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With Apple's announcement of the video iPod yesterday (and subsequent explosion of stock value), I thought it might be interesting to run a little poll on whether people think that video download service (e.g. paying $1.99 to download last night's episode of "Lost") will take off. Before deciding, you may want to read this interesting analysis by Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and the HD Net network (an ardent blogger). He points out a number of potential benefits of this kind of service that are not immediately obvious, such as long-term availability of low-popularity (but existing fan-base) shows (ala Firefly), and that it provides an entirely new revenu…

(this turned out longer than I thought it would - bear with me please) Hi, i'm a history major at the University of Michigan - Dearborn Campus. I've been having some problems lately because i've become increasingly uninterested in law, politics & religion (which are things that history seems to rotate around) and more interested in the sciences. I come from a highschool that was very underfunded in science and, as a result, don't know much about Biology, Chemistry or Physics, eventhough I still have a fascination with them. I've tried taking a college level Bio class and only received a B-, although I found the subjects more fascinating than any of the his…

I just got this in my Myspace.com profile I made yesterday ( I was bored ). Who in in the planet earth would fall for this? Is this some sort of sick joke? I cant believe the nigerian money scam has mutated into this garbage... ----------------- Original Message ----------------- From: becky Date: Mar 15, 2006 8:35 PM Hello,My Real name is becky micheal Iam into computer engineeering Iam 26 years Old i leave in new jersey but i was born in mexico I contacting you and showing some intrest in you.Cos when i went through ur profile i really liked it and found both of us %99 compatible,the only %1 missing is that right now am not home,am stucked up in a…

anyone have thoughts on this? Anyone concerned? Seems were more concerned with our gas reservations than the current population spike.

is there a simple arrangement of mirrors that would be able to combine two individual beams of light into one single beam?

what happens if you put a mirror infront of a laser video projector? will the video be reflected like normal light would?

Hi all! I just made a SFN quich search addon for Firefox (For the dropdown menu by the Go button). It can be found here - if you have any problems drop me a line If I get time I'll make it work with the sidebar too but I have a lot of school work right now so don't count on it at this time Cheers, Ryan Jones

Hey people. I am planing on declaring a major in geology and I was just wondering if there are some geologists that can tell me what to expect, if geology is a good field, or just give me any advise. what schools did you go to, how did it go? what are you doing now? are there better areas in geology than others? anything you can give me would be helpfull. Thanks Lucas.

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I couldn't find any technology forums on here, so I'll just put this joke on here: Ferrari's Driving School Here is your chance to learn how to drive like the pros in the first N.A. Ferrari Driving School. The catch? Ferrari owners only. I laughed at this after I done read it. If you DO have a Ferrari, then the link is: http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/as/minishow/article.aspx?contentID=4023025&s=CIAS2006.

you can buy Chuck Norris's soul on eBay.

We all want to know, what does your username and avatar mean? My username: my name IRL is Juliet, but at the time I was signing up for the board I wanted something a little more anonymous. I dont know why I chose "In My Memory", but I really liked the sound of it when it came to mind. My avatar: its a cartoon of me, and actually its not a bad resemblance. It was created with Yahoo! Avatars. Trivia and other things you probably didnt know: I found out some time ago that "In My Memory" is the name of a trance-styled CD, which takes its name from one of the songs on the disc. I bought the CD to see if it was any good, and the song "In My Memory" itself is a…

Hello! Could you tell me where I can find list of unpromising science directions (researches)? I trying to search this list on MIT site, but .... Please, if anybody knows - tell me! -- Vysokovskikh Sergey, Russia, Volgograd State Technical University (VSTU)

So what movies do you just love? Here's my list: The Godfather -- if you didnt like this movie, you are dead to me Fargo Insomnia One Hour Photo -- a desperately underrated movie Silence of the Lambs Equillibrium -- a dystopian movie based loosely on 1984 Pulp Fiction A Clockwork Orange One Flew of the Cuckoos Nest The Shining (the one with Jack Nicholson) The Breakfast Club Thirteen American History X Menace II Society -- probably my favorite in the list I have the best taste in movies ever

As this has been mentioned quite a lot, I thought we might as well give this a try. In order to keep this as civilized as possible, please read this carefully and make sure you re-read what you've written before you hit the post button! In this thread, you are allowed to nominate one member for each of the following six categories: Most Helpful Member: who gives the best answers in the nicest way? Most Knowledgeable Member: who displays the most consistent knowledge in any (or many) fields? Most Interesting Member: who's posts are a must read for their diverse content? Best Debater: the member who you think uses the best debating techniques on the forums.…

A truely interesting game, has a good amount of flow to it. It somewhat reminds me of the first part of the game Spore, the single celled organism part atleast. Once you play the game, you truely loose track of time, so watch it. http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/

Anybody got any more cool words like Galeanthropy (Im looking at you Greg 1917)

Live through a species' evolution and influence the way it lives its life by sculpting its body and its surroundings. From single-cell all the way through to a huge civilisation of animals, could this be the best game ever? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330420559198 Warning its a 30 minute video, so 56 k people sorry not for you. but jusr remember the name "spore"

Quite a random thing happened today walking home, as I managed to bump into Anthony Stewart Head who's the guy who plays Giles from 'Buffy the vampire slayer' and the prime minister in 'Little britain'. I was quite taken aback at first, but my friend who's obsessed with Buffy, ran over to him hystericaly so I joined her and ended up talking to him for quite a while. He was genuinely a really nice guy and I found out his daughter, who im going to have to ''befriend'' is due to join my college in september. Anyway, have any of you met or know anyone thats famous?

When you read a book, what voice are you reading with? When you read this text, your mind is saying the words, but in whose voice. Yours? Mine varies. As an example, when I read something by Carl Sagan, its his voice I "hear", and now that I've heard Lisa Randall, I hear her sometimes. I want to know what others "hear", or do you just hear what you think is you? Bettina

An amazing forum of paleontology diskussions http://www.infohub.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=299 advice to vist it =)

I did a search and couldn't find anything on it here, so go visit http://www.pandora.com. Just enter your favorite music artist and it will play related music that you may never have heard if not for Pandora.

Howdy, This site gives a pretty interesting point of view of how you brain is working and what may happen when you die. http://www.rmcybernetics.com/science/cybernetics/ai_vision_perception_brain.htm Does anyone know of any research done in this area? Specificaly what is happening as you run out of O2 Cheers, DaveyJones

As suggested by RyanJ I think we (users) should make a SFN staff award/poll. First question is what categories? We could use similar categories to the users awards: 1. Most helpful 2. Most knowledgeable 3. Most interesting 4. Best debater 5. Most enjoyable I removed the "most imporved" category (what do you think?). And here are some new ideas: 6. Best at moderating 7. Who would (when the time is right) be the most likely to be promoted to admin? What do you guys think? Feel free to suggest more.

This thread goes back to my school days when I used to listen to 'Steve Wright in the afternoon' on bbc radio one...it's quite simple, just follow the title. A few examples. I wish this spot was on the end of my nose. (SFN specific) No wonder creationism is popular, the evidence is irrefutable. I wish they'd bring back window tax, it makes so much sense.