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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!!!

Hi I'm ne to the whole forum thing and I have a specific reason for joining, curiosity... I want to know if anyone can help me with my problem? How will I go about to determine the mass of an unknown object without dusing a scale of any kind or density, i.e. the displacement of water. Thank you in advance

What is the history behind giving the winning "CUP" to the winners!! Its practiced worldwide! Anyone know what the story is?

what do you think about this? Should we have a poll? Should we have a debate? Or is it a non-issue. Can you treat someone with kindness and respect and at the same time laugh at them? Suppose I or some other staff (some supermoderator or local expert or the like) makes of their own volition a pompous statement that seems ridiculous to you. Suppose you cant think of any reasonable response but laughter----it seems too silly to argue with. What should you do? Well probably this has never happened. Our mods are cool people and they never pontificate and say clueless stuff. BUT SUPPOSE SOME TIME ONE DID! What would be the legitimate, socially responsible reactio…

Thought i ought to start a thread where people can ask questions share advise, as it is the season etc etc. Anyway, on a database is a currency field, alphanumeric or numeric?

How are gasoline prices going elsewhere (I am in Oregon, USA)? We are back over $3/gallon, and finally, polls say many people want smaller vehicles, and hybrids. I do trust the market here to force people out of their bad habits. There are many 'hog' trucks in a little rural city like Grants Pass and if these people are hurting I am not sorry. Are Europe, Australia, etc., seeing such a rise from your previous price levels? (I get 30 mi/gal in my Subaru wagon with piano tuning tools and parts),

I ask this question as the risk of being OT (i) to find out more about where eveyone is coming from and (ii) to get some good picks. My list would be, although not necessarily in this order: 1. The Navigator (not Flight of the Navigator-it was a complete suprise to me) 2. To Kill A Mockingbird (no one did decency like Gregory Peck) 3. House of Games (the characters were so appealingly twisted); 4. Saving Private Ryan (I thought I appreciated the Greatest Generation but after the first few minutes I knew my gratitude did not run deeply enough; any movie that can instantly change your POV within the first few minutes is a great movie); and, 5. Contact (not…

I'm working on a "short film" of sorts and I'm looking for computer-generated animations of atoms. I'm not talking about cheezy little gifs, I'm looking for something that's good quality. Anyone know where I can find some? Also, anyone know the legality of using short clips (~10 seconds) of other peoples work in a free film? I'm guessing it's not legal without permission...but I see them all over the internet.

This word... for example, you work from 9 to 5 and your shift is 9 to 5, right?

Hi all! I just love watching things getting demolished and I found this one this morning: http://hansv.com/trojan_implosion/ Looked pretty impressive, just though someone would be interested Cheers, Ryan Jones

This is a pretty awesome documentary about the Singularity: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1079797626827646234

This is a film put out by the Immortality Institute. I'll be the first to admit that these people are a little nuts, and the whole film comes off that way. But still, it's awesome: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6581761732541483047 The basic ideas are: Immortality is the ultimate goal of medical science. Medical science will soon be extending human lifespans in faster than realtime, i.e. procedures will add more time to human lifespans than the time it takes to develop them. Once this happens, humans (who have access to life extension technologies) will essentially be immortal. The film also discusses transhumanism and the Singularity. Yay!