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Would you give someone your name if they asked for it here (on SFN)? Or let's change that a bit... what's your name*? *Name refers to first name and surname e.g. Bob Smith

I keep dropping hints, but i havent heard much since. Any of such going to be put on offer? For Good Behaviour , or to buy?

I know I am not alone on this one, but there are obviously different levels of agreement on it... How do most of you feel about the scientific field these days? Do you think quality of science and thinkers is going down? It seems to me that more and more I find myself rolling up my eyes when talking science to colleagues and even supervisors. It boggles me how ignorant and at the same time how cocky the scientific community appears to be. Maybe the reason for it is just because I am actually learning and realizing I/we know nothing about the world/how nature actually works, or maybe it's a result of overpopulation taking an effect in the scientific community (bi…

http://www.wasteage.com/mag/waste_technology_process_converts/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/967192/posts http://www.acfnewsource.org/science/turkey_trash.html so, why does gas cost so much? here, it is over $2 and in california it is $3. i heard it is much more in europe. i heard in germany, it is around $6 per gallon. if we can make gas out of trash and turkey guts, why do we have so many landfills and why do we pay so much for gas?

who would have thought that you could build an x-ray machine for under 200 dollars(american)?http://unitednuclear.com/xray.htm

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Hello all, I had a question I was debating with someone over drigas . If you have 20 gallons of gasoline, and due to sitting or the inside of the metal gas tank sweating , it has an additional gallon of water in it. How much DriGas is required to "displace" that gallon of water, making it burnable/combustable, and thus not affecting ther engine? He says its a one to one ratio. (It'll take an additional gallon of Drigas to fix the problem? I'm saying less then a quart is needed.

Although it has risen regularly over time, A friend has a a son whose IQ score (combined) is 89. He did pass part of a statewide mandated test this year. There were two sections and he passed the English section and was just short of passing the math section, literally only a few points away from passing. He gets average grades, rarely anything below a C. He was adopted when he was 5 from another country and he was below the height and weight for a normal child his age, WAY below, so perhaps nutrition played a role in his IQ, not just genetics. Nearly 8 years later, his grammatical and writing skills lag below his peers, which makes me wonder if college would ever be an o…

Would it be safe and efficient to run a natural gas Bunsen burner with LPG?

just wondered... sure that the poll will show the results, dunno what actualy posts will be posted!

Hello, I put a box on a scale to see how heavy it was. The scale only went up to ten kilos but the box was heavier than that. However the needle did spin around 1.5 times so I figured the box was about 15kgs. Then someone came out with the comment, "You're no scientist, are you! It's not a linear scale. Once it goes past that point it is no longer accurate." Is that true. TIA, Jez

Have any of you ever seen a harvest moon? I did once, and it was amazing. Just sharing.

I hope a thread isn't already going for this, couldnt see one! Just wondered what everyone's thoughts were on the Spielberg/Cruise Sci-Fi movie? I can't wait personally! Looks great Anyway, the official site is here waroftheworlds.com I run a website on it, the link is in my signature..... great forum here by the way!

A quick an easy poll this time around. Don't forget to add your reasoning!

I think that this is a site that everyone on the internet should see at least once. www.transbuddha.com i no it has nothing to do with science but soemtimes they post science things on the site and its very funny

Is anyone here an amateur radio operator? Like, short wave, 2 meter, etc, or even CB? I'm pretty interested in it right now, even though I don't have any equipment. I was just wondering if there are any hams here.

I have not had the chance to venture outside of the western side of North America. I read about and see different parts of the world, but I am more interested on experiencing it on a more personal level. What is your city/town/state/country like? What do you enjoy about the people, places, culture or landscape? What do people in your area do for recreation? Whats the educational system like? What sports are popular? And anything else you would like to share about your area?

Try this site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/ what did you get? (If it's better than mine post a print screen... just as proof, then anyone who beats that post a print screen - I haven't seen anyone else play this game so I don't know how mine rates against others yet, and I've only tried it 3 times so far!) As you can it was that sheep3 that dragged me down!

Anybody else watch this show? I did a quick search and saw that Sayonara started a poll about the recycling episode, which I just caught in re-runs the other day. Some fun posts in there. I'm hoping for new episodes to start soon.

I want to learn some metallurgy and metalworking. Where can I learn this stuff with hands on experience?

http://www.laughatrice.com/ rofl

Has anybody heard the new song by the chemical brothers? I think it's good.

Here is the problem that was set up as a lab experiment. We ran a car on a Rail (assumed to be frictionless) and collided it with another (stationary) car. There were three trials and I have gathered thwe average of the the Next we added three rayovac cells to the car and repeated the same process. I will provide the work already performed (i do not think it is correct) but here goes. the weight of the car without batteries is 985.5g = 0.986kg the impacted car car is posistioned at 100cm on the rail. Xi =100cm = 1m average Xf = 38 cm = .37m Ti =0, average Tf =4.25s We are to find the following: Here goes The problem states to find the following…

Today is March 14 (3-14) otherwise known as international pi day. And it's also Einsteins birthday.

In december I heard the Doom song for the first time, thanks to MrL. From then on my life has changed for the better, as I now know what the worst song in the world sounds like [enter the remix]. The Amazing Doom doom doomy doom doom doom doom Song The worst song ever spewed from a set of speakers... ie the remix I abandoned it's production, because it was depressing me, but I figured someone might want to hear it, for some reason. [edit] Not even JaKiri is commenting. That's just sad. I knew I abandoned it for a good reason.