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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3132857754400064872 Notice the collapse sequence. The same collapse sequence laid out in the NIST report: 1) North penthouse collapses 2) Seconds pass 3) South penthouse begins to collapse 4) The rest of the building collapses Have you ever seen a controlled demolition occur in such a fashion? Or is this video more consistent with an internal structural failure?

So, was riding along a sidestreet today... one that's particularly narrow without any bike lanes, and a car came up behind me, hoking its horn as it came up right behind me. I was riding particularly fast and swerved to the right side of the road... clipped the edge of the pavement and lost control. I now have some pretty nasty scars on my right leg and arm, some on the side of my face, and I broke my glasses. And they didn't even have the courtesy to stop and ask if I was alright. Guess they were in a hurry. Hope you're happy! Asshole

why do people get so upset about a baby being murdered but most people don't really care about abortion?

Amusing Microsoft Surface parody:

http://www.moillusions.com/2007/06/spinning-sihouette-optical-illusion.html it works, but how???

Jesus Christ, how does this happen!!! I am the king of gayness

I'm going to make some beer, I haven't done this before so does anyone have any advice or some websites they could point me to or amusing anecdotes about what maybe should be avoided?

I think there are some pessimism who always feel everything so pessimistic. Why don't we have some institutions that people could just pay and sign agreements so that they will be injected with a tube that is filled with chemicals--ethuanasia--that they will die eventrually and happily. Seriously, we don't need pessimisms in this world, letting them live on, it would only regress our progress of researching "how to extend life-span."

Ok, so I've been laughing for years at white kids holding their pants with one hand, sporting a cleverly original crooked ball cap and talking ebonics with rapper sign language. Now my son is doing it... Is this some kind of cruel joke? There really is a god isn't there...and he's paying me back huh? So, I'm wondering about other's experiences with this phenomenon. I have a strong aversion to it. It looks so stupid to me. I know, I know...I was stupid too as a teenager, growing long hair (which I still have to this day), cutting up my concert shirts and putting holes in my jeans. I've always said I wouldn't care what kind of freaky hair thing my …

This is not a religion bashing thread. This is more like a religion reconciling thread. I see a lot of anti-religious sentiments on this forum from time to time. This is expected, of course, being a science forum and all, and its not always unjustified. After all, religions, particularly pre-modern western religions, have a bad track record for making life miserable for people. But what I wonder is what makes a religion "bad"? A lot of people hold the view that religion itself is bad - plain and simple. One must defining "religion" first before making such a bold claim, of course, but I guess what the view boils down to is that any kind of ideology that is meant t…

http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2007/06/ipod_iching_hab_plan_by_2010.php Steinn is an astrophysicist He does auguries with his iPod, using an ancient Chinese method taken from the iChing book. he asks a question and sets his iPod to randomize and listens to the next 10 songs. This time he asks: will we have robust detection of candiates for genuinely habitable extrasolar planets around nearby main sequence stars by 2010? And, if so, can you tell us more... Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh. * The Covering: Never-Played Symphonies - Morrissey * The Crossing: Sexuality - Billy Bragg * The Crown: Barnið Sefur - Uta…

I've been wanting to read the book "A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME", but I've never known how good and knowledgeble this book is.

I had to share this with you guys (sorry if you've already seen it), I'm in disturbed bewilderment...this will certainly give the 'star wars kid' a run for his money. Prepare to be erm, well just watch it, and you'll see what I mean... (by the way, there's swearing in the comments below the video)

I don't think this belongs in the pseudoscience section, because everything I am describing is simple, accepted science and activities, but applied in a way to make us think about infinity. Let's say that you were driving in a Volkswagen Beetle and your MPG is, say, 20. You add 300 pounds of bricks to the back seat, and your MPG decreases to, say, 15. The accuracy of these numbers isn't very relevant. Now, you keep removing bricks, and your MPG creeps further and further back toward 20, but doesn't reach it. Finally, you remove everything from the car that wasn't there previously, except one electron, or 1/1840th of a Dalton. Will your MPG be affected by 1 e…

I just bought the book "The Age of Fable" by Thomas Bulfinch, and I was wondering could the book (which was written in 1855) be inaccurate on, or is there a more updated modern version.

aside from blocking them, im curious if anyone knows of a way to not display your profile and away message to a specific user.

Assuming you are the President of USA if a group of scientists came to you having strong evidence for an alien civilization what will you do.

Statistically speaking if nothing else, who is more likely to generate the most dangerous men on earth? Or, creative scenario, if I had to choose one person to go on a mission you only see in the movies or video games, where would I be looking? SEALs? Green Berets? Black Ops Agents? Some foreign hardcore special forces unit I haven't heard of? Boxing Federation? Ultimate Fighting Championship? Kung-fu temple in china?

For the cyclists amongst us, what's your ride? Mine's a Schwinn Le Tour. Umm, what is there to say about it... it has a giant 63cm frame, which means with the seat post entirely down it fits me quite well. It's a speedy roadie and does a great job getting me around town. I've been bouncing around the idea of doing a single speed modification on it, as my daily commute is virtually flat, but considering that Boulder is somewhat hilly (being nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains) I've been somewhat reluctant.

And guess what, no bombs required: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/06/purdue_research.html You can view the animation here: http://www.cs.purdue.edu/cgvlab/papers/popescu/popescuWTCVIS07.mov The question is... will this change anything regarding the doubts of 9/11 conspiracy theorists regarding the collapse of the twin towers?

This isn't really a new observation, but I witnessed this odd behaviour a few days ago on the way back from work...and I'm a little puzzled. I've noticed that some people when crossing a road, and they've narrowly avoided an oncoming car, that they giggle like idiots. So this I guess is just a reaction of relief, 'wow, that was close.' However, I can't recall seeing the same behaviour with other near accident / death situations i.e the immediate reaction is to giggle. I'm probably wrong, I've only witnessed a few close calls (in real life) that would warrant a 'holy crap, I could of died then' but there was certainly no giggling involved. 'Oh, that car nearly…

...and I don't want to throw them away, without measuring I'd say I've got more than five meters of the stuff in two pieces. Its old and probably not very good and I could get a brand new cable of that length for a few quid, but still, it feels wrong to just throw it away. I was thinking that maybe I could use it for Science, but I'm not sure how. This might be my inspiration for starting a radio signal related project (although the component that I already have is by far the cheapest out of what I'd need for something like that), any ideas? Any coaxial cable related experiments that can be done cheaply?

OK, here's the deal: You've just won the grand prize in a contest, a robot that will take over one set of household chores and perform them flawlessly. When the robot is not performing it's duty it hides away and takes up no space. The robot will function at no cost to you for the rest of your life. You have to choose what set of chores the robot will take over. The choices are very strict since the robot needs to be designed specifically for a limited skillset. The choices are: Gardener: Maintains your current exterior landscaping, including lawnmowing, watering, weeding, fertilizing and trimming. Will maintain your vegetable garden but won't harvest. Bags …

Sometimes it's interesting to see places where SFN is referenced http://www.google.com/custom?domains=www.wholinks2me.com&q=www.scienceforums.net&sa=Google+Search&sitesearch=&client=pub-1596829452635297&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&flav=0000&sig=xz8IPeIrBZCNsOPR&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A003366%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A230%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wholinks2me.com%2Fimages%2Flogo.gif%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wholinks2me.com%3BFORID%3A1&hl=en Having looked at that I came across an…

this afternoon at school has been awesome. There was enough kidneys in biology for me to be able to dissect one by my myself. ^.^ How I love dissections! The only thing i don't like is the latex after smell of my hands...the smell of the dissection i don't have a problem with..its the smell of the latex gloves...>.<