The Lounge

what the difference between the admins and the moderators, and outta interest, how were they chosen? like the admins, founded the site, what about the moderators?

Anyone up for some yahoo chess with me? (must have a yahoo account, free though) PM me or get in the irc chat: irc.blackcobalt.net room #sfn

Post the best comic you have read thus far!!! http://www.ohsnapcomics.com/

Phil Hendrie does that alot. Notice how they never speak at the same time as eachother, even when one interupts the other. They're the same guy... it's just to get other people to phone in and argue with fake people. The Phil Hendrie show has lots of awesome interviews like that so get the torrents. Sorry for bursting the bubble.

note that i am an audiophile, and i want a decent 2.1 speaker system. been looking round and i am not sure what to buy. i am very close to buying Altec Lansing VS4121 . altough its quite expensive and with less money i could buy a 6.1 creative inspire6100 set. except i will have to buy an external soundcard for me laptop which costs quite a lot. so lets have your opinions.

I think I should make it tradition to make a thread daily of something that pisses me off. Today it's hot pockets. If you in UK, might not know what i mean, but surely you have some similar food product: breadish pouch with stuff inside, usually some meat combined with cheese. They are kept in the freezer, then microwaved in a jacket of some type of metalish stuff that doesn't burn. Well you microwave them for the given time and take them out. SOMEHOW both ends are so hot that the leaking cheese scalds me, and YET the meat and cheese in the center of the pocket is STILL FREAKING FROZEN. The pockets aren't that big, i don't understand how such a range in temperature o…

Hi, My name's Mike and I live in the UK. How are you all? I love science and technology - robotics and medicine in particular (I even started a site on the subject - http://www.stguide.co.uk). Regards, Mike

Burnable CDs i stole from my dads office. I burn, and then i cant access the songs, accept we this fancy five-changer stereo mabobber, and it does work on that, but in any of the other players it doesn't even seem to start spinning. I might be able to figure out by simply asking my dad what kind of CDs that he bought (it doesn't say on them, they are completely blank accept a serial number), but the purchase was crap, probably because he didn't know what he was buying. Like those garbage bags without the ties. My parents need to let me do the shopping, cause no offense but they aren't competent buyers. So do you know what the problem is so i can buy my own blanks …

I'm very curious to know some web site engine for searching science topics. Can anyone suggest some for me? I've tried alltheweb, google and the worst yahoo. They give out a lot of information but many of them are rubbish.

I apologize in advance if this has already been posted before, but have you guys seen this yet? http://www.mchawking.com/ It's a Stephen Hawking gangsta rap parody that's really well done. You can download sample MP3s here: http://www.mchawking.com/multimedia.php?page_function=mp3z There are only 2 free downloads now, but there used to be dozens. Most of the songs talk about science, but a few are political, and a few others talk about gaming.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/08/08/bodies.found/index.html

who r the vips? what makes them so important? how did they become vips? what r the perks of bein a vip?

First off, i admit i am an idiot, and i actually respect the authority for censoring me on occasion (talking about the mods on this site of coarse, i hold no such respect for my national government). But since i have nothing better to do i am going to question the authority. Over my time here I have had several posts deleted for being disgustingly off topic. I thought they were at least worthy of remaining for humor. Again i admit my humor is often stupid, so its good you edit me. but since i have nothing better to do . . . However i believe there is an unfair judging system as to which off topic replies are allowed. For instance, in the debate forums, i posted a …

Since we don't have an official Anthropology section, I think this question is better posted here plus I want an extra benefit of a debate. While at this time, I do not want to participate in the debate myself(unless I need to - don't want to bias my own question ) I would like to see a debate on the following issue between our members here. -------------- College tuition is expensive, if one is going even for a Bachelor's degree in any particular subject. It is even more expensive if one goes to a private school or a highly specialized school eg: Medical School, Law School, etc. Students who choose to strip (male or female) at a local bar (or partici…

Do you think that humans will live on forever? It seems hopeless because theres so many ways we can be wiped out. Global warming, asteroids, or comets are the obvious ways. But then theres bacteria because antibiotics are getting less effective, we can also end up killing eachother by war. There STILL is no cure for viruses. Also if we somehow survive and live on for hundreds of thousands of years. The sun will consume us all. I dont think well ever get to another solar system because if we went lightspeed it would kill us. I know this sounds depressing, sorry. But I want everyone else to see it from my point of view. I THINK, the earth is the only home we will hav…

Since that is comming up pretty soon, what is your favorite cattegory of it? I myself like everything with the exception of that POS basketball. Gymnastics, Swimming and Archery are the top priority though in my book.

If you could have lunch with anyone that has ever lived, who would it be? And what would you serve him or her? (I was actually asked this)

looks good to me the thought occurred to me that the "active users" thingyjigger may have been fixed. the information in it has already lasted 20 minutes, which is less leaky than it was before IIRC when you are at home then the menubar at top should have a "forums" to click on so that one sees immediately where to click to get to the main index of forums I like reading math-forum (with dave as moderator, who does an excellent job). anyway this is a good forum and posts/day is rising and some smart people (visible in math forum) are joining so it could be in for some growth----as you all probably know so why bother say it

ok, i heard that bollocks is like "crap", but dog's bollocks is good. what is the deal? could someone make a list of british words and phrases for the americans?

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Some people need to change their avatars so my parents don't think i'm looking at porn when i'm on the forums. Plus they aren't even sexy-- yourdadonsomethin's girl is transexual (broad shoulders) Molocule man's has blimp boobs. Which me and Phi shake our heads at very violently. Anyone who does not share our taste in women deserves bloody castration. If you are going to have a girl, at the least let her be attractive. Bloodhounds pics of the asian girl are approved, pictures of Natalie Portman are also approved. A more complete list of approval will be released shortly.

Superfly infact. I find it hillarious how glass and memory just weren't programmed into them. I'm curious though, why do bugs always fly at the lights? I mean, it's not like they just fly at the sun every day... that would be the absolute dumbest natural occurence on the planet.

I just had a chance to see the 1st 30 minutes of the movie and damn, the special effects are amazing. The plot is fantastic and does not even compare to the POS Final Destination 1. Those who've already seen it, what are your thoughts on this movie?

I got into an argument the other day about werewolves and mermaids. In your educated opinion, which one is more likely to exist and why? Personally, I have to go with mermaids. (if you question what I mean by "more likely to exist", you are not eligible to answer)

Which country's woman and girl you love the most?