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To: SI Bob who wrote (18914)	6/26/2003 6:15:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

Researchers uncover boom and bust secrets of Playboy glamour girls ananova.com Changes in Playboy centrefold physiques are tied to economic conditions in the United States, researchers claim. In boom times men prefer pictures of petite girls, but when the economy goes bust, so does Playboy, with curvier, stronger looking women, according to psychologist Dr Terry Pettijohn from Pennsylvania's Mercyhurst College. "In short, we want someone to have fun with when times are good, and we want someone to take care of us and themselves when times are bad," he said. Researchers compared the faces and figures of Playmates of the Year from 1960 to 2000 with an annual "hard times measure" that tracked changes in US rates of unemployment, marriage and murder during the same period. They discovered that during difficult years models tended to be slightly older, heavier and taller, with larger waists and bigger waist-to-hip ratios. Anna Nicole Smith, the fullest-figured Playmate of the Year to star in the men's magazine, appeared in 1993, one of the worst years on record in terms of economic and social factors. Researchers found similar results in a study of leading American film actresses between 1932 and 1995. Dr Pettijohn said the social and economic trends influenced Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner who always chooses the Playmate of the Year. He said: "We assume that Mr Hefner takes public opinion into consideration."

To: SI Bob who wrote (18914)	6/26/2003 6:30:16 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 32871

I recently returned to posting after a seven day suspension. I was given no reason whatsoever for my suspension, just a message that "I am sorry(yeah, right) your posting privileges have been suspended until ... ". Has this always been the policy here to suspend people with no explanation of why they were suspended; it seems like something that would be done in a country run by a dictator rather than what we are used to here in a relatively free, democratic society.

To: SI Bob who wrote (18914)	6/26/2003 9:25:52 PM
From: Green Receipt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32871

sounds like a plan to me. Actually i've not heard of a CLOB field before but if its a 'blob' then I understand. Yeah having something else 'indexing' them off line would save a lot of time for the 'end user' who in turn accesses the 'index' but i suspect if you wanted it even faster you could have multiple servers that distribute the request to perhaps (different partitions). Also, if you use a codebase 'driver' you will find this sort of query will speed up. codebase has overhead for the first query/retrieval of a single item from a big list of hits, however the rest of the hits are 'fast'.