Recent content by faust9

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    Looking for a Budget-Friendly Solid-State Inclinometer?

    Analog is usually pretty good about selling in small quantities. I bet you could save a few bucks by getting them from Analog instead of digikey. Here's and EDN article on accelerometers. http://www.edn.com/article/CA472836.html
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    Why would a circuit have a zero ohm resistor (3 black bands) in it?

    Zero ohn resisitors are used as jumpers.
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    News President Bush's Veterans Day Speech: A Missed Opportunity for Unity?

    Well, the fact that Bush decided to use his Veterans Day speech to attack his opponents instead of going to the tomb of the unknowns is just stupid. Hmmm let's leave the wreath laying to the VP to make a partisan attack.
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    News Kansas votes to endorse ignorance

    Well, there are two forms of ID, young Earth (8000 y/o AND the guiding hand) as well as old Earth (just the guiding hand).
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    News Kansas votes to endorse ignorance

    False. The Catholic view is that God created everything (the big bang); however, evolution is not controlled by God. ID says something is guiding evolution.
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    News Kansas votes to endorse ignorance

    Because ID is NOT science while evolution IS. The scientific method (the thing that defines science) has the following steps: 1. Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena. 2. Formulation of an hypothesis to explain the phenomena. In physics, the hypothesis often...
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    News Kansas votes to endorse ignorance

    Ignorace does not constitute scientific exaggerations. Science has been able to postulate and prove many aspects of evolutionary theory. We---humans---can now trace specific genes from the most advanced creatures all the way back to bacteria. We have traced the progress of fishes to amphibians...
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    News Kansas votes to endorse ignorance

    Here, I'll quote myself as a retor: Quoting yourself does not make your belief more right. You made some claims---well, prove them.
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    News Bush's Support of Torture: Global Impact and Un-American Reputation

    McCain is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore! http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1105mccain-torture05.html
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    News Can the President Be Impeached for Falsifying Information to Justify War?

    Well, we now have proof that the WH knew MONTHS before it started trumpeting the ties between Al-Queida and Saddam that those ties never existed. So, if the admin KNEW the intel was wrong and used it anyway is that not lying...
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    Bearing failure rating? Simple rev counter?

    Bearings have data sheets. The max RPM, load limits and expected failure life are quoted in said data sheets.
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    Exploring the Benefits of Toyota Prius Hybrid Car: A Fuel-Efficient Choice

    It's been like this for 100 years. Cars have had computers longer than homes.
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    Exploring the Benefits of Toyota Prius Hybrid Car: A Fuel-Efficient Choice

    Never built. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon
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    News Should the family be abolished in a communist society?

    Ahhh, now we make stuff up to support your position and then try to redirect the conversation to avoid addressing this lie. Burger did not commit treason. In fact, Rove/Libby did a worse thing by outing an agent---join the military and get a secret clearance(I've got mine still) and you'll learn...