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I don't think so - in some societies we actually kill our children for bringing shame on the family by dating a person from the wrong background or colour... that and many many more atrocities that we are capable of - there is no unconditional love there. I think it is a choice. You choose to be nice - some religious practices, I think, can help you be nicer but I only say that because that was how I learned about not judging people, helping people even if you dislike them, unconditional love. I think you can learn to forgive - it doesn't always come naturally and in some cases, as you pointed out, it can be hard.

Sorry for not reading the entire thread... I have drifted in and out occasionally, but then I thought - hold on, I must be stupid or something.. why not just slice it in half. Slice those halves into 3 segments each. Then slice each in half again to get 12 exactly equal slices of the sphere - like orange segments. You could slice the last 6 segments in half either vertically or into 2 half segments each to get 2 different solutions. What am I missing here? PS - apologies for my ignorance here, but what am I missing?

QUOTE DrKrettin: "where in the animal kingdom do you find cruelty" ....Our kitten was an enthusiastic hunter. She liked butterfly chasing. Problem was she liked to release them for another chase but they flew off..... she came up with an ingenious way to stop the flying. I found her with a butterfly that she had pinned down with one claw and was stripping/shredding its wings with the other. She put 4 or 5 rips in each wing, very carefully and meticulously - enough that the thing wouldn't die but could not fly. Her little toy could then flap its way around the garden without really getting off the ground so she could chase and re catch it again over and over... I though this was an amazing act of intelligence from her (associating the wings with flight, shredding them and leaving the creature alive etc..).... but also very cruel!

That Bonobo in the first video leaves his matches right next to the fire! Has no one taught him anything about health and safety!?!

Loving this track from Chrisette Michelle. It's very cute. Love that 2 Cellos stuff too.

'Redshirts' by John Scalzi. I don't often post here, but this one is recommended for any Sci Fi fan... particularly if you are a Star Trek nerd. It is very funny. Certain crew members of the Starship Intrepid work out the unexplainable high mortality rate of new crew members when on away team missions. Eventually they figure out that they are part of a TV show chronicling the adventures of the 5 main crew members of the Starship Intrepid. The stars of the show never die... but if you are new to the crew and end up on an away mission with one of the main characters then you can expect not return. They plan a daring mission back through time to speak to the writers of the show in an attempt not to get killed off.

I can imagine the earth inside the sun being spun round and around like a marble inside of a balloon with all the people of the earth shouting for joy at the ride they are having...... This of course is impossible for many reasons.

Pretty sure you wont get Cl like this. The Salt can't be in solution and needs to be molten to do electrolysis with it. However - this isn't possible with your home set up as it would be too dangerous. Are there any other ways of Chlorine that you know of?

The polystyene foam you mentioned sounds best to me. And as people have said above - stop air flowing in and out of the stytem.

This one on the U-Tube video gets filled in as the song plays. Always liked the song, was strangely pleasing to see the elements filled in as the song plays.

I was walking down the street and this 5'5", 22 stone woman walked past. "Fatty!" I cried heartlesly. "You can't talk to me like that" She replied "You're Fattist!" "NO" I said "I believe you're the Fattest"

Perhaps you could change it from 'HornedWildebeas' to 'HornyWildebeast' thus satisfying the 15 character requirement?

And don't forget the googolplex! 10 to the power of a googol!

The QE2 sailed at 6 inches to the gallon! (Sh*t - I just looked this up and apparently it is a myth - at her cruising speed it was 50 foot per gallon. The 6 inches must have been from rest or something)

I think your English is exellent! Where are you from?

The old "Nylon Rope Trick" isn't a bad demo. You pour in your diamine thingy and add your sebacoyl chloride as a second layer - dip your rod in (phenar phenar) and pull out the rope from the interface between the two liquids as they polimerise. Can be difficault to get right and sometimes needs a little practice, but demonstrates polymerisation quite well. Nylon is something everyone knows about as well.

What would you use to embalm a dead parrot? - Poly-Myrrh!

GIRLS ARE EVIL - Mathematical PROOF!: 1) Girls require Time and Money so: Girls = Time x Money 2)we know that Time = Money so: Girls = Money x Money = Money2 3)Money is the root of all evil (Money = sqrt-Evil) Therefore: Girls = (sqrt-Evil)2 4) so finally it is proven: Girls = Evil ................................................................. Which Writer does mercury come from?.............. H.G. Wells!

Mendelejev has already given this site, but check out the coffe table - it's well cool! http://www.element-collection.com/html/coffee_table.html If I had a spare £5K to waste.....................

Hi - I'm DrP. i like reading through science discussion forums and post when I think I can be helpful (maybe not that often then) or need help myself. Regards.