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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?

*Beware not only can they affect your brain they can explode* http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041123/ap_on_hi_te/exploding_phones

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…

I wanted to share this wonderful resource with you all. If any of you take pictures with your digital camera or scan them in using a scanner then you have to check out http://www.imagestation.com. This site, by Sony, allows you to upload your images free of charge and store them there. You can then share them with your freinds, edit them or have them printed for a very very small fee. In my account I currently have 427Mb (1889 images) worth of images.

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.

How does that happen?

I bought the Feynman Lectures on Physics on CD, volume 05 and 06. He describes things real nice, but I can't see the board. I could get by without the board, if I rewind a few times and do some logic. I'd say it was a good deal a 60 bucks, but I have one real head ache! The sound! My ears are still ringing! There is a constant humming and high screeching tones. They've cause little pings, which I describe a a flash headache. It's there then it's gone with the PING. I've listen for the last few days. I've went bed with my ears making that dumb humming sound and ringing and I've woke up with it! How can I justify this purchase if I can't even listen to it? …

Openscience seems to have vanished... the thread is gone, not in the search, the actual site doesn't work, etc. It doesn't even open, it just says "Cannot find the database server." Whatever happened to it? For those of you who don't know what it is, Openscience was a science wiki (based on Wikipedia) that blike made with the free MediaWiki software. It got to about 30 articles before it quit working.

All right: Post every myth you know here. I'd like to see how many people think they're true... *this should be hilarious to watch [*]If you drop a penny off the Empire State Building it could kill someone [*]If you drop a hammer in before falling into the water it will save you. [*]If you attach JATO rockets to your car it will go over 250 mph and lift off. [*]Goldfish have a memory of 3 seconds. [/list=1]

I know advancing in space is not easy but I do believe we are lagging abit and we should have built a single stage to orbit vehicle by now, making saftey the number 1 priority has cost nasa progress. I am not advocating recless space travel but they have taken it to far and they are more worried about failure then they are about sucsess, I am impressed with their unmanned projects mainly the Earth like planet finder space satalite, but I realy hope to see a working traveling starship in my lifetime. What is the definition of a starship? A ship that can travel the stars and carry more than 10 people? What do u all think this goal will mean and when do u think it will be if…

Can someone explain a safe way to make kno3/c and what exactly I need to mix the propellant. I have made propelant combining store bought engines and some random mixes of combustables lol (safely). I am learning chemistry but I still am a novice and appreciate any help I just wanna make my hobby a little more fun, also how do u safely ignite knoc/3 for the purpose of creating thrust? yea i am a noober but soon I be uber lol

I have a school project, and it's too explain topics on light as easily as possible. My topic is on cameras, and how light goes into it. Now, I've come across a word called "diode". I've searched the internet getting freakish definitions. Can someone explain what it is in a 5th grade way? ...though im not in 5th grade

What is your favorite type of pet? Cat for me, no other animal will sleep with you without hogging the whole bed.

I have created a forum dedicated to programming of both calculators and computers. Currently it's just starting, so don't be too offended by the color scheme. I still need to straighten that out. Please join. If you do join, and I get plenty more members, I might just make some of you moderators. http://s8.invisionfree.com/ComputerGeek/index.php?

Hmmh. It's starting to get rather snowy around here, even though the first flakes came down just a few days ago. A few local snow records have been broken too (the best Finnish record is from Kilpisjärvi, 1997: 190cm of snow). I personally like snow, as long as it's not in the way (as I always cycle to school). What about you? How much snow there's usually in the place you live?

Hello everyone, Let’s play and write something. Please add a word, phrase or thought. So, hit reply, copy the text that already exists (last edited), paste it in your message and then write your thought. Please limit yourself to 2-3 words. Use signs of punctuation if you want. Please interact with others. Thanks. I will start: - science of mind

It is very difficult to understand all tricky things from a thin physics or chemistry books. Anyone has good web sites related to science notes?

Our goal: to understand protein folding, protein aggregation, and related diseases What are proteins and why do they "fold"? Proteins are biology's workhorses -- its "nanomachines." Before proteins can carry out their biochemical function, they remarkably assemble themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, remains a mystery. Moreover, perhaps not surprisingly, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious effects, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, and Parkinson's disease. What does Folding@Home do? Foldi…

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