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    Paul Hinds has passed

    Thank you very much for the thought. We have indeed secured the site and intend to maintain the wood related pages. All the best, Robert
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    Paul Hinds has passed

    Thank you very much for the suggestion. I will go through these. It's been very touching seeing the effect he had on this community by its response in this moment. I'm fortunate to have a record of it in action. Thanks again. Robert
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    Paul Hinds has passed

    Good afternoon, This is not Paul, but rather his son Robert. I am very sad to write here that my dad passed away on Saturday after mounting health issues. He spoke often of his pleasure at reading and participating on this forum and was very pleased at the times he received one of...
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    Hermann Göring's Nuremberg Testimony

    Difficult to believe you think he was fat during WW1. I don't think you thought that one through.
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    High School A Mind-Boggling Number Comparison

    And I'm 5' 9' tall. What's your point? If you're looking for large numbers in the physical world, your choices are incredibly weak.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

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    A movie about AI and physics!?

    Why would you think AI could change the laws of physics???
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    Bill Murphy

    Welcome to the forum
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    High School Where does the figure for a proton's rest mass come from?

    No, it's a NUMBER. Are you not familiar with exponential notation? Without units it is, as Dave said, just a number. When you add the units, it the mass of a proton, which is an experimental result, not something derived from something else.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

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    Undergrad How do I stretch a laser from a beam into a sheet?

    a plain WHAT? I think you mean plane.
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    Uncertainty in pursuing Engineering

    @seventyeight-hxr: What is the difference between a paragraph and a wall of text? Walls of text are long paragraphs that aren't written, edited, or formatted to be readable on the web. Mostly a mistake of formatting, like bricks packed closely together, the text forms an almost opaque wall...
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    Undergrad What happens when two Neutrinos collide?

    Google is your friend. You should learn how to use it
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    Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?

    @sevensages I have read this thread with some amusement. I am a grammar Nazi, and as some on this forum know, I often correct people's grammar (including in at least one embarrassing instance, my own). I have my badge to show my authority: so, I sympathize with your point of view but you...