My Sprint phone doesn\\\'t require a \\\'1\\\', but my new t-mobile phone does. So you are 100% correct, if Sprint doesn\\\'t need it, obviously no one does.

@NobodyNParticular actually Canada, the US and the Caribbean has 1. I personally suspect that \\\'1\\\' was our access long distance number before it became a country code, though I don\\\'t know. :)

You have to edit 15secs of material out of past episodes? There\\\'s no way including 15 seconds of anything could possibly be illegal.

Why do lawyers seem to think Fair Use only exists for television and newspapers?

I think it\'s largely that the lyrics are in context. They make a lot more sense now, when they didn\'t before.

Oh, man, \"Fifty Stories\" is sounding amazing. I don\'t know if you did a different vocal track, or if it\'s just all the bits blending together like a nice tuna melt, but I\'m really grooving on the song in a way I hadn\'t before.

I think it\'s largely that the lyrics are in context. They make a lot more sense now, when they didn\'t before.
pearl rings

I believe Aceh is pronounced \\\"Ah-chay\\\" as in \\\"Banda Aceh\\\" - the area hit hard by the Indonesian tsunami in 2006.

Heliobacter pylori is a bacteria that contributes to ulcers.

- your local neighborhood pedantic geologist

I haven\\\'t gotten through the entire podcast yet, but I just wanted to say that your viking voice could pass for Nathan Explosion! That\\\'s so brutal!

As far as the dialing 1 recording thingy, here is one possible explanation. Here in the Washington, DC area, we have 10-digit dialing. If I dial a number beginning with \\\"703\\\" it may or may not be a long distance number. Perhaps the recording that tells me to dial a \\\"1\\\" first is giving me the opportunity not to make a long distance call without realizing it.

I\\\'ve noticed that our recording has changed recently. It now informs you that it is a long distance call, and if you remain on the line it will make the connection for you. Could be Canadian ingenuity, or merely a test area that I happen to live in.

Also, NobodyNParticular, we also use 1+ as our country code. So perhaps it\\\'s a North American thing?

Jim F. - Every good skeptic must learn how to structure a logical argument. Study the most common logical fallacies. It is your best weapon against bullshit.

http://www.theskepticsguide.org/resources/logicalfallacies.aspx

You\'ll see right away the types of fallacious arguments your believer friend is already guilty of using. Then you can argue calmly and rationally without having to call your friend a douchebag, which he kind of is. (

1 is actually the country code. Figures the US would take that one. So you are calling long distance to the US. If I have this right, the times you don\\\'t have to dial one first is when you are calling a number within the Local Access and Transport Area (LATA).

How to pronounce \\\"Aceh\\\":

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=aceh

The pronunciation of \\\"Aceh\\\" is closer to \\\"Ah-Chay\\\". :)

One purpose that \\\"dial-1\\\" message serves is to instruct auto-dialers to drop the number from their database. They must respect the 3-tone code at the beginning. You can include the same three tones at the beginning of your answering machine message and reduce the number of robocalls you get.

whoops! you said 140 when it\'s actually 138 Xo

i can top that melissa

check this out- a 85 tool swiss army knife

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8b97/

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ReCaptcha: trovatore goose...hmmm...sounds like a Second Life user name

\"Ebullience.\"

What a great word. Run it through some filters in your brain:

Agent Smith/Elrond filter: \"Ebullllience\"
Carl Sagan filter: \"eBULLience\"

Hee!

The ulcer agent is the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori). It\\\'s one of the few bacteria I can remember the name for, because it always gives me this mental image of a tiny one-celled creature an itty-bitty helicopter.

\\\"You said rape twice\\\"
--Hedley Lamarr

I always try to be the best heathen I can be.

NxNW is one of my fav movies too. When you mentioned it on the podcast I was reminded of this photo I took last spring. Thought you might see it pretty much the same way I did. :)

http://www.photoblog.com/eebee/2009/04/17/kite-flyer.html

Ulcer Bacteria

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/images/774/