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  1. Read any good books or magazines lately?

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  2. Seen any good sculptures made from almonds lately? Note: no other nut-based sculptures may be discussed under threat of the ban-hammer! 

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  1. Started by Pangloss,

    I thought you all might enjoy getting angry at this dweeb. Some of the comments in response are great. http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2010/06/01/opinion/doc4c04756303926753836832.txt

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  2. Hello everybody. I am a rep for a supercomputer company and I don't trust what they are saying about the climate. I believe this is a natural cycle and I don't think they have the evidence. I think they are just trying to get money. I know how this works because I take that money. They need the money to get paid then they take the money and pay me. It's a scam and while I don't want to lose my money I think these scientists are not telling the truth.

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  3. Started by Ignatiev,

    so I cam here and tried to post in politics and it's NOT WORKING. do you have some liberal elite who can post in politics? that is WRONG just tonight I found out obama has not even met the CEO of BP and THE LAW says he is responsible for cleaning up the oil spill, not BP and there is a $75 mil limit on the money BP should spend at which point it's OBAMA whould should clean up the oil and OBAMA is not doing anything and this is a huge problem. but I guess there are a bunch of liberal elites here who do not want to talk about these topics

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  4. Started by Sunsphere,

    With modern technology to safeguard privacy and protect against identity theft, there is no reason why we couldn’t put an end to illegal drug trafficking, whether it be international, interstate, or on school campuses. Why we haven’t seen this proposed before is beyond me. All we have to do is institute a worldwide cashless society by eliminating cash flow facilitated by paper bills or coin as the means for monetary transactions. Again, with modern technology it should be a snap! Secure servers are already available, and if all commerce was only facilitated by means of monetary transference through electronic personal debit or deposit transactions, there would be no …

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  5. Started by Horza2002,

    The wish list of Robert Boyle was recently found outlining what he predicted science would achieve. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/03/robert-boyle-royal-society-wishlist Several of his predictions seem to be rather good; development of ures for infections, traveling underwater, hair dye! With that, what are peoples new wish lists that you predict will occur in the next 100 years or so. I'd like to see medicine that is personally taloired (i.e. not general for a certain disease), humans living on another planet/moon/asteroid, a clean form of energy to serve the whole world.

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  6. Started by Moontanman,

    http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/saudi-clerics-advocate-adult-breast-feeding/19504280?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl1|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fworld%2Farticle%2Fsaudi-clerics-advocate-adult-breast-feeding%2F19504280

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  7. I found a nest of bumblebees wrapped in an old blanket on my deck today and less than 6" away was a nest of yellow jackets! In the same box! Talk about a double whammy! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_jacket You would think they wouldn't tolerate each other in such close proximity! I know they didn't tolerate me finding them.

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  8. Started by rigney,

    I've been in the program now for less than two weeks but enjoy it immensely. Today I unintentionally made three posting of the same question. I don't know how, but it happened. Is there some way of erasing a multiple, or even erasing all of it? The administrator was rather prevoked that I did it and promised me two weeks off without pay if I did it again. I can read readin' but I have a hard time with readin' writin'. Someone help!!

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  9. Started by michel123456,

    It appears from time to time. A poster named Atheistwar + something you will find in Speculations. This individual posts his ideas, and never involves into any discussion. He gets responses from other forum members, and of course all of them are surprised from the low level of his argumentation. The fact is that all people involved in these threads disagree with him. They shouldn't. Because I got the feeling this person is making a catalog of atheists.

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  10. Started by rigney,

    I know, the topic is taboo. And it's probably perceptual to anyone above a third grade education, that the only person wanting to discuss the subject would be someone assimilating that third grade mentalityl. Daaaa!! Anyway, E.M.F. and Magnetism in practically any form above a lodestone can be changed to a new dynamic almost instantly. There are formula enough to fill a library, from the simplest application of D.C. theory, to the intricacies of a Cern Collider. Yet, other than the laws laid down by Sir Issac Newton, and a little mumbo-jumbo, gravity is an unquestionble entity. WHY?? Ubiquitous, yet inexplicable? What does it do other than keep you from flying off into s…

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  11. Started by rigney,

    I know, the topic is taboo. And it's probably perceptual to anyone above a third grade education, that the only person wanting to talk about the subject would be someone assimilating that third grade mentalityl. Daaaa!! Anyway, E.M.F. and Magnetism in practically any form above a lodestone can be changed to a new dynamic almost instantly. There are formula enough to fill a library, from the simplest application of D.C. theory, to the intricacies of a Cern Collider. Yet, other than the laws laid down by Sir Issac Newton and a little bit of mumbo-jumbo, gravity is an unquestionble entity. WHY?? Ubiquitous, yet inexplicable. But what does it do other than keep us from flyin…

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  12. Started by rigney,

    What is our "Universe", in relation to the "Continuum"? Is there a Continuum? If so, what Is the connection, or is it only the universe and what we theorize?

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  13. Does anybody know a good place to host a free forum? I've got 7 students to support in a little internship group, plus maybe up to half a dozen more added later. I set up a forum for them at freeforums.org, but it's abysmally slow, and I was hoping for something a little speedier. I know that's a bit much to ask when there's no money involved, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask around. I saw a bunch of free services listed in a google search but I was hoping to hear from someone who's used one that's really good. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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  14. Started by bascule,

    Who likes her? I do!

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  15. So my teenager is lamenting about life last night, pondering why we should live life and experience pain and misery when we could just die and be free from it. I shared the whole balance thing..."Without death, life is not precious. Without pain, you can't appreciate pleasure." that sort of thing. But then he returns with questioning the value of that appreciation. Why does it matter if it's not precious? Why is that a point of reason? If we lived forever, without a chance of dying, and without sadness and pain, wouldn't that be better for humans? I scrambled and clawed and managed little more than a punt downfield. It should be easy to counter, but I get th…

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  16. Started by bascule,

    A pretty interesting documentary on LHC: http://www.collidingparticles.com

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  17. Started by annemilla,

    Everything about cars. The history of the automobile industry. The collection of road stories. News. http://top-get.com enjoy

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  18. The success of any type of internet technology lies in certain basic characteristics like, • Ubiquitous • Open to everybody • Ease of use • Available at affordable cost When compared to other comparable technologies used by the business world, the internet now has a special role in regulating all business activities. However, the internet technology used in commodity trade • Should be flexible enough to handle a wide array of applications • Must address all other issues under consideration • It must have a global reach Literally speaking, no other technology is so widely put use at such a massive scale like the internet technologies. The advent of this te…

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  19. Started by rigney,

    The new hadron collider at Geneva (Cern) is on the verge of bringing bits of matter together at speeds of about 99.999% that of light. When some of them do slam together, the heat generated is supposedly in the billions of degrees K. My question is: are we looking to find what matter was prior to the BB, or is it the instant following, when everything was a plasma?

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  20. Started by rigney,

    What if Galaxies and Quasars were huge orbs of matter long before becoming their present configurations as galaxies and super-galaxies? When particles, (sub-particles) began coalescing into atoms, there must have been reasoning for becoming something other than just gasses? As a guess, I believe magnetism was responsible?

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  21. I was actually considering trying it, a few of my friends smoke. Is this just a crap quiz, or do you guys think seeing what its like is a bad idea? Drug Quiz. http://bit.ly/ceVl3v

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  22. Started by rigney,

    What is our "Universe", in relation to the "Continuum"? Is there a Continuum? If so, what Is the connection, or is it only the universe and what we theorize?

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  23. Started by Greippi,

    It is towel day today.

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  24. Started by rigney,

    What if this "Big Boy" in Cern finds that, either the Higgs Boson or the Quark to be a finite level of matter? Do we try going beyond this pale, or are there some things we best leave alone?

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  25. Hi guys, My name is William and I am from Stirling. I have not long ago discovered this forum and I like it very much. I am a little bit shy so I will not write much about me but maybe when I will get confortable, you guys will get to know me better! My main hobbies are cooking and watching movies. I also love outdoor activites but the temperature has been very bad for the last weeks or so here in Stirling. I was wondering if anyone else here is from the united Kingdom too? I am happy to have joined this forum! Have a nice day! PS: Sorry if this was posted in the wrong section. I could not find the right one!

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