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1 hour ago, John Cuthber said:

Why bother to remove them?

Don’t know. I’m more bothered about removing bacterias such as E. coli.

7 hours ago, John Cuthber said:

And how did you come to the conclusion that such a process would work?

Is it because vinegar is magical?

Vinegar is usually a mixture of water and between 4 and 5% acetic acid. This versatile acid can mix with water, oil, alcohol and almost any other kind of liquid -- even gasoline -- reaching places that other cleaning products can't. When dissolved in water, acetic acid breaks into two components, the hydrogen and the remainder of the molecule, called the acetate. The hydrogen will try to bond to any molecule that it encounters, acting like a third wheel that weakens the molecule's structure. These hydrogens are great at cleaning stains made from alkali substances, like soap, urine, and limestone.

The acetate component has an extra electron that hangs off the molecule. The electron acts as a magnet to other atoms, especially metals, to make new molecules. For example, the acetate reacts with molecules in rust and grime and changes their makeup so the water can dissolve them. Acetic acid also gets rid of odors by killing off the bacteria and fungi that cause them. Its acidic nature destroys the cell structure of bacteria, and it stops fungi from turning sugar into energy.

https://www.networx.com/article/the-science-of-vinegar

So not by magic, no, but actually there doesn’t seem to be any hard evidence about its ability to remove residue due to pesticides. 

To remove the residue on fruits and vegetables add apple cider vinegar to a bowlful of cold water and submerge for 10 mins, then brush fruits/veg gently and rinse well. Obviously not with bananas though...

@hydrox

If you like, I can offer some help with your English. I am a qualified teacher of English to speakers of other languages. Feel free to private message me. I don’t want any money - just want to help.

Thank you for your ongoing lessons Mordred. 

Not sure if I ‘believe’ in other worlds.

I ‘believe ‘ in the universe. I ‘believe’ it created itself and that is an ongoing process. I don’t ‘believe’ it has a plan, or feelings.

About the meaning of life - I prefer to stay away from that rabbit hole.

Could be Dendrology.

https://www.reference.com/science/study-trees-called-3e98b7cb3b15c6f7

1 hour ago, John Cuthber said:

So is ονοματοποιημένος
 

Any particular reason?

 

Because it doesn’t seem that way to me. Might to other people though, I suppose.

2 hours ago, John Cuthber said:

Is it onomatopoeic?

I don’t believe it is...

Ok, I’ll add this one as Curious layman didn’t.

The other day I learned the word psithurism which means the sound of leaves or wind rustling through the trees.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/psithurism

The p is not pronounced.

2 hours ago, koti said:

It is isn’t it.

I did have some second thoughts posting this video on SFN though. After all there are 3 backup singer girls outside in the video doing the greek dance thingy on the porch and only one girl inside the house playing the flute. Seems like discrimination if you ask me. (SFN does that to you after a while) 

Seriously? I didn’t even notice.

1 hour ago, koti said:

Heres something to turn you head, this guy rocks, hes like the Dr Evil and Professor Moriarty of funk in one person. I followed him since 2 years ago, theyre on tour right now selling big concerts, it didn’t take long - good stuff sticks right away.

 

Fucking brilliant!!

13 hours ago, Curious layman said:

I just learnt a new word.

...while listening to psithurism.

There’s a thread for that. It’s called ‘Today I Learned’. And I should learn to paste the link for it!

Now I’m gagged, for real, sorry!

27 minutes ago, Curious layman said:

They offered me abit of help instead which I wasn't expecting, 

after pavarotti I'm listening to

Simply the Best by Tina Turner, because despite the above my job sucks major ass..

JEEZ, it gets worse!!!

Good news about your work situation. Enjoy your weekend!

7 minutes ago, Curious layman said:

Nessun dorma by Pavarotti,  i thought I was going to get fired from work today and didn't.

Why not? 

I’d fire you for listening to that 

@Polinski
Nobody is ‘getting mad’ at you. Rather, I believe, they are a little frustrated by some of your posts- and with good reason. This is a science discussion site - not a mud flinging contest. So many of your posts are littered with unnecessary, snide remarks.

I am presuming you’re an adult although sometimes it’s hard to gauge. You definitely have things to contribute to discussions but  I really feel you need to remind yourself that it is ‘discussion’ and try to remain a little more open to others responses. Angrily stating that things are as you see them is not sufficient. Sure, state your views, but try to remember a fact is not a fact without evidence. I’m pretty sure that’s what people want you to realise in order to have meaningful discussions.

I apologise to you, and all members of the forum, for interrupting in this way but it’s hard to just sit back and watch without responding in some way.

Try taking a look at some of Ghideon’s posts and apply his approach to yours. His exemplary ability to respond to even the most totally frustrating posts, and the patience he gives people, are almost unbelievable, and very deeply inspiring.

5 minutes ago, dimreepr said:

Yep, we should all read a book about it...

Just spat out my beer.. but it was strangely worth it!

34 minutes ago, Strange said:

There was actually a case of this a while ago: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/teen-girl-vagina-pregnant-sperm-survival-oral-sex/story?id=9732562

Well, flipping heck!

57 minutes ago, StringJunky said:

You haven't watched Alien then.

A long long time ago but in my mind it was done the traditional way!

59 minutes ago, koti said:

Was just about to post this but Stringy beat me to it:

 

Hmm.

21 minutes ago, koti said:

The juice has jelly like, gooey, slippery, trasparent pieces floating around. Can’t get myself to swallow this stuff - feels like getting impregnated by some alien life form. 

And there’s me thinking you can’t get pregnant from swallowing 

25 minutes ago, swansont said:

But if things are different, I agree they will be different.

I agree too. But ‘In the wrong hands’ there will always be other factors involved.

I’m going to leave this thread now as the memories are making me feel quite sick. 

1 minute ago, Sensei said:

If one can read chip, can make duplicate which will give the same data in the same moments, and pretend legit user.

It's technique already used by car thieves. People who owns car with automatic blockage of device are disabling/enabling it from distance. So thief is placing near house reader of signal to get data. Then just replies stored signal and voila. Has access to device.

Thank you.

1 hour ago, thethinkertank said:

I disagree with you there. I think the RFID system would be even safer than existing methods. Because the RFID system would basically consist of a two way storage system, with only authorized personnell like the government having a database of peoples personal information.

The RFID chip itself would be implanted in the human being and thus short of physical violence would be impossible to obtain by unauthorised parties like would be hackers. 

There is no conceivable third point at which information storage would exist, as is the case with traditional methods. For example the prevailing cyber network of information, e.g paypal allows third parties with know how to access via a computer anywhere in the world. But that is not possible with a RFID system, consisting of chippee, chip, and chipper. 

A secure three way point of privacy storage. RFID chips!

I said ‘In the wrong hands’.

6 minutes ago, swansont said:

Much like Arnie in Total Recall, you can shield implants. In this case, it's much easier. RFID is very short range.

Doesn’t matter if someone is hunting you and already has other trackers about your person.

Plus, they can be extremely hard for a person to know if they, or their belongings, have been chipped as they are teeny tiny things often no more than a pin head in size.

If found, items with them on can be zapped in the microwave for 2 or 3 seconds to ‘kill’ them.

27 minutes ago, DrP said:

I've never tried aloe vera - I have this idea that it is very bitter and tastes of cactus or something. I hope I'm wrong.  

You can buy it in that cheap shop called H*** Bargains (Trying not to advertise!). It’s in a green bottle, called Aloe juice or drink or something. It does have other stuff added though eg sugar or sweetener, maybe more, but it’s really nice .

It’s not the pure stuff the OP is probably talking about though...

1 hour ago, Curious layman said:

Ther was a story in U.K. Recently about employees who were agreeing to be chipped by the company they worked for. They were doing it for security purposes. 

Sounds reasonable to me, especially if your a tech firm, I see it becoming common place especially with China's spying.

it's no different to having a pace-maker, people have things like this all the time. Much better then passwords also, I'd definitely have one.

 

In the wrong hands these are used in the most nefarious ways. Forget worrying about people hacking your phone and computer or spying on you in your own home. The real worry is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

1 hour ago, thethinkertank said:

But wouldnt this kind of electronic chipping system dehumanize human beings to some extent?

Absolutely.