http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55300952&tid=5978

That's the last time I put a laptop on my lap.

lol newby can't have children ;D

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That's the last time I put a laptop on my lap.
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yeah i have to agree with that one

[quote author=Falcon[anti-yL] link=topic=9860.msg91897#msg91897 date=1102744115]
lol newby can't have children ;D
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the chances are most perople here cant :D

That story was big a couple days ago, but it seems pretty stupid.  I just assumed it was common sense -- if you wear tight shorts, or spend a lot of time in the heat, then you'll naturally be less fertile.  It seems stupid that a "new study" "discovered" that by heating yourself up WITH A LAPTOP can ALSO make you infertile!  Next they'll be like, "If you lean against the stove a lot, you'll ALSO be infertile! Give us more research grants!"

[quote author=iago link=topic=9860.msg91939#msg91939 date=1102791748]
That story was big a couple days ago, but it seems pretty stupid.  I just assumed it was common sense -- if you wear tight shorts, or spend a lot of time in the heat, then you'll naturally be less fertile.  It seems stupid that a "new study" "discovered" that by heating yourself up WITH A LAPTOP can ALSO make you infertile!  Next they'll be like, "If you lean against the stove a lot, you'll ALSO be infertile! Give us more research grants!"
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It's only temporary though, I think.  I remember watching this show about this experiment where these guys placed their testes in warm water.  They tested their sperm count and it was low making thme infertile.  However, their fertlity returned after a few hours (maybe days?).

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[quote author=iago link=topic=9860.msg91939#msg91939 date=1102791748]
That story was big a couple days ago, but it seems pretty stupid. I just assumed it was common sense -- if you wear tight shorts, or spend a lot of time in the heat, then you'll naturally be less fertile. It seems stupid that a "new study" "discovered" that by heating yourself up WITH A LAPTOP can ALSO make you infertile! Next they'll be like, "If you lean against the stove a lot, you'll ALSO be infertile! Give us more research grants!"
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It's only temporary though, I think. I remember watching this show about this experiment where these guys placed their testes in warm water. They tested their sperm count and it was low making thme infertile. However, their fertlity returned after a few hours (maybe days?).
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you make it sound like a porno or something ;)

Sounds like a preventive method... Sauna? :P

I think I lost alot of sperm today, I put a box of pizza on my lap in the car.

[quote author=Falcon[anti-yL] link=topic=9860.msg92014#msg92014 date=1102827428]
I think I lost alot of sperm today, I put a box of pizza on my lap in the car.
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IIRC, your body regenerates a couple thousand, if not, hundred thousand sperm every 24 hours.  *shrug*

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[quote author=Falcon[anti-yL] link=topic=9860.msg92014#msg92014 date=1102827428]
I think I lost alot of sperm today, I put a box of pizza on my lap in the car.
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IIRC, your body regenerates a couple thousand, if not, hundred thousand sperm every 24 hours. *shrug*
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I thought it was like 1,000 sperm/minute (second?)

yeah when i took sex ed class they said like each drop of semen had like 1 million sperm cells

Sounds like a new type of birth control for nerds. Too bad most nerds will ever need it.

[quote author=Blaze link=topic=9860.msg92416#msg92416 date=1103058462]
Sounds like a new type of birth control for nerds. Too bad most nerds will ever need it.
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harsh but yet so true

[quote author=iago link=topic=9860.msg91939#msg91939 date=1102791748]
That story was big a couple days ago, but it seems pretty stupid.  I just assumed it was common sense -- if you wear tight shorts, or spend a lot of time in the heat, then you'll naturally be less fertile.  It seems stupid that a "new study" "discovered" that by heating yourself up WITH A LAPTOP can ALSO make you infertile!  Next they'll be like, "If you lean against the stove a lot, you'll ALSO be infertile! Give us more research grants!"
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The reason your testicles are out of your body and not inside (like, bottom stomach?) is because it can't be in such hot places. Your body's temperature is around 35 degrees celsius. So God put our balls outside of our body, open to the cool breeze of air. And then we invented pants.
Thanks everyone, my name is Netcooler. That was your biology tip of the day. Have a nice day.

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[quote author=iago link=topic=9860.msg91939#msg91939 date=1102791748]
That story was big a couple days ago, but it seems pretty stupid.  I just assumed it was common sense -- if you wear tight shorts, or spend a lot of time in the heat, then you'll naturally be less fertile.  It seems stupid that a "new study" "discovered" that by heating yourself up WITH A LAPTOP can ALSO make you infertile!  Next they'll be like, "If you lean against the stove a lot, you'll ALSO be infertile! Give us more research grants!"
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The reason your testicles are out of your body and not inside (like, bottom stomach?) is because it can't be in such hot places. Your body's temperature is around 35 degrees celsius. So God put our balls outside of our body, open to the cool breeze of air. And then we invented pants.
Thanks everyone, my name is Netcooler. That was your biology tip of the day. Have a nice day.
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I was told if you wear Y fronts then you are more likely to have a son as a child instead of if you wore boxers. Its to do with the heat or something.

Girl and boy spermlings (hehe) have the same chance of getting born to my knowledge.

I don't think so. I always have more girls in my class! ;)

But seriously, people are able to pick their childs gender now (Gattaca style births not so far away?) so something like that must apply. I'm not sure how it's done, somebody here probably knows.

[quote author=Blaze link=topic=9860.msg93017#msg93017 date=1103560242]
Girl and boy spermlings (hehe) have the same chance of getting born to my knowledge.
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Yea, learned it in Biology ;)

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But seriously, people are able to pick their childs gender now
[/quote]Where can you do this!? 0o

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[quote author=Blaze link=topic=9860.msg93017#msg93017 date=1103560242]
Girl and boy spermlings (hehe) have the same chance of getting born to my knowledge.
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Yea, learned it in Biology ;)
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Does that mean there is more of one kind? Since the probability of girls and boys being born aren't equal...

How aren't the chances not half and half? Punnet square would show 50% chance anyway.

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How aren't the chances not half and half? Punnet square would show 50% chance anyway.
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Sex Ratio

Just because more of one race is born doesn't mean that they have a better chance. For example, You could flip a coin. It has an equal chance of going to heads as it does tails, but if you do it a couple of times you most likely won't get 50/50 results.

*waits for response*

Yea I was talking about 50% chances, not the actual percentage in the world.

But the actual chances aren't 50%. And the percentages for flipping a coin will approach 50% if you do it infinitely many times, but the percentages for boy/girl child doesn't.

There just is not an equal chance between boys and girls.

What makes the chances higher for girls or boys? Does the heat kill one and not the other? Is there a reason behind this? There are more boys then girls in my school but not by much.  What other logical factors could lead to having more boys in my area? *gets really intreaded in the topic*

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But the actual chances aren't 50%. And the percentages for flipping a coin will approach 50% if you do it infinitely many times, but the percentages for boy/girl child doesn't.

There just is not an equal chance between boys and girls.
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So the the punnet square thing is a lie? How would you find the actual chances then?

[quote author=Falcon[anti-yL] link=topic=9860.msg93110#msg93110 date=1103597872]
So the the punnet square thing is a lie? How would you find the actual chances then?
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I have absolutely no idea what a punnet square is.

      x        x

x    xx      xx

y    xy      xy

http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/punexam.html

Oh. Well, that's just a simplified picture of it. You need to take other factors into account to get the real distribution.

x and y chromosones lol.