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Most common planet type in the Galaxy BuckGalaxy May 16, 2025 1:51 pm (Space/Science)

Large Loathsome Legislation fails in committee BuckGalaxy May 16, 2025 1:14 pm (CurrentEvents)

Large Hadron Collider Eureka! BuckGalaxy May 15, 2025 11:44 am (Space/Science)

Plan(et) 9 from Outer Space BuckGalaxy May 13, 2025 10:58 am (Space/Science)

Shouldn't there be an Afrikaaner-American studies department in our universities? ER May 12, 2025 2:59 pm (CurrentEvents)

The April numbers ER May 8, 2025 5:59 am (Space/Science)

The Orange Criminal POS abandons another ally BuckGalaxy May 7, 2025 10:18 am (CurrentEvents)

Orion spacecraft for crewed Artemis II lunar mission ready BuckGalaxy May 3, 2025 8:13 pm (Space/Science)

Australia election more bad news conservatives BuckGalaxy May 3, 2025 11:54 am (CurrentEvents)

Massive cuts to NASA budget proposed BuckGalaxy May 3, 2025 9:19 am (Space/Science)

Say what? ER May 1, 2025 8:53 pm (CurrentEvents)

Financial Wizards-NOT by Eri November 19, 2011 9:52 am

Flip Flop, Flip Flop by Eri November 19, 2011 9:38 am

Obama...the walking talking stereotype. by Lee November 19, 2011 5:52 am

And what might that other reason be? by bowser 2011-11-19 09:50:03

A certain satisfaction. by bowser November 18, 2011 3:52 pm

Source document: by TB 2011-11-18 16:52:48
- A few months ago I gave a retired director of the Climate Services division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... by bowser 2011-11-18 20:41:31
  - And fourth, you didn't read your own links. by TB 2011-11-19 10:33:34
    - There is a certain satisfaction - - - oh, I already said that. Type 2, the believer of whatever is in ... by bowser 2011-11-19 10:56:36
      - Just a hint: The "1 percent" meme is dead. by TB 2011-11-19 11:42:09
        
        Ah. Thanks. I thought "1%" was an approximation, there was a certain license there. And the polls. I ... by bowser 2011-11-19 16:02:12
        
        Polls are useful if their methodology is strict enough. by TB 2011-11-19 16:19:03

Firefox crashing by FrankC November 18, 2011 2:46 pm

Roboform by RobVG 2011-11-21 18:22:41
- Firefox has a password autofill pretty much identical to to Chrome. They used to have robo as a plug-in but ... by FrankC 2011-11-21 23:30:59
Mine does it frequently. by Eri 2011-11-19 10:00:26
- I seem to have fixed it by shutting down some unneeded add ons by FrankC 2011-11-20 19:27:36
  - Can you remember which ones? There are so many add-ons and I don't even use most of them. ... by Eri 2011-11-21 05:11:26
    - I don't recall Eri. Like you saY there are so many. If you don't recognize it close it. It will not ... by FrankC 2011-11-21 11:31:12

Infrastructure cyber attacks by TB November 18, 2011 1:36 pm

You can't hack a computer if it's not on a network. by Lee 2011-11-19 08:50:34

Why communism still terrifies capitalists. by bowser November 18, 2011 1:11 pm

Neutrinos are FTL-capable again. by Robert November 18, 2011 11:12 am

... by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-23 17:26:51
How about if the acceleration is constant but the speed is not. Do photons accelerate to their propagation speed; if so, ... by johannes 2011-11-19 18:41:35
- Maybe half true...density does matter to photons, however...it does not matter to its neutrino carrier, so when the photons "stop", ... by Jody 2011-11-25 08:55:56
- I'd say that if there's acceleration, then the speed won't be constant. But the basic conceptual problem here is that ... by Robert 2011-11-19 19:17:04
  - That is an interesting concept, it would mean that the photon is moving at the speed of light even when ... by johannes 2011-11-20 19:30:17
Wouldn't the speed of light be the speed of perception? The observable? Maybe neutrinos are the speed of the unobservable? by Jody 2011-11-19 10:54:28
- It sure would. Sounds like you've been plugged into the Krell machine again ;-) When I puzzled it out, it began ... by Robert 2011-11-19 13:26:52
Newtonian physics explained things well until more sophisticated clocks came along. Einstein was complemented by quantum mechanics. As measurements get ... by bowser 2011-11-18 14:58:39
- What makes Alcubierre's idea so clever is that it doesn't actually violate Einsteinian physics. The ship would be motionless inside ... by Robert 2011-11-18 18:28:29
  - When Spock looks at the readout, it says "unknown form of radiation." by TB 2011-11-18 19:41:00
    - You're right that "radiation" is ambiguous, and now that I think about it, Spock's cliche is "unknown form of energy". ... by Robert 2011-11-19 13:40:35

Heads up for anyone that uses Comcast (Xfinity) email by FrankC November 17, 2011 11:54 pm

As cautious as I think I am, I did the same thing with Netflix last week. Convincing site, bill, ... by bowser 2011-11-18 14:49:21
- Ouch. Bowser, I'm disappointed, you're my gold standard for paranoia about personal privacy, my canary in the coal mine privacy muse. But ... by Robert 2011-11-18 17:15:55
  - They snuck right up in front of me. by bowser 2011-11-21 17:01:01
    - They do that, Bowser. They do that. by Robert 2011-11-21 17:06:25
  - I'm not that concerned about privacy issues but I am reasonably cautious. I have plenty of protection from viruses and ... by FrankC 2011-11-18 18:28:35
Good instincts. Everything about that incident stinks to high heaven: Traditional social hacking approach, the phishing site, and the coup ... by Robert 2011-11-18 12:50:59
- Yes, I should have tried to sign on before even looking at the thing but I let my curiosity overtake ... by FrankC 2011-11-18 13:33:24

All occupiers are the "99 percent"... by TB November 17, 2011 11:18 pm

More on the actual subject of the thread, by TB 2011-11-20 20:06:02
Serious questions: How well is capitalism as practiced in the US working for the good of all the people? Is ... by bowser 2011-11-18 12:58:49
- You'll notice there's no reply to this one addressing the question. I'll bet I can guess why. by bowser 2011-11-19 09:51:03
  - The answers are involved, requiring a lot of background. by TB 2011-11-19 11:38:57
    - That is a long way of saying no, it's not working any more. And then attempting to explain why ... by bowser 2011-11-19 13:14:19
      - No, that wasn't what I said. by TB 2011-11-19 13:27:16
        
        TB, no tap dancing. Where did I say this. "You think there is an ideal universe where all high school ... by bowser 2011-11-19 23:57:43
        
        Can you honestly say you envisioned that ideal "trade worker" as NOT being a loyal member of a union? ... by TB 2011-11-20 14:02:46
- ...and your perception of the American Dream is...? by Jody 2011-11-18 13:21:09
  - For the average high school graduate to be able to learn a trade, buy a house, send his kids to ... by bowser 2011-11-18 18:25:12
    - I know what your saying. by RobVG 2011-11-20 15:37:26
      - “From 1975 to 2005, the cost of attending public universities in the U.S. tripled…. much of the increased cost can ... by Eri 2011-11-22 21:44:28
Extreme bias and prejudice are never pretty, are they? "Politburo" is a loaded term, which is why you used ... by bowser 2011-11-18 09:05:47
- BEATLES; REVOLUTION; continued... "....but if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao ----Ain't gonna make it with anyone any how...." by Jeff-Wash 2011-11-18 10:03:50
  - It's usually pictures of Che nowadays. by TB 2011-11-18 10:13:05
- Nobody at Tea Party rallies had to explain how 70 percent of the attendees weren't "really" Tea Party members and ... by TB 2011-11-18 09:58:00
- Lennon & McCartney; BEATLES; REVOLUTION. (Screaming electric guitars:) "Say you want a revo-lu-tion? We-ll you know - we don't want to change the world..." by Jeff-Wash 2011-11-18 09:54:41

The Captain tells you how NOT to fry a turkey by TB November 17, 2011 10:47 pm

Alton Brown and Sunny Anderson had a disagreement on the Thanksgiving Live program on Food Network today. He said ... by Eri 2011-11-20 18:37:41
- Just don't boil oil over an open flame and then drop a chunk of ice into it. Might be OK if ... by bowser 2011-11-21 18:27:23
  - If it wasn't, it would be by the time the Fire Department was through. by Eri 2011-11-22 06:09:52

Great info. Tart Cherry Juice for sleep & Benefits from Eating Nuts by Eri November 17, 2011 8:32 pm

More on tart cherry juice by Robert 2011-11-18 13:00:43
- As I remember, you may want to start lightly and build up in order not to have a touch of ... by Eri 2011-11-19 10:03:06
  - Thanks for the warning, and not too late. This late in the year I'll just pick up some bottled juice, ... by Robert 2011-11-21 11:53:48
    - They have concentrate which will be best. A regular bottle will last only a few days or less (depending ... by Eri 2011-11-22 06:11:26

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