By now these would have gone all over the Internet:
Drake's law explaining student is more likely than not to remain single--
http://www.foxcharlotte.com/dpps/news/dpgo-Peter-Backus-uses-math-to-explain-girlfriend-woes-fc-20100112_5537488
And the response, arguing the reverse--
http://www2.warwic
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
> Midnight to 4 am, and noon to 4 pm is still 8 hours btw
>
Not being an expert, I can't really judge if that's a valid equivalency, but
it would appear, there's many variables to this question - for example, I
can think of the effect
So .. how much of your eight hours beauty sleep do you spend reading a book or
whatever? Work hard and you typically drop right off to sleep.
Midnight to 4 am, and noon to 4 pm is still 8 hours btw
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On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 07:20:43PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Are you claiming that a regular sleep pattern of significantly less than
> 8 hours (5 hours, say) per night is just fine?
There's considerable personal variation, presumably. For me, 8 h is
not quite enough.
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Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 1/14/2010 6:47 PM]:
> Well, the siesta wasn't much of an example for this
>
> That was the hottest part of the day in spain / spanish colonies (mostly in
> the tropics and/or desert) so the spaniards and people they colonized simply
> slept through the hottest
Well, the siesta wasn't much of an example for this
That was the hottest part of the day in spain / spanish colonies (mostly in the
tropics and/or desert) so the spaniards and people they colonized simply slept
through the hottest part of the day and worked late into the night, well before
sunr
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 7:15 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6354855.stm
>
> Afternoon nap 'is good for heart'
>
> Working men seem to benefit the most from a siesta
>
> Taking 40 winks in the middle of the day may reduce the risk of death from
> heart disease, part
