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    What Speed Should Jane Walk to Match John's Arrival Time?

    The answer is 1.27 m/s to reach distance (C) from starting point (A). You have most of the equation, just solve for distance over time.
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    Will humans ever really understand why the universe exists?

    tchitt got the spirit of the argument better than I did. I used the word 'faith' to be at peace with those things we don't understand. I put no limits on what we could learn but privately hold the belief that we will blow ourselves up before that could ever happen. It matters not if you have...
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    Will humans ever really understand why the universe exists?

    The question of 'why' anything exists implies purposed creation, reason, and logic in the subject of the why. This tends to fly in the face of science but walks right through the door of the church. Religion aside, there are certain things that I believe we will never understand, nor develop the...
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    I am confused and I I think

    Your life is not subject to a time clock yet. Major in your first choice and minor in your second and hop scotch through all subjects you want to get into as long as you can afford the education. I would bet somewhere along the way you'll find that one subject you really have a talent for and...
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    Obama - Gates - Crowley Beer poll.

    I take Professor Gates for a 'Stout' drinker. Run your mouth in front of 20 cops and then cry about it as a race issue? Yeah...definitely Stout. Crowley is probably going for a Lager. Strong at the start with just a little aftertaste. Obama... miller lite.....all marketing, no taste, and...
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    How do red blood cells enter the circulatory system?

    Red blood cells begin as Reticulocytes in the marrow and navigate through the small pores in the large bones of the body. They are quickly absorbed by the nearest capillary into service. You make roughly 1 - 2 million per second.
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    Does the immune system neutralise the toxin or the bacteria that created it?

    Intoxication poisoning from bacteria produces cellular damage impeding the function of the systems it comes in contact with. The toxin is actually neutralized through the degradation of the cells it destroys and is further cleansed from the body by the kidneys. Bacteria themselves are destroyed...
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    Fun game: credit card roulette

    Steak fried chicken. Hmmmm. Let me work on that recipe and I'll get back to you. Does sound delicious.
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    Barber's Paradox: Did He Shave Himself?

    Who charges less?? The second guy sounds like my dad. Tell him I said 'hey'
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    The most catchy catchphrase you've encountered

    This one's getting all too common "to the best of my recollection I don't recall (place your local politician's headline here).
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    Solving a Rectangular Loop Wire Problem: A Tutorial

    In order to obtain both the magnitude and direction of the force on a charge, q1 at position , experiencing a field due to the presence of another charge, q2 at position 'r2, the full vector form of Coulomb's law is required. The presence of a loop requires the formula above. Good luck and...
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    Is gravity a force, or curvature of space-time?

    We know that the gravity on the moon is much less because the mass of the moon is much less than that of earth. All of the stars,moons, and even comets you can see rotate on an axis and rotate in same fashion around a star, black star, etc. What we are trying to define is a force of order coming...
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    Fun game: credit card roulette

    You can get a great chicken fried steak around here for $8 and I'll pay. Sheeeshhh... its just food.
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