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Hiya, We have a Disney appreciation thread here. Why not have a DISCWORLD thread! Come on, you fellow Discworld lovers! Post your experience, favourites quotes, trivia or thoughts on Terry Pratchett's series here. I've read every one of them exept Thud so far. I'll start of with some...

Photograph from the Associated Press: http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060504/480/dn10305042248;_ylt=AsJpCA358j22VlfatZq6DPFH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGk2OHYzBHNlYwN0bXA-" (and the corresponding http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060504/ap_on_re_us/pesky_parakeets" ) The discussion topic will invent itself...

I am Wes, and I have a Physics exam this morning at Laurentian University. I am actually a Biology/Education major and will likely take a Physics minor. This exam is on basic physics and some more advanced calculations. For this exam, we are allowed to use all course notes and laptops for...

QG status paper---explication only thread If you wish to critique or challenge the Rovelli paper about current QG status, please start your own separate thread to do that. It is a short paper with a lot in it and it need first of all to be EXPLICATED which means paraphrased and unpacked--the...

Dressing your cats is stupid. Its like putting a collar on them. I'd like to put a collar around your neck that rings all day long. Cats have fur for a reason people. Moderator note: This topic has been split from the "if I start dressing up my cat, shoot me" thread since we pretty well...

Another thread regarding "voice" How many of you find the apparent perception of your voice while you're speaking and the actual voice to be dissonant? That is, you have the intentions and the perception of speaking in a cogenial and moderately pitched tone (as the words are leaving), while...

http://www.fortunecity.com/emachines/e11/86/qphil.html I was wondering if anyone knows of any other interpretations of the classic two slit experiment other than the Copenhagen interpritation, I've heard there there is a Bohmian interpretation(anyone know anything about how the wierdness is...

Who wins? Who loses? Post your guesses! :smile: Here's a list of the nominees: http://www.oscar.com/nominees/list.html

I remembered seeing a thread with links on how to study science here on PF. I checked in academy and career and looked through 500 topics on search but i couldn't find it (prolly because I'm too tired). I'm not asking anyone to find it for me, but if anyone of you guys remember where that thread...

I know you've all been wondering who's killing threads since New Years. in tenth place we have a two way tie with 5 kills each: Lisa! and Franz a three way tie for 7th place with 6 kills each: Zooby, Math is Hard and Matthyaouw 6th place 8 kills:Mattmns 5th place 11 kills: Evo 4th place 12...

The intent of this thread (for now) is to introduce the basic theoretic principles of rotational/vibrational spectroscopy, follow this up with a brief sketch of the expermiental techniques and finally zoom in on the experimental and theoretical aspects of a specific technique of recent interest...

A laser in visible is used in Raman spectroscopy and the resultant spectrum is in IR and Microwave region(which means molecular vibrations and rotations are excited), what type of interaction is this that induces these levels? ( I cannot think more than..."To be Raman active molecules should...

:cool: Hey ya'll, I was wondering, if there anyone has discussed topics dealing with nanotechnology. For instance, what are the latests developments, how far has the cutting edge advanced, aside from sensors is there reasearchlooking into programable nanobots, what sorts of materials...

yo mam so fat that they needed to put speed bumps at the buffet line to slow her ass down! post your "yo mam" jokes

About cryptic crosswords http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptic_crosswords" Here is today's crossword http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/16/stories/2006011600060900.htm" I have put my guesses to the right of the clue in white (after the "--"). If you don't want to read my guess and want to...

A general unification of magnetism&gravity and Strong and weak forces? http://www.heim-theory.com/ Saw an article in New scientist about this theory and how it's being experimented on as we speak? Is there anything to it, or is it a flight of fancy? I'm sure someone has some knowledge of...

Hey, what are you doing here? Gee, thanks. Anywho, I didn't do anything for New Year's Eve and the Bucs won the NFC South (Woo!), so I've been celebrating today... since noon. I'm lonesome now, so does anyone want to talk about something? I'll start. Did you know that according to Otto...

You can read lots of these - http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1649_1.asp", for example - I thought it might be fun to take a different view! :smile: What were the most notable non-discoveries for 2005? What were the most outstanding failures? I'll go first. In the second...

I know, I'm not exactly making a good impression by making another similar thread to those made one and two years ago, but I had some other questions. Just some background information, the assignment is that I have to construct a mousetrap car for distance (I don't believe speed even came...

The thread was locked down before I could post in it. Amongst QT's temper tantrums a sideline was talking about Aaron Copland... I have to side with Jelfish and say that you guys that are "lernt" in classical music are not so "lernt" if you think Aaron Copland stinks. Take it back right now...

I think I'm going to make coffee. It seems like a good idea. Since I'm a delightfully lazy guy, it'll be instant coffee. I don't like doing stuff. Especially if it takes effort. Yeah.

I was conversing with a penguin friend who's name shall not be disclosed, let's call him, pengwuineo. anyway, i realized, penguins in addition to smelling bad, are crazy. I decided to make-like-a-penguin, and to walk around outside wearing only flip flops. i got back like, over 10 minutes ago...

The "What does Smurf think?" thread. This thread is all about what Smurf, my favorite anti-statist on this board, thinks. Specifically, about what would happen were "the state" abolished. First off, is your version of anti-statism pretty self explanatory? Is anti-statism the same thing as...

I took a history test today that was actually good! It didn't involve memorizing dates and names (well, not very much), it involved understanding concepts and the relation of events to other events. So, instead of failing a high-memorization test due to little studying (I have a "good"...

One second, I'll create the poll then add the link. There weren't enough options to list them all so I took out the ones I thought would be least common. If a mod can expand it, please do so. Here's one test here: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp If you know any others...

Side Topic for "Great Depression" Thread The demand for oil is also on the rise though. As vast as these reserves may be, all that does is buy us a little more time to figure out alternatives/fight over it. It will still run out eventually.

Does your school have a football team? Are they any good? After beating the Buckeyes, my team sits atop the Big 10! please share

BUT HE'S ANNOYING ME AGAIN! yes, you know who. I went to a greek festival with him today, and he got more on my nerves then he does most of the time! NEway, I am still refiraining from kicking his ass, even hough I think I might snap any minute now.. :rolleyes: I'm not going to bother you...

to start off: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/comics.php <-Ph. D comic strip http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript <- D&D comic strip

only a month and a half! :rolleyes: I'll tell a haloween story for last year: Me and my friends were out getting candy (for probably the last time) and The lady who answers the door thinks that one of myt friends is a girl. so the lady gave my friend candy and said 'there you go, little...

J must count acceleration of each weight and the force of strain thread. Here is a picture:

This is from a left-y site, but it was an astounding timeline. Have a look. I'd be curious if a similar right-y timeline existed. http://www.thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline

I hate wolram for making that stupid nice thread you try

Complete the sentence three times, once, then post your own sentance: [edit: HELL!] greets me with young warm ____________ . :devil:

Absolutely no insults are allowed, every one has to be nice to each other. I posted my photo ,oh what the heck be cruel if you like. :-p

I know that my question is going to be misunderstood, but I am hoping that someone will read it for what it is and answer it directly: Is there a thread in this forum that discusses the idea that the speed of light may be slowing down. If yes, can you direct me to that thread?

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345678910 \Alpha \Beta \Gamma \Delta \Epsilon\Zeta \Eta\Theta \Iota\Kappa\Lambda\Mu\Nu\Xi\Omicron\Pi\Rho \Sigma\Tau\Upsilon\Phi\Chi\Psi\Omega I'm Bored

A spinoff of the what is it thread, to ask historical questions! Isidore of Seville is the Patron Saint of the Internet. Which of the following works did he write?

We all take drugs. Some are legal, some are illegal, and all of them are awesome. Let's share some stories about which ones we like and why we like them; purely from a scientific view of course :biggrin:. Feel free to throw in background information as well, not just "well I took meth, liked...

Hello all I just thought it may be useful to post some advice on how to stop your thread from being hijacked. I think we should: * Ignore posts that do not address the topic of the thread, or * Somehow get back on topic by posting a message that alerts readers to the fact that there has...

http://caltechbook.library.caltech.edu/1/02/bubbook.pdf As you may or may not know cavitation is when the pressure of a liquid drops causing it to vaporize then the pressure returns and the vapor bubble implodes producing several interesting effects. There are a few things I could not...

Hello! As a side hobby I make these zany photo-comics and i thought i'd show you one, by way of introduction to my mad mind :D ;) http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/9395/sillysink27bq.jpg

Started another thread, but no one seems to be reading it: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=86320 So, simply put, here's what I've done so far and just need someone to glance over it and check for the most glaring (I already know I messed some things up) mistakes...

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread161585/pg1 :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: reply after reply after reply all are completely stupid :smile: :smile:

This thread will remain open until the Eagles win the Super Bowl. No, that isn't a prediction, just a statement of fact... ...So how 'bout that T.O.?

The "Let's talk about what you do" thread Ok, We spend large amounts of time here (unfortunately I do that!), and I know little about every you post usually here. Some of you usually talks about what he does in his work. I am interested in knowing what you do (which might produce an increasing...

A new solar system object past Pluto and Neptune's object with a moon, which is smaller than Pluto has been discovered. (This is also very delicate wording. The sensational way to word it would be: "New Planet Discovered Past Pluto!", but given that Pluto just barely qualifies to be a planet...

Hai friends I am aravind,doing post graduate in computer science .In this thread I explain about the maths behind RSA algorithm in a simple way.I think this thread is useful for beginners who are interested in learning RSA algorithm.If anyone interested in this thread give reply.

"My favorite jokes" thread I decided to break the monotony installed with the latest wave of stupid threads occurring in our beloved GD and post my favorite jokes in (American) English. I know some of them are lame. :-p A little girl is in line to see Santa. When it's her turn, she...

what are you seeking, ivan?