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Rogue Scientist Has Own Scientific Method TALLAHASSEE, FL—Only months after abandoning a tenured position at Lehigh University, maverick chemist Theodore Hapner managed to disprove two of the three laws of thermodynamics and show that gold is a noxious gas, turning the world of science—defined for centuries by exhaustive research, painstaking observation, and hard-won theories—completely on its head. The brash chemist, who conducts independent research from his houseboat, has infuriated peers by refusing to "play by the rules of Socrates, Bacon, and Galileo," calling test results as he sees them, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. "If you're looki…

ok another strange think happened to me today. you may have read my other post about reverse visions.. Today, i was really tired, so i had a sleep. This was about 5pm. When i was in the bathroom and got undressed, i noticed several scratch/blood marks on my stomach. The are deep cuts not done by finger nails. One was in the shape of a coss. how did this happen? does ir mean something?

Say there's a quack and that wants to gain credibility as a scientist. And he does two things: 1) He makes up a PhD from a good University. Say Berkeley. 2) He claims a professorship to a university but never had one. Say Harvard. Is it illegal to do so? What action can be taken against you for you to stop? Can either of the universities sue the quack? Is Berkeley's legal options different from Harvard's? What else can happen?

It is hypothesized that at one point the entire homosapien species may have had population numbers below the 1,000s. One bad flu strain and we may never have gotten past that number - we may never have even left any evidence behind that we were here. And yet, those ancient ancestors of ours (assuming you are a human who is reading this;) ) were every bit as intelligent as you and I. Bring one of them forward in time and they could learn calculus, Java programming, how to do taxes maybe even. So it tickles my mind, the notion, that at some point in Earth's past there may have been very small populations of some species that was intelligent, perhaps just as much as you …

I was just wondering if the resident experts have moderating powers. simple curiosity.

Check this out.... I thought of YT when a friend showed it to me. EDIT: (From Pangloss) Be advised that you may want to turn down your sound when viewing this short film! Bee

http://scholar.google.com/ Search through journal articles, abstracts and other scholarly literature I recently found this website and thought it was neat.

Well, I've had a grilling about using the internet at work, and my posts in the evening are usually when I've had a couple, or my heads fried from studying, so they're usually pretty lame. In fact my posts have really taken a nose dive recently, I've had a lot to cope with...study, work and other stuff (although they weren't ever particularly inspiring...but hey), thanks all for making it a thoroughly enjoyable year, I've really enjoyed chatting to everyone. I'll probably be back when I've finished my degree (a couple of years or so), so I have something decent to contribute. Good luck to everyone with any plans you have, and hopefully I'll speak to you all …

Wonder what was happened if Einstein wasn't invented the nuclear bomb? Does it was invented by someone else? When? Thanks,

What if our solar system is an atom of a superior being??

Is anyone else offended by how recklessly this term is bandied about, particularly by those who want you to accept something largely on faith without evidence? I've heard "the truth" used in a few different contexts lately: 1. By IDiots - Harun Yahya offers you an invitation to the truth 2. By 9/11 conspiracy theorist nuts - Despite all claims that they want to know "the truth about 9/11", they don't care to rationally examine the evidence. To them, the "truth" is their preconceived view. Is there anyone claiming to know "the truth" who isn't completely bonkers?

Now im not saying that these men arent guilty and i think they should be in jail, but i dont know how they can be arrested. They say that it is because they were chatting with a minor about explicit acts and that when they are going to the homes that they were going to have sex with a minor. That may be so but the people they chatted with were legal adults pretending to be minors. Just because they say they are minors, it doesnt mean that they were. Sure you can show intent but they never actually broke a law. What do you guys think about this?

I was looking at maps.google.country (com or de for germany) and comparing random american suburbs with german suburbs. Both countries are similar since it seems that most people live in single family homes (or at most a few families) with gardens or yards around them. However there is alot of insight you can perceive of the differences between the 2 countries just by looking at the satellite images. The US seems to have alot more infrastructure as far as malls and shopping centers go. There are also alot more highways, roads and generally wider and larger roads. The suburbs in the US tend to go on for miles and merge into other towns. Germany doen't seem to have mal…

Ok someone PLEASE explain to me why the heck we can't stop thinking about a stupid song? It keeps playing over and over and over and over and over ad-infinitum in our head and doesn't leave. And to make it worse, it's always a crappy song. Hell, I can remember one time a few years back I could not get that stupid Britney Spears song "Hit me baby" out of my damn head . So my question is, why does the brain decide to torture the being so?

Remember when you could get that free USB dongle from microsoft ? it sayd to wait 2-3 months for it to arrive... i havent seen mine yet.. anyone recieved theirs ?

I had a dream a couple of nights ago that was so awesome and vivid I thought I'd share it with all of you. I dreamt I awoke in my bed, and found the largest of my snails (Sonic) had crawled next to me. It's shell was soft, and the tip of the shell was missing, so I rushed to the bathroom where the light was better to se what was wrong. For some reason I fathomed the snail was symbolic of life evolving from nothing...the spiral of the shell growing larger with the snail appearing as it branched out. As the tip was missing the snail was telling me I had access to alternate realities. I went back to bed, and woke again. I was half asleep and I tried to walk across my…

http://www.myspace.com/nazareth_lol LMAO!

Well, I'm finally back. Sorry for the absence, but King Ghidora, Gamera, and Mecha-Mokele all were giving me trouble at once in addition to my usual duties of leveling Tokyo. In all seriousness, it's just been an insanely busy couple of quarters, but thing are lightening up now, and in a few weeks I'll be totally done with classes, and can concentrate on my thesis. It looks like it's been quite busy here, and thanks to everyone who asked after me in my absence! Mokele

I'm sure many of you will disagree, but I think pepperami's rock. In fact they're doing 3 for a quid at my local shop...anyway, I noticed on the side of the packet (a few weeks ago) that a pepperami contains 108% pork !?! As well as spices, pork fat and garlic powder. How can a pepperami contain 108% pork, should I get in contact with the manufacturer, and tell them this is impossible. EDIT: It's actually spelt peperami.

Mocking of Video killed the radio star. (.mp3)

I found this website via stumble button. It's really great. IT uses a java program where you can put in the music via keyboard or even humming or whisting the tune. And, you can choose from genres and it'll find the tune. You don't even have to get all the notes right or anything. It's pretty crazy.

I can manage 40 in 30 seconds. not bad.

Let's say that I discovered something that would completely, positively, scientificly proven product that burned fat until a person was down to a healthy weight. How much money would a company give someone that came up with something like this? Seeing as how if something like this was discovered and sold to a company, they would stand to make billions, I would think 50-100 million would sound like a reasonable price.

I am having a problem connecting to IRC blackcobalt server.Is there some problem with the server?Even the java link will not work.

I am having some major frustration around verifiability and falsifiability...could someone explain it to me in simple terms? I have a philosophy paper due and we need to evaluate a test, determine the prediction and comment on whether the test meets verifiability and falsifiability. Now...granted I can squeak by this and try to describe it away...but I really want to understand it and I am getting confused each and every time I re-read the definitions...can someone help? thank you sooooo much!!!