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Ophiolite's comment in the "pointless fun" thread got me thinking. How often do we rate the reliability of a witness by what we believe? Without worrying about the existance or not of things, an experiment. You are now a Police Officer interviewing a witness about a robbery. The witness tells you that the offender was 190 cm tall, dark hair, pale complexion, etc., in fact the whole box and dice. You'd be thinking something like "A good observer, accurate and concise." You would have no doubt (or very little) that the person saw what they said they saw. And you would go looking for the man who fits the description. This would be a major prosecution point the …

My Top Ten List (and favourite actors in each movie): 1)(tie) The Godfather (1,2,3,) & 2001:A Space Odysey-Marlon Brando & Douglas Rain 2)Goodfellas-Robert De Niro 3)Pulp Fiction-Samuel L. Jackson 4)(tie) Contact & Pi-Sean Gullette & Jodie Foster 5)Alien-Sigourney Weaver 6)Eraserhead-Jack Nance 7)Cube-Andrew Miller 8)The Shawshank Redemption-Tim Robbins 9)Krull-Ken Marshall 10)Lord of the Rings (first)-Ian McKellen Updated List (in no order):: Yojimbo Ran 2001 Cube Krull Shawshank LOTR Pi Contact Eraserhead The Great Dictator Contact the godfather The seven samurai Goodfellas Pulpficti…

Has anyone else heard that they're making a Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie? I heard this from someone, but I don't know if it's true.

Has anyone ever used graphcalc, or any other open source graphical calculator for windows or linux, if so what did you think of it? Cheers

Inspired by the NewScientist article of 100 scientific things to do before you die, I want to see what you all come up with.

I am a non-smoker who cant understand why people willingly inhale smoke? Alcohol I can see in moderation cause it does no serious harm if not abused, but how can even 1 cigarette be anything but bad? From what studies show it is a addictive toxic drug (nicotine) and can kill if enough get in your body. I even read that smoking has a negetive effect on your genes inside your organs not letting them grow and heal properly and it simply is a quicker way to die and bad health. I know some people smoke and say its their right but it is the provider (tobaco comany) that is at fault, they are responsible for countless early deaths and the only punishment they get is some of thei…

We are having a disagreement about the fact I maintain that in an electrically heated home, during the winter months you may as well leave lights on if you want to because the energy from the lights will contribute to the total heat of the room the same as electrical resistive heaters. Ie, if a vessel (home/room) would need say 2000 w of elect heaters on to maintain 70 degrees. I say you would get the same amt of heat from 10- 200 watt bulbs,.or a hundred 20 watt florescent ones,.. 4-500w clothes irons or a 2000W motor. My partner says that in the case of the bulbs that the light energy is lost but I will guess that and light (or more infrared emissions) hit objects in th…

Anyone here buy the New Scientist magazine? Are there any other good ones?

Should there be a privately owned operation to send the public to vacation in space?

It's windy today and I noticed that the water level in the toilet is lower than normal. I've also noticed on other days that the level fluctuates along with the sound of the wind outside. None of the other faucets and such seem to be affected. My guess is that as the wind blows over the drains all along the street a small vacuum/sucking effect is created. Anyone know the real answer or have other ideas?

Hi: I was wondering if anybody has any ideas for a science fair project. I am interested in every feild of science. Time is running out, im under a lot of stress and I have no good ideas. Plz help Thank-you

Do u think the quatrains he wrote were accurate predictions of the future or just us wanting to believe in something more, have we actualy read the coded word properly? I dont know, from what I gather he was a remarkable human with abilities beyond what I understand to be human. if he did predict the future how and why? There is also the possibility that we fabricated the quatrains to read how we want them to like most other spiritual matters we try to interpret. What is your thoughts?

Ok for all you interested in what the Earth looks like from outer space you can check this out , I found it extraordinary with the amount of detail you can zoom into on Earth . Here Is the program

Hi: Ive recently joined this forum and ive observed that although my list of posts numbers 18. It only shows 12 so far whenever I post a message. Why is this?

Please, i'm desperate, i want to play "Jedi Knights; Jedi Academy," but i have windows XP and it won't load or operate on OpenGL (isn't compatible) yet many sources tell me XP users are able to download a directX variation that will let me...... please, oh dear lord please, where can i go to fix this, and when i get there, what do i have to do..... i can't stress this enough, i'm a huge starwars fan and have had the stupid game for a year and a half, i just really need help, geez, i'm actually crying right now

Anyone have an IB diploma?

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Science Fourms, I am sixteen years old (as of October 7th) and soon will be eighteen in a few years. I think it's time for me to start planning ahead. In case you didn't know I live in the United States in a state called Kansas. Kansas is located in the middle of the 48 States (not including Alaska and Hawaii). There is nothing to do here. It is more of a farming community. The only things to do in my town are -Visit the county museum. -Visit the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. -Visit the Underground Salt Museum -Movies and that is about it. I would like to live in a town that has more things to do in your spare time and has a great school in the town…

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I seen a news clip a few times on a woman who sold a grilled cheese with a image of the virgin mary on it ? I personaly do not believe this to be true only because people go to great lengths to make hoaxes and if religious figures are appearing in toast it is beyond my comprehension why lol . I also note that the item was sold for 28k and that just dosent seem very religious to me but i am not religious so I wouldnt know lol. What u do u all think ?

There's a reason why I like this forum. However, since I work nights and usually this place gets pretty quiet, I need to find other things to do. I decided to give a closer look to the sciforums and came up on this thread. http://sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=37555 The majority of it is well, ludicrous.

anyone here play swg ? I do and am on Naritus server and try to play when I can, cause it is a very complex rgp with hundreds of real people in each server and the game has great balance with something for everyone now u can even fly in space lol. If any of u are on let me know what galaxie and what ur game tag is ty.