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  1. Great song and even better story! Thanks for sharing Airbrush! Here is an improved version of a country song by a great reggae band.
  2. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/02/covid-vaccine/607000/?utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=yahoo-non-hosted&yptr=yahoo
  3. Might just be a translation issue. You ever read assembly instructions for products that come from china?
  4. Externet lives in the US. For him to be so worried about his well being indeed likely causes more risk for him than the actual virus does.
  5. You mean you keep thousands of people in close quarters and a virus spreads? Shocking!
  6. Snow after an avalanche is quite solid. People don't dig themselves out of an avalanche. The snow will maintain its shape even if a door or window is opened.
  7. Which hook do they claim they are getting off? With the law? God? The wife they are cheating on?
  8. Not on this planet. AFAIK arguing determinism has never gotten anyone off the hook.
  9. Right here in the OP. Surely you haven't forgotten what you posted?!?! So does that mean your workmates in the discussion included women or not?
  10. LOL! I'm guessing none of your work mates were women or you'd be unable to type right now. If you are going to claim men are so much more capable then women you'd best be prepared to back it up with evidence. Can you?
  11. Since about 40% of scientists are atheist (https://www.pewforum.org/2009/11/05/scientists-and-belief/) how do you explain the underperformance of atheists when it come to the Nobel Prize?
  12. I can't find where the source data came from. I looked at the book the chart came from in the first link but I don't see his methods. How does one know the religion of someone who won the prize 100 years ago? My brother in law (a scientist) claims Christianity but that is for the sake of his mother. He is an atheist in reality. Did claiming atheism impact your ability to receive grants 100 or even 50 years ago? That may also have some impact. I also would have expected a higher percentage of atheists, but on the other hand, Jews are highly over represented. Go figure.
  13. He didn't claim it "mattered". Some of us just find certain things interesting and are curious about them. You also didn't answer his question.
  14. Caesar's Last Breath by Sam Kean
  15. zapatos replied to DrmDoc's topic in The Lounge
    I recently learned about Muscovy ducks. We were trying to figure out what to do about the flies that gather around our chicken coop and were told about the Muscovy's, which are excellent at catching and eating flies!
  16. zapatos replied to DrmDoc's topic in The Lounge
    On the opposite end of the spectrum today I learned the term callipygous, which will allow me to comment on my wife's friend's figure without her knowing what in the hell I'm talking about. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/callipygous
  17. Damn iNow that is really awesome! Many years from now your kids are going to be fighting over who gets to keep which of your projects. You are making things that will be in use in your family for years and years!
  18. How many total photons does a star emit in its life and how many photons does a black hole absorb in a given amount of time? And finally, how long will it take a black hole to absorb the number of photons it emitted?
  19. Loved it! And of course there was a hound dog walking by. 😁
  20. zapatos replied to DrmDoc's topic in The Lounge
    Today I learned that most turkeys eaten on Thanksgiving are hens, while toms are generally turned into deli meats.
  21. Very nice! And how was that board cut? It looks like a cross section in the middle of a board.
  22. Pithy statement that sounds profound yet has as much substance as a fart in the wind.
  23. Nice tidbit. When I was in college one of the guests to our Speakers Series was Mel Blanc. He was hilarious.
  24. Those cartoons meant a lot to us also. Besides the Bugs Bunny cartoons being my introduction to classical music, my wife has an approximation of the following tattooed on her, um, body.
  25. One might even find an avatar on this internet thingy!

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