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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/most-americans-have-less-than-1000-in-savings-2015-10-06 Published: Dec 23, 2015 10:01 a.m. ET less than $1,000 in savings, almost no savings ....... true or false ?

I don't know squat about wall moisture so bear with me. In my shower the tiles go up to my shoulders so when I take a shower the wall above the tiles invariably gets sprayed with water. The fella who painted the walls I THINK painted it with something that supposedly keeps the moisture out of the walls. Is this something to be concerned about?

For all those who actually publish academic papers and are increasingly frustrated and annoyed by the epidemic of pay-to-publish / open access pseudo-journals; here is a lovely proof that sad huge number of these journals are vanity publishing of the worse sort. https://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/20/bogus-journal-accepts-profanity-laced-anti-spam-paper/ I won't post screen shots because of the profanity

Hello all. In joining this forum, it is my goal to socially entrench myself within this community. I want to learn math. I finished college algebra and am having difficulty motivating myself to study further. I hope that those here would enjoy explaining to me where, how, and why each of the different mathematical disciplines are rewarding or useful. I want to learn physics. I want to learn the rulebook to this game of life. I want to understand what we can achieve and what is currently beyond our grasp. I want to learn about artificial intelligence and machine learning. I want to, at the very least, be informed about the most recent developments in computer science a…

What do you think, would it be possible to make a spray can that contains DNA samples from hundreds (or better, thousands) human individuals? Would such spray be any effective to mask an earlier presence of an individual in some room? If it works, what would be legal concerns about manufacturing such spray cans? Should people volunteer to have their DNA sample canned? Would there be a health risk: is it possible to somehow sterilize those DNA samples?

As a former PhD and postdoc, I was so used to the language of scientific papers, which is often convoluted and aimed at specialists that I found it difficult to adjust my level to normal conversation and bored my wife and other family members with the results of my, no doubt highly important, cogitations. When I started teaching, I thought I could aim high and let the children rise up to the level I expected linguistically. It failed completely! As a consequence, after a month I had to re-adjust to "student speak" and, 18 years later, it seems to work, most of the time. However, in this august and most- esteemed science forum, I notice that specialists quit…

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MEMBERS OF SFN Hope there will be many more interesting discussions in this new year........ - Sriman :-)

I think we're half way to reaching this inflection point. The time when we have 100% energy efficiency, 100% of diseases cured, 100% automation, 100% food production, 100% technical transparency, 100% repair..there will be no jobs for scientists, doctors, cooks, mechanics, specialists, designers, engineers, secretaries, developers, financial planners. Artists, actors, musicians, the whole lot will become the doctor and lawyer of yesterday. Science will become a thing of the past, an archaic method that has no purposeful application, barely enough for "education". I feel like we're beginning to feel the early stages of this, with smart phones, and other technologies an…

Instead of April first, PBS television showed today as news, the invention of a domestic hydrogen generator by a Greek inventor, based on resonance to split water... Very well made prank with all the flavor of being breaking news, with the presence of scientists evaluating the contraption at the inventorś home, and surrounding details of the story. Except in the U.S., the pranks day is December 28. [ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/episode/pbs-newshour-full-episode-dec-26-2016/ ]

On this day, long ago, was born a man who would help lead the world from darkness. Happy birthday Isaac Newton.

To all the community here, Merry Christmas.

Suppose you are faced with a mysterious machine that has 2 buttons on it. Button A has a 100% chance of giving you $100 Button B has an X% chance of giving you $1.000.000 What is the minimum value of X that would make you choose button B? I can hardly imagine anyone would go for the mathematical solution. For example, if you gave A = 100% for $100, and button B = 50% for $202 to a non-pragmatic math machine, it would choose B, while around 100% of humans would choose B. P.S. Obviously, it is implied you can only press the button once, so no B spamming until it rains money. (Or A spamming, depending on the value of x )

Time Continuum (Sci-fi Riddle). In the time continuum, you can go forward, or backward in time! If you go back in time, you change the future; and when going forward in time, you leave parts of the past unchanged (you're missing). You speak to four characters on your way to the Time Continuum. The first, second and third characters, do not tell you their names; but the fourth character, tells you it's name, 'Time 4', and after, you're in the Time Continuum. Time 4 advises you, "change as little as possible". Question: How do you escape (or normalize) the Time Continuum, at this point?

I'm worried and afraid of taking selfies and posting them on facebook because I'm afraid someone (e.g. my enemies) might download and steal my photos and Photoshop them in adult pornographic sites or personal vendetta blogs online. Is this a legitimate fear and is it enough reasonable grounds to not have facebook, instagram or any other form of social media where the main attraction is sharing online electronic photos? What's everyone's opinions about this? I have had friends' facebook accounts hacked or duplicated through the creation of fake accounts. Anyone ever had similar experiences? If someone managed to download your photo and they know your full name, t…

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Merry Christmas... and a big kiss to you all. There was talk of mistletoe at work today and how we do not see any in the workplace anymore. What with todays harassment laws, the potential for poisoning yourself and work colleges, the stigma about being seen as a dirty old man chasing women around the factory, labs and offices trying to get off with them, Is it really worth all of the snogging? Personally I think the poisonous part is exaggerated and from a very small amount of reading it seems not all species are and those that are are…

Function asked about fonts in his status update which inspired this question. What fonts do you think are the right ones in this field and which ones do universities and journals specify, in your experience?

Is it wise to think of logic, singly, as intelligent, rather than logic and creativity? - A (current) scientific explanation for 'how a baby's gender is determined'. I asked a question, and produced an argument: are babies genders determined, randomly, or naturally? Do you consider the natural circumstances of childbirth to be, metaphorically, like a bubble (i.e. contained in theoretical space)? I argue that natural circumstances are, in this context, universal, and therefore can't be reduced to a single moment (How big is the bubble?) When a male reproduces with a female, a baby (or babies) is born of either male or female gender. Though this pro…

If I have central heating on and I'm heating three rooms, two big ones and a small one, how much money would it save if I turned off one of the big rooms. Obviously I'm not expecting an exact number, but I'm just curious whether it would be significant.

Family Individuals should be isolated from matters which concern family. Family is of the utmost importance, and family is expressed vividly in most Christian texts. Human nature took an awkward turn! Individuality is, at present, thought of as more important than family, individuals are given a voice on matters which concern families. Free speech is not really free, because if I want to speak for my family, I must speak from an individual perspective; therefore I would be speaking for myself. Crisis of Individual-Based Free Speech I was just playing Pokemon Moon; an African / Asian sexual fantasy, with White, and their vibrant personality, in the middle. Secretly, thr…

The world is going through a change, but many cannot change, they only break. This forum is getting so liberal left, it is like a sickness, You ban, suspend, lock or belittle anything or anyone that does not follow your doctrine. MSM have had a kick up the arse lately, with the rise of alternative news media outlets, including Youtube, which can be a great source of information, If your head ain't stuck up your self righteous overbearing arses. "Scientists" no longer have the monopoly in science, the people have awoke, they are no longer following blindly what they are told, they are asking questions, the revolution has begun. Truth or Fraud http://www.…

NOTE: This is NOT my actual salary, just an example. So, say you're paid bi-weekly. $1,000/week = $2,000 per paid period. = $4,0000/month. You would think you just multiply $4,000 * 12 = $48,0000/ year...right? But if you're paid $1,000/week...wouldn't you calculate it as $1,000 * 52 weeks = $52,000/ year? ~EE

As cameras become better and better and the pictures are more and more accurate wouldn't you expect pareidolia to become less and less of a problem with pictures of Mars and the Moon and or other objects in the solar system? Lately some of the new cameras are taking some pictures that are really difficult to explain away. Shouldn't the clearer pictures have made the patterns go away instead of becoming more puzzling? There are lots of them, here is an example:

The quote is from this article: http://www.ireneogrizek.com/curious-case-of-steven-galloway/ ... in case anyone is wondering. Could anyone explain the underlined part? What is the origin of that phrase and what does it mean?

Christmas was supposed to be a time of Joy . Peace on Earth and Joy to men of ' Goodwill ' or something to that effect . Quote " And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: " A messenger said this :- as what was to be expected from the ensuing Birth. Let's hope that's what happens soon ! However, I think the benefits were promised for the Second visit , comming , not the First visit . ) Mike

is it possible to melt hair in, like, a pan or an oven or something?