Is it? How can we know?
The ancients asked Tieresias, and he confirmed that woman-sex was better using the finger in the ear analogy.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - May 17, 2005 8:17:36 am PDT #4812 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
flea - May 17, 2005 8:17:50 am PDT #4813 of 10001
information libertarian
Dear Boss, Please just stop talking. Please. In the spirit of Does Not Feel Like Playing With Others Today, me
Connie Neil - May 17, 2005 8:19:23 am PDT #4814 of 10001
brillig
Sometimes there will be traffic jams for no reason, when the highway is handling significantly less that its theoretical maximum traffic.
A study found a bizarre echo effect from previous accidents in the spots where jams were appearing for no apparent reason.
Betsy HP - May 17, 2005 8:21:12 am PDT #4815 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
the finger in the ear analogy.
Sex is better than sticking a finger in your ear? I know this analogy not.
tommyrot - May 17, 2005 8:21:48 am PDT #4816 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It feels better to the ear than the finger?
Steph L. - May 17, 2005 8:21:56 am PDT #4817 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think you should be sticking your finger in your ear during sex.
Or something like that.
§ ita § - May 17, 2005 8:21:57 am PDT #4818 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Quantifyably -- we get more of them, they involve more of the body, and they tend to last longer.
Really? We get more? Isn't the assumption that every guy has an orgasm per ejaculation, whereas for women it's more of an accessory -- women can have tons of (pleasurable) and never come. Ever. In their lives.
We can stack them one on top of the other, which is certainly nice, but it's not like all women can, or all women do every time.
From the article -- Dr. Lloyd says 5-10% of women never orgasm. And Kinsey said that 39-47% of women always orgasm, but with clitoral stimulation included.
That's really not that many, assuming the guys are orgasming close to 100% of the time for completed sex acts (I'm guessing there -- feel free to disabuse me).
As for the "laying there like your brain-stem is awol" thing -- I admit, I've seen very few females orgasm, but I've certainly seen guys do that.
Nilly - May 17, 2005 8:25:11 am PDT #4819 of 10001
Swouncing
Sometimes there will be traffic jams for no reason, when the highway is handling significantly less that its theoretical maximum traffic.
A study found a bizarre echo effect from previous accidents in the spots where jams were appearing for no apparent reason.
We found these things in our model, just like I said, and due to the model's analysis, were able to offer a solution.
Without the physics-and-math words, the basic of it is, on a range of certain densities of cars, even the smallest noise can cause some really heavy jams. In the computer simulation, that "noise" was the 0.0000000000000001 that was rounded up or down (that's exactly how many zeroes there were there) in the computer implementation of the numeric calculations. It's the same as somebdy pressing the gas just a tiny bit less because they just leaned forward to change the station on the radio.
We also showed that once a major jam is formed, there will be remains of it for a really long time after tha cause was gone (like, say, an accident site, even hours after the road is clear again). Again, our explanation in physics-math-language came from characteristics inside the equations/model, things we could use our methods to analyze.
Heh, I thought I could shut up, but apparently, not so much.
Connie Neil - May 17, 2005 8:26:15 am PDT #4820 of 10001
brillig
Bless you, Nilly! I've been wondering how to find *why* that happens! The reports I heard said they hadn't found a why for it yet.
Topic!Cindy - May 17, 2005 8:26:18 am PDT #4821 of 10001
What is even happening?
Happy Birthday, Vortex!!!
I think I missed that, earlier.
Would you all keep a good thought for Aileen and Brian? Thx.Oh yes, Jesse. How hard for them both.
And CBS' answer to NBC's successful midseason drama "Medium" is "Ghost Whisperer," a Jennifer Love Hewitt-starring vehicle based on the work of James Van Praagh about a newlywed communicating with dead people who have not quite crossed over to the other side.
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THIS?!?I don't know. But the thought of JLH making the CBS schedule when Amber Tamblyn's show is nearly doomed has me making a mental inventory of my torches and axes.
P-C, it sounds like you've got some um science stuff. Yay.