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Come on then, is any science fans in here a fan of Jean Claude Van Damme? If so check: Van Damme Rap He was created in either the lab or by a higher force so you should all love him.

Hello, everyone, i want to find a apad tablet pc, basically what i want is a tablet that can browse web and play flash... 7inch screen and it will be perfect if it have a multitouch screen, android 2.1 or 2.2 OS and i want to be able to use skype and video calls. Of course, i need one have a front camera, coz i need to chat with my customers online sometimes, and the battery life would be at least last 3 hours, also android market be installed. I have searched online and found a 7 inch one with android 2.1 seems can meets my requirements, and specs with that apad android are as follows: Processor: Telechip 8902,CPU 800MHZ O/S: Android 2.1 Memory/Hard disk:…

I want to know which countries have sweatshop factories. Are there any websites out there which provide this information? What can we do in the Western World to remove these horrific working places? Also, would abolishing sweatshop factories do more good than harm?

So I was in my local McDonald's the other night. Almost everyone ahead of me who was(were?) dining-in ordered a medium or large drink. So I glance over at the fountain machine that says, "Free Refills for Dine-In customers." I then glance back at the 1.90 price tag on the drink. I just don't understand it. Why order a more expensive, larger size when the refills are free? This question consumes me. I personally don't give a damn about my exergy-centric final in a few days. Please remedy this. Also, why get ice? The drink is already cold. You're only maximizing their profit, and minimizing your drinking enjoyment.

I hear that China's becoming a superpower nation now. They have a strong economy and there will be many employment opportunities in the future over there that haven't even existed now. I think most of these are in the financial sector and are business type jobs but I am curious to know whether there will be many employment opportunities for people with science/medical knowledge. If so, what will they be? What will they involve?

I'm putting this in The Lounge because I don't really have any comment besides, "look at these awesome crows," but I'll move it to biology if people have more intelligent things to say. (Sorry about the URLs, forum software won't let me embed this many videos.) Anyway, here is a crow making a tool, bending a wire into a hook and using it to retrieve out of reach food: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fijuwTeoBt8&feature=related Here is a crow using three different tools in sequence, using a short stick to retrieve a medium stick, then the medium to retrieve a long stick, then the long stick to retrieve some food: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4BT8QSgZk Here is …

Applying for jobs as extensively as I did in the days before the email and the internet came on board in the early 1990s, became an activity, for me, that sometimes resembled a dry-wretch. Four to five thousand job applications from 1957 to 2007 has been a lot of applications! At least since the mid-1990s, a few clicks of one’s personal electronic-computer system and some aspect of life’s game could go on or could come to a quick end over a set of wires under the ground, the electronic world of cyberspace. During that half-century of job-hunting years I applied, as I say, for some four to five thousand jobs, an average of two a week for each of all those years! This i…

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Hi guys, I'm wondering what career path I should go for engineering or medicine. Now I know it isn't reccomended to ask on the forums about which field to get into, but, I need some guidance. I both like engineering and medicine equally. Which jobs would have better job oppurtunities for me? Comparison of Salaries? Etc. I'm nearing to a time in life, where I have to decide what career path to follow. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

i ask a question to anyone interested in voicing an idea. do you think it is possible to have a minor society in todays world totaly self sufficient, free from an economy and who's sole purpose is to attain knowlage and technology?

I am new to the site i have recently done a blog post about cloaking technologies, from cloaking objects to cloaking events in time, check it out and let me know what you think. thanks http://myredhotphilosophy.blogspot.com/2010/11/cloaking-technology-from.html

Are there any explanations for this phenomena?

Does anyone knows an educated film , that motivates people to study. The film may describe an action , like the end of a cheater , or sort of that. Thanks

The astonishing ATLAS Experiment at CERN in Geneva has already made headlines around the world for it's pioneering research into the origins of the Universe. They have also turned their minds to music, adding weight to the theory that music and physics are more closely linked than would at first seem apparent. They are releasing an album titled 'Resonance'. We also have access to the 'Sound of the God Particle' - sounds generated by the Large Hadron Collider, these can be found at - http://lhcsound.hep....nds/Sounds.html These are available for download, and can be freely used in music composition. Tracks from the Resonance album…

Does anyone know of any good science TV programs coming up in the next couple of months?

Okay...Topic theme: Suggestions for the future, predictions of the future and hopes for the future. Ideas: 1. (Near[ish?] future) Currently there is a bee shortage. Bees are awesome and necessary. Farms [growing crops] need them. My idea is to combine apiaries with farms/orchards. This would provide farms with another means of income. They would also have their fields pollinated. These apiaries would be situated near or in the fields that need pollination. I doubt all farms would do this. I wouldn't like all farms to do this either. I just don't see why agriculture and apiculture have yet to combine. This would provide more reason to keep bees alive. 2. Green…

I'm thinking of making a science forum , so what are the steps I should follow for doing this !? I've heard that you must pay money for this , I've also heard that you can steal the design of a website and change text .. !? Well , after surfing the net , there are several free making websites such as yola - - But I think that this must be learnt so it must take time , not minutes !!! Thanks in advance, Regards

Don't watch that much anime, but my favourite so far (in no particular order) would probably be: -Bleach -Naruto Shippuden -Highschool of the Dead -Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin -Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood -Death Note -Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion -Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 -Clannad -Clannad After Story What are everyone elses?

EndNote is a reference management software. I've noticed I keep reading science articles more and more. As such, I've considered that maybe I'll reference what I've read throughout the years. Not sure, but I've considered maybe I should keep track of them rather than just saving them all to the harddisk. Thoughts? Ideas? Buy? don't buy? I know there is free, and or open-source software; but it doesn't seem to compare to the longevity and consistent use of Endnote.

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why not have all countries print their paper currency .with a gold thread inserted in the money. where a $5 will have so much gold inserted but $100. will have five times more and have then peg to u.s currency then all money will have the same value

we are all the same many people would say i am lying but we are we judge people we do things that we regret no one is perfect because it would be the end of that person life and all of our lives we judge people by their apearance color knowledge and so on but we feel sad when people do that to you we always think of ourselves first because its the law of the world if we would always help people the world would shatter we need bad to have good if there is only perfection there is no life there would be no world since we would love us all people when they say per example "my boss just screwd me over he fired me" you would think that he is bad but you should be in the bos…

I'm actually wondering , the importance of the signature . Do I need to have a fancy signature so that it's hard for others to make the same ! Can my signature be my name ?! Thanks in advance.

First I'd like to tell you that I'm Chinese. And I can't use English very well, so please just ignore my grammar mistakes,thanks. I got a serious problem recently. I have a very good friend We have same interests,same religion,same future dream. It may hard to believe,but I just be honesty say that, we have never had any confliction. It's just amazing.We have been good friends for 4 years. But now I find one thing ,which make me...feel horrible. He is Multiple-personality Disorders. In the past we (me and high school classmates) thought he is Asperger's syndrome. Because he is clever, but shy,and can't speak fluently. He don't like the crowd. Wh…

My husband just finished his Masters in Dec, He had got a loan for about 40,000. in January we received a bill for $250 then a couple months later aces said we now owe $500/month.so i paid that. Then a month ago i got a bill from Nelnet for $250.so i was now paying $750/month. Now just a couple days ago Nelnet now says we owe $374/month. We called and they said we can’t consolidate or defer the payments.. Does this seem right?