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I tried a search on the forums and didn't find anything. So what kind of jobs are there? Just as a brainstorm. I'm not particularly looking at math applications in physics or geology, but more math-focused. Also, when you find discover something in math, what do you do?

This is the fiirst of this type of email I've ever seen, has anyone seen any similar? Q. How many Forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?? A. 179 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs 1 to move it to the Lighting section 2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section 7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs 5 to flame the spell checkers 3 to correct spelling/grammar flames 6 to a…

So, apparently from the various sources (NY Times, Han's Deposition), it appears that some fairly serious crimes (assisting suicide, reckless endangerment - three felony counts) are being charged almost solely on the statements of the "perpetrator"- for those of you that are entirely unaware of the story, here's how the general understanding goes at the moment: 1. Victor Han, who was having an extramarital affair, drove to Bear Mountain with his wife and 2 children, ages 3 and 5. 2. Victor Han knew, and told the police a fact that nobody else seems to be aware of, that his wife was suicidal. 3. Victor's statements seem to indicate that he thought his wife was not …

Woo! Solstice! Finally we get to see what night-time looks like again!

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I posted the same thing in the debate forum, perhaps it should have really went here, I'm not sure but tell me your thoughts on the following...thoughts...lol, Can any of this be true? What if the past, present, and future were all happening at the same time? What if the subconscious and conscious mind were separated not only in the thought but also time perception? Would it be possible to know your history from beginning to end but not be able to access it? If time was occurring at the past, present, and future, it would be possible to think at all three levels. Ones subconscious state of mind never really perceives time since everything is happening at onc…

I was watching a show on the history channel regarding this and all these religious types claim that there's a code in the bible describing every event in all time and that they've cracked the code using computers, particularily a method called ELS or Equidistant Letter Sequence. I missed all the details but basically a excerpt of text is taken as a matrix which each letter taken as a character with all spaces ignored. For example, the phase "The blonde boy walks the orange dog" would be written as: T H E B L O N D E B O Y W A L K S T H E O R A N G E D O G Then a word of interest is chosen and the computer attmpts to find other words which relate to it…

Revising for Biology exam tomorrow, im so convinced that the formats have changed in all edexcel exams and everythings gone terribly difficult.... Surely I'm not the only one in the country? Maths was evil, Chemistry was evil, god knows what biologys going to be like tomorrow...gd luck all..

It seems to me that in the last decade or more technical know how is no longer so important for companies. I have the impression that personality modes, human networks, who you know, AND ESPECIALLY HOW YOU BEHAVE is much more important. Now this may have always been true to some degree but it seems like companies today don't even know how to judge people or judge by quirks or gut feelings. They ask for alot of knowledge (at least in software, the field I think I know) but in the end it seems that what really counts is AGE, HOW MUCH OVERTIME YOU ARE WILLING TO DO, HOW MUCH YOU LICK ASS etc. I mean even the relationship between work and time at work or working hours is…

Which country(countries) do you suppourt in FIFA-2006 World Cup?Which country you think will win it this time? I suppourt Italy,Japan and Brazil and I think that Brazil will win.

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Personally I think the Wombles would whoop ass, they would just take apart all of the Clanger's weponary and recycle it to create jamming devices that would render the Teletubies superiour technology useless.

News reports are saying that as many as 32 billion people will watch the World Cup. Um... aren't there only 6.5 billion people in the whole world? This statistic was repeated on ABC News tonight and I thought the anchorperson had gone bonkers. But sure enough I did a quick Google and found this story: http://www.dawn.com/2006/06/02/spt15.htm What the heck is going on here? Do I need to run out and buy four more televisions in order to meet my obligation as a human being?!

Okay, is there anything we can do to get more kids interested in science? It's going to be a huge problem in the future if no kids want to go into science. I'm starting to see that most of my friends that used to be love it are no longer interested, and me trying to help them get back into it isn't working. In fact, I only know of 7 out of the 220 or so kids in my sixth grade class like science, and the number is dropping. So what can we, the people, do?

Gmail deleted a picture from one of my mails long ago, but the problem has not reoccured (as of lately). I'm somewhat uneasy about emailing pictures to my Gmail; however, the space/organization offered seems to appease my storage needs. Anyone ever have this picture problem?

Does anyone still play the original Halo on PC? I've started playing it again recently, just joined/accepted into the NR (Northern Rebels) clan. Just wondering if anyone here plays? (I now play as {NR}JMM - say hi if you see me!)

Anyone know the story behind this?

Since I joined Ive spent alot of time on this form reading threads and it seem like there are quite a few very bright individuals here. I was just wondering what level of education some of you have completed and are looking to complete? I have an AS in biology and mathematics. Im starting my junior year this fall to persue a BA in electrical engineering and looking to attend medical school afterwards.

I'm going to enter the The Greater St. Louis Science Fair and I need to do good enough to qualify for the big nationwide one. Looking through last years winners everyone did a bio project with the exception of one involving a hydrogen fuel cell. I'm going to do a purely computer science project. It might have relationships to biology or robotics but the heart of it is going to consist of good old code. There are several types of projects you can do, I'm doing an "Invention" type. Here's the info on that: When creating an invention study, first look for a problem to solve. So basically I'm looking for some type of problem I can solve or proce…

Hey anyone know of a website I could By these at? PLease!!!!

I couldn`t knock off laughing last night at one of our cats, it was That funny that I thought I`de share it, and hope you`ll share some of yours also! we`ve not long lived in this house (moved in Feb this year 06) naturaly as a BBQ fanatic I wasted no time getting one set up in my back yard, to which a few days later next door bought one also (identical as it happens). yesterday was VERY hot outside and has been all week, appart from today, yesterday was the hottest day we`ve had in ages! we had all doors and windows open and the cat`s like to play in the back yard and all was well. next door ( a couple with teenage kids) were having a right old argument he`de even…

Anyone else taking them this year? Or I spose have just finished them? I'm doing AS and did: Edexcel Physics (with Nuclear/Particle as my choice) which was good Edexcel Chemistry: C1+2 were easy, C3 a bit harder, but nothing I can't handle! OCR ICT: Well apart from being the most boring course ever invented (and I can quote a professor of Computing at Imperial College who also called it "the most boring course" after seeing his sons do it) the test itself wasn't bad, although as always with OCR ICT it's about what's on the mark scheme, not how good your answer is. Edexcel Maths: C1+2+3, M1+2, S1.... C3 I was having a bad day and didn't like at all. M2 …

I am paying 10 buck a month extra for a package that gives me the discovery channel. It's the only channel I really would pay extra for. I started watching the first day I got my express Vu (Canadian Sat. for those who have not heard of it). I realise now how horrible it is. It plays "Dirty Jobs" and "How it's made" for like 14 hours of the day. Then you got American chopper, Hot Rod, Boating, Flying, Horses, Cows. Once in a blue moon I've seen something interesting like the construction of LHC. Where is all the physics/biology/psychology/chemistry? I am praying half the time that PBS has something on... Is this just the Canadian verision? I admit we are kinda slo…

How did we know what to eat and what not to eat in the beginnings??? Someone must have taken the risk of eating something to find out if it was eatable or not!! A lot of people must have died eating something they should not have!! BUT, how do animals know what to eat and what not to eat?

Forget physics or trying to end world hunger. The real debate is about this subject. I definitly say Spiderman. oh and yes, i have abolutlely NO life.