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Thought i might make a thread to discuss. Whos getting up at 2am this morning?

I do not consider alchemy a science, how about you all?

Is mod a job, like with a salary?

Hello, I am conducting survey for my honours year project. Would really appreciate to have you guys help me with it. It will not take very long (and you may get $10 incentive for participating) Pls help! The url is as follow: http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~yapleexi/questionnaire-memb.htm Thanks!

Revenge of the Sith is set for release relatively soon, and, only having seen a preview, it looks pretty good. Having been disappointed by the previous 2 movies, and being a big Star Wars fan, I think it looks promising. Maybe I am just hoping against hope that the presumed last Star Wars film will be more like the first 3 (Episodes 4,5,6,), and George Lucas will turn out his first quality film in years. Any thoughts/opinions?

I was just watching clips from the very cool episode called "Twilight" at this site http://www.upn.com/shows/enterprise/fan_favorites/ Once at the site you can enter a sweepstake. One Grand Prize Winner will win an actual Captain Archer uniform worn by Scott Bakula on the show! Twenty-five First Prize winners will receive a Star Trek Enterprise season one DVD set.

Do you know http://www.try2hack.nl/ ? This site is a game to test your skills trying to figureout passwords and decripting. There are some basic rulez. For example brute force is not allowed, searching in internet for answers is not allowed, nor the use of decompilers. I took about 10 hours to solve it almost all... i just could not make the bug exploit thought i did decripted the code. So, you should try this. Is pretty intresting.

http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/manual/1/index.htm The flight manual for the SR-71 has recently been released to the public. What do you think of this?

I have begun to realize that I am turning into a lonely old man (all of 15 years) sitting here brooding in my basement and I decided that I needed a companion. Since my social skills amount to basically nil I think it best that this companion be non-human. So, I am looking for the perfect pet within these parameters: 1. Should be friendly, or at least entertaining 2. Smell should be not terrible 3. Living accomodations should be cheap, (>$100) 4. SHould have an interesting mind ( I might enjoy doing some experiments on animal intelligence) Hit me with ideas people. What pets have you liked in the past/present?

A friend of mine and I had a conversation the other day about the new Plasma Televisions, and why they were so much better than conventional ones. Needless to say, I had no clue why. What is used inside of "older" televisions to produce pictures, and why is the Plasma TV so much better?

Recently (actually today about 5 minute ago), I read an article from Discover August 2005. Basically, the article suggested that the intermarriage, or marriage between cousins, isn't exactly what most people think. Like it's explaining no one really "like" intermarriage but from genetics, the prejudice that people have on intermarriage such as "if you marry your cousin, your baby will have 9 heads" are not true. Maybe that example is obviously wrong since it's probably impossible to have a baby with 9 heads. But my point is, what do you think about the intermarriage? I personally go against it but like after reading this article, there isn't necessarily any wr…

hi there for an assigment i have been given and open ended investigation which means ic an reasearch anything. some example would include..which toilet paper is the strongest:S or does one rotten apple spoil the barrel..help me out..who has any other ideas ten times more original then the ideas my teachers gave me. thanks

I know you guys here are smart. So here I am seeking some advice. I've recently been married, quit my pie inventory job at P&G and moved 150 miles away. I found work quick, for a $4 pay cut. Worked there for about 4 months when the company decided to fire me because the inventory was coming up short. Nevermind that the store has no security systems, no way of preventing theft, and a poor setup. Anyhow, this gets you to my current point. I'm unemployed, and tired of working for people who will scapegoat you in the blink of an eye just to get out of there screwups. Before I lost my job I obtained a membership with a wholesale dropshipper, much like SMC but wa…

Is it a good game?

I could use a little help. Life was much easier until I went into business for myself. Now I am questioning the wisdom of such a move. My main problem lies not with the product that I sell. My main problem is with the organizational and the money management aspects of self-employment. Can some people who are successfully in business for themselves give me some hints? I feel like I am drowning in paperwork. I am a sole proprietor. I sell a service not a product. I have trouble doing things like remembering to write down minor expenses and prodding myself into invoicing. You would think I could manage to do these things that would be most beneficial to me.

and saw electric clams! I never saw, or even heard of such a species of clam! It was a rapid flicker of blue electricity streaming inside the clams shell. Amazing!

Anyone know where I can find gifts and jewelry sealed with my own fingerprints?

Please refer to the thread in the announcements forum for further information on connecting to our new IRC channel. There are some beginner hints in there. To skip the spiel though, this is the connection information: Server: irc.blackcobalt.net:6667 Channel: #sfn I've made this sticky for the time being so that people read it

Benefits of Quitting Smoking • Quitting smoking any time will make life not only better, but also longer. • If you are pregnant, quitting smoking will improve your chances of having a healthy baby. • Infants and young children are at special risk and could suffer permanent damage due to cigarette side-stream smoke. • You will have extra money to spend on things other than cigarettes. • Studies have shown that more than 25 percent of U.S. adults smoke and if you are a 45-year-old woman who does smoke, the odds that you’ll die in the next decade are 50 in 1,000. • Although 70% of smokers want to stop smoking and 41% attempt to quit smoking each year, only 2.5…

I found this article on alertbox (a great resource for web authors) which I am sure will help everyone to make better posts, that are easier to understand and more likely to be read properly: URL: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html

When using BUBBLE tags, what are the options that the code is asking for in the first dialog box?

Let's see..... 1)Halo 2 has better graphics 2)Halo 2 has better gameplay 3)Halo 2 has better storylines 4)In short: HALO 2 RULES!!! Encrypted

if you condence Krypton, then freeze it, Do you get Kryptonite? if so, is it green?

Don't throw out that old lcd display. If the back lights gone or is weak you can still use lcd part of the display to make a projection tv. You will also need an old projector like the school ones. You will need a video output from your dvd/sky box etc that can be connected to the display input like svideo and, the screen obviously needs to be able accept that kind of input. You may also need to place a dumy load on the circuit in place of the back light as some of the driver circuits look for this load before they will operate. Just thought I mention this as it could make a nice project with a cool result. If anyone is interested I'll put up some more info.

Was wondering if anyone here speaks japanese at a decent level, who has plenty of free time to spare. I am looking for translators to sub some anime epsiodes. Cheers.