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any body seen india??????? or 4m india?

Taking the world cup, soccer has been on my mind for some time. I was thinking of a formation which is rather unusual but I can't figure out if it is legal in soccer terms or not. Well my first formation was a Circle. This way the ball stays inside the circle, the opposing team cant get it unless they foul one of the players ( taking that the circle is tight enough.) But my brother suggested that if they pass it to each other behind a defender it would be offside. So i came up with a better plan. umm.. 1 player in center, 3 players on one side, 4 players on second side.. joining those sides, 1 player at both ends. looks like.. --…

The fact that redbull has warnings that say "red bull doesn't actually give you wings" in it's commercial make me very sad. Here in Canada Tim Horton cups have warnings like "This coffee is hot". -_-' The hell! How will this evolve? How far will it go? Commerical: A friendly message from your local police "Please don't step in front of cars." maybe shoes with instructions... Place feet in shoes. stand up, move one leg foward and then the other, balance is key. I tell you, it's hard to optimisic with this world.

Hey all, I was wondering if there is anyway to record internet radio broadcasts. thanks

Place your bets now please...

http://www.slate.com/id/2142547/ I think everyone can admit that mechanized production of meat, milk, and eggs has resulted in factory farms with deplorable conditions, and we should all at least feel bad for the way in which our food is produced (however it hasn't stopped me from eating eggs, milk, cheese, etc.) Is this the solution? Can we have our meat and eat it too?

Is it possible we will ever come to a point where we can not only decode the genome of other species rapidly, but learn how to program in the language of DNA? Is it possible we will learn how to use DNA sequences to create our own species, their own genome, cellular structure, and organs upward?

The ubiqitous light bulb that lights up our home with the flick of a switch is now hundred years old. In 1876, Thomas A. Edison set up his home and research laboratory on the site of an unsuccessful real estate development in Raritan Township called Menlo Park. It was in the Menlo Park Laboratory that Thomas Edison came up with his most famous inventions, including the phonograph and electric light. Christie Street was the first street to use electric lights for illumination. Edison subsequently moved his lab to West Orange in 1883. (Reference.com) I think Thomas Alwa Edison will remain on this earth till the last ray of Light remains.

1. THR 2. RHR 3. WHR All of the above have something to do with the heart. I didn't catch where those are used. It's in our Physical Education class. Please, help! Thanks a bunch!

Simple question. Would you buy a hybrid car (assuming you had the money) or would you stick with a conventional one? Take into consideration any factor you wish.

http://www.originsdebate.com is an SFN-affiliated site devoted to the creation / evolution controversy. I'd encourage anyone who is interested to sign up and help us get the site started!

Do you believe (know) that certain advertisements and commercials can have negative effects on social behaviour?

A fairly self explanatory title, give a few reasons why your home town is just plain awesome. Here's mine (other residents, please add): The south-east (and the south, and the east) of England --- and why it is the best place on Earth Naturally the first part of Southern England that comes to mind is London, the ultimate market town. As Rome was built as a millitary strong-hold, London was built as a shopping district and so it still remains. There are many equally sized cities that don't have anything like the amount of market places, and that is market places as in people at stalls, selling stuff, outside. Every market place has it's own awesome atmospher…

hey every1~! Over the summer I am kind of free and was wondering to get my hands dirty on a musical instrument. I like all kind of music, and all kinds of instruments... But I want to choose one instrument that is easier to learn... I am thinking about guitar.... but I am not sure whether it'd take me a lot of time.... What instrument do you recommend and why?

SFN is now four years old! /me gets out the firecrackers

Shuud thar be simplifid speling in the every day English language (yooz this questun for the pol abuv)? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060705/ap_on_re_us/simpl_wurdz

Whose more likely to take over the world, YT, or Azure Phoenix. If you'd like to add yourself into the group of people who will take over the world, please feel free to do so. Azure phoenix has the, "I'm cute, and sweet, and attractive, and I'd never hurt anybody" thing going for her, so people would be much, much less suspecting, they would be like, "Ahhh, a sweet little girl", right before she enslaves them all. Meanwhile, YT has an IQ of (I believe he posted this in the IQ thread) 193, so he could use his enormous cranial powers to outwit his opponents, and build an army of Tyrannical machines. Whose your money on?

One year ago today, suicide bombers attacked the London underground, killing and injuring many people. I figured a moment of silence is in order, to pay our respects to the dead.

He's an illegal alien, a vigilante, and he regularly causes millions of dollars worth of property damage. Feel free to add anything I missed. Should be arrested?

Warning... this thread may contain spoilers. I just saw the movie yesterday, and I had to laugh at a shuttle being launched off a 747. Even if this is possible (is it?) the force required to launch the shuttle into space would be really great, so wouldnt it push the 747 backwards too much. They didn't show that at all in the movie though. Not to mention the amount of fuel it would take for a 747 to carry a space shuttle.

if using windows and trying to copy/paste long article names (i.e., with linebreaks) into a search box, the search-string terminates at the first line break. i.e., Hello, i am a scientific article. Smith J. copy/paste it, and you'll end up searching for "Hello, i am", which sucks. to fix, in firefox, type about:config into the address bar and hit return, copy/paste editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines into the address bar, right-click on the line that comes up, select change value, and set it to 2. now, you can paste multiple lines into the searchbox. The teminate-at-first-line-break behaviour bugged me so much, and I was so happy when i found t…

I am so tired of seeing dating web sites that claim you will find "happiness". They should be taken off the Internet because dating is completely pointless. There is absolutely no sense in deciding that you want a boyfriend or girlfriend and then go "looking" for one. You will never find true happiness by dating. You must wait until you find the perfect person. You should find somebody with a great personality, and somebody who will really care about you forever. You must find someone who cares about you for who you really are, not who you can pretend to be. I am a guy, but I must say that the way most guys treat their girlfriends is just awful. They often c…

I have an idea for an easily constructed weapon of mass destruction, which I was thinking about selling the tech to the U.S government. The advantage of this weapon, is it only kills life, and leaves everything else alone, and requires very, very little resources to operate. It could concievably be much more destructive than a nuclear bomb, in terms of the total death toll, but has no long term negative effects on the land where it is used(other than everything dying, which could be replenished by planting new seeds and stuff, and adding bacteria and what not). I feel ethical qualms about doing this however... I was thinking about getting into the business…

I have a doubt, We see many Setup.exe files that sets up a software, i want to know how can i create a setup wizard. Im not so great in computers, but i think i can learn a lot from you guys! Thanks in advance!

Have any of you have bought anything of http://www.ukvisco.com/ before? I ordered fuse off them two weeks ago and it still hasn't come despite them advertising 2-5 day delivery. I've emailed them several times but they will not reply so i'm pretty pissed off. Anyway do any of you know if it's a credibile site?