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    Fringe pattern of a vapour lamp

    What is the setup? You don't have fringes from just a lamp on it's own
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    Vertebrate and Number of Breaths - Ideal Gases

    The amount of air needed is given at STP - but the volume of the lungs are at a different T,P so you need to work out either how much air is needed at lung T,P or the lung volume at STP
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    Simple Question on Earth Rotation involving Newton III

    No force is needed to keep the Earth rotating (remember Newton's 1st law) if you wanted to change the rotation then you would need something for the force to act against
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    Understanding Boyle's Law: The Effect of Volume Increase at Constant Temperature

    It doesn't say the momentum decreases. The number of colisions / time with the container walls decreases which gives a less force on the walls and so a lower measured pressure. Note in an ideal gas you ignore any collisions between the gas molecules.
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    BBT's Portrayal of Nerds: Offensive or Accurate?

    Don't know how many of these played in America - and a few of them are a bit 'British' in their humor to travel well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/winner.shtml Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003) Blackadder (1983–1989) The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2007) Dad's Army (1968–1977) Fawlty Towers...
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    Can radar detect flying animal?

    Your standard Smaug-class middle Earth dragon has a hide made of gold encrusted with diamonds and sapphires to make them invulnerable except for a single vulnerable spot. In the Discworld, the only way to guarantee hitting a dragons vulnerable spot is a million to one shot. which is why it's...
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    Beginner Microcontroller Project Resources?

    http://www.arduino.cc/ The language is c, but the programming in a uc is so limited that there isn't much difference between c and basic. The important points are the dev environment is nice, a gui editor with a single button compile and download, and vast online resources and users sites
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    Can radar detect flying animal?

    It would have to be a million to one shot - that's the only way to guarantee hitting a dragon's vulnerable spot.
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    Has Canada Finally Solved Its Last Problem by Banning Dire Straits?

    Give it another 25years for the album to reach Newfieland and it will be banned.
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    Has Canada Finally Solved Its Last Problem by Banning Dire Straits?

    Don't US rap stars have some terribly off-color lyrics in their ballads?
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    Can someone tell me what these parenthesis mean?

    (CH₃)₃CCH₂CH(CH₃)CH₂CH₂CH₃ The first paranthesis means the group in parenthesis is repeated the number of times in the subscript, the second set mean that the group is separate and attached to the atom next to it.
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    What Is the White Layer on Water?

    In solution it's Calcium bicarbonate, when you heat it the reaction forms calcium carbonate (limescale) Ca(HCO3)2(aq) → CO2(g) + H2O(l) + CaCO3(s) It means your water tastes nice and will have lots of useful minerals in it - at the cost of using a bit more soap and needing a new kettle every...
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    Has Canada Finally Solved Its Last Problem by Banning Dire Straits?

    Having dealt with all the important matters of the economy, living standards and national security - and having decided that dealing with an inability to win at ice hockey is unsolvable - the Canadian government has finally stamped down on those wreckers of society. Dire Straits have been...
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    BBT's Portrayal of Nerds: Offensive or Accurate?

    Although drama on TV has got very good - West Wing, House, Lie to Me, are better than the cinema has produced in recent years.
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