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Some folks from this thread expressed displeasure with their first names. If you could change your name with no hassles, no angry family and nobody would have trouble remembering your new name, what would you change it to?

1. watch 2. watch 3. vote! Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedi've heard "if you have to explain your jokes, they're not funny". this was only half in jest so let me explain. the first short is supposedly not political, but based on an i.r.c. http://www.somethingawful.com/d/icq-pranks/icq-transcript-space.php when i first saw it on tech tv(damn i miss techtv) i thought it was political statement about fear based politics.the campaign ad, which i just found a couple days ago just confirmed that for me. i felt it was relevant because of the way the right wing has been exploiting fear to deamonize their opposition and keep the base motivat…

Electric RC car type is the most common type in the market today. This might be because of the fact that most toy companies make this type of RC car for children or beginner RC car enthusiasts. More information about RC cars ?

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Anyone familiar with the band Insane Clown Posse is probably aware they're not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. Their latest music video, however, takes the cake: _-agl0pOQfs They've got a "theory" about magic and miracles! Rainbows, giraffes, and magnets! These things cannot be explained. They are miracles. Their children look like they do (I assume they mean under the facepaint). It's a miracle! F*cking magnets, how do they work? I dunno, it's a miracle! "I don't want to talk to a scientist. Y'all motherf*ckers is lying and getting me pissed!"

Hey guys! It has been a while since I posted so hopefully this one will be good. Basically I have a table of prime numbers. What is to write this table as an image - from 1 too 480000 - showing each cell that is a prime as white and the others as black. So basically I'm cycling the numbers from 1-480000 and if they are prime then I want the cell white and otherwise black. I also want to be able to wrap the table to 800x600 pixels. Any help appreciated.

Recently I've watched some very cool movies which involve science, physics, etc. I was wondering if anyone knows of any cool and scientifically correct movies that I could watch, I enjoy them very much. If you're still confused, an example is 'The Manhattan Project'. Please do not mention the movie 'Hackers' or any sequels.

For answers, look here: http://www.newsroom101.com/easiestquiz.htm 1. How long did the Hundred Years War last? 2. Which country makes Panama hats? 3. From which animal do we get catgut? 4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? 5. What is a camel's hair brush made of? 6. What was King George VI's first name? 7. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? 8. What color is a purple finch? 9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? 10. How long did the Thirty Years War last? Or you can answer here. (you can use [ hide][ /hide] tags to hide your answer). How well did you do?

if you don't like something about the earth you can post it here and don't think about it anymore 'cause you already let that thing out:-)

This reminded me of all the hubbub surrounding LHC:

Some of my clothes have "hand wash only" on the label, and until now I never really attempted to hand wash my clothes. But coincidentally, I found myself out of laundry detergent, and I didnt really feel like running down to the organic store to pick up anymore. So, I had a bright idea : use liquid dish detergent instead. So as a test, I filled up my bathtub with warm water and suds it up with dish detergent, and threw some clothes in. (And then I suddenly realized why I never handwashed clothes, because kneeding everything by hand is an intense workout!) I kept like colors with each other, so the first batch of clothes were a bunch of black skirts, dresses, and sweat…

Name the song and band from these lyrics. All answers will have something to do with a female (a specific one, or female(s) in general). And since I'm not a teenager or recently in college, these songs are from last century. 1. She's fashionably lean, and she's fashionably late 2. You'll see us together, chasing the moonlight 3. You could say she was attractively built 4. She's got a daughter and you're just not coping 5. Thursday night your stockings needed mending. 6. You've got your nuclear boots 7. Smiling Jack is driving by 8. There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder 9. Her hair is kinda wild and free 10. So she fills up her s…

(Note: I'd ask this in a Health Sciences forum if there were one. If a mod knows where health science-related questions should go, feel free to toss this thread in there) After visiting Japan and using a Washlet (an integrated toilet/bidet/blowdryer combo) using toilet paper makes me feel like I'm in the stone age. Yet it seems like most of the western world still relies on toilet paper as the primary way of "cleaning" after defecation. When I have seen bidets outside of Japan, they generally take the form of a separate unit beside the toilet with a hand-operated faucet, as opposed to the electronically-controlled Japanese all-in-one models. What's the deal? A…

I am not beautiful ,but i am a happy girl!

So what email provider do you use? I use AIM.

Is it true that one's capacity to study things is independent of the knowledge acquired through education?

does anyone know how to make itunes at least useable?

At 5:30 in the morning a few days ago a woman and her seven year old son where walking through another person’s yard. While walking through the yard they spotted the naked owner of the property they where trespassing on naked in his own house, making his morning coffee. At this point they did the perfectly logical thing and decided to call the police and report the man for indecent exposure. The Springfield Police department proceeded to come and arrest the man for being naked in his own home claiming that he “wanted to be seen naked.” Does this seem reasonable to anyone? http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/101909_man_caught_making_coffee_naked_faces_charges I…

Is there any one to claim and prove that different things cannot be studied with the same knowledge?

http://www.listia.com/howitworks Ive been a member on there for a couple days now and I have realized it is legit! lol I thought it was gonna rip me off hard but my buddy bought two sirius radios off the site for like 200 points each which is less than you start with... give it a shot, I wouldnt mind seeing more sciency type stuff on auction just give it a shot, I know seems like it isnt real but it is... oddly enough

Hello everyone! I thought this would be a good place to talk about this. A year ago on the way to work I thought of a revolutionary idea, a new type of camera that does not use pixels to take a picture. I have spent the past year designing this camera and seeking funding to build it. So far I have constructed a rough prototype, written the code for it, acquired patent pending, had it approved of by a JPL engineer and found zero investors. My idea will without a doubt work, however, it is expensive to build and I need funding in order to build a practical prototype to demonstrate its main feature, infinite resolution, and resolutions exceeding 1 terapixel given modera…

...what would you have done differently while designing the human body? I'd install quick-access panels and shutoff valves for blood vessels, so surgery would be a matter of having the right size of wrench.

A Facebook meme making the rounds today:

hi i have a ipod touch 2g 8gigs NON MC MODEL running 3.0 jailbroken (redsn0w) and everytime i go into cydia, and download something, i get a error usually saying "size mismatch". if this is happening to anyone else, then could you please help me out? thanx -cbs i also wanted to know of some cool tweaks, themes, widgets, and apps i should get so i can pimp my pod. thanx -cbs