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Neutralizing the 'F' word: at 'Fork University'. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The two combined words - 'F U!'; as they are expressed in anger or derision, are in fact the most used insult projected in the American idiomatic language. On the other hand, the 'term' is rarely addressed in an objective, unemotional, academic manner, where and when clear heads and emotions prevail. Instead, the (often exclamatory) 'expression' generally succeeds in clearing an abruptly silent passage for itself, that conspicuously cuts through any discussion of it's intrusive motivation, import, or the fact that it is a princip…

http://www.technologyreview.com/TR35/Profile.aspx?Cand=T&TRID=764 I am always amazed when people are able to pull off these feats using things you can find at your local department store.

is much more a record of Adams's introspection than of his deeds. It is an extended meditation on the social, technological, political, and intellectual changes that occurred over Adams's lifetime. Adams concluded that his traditional education failed to help him come to terms with the rapid changes of his lifetime: hence his need for self-education. The organizing thread of the book is how the "proper" schooling and other aspects of his youth, was time wasted. His autobiography is a description of his search for self-education through experiences, friendships, and reading. The Education of Henry Adams purports to be the autobiography of Henry Adams(1838-1918). I…

As of 11/6/09, the Army psychiatrist, Nidal Malik Hason, has not only killed and wounded dozens of people at Fort Hood, Texas Army Base, he has cast another ominous shadow on what was already - since 9/11 - a very controversial issue; reintroducing fragile questions, including religious undertones - as they relate to (well intended and otherwise motivated) Muslims in America, and activating questions regarding America's motive(s) for armed presence in the Middle East. Very unfortunately, this appears to be a pejorative problem, for which there is no easy solution. Vets and apolitical citizens are being blamed - and are suffering and dying for - questionable executive …

DHYp8tIOprA I think adults should be able to read, hear and see what they want...... unless it's something like child porn.

I've always had a theory that there are certain things that the human mind is simply not able to have even a conception of what they are like; so far I have been able to think of three; I call them the ultimate unknowns of perception. 1) What it is like to be dead. 2) What you would "see" if you were born without eyes, optic nerves, etc. 3) Visualizing a true higher dimensional space. ie. more than 3 dimensions. Can anyone think of any more "ultimate unknowns"?

I am considering to buy a microscope. I need help; my budget is 350.00. If you would, please direct in the right direction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_Science Just saw these guys last night... they've kind of been in my collective unconscious since I saw Particle Man on Tiny Toons, but I saw their YouTube videos for their latest album, Here Comes Science, and they're pretty awesome. What's especially awesome is they released a follow-up scientifically correct version of " ", called Why Does The Sun Really Shine? (The Sun Is A Miasma of Incandescent Plasma): sLkGSV9WDMA So yeah, some science-loving nerd rock there for ya. As I understand it, the original song is actually a cover of an educational song from the '60s, so no fault to TMBG on that one, because the so…

Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8492625684649921614# Part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1663091361786740235# Dangerous Knowledge is a documentary about the lives of four mathematicians/scientists: Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel, and Alan Turing. The central theme is one of the discovery of the undiscoverable, and being driven mad by it. For example, Cantor was almost driven mad by his continuum hypothesis. Later Gödel attempted to prove the continuum hypothesis himself, and almost went mad trying to before managing to prove it unprovable. All in all it's a very good program and I highly suggest you watch it.

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I was just wondering how some of you got interested in the sciences. To start out with, when I was about six years old my mom and I made little water molecules useing toothpicks and marshmallows. I thought that was so fun, I started to read my dads chemistry books.

when you electrolyse water, does the oxygen at the anode stay as atomic oxygen (O) or combine to form molecular oxygen (O2)?

When im in public places such as the bus, school cafeteria or other places when your around many people i always look down.. reason : Its difficult for me to look in other peoples eyes. And always when i look at someones face when he/her is looking in another direction he/her instantly looks back right into my eyes like he/her knows that im looking at her.. i dont get it, can someone explain why it happens? Even if he/her is 10-15 meters away he/her instantly senses that im looking at him/her :S

I thought it was a pretty good movie. I don't really buy the 'Sumerian' voices, though. It smacks too much of white noise EVP, imo. And if these aliens were here thousands of years ago, why were they in 'apollo-like' rockets rather than the types of ships that can pull children through a ceiling without breaking anything?

in a lab experiment, how would one separate a mixture of N20, NO2, NO and CO?

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Is social media going to kill SEO?

I'm taking the SHSAT soon. For those of you who don't know what it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHSAT Anyone else taking it? And is there a way to lower my stress about this test?

Amiloride Hydrochloride is an antikaliuretic-diuretic agent, it is a pyrazine-carbonyl-guanidine that is unrelated chemically to other known antikaliuretic or diuretic agents. Amiloride HCl is indicated as adjunctive treatment with thiazide diuretics or other kaliureticdiuretic agents in congestive heart failure or hypertension to: help restore normal serum potassium levels in patients who develop hypokalemia on the kaliuretic diuretic;prevent development of hypokalemia in patients who would be exposed to particular risk if hypokalemia were to develop, e.g., digitalized patients or patients with significant cardiac arrhythmias. Amiloride HCl is not an aldosterone …

The "Man arrested for being naked in his own house" thread prompted the subject. While looking up instances/tolerances of public nudity in Europe, I found something interesting online (warning: two naked people). Had to google translate the page yet it didn't get entirely translated, but it seems to be talking about a movie poster with genitilia fully in view (scroll to bottom of webpage), and how possibly it got torn down by an offended group. From previous hearsay, I would've imagined Germany's more accustomed than the U.S. to occasional billboards or advertisements with nudity. Maybe the puritans are gaining numbers there? Or just maybe, Germany wasn't ever r…

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How or why is Primal Therapy not a legitimate topic for discussion in this forum. And why is it iNow has the ability to kill any discussion I start about this important topic. This is a topic that only promotes the common good, the health and well being of mankind. Why of all topics does this one generate such hostility ? I see postings explaining to proven dangerous people how to create dangerous compounds, A-bombs, shit like that. And this topic I post about to promote the well being of mankind gets stomped out of existence because iNow does not agree with it. What the ,,,, kind of forum is this ? ...Dr.Syntax

I need to note that this argument for the validity of Primal Therapy is going to be my words and wording,not those of Dr. Arthur Janov himself. I may very well choose to quote him from time to time and will indicate when I am doing so in the customary way. I do not have Dr.Janov here with me to argue the case for himself ,here in this forum. Dr.Janov does an excellent job of doing just that in the many books he has written on this extremely important subject. A true CURE for neurosis was discovered and developed by Dr.Janov beginning back in the 1960s and his research and development of this revolutionary approach to the treatment and prevention of neurosis is an ongoing …

Alright then SFN. My old phone (a samsung D500) has decided that the battery is low even when on external power and the battery removed. swapping battery doesn't help either. as the only way to stop the alarm is to mutilate the speaker(and make it useless as a phone) i'm going to be getting another. so as my knowledge of mobile phones would be hard stretched to fill a post-it note i'm going to be asking you guys for recommendations. the requirements are:- -can make phone calls -can send texts -has bluetooth -has good battery life(current phone went a week and a half without recharge looking for similar or better) -cheap(-ish parents are buying so i can…