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hutchphd replied to the thread Do old CRT and O-scopes degrade to emit harmful X Rays?.To my reading this article saye that claims of lead poisoning were made but seem very unlikely. Pleae represent claims more... -
hutchphd replied to the thread Do old CRT and O-scopes degrade to emit harmful X Rays?.Have you a reference for this? It seems unlikely to me, but data might be convincing. Also a red herring in this context. -
hutchphd replied to the thread Undergrad Expanding loop torque division.Please read. I said torques not well defined. torques need to reference an axis. -
hutchphd replied to the thread Undergrad Expanding loop torque division."Torque on each leg" is not well well defined. I think you are confused......if these wires are rigid, force on each will resist the... -
hutchphd reacted to berkeman's post in the thread Cool weather experience - echos off clouds with
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It could be that an inversion layer formed at the same time (I don't know if inversions create clouds or vise-versa of if they are even... -
hutchphd reacted to kuruman's post in the thread Finding proper value for centripetal acceleration in a plane rising up with
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There is another way of looking at this. First let's ask why the pilot loses consciousness. I would say that if he accelerates up with... -
hutchphd reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem with
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Have you done the math? Math is your friend in this. The conditional probabilities are completely different in the two situations. See... -
hutchphd replied to the thread There Be Monsters by Dave Collins.That's very impressive. I look forward to reading it. Congratulations. -
hutchphd reacted to Ibix's post in the thread High School Is there anything in the Universe that is not fundamentally made up of matter? with
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I'm torn between a line about "doesn't matter" and quoting Neil Armstrong. 😁 -
hutchphd reacted to Ibix's post in the thread High School Is there anything in the Universe that is not fundamentally made up of matter? with
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So, we're concluding that the answer is either yes or no, depending on what you include in the definition of the word "matter". -
hutchphd reacted to russ_watters's post in the thread High School The world is not enough with
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Something I didn't learn in school (or maybe just misremembered) is that Magellan did not return to Spain, he was killed in the...