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petrollifter has been banned as a sockpuppet of a previously banned user (gaffer and infinitesolid manifestations)

The more commonly violated rules are #5 and #10 (listed in section 2). Hijacking threads is taking over the discussion on a topic different from the original post, which violates the "stay on topic" rule; this is often done in the context of discussion a crackpot idea. The latter violates two principles laid out in the rules. Not engaging in discussion, aka soapboxing, is against rule #8. This is most often violated by people who declare science to be wrong, and when confronted with evidence simply repeat their claims. I hope that logical fallacies, flaming, plagiarism and sockpuppetry violations are easily understood (as well as porn and spam, but we don't bother to log those. There would be no time for anything else.)

alpha2cen has been suspended for repeatedly hijacking threads with speculative science, and promoting pet theories in science threads.

infinitesoliduk has been banned as yet another sockpuppet of a previously banned user. Moltensphereearth, too. (infinitesolid 1, 2 and 3)

cypress has been banned for thread hijacking, many instances of logical fallacies (making honest debate well-nigh impossible) and abusing the post reporting system. (Reporting rules violations is encouraged. Using reports for non-violations as retaliation or distraction is not)

Just the Facts has been banned for repeatedly insulting just about everybody, thread hijacking and refusing to engage in actual scientific discussion on his speculative subjects.

pioneer has been banned for being a sockpuppet of a previously banned user, and for repeated thread hijacks. (sunspot)

When one sees large sections discussing the controversy of the data and methods, especially for a single source of information (not peer-reviewed, no corroboration), one might hesitate to claim that it is "general knowledge."

I'd also like evidence that the premise is actually true.

14darryl14 and ChuckNorris banned as sockpuppets (cabinintheforest), and the latter for masquerading as Chuck Norris. It would be a dark day indeed if the real Chuck Norris ever found out.

I was joking about the use of "midterm" for exams that do not take place mid-term (and take place more than once). That always annoyed me when I was TA-ing in grad school, because all of the physics professors seemed to do it.

Midterms in September? Are you done at the end of October, or did you start in July/August?

vuquta has been banned for repeated thread hijacking, reintroduction of topics of closed threads, and soapboxing

This thread isn't the place to do that. It's meant to be a list of things to consider when creating a new topic, and a discussion of those items.

PlutoXid3 has been banned as a sockpuppet account, along with alter egos Klaplunk, eleven and Clipper. Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.

Umm, the title of the thread is Common Acronyms, reaffirmed in post #13. I submit that one hit on Google between them (zero, if we exclude your use of the term) does not qualify. (Soon to have additional hits once this page is crawled, but I trust the point is clear)

gentleman-farmer has been suspended for a week for insults and abusing the PM, report post and profile comment systems, i.e. uncivil behavior, and being preachy/not promoting discussion, in violation of rule 2.8.

The Demon-Haunted World Carl Sagan Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine Nesse and Williams The Beak of the Finch Jonathan Weiner Lucy Johanson and Edey Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond (somewhat less of a "hard science" book, but still very good)

charles langley has been banned as a sockpuppet account. (ninus maximus)

Just picked up Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre. WWII spy story. Non-fiction.

Clipper suspended 3 days for trolling

triclino has been suspended for continual refusal to follow the spirit of the HW help section and being persistently abrasive in his responses. glyphomouni has been banned as triclino's sockpuppet account.

I was taught that "and" implied a non-integer, with the default being a decimal. One hundred and one implied 100.1, but the protocol also applied to other fractions e.g. "one and one-eighth"

ambros has been suspended for a week for repeated rude behavior, reopening a closed thread and trolling. (Normally a mod uninvolved with the exchanges would log this action, but it turns out there aren't any around. We all got sucked into the vortex.)

This is not the place for the supposed scientific predictions made by Quran/Bible/Torah/Vedas et. al.