DrKrettin

So why do you have the privilege of being aware of the bible, cobbled together in the Middle East and Italy, whereas billions of others are condemned to hell because they happen to live in a country which did not have access to it? Or were born too early. Isn't this rather unfair?

Do you Do you think that the billions of people who follow Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto etc. are all misguided?

He doesn't seem to be doing a very good job of it.

The tenth digit is the number of nines, which is 1, not 0

.... back to the drawing board

With the thicker lining, the force might be greater because the earpieces are slightly further apart (spring action of the bar over the head). But the force is not really the issue, it is the pressure that matters, and the thicker lining might well be spreading the force over a greater area giving a lower pressure and feeling more comfortable.

Is the first move N x d4 ? The question mark is not part of the move

True, but the belief is irrational, and we try to understand it. Why does somebody believe that the bible is the word of god? It's a cobbled-together collection of mutually contradictory manuscripts from the Middle East. Why believe this and not something else? It seems totally abitrary. What I really don't understand is why somebody posts it on a science forum. They clearly have no concept of science.

Your unsubstantiated opinion is of no value on a science forum.

But you can't even understand a double negative in English. You wrote it.

Why invite anyone to try to do something which you claim everybody you have met can do?

That's a relief - I knew one of us had a problem.......

K - f5

K - d6 ? But then QxP ++

I can't see that move achieving anything, at least not mate in 2. Not wanting to deflect from this thread, this chess site has a couple of problems every day plus enough in the history to keep you busy for quite some time: https://gameknot.com/. The problems are really good because you can animate the moves and try things out, and you get a score for your attempts.

b-f4 ?

So what are you asking/explaining/discussing ?

What sort of sick god is that? Why does He want more glory for himself? Pathetic

You don't really know what a fact is do you? A fact requires evidence. Do you have any?

Smell that song, taste that text.

People with religious beliefs always do the latter. A sceptic does not have a faith to solidify.

No, it's not a faith, but a scientific confidence in dating methods. You should read about radioactive decay and the dating methods based on it.

I suggest you actually read the conclusion of the report in the link you give: "Occasional and low cumulative marijuana use was not associated with adverse effects on pulmonary function......Marijuana smoke contains many of the same constituents as tobacco smoke,6 but it is unclear whether smoking marijuana causes pulmonary damage similar to that caused by tobacco. ... It is possible that cumulative damage to the lungs from years of marijuana use could be masked by short-term effects; prior analyses have not attempted to disentangle these factors. " I think he is at least justified in giving an opinion as to your motives for starting the thread, given that you seem to distort the findings of reports that you find.

-that is a complete misinterpretation of my post - I did not intend to imply any such thing. Given that solid hydrogen was predicted 80 years ago, I was curious to know what problems were involved for it to take 80 years to confirm. Nowhere do I suggest or even imply it was easy and that it should have been done earlier. I find this reaction rather odd.

I'm not sure if this breaks any forum rules, but here is a link to a petition objecting to Trump's behaviour. I'm quite fond of futile gestures.