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I don't expect that you guys will take me seriously when I say this, but I have been surprised several times at how friendly the staff and participants on these forums have been by now. I'm at risk of losing my job because of a miserable manager. She's mean, not much more to say about her. If you truly know me, then you also know how important my phone and my electronic devices are for me. I talk with a lot of very important people using my phone and I cannot risk having someone take it away from me (and my friends have done this several times before, each of which I kindly let them know that I was leaving and I needed my phone back). Today, she told me that she h…

Hello fellow science forums members (I'm new, so this is my first post)! I have a project for school, English class, that requires me to state publicly something that I feel is being neglected or is destroying or traditional values or abilities (ex. cellphones for the current generation, are they taking away from social abilities?). Mine has to do with science which is why I came here. I'm 18 by the way, just so you all get a picture of where I'm coming from. The topic I would like to discuss with you guys (if this is the wrong forum then please move this to the right section) is: Are the modern discoveries in science or advancements being 'pushed under the bush'? Are…

I would so totally eat fried tarantula! I love exotic food and when i was growing up we ate the animals we trapped for fur, looks like my kind of dinner! http://www.livescience.com/44131-explorers-eat-worms-at-gala.html?cmpid=556799

link removed How can a serial killer, with over 100 victims got only 21 years of prison? i mean..he got 2-3 max even less per person...that's crazy.. Anyway you should subscribe to this new channel for these awesome facts

I'm watching cops right now and it seems like they are saving a lot of people; it looks like they're getting younger while they do it

More an art than a science, am trying to do it the science way Found that making the dough, I have failed too many times because e v e r y ingredient should be by ~43C (110F) and the room temperature too ! Unless am still wrong. Can anyone confirm please ? Question 2 : If the dough is impatiently let to rise for hours, why is then beaten the gas out of it to start waiting hours to rise again ? Question 3 : If the plan is to freeze the dough for later use, is it fine to mix/make the dough at everything by ~15C (60F) so the yeast will not awake ? Or, which way allows to safely freeze the dough ? Question 4 : If the rise of dough is yeast farts makin…

Weird video of truck striking a man riding a bike, he seems to appear in a flash of light after he is hit...

Hello, I am at the moment, my home computer is a 2004 dell computer with a Pentium D processor and a half gig of ram... Is there a way that a mod could turn off ads for me. I know its the ads, because at the bottom I can see it trying to connect to the Google ads, then Google anylitics, then Firefox crashs Thanks Could a mod move this to the comments, questions and support part of the forum... Forgot we had that... Thanks

Just cos it is her anniversary and it is a great sonnet Sonnets from the Portuguese XLIII How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose, I…

I ran across this today, interesting short video of a lander being tested...

link removed As a psychology student and an amateur astronomer I decided to write this, I hope it can accurately describe you! Share your thoughts

"Her" is a movie that I had never even heard about until yesterday. My friends highly suggested that I watch the movie after finding out about the new job I got, so I watched the movie and it quickly dawned on me that that is exactly what I love about my expertise. I have hopes that our technology will reach that point within our lifetime, and I'm glad to say that I will be a part of the process. Anyways, given a scenario in the movie, try to put yourself in the protagonists shoes. The man is miserable, he's a social outcast, he has two friends but only one real friend. His job is to write letters for a living. To make a long story short, the man meets a woman an…

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Hi! So I got those glasses from my science teacher at my school for 25 cents and I'd like to know how they're named so I can buy more online.. Since I didn't know where I could post this on the internet I typed science forum on Google because it still has a little connection with sciences I think and this was the first result. Since this seems like a serious science forum I'm posting this in the general talk section. So what's the name of those glasses? Every light sources have colored trails coming from them and every objects have multiple "ghost" version around them. Here are pictures taken with my webcam seeing through the glasses.

Hi Really not sure where this post should live so Mod feel free to move if deemed non-applicable here. I am looking for substance, relatively thin in thickness that will prevent / reduce heat conduction been emitted from 35Watt halogen bulbs. I have 8 x 35 watt halogen bulbs mounted approx 12 mm away from 6mm pine wood. The purpose of which is to illuminate the wood - cut out to display countries of the world. The halogen bulbs are controlled by dimmable switches. The problem is that even after a short period of time the boards tend to heat up quite a bit and I'd like to see if there is some material that could be screwed to wood in front of bulb that protects the wood…

Hi. It does not take that long, and stirrs cultists and speculators. Good elaborated artwork of precision, planning and patience; and fun watching on the news later. There is plenty of them in truly beautiful patterns. ----> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_opN9ghPKQ] But do they all have an explanation ? It is a brutal effort to make this ---->[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KliBRinZHJA] What for ? Is there a secret contest society doing these ? To laugh at worshippers of mistery ?

Hello everyone!!! I just finished my first composition for the pipe organ titled, "Once Upon A Dream". Let me know what you think about it. After all, musicians flourish through constructive criticism. Enjoy the song!!!

What qualities did they possess that puts them above all others? I've always admired Leonardo Da Vinci because he seemed to be a prodigy at everything he put his hand to and advanced those fields as well which seems extremely rare. He had phenomenal imagination as well as technical execution. He married art and science without apparent internal conflict which I've never really been able to do ...to me they are at odds philosophically and I inhabit one state or the other generally. He was a great artisan with his hands as well. There are no right answers and this is not intended as an argument for one or another. I'm just interested in your opinion about who and wh…

With a few thousand black walnuts harvested in my backyard, cleaned and dried, the task ahead is just too much. Black walnuts are extraordinarily tough, and after shattered/crushed, the intrincate compartments still prove excessive work/time to extract the edible fragments. Some more hammering and mixed pieces are piling up. How to separate the goodies? Dumped in water, both shell and 'meat' pieces sink. How does the industry does it ? Do you know a clever way ?

There are alot of intelligent people on this forum, and I see that some have PhD's. Are any of you PhD's doing any really cool ahead of time research? Please share!

Not too far off from reality... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9KpYFfDWRM

Is anyone familiar with the claims of Victor Zammit and past lives? I have been searching all afternoon and he has so dominated all information feeds in 12 pages of google all you get is his stuff and no real opposition to his claims...

Found this recipe on-line (the story is at the BBC ) it's just a nice recipe for a slightly different burger - the interesting bit, other than finding out if it tastes as good as it sounds, is guessing who Papa was (just noticed it is given away at bottom of photo).

i m very curios abt it so please reply mods