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A few years ago I needed to buy a piece of microsoft software. I had the part number. Went to MICROSOFT's web site and typed in the MICROSOFT part number into the MICROSOFT searchengine................. about a min later I got back a message saying that what I was looking for did not exist... Hmmm I thought.... lets try google... OK, I went to google and typed in the MICROSOFT part number.... less than 2 seconds later i was directed to a page on the MICROSOFT website showing a picture of the software, a full description and an option to 'buy it now'.

Microsoft are apparently offering cash incentives to get people away from google to use their search engine... NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS!! I wont even bother trying it out! :mad:

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Hmm... whilst on the subject our new PC has VISTA on it. We we told we could not have any other OS options at all when purchasing... 3 months in and it has completely broke - needs complete new install losing everything we have done. (got back up of course but not the point)... The support guy on the phone seemed quite unphased and suggested that ' oh never mind it's quite normal..... you can expect this to happen every 3-4 months'... WTF!??! We have to reinstall our complete system EVERY 3-4 MONTHS!!

My attitude to Bill Gates is the same as the US General in the South Park movie - if only I had a gun "GET ME BILL GATES!"

I think they are Peshwari nans! The sweet ones - go very nicely with any curry with cocconut in it.

It's due to the casimire effect (no magenetic field lines go through a superconductor), it is NOT anti-gravity, just plane old electromagnetisim!

Oh yea Klaynos I know it's not anti grav..... I know it's not Mind power either! It does however (as does the lifter) give the appearance of levitation and it is quite cool (especially the superconductors. .... about2-4K))

(PS - Yipee - 100+ posts!)

Podkletnov. Nobody has been able to repeat the results, AFAIK. Not surprising; thermodynamics is a harsh mistress and does not allow cheating behind her back.

 

People pursuing this are falling prey to a flawed form of Pascal's wager.

Thanks - I'll read arround it when I get the chance anyway. One thing I have seen though, which is pretty cool, is that you can get a magnet to hover abouve a superconducting sheet. The magnetic field is mirrored I think in the SC and thus repelled and the thing floats in the air!

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yea - here's an example in this site, although I have seen better pictures.

http://www.coolmagnetman.com/magsuper.htm

And here:

IIRC - It is thought that all galaxies, including our Milky Way have a super massive black hole at the centre.

If you ignite hydrogen in air (oxgen) then the result is water.

2H2 + O2 -heat-> 2H2O

Nothing to do with 'mind power' (!?!) but type 'ion lifter' into google and have a look at that - it isn't antigravity, but it is pretty cool. Some people think that UFO's are govement prototype tests for ion lifters and other 'antigrav' type devices which have been kept secerate.

I havn't really got time to search into it right now, but does anyone know anything about spinning super conductors? I seem to remember some interesting claims regarding these and gravitational shielding (??!??!). Anyone know anything about this?

The steam could then drive a turbine to generate electricity as in a powerstation. Or as you say a ship could be propelled by steam power by having the steam pressure build up and used to push a piston. Look up steam engines.

Hi Ron. My Father suffers from chronic depression and he is a poet also. I typed up his anthology of poetry for him as he doesn't like computers. This was quite disturbing as some of the poetry was quite dark and down. Knowing that it could of been a reflection of what my dad was feeling was very sad for me. Apparently it is quite common or artistic and creative types. Soem poet lauriates have been sufferers and lots of comics get it too. I am no expert, but I have watched other people go through tough times. I myself have suffered mildly in the past as well. I put it down to being reasonably intellegent and taking the worlds (and ones own) problems on your shoulders and not being to work a way through them in your mind. Anyway - sometimes things build up.

The last few years have been ace for me - getting properly paid work and getting married to my lovely wife - so things have leveled out alot. I don't know if what I am saying is making any sense at all. I dont really know what I am talking about really but thought I'd reply anyway, I hope thats OK - best regards to you.

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OK - I don't claim to completely understand the whole experiment, or have the time to spend disecting it completely, but here is one thing I noticed in his 'proof of the ether' experiment. He calculates the error in his timers by doing shed loads of runs.... Fine.

He then measures two differing times and sees that they are VERY slightly different.... He then SUBTRACTS the error he calculate as if it is an absolute error (surly he should quote it as plus or minus) and finds (what a suprise ) that the answer is still not identical to the theoretical and claims that this reading is FREE FROM ERROR because he has subtracted the errors already. He uses this difference to the theory to claim that the theory is out.

Surely he can't do this? When working with extreamly small figures with the level of error in his equipment - he can't just say 'on average the error is xyz, so if I subtract xyz from my final averaged result then there is no error in the result.?..... I stopped reading it from there.

Congrats - enjoy your summer!!! Are you working or having some free time?

I finnished my finals about 15 years ago now! And submitted my PhD thesis in 2000! Time flies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DrP that is...rather odd...

 

I know... I can't explain it, I've been doing it for years.. - thats why I voted for The Force in the poll.

Why not give it a try? I'm sure I'm not the only one who can do it. ?

I use the clock on my mobile these days. I also use it as an alarm clock, although I don't really need it. It's odd - I look at the clock before going to sleep and count hours on my fingers to the time I want to get up. I then lay down, doze off and wake up about 5 mins before my alarm goes off. I realised I could do this when I was a school and had to get up earlier one day for some reason.

<when somebody asks a question which has a fairly obvious affirmative response>

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Constipated Dr Watson????

 

(no shit Shirlock!)

At a minimum, atheism must make the positive creeds:

 

"I believe in a purely material universe that conforms to naturalistic laws and principles.

 

I believe that the life we have is the only one we will have, that the mind and consciousness are inseparable from the brain, that we cease to exist in any conscious form when we die,

 

...the fact that all arose purely by the working of natural laws."

I compleatly disagree - the word as currently defined PURLEY refers to wether or not the person belives in a God or not.

The first 2 are necessary to be an atheist.

No they are not.

This one:

"I believe in the necessity for credible and objective evidence to sustain any belief and thus deny, because of the absence of such evidence, the existence of each and every aspect of the supernatural."

 

may be an essential creed. Or you may view it as a necessary rationalization to reach the other 2 creeds.

 

This one:

"I choose to live the dignified and exhilarating life of a free-thinker, able to go wherever knowledge and curiosity takes me, without fear of contradicting any dogma." is simply untrue. Singham is not a "free-thinker"; he has sold himself to a particular dogma and will not allow his curiosity or any knowledge to go anywhere but atheism. In fact, his rationalization above specifically denies such knowledge. He is afraid of contradiction atheist dogma.

What about Buddism say? They do not belive in God. They do however have a set of defined beliefs. They are Atheists.

What about people who believe in re-incarnation? They do not belive in God (although some may do) so they are Atheists - they do however believe that there is more to life after death, which goes against your creed.

The word as defined only describes wether one believes in a god or not. NOTHING else.

i don't mean a catalogue for buying from, I mean cataloguing my own chemicals.

My trouble now is that I'd ideally like to link to MSDS files somehow through the database, but i'm not sure how.

Probably not useful for you, but I keep them in word format under a folder entitaled MSDSs - I've just started to do this for the couple of hundered we have, other wise I have them twice in paper form in 2 filing cabinets.

Hafnium Oxide is a replacement for the oxide layer not for the semiconducting layer.

Sorry Klaynos - right you are!

I've used chemidex - OK for products with brand names but not nescessarily chemicals. For chems and equipment I've got the Fischer catologue (used to use Aldrich and Lancaster alot). Is there one set up for specifically for schools?

I think Hafnium Oxide chips have even better dielectric constants for faster smaller chips. Intel are starting to use already I think - google "hafnium chip" for more info.

We'll need mroe advances like this for Moore's Law to continue I think.

.....else the sample becomes charged........

Good point - If mounted then we've always coated with a very fine layer of Pt or Au atoms from a vapour deposition chamber to better reflect the electrons and to stop them charging the sample.

King Dick are a company that make spanners: http://www.ar-sheldon.com/acatalog/King_Dick.html

When I was at school, we had a fancy dress day and I went as a mechanic wearing overalls and I carried arround this massive 12 inch King Dick spanner. (you can see where this is going! ) I kept this in my pocket, which got some stares as it was huge, and went up to some of the girls and asked them if they wanted to see my 12 inch King Dick (waggling it around in my pocket). Their eyes all went extreamly wide and they all gasped in disbelief, untill I whipped out the spanner with the words King Dick along side and showed them. Most thought it was funny, and it got me noticed a bit.

It's amazing how much confidence a 12" King Dick can give you!

Just thought of this:

Do you wanna be my glove puppet? I'll stick my hand up your skirt with no strings attached.

Some Universities do a taught Masters degree which do not involve research.

"I bet he drinks Carling Black Label"

Then there was the one (another CBL add I think)that ended in a massive chase with cowboys that spread/crashed over into the next 3 adds! Verry funny. Was some time ago now though. (20 years! or so - crickey! anyone remember them?)

Also - the Rebok "Belly's going to get ya" add was funny.

tvp45,

From what I've read, We don't have a clue about this.

From what I've read it's just you that doesn't have a clue about it. I's a no-brainer - a cover over your head shades you from the sun. A thicker wooly one insulates you in the winter and keeps the heat in - it's obvious (just like the density being mass over volume no-brainer you couldn't get your head arround in that other thread).

No offence mean't here - there are plenty of 'clues' given above for you to ponder about the answer and you should be able to work it out from here. If not - then try the experiment that Skeptic suggested with the wooly hat in the sunshine and see how you get on!

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Here's another experiment for you - get 3 thermometers and 3 polystyrene blocks.

Place the 3 polystyrene blocks on the ground next to each other in direct sunlight. Place the thermometers on top of each. Leave the 1st uncovered, the 2nd cover with a black baseball cap, the 3rd with a white one. Come back in an hour and look at the respective temps. This should be conclusive. I'll bet you some forum reputation that the uncovered is the hottest followed by the one covered with the black cap followed by the one covered by the white one.. If not - then send me the caps and I'll eat them!