I am attempting to create the most complete list of acoustic tapping machines for impact isolation class (IIC) testing. Please let me know if you know of any I’m missing.
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Tebow vs Jesus
Jesus gave some pretty specific instructions on how to pray. Is Tebow a faithful follower? Or maybe, just maybe, is he wearing his faith on his sleeve? You be the judge.
Notice: “On Four” is the New Standard For Cooperative Efforts
Starting now, the new standard of counting for the purposes of synchronizing ad-hoc human cooperative efforts is “On four.” The previous standard, “On three,” suffered from ineffeciency due to the unfortunate existence of two separate sub-standards, both referred to by the same name. This necessitated clarifying which interpretation of the standard was to be used …
Dogs and People Are Co-Evolving Towards Symbiosis
Every generation, dogs have a stronger desire to please people. We select against aggressive or disobedient dogs because we usually choose to breed the dogs we like most. Their species is already fairly dependant on us, but would still be able to function alone should we turn all the dogs loose tomorrow. Eventually, though, their natural …
New Holiday Proposal: LUCA Day, January 2nd
I have an idea for a new holiday. This will be a holiday for every living thing on the planet. On LUCA Day, we will all pay our respects to the Last Universal Common Ancestor, also known as the Last Universal Ancestor. The LUCA is the ancestor of every thing that has lived on Earth …
This post is for lovers of this website
If you love this website, you will probably love this post. Because this post is for lovers of this website. One of the main reasons I made this website is so that I could talk about this website. So if you, like me, love this website, then you will love this post, as I do. One …
Do not use quotation marks to emphasize words
You see this on signs a lot. Usually hand-written signs at local businesses. People use quotation marks to emphasize a word they think is important. What they don’t realize is that by marking a word with quotes they are declaring the usage of that word ironic or unusual, which is not their intention. For example: …
Calculate a tip with lightning speed
No need for calculators or scratch paper. You can figure out what 20% of your check is almost instantly with some very simple math. Just multiply the dollars in the check amount by 2 and then divide by 10. Multiplying by 2 and dividing by 10 are both very simple. Example 1: The check is …
Spend some time learning the difference between your and you’re
This is a really easy one. Your and you’re have very different meanings, quite different spellings, and mixing them up makes you look silly. Five minutes spent thinking about the difference between these two words may help people take you more seriously in the future. You’re is short for you are. That’s pretty easy to …
