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Today,
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grapes
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how do i have all my topics/posts deleted and username removed?
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We try. I can remember one poster who signed his full name to his initial post. The post was high enough quality that I was certain he'd be around...
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Mechanical advantages of rails?
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It's hard to imagine an alternative steel factory without some sort of rail system--you're not going to shuttle hot ladles back and forth on rubber...
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Yesterday,
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SPF ratings for sunscreens
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From USA Today today: http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2325341 OK I might believe that SPF ratings are gimmicks, as the article says, but I'm...
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Yesterday,
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Looking for a solid pair of binoculars
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The last two links are the same.
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2013-May-19,
06:48 PM
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Machines in space
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Nobody else may have mentioned the effect of cosmic rays on computers and digital cameras, but that sure seems like an issue. Modern machines have a...
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2013-May-19,
10:12 AM
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Mechanical advantages of rails?
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Simple physics and material strength allows one to calculate number of wheels. A single coal car carries a small hill of rock. (...
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2013-May-18,
08:32 PM
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Why Such Poor Resolution on Moon Close-ups?
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Hubble has shot the Moon. It is generally not used for that because it's not designed for that, and also the Moon moves faster in the sky than most...
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2013-May-18,
12:14 PM
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Star Trek Into Darkness May 17, 2013 - Spoilers
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Which is another reason to avoid it. They're not doing anything new. Fred
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2013-May-17,
09:55 PM
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Star Trek Into Darkness May 17, 2013 - Spoilers
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One has to wonder: If this story was made as an independent story, nothing to do with Star Trek, would it still have been greenlighted? Fred
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2013-May-17,
08:43 PM
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Really trivial stuff that bugs you
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Spouse -- Spice Trousers -- Taser Douse -- Dice Souse -- Sots
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2013-May-16,
06:43 PM
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What is the Average Distance Between Earth and Sun?
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If it is given as 93,000,000 miles, there are two significant digits--it's been rounded to 93 million. Of course, it's 91.5-94.5 million over the...
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2013-May-16,
10:08 AM
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Really trivial stuff that bugs you
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Interesting. The wiki says it is folk etymology. From http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=11795 That ship may have sailed! :)
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2013-May-15,
04:20 PM
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About Venus
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OK, that clears that up. The phrase "null hypothesis" is too general and actually controversial. Why not just say, Hypothesis A, Hypothesis B,...
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2013-May-15,
04:11 PM
grapes
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What is the Average Distance Between Earth and Sun?
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I think that was their point! :) There is some justification for using the semi-major axis as the average distance, as we've said, and the...
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2013-May-15,
12:39 PM
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About Venus
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Not just superficial resemblances, either, but as Shaula mentions, in the DNA as well. Too? What are you calling the null hypothesis? :)
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2013-May-15,
03:36 AM
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What is the Average Distance Between Earth and Sun?
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Like Glom, I'd say yes. Aphelion plus perihelion equals major axis, so half of that is the semi-major axis, and Kepler's laws depend upon the...
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2013-May-14,
04:25 PM
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Lagrange point with a mass, does it create baby L-points?
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But isn't the moon of appreciable size? Or, going back to the OP, substantial enough? The moon is large enough, relative to the earth, that some...
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2013-May-14,
02:21 PM
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Really trivial stuff that amuses you...
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Yesterday, some kids asked which languages I knew. I claimed an additional ability to speak British, and they were impressed, until I admitted it...
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2013-May-14,
10:23 AM
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Lagrange point with a mass, does it create baby L-points?
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Putting in a second moon into the earth/moon system would not put you over the 1/25 limit.
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