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    Oregon's Killer July: 12 Days Over 90° & 4-5 Days Over 100°!

    That I am. Haha. I figured the name would give it away, but I guess not. =D
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    Oregon's Killer July: 12 Days Over 90° & 4-5 Days Over 100°!

    Is that low? Aghh..it feels like hell to me! I'm from Las Vegas, so I'm used to the dry heat, along with the a/c.
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    Oregon's Killer July: 12 Days Over 90° & 4-5 Days Over 100°!

    Yeah it's 105 w/ 23% humidity here in Seattle. I'm just laying on the floor in front of the fan because I don't have a/c in the apartment. It really feels hotter in here than it does outside. =/
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    Schools How can I choose the right college and degree for my career goals?

    Yeah if you're under 24, you basically have to be married or have a kid to get around that. http://www.fafsaonline.com/fafsa-blog/2007/05/18/dependent-vs-independent-status/ [Broken] My parents also make "too much", but not enough to contribute to my education, so I don't qualify for any...
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    Guys would you wear Ed Hardy or Affliction clothing?

    Yeah, exactly. They justified spending $350 on a pair of jeans by arguing that the denim is of better quality, thus they will last longer and pay for themselves in the long run. The only problem with that is that within 6 months or so another trendy brand generally pops up and it is suddenly a...
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    Guys would you wear Ed Hardy or Affliction clothing?

    I actually know several people that wear both of those brands. I once had to write an essay for an English class explaining why I would never spend $30+ on a pair of jeans. Everybody else in the class thought this was very odd, as most of them apparently spend a minimum of $100 on jeans. I still...
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    Effectiveness of homeopathic remedies

    Well that study linked by Pengwuino basically wiped out our entire "medicine" department. Fortunately I transferred departments, so I don't really have to sell that garbage anymore. I was usually pretty blunt about what I've read and told customers that it's basically just water, but they still...
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    Effectiveness of homeopathic remedies

    I work at Whole Foods and we sell quite a bit of homeopathic products. When I first started there a couple of years ago I had never heard of them, but a co-worker explained them as "amazing". So I went home and looked them up so that I could explain how they work to customers in case I was ever...
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    Can you learn to be good at math or are you just born with it ?

    Yeah I sucked horribly at math throughout high school (mainly because I was never interested). I finally buckled down my junior year and decided to pay attention and attempt to learn it. It was just a precalc/trig class, but I did really well. I too always figured that some people were just...
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    Should i take calc-based or algebra/trig based physics?

    I'm taking the trig based introduction to physics right now, but I'm in multivariable calculus. I'm finding it a little difficult to understand the concepts when they're presented from an algebraic standpoint since I do know calculus and can see ways to find the answer to problems a lot faster...
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    What Causes Gravity and Can Anyone Explain It to Me?

    Haha, aw rats! I guess I'll just have to add this to my list of "things that drive me nuts because i don't understand them and most likely will never understand". Or I'll just go figure it out myself since I know so much about physics. (ha ha...) :tongue:
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    What Causes Gravity and Can Anyone Explain It to Me?

    During a physics test today (introductory phys) we had to find the force exerted on an object from gravity. So my mind somehow wandered off as I started wondering where gravity actually comes from. I know that's a very broad question since I guess we don't even really know where we "come from"...
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    Physics problem: energy conservation around loop

    Aghh, yes the word positive threw me off. :grumpy: But I guess there's really no such thing as "positive" unless you're relating it to another direction. (at least as far as introductory physics...maybe some far advanced theory has developed an actual positive direction? :biggrin:). Thanks again!
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    Physics problem: energy conservation around loop

    Well I ended up getting the answer, but still don't understand if the forces are supposed to be positive or negative. I just set the Fn and Fg both as positive (because v2 must be positive if SF = (mv2) / r), added them together, and plugged them into the equations solving for h. So since...
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    Physics problem: energy conservation around loop

    Well it would be sum of forces acting on the cart, which I think is just gravity and normal force. So would gravity be positive in this case and the normal negative, since it's at the top of the loop? I already see one place that I went wrong, when I said that the normal force is at least...
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