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howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:07 am
by dom
Self-explanatory - it's a website that's been advertised on Canadian (and maybe American) TV. I looked into it and it has some really nice articles explaining how some things work. The nagivation is sometimes a bit clunky, and you have to remember to click NEXT PAGE - for some reason they can fit a whole article on a page -_-. The NEXT PAGE is inconveniently placed, but once you get used to it you'll be able to browse and learn for hours.
Some articles i've read:
How
SWEARING works.
http://people.howstuffworks.com/swearing.htmHow
DEATH BY HANGING works.
http://people.howstuffworks.com/death-by-hanging.htmHow
COMPUTER ADDICTION works.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/compu ... ction3.htm
Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:15 am
by Inuyasha584
Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:28 am
by Cruor
The swearing one looks interesting.
Inuyasha584 wrote:
That was neither funny nor insightful.
Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:34 am
by dom
Cruor wrote:That was neither funny nor insightful.
He's like 12.
Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:20 pm
by Verfo
Cruor wrote:The swearing one looks interesting.
Inuyasha584 wrote:
That was neither funny nor insightful.

Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:32 pm
by Swindler
Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:33 pm
by Grandpa
People swear to help establish a group identity???
For ******'s sake, dom. Nice articles.
Thx,
~Granps
Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:40 pm
by dom
Grandpa wrote:People swear to help establish a group identity???
For ******'s sake, dom. Nice articles.
Thx,
~Granps
I knew I should of just skipped OT and PMed you the link.
Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:10 pm
by Barotix
pfft, rip off artist:
http://www.slate.com/Nice site, thx for posting it.
Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:24 pm
by NO_SILK_4_ME
Does it happen to have a "How
Girls work." article?

Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:32 pm
by Squirt
I just saw the commercial for this on discovery channel its a guy teaching a cat how to scuba dive. And the guy says sometimes people do weird things. To find out how almost everything works come to howstuffworks.com!
Weird comercial
Edit: Ahhh dam they dont have everything
what is the meaning of life?
NONE
All it shows is the Iching and otehr random stuff..
Re: howstuffworks.com
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:27 pm
by Trice
NO_SILK_4_ME wrote:Does it happen to have a "How
Girls work." article?

haha.
the swearing article was interesting indeed, specially the sections about the brain.