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Users activity: 68 posts per thread
Forum activity: 754 active threads during last week
 

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Chronos
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Light rather than X-Rays
Published (2009-11-21 14:48:00)
You can also use light of lower frequencies than visible, rather than higher. I've heard of a prospective cancer treatment that uses an infrared laser to activate chemotherapy agents, so as to localize them precisely to where the tumor is: They can work through something like 5-10 cm of tissue and still be strong enough to activate the chemo, without doing significant harm to the intervening tissue.
Blake
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Are microwaves dangerous?
Published (2009-11-21 23:58:00)
That's my understanding as well. But there is no disputing what I claimed: radio frequency radiation can cause DNA damage and exposure to low frequency radiation has been linked to cancer via cell phones. Everything posted so far has simply said the same thing using many more words.
pan1
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Are clothes dryers ubiquitous in...
Published (2009-11-18 17:07:00)
All this is assuming you have access to space to put a clothesline. Many people do not and have no other option than the gas or electric dryer. Using a clothes line takes more time, too. It requires each piece to be hung individually and be carried around. The money and gas/electricity saved comes at a high cost in time.
HorseloverFat
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Is it even practical/possible to...
Published (2009-11-21 23:37:00)
Quote: I just checked the "System" tab and it tells me I have a Pentium 111 Processor at 864 MHz and 128 mb of RAM. You have a pentium 3 with 128 megs of RAM. Thats pretty old but still usable. Id consider moving up to 512 or 1 gig of ram. You can find out what ram fits you machine by visiting crucial.com and putting in the model number. Most likely you'll need PC133 SDRAM. 2 512 modules will run you $100 or so. Two 256...
Johnny L.A.
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Speaking of diamonds...
Published (2009-11-21 21:07:00)
Informative. Thanks. I'm not looking to sell it, BTW. I'm just curious about it.
Rumor_Watkins
36
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Can someone give me an executive...
Published (2009-11-21 16:06:00)
Title says it all. What are the details? I don't really know what the specific details are as of right now. Thanks.
Markxxx
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Is it possible to remove a link...
Published (2009-11-21 02:25:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by aaelghat One more thing... Since the link no longer goes to the story, if you wait long enough (until the page is re-indexed) the links will disappear on their own. Just give it some time. But remember even if Google re-indexes the sight, your story could remain in the cached version for some time. Google reindexes each site differently so keep watching. Hopefully no one has a website that scraps that site or it...
Colibri
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How is scientific fraud...
Published (2009-11-21 14:45:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by Quartz Again, I have read about what happens when one person is accused. I'm interested in what happens when a group of people are accused. Nothing different. Each case would be handled individually. Why would you think otherwise?
johnpost
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Why does game taste...
Published (2009-11-21 09:36:00)
people do bleed deer immediately.
Broomstick
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I think I would like a Crow as a...
Published (2009-11-21 10:16:00)
Parrots are not domestic animals. At best they're semi-domestic - they, too, retain their wild behaviors just as corvids do. One of the problems pet parrots have is that many humans do not understand that and thus do not understand that some "problem behaviors" can not be trained out of them.
 

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Started 1 day, 14 hours ago (2009-11-21 17:16:00)  by janeslogin
I watch a lot of old movies from Netflix; many old foreign movies that are rarely available anywhere except DVD. Occasionally I get one that cannot be view anywhere in my household except on the computer. There are some older European disks that the computer can read and my DVD player cannot.
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Started 1 day, 10 hours ago (2009-11-21 20:55:00)  by Loach
I've seen my share of bodies and pieces of bodies. The meat from a human is not green.
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Started 2 days, 10 hours ago (2009-11-20 20:42:00)  by BigT
Quote: Originally Posted by KarlGrenze Like Daerlyn, I've also had textbooks with the answers in the back... But in a class where you have to hand in the work, complete with the formula and process you used, just jotting down a number won't do. It was more helpful to me when I was stuck or unsure if I had gotten the right answer. I ...
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Started 4 days, 20 hours ago (2009-11-18 10:52:00)  by Philster
Go to Craigslist. These machines are dominant on there, and they've done nothing but hold up clothes/laundry, so you can get one like new and hang your laundry on it. I would recommend free weights. The best things those machines have to offer are great ads and a bunch of models who wouldn't be caught dead building their lean body on one of those machines... unless they were handed a fat ...
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Started 1 day, 16 hours ago (2009-11-21 15:01:00)  by Xema
Quote: Originally Posted by kombatminipig I'm presuming that humans have seen space at some point with a minimum of light pollution Note that until about 120 years ago, human ability to generate light pollution was rather pitiful and every human alive knew what a bright starry sky looked like: vast numbers of ...
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Started 1 day, 15 hours ago (2009-11-21 16:07:00)  by Johnny L.A.
Ever see a cat skeleton in a tree? I'm guessing they get down eventually.
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Started 2 days, 13 hours ago (2009-11-20 18:02:00)  by rockypg
Just to shake things up, wikipedia says: "In countries prone to earthquakes, such as Japan, most switches are positioned sideways to prevent the switch from inadvertently being turned on or off by falling objects" There is no citation though.
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Started 2 days, 11 hours ago (2009-11-20 19:26:00)  by HorseloverFat
There was an IAMA on reddit about this recently from an ex-employee. He pretty much answers all of your questions: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...r_a_month_a ma/
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Started 1 day, 6 hours ago (2009-11-22 00:27:00)  by qazwart
Here's a video showing the whole ceremony . It's part of the flag lowering ceremony. Yes, it is a certain bit of "I-kicked him in the goolies like this" in the ceremony and it's on purpose. The whole ceremony is now a big nightly event that takes the animosity between two enemies and puts them into a non-violent display of rage and anger. There are cheering crowds on each side. However, ...
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Started 1 day, 11 hours ago (2009-11-21 19:43:00)  by samclem
Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny L.A. My mom gave me her wedding ring when I got engaged, saying I could give it to my fiancée. She said it cost $13,000. Like the poster in the other thread, I know nothing of jewelry. Can a 2 kt. diamond in a chunk of gold really be 'worth' 13 kilobucks? How do I go about having it ...
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Started 1 week ago (2009-11-15 12:37:00)  by Telemark
Quote: Originally Posted by snailboy When an airplane loses power, it becomes a glider. When a helicopter loses power, I'd expect it to fall like a rock. Why? The spinning rotor is still providing lift, albeit less as it slows down. It won't fall like a rock since lift doesn't disappear as soon as you lose power.
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Started 5 days, 17 hours ago (2009-11-17 14:04:00)  by Gus Gusterson
Then as now, bacterial infections usually resolve themselves eventually if you don't treat them.
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Started 6 days, 18 hours ago (2009-11-16 12:44:00)  by Anaamika
I have wondered this forever, especially seeing boys doing stunts and suddenly dropping hard onto that bar. The tears in their eyes makes it seem like it's totally backwards. ETA: Yes, but why do they still make them like that?
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Started 5 days, 14 hours ago (2009-11-17 16:32:00)  by pan1
Quote: Originally Posted by janeslogin I am curious about the history of these rectangular canvas bags at the grocery stores to replace plastic and paper. I've a net bag from Europe, was one used to bring things home from the market. The net bag is lighter and fit into a pocket more easily than the canvas bags. It has lasted ...
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Started 6 days, 8 hours ago (2009-11-16 22:56:00)  by GreasyJack
Look up "scrapyards" in your local phone book. They have set rates they give you per pound of whatever metal you bring in and what they buy does indeed get melted down-- this is usually much more energy efficient than processing new raw materials and, in fact, with many metals much more recycled material gets used than new. These places have plenty of legit customers-- demolition contractors...
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RE: 720p or 1080p? - 43 new posts
Started 5 days, 20 hours ago (2009-11-17 10:57:00)  by AndyPolley
Quote: Originally Posted by squeekster Considering that HD broadcasts are only in 720p and considering that the only way to get 1080p is with Blu-ray (or so I've heard), what is the advantage to buying a 1080p set if you have no plans on buying a Blu-ray set-up anytime soon? Or is there an advantage? I can't speak...
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Started 1 week ago (2009-11-15 14:58:00)  by runner pat
To some extent, neither. Total distance=calories. Go as far as you can in the time you have. You won't be able to go at the same intensity every day, you'll need some easier days otherwise the fatigue builds up until you break down.
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Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-14 21:06:00)  by badlyburnttoast
WAG: The cost and other issues (weight, comfort, visibility, etc) associated with making a faceplate capable of stopping a bullet are not worth it considering the number of people who get shot in the face is probably on the low side. Edit I need to learn to read the WHOLE post before I reply. I'm not sure, I'd guess it would still be too expensive and bulky (helmets already weight something ...
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Started 4 days, 14 hours ago (2009-11-18 16:27:00)  by Bosstone
Can't say for Southern California, but everyone I know in Arizona has dryers in their homes or otherwise uses the laundromat. Wouldn't clothes dried in the sun get really stiff and unpleasant to wear?
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Started 5 days, 20 hours ago (2009-11-17 11:04:00)  by Tom Tildrum
The only people I've seen who are critical of it have been practitioners of alternative medicine.
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