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    How does the shape of an electromagnet pole affect the field produced?

    I'm attempting to get a rough estimate on how the shape of an electromagnet pole will affect the field produced. Most of the poles you see in labs are tapered, and not simply cylindrical - I'm wondering how this affects the field. After all, there has to be a reason why they would do such a...
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    Solutions to Griffith's Quantum Mechanics?

    yeaaaahhh... this Noone1982 guy posted this, but I'm getting emails for it. In fact, ZapperZ gave me a warning for it, and didn't reply to my message stating it wasn't me. Would a moderator please resolve this?
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    News Clinton-Obama '08: Possible Historic Ticket?

    I didn't read the book, but i remember that was said by the eccentric billionaire in Contact.
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    Time travel discussion with Ron Mallet tonight

    I saw him give a seminar at my university and I found his ideas to be interesting... can someone provide more details on how his ideas fizzled?
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    Ok, so I have this friend who believes in ghosts

    he's referring to a movie entitled "The Entity". I don't know the factual basis behind the movie. At the climax they end up freezing the entity in liquid nitrogen - so I think it's probably just as made up as the Amityville story.
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    News Bill Moyers tough talk on impeachment.

    yeah, sounds great in principle... but then we're stuck with nancy pelosi.
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    You HAVE to see Bourne Ultimatum

    In so far as consistency is concerned, this stands out as one of the better trilogies, imho. All three films were incredibly well made, which is rare in a trilogy (matrix comes to mind). Formulaic, yes. It's a good formula though.
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    News Cheney's Office: Part of the Executive Branch or Not?

    hahaha, Ivan - man Dick HAS to do that. It's the only way to keep the terrorists from murdering you. Don't you see? IT'S THE ONLY WAY!In all seriousness, this is apalling. I've not heard one word of this on any "mainstream" ( i.e. television ) news source. Has anyone? Such news needs to be...
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    News Why is Conservative talk radio so prevalent?

    I'm a little surprised to see Savage ahead of Boortz. While Savage is a volatile character and it's hilarious to hear him fly off the handle, Boortz is actually capable of holding an intelligent conversation.lalbatross, will you please explain your second statement? Church business promoted...
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    SBML to create non linear models

    Not sure if this is suited for this forum or for programming... I figured more people here would have experience with SBML. Does anyone know of a good visual editor to create non linear models? I'm using Jdesigner but that only has gui support for garden variety uni-uni, uni-bi, etc...
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    Static Variables: Are They Really Static?

    I am doing some work using static variables - and they apparently aren't static. void function ( arguments ) { static float Y_kn[101][7]; if (first time through) { initialize Y_kn return; } use Y_kn to make some calculations } this function is called many...
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    Redirect Output in UNIX: How to Use freopen() to Print to Console

    So I'm using freopen to redirect output from stdout to a file... How do I redirect it back to the screen? relevant code: FILE *stream = freopen("data.txt", "w", stdout); /* print stuff */ How the heck do I get the output stream to point to the console again?
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    Programs Should You Pursue a Physics PhD? Advice from Brian Schwartz

    Thank you to wonk and Zz for providing some shred of insight in this otherwise convoluted rant.
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    Female taller than male partner?

    I date a woman who is 2 inches taller (easy to do when you're 5'5) and for the most part it's not a problem. I wouldn't say that it adversely affects the relationship, though it can play havoc with the logistics of displaying one's affection.
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    How did this happen? Weird picture

    OH MY GOD THIS IS CLEAR CUT EVIDENCE OF GHOSTS! SEND IT TO MOLDER AND SKULLY!just kidding, of course.
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