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    What is the Motivation for Publishing Scientific Research?

    I didn't say you did, but it is good advertising. For example if I have an idea and I want to sell it to a business, the question will arise as to what testing or review it has undergone, if I say in my shed with a bicycle tire and a 3 amp battery, they will laugh in my face. If I cite a journal...
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    What is the Motivation for Publishing Scientific Research?

    Once you publish you have some sort of copyright law on your side that protects you or your ideas from being exploited for commercial gain by unscrupulous plagiarists. Presuming it is in an accredited journal and not the Psychics Journal of Woo for Woo Artists or some such bs journal. Plus its...
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    Thermodynamics: Understanding Temperature

    Degrees of freedom, solids are bound in a "lattice", liquids are not, hence it takes more energy to move a solid "lattice" of bonded atoms than freely motive particles, hence the energy may be the same and the overall/average energy consistent with a liquid but the kinetic/movement energy may...
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    News Is Free Access to Nuclear Physics Information Ethical?

    I doubt it's Iran it has its own Uranium mines and obtains uranium from Pakistan. There's nothing in any international law or treaty that prohibits uranium from being bought by anyone anyway, nor its enrichment for that matter. Iran buys yellowcake (a uranium intermediate in ore processing) from...
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    Photon observed to be behaving as a particle

    I thought you might find this interesting. I'm not sure it fundamentally changes any interpretation issues but it does have some intriguing possibilities both for future experiments and the philosophical issues, particularly those who favour particle models. Full article here...
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    What is the longest word in the English language?

    The longest word in the English language is time. Ok physics jokes aside, as said it depends what you mean by word, a chemical term is a word but is it a word as you understand the term. Antidisestablishmentarianism was once listed as the longest word although falsely. It means against the...
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    Things you consider academic dishonesty , but people do all the time?

    Well Einstien was deemed remedial by his parents at age 8 because he couldn't converse very well with other people, they considered sending him to a special school. There's a difference between abilities that actually help and those that hinder. Although the fine line is exceptionally slim and...
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    Things you consider academic dishonesty , but people do all the time?

    No that was my point, the idea that it is is fringe. But I can link you to some scientists claims that it is a myth but not for the reasons you might imagine. Which links nicely with the post above. No matter the level of education or age some people clearly are crackpots. Correct diagnosis is...
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    Things you consider academic dishonesty , but people do all the time?

    And sadly all levels of education from the high school student to the post doctorate. Still at least there's peer review. :)
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    Things you consider academic dishonesty , but people do all the time?

    I don't disagree but you are missing my point, if you are saying that people who have comprehension issues are not disabled, that is just wrong, some people can't even see writing in the correct order without special glasses. So very wrong. If we're going to bar people on the basis of...
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    Thermodynamics: Understanding Temperature

    I've been told that using the term average is wrong by some people. I know not why, since obviously this is a correct definition. Temperature is not something that reflects an individual event in a medium, it is something that is attributed to the medium over all. I quite agree that is a good...
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    How can I simplify this calculus problem involving algebraic manipulation?

    It's not so much putting it in anything, it just isn't the shortest question in the world. It would be a little annoying having to read 10 steps to get to the end in ASCII, I know I wouldn't want to. Anyhoo thanks; can do it in latex now, I'll give it another try. Clearly I messed up on...
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    How can I simplify this calculus problem involving algebraic manipulation?

    The time for editing had past or I would of edited. It won't let me type in latex without posting it in some strange code format for some bizarre reason. And showing the working without it will be needlessly confusing, long winded and ultimately pointless since its clear I've gone wrong...
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    Introducing Myself: Hiya Physics Student

    Glad I chose a small fish now. :-p Thanks guys.
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