Easy Questions?

[The Meromorph]

Human females lay eggs in the absence of the male. They are just not laid in places one can generally locate them as easily as hens eggs etc. (and they don't lend themselves to breakfast with soldiers..... ).

Well maybe not with toast soldiers...   

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

Going back to ducks--duck-egg pancakes = delicious.

[Griffin NoName]

Why is the central nervous system called central?

If there is a perfectly sensible argument, why have I never heard of a different type of (non-central) nervous system?

[beagle]

Why is the central nervous system called central?

To distinguish it from the Autonomic Nervous System

If there is a perfectly sensible argument, why have I never heard of a different type of (non-central) nervous system?

It's a medical geek thing.

[beagle]

Thinking a bit harder, another reason might be that there are well known diseases of the CNS (like Multiple Sclerosis), but ones of the ANS tend to be less well known and described in terms of the local dysfunction rather than as an ANS problem per se.   Just a theory...

[anthrobabe]

Thinking a bit harder, another reason might be that there are well known diseases of the CNS (like Multiple Sclerosis), but ones of the ANS tend to be less well known and described in terms of the local dysfunction rather than as an ANS problem per se.   Just a theory...

well as long as it's only a theory you know-- that's just a guess you know--- that's just something you made up so I'd believe is and go to hell.....
good try pup

(obviously you do know I am being wayyyyyyyy sarcastic -and at no extra charge either)

Once again in case anyone missed it--- Baby Pictures

[beagle]

I'm flattered. Who would have thought I'd join big C.D. in the ranks of those whose theories send you straight to the big bonfire.

[Swatopluk]

There are the so-called triangular numbers. They get their name because they are the sum of the sequence of natural numbers becasue they form a triangle
mathematically spoken a trianular number is on that can be expressed as   

The number of the beast (666) is such a number.
Are there bigger ones of the kind that only consist of identical digits?
Is there a simple formula to find them?

[Aggie]

There are no larger triangular numbers with identical digits less than 100000000 200010000 ~500000000.  How high do you want to keep looking?

(I don't have a formula, but I do have logic & conditional formatting in Excel) 

Did you notice that 666 is the sum of numbers up to 36 (6*6) and is the sixth internally repetative triangular number (including 1, 3 and 6)?


I think it may be easy to tackle this problem from a statistical perspective - numbers with repeating digits become very statistically rare as the number of significant figures increases, and the gaps between triangular numbers become large.

[Sibling Chatty]

Thinking a bit harder, another reason might be that there are well known diseases of the CNS (like Multiple Sclerosis), but ones of the ANS tend to be less well known and described in terms of the local dysfunction rather than as an ANS problem per se.   Just a theory...

One of the fields of carcinoid research...

[Griffin NoName]

Contemplating the Nasal.

When one has a head cold, why does it often (or in my own case always) affect one nostril only - one side builds up sneezes, runny, blocked... the other feels almost normal?

[anthrobabe]

they(sinus cavities) toss a coin
whom ever gets tails gets the snot. 

sorry,

mine will begin on one side, usually, then progress to both sides with variances during the day, one side painfully blocked or copiously dripping the other dry and open, both completely blocked, both open- sometimes due to meds sometimes due to? -- I know I'm really in for it when I hurt, I don't always hurt with a cold, but when I begin with pain then I know something virulent and violent is about to hit me.

could it be that one side receives the virus that will cause the cold and the other does not and so that side will be more symptomatic?

[Swatopluk]

Pure speculation: The sinuses get really bad when the exits are sealed and the slime production and swelling proceeds. With closed exits the virus/bacteria transfer to the other side could be blocked too.
On the other hand I had the experince as a child* that aphthae in the mouth tended to stay on one side too (with no side preferred). That would contradict the "blocked way" hypothesis.
If the sinus thing is always on the same side, there could eb anatomical reasons (as is the case with me)


*not the case anymore

[Sibling Chatty]

The question is--how deviated is your septum?? That's part of it...

The other part of it is the Sinus Gods playing games with your head.

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

I was told that your nostrils take turns being blocked up so you can at least semi-breathe (I guess God doesn't like mouth breathers). You're in for it if both gets blocked.

I've busted veins in my sinuses getting rid of blockage when sick or suffering allergies, though those were times I was ridiculously sick or had a really bad time with rag weed and pine.