Bazza Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 So bmi is as useful as iq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 Australia claims 14 of the 15 hottest places in the world as heatwave continues Personally, I live in a city on top of a hill (mountain range, theoretically), so the craziest temperatures have passed me by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Not only does BMI completely fail to account for variations in lean muscle mass and differences in build, it is also biased against tall people: it measures mass divided by height squared, when (proportions being equal) mass should track with height cubed. Also, because of the square-cube law, taller people need to have proportionally thicker limbs to maintain the same strength to weight ratio. With a height of 6' 4", I don't think I could get down to a "normal" BMI without looking kind of scrawny . . . and BMI says I'd have to get down to 151 pounds before I'd be considered "underweight". That's absurd. Hermit and Nolgroth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 7 hours ago, Bazza said: So bmi is as useful as iq. Essentially since the last time I was at my ideal weight, I was a teenager, desperately trying to find anyway to gain weight, yes. I always shock people when I tell them I am borderline obese. I look about 10-15 pounds overweight, pretty much. (though the way I eat at the early onset of winter, usually adds about 10 lbs, which I generally lose in spring) Nolgroth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 5 hours ago, assault said: Australia claims 14 of the 15 hottest places in the world as heatwave continues Personally, I live in a city on top of a hill (mountain range, theoretically), so the craziest temperatures have passed me by. I wish a heatwave would hit my area, been freezing my ____ off. Edit: well, technically it is the wind that is killing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 10 hours ago, Badger said: Edit: well, technically it is the wind that is killing me. I'm sorry. It was the Sprout, Radish and Baked Bean Surprise. It always affects me that way. Lawnmower Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Claudine Auger the Bond girl from Thunderball has died at the age of 79. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50864159 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 The one known as Domino, right? I initially thought of the redhead. The one where when I watched for the first time, realized my simultaneously attraction to and fear of redheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 The other one was Luciana Paluzzi and she is still alive. As is Martine Beswick who appeared in From Russia With Love as one of the two gypsy women fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 I kind of remember Bestwick most for being in that caveman movie. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 How are these Bond girls so old? I just saw a trailer for his new movie and he only looks in his mid 40s. Lawnmower Boy and wcw43921 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 23 hours ago, Zeropoint said: Not only does BMI completely fail to account for variations in lean muscle mass and differences in build, it is also biased against tall people: it measures mass divided by height squared, when (proportions being equal) mass should track with height cubed. Also, because of the square-cube law, taller people need to have proportionally thicker limbs to maintain the same strength to weight ratio. With a height of 6' 4", I don't think I could get down to a "normal" BMI without looking kind of scrawny . . . and BMI says I'd have to get down to 151 pounds before I'd be considered "underweight". That's absurd. If I were at my BMI optimum, I would literally look starved. I know. I've been there before. Now, I could stand to lose 10-15 pounds (or convert some of weight to more muscle mass), but I hardly consider myself obese. The BMI does. I'm just an inch shorter than you. Arbitrary standards are arbitrary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 I wasn't paying attention to this, but maybe I should have been... https://news.stanford.edu/2019/12/20/autonomous-delorean-drives-sideways-move-forward/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 38 minutes ago, BNakagawa said: I wasn't paying attention to this, but maybe I should have been... https://news.stanford.edu/2019/12/20/autonomous-delorean-drives-sideways-move-forward/ About time Doc Brown did something useful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 I knew they were documentaries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted December 22, 2019 Report Share Posted December 22, 2019 That being said, I think I'm only allowed to comment on Mr. Morrison over in the Politics Thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2019 Protests over India's new citizenship bill has led to protests. 23 people have died thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 22, 2019 Report Share Posted December 22, 2019 It's true, protests often lead to protests. I don't think anyone is really surprised. Prime Minister Modi's party are avowed Hindu Nationalists. But it's depressing to see how tolerance and inclusiveness are taking hits all around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted December 22, 2019 Report Share Posted December 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said: But it's depressing to see how tolerance and inclusiveness are taking hits all around the world. I agree. I thought we'd been making progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 23, 2019 Report Share Posted December 23, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted December 23, 2019 Report Share Posted December 23, 2019 21 hours ago, Zeropoint said: I agree. I thought we'd been making progress. Only on the internet, my friend. Persons are great! I _love_ persons! People are a waste of the skin it took to wrap them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 Australia is still on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 Yep. Smoky haze has moved across to New Zealand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 That always happens before Sauron strikes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 NZ has to prepare for armies of invading dorcs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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