StringJunky

The vast majority of astronomical images that show colour are as a result of the type of image detector/filter used which are sensitive to particular frequency bands and post-capture processing. Colour images of the large megallanic cloud, for example, are most likely composites of several different types of image overlaid on each other. Scientists use colour techniques as an aid to differentiate and observe the distribution of electromagnetic emissions, elements and compounds in astronomical phenomena. Here's an example of how they can be put together: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/black-hole-collision/ In a nutsell, no we most likely wouldn't, in most cases, see images like that with our own eyes.

Thanks for that. I was, obviously naively, thinking that perhaps the necessary natural phenomena that are likely to cause modulation are too far away and we might try to simulate it artificially and much closer to home to try and get a discernible measurement. Do you think modulations will be detected eventually? What's your hunch?

Is it the sudden change in the mass of a supernova that causes the ripple....a hydrogen bomb is obviously too small?

Why does a supernova cause them then...if it does?

"The Revenge of Gaia" James Lovelock. Whoever I've lent my copy to has said everybody should read it. Very difficult to argue against anthropocentric climate change when one has done so. Great intro for lay readers to the concept of the Earth as a self regulating System.

Probably a daft idea but could we detonate a hydrogen bomb of sufficient magnitude at a suitable distance in space... could that create a detectable wave? I thought of this because supernovae might be a source that scientists are looking at. How big would it have to be to work and how far away to have a measurable effect if spacetime can ripple?

4 UK 2P's = 8 UK 1P's = 16 UK 1/2p's = 1 ounce. A 2P is also 1inch in diameter. Seeing as this was decimal coinage I find it highly amusing that the physical dimensions and weight are Imperial even though we were supposed to be harmonising with the European system of weights and measures. These measurements are dead on and not approx by my measurements. Next year the UK will have been decimalised for forty years and ,still, the Imperial system lingers.

It isn't that this behaviour is abnormal...it's socially unacceptable inside a community setting like schools, but it still happens. I was admonished at 6 years old by my headmistress for putting my hand down a a female contemporary's knickers. This behaviour is actively repressed in a public setting...quite rightly so! What we did as little boys and girls out of the gaze of adults was a different matter. Genital exploration and autoerotism is where sexuality starts and these activities start as soon as one discovers ones genitals IMO. It's the concept of pleasuring ANOTHER person that is beyond the notion of a child...this starts generally, I think, with physical maturation (puberty)

Kudos for conceding in the face of the evidence. One often finds in matters like these that it's social pressure during ones formative years that colours ones perception and dictates how we are socially supposed to perceive it. An open mind and a search of the evidence can reveal a contrary result...as in this case. I think these qualities are paramount to be a good scientist. I was as prejudiced as anyone 25 years ago but the evidence and much personal rumination over the years with a clinical eye has changed that. I have reached the point now where if I wanted to express myself that way I would...but I don't..it's not me. I would go as far as to say homosexual behaviour is socially cohesive rather than destructive as evidenced by Bonobos as an example...a well chilled bunch of primates as far as I've read. What better way to neutralise an aggressive situation between potentially lethal opponents than to arouse each others pleasure centres? Homosexuality a mental illness? A behaviour/thought pattern detrimental to an individual or group...an open mind reveals that is not the case.

There's loads of species that have individuals on the pink side of sexual behavior, including bonobo monkeys...primates if I'm not mistaken. Surprised me actually its prevalence....is there anything Wikipedia hasn't documented? "No species has been found in which homosexual behaviour has not been shown to exist, with the exception of species that never have sex at all, such as sea urchins and aphis" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sexual_behaviour#Homosexual_behaviour

How do you explain the fact that 90-95% of the population is hetero', if it's just sex that's selected for and not bias? If it was just sex that was selected for wouldn't it be reasonable to see a more even distribution of the two biases in a population....bias in the sense of hetero' or homo' behaviour? I think some people are genetically hardwired to be gay and I don't think it's a pathalogical behaviour or mental illness...for the record.

You think that's bad... I had the bright idea of liberally sprinkling dried blood AND fishmeal in the soil of one of my houseplants. I didn't figure it out the source straight away because it was a trailing plant in a hanging basket above my head....memorable...conjure up visions of the air filled with the stench of dead fish, maggots and corpses!

Compiling the assorted bits I found: Trimethylamine oxide (odorless) is decomposed to trimethylamine by bacterial action followed by decomposition to dimethylamine and formaldahyde through enzymatic action. Got most of it from here: http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/tan/x5990e/X5990e01.htm

Ahh! Glasshopper...you learn well!

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/black-hole-collision/ It's worth clicking the link to get the lowdown on what you are looking at and how it was made.

It's hard work looking at posts like this...if you can be bothered to type could you possibly extend the effort to CAPITALISING your sentences at the appropriate points. Paragraphing would be nice too. Thanks.

Women are apparently better at multitasking. They can also withstand greater g forces before passing out so they could make better fighter pilots....this is due to them being shorter on average and can physically control the blood pressure in their head easier ( i think the difference is two g's). In the spirit of the question, ethically, all candidates regardless of gender should be given equal opportunity because there will always be a significant minority in the 'wrong' gender for a job that is capable of excelling over candidates of the 'right' gender and it would be iniquitous to deny them that destiny. You can't really just differentiate the human race in to the physical Male and Female....in a sense they represent polarities but most people fall some where in between in terms of male and female emtional/intellectual/physical attributes which may individually total up as distinct to what is traditionally expected from their gender. A female may have considerable latent ability in a traditionally masculine task and vice versa....is it fair to deny them that outlet for their ability just because they possess the wrong gentalia? Regardless of whether one sex has a scientifically proven superiority over the other in a given task, the opportunity (and requirements) should be the same. It's not in the interest of progress either...what if the next Einstein or Newton was female and we preferentially selected only males for science...it could be a particular girl that has the insight and capability to unify Quantum Physics with Gravity for example? That would be a bummer wouldn't it...look how often the likes of those two men turn up? Selection also potentially hinders our future survivability by limiting the diversity and potential of our human resources. Diversity is king when it comes to handling adversity. A strategy of officially organised gender bias fails on nearly all levels in my mind because we are not black and white different....more like a gradient of greys.

This program does the kind of job you are looking to do I think: http://www.freedownloadsplace.com/Products/38290/TrID-File-Identifier

AR-Ex: It has no sound evidence to support it. "Living things...are moist. When the electricity enters the living object, it produces an area of gas ionization around the photographed object, assuming moisture is present on the object. This moisture is transferred from the subject to the emulsion surface of the photographic film and causes an alternation of the electric charge pattern on the film. If a photograph is taken in a vacuum, where no ionized gas is present, no Kirlian image appears. If the Kirlian image were due to some paranormal fundamental living energy field, it should not disappear in a simple vacuum (Hines 2003)." http://www.skepdic.com/kirlian.html

It's not that each nerve is specialized but because each hair is of a different length, so it resonates sympathetically to a particular frequency which correlates to its length.

If it's that heavy on your system resources, I'd dump it and use Microsoft Security Essentials...it's fast, light as a feather on your system resources and free. The first full system scan takes a long time but after that it's much quicker, especially if you use the Quick Scan on a regular basis...it has realtime protection too. http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ Mix that with Spywareblaster, which doesn't use any resources, and the Windows Firewall...you're sorted! http://www.filehippo.com/download_spywareblaster/

You might find this CDM Model stills and animation interesting: http://cosmicweb.uchicago.edu/filaments.html

I've just read up on virtual photons...i understand that now. Does the magnetic field still exist in the absence of anything to influence or only when something is within range?

I used to detest my middle name (Joseph) but I now like 'Joe' so I'd go for that as my first name instead instead of Antony (Tony for short). I like Ansel as well.

1. When you lightly and briefly touch exactly above the 12th fret position to bring out the harmonic you kill the natural note and set up two independent sections of vibrating string each with a frequency twice what it was before...so, yes, both sides vibrate either side of the 12th fret when you pluck and touch it there. If you touch it a quarter of the length you set up 4 sections...3 one side of the point you touched and one the other side! When you finger the twelfth fret properly the harmonics are still there. 2. When you finger down on a fret normally, only that part between the fingered /fretted note position and the saddle vibrates. Be aware, my first method is for bringing out the harmonic...the second one is the fundamental. If you change the string length by firmly fretting at different positions on the neck you change the lowest frequency (fundamental) that string can produce and hence its musical note . The smallest step in western music is a half step or half note (1 fret difference either side of any position = 1/2 step).