Ca să asculţi o piesă, de mult timp exista posibilitatea căutării ei pe youtube. Însă pentru un playlist, trebuia să te zbaţi puţin. Download ilegal? Voi ştiţi... Şi ca să nu mai ne zbatem ca proştii, youtube a implementat în website playlistul. Nu-i aşa că este genială treaba? Acum, ca să asculţi ore şi ore şi ore cu trupa ta favorită, ai nevoie doar de o legătură banală la internet.

Guns N' Roses a lansat de o luna noul album. Din vechea trupa a ramas Axl Rose si cam atat. "Chinese Democracy" apare la 17 ani distanta fata de precedentul album de studio, "The Spaghetti Incident" si, cum era normal, si-a facut cale prin topurile rock actuale.
Dupa o ascultare, "noul" GNR suna mai dezordonat, pare mai zgomotos si tocmai de aceea parca a mai pierdut din forta pe care trupa o emana in trecut. Bateria are un rol mai mic, nu mai dicteaza ritmul cum se intampla in piese precum "You Could Be Mine", "Double Talkin' Jive", "Paradise City" etc. In majoritatea cazurilor, solourile de ghitara sunt mai tulburi, s-au rarit si parca le lipseste ceva. Piesele par mai monotone, nu apar ruperi de ritm si urmeaza trendul hard rockului actual, adica o suprapunere totala a instrumentelor folosite in piesa, plus o zbieratura de voce. Pe scurt, personal, as fi dorit sa vad (aud) mai multa inventivitate in piesele de pe Chinese Democracy.
Dar daca renunt la comparatia cu vechiul GNR, cu ce a fost si nu mai este, "Chinese Democracy" imi place.
In evidenta mi-au iesit piesele "Madagascar" si mai ales "Sorry", chiar daca nu se inscrie tocmai in tiparul GNR, vechi sau nou.

Albumul este din punctul meu de vedere unul bun spre foarte bun, dar ii lipseste exact acel luciu metalic, este ca o masina scumpa vopsita neglijent. Peste toate, m-a impresionat ca trupa mai poate sa produca muzica sub acelasi nume, in ciuda faptului ca Axl Rose este singurul ramas in ea.

Don't Stand So Close to Me

[Photo by Phil Dokas]Here's a weird study that sometimes gets a mention in ethical discussions about psychology, and it's not hard to see why. Middlemist, Knowles & Matter (1976) designed an experiment to test how the speed and flow of men's urination in a public lavatory was affected by invasions of personal space.


Piss pilot
To gather some preliminary data on men's toilet habits, a pilot study stationed an observer in a public toilet at a US university. He was instructed to look like he was grooming himself in the mirror, but was actually keeping a record of which urinals men stood at and their patterns of urination.

Timing them on his wristwatch, our intrepid toilet researcher measured the onset delay in micturation along with persistence of flow. If you're wondering how our correspondent measured these, it was by sound - which must have been no mean feat when there was multiple micturation in progress.

Sure enough the pilot study revealed men prefer not to stand next to each other in the urinals, and the closer other men are to each other, the longer it takes for them to begin urinating, and the shorter the persistence of their stream.


And now for the periscope...
Middlemist et al. were not satisfied with this observational data, however, and decided to carry out a proper experiment. For this they required a more complicated setup, and a little covert action.

They forced unknowing urinators to spend their pennies in one (out of three) urinals that was closest to a single stall. A confederate (who was in on the experiment) then either stood directly next to the various experimental subjects, one urinal away, or was not present at all.

Hidden in the stall was our urine measurement officer (grad students get all the best jobs). Chief amongst his weapons was a specially designed periscope hidden in a stack of books so that the stream of urine could be directly observed.

The experimental version of the pilot study confirmed earlier findings. With no one present, unselfconscious urinators' average onset was 4.8 seconds, with a confederate present one urinal away, mildly self-conscious urinators' average micturation onset was pushed up to 6.2 seconds. Finally with the confederate in the next urinal, it was 8.4 seconds before our bashful toilet-goer's blessed relief began.


Urination and personality?
Rather than being left with the feeling, as you may be, that this was not only distasteful but also a bit of a waste of time, the psychologist in me comes out. I'm wondering about personality correlates and personal space. For example, is neuroticism positively correlated with increasing micturation onset, while extroversion is negatively correlated?

The problem is then you've got to get urinators to fill in a personality measure on the way out, which will expose all the periscope business, which in turn may lead on to a variety of uncomfortable conversations. Perhaps we'll just leave this one as it is.

Sursa: Psyblog

Your Mind is Purple

Of all the mind types, yours is the most idealistic. You tend to think wild, amazing thoughts. Your dreams and fantasies are intense. Your thoughts are creative, inventive, and without boundaries. You tend to spend a lot of time thinking of fictional people and places - or a very different life for yourself.

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Your Bumper Sticker Should Be

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What Your Handwriting Says About You

You are a fairly energetic person. You know how do pace yourself, and you deal well with stress. You range from very outgoing to very shy. You are a shapeshifter who is very versatile. You adapt well, and you look at things from many angles. You are extravagant, over the top, and indulgent. You set trends and influence people. You need a lot of space in your life, and it's easy for you to feel stifled. You avoid commitment and responsibility whenever you can. You are somewhat traditional, but you are also open to change. You listen to your head and your heart. You are a decent communicator. You eventually get your point across, but sometimes you leave things a bit ambiguous.

You Are the Thumb

You're unique and flexible. And you defy any category. Mentally strong and agile, you do things your own way. And you do them well. You are a natural leader... but also truly a loner. You inspire many but connect with few. You get along well with: The Middle Finger Stay away from: The Pinky

What Your Taste in Music Says About You

Your musical tastes are intense and rebellious. You are intelligent... but in a very unconventional way. You are curious about the world. You love doing something new. In fact, you enjoy taking risks and doing things most people would shy away from. You are very physical. It's likely that you're athletic, but not into team sports. You have the soul of an artist. Beauty and harmony are important to you.

What Your Flip Flops Say About You

You are crazy, and mostly in a good way. You have wild ideas, many of which seem drug induced. You are open to new experiences, and you are a bit of a drifter. You're never sure what you'll be doing tomorrow.. and you like it that way. Your ideal warm weather place: the Gold Coast of Australia

Your Slogan Should Be

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You Should Play the Guitar

You're very independent - both in spirit and in the way you learn. You can teach yourself almost anything, even if it makes your fingers bleed. You're not really the type to sit patiently through a music lesson - or do things by the book. It's more your style to master the fundamentals and see where they take you. Highly creative and a bit eclectic, you need a wide range of music to play. You could emerge as a sensitive songwriter... or a manic rock star. Your dominant personality characteristic: being rebellious Your secondary personality characteristic: tenacity