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what is more common in the human body? DNA or RNA

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General Discussion (283 Viewing) Discuss life, work, school, anything! This is a bit weird, Their are less than 60 people on the site and it says there are 283 viewing general!

I have had dial-up for a loong time now. I have lived with it and have had enough.. Now , the only reason i still have dial up is that i am unable to get highspeed or dsl or broadband because of where i live. Ive looked around but havent had much luck with programs to make my connection faster.. any help anyone?

Anyone watching the inaugural parade?

Yes, Science Fair time again...Don't you love it. Last year (keep in mind, this is in 6th Grade), I did a project on Hormesis and won! Oh, well...This year I have difficulty choosing a project...I was thinking of doing something on Biodiversity, the Gaia Theory, or Parallel Universes...The only problem is that it either needs to be an experiment or a physical representation of a model of that thing...). So I am having a lot of trouble trying to find a model for the Gaia Theory (maybe Daisyworld...), Biodiversity, or Parallel Universes. So If any of you have any suggestions for these projects or even suggestions for new ones, any help would be appreciated greatly...Thank y…

I hope nobody minds my chattering, I keep a pretty big diary and this is about my senior home visit. Last Monday, I had no school, and dad took a day off, so we went to the mall for some shopping then ended up at the senior home like I promised and boy was I shocked. I've never been to one so I expected a dark gloomy place full of sad old people that read bible books and had nurses all the time. Geez....was I wrong. This place is really cool. Some people live there but others just come and hang around like a club. Beyond the living areas, there are four main rooms, a hobby like room where people are cutting, gluing and pasting, a quiet room for reading books, an enter…

I can't help but recall our argument over the spelling of color, maybe it's just me. But anyway I'm in need of some closure, and I think we should vote on it!

Does it really work? Anybody got one for free or know sombody who has?

Hey guys, thought I would do something funny and interesting for my first thread. We in the scientific community all know that MOST lab safety videos are from the 1970's and are sometimes found drop dead hilarious by the viewing public. I would like to know your experiences, and what has been the funniest event described by a lab safety video, give details!! Ok fine I'll post mine first. The funniest thing I have seen in a LSV was: There was a student heating a test tube over a bunsen burner, and pointing it toward an adjacent student. The scene cuts and shows the adjacent student being shot in the eyes with an off-screen super soaker, and then calmly saying …

Hello all, Im back. Long time no see. *Halo 2 doesnt rock * Encrypted

You have to see the vids and screens of BattleFeild2. It's a pretty good looking game. It's also a lot more realistic, especially with that new material penetration fix (only certain certain weapons can destroy metal, most can destroy a thin sheet of rubber, etc.). The new weapons look good too....but the multiplayer is still only 64 player . If you have BattleFeild1942, get the desert combat final mod for it. Encrypted

I remember a while ago Blike saying if you got 25 referalls you got a Tshirt/ mug, is that still open? Or more to the point can i buy an SFN T-Shirt?

Dear members of the Nobel Committee, I hereby nominate Tom Leykis for a Nobel Prize for the year 2005, for his superfluous work on human male courting rituals and his general promotion of human male independence. His contributions in both fields are equivalent, if not superior to, the mapping of the human genome, the mastering of the atom, and a peaceful solution to the violence in the war-ravaged mid-eastern communities, all rolled in to one. With his unique combination of a highly evolved/superior intellect, and stunning insight/experience, the Professor reaches out to men and women (primarily men) and illustrates the essentials for one of the most primal, compu…

those ads at the top of each page are google adverts... from what i understand these work on a basis of forum owner gets paid every time one is clicked on. you can click on it and exit the page immediately and the "site owner" would still get paid. that is what ive read happens anyway. if this is true, presumably blike gets the money???? if those two things are true we could start a "click on the ad once per week" club ..... it'd get blike some money and would be an easy way of us to say thanks to him. sadly he wont get much money per 'click' so it'd need quite a few people to do this to get him some noticeable money. also ive also read that you ca…

according to the following formula.... god exists! go ahead, try to prove me wrong! i triple-checked it!

The other day I was measuring with a ruler and I wrongly assumed that inches were divided into tenths. I've spent four years in science class and the metric system is pretty much how I think these days. Nonetheless, it took me about 2 minutes to figure out what the heck was going on with the ruler. Finally I realized that it was divided into 8ths instead of 10ths. Then I had to convert all the stupid decimals from calcluations into 8ths. RIDICULOUS I SAY!

anybody know anything about the IRC, its not working on my comp?

Dont worry im not asking to be one which im sure was the conclusion when you saw the thread heading. anyway, i know at the moment we dont need one, but if we did, what is the format for election, are they selected by the mods or can us underlings vote for one in the poll forum for example?

Just curious to everyone's. Mines by far Stephen Baxter, although A.C Clarke is of course up there.

Help!! I'm addicted to the Science Forums network! I should be doing my homework, but instead I surf the message boards. When no one's posting, I surf the web, and keep checking back. Should I get a life, or what!

Human languages that is, not computer . How fluent are you? I'll kick things off with. English and Swedish(Fairly well) German(Getting a grasp of it). Japanese(Still learning). Cheers. P.S. Any languages you think would be really interesting to learn and why?

Greetings: I'm trying to find a quotation. I believe it was Einstein (but may very well be wrong) and it goes something like this: "Be careful not to confuse the mathematical description of a clock with the actual workings of the clock inside the box into which you cannot see." The quotation I'm looking for speaks to the difference between a scientific model which predicts (maybe perfectly) how some phenomenon may behave and the actual, physical, thing. Does anyone know the quote I'm looking for? thanks.

I know there's been a time when you wanted something you know you couldnt control...like say a snow day, or a school closing for some bizarre reason...well Im here to ask for a good oldfashioned school closing tomorrow! Anyone else care to contribute?