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Hi everyone, I think i should get straigt to the point. Does anyone know: •Whare (a web site) I can find good images to use as backgrounds for a web site. It would be helpful if they were legaly downloadable? (I am thinking good grids, etc., I dont have the time to make them myself, I just like to code) PLEASE NO PLACES FOR CORNY SMILES OR FACES Thank You

During my many miles of travel I ponder quite a few things. The most recent and the most annoying is why do singers, who when they speak, have heavy accents but when they sing they have none? TIA

That guy spike made me think of sayo for some reason. Kinda reminded me of thom yorke too. What's "daft" mean? "Daft prick"..

Wasn't me this time

This is best described as drink of the gods... it's basically beer which sits in an open vat with fermenting fruit. It's the best drink. Ever. Why haven't the liquor store people even heard of it??? Oh, and who's had Mamajuana before? Also really good. It's rum with honey and "herbs" in it... I say "herbs" because it contains traces of turtle penis.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13832640_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-!-name_page.html haha, wierd

Is it a mistake or was it done diliberately?

Bored or curious, decided to look in the chat room. Came up with some scroll on cookies, could see who was logged on but nothing else. Doubt would really go to or use the chat room, but still want to know how it works just in case, and perhaps also just in case anyone noticed my name popped up but I didn't say anything is because was not sure how it works

"Chimpanzees in western Uganda are increasingly raiding illegal brewing operations in forested river valleys and getting drunk on the country beer. Once intoxicated, they become hostile and attack and at times kill human children, parks officials say." http://www.nationaudio.com/News/EastAfrican/current/Features/Magazine0902200411.html

Thought I would introduce, say hi, and other such non-sense. Name is John, Philosophy and science by hobby, nothing really special to say. Hope to enjoy conversing with you all soon.

I've got a question I'm rather bamboozled on with regards to SMS messages. I need to transfer my messages from my old T68i to my brand spanking new panasonic X70. does anyone know how to do this without forwarding them to the new number? Cheers.

I'm on the top poster's list! Of course, -Demosthenes- is at 25 posts per day, so I anticipate competition.

Ok---I din't really know much about the assassination of Robert F Kennedy, brother of JFK---But in my debate class, [which has only six people in it] I have to write an expository speach---it had to be on something we were interested in, but didn't know too much on---so guess what I picked?---Oh well---I just need weird, or strange, or hard to find facts on it---And don't say use google, because I will---but I need hard to find stuff---thank you for helping if you do---

I know often online petitions aren't worth the paper they are written on, however I would like you to consider signing this, and passing the URL around for other people to sign too. http://www.petitiononline.com/gasci04/ basically the premise is that the Georgian education department is removing all mention of things like evolution and plate tectonics from their syllabus. This will be both bad for Georgia, since less people will take them seriously if their science education is poor, and ultimately everyone else, since (warning: slippery slope ahead) if this makes a precedent, then more states in the US, and possibly countries abroad (though less likely) could fol…

How do i know what day it is if i lost my memory and no one was around to tell me. Oh also i have no watch, cellphone on me or anything that easily tells me the time. My sister asked me that and i didn't know an answer just hoping you would.

Well i was just doing alittle surfing an found this the other day "Some scientists now claim they have broken the ultimate speed barrier: the speed of light.1 Particle physicists at the NEC Research Institute at Princeton apparently have indicated that light pulses can be accelerated to up to 300 times their normal velocity of 186,282 miles per second. In work carried out by Dr. Lijun Wang, a pulse of light was transmitted towards a chamber filled with specially treated cesium gas. Before the pulse had fully entered the chamber, it had gone right through it and traveled an additional 60 feet across the laboratory. In effect it appeared to exist in two p…

Hello people, I'm a newbie on this board, so I thought I could briefly introduce myself My name is Cyrus and I'm a 21 year old boy/man. I was born in Teheran, Iran, but I moved to Norway when I was about 4 years old. I'm currently studying BSc Psychology at University of Greenwich here in London, England. I'm extremely shy in "real life", however I can be very open on the Web My hobbies includes listening to music (long-time Iron Maiden fan), sports, computers, reading and talking Please do not hesitate to ask me if you have a question.

http://tflex101.home.mchsi.com/index.html Been working on my website all day, and I have to say so far its looking good, tell me what you guys think.

This is a little puzzling, its based on a thing i read in a book the other day. If you think about it, you don't have a head. what see in the mirror and what other people see is light reflections, and what you can feel as your head are merely sensory stimuli. So, how can you prove that you do actually have a head?

What is "Tennents"?

We should put all the kinds of Forums in the Active topics of the home page of SF. "Other Topics" and "General" are not included as far as I can tell. But maybe no one else wants it to be, if so then it's fine. I would just like it that way.

Hello, I'm a Newb here :lame: , and would like to know if it is possible to format my screen name. Searched around and couldn't find any info on that particular subject. Thanks a lot!

Hey! I just noticed! What is that thing under my user name that says "Atom"?? A Newbie question when I have 20 hours!

Hey, It's the general discussion forum - so I am pretty much sure it wouldn't hurt anyone if I drop a few words about Harry. Has anyone ever been to the offcial Harry Potter site? I just did and sure it's one of the coolest. Do check out the trailer of the Prisoner of Azkaban. It's simply awesomoa............. Anyway, Just taking a break from science world - (goes back to it) and again greetings to everyone. Neo http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/home.html