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    Guitarists - Discuss Broom with 6 Strings

    I've been playing for 10 years or so, I use: PRS Singlecut Gibson LP Bunch of guitars in bits Laney TT-20 Marshall DSL-50 Bunch of amps in bits Absurd number of effects. No, really, absurd. I also hand build effects. Anyone who has a dream about a custom built fuzz and/or...
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    MATLAB Creating a MATLAB Matrix from ISP Connections

    Look up textread, fscanf and xlsread :)
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    Help Improve Guitar Skills: Tips from Experienced Players

    Since he said he finds playing higher frets more difficult and that he finds playing nylon strings easier, I'd hazard a guess that it's the bane of all learners, the classical guitar :rolleyes:
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    Can you still pay less taxes with a 25000 pounds salary in the UK?

    This may be coming into force in the UK soon: "Some commentators have suggested that a top rate of 60% should be introduced for earnings of over £100,000 ..." (Guardian website)
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    Can you still pay less taxes with a 25000 pounds salary in the UK?

    That's right. Criminal :shy:
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    Can you still pay less taxes with a 25000 pounds salary in the UK?

    I think the going basic rate is 22% for income tax, but you pay NI on top of that too :(
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    High School What Medical Radioisotopes Do Cyclo and Synchrotrons Produce?

    A (non exhaustive) list: Gallium-67 - soft tissue tumours Thallium-201 - real time cardiology Indium-111 - bowel disease these are the most common, but many more are being investigated. Jonathan
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    High School Can anyone explain how x-ray been produced

    In short, with a combination of something known as a "waveguide" and resonant microwaves supplied by a syncrhotron.
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    High School Can anyone explain how x-ray been produced

    That last bit isn't entirely accurate. You don't generate x-rays with a linear accelerator, you accelerate them. The principle for x-ray generation remains the same; electrons hitting a target and undergoing bremsstrahlung (sp?). Linacs are in use all over the world, and have been for some time...
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    What's Your Favorite 'New Smell'?

    Talcum powder, petrol, first aid kits and tumble dryer outlets. Not really new stuff, but they smell good :)
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    Hello, good-bye, and thank you.

    Welsh: Hello: Bore da Goodbye: Hwyl fawr Thank you: Diolch
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    High School American soldiers used uranium bullets

    funny, I would have thought the tissue damage would be the main concern :-p
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    What is it like to be a physicist? The duties? Responsibilities?

    Hi. I'm a physicist (of the medical radiotherapy variety) and I'd be happy to share with you, though "physicist" is a broad term and their answers to these questions could be very different to mine. My day is usually comprised of 2 things: Technical duties and research/project work. Here...
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    Information on studying Medical Physics

    No problem :)
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    Information on studying Medical Physics

    I think it was called "medical physics", but I can't seem to find it by searching. Hmm...