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    How fast does light travel when I turn on my lamp?

    Today I was sitting at my desk where I volunteer and it was kind of slow so I started messing with my desk lamp. I wondered how fast light travels from the bulb to the desk surface, but I didn't know. What I want to know is about how fast does the light travel to hit the desk when the light...
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    The bartender says, "We don't serve tachyons here". A tachyon walks into a bar.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    More sad news from the music industry... Justin Beiber was found alive in his apartment today.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    Hahaha I lost it at the Paranoid one ! :D
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    Education, job outlooks, and criminal records

    Jbunni: Thanks for your input! Definitely makes me feel better to know that someone somewhere (esepcially sil. val.) excludes these charges. Jbrussel 93: Thank you for sharing your story! I'm glad you were able to turn your situation around. Hopefully I'll get to the same point you're at.
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    Standing in nothingness before the Big Bang

    OP, here's my two cents though it might be worth less than that ha. First off, from what I understand, there is no "nothingness". We cannot understand "nothingness" because we have found that "nothingness" actually has physical value. In fact "empty space" is not so empty. It is a cauldron of...
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    Education, job outlooks, and criminal records

    Astronuc and Physics_UG; thanks guys! For your inputs. Seriously. I appreciate it. Lisab: You guise are my dorky science friends now haha. Well yeah I guess so. Maybe I'll find some new ones that can lecture me on things they find interesting and instill that fascination in me. Or I'll just...
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    Education, job outlooks, and criminal records

    Jarfi, egavnov, Zapperz; Thank you all for your inputs !
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    Education, job outlooks, and criminal records

    Student100: Thanks for your input ! And yeah, I guess you are right. I do tend to make excuses and I rarely catch myself doing that. I will definitely work on that.
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    Education, job outlooks, and criminal records

    You're right, my apologies. Well, as a student I have always been ahead of my class apropiate peers. Since 3rd grade my reading level has always been 2 or more grade levels of my respective grade. Except 2nd grade, I was reading at a 3rd grade level. I also maintained a higher level of concept...
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    Education, job outlooks, and criminal records

    Here's the abridged version; I'm young, 18. I've recently found the true value of education and the amazing world of learning. Problem is, I may be too late. I want to pursue a degree in physics and eventually have a stable job and life. During my pre-17 years I accumulated 3 drug charges...
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