FARK.com: (7091294) For those of you about to go for your first (or second) cup of coffee this morning here's a study on sloshiology by some engineers at UCSB

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		For those of you about to go for your first (or second) cup of coffee this morning here's a study on sloshiology by some engineers at UCSB (huffingtonpost.com)		26
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LlamaGirl		2012-05-07 09:57:53 AM

zebra cake

atlfarkette		2012-05-07 09:59:18 AM

I put ice in my coffee and that makes it less sloshy.

honeygrl		2012-05-07 10:02:39 AM

But it's too early to read.

antidisestablishmentarianism		2012-05-07 10:10:28 AM

I was told once if you don't look at the liquid in your cup as you walk you won't spill it.

Worst Name I Ever Heard		2012-05-07 10:45:39 AM

You'd think that people at a place called 'UCSB' would come up with cooler stories than this (bro).

kwame		2012-05-07 10:46:44 AM

"I expect it is more cost-effective for manufacturers to just provide a lid for our coffee mugs, which some already do," he says. "But...

Leave it to engineers to spend hours trying to resolve something that already has a solution.

Dynascape		2012-05-07 10:47:38 AM

honeygrl: But it's too early to read.

Its never too early to read!

daveUSMC		2012-05-07 10:50:31 AM

I certainly hope tax dollars are somehow involved in this important, revolutionary study.

Next up:

The trajectory and thermodynamics of pooping.

pute kisses like a man		2012-05-07 10:51:03 AM

I've found that it's easier to walk the coffee unspilled if it's in a cup that is in a saucer. I don't know why, but holding the saucer is much easier to keep flat than holding a cup or mug by the handle.

bigpete53		2012-05-07 10:52:36 AM

kwame: "I expect it is more cost-effective for manufacturers to just provide a lid for our coffee mugs, which some already do," he says. "But...

Leave it to engineers to spend hours trying to resolve something that already has a solution.

Leave it to guidance counselors to mock actual research.

Magorn		2012-05-07 10:52:44 AM

My dad figured this out nearly 20 years ago, watching me try to walk across a yard with an open cup of liquid and failing, he thought for a second and told me to "break step" about every tenth step or so. Damned if it didn't work perfectly then and since.

henryhill		2012-05-07 10:54:36 AM

Reason #3,895 of why tuition is too expensive.

kwame		2012-05-07 10:55:05 AM

bigpete53: Leave it to guidance counselors to mock actual research.

I don't know any guidance counselors, so I couldn't comment. Now go work on something else that isn't broken, precious.

Lor M. Ipsum		2012-05-07 10:55:50 AM

Brought to you by the University of Cool Stories, Bro.

bigpete53		2012-05-07 10:56:15 AM

kwame: I don't know any guidance counselors, so I couldn't comment. Now go work on something else that isn't broken, precious.

I'd work on your face, but you said something that isn't broken! HEY-OH

Okay, I'll stop. That's probably best.

vudukungfu		2012-05-07 11:05:55 AM

Brand new carpet in our office. Coffee maker way over there. By the water cooler. Little plastic cups from water cooler inverted fit interference fit inside the rim of my coffee cup. Poke air hole in top so the steam doesn't pop it off. Leave it on until you are ready to drink it. It keeps it hotter longer, too. Reuse plastic cup forever.

I'm Too Old For This Shiat		2012-05-07 11:06:32 AM

If you like then you should have put a lid on it.

vudukungfu		2012-05-07 11:09:44 AM

daveUSMC: The trajectory and thermodynamics of pooping.

The
Urban
Bureau

Giving
Institutionalized
Research
Longevity

nickerj1		2012-05-07 11:12:46 AM

Liquid container for minimizing sloshing

/It's for tactical purposes, so special forces don't make "sloshing" noise when running with water containers
//not joking

nutkick_42		2012-05-07 11:16:32 AM

This mug looks badass, and has the added benefit of greatly reducing sloshing (despite what the promotional photo would have you think). A bent cylinder isn't really a very practical shape, but it does work rather well.

jfbnr24		2012-05-07 11:24:27 AM

they were really trying to figure out how to not slosh the beer out of their cup as they walked along DP at night, but disguised it as research into coffee spillage!

8 inches		2012-05-07 11:28:16 AM

Gauchos!

/1998

tuffsnake		2012-05-07 11:48:26 AM

Lor M. Ipsum: Brought to you by the University of Cool Stories, Bro.

i592.photobucket.com

Mikeyworld		2012-05-07 12:10:13 PM

LlamaGirl: zebra cake

Have some perspective. It's fairy cake.

/RIP Doug Adams

sharkbeagle		2012-05-07 12:14:48 PM

Said the HuffPo reader who just got a Federal grant to get an MFA in marxist-anarchist-lesbian lit crit studies.

thespindrifter		2012-05-07 12:17:57 PM

sharkbeagle : Said the HuffPo reader who just got a Federal grant to get an MFA in marxist-anarchist-lesbian clit lit crit studies.

FIFY ;)

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