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I think I am, but how about all of you? What is the most evil thing you've ever done?

First of all, sorry if I posted this in the wrong section. I'm new here. To get to the point, I'm looking for a place online to buy a 12v DC negative ion generator. So far I've had no success. If anyone could tell me where I could find one, I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

In a Canadian mall: Your hardpressed to find the security guard if your life depended on it. In an American mall: ten men in black suits, 4 security guards, and two cops close-off the area in front of a pizza shop because someone ripped the leaf of one of plants.

So what are everyone's chemistry related Christmas plans this year? For me, I plan on performing numerous experiments involving the dehydrogination of ethyl alcohol via alcohol dehydrogenase. When that is not happening, I'm going to try and rephotograph all of my elements. I plan on getting a digital camera for Christmas, so I'll set up a standard photography area so that the camera is always the same distance from the item being photographed and so that the lighting remains the same throghout. The photos I have now are pretty good, but they were taking at various different levels of light so they aren't all 'the same'. (Some were taken during a sunset, so there's …

Would anybody be interested in 'featured articles'? Someone suggested that a featured article be posted monthly or bi-monthly by the members. This would, however, require that members contribute articles. The purpose of the article would be to introduce and give a general overview of a scientific topic. It does not have to be a research paper. The article can be on any topic, as long as it is science-related (no politics/religion/philosophy/etc). One other suggestion was adding a journal feature for members. I could do this, but I doubt anyone would use it. Anyhow, I thought I'd run the ideas by you guys. If anyone is interested or has any other ideas along tho…

Stargate inspired a love of injecting molten gold into my forehead. Or anyones forehead really. Go team G'ould.

Hi – I work for Tiger Aspect Productions, a major UK based TV Production Company. I’m currently developing a new series which examines the personal impact that sci-fi has had on inspired fans. We will aim to examine the science, design and whole philosophy behind 6 shows or movies, as a background to how these have changed the lives of individuals. If you, or somebody you know or have heard of, were inspired to become a scientist because of a particular show or invent a piece of technology inspired by something seen in any movie or show, from Stargate, Thunderbirds and Dr Who right through to James Bond or the Matrix Trilogy, then I’d love to hear from you. You can em…

how is math performed in other countries where english isnt the primary language? math has some tricky stuff and i cant picture calculus in anything other than numbers. obviously numbers but does anyone know what im refering to? also, how does the language and typing aspect of computers work in lets say, china? dont they have like a 2000 character alphabet?

That's right, I made a science/technology blog thingy. Originally I only had it since I hit "subscribe" on someone else's blog, and I ended up having one myself. So I took the advantage. Since I just got a subscription to New Scientist, and I already had subscriptions to Popular Mechanics, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian, Discover, and Air and Space, I'll have plenty of articles. (okay, I admit, some of them are from other people in the family) Here it is: http://capnrefsmmat.blogspot.com/

I always wondered about subliminal messages. Check this out: http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/subliminal.php See it and then tell me what you thought about it. But don't spoil it for the rest.

My wife asked for an iPod for Christmas. I have heard good things and bad things about iPods. Does anyone here have any first hand experience? What are the pros and cons of ipods compared to different similar MP3 (or whatever) players? Advice please...

i was watching uh, hearing, some commentaries on the movie Back to the Future 2. a part came along where the director mentioned that one of the hover boards in the movie was real. except of course for the rockets, are the hover boards they used in the movie real? has anyone ever heard of these things or has any info?

Nothing is funnier than a stupid criminal, right? There was a case where a burglar fell asleep on the bed, in the house, with the couple whose house he was robbing. It sounds crazy, but it's a true story. The folks at The Smoking Gun are having a funny award for this year's "Stupidest Criminal", so I thought to start a thread here to see if there were any good stories out there that we can submit to their editors (long-shot but hey, you never know!!) In case you want to check it out the show (it's called The Smoking Gun Year End Special), it's going to air next Thursday night, I believe at 10pm. These guys can be pretty hilarious so it's worth taping i…

anyone watch or follow any of the major MMA sports? ive been a longtime fan of the UFC and recently got turned on to Pride FC. both are pretty much the same sport. the main differences are that the UFC uses a cage in the shape of an octogon where as pride uses a traditional ring. the rules are a little different. in ufc, you cant kick a downed opponent. in pride you can. both use a different scoring system. ufc uses the traditional round scoring where pride scores the entire match. other than that, it's pretty much the same. they even use alot of the same fighters. i see many fighters that switch between between their contracts. i think ufc is a little more popular. i…

I have a question regarding our bodies and their longevity. You hear about how some scientists from God-knows-where that say that our brains are capable of memorizing three encylopedia sets, A-Z, something like 7 languages, etc, etc. Now I was wondering, if our brains or minds have so much potential then why aren't our bodies evolved enough to be able to not deteriorate so fast so as to let us reach our full potential mentally. We're only using something like 3 percent of our brain power. Why can't our bodies last longer to let us use the full power of our minds? Anyways just a thought....

Well I've been looking all over the net for some info on transmittance in like light but I keep getting unrelated information about astrophotography and other crap. Anyways let me explain my dilemma. Im a highschool student and for chemistry its mandatory to do a science fair project. For my topic I'm seeing if Hydrogen Ion Concentrations (pH) affect the colourants of fruit juices. I already know that it does. Anyways I made a buffer solution and filled 10 separate beakers with it. I adjusted the pH from 1-10 I added four mL of the buffer to one mL of the fruit juice I did this for a few juices and asked my teacher to use the schools spectrophotometer t…

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I've relized that alot of my childhood was based upon lego, paper planes, destroying things and digging holes in my grandmas yard(Mini-Golf) , what ideas can you think up for something Cheap , Fun & Educational for the growing child to do .

HEY....its been a while...well, does anyone know anything about bottle rockets(aka water rockets)? well, i'm in a club for science olympiad for HS and does anyone know how to keep a rocket aloft for the max amt of time w/o using a parachute? also, if you were to glue fins on a bottle all at the same angle, the bottle would spin faster up right? and if it were to fall back down to the ground on its side, the rocket would spin faster...wouldnt that make the rocket fall faster? well, thanks alot....

Is our prison system a revolving door of criminals who arent sorry but just did their time and are back out on the street only knowing what they know crime? Education and methods of rehabilitation are in prisons but arent mandatory and most criminals only learn more crime from other criminals being in jail. We put theives with murderers and pedophiles with gangbangers and expect them to have the same experience in jail ? that seems stupid to me and more costly in the long run why not have a jails for specific crimes and focus on a punishment suited for each particular crime. It would be more expensive at first but when u actualy rehabilitate and make a ex-con function and…

guys, Spring is a good time to do some cleaning. Sayonara3 in not fit to be a moderator. Lets fire him now!

During these two months, I found there are far fewer threads interesting and I did a little effort on replying posts. What are everybody doing? You guys seem to be absolutely bored and annoyed.

i use my computer most days for quite a while each day - it has 512MB of RAM (with a 2.53GHz proccessor) and ive been thinking of buying another 512MB giving me a total of 1024MB which should give me nice speeds. alternatively i could buy (for a similar price) a 512MB MP3 player (which also doubles up as a USB key, or USB stick or whatever YOU call the USB device which plugs into the USB port and takes the data off it!) i currently have a minidisk... advantage of an MP3 would be that its smaller, cheaper, so i dont have to worry so much about safety and the fact that its a USB key. however with the RAM i would use it everyday - i have CDs for data transfer and…

me and a friend have been fighting over this one she says im closed minded (and im not) just cause i know ghosts dæmons etc don’t exist that’s just what i think she says they do i have looked into it i have tried to find out why things call her name and grab her etc from no where i came to the conclusion that its just her mind and spasms (grabbing) she is calling me closed minded and its very insulting she on the other hand wont listen to anything i have to say explaining it then she gets upset when i say that she is being ignorant can someone elaborate on this for us?

here's proof http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40081