“People who do surf the Internet for fun at work - within a reasonable limit of less than 20% of their total time in the office - are more productive by about 9% than those who don’t,” he says.
Yeah, I think I'm probably beyond that 20% threshold.
I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Jessica - Nov 12, 2009 8:20:09 am PST #18930 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
brenda m - Nov 12, 2009 8:21:09 am PST #18931 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Mexico City's got to be up there too.
I wonder if there's any correlation if you just look at post-Industrial Revolution cities. (And even there, as someone pointed out, Chicago's not as much of an outlier as all that because it is on a major shipping route. Ditto Montreal and Toronto.)
tommyrot - Nov 12, 2009 8:22:19 am PST #18932 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I like how NYC is the 13th largest city in the world in terms of populaton, and the only other USA city to make the top 60 is Los Angeles at 47.
When I was a kid, I think LA and Chicago were both in the world's top ten. But since then, a large number of third-world cities have seen huge population growth....
Jesse - Nov 12, 2009 8:24:14 am PST #18933 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I always wonder about physical size, too -- Philadelphia's central city is tiny, but they absorbed the nearby municipalities so the city population is relatively big.
Jesse - Nov 12, 2009 8:25:50 am PST #18934 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, tommyrot's link does speak to that. I am fascinated by the density figures. Fascinated! India is Not Fucking Around with their urban centers, but you can see that some of those place are just large because they are physically (geographically) large.
sarameg - Nov 12, 2009 8:27:45 am PST #18935 of 30001
Autumn means winter is coming. Winter is evil. Autumn is the harbinger of evil.
I had a moment of wondering how I posted when I was offsite at lunch, and then I saw it was ita, not me, posting.
I had a chicken sandwich, hoping it would be light. It was one of those breaded patties. Now I'm sleepy.
msbelle - Nov 12, 2009 8:40:12 am PST #18936 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Gitchy Gitchy Goo means I Love You
Sue - Nov 12, 2009 8:44:57 am PST #18937 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Northern New England has a bonus Mud Season, don't forget.
Eastern Canada has the bonus Fog Season in between Spring and Summer.
Steph L. - Nov 12, 2009 8:50:25 am PST #18938 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
While many parts of Ohio may have 4 clearly defined seasons of reasonable length, southern Ohio has about 2 weeks of spring. And then 5 months of summer.
msbelle - Nov 12, 2009 8:54:09 am PST #18939 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I'd say NYC has 2.5 months of summer, 3.5 months of autumn, 3.5 months of winter, and 2.5 months of spring - with the caveat that spring does not equal warmish temps with nice rain showers and some wind, it equals weather that is all over the place.
From memory TX has 3.5 months of summer, 3 months of autumn, 2.5 months of winter, and 3 months of spring.
Southern NM had a bonus windy season.