who's Grumpy' challenge, and the girls will walk all over them.

[Timmy40]

I think after several decades of denial there is now the beginnings of an acceptance that most men and women are born fundamentally different, yes there are outliers in both sexes, BUT they do not comprise the norm. My son is very different from my daughters, and it's not something we've done, I've tried harder if anything to get the girls interested in combustion engines and the like, but they are just more tuned to feels than to trying to work out how things work.

It's certainly much more than just social proramming or expectations IMO.

[The Don of Croy]

Impasse said:

Why can't girls throw?

Gross generalisation, sure. But on the whole, girls don't ever seem to have a comfortable or particularly fluid throwing action.

Perhaps you're too young, but when Tessa Sanderson and Fatima Whitbread were vying for medals your theory wouldn't have got much traction. Before them Wonder Woman was throwing even further!

Now, my question is, when will the DVLA be put out to tender?

[Timmy40]

The Don of Croy said:

Impasse said:

Why can't girls throw?

Gross generalisation, sure. But on the whole, girls don't ever seem to have a comfortable or particularly fluid throwing action.

Perhaps you're too young, but when Tessa Sanderson and Fatima Whitbread were vying for medals your theory wouldn't have got much traction. Before them Wonder Woman was throwing even further!

Now, my question is, when will the DVLA be put out to tender?

Fatima Whitbread was built like, and looked like a man, in all probability these days she would have been able to classify herself as genetically male but mis-sexed.

Outliers can make amazing athletes, but don't represent the norm.

[dudleybloke]

marshalla said:

moustachebandit said:

During WW2 we had warning systems to let us know of an impending attack. I was just wondering do we have something like that still in place now?

So if Aliens decided to attack will air raid sirens go off so we can all run for cover or will the first notification we get about it be on the TV in the Sean Connery Joke thread ?

We no longer have a network of sirens, but the BBC have the capability to broadcast in emergencies.

Mind you - if the aliens are intent on taking over, it's unlikely that anyone would have much time to do anything.

I, for one, welcome our new formless overlords.

Edited by marshalla on Monday 18th April 14:11

https://youtu.be/xslMvP2qBZY

[Rostfritt]

marshalla said:

We no longer have a network of sirens, but the BBC have the capability to broadcast in emergencies.

Mind you - if the aliens are intent on taking over, it's unlikely that anyone would have much time to do anything.

I, for one, welcome our new formless overlords.

Edited by marshalla on Monday 18th April 14:11

There is probably some sort of system to issue text alerts and emergency broadcasts if anything serious happens. Who knows what information this will provide.



Apparently in a safe on one of our submarines there is a letter penned by the serving PM with instructions of what to do if the British government has fallen. One of the checks they make before they open the letter is if Radio 4 is still broadcasting.

I lived in South Korea a few years back, they had an emergency warning system they tested every Wednesday at noon. Quite terrifying if nobody has told you about it. Kind of necessary when you have a not so friendly neighbour less than 50 miles from the capital. Japan also has a pretty effective early warning system for earthquakes and tsunamis, in which seconds can count.

[El Guapo]

Why were many cars of the 20s & 30s designed with positive camber at the front? I cannot imagine what the benefit of such a setup might have been.

Edited by El Guapo on Monday 18th April 22:12

[Vaud]

Any help?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=103...

[El Guapo]

Vaud said:

Any help?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=103...

Some theories there, but nothing definitive.

[moustachebandit]

dudleybloke said:

marshalla said:

moustachebandit said:

During WW2 we had warning systems to let us know of an impending attack. I was just wondering do we have something like that still in place now?

So if Aliens decided to attack will air raid sirens go off so we can all run for cover or will the first notification we get about it be on the TV in the Sean Connery Joke thread ?

We no longer have a network of sirens, but the BBC have the capability to broadcast in emergencies.

Mind you - if the aliens are intent on taking over, it's unlikely that anyone would have much time to do anything.

I, for one, welcome our new formless overlords.

Edited by marshalla on Monday 18th April 14:11

https://youtu.be/xslMvP2qBZY

Is that actually legit? Or just someones impression of what would happen? Looks like a powerpoint slideshow.