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How many computers do you use? Three physical units on a day to day basis, sometimes more, and I VNC/Remote Desktop into about ten or so (servers and so on) fairly regularly. I have a few VM machines I use occasionally as well.

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Does playing a musical instrument make you more attractive to the opposite sex? No. I am a very competent musician on a variety of instruments and hasn't made me more attractive by one iota. Then again my main instrument is bass, so what do you expect...

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What is the most accurate explanation for the origin of humanity? That depends on what you mean by origin really. We would turn to modern evolutionary theory in all likelihood but that doesn't give the full picture. We'd need pretty much every discipline - physics for where all the components for biology came from, chemistry for how these bits interact, history and archaeology for obvious reasons etc etc. No single subject will give a...

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Can you name a song that you have listened to in the last day? If so, what was it? Last song I listened to was "Take My Hand" by Dido. About an hour ago on my way home from work.

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Do you doubt Prophet Muhammed's claim to prophecy? Yes - I doubt anyone that claims prophetic abilities. Doesn't matter which religion, I doubt all equally.

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News Item: "Catholic Church finally forgives John Lennon." Well I know that I'm going to sleep better knowing this! (please note snarky tone in voice) How about you? That was pretty quick by the church's standards...

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Do you think that babies are born with any religious belief? I seriously doubt it. People may be born with a predisposition towards faith, then again maybe not - that is a fairly controversial topic in psychology at the moment. However to think that a person is born with a full knowledge of or belief in a specific religion is as far fetched as it gets.

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Does anyone use GroupWise? Was it hard for you to understand everything about it? Yes I use it. Not too difficult to understand really I feel but somewhat different to other solutions I have used.

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Are all Christians hypocrites? No more than any other religious group are...

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Should Islam be band the same as some cults. No, it is unethical to ban any form of belief. That would be an infringement of basic human rights. People can believe what they want, or not believe as the case may be. It is the individual's choice and to impose a ban on religion would be no better than imposing a specific religion upon a populace.

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Do you believe that there is a God who created the universe? If not, why not? No. Perhaps the question should be "why should I believe there is?". I have asked that question and never received a satisfactory answer. There are many arguments included here but none of them stack up to proof beyond a reasonable doubt of gods. Ultimately for proof of a designer I am going to need some pretty extraordinary evidence as claiming a supernatural entity made...

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Hi I want to know how can I use Macro in MS Excel? For what kind of work I can use this Macro? You can use macros in Excel. As for what you can do, sky's the limit really. Depends how good your VBA is.

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Is England loosing its identity? What kind of country are you becoming? London is becoming slumville, why are the English who have colonized so many countries allowing filth to come in? What is England's identity? England (or perhaps Britain would be better) has always been a melting pot of different cultures. 'Celts', Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Scots, Norse, Normans, Germans, French, Irish... the list goes on and on. Britain is a triumph of integration really. Just look at the language for evidence. So how do we define what is "English" or...

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Should everyone spend a day/night in jail so maybe they would think twice before committing a crime? No I don't think so. I can see the "scared straight" idea but I don't agree with it ethically. It may be of some practical use (then again maybe not) but it is merely threat of force to impose order. That's not ethical it is merely control. All this says is "be good because if you don't we'll beat the crap out of you". Wouldn't it be...

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Can I find some Jews who are offended by how Israel behaves towards Palestines? Gerald Kaufman MP is pretty critical of Israel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Kaufman#Criticism_of_Israel

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Who do you think is the best British Actor/Actress? Actor: I'd probably go for Alec Guinness. If nothing else, his Alastair Sim impression in The Ladykillers is just sublime. For a living actor not sure although I like Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. Actress: Sian Phillips is a wonderful actress as is Margaret Tyzack. I can't think of a dead British actress off the top of my head (maybe they live longer than...

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Rugby union or rugby league? Union for me.

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Do you think Gordon Brown has been treated fairly or harshly over the 'Jamie Janes' letter? Just Murdoch's s**t sheet playing their hand too early. Anyone who can't see the obvious politicking is well... a bit 'trusting' shall we say. Ironically the Sun has apparently achieved what the Labour Party and its supporters could not: increasing support for Brown. Not that people like him any better but I think they see it as a snide attack by the gutter press and...

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Who built the pyramids? There are many civilisations that built pyramids. The most famous are probably the pyramids of Egypt. So who built these? NOT slaves. That is a complete myth that persists for god knows what reason. I think everyone sees films of slaves building the pyramids and it sticks in their heads. However all evidence points to the work being undertaken by skilled labour and not a slave...

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If you had been the first person to walk on the moon. What would you first words have been? "What do you mean my luggage has been sent to Neptune by mistake?!?!?"

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Do you believe something really bad is gonna happen in the year 2012 like some people believe? Nope - just another doomsday scenario, there have been many before there will be many again. 2012 is going to be a damp squib just like all the others. The fun part, as always, will be watching/reading the explanations of the doom-sayers when 1st Jan 2013 (or 22nd Dec 2012 whichever you choose) rolls around.

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Besides drums, what other instrument should a musician be sitting down when playing? 'Cello and usually double bass although this is played from standing a fair bit as well. Most instruments can be played either way. Some can't - organs use pedals which I suppose you could play from standing but you'd have to be rather agile to do so. Similar with pianos.

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Is there a program like Winrar I can get/try for free? There's only one file I need to do, and I'm broke. 7zip or IZarc have always sufficed for me.

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Football: barcelona or madrid? Why? I prefer Barcelona personally. Partially due to their style and partially due to their ethos.

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What do you think about Disney buying out Marvel? I just hope they don't make things even more kid friendly. PG-13 is already low enough for the movies Not sure. If Marvel retain creative control then it might not be too bad. On the other hand Disney may be getting close to having too large a market share which isn't good at all. That said there is still some healthy competition out there. Will be interesting to see how it plays out. As for making them kid friendly well... they also own Miramax - Pulp Fiction, Jay and Silent Bob...

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Do you like iron maiden Yes and have done for a long time. Seen them twice as well. Been to a drum clinic with Nicko McBrain as well which was very good.

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What discovery is Edwin Hubble best known for? He helped prove there were other galaxies and showed that red-shift alters proportionately with the distance a galaxy is from the Milky Way; he didn't discover red-shift but rather was the first to discover this relationship. This led to the current understanding of expansion of the universe.

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Is it still possible to get incandescent light bulbs? Yes but 100W ones are about to be banned in the UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8229476.stm

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Do you have a zombie ermergency plan? Take car. Go to Mum's. Kill Phil - "Sorry." - grab Liz, go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over. How's that for a slice of fried gold?

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Do you think Christians believe in God because they are not smart enough to understand science? No there are some very smart Christians out there and throughout history. Plenty who understood science far better than I as well (Newton springs to mind). Sure, there is some ignorance in religious circles but I am (disquietingly) finding a fair amount in atheistic or agnostic circles as well. I don't think a correlation of the sort suggested can really be drawn for these (and...

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Aside from the US, what other countries have separation of church and state? I am sure there are quite a few but the first than springs to mind is France who protect their secularism vehemently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France#Religion

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Was Jesus circumcised? As far as we can know anything about the historical person that was Jesus I'd say this is something we can be pretty certain did happen as it was common practice at the time. It is even a festival in a number of churches. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Circumcision_of_Christ Jesus was also reported to keep 'The Law' and so forth so it is hard to see that he...

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Are magnetic tapes still used for storage in large mainframe computers? Yes tapes are still used, often for backup solutions. They usually have a very high bit density. I have used tape backups in nearly every position I have worked in. It isn't as common as it once was but it is still out there, possibly more prevalent than you'd think.

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Do you believe the sun will come up tomorrow or do you trust the sun will come up tomorrow? what's the difference? I think there is a high probability it will based on inductive proof but as with all inductive proofs it is not a certainty. I am so certain that it will happen that there is little difference from 'believing' it will but I have to acknowledge the possibility that it might not, however small that probability seems. I can be 100% certain on the other hand that Pythagoras'...

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This guy keeps talking to me like this : " Hey there trouble :)" now, what does it mean when he says "trouble" we just met and hes british if that helps, is it slang for something? It is usually an affectionate term. I used to use it for people I worked with in an affectionate way.

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Tiger vs. human. who would win? A human stripped of their technology against a healthy tiger? My money's on the tiger. With technology in play, human. Lots of bullets beats lots of teeth.

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My co-worker only buys a lottery ticket when the winning amount is very high. What is your criteria for purchasing a lottery ticket? I know I shouldn't but I do get one a week. Really dumb thing to do but hey... There are some people that deliberately don't buy one every week, watch the numbers come in and then congratulate themselves on winning £1. Good way of looking at it.

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If you went through 'Hell' what would you emerge with? Probably just a lousy t-shirt...

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Have terrorist bombings in places like London, Madrid, Bali and Thailand put you off going to these places? Nope. First time I visited London (I think, might have been the second) the IRA set off two bombs. Everything just carried on as normal. In fact the week after I had my university interview in Manchester there was a huge IRA bombing which levelled most of the city centre. Still went there to study and spent 13 years there. In recent time the UK in particular is in more danger from...

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Is Oasis still together? They're always having spats but this one seems a bit more than that. I am quite amazed they have been going as long as they have to be honest. I think it is pretty unprofessional that there are big gigs coming up and the fans will likely miss out. Lord knows Cream HATED each other by the end but still fulfilled their obligations. Seems egos are more important than the fans that...

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Are you atheist, agnostic, or do you follow a religion? If so, what religion or philosophy do you follow? "Weak" atheist - I strongly doubt there are any gods but I cannot prove an unconditional negative. No religion followed although I am interested in the philosophy and history of religions. As for philosophy well... that is in constant flux. New ideas influence my outlook and it changes from day to day. Some elements are core of course (murder is bad etc) but others change and...

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I just saw a "Quran" today and it looks like the whole thing is written BACKWARDS! What does that say about Islam? Many languages use differing directions. Western text follows one pattern, there is no reason to think this is in any way superior to any other. Just different approaches. It doesn't say anything about the content whatsoever.

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How does evolution explain how organisms can go through drastic changes? For example, how did a rodent living on the ground grow wings and become the bats of today? Evolution doesn't describe drastic changes that is really the point. It describes gradual generational changes which over time add up to seemingly drastic changes. An analogy (not perfect but should help the point) is the increase in processing power of electronic computers. 30 years ago computers were of a certain speed today they are many, many times faster. If you take a computer...

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Google, or Yahoo? Why I have Yahoo email addresses. Other than that I despise Yahoo (they have gone from good to bloody awful and their latest changes are simply dreadful from a design and usability point of view). Google is good for most things although they aren't perfect and the emergence of a near monopoly does concern me somewhat. It can't be denied though that Google are damned good at what they...

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Page, Beck or Clapton? Which one is the best ex Yardbirds guitarist? Difficult to compare, they have wildly contrasting styles. And as with all things musical it is subjective. Personally I prefer Page to the others. Just does it for me. Clapton is good and I'd probably rank him second as I am a big Cream fan. Whilst admitting that Beck is probably technically the better guitarist it is just that Beck's music has never hit me the same way as the...

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Will we see artificial life in the near future? Depends on your definition of artificial life. Craig Venter has been speaking on this topic recently http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6804599.ece This is a biological approach to artificial life. He thinks that in this sense it is very close. As for a non biological approach there are lots of ideas floating around in the sphere of artificial intelligence and...

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If you want to be a writer, all you need to read is the Bible and Shakespeare- me. What else do YOU think is necessary? I am not sure these are necessary. I would think they are but another person may disagree completely. Since this is art and not something like science you don't really need anything other than pen, paper and a brain. Not like physics for example where you simply MUST understand Newton's ideas in order to progress (though you don't need to read Newton, just understand him). ...

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I intend to live forever, so far so good. How about you? Maybe not forever but I am working on much longer than 3 score years and ten - whole universe to see and all that. Not too sure how that will work out but I can but try...

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Who really discovered America? Dare I say the Native Americans? I don't know of the prehistory of the Americas but the native populations were there a long time before the Europeans or Vikings showed up. As I said I don't know when the ancestors of the 'native' populations arrived or if there was a human population there before that but it certainly wasn't the Vikings or the Europeans. I think the...

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What kind of music makes your ears bleed? Seriously banal music (of any genre). Most pop music and a hell of a lot of rock music sadly suffers from this but it is present in all genres.

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What might be some methods of encouraging people to eat fruit and vegetables? Ban them - it worked with drugs...

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Why dont the goverments just print themselves more money instead of barrowing it? You will get rampant inflation is the short answer. Basically when you pump money into a system which has been created out of thin air there is too much money chasing the same amount of goods. This will lead to inflation in a short space of time and worse still once this happens it is very difficult to get inflation under control, it becomes a vicious cycle. ...

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There is a rumor that the Lockerbie bomber, while being treated in prison for his terminal illness, was secretly injected with a highly contagious disease that will manifest itself in a few weeks and kill many Libyans. I hope this is true, don't you? Wouldn't that make us as bad (if not worse) than those that we decry for similar murdering actions? If indiscriminate killing is wrong then it is simply wrong. If not then we are all just in a numbers game and all are fair game, including all victims of terror attacks. And I will wager a large amount of money this is a nonsense rumor.

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Two fathers and two sons went duck hunting. Each shot a duck but they shot only three ducks in all. How come. . . ?. Grandfather>Father>Son?

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Who is a better drummer: John Bonham (famous for Led Zeppelin) or Neil Pert (famous for Rush)? Peart is technically gifted for sure but so was Bonham. And Peart has built on what Bonham did (as Bonham was building on Baker etc). Whilst enjoying them both I would always go for Bonham as it appeals to me more, there is just something about Bonham's playing that is spine tingling. Even when playing a straight 4/4 back-beat Bonham sounded fresh and original. Peart is amazing as well...

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If 1 = 5, 2 = 25, 3 = 125, 4 = 625, 5 =? "1" = 5 = 5^1 "2" = 25 = 5^2 "3" = 125 = 5^3 "4" = 625 = 5^4 so n = 5^n so "5" = 5^5 = 3125

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I would like to add an avatar to my profile, how do I do it? 1) Click on your name to get to your page 2) Click the link "edit my profile/avatar" (just below the Go! button 3) You can change your avatar here.

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Can ever man can see a atom by its eyes ? not therotically If you use a powerful microscope (or similar technique) then yes but with the naked eye no, atoms are way too small for that. There are pictures of atoms out there, a quick google search will return some decent images.

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Do you think that "intellectual stimulation" is overrated? Not in the slightest.

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Uni= one verse = to turn. The earth is moving outward in the Universe, do you know how far we are from the centre? There isn't a centre of the universe so to speak. Think of a balloon's surface representing the universe (NOT the volume of the balloon but the surface, a 2D analogy for 3D space). If you inflate the balloon points on this surface will increase their relative distances from each other. However to speak of the 'centre' of the surface would make no sense (again the volume...

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Why do some people deny that success indeed is a big factor of happiness? It really hinges on your definition of success. You can be very rich but still utterly miserable. You can be a 'successful' artist, musician or whatever you want to substitute in, yet still be deeply unhappy. Recognition and financial reward are helpful to an extent; it is hard to be happy when you feel totally disrespected or have people knocking on the door demanding money but...

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Am I a "bigot" or a "sexist" because I assert that women should be feminine? Does it make me a "female oppressor" to assert that women should uphold and fulfill traditional female roles? Why or why not? Any time you assert your beliefs of what someone should or should not do you are skating on thin ice. Sure there are some things we as a society all agree on (e.g. murder) but as for what 'role' a woman should fulfil, well that is entirely up to her - nobody else's business. If a woman chooses to not be 'feminine' (which could be interpreted in a number of different...

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Non-Religious: Many atheists and agnostics get married in a church. Would you have a church wedding? If it mattered so much to a hypothetical partner then I would consider it. As I don't believe in it, it would make little difference to me. To be fair I am not bothered about the whole marriage thing anyway, the only reason I am doing it is because my partner is infatuated with the whole concept. Fortunately in reality both I and my partner are atheists so there will be no church...

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When playing guitar, how do I stop from hitting excess strings (i.e. I play a note on the 6th string but I accidentally also hit the 5 th string)? You can cheat. Mute the offending string either with right hand or left hand. But that's cheating... and short cuts only cause bigger problems later. Real response: Practice scales, arpeggios and so on. Arpeggios are a good thing here as there is a fair bit of movement across the strings. Scales help as well. A more adventurous approach is to start trying sixths and other...

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What was Friends' (the sitcom) best joke? I don't like Friends much but one of the lines that makes me smile was "You don't have a TV? Then what does all your furniture point towards?!?" Closest it ever got to satire, I feel.

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Is classical music still relevant? Yes completely. I was listening to some Mozart and Bach just now in point of fact. Still that's just me; I have always been a bit strange ;)

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Is Elvis Presley alive? No, nor is Paul McCartney dead.

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Where are you going after you die? Of course I am not sure as I have had not had the opportunity to test any hypotheses on the matter. Nor am I too keen to do so. That said I strongly suspect the following: I won't 'go' anywhere as such, I will cease to be. My physical form that is left behind will probably be buried.

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Is your glass 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Incorrectly sized container ;)

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Can you tell me one brass instrument? Tuba.

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Favourute genre of music and why lol Good music. I don't discriminate on 'genre'. ;)

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Is there such thing as an afterlife!! No way of knowing for sure. There is no concrete evidence that there is (NDEs are a really interesting field of study but have come up short on definitive proof). Furthermore there are really big philosophical problems with the concept of an afterlife. Whilst being totally unable to say "no there isn't" I strongly suspect the answer is no. I work on the assumption there...

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What would you do if you saw the image of Jesus Christ in your french toast? Wonder how I knew what Jesus looked like in the first place...

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How much does a bolt of lightning weigh? Not my speciality but I'll give it a go. First some ground rules. Obviously lightning bolts vary greatly in size and power. So to do a calculation for all would be very difficult. We'd have to put some definitions in place (e.g. for a bolt x metres long, with current y etc). Also as for the air that is affected by the discharge where do we draw the line and say "this is...

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What is Franz Liszt best known for? Bloody hard piano pieces. That's what I always remember about Liszt.

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Nt lng ago i went to London watch this science lecture and i found that they dnt Know what dark matter is even though it is the main thing tht makes up space and if they dnt find what it is then the laws of gravity could be wrong which do you think it is Careful with terminology here. Dark matter doesn't make up space, space is just space. It does make up a sizeable fraction of the universe's mass/energy (same thing), around 22%. 74% or so in Dark Energy. The remaining 4% is baryonic matter. Now to answer the question. No we don't have a clue as to what dark matter is. It is still hypothetical as it has never been...

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What's the 2nd law of Thermodynamics? In a closed system the amount of energy not available to do work will never decrease (i.e. the amount available to do work will never increase). Which is another way of saying that in a closed system entropy will never decrease. Or less formally the disorder of a closed system will never decrease. Note the part about "closed system" - for some reason this seems to get...

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Is it sometimes disappointing to see the movie of a book you loved? Dune. 'Nuff said.

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What do you think about global warming? I am not a climatologist so i am not too keen on commenting on it too much. Just as it infuriates me when I see nonsense written about Quantum Physics or similar I am sure climatologists get just as wound up with 99% of what is said of climate change etc (from both sides of the debate). I tend to agree with the scientific consensus. Yes there is dissent, consensus can be wrong and there...

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Does anyone else think George Carlin was an awesome comedian? anyone think he was just rude and offensive? Both. Like Bill Hicks, Lenny Bruce et al he was rude and offensive but still incredibly funny. Not offensive in a Bernard Manning, obvious racist or sexist manner but he offended people's sensibilities and that is not really a bad thing. Most comedy is offensive to someone or other.

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If i have net worth of 760 Million Us dollars am I considered rich or average in US standards? ( I am Middle Eastern) Extremely rich.

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Do you believe you would believe in your current belief (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.) if you had been born elsewhere? For example, if you're a Christian do you believe you would still be Christian if you had been born in Pakistan or Iran? I'd probably still be an atheist (not that it is a belief but a lack thereof).

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Can you name any movie(s) that were filmed in your country? And which country are you from? Loads are filmed in the UK.

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Who is the original artist of the song ruby, ruby, ruby, ruby, ahhhhh ahhhh ahhhh, do ya, do ya, do ya. ahhhh ahh ahhh know what ya doin, doin to me? And it is not the Kaiser Chiefs they have done a cover of this song recently As far as I know it was written by the Kaiser Chiefs. I've had a quick look and the song is credited to them. It isn't listed as a cover but as an original song. Whether it is plagiarised I don't know.

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What would be a good name for a Sphynx (hairless) cat? Khafre (or Khafra). Most appropriate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khafra

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Do you know any atheists? Myself, my partner, pretty much the entirety of my family and the majority of my friends. I know more people that are atheist/agnostic than I do religious people of any description, not to say I don't know religious people but most people I know are non-believers.

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Why are some people that are so gung-ho about "Darwinism" also the same people that want to keep alive those that shouldn't survive according to the "survival of the fittest" doctrine? (vegetables, mentally retarded folk, etc) I am 'gung-ho' about the theory that one day soon the Earth will be clobbered by an asteroid potentially killing a great many people, doesn't mean I am in favour of it happening. Just because we accept something is a scientific fact doesn't mean it is necessarily a desirable thing. Cancer is a scientific fact but I doubt many people are in favour of that either. ...

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Whats the first thing you think of when you hear the word 'Republican'? Oliver Cromwell was the first thing that popped into my head. Then Cicero. Then the US political party.

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What is best, USA music or UK music? It has always been give and take, one influences the other (not exclusively either as there are a huge number of other influences on contemporary music). The best of the UK has generally been influenced by the US and vice versa. The Ramones influenced the Sex Pistols who later influenced US punk bands etc. The great Blues/Soul/Jazz artists from the USA influenced Cream and Led Zep (etc)...

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Do you like rap music or is rap crap? I like some. Some, I don't like.

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Your car is traveling at the speed of light, what happens when you turn the headlights on? The speed of light in a vacuum is the same for all observers regardless of their velocity. You can't reach the speed of light in a car (OK duh... but anything with mass cannot do so) but as you approached the speed of light you would still measure the speed of the light leaving your car's headlamps as being equal to c (the speed of light in a vacuum). Further an outside observer...

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Does the Bible say the world is flat? Not really. I would also like to add that the idea that there was a period in the middle ages when educated people widely believed that the Earth was flat is just plain wrong. The whole thing about Columbus railing against those who said the world was flat is extremely unlikely and a great deal of the blame for this can be laid at the feet of Washington Irving. A very popular...

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As we know, protons attract electrons. so in the atom of a substance why do the electrons keep revolving rather than being attracted to the protons present in the nucleus? This was a question which puzzled many great physicists in the early years of the 20th century. Here's a whistle stop explanation. Firstly, forget those little pictures you see that show atoms as minature solar systems. That is just wrong. It doesn't work that way at all although it was a popular idea very early in atomic physics. Trouble is that it doesn't really work....

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What soccer team will you watch the most this year? Don't know yet. I don't really support any team (my grandfather was a referee so I tend to support the man in black lol). I usually watch the Champions League and important league/cup matches but it depends on what I am doing. Football tends to be something watched when I have nothing else to do with my time or I am with friends so it varies greatly. In past years the main teams...

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Can we get an Atheist roll call? Feel free to leave a reason if you like. As requested. My reasons are detailed in many other answers on AB so I won't repeat myself.

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What travels faster than the speed of sound? A supersonic jet aircraft.

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What comedian best represents your sense of humor? Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Bill Bailey and Lenny Bruce

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Do you see blue like I see blue? Pretty much impossible to say. I cannot 'see' into your mind so I have no idea how you experience things as compared to me. Like asking "What is it like to be a bat?". We can do some experiments to try and resolve this a touch (e.g. looking at the physical construction of the brain and measuring the electro-chemical responses to certain stimuli) but the subjective...

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If i have theoretical question in physics (string theory for example), where should i go for an answer ? who should i turn to? Depends what the question is to be fair. There are a fair few knowledgeable people on AB regarding physics so not a bad place to start. There are a number of good books out there ranging from pop science to more technical stuff or if you are confident there are the technical papers. A professional physicist would be a good bet. However with something like string theory for example...

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Do you think that the capitalism vs. socialism debate wouldn't even exist if education did its job? It would still exist. Sure kids could be better educated in economics but that wouldn't kill off the debate it would probably encourage it (and a good thing that would be as well). If education establishments were to simply teach one economic viewpoint that would be incredibly worrying. Even within those broad categories there is a huge amount of debate on what is the best economic...

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What is your favorite Jennifer Aniston movie? I really don't like Aniston much (she irritates me on screen and always has done, she may be a lovely person I have no idea but I don't like her work) but Office Space is a good film.

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Using no more than five words, describe your first true love. Gifted, caring, funny, cute and beautiful.

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Is there a problem in running Firefox 3.5 & AVG 8.5 together? Never had one myself...

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What's the best operating system to use? Depends what you want to do and who you are really. For me it is currently XP but Linux and MacOS are both popular as well. It really depends on what you want to do though. If you want to develop Windows based applications I would suggest windows. If you want a pleasant user experience with most things taken care of for you OSX is probably thr one for you. If you like free and...

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What isn't bad for us? Running around a lot and eating things that taste horrible apparently. Neither of which really appeal greatly, to me at least.

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How long have you been playing guitar? Around 15/16 years or so.

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As a child what was the one thing you didn't want to do? Go camping. And to this day I have succeeded in that goal.

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Freddie Mercury [Queen] OR Steve Perry [Journey]? Mercury. Journey are fine but I was always a Queen fan.

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Is every mathematical equation considered to be a 'proof'? Not really. You can write down an equation, say 2x = 10 but this doesn't prove anything. You can use this equation to prove that x=5 but the initial equation itself is not proof of anything.

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Does water have a consciousness? (u'r gonna love this one) What is consciousness? That question is far from settled. Without a hard and fast definition of what consciousness is it is difficult to answer the question. Further without knowing what it is we know little of what is required for consciousness. This is something that has been a major issue in artificial intelligence and, obviously, philosophy of mind for a long time. I would find it...

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I heard Google is planning to introduce its own operating system in competition with Microsoft Windows 7. Are you interested? Somewhat. It is interesting that Google is entering this field. I have being reading the tech blogs on this a fair bit and opinion is really divided. Many seem to be of the opinion that it will not have much of an impact (despite doing reasonably well Linux and MacOS have failed to displace windows from the number 1 spot by a long way). Also whilst the idea of shifting the bulk of the...

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Ur favourite sentence? Suspended. ;)

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There's a button you can press on the Answerbag page that says "RSS." Can you please explain what this does, and how to use it? Don't use it myself but I imagine it would send an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed of new questions etc. I am going to guess you can get an RSS feed for specific categories/users but don't quote me on that. (An RSS feed is a way of keeping track of regular website updates without having to actually go to the website continually. Often used for news services). EDIT: sorry...

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To what musical genre is progressive rock most closely related? Difficult to answer really. Prog rock takes influence from a wide variety of predecessor 'genres' (I don't like the term much but...). It also influenced a fair few other genres. Heavy influences on prog rock were blues, jazz, 'classical' etc. There were other non-musical influences as well particularly the art school influences of many prog rock musicians. ...

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Who is your favorite method actor? Probably Brando. Although the Method has produced some great performances over the years I will never forget the (perhaps apocryphal) story of when Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Oliver were making Marathon Man. Hoffman apparently stayed up for days and days in order to get into character. When Oliver saw the state Hoffman was in asked one of the crew what was wrong with him. They explained...

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I say "Resistance Is Futile" You say? "I will draw the line here! Now! And I will make them pay for what they have done!" Wonderful piece of ham from Mr. Stewart there.

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When was the last time you got high? About two weeks ago but that was the first time in over six months or so. Used to be a regular thing but not so much now.

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Why are scientists eager to believe "String Theory" with no evidence but give psychic "evidence" much doubt because of no theory? OK. String Theory is a very divisive topic amongst physicists. Here are a few of the issues with a few explanations. 1) Technically it is not a theory. It is perhaps a hypothesis or better still a purely mathematical hypothesis. So why do some like it? Physicists are very impressed by maths as it is not only a powerful tool but seems to be inextricably linked to the nature of reality...

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The Universe: Result of a Chance Accident or the Result of an Intelligent Creator? False dichotomy so neither. There are a number of other options here. For example the cyclical universe model (which I am not a fan of) or the multiple universes idea of M-Theory (which I am a fan of in principle but we need some evidence for it). There are many others. I wouldn't accept either of the positions in the question though. Both don't work for me. Truth be told we...

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Atheist: what made you believe there is no god? (serious answers please and another reason beside logic) What makes you think that an atheist believes there are no gods? Pretty much every atheist, with a few exceptions but they are really few and far between, do not claim this at all. Even the really vocal ones such as Richard Dawkins. What most atheists acknowledge is that it is simply impossible to prove that an unfalsifiable concept such as gods don't exist. Or to put it another way...

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What is most of the earth's massb composed of? Iron I think.

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What is the mass of an atom? The mass of an atom is the total mass of the protons and neutrons in the nucleus more or less. This is often given in atomic mass units. One of these is 1.66053886 × 10-27 kilograms. Pretty small. So a hydrogen atom would have a mass of about 1.7× 10-27 kilograms. Obviously each element differs as do the isotopes of the differing elements, so they all have different atomic...

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Why does water look blue when it's clear? I know mucky water looks mucky and brown or green, but I'm talking about clear water. Thanks :) Water is actually slightly blue. It isn't clear as many think it is. The more water you have the bluer it looks. This may be of interest. It is wikipedia so don't take it all for granted. Feel free to ask any questions if need be. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_water

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If God didn't make the earth, what did? I believe He did. I would like to know what others think of how it was made. Thanks :) We aren't entirely sure. Not that we don't have a good idea but we aren't 100% certain (you never are in science). Really, really basically the Earth was formed as part of an accretion disc around 4.5 billion years ago. A nebula (which is the remains of a star that 'died') containing a collection of elements, mostly hydrogen but with others scattered throughout it,...

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Why Do Women Get Cheaper Auto Insurance Rates Than Men? They're better drivers, at least statistically. Women are less likely to make a claim and thus are a safer bet for insurance firms. Same with young drivers compared to middle aged drivers. Statistically younger drivers are more likely to have an accident so they pay more.

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Which profession is more dishonest, being a lawyer or a politician? Oh politicians for sure. Lawyers don't lie, they simply exploit or in extreme cases bend the law to suit their client's needs (or at least a good one will). A really good lawyer will never need to lie. Besides it is much better to tell the truth, as it confuses the opposition. Politics is a constant battle to keep people from finding out the truth. It is literally fooling all...

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Swine flu: Who is worried about it? Nope - just a good old fashioned scare story for the media to get us all terrified yet again. A few years ago it was SARS. Then Bird 'flu. Now Swine 'flu. The media and so forth love to keep us afraid of our own shadows. Like mushrooms we are kept in the dark and fed on errr... excrement. 'Flu deaths in the UK are about 12,000 the figures are a bit sketchy but...

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Do you believe in magic. Why? Magic as in card tricks and so on then yes obviously it exists and there are some really clever tricks out there. I can even do some of them albeit fairly poorly. Magic as in truly supernatural powers are a different matter. I don't believe in that one jot. Why? No evidence. Magic is a fairly extraordinary claim and requires extraordinary evidence.

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Isn't Sascha Cohen over-exposed, over-hyped? Maybe a touch. I think nobody expected Borat to be such a huge success, especially after Ali G's big screen outing was a bit lame and as such the interest in Bruno is massive. That said he is a fairly funny chap.

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What kind of cell phone do you have? Do you like it? A very old Nokia. It doesn't do internet, it doesn't play videos, it can't download mp3s, it doesn't even have a camera. It makes 'phone calls and the battery lasts nigh-on forever. Suits me.

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If the kinetic energy of an object increased by a factor of 4 by what factor would the velocity of the object change? Remember the formula for kinetic energy E=(mv^2)/2 So if the energy is going up and the mass is remaining constant (which we must assume from the question) it should be easy to work out from here. Here's a start Initial energy: E1 = (m * v1^2)/2 where v1 is the initial velocity E2 = 4 * E1 Should be easy enough from there - comment if you don't get it.

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Is theory of evolution against God or not, and why No not at all. It just explains how life develops without invoking a deity. This doesn't mean there is no deity but just that it is not required to explain certain phenomena. It doesn't prove there are no gods as this is pretty much an impossible thing to prove. It does clash with literalistic interpretations of many creation myths however. As does most science and history.

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New scientific theory: The earth's magnetic field may be caused by the movement of the ocean and not it's metal core. To those that believe that science has all the answers, does this make you re-evaluate your faith in science? (see link to article) Science changes. That's a strength. We had Newtonian physics for years. It seemed to work up to a point but there were growing problems. By the early 20th Century it was obvious something was really horribly wrong with Newton's ideas. Along comes Einstein and all is better. For a while... That's how science works. It doesn't give answers in an absolute sense. It...

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Is old literature better then modern literature? No but there is a selection process. The good stuff stays and the bad stuff gets forgotten. Over time less of the older rubbish survives so the proportions of good to bad seem better in older literature. Same with music. Many look to the 60s/70s as being much better than current dross but look back on it and by the gods there was some utter rubbish in the 60s and 70s. It's just been...

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Why can't everyone agree on one English (American or British)? because it makes much confusion. Languages evolve and change over time so it is no surprise there has been some branching between various dialects of English. Lord, even the English can't agree on English, at least not fully. You still get regional slang and dialects although less than there used to be. We live in an interesting time as we can communicate far more readily than ever before. Will there be a move...

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Why is it that when I use a video link (like to You Tube) it only shows up as a link, I see others that actually have the video on the answer page. Also, when I use the click and use the video link option, it doesn't work at all. I think you need to use the embed code rather than the URL of the site. There is an option when answering or asking to upload video. Just make sure you use the embed code not the site's URL.

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Do you prefer William Shakespeare or Stephanie Meyer? Personally i like the works of Shakespeare. Shakespeare. Although isn't that a little like comparing Mozart with Britney Spears?

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Why was the first computer invented? Depends what you mean by the first computer. The usage of the term has changed. Computer was originally used for anything (or anyone) that computes i.e. performs some mathematical operation to get a result. Human beings were the first computers in this sense. The first mechanical computer was the Difference Engine which was never finished at the time (it was recently rebuilt using...

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Do you play an Instrument? Yup. Double bass, bass guitar, 'cello, guitar (electric and acoustic), piano, drums, recorders. A few other things very poorly. I can get a note out of pretty much anything and if it is a string instrument I can pretty much guarantee I can get something resembling music out in a reasonably short space of time.

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Can Positive thinking have a Negative effect? Recent research seems to indicate that it can. The most obvious one I can think of is wishful-thinking - "everything's gonna be OK!" when really, it isn't.

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Will there will be a sequel to Contact? Doubtful since Carl Sagan has been dead for many a year now (and sadly missed he is). Then again when has that stopped the money machine. Dune and Foundation both continued after the primary authors' deaths but were fairly terrible to be fair.

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Who as played,The Prince of Wales,Charlie Chan and Hercule Poirot? I'm guessing Peter Ustinov.

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Which medieval author was portrayed by Paul Bettany in "The Knights Tale"? Chaucer.

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Who played Morpheus in the futuristc thriller "The Matrix"? Laurence Fishburne.

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I believe that no one is born gay for it is a lifestyle not a condition. The basis for my idea is religious because God always gives us a choice and to be "born" gay would be to say people have no choice. Does anyone agree? (No bashing please) No. As to what makes someone gay we are not completely sure (although there is no such thing as a "gay gene" biology would appear to be an issue in some respect). Since I am an atheist I cannot take your position for the reason given. I don't agree that god(s) can give us a choice over everything to be fair anyway (sex, skin colour, hair colour etc). Another problem is...

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Should you take painkillers with coffee? Don't see why not. Providing it is black as I have heard (don't quote me on this it is a hazy recollection at best) that milky drinks can slow down the absorption of the drug into your system.

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Space propulsion: what is the most likely type to get us through our solar system, and why do you believe that? also name the pros and cons of it. To just leave the solar system (how we define that is a different question altogether) is reasonably straightforward. I believe (but don't quote me on this as I haven't checked it) that Pioneer and Voyager have 'left' the solar system or if not are extremely close to doing so. All through rockets and gravitational slingshots. Takes a while but in principle if you could...

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How do u make something out of what visually appears to be nothing? Without using nano-technology as an explanation. Combine hydrogen gas and oxygen (both colourless, odourless gasses so they appear, at least visually, to be "nothing"). You'll get a rather large fire if you do it right. There are loads of other examples. Lower the temperature of another similar gas, nitrogen for example, and you will get a liquid out of, seemingly, "nothing".

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How often do you have a cup of tea? I only have one 3 times a year. I have around 10-15 cups per day. I adore tea and although it is probably not good to drink that amount, sod it, I enjoy it.

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Where can i download visual basic 6.0 for free VB6 is not supported any more and I'd be surprised if you could find an outlet. You may be able to find it with a quick google search but it is very out of date. VB.NET 2008 Express edition (a reduced form of Visual Studio VB.NET) is available free from the Microsoft site.

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Which era of history do you have the most knowledge of? Probably Rome in the time of the Julio Claudians with a few years either side. 50 BC to 80 AD ish.

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Why doesn't rap/hip-hop reach to the impact Michael Jackson music does?? Even if I made the best rap song this generation has ever heard. Both influential and respected amongst teens and adults. It just wont be loved by EVERYONE in a 'Thriller" level, why You could argue a variety of reasons but here's my take. Jackson peddled pop music. Very well crafted and executed pop music but pop nevertheless. A genre like hip hop (at least good ip hop) akin to jazz or any other niche market simply doesn't appear to appeal to the majority. Far more are going to simply go with something a little less taxing. Same with many musical genres....

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I believe in the evolution theory, do you? Not believe in the sense most would say believe. There are evolutionary theories that explain the data better than anything else around. In that sense I believe in them but not as a matter of faith or anything like that. If something better than neo-Darwinism comes along I will go for that instead. For now it is the best we have.

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Did you grow up a F******* screw up,like the Ludacris song goes?* Don't know the song but no not at all. I had to work long and hard to end up as much of a f****** screw up as I am.

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What can be last sentence before u die? Knowing me it'll probably be "ooops, didn't mean to do tha...."

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How do we know anti-matter exists? We can make antimatter particles in the laboratory. That's the most convincing evidence. We have even made antimatter atoms at CERN and Fermilab etc.

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Should the promoters of the Michael Jackson concerts in London offer a full refund? I believe they are and quite rightly so. Whilst is not the fault of the promoters or the artist that Jackson died neither is it the fan's fault and they shouldn't have to pay for that. If they wish to make a donation to his estate that is another matter.

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Ive just changed my Internet Provider How do I now get my emails Was your email with your previous ISP? i.e. for AOL was it something like yourname#@AOL.com? If so it may be that you email will be deactivated now your contract is up. Not necessarily but likely. You'd need to get a new one with your current provider. If it is webmail (Yahoo or gmail) you should be able to access it as normal.

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Did Michael Jackson fake his death? Thanks, I just won a bet with my other half (I said it would be postulated within 48 hours, she said a week) :) No I don't think so however of course the assertion would be pretty difficult, if not impossible, to falsify.

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Best trio from the 80's? ZZ Top or Rush? Rush

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Do you think there's anything wrong with using a pre-made, royalty-free drum loop in a song as long as the rest of the song is original material? No more so than using a preconfigured synth sound (which means no).

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Relatively recent research has shown that the ancient Greeks, despite their reputation for philosophy, believed in a variety of magical practices. Does this affect your view of the Greeks and if so, how? Not exactly news. There was great superstition in ancient societies and the Greeks were no exception. I don't think all Ancient Greek thinkers subscribed to all of the superstitions but a large number did. Pythagoras for example was a notorious mystic. Further there are a more than a few great scientists who have been somewhat mystical as well. Pauli if I recall was quite the...

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How come skeletons dont have a nose when if we touch our nose theres a sticking out bone? I am not a biologist or anything similar but I believe what feels like bone in your nose is actually cartilage, not bone.

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What is net 3.5 in IE8 .NET is a framework which is basically a collection or library of standardised tools and features that certain applications use to run. An application (program) written in a .NET language will often require that these libraries are installed on the PC running the applications. Bit more complicated than that but that's it in layman's terms. .NET 3.5 is the latest version of the...

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What do YOU think killed Michael Jackson? I don't know. I haven't followed the media hype surrounding him over the years so don't know the various rumours that have been flying around since he died very well at all. As far as I am aware it was a cardiac arrest. As for what caused that I have no idea and until the autopsy is performed I don't think anyone does.

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I keep getting a update to install IE8 on my win xp i/m used to ff3 & google search if i install it will i loose any of them No just make sure you don't set IE8 as your default browser although if you do so by mistake FF will ask you if you want to reset FF to your default next time you run it. As an aside though, if you have installed .NET 3.5 recently that may affect your Firefox security somewhat. You can google ".NET 3.5 firefox" for more information.

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What is the best English band of all time? (If you say Oasis, I will automatically discredit anything you ever say on AB ever). Led Zep The Beatles Cream The Clash Iron Maiden Stone Roses of the ones I can think of at the moment....

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My sister wants to do certification in oracle.she is having good command in c,c++ & also in .NET.what should i suggest her between "ORACLE 9i FOR DEVELOPER OR ORACLE 9i DBA"??please suggest me something.its urgent... From her background it appears she has leant more towards the development side of things up until now so might be better to continue down that path. There is some crossover of course but unless she wants a fairly radical change database developer would be a better career path. Both are interesting. I've done both but more on MS SQL Server than Oracle. I prefer development but...

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A marble is dropped from the top of a 400 m tall building. after 6.22 s, how far will it have fallen? ignoring air friction. Also how fast will the object be moving as it hits the ground. Sounds like a homework question so I won't answer it but give some tips. You know the initial velocity of the marble. It is 0 m/s. You know the height of the building. 400 m. You have a time. 6.22 s You know or can get the acceleration due to gravity. It is -9.8 m/s^2 (negative because of coordinate conventions - up is positive hence the height is +400 m) In the first part v (the...

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To anyone who has experienced any type of drug use, what is it like? Which drugs? There are SO many different types and each is fairly unique. So it is nigh on impossible to find some generalised experience. Bill Hicks once said "Not all drugs are good. Some are great" which whilst amusing doesn't really cover the whole picture. Drugs are very much what you make of them. If you are shooting up heroin several times a day, every day then...

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What is the difference between a nacessary condition and a sufficient condition? A necessary condition must be invoked in order to explain something. A sufficient condition is all that is required to explain something. For example: To explain how log an object takes to hit the ground when released from rest. The height the object is released from is necessary but it is not sufficient. The acceleration due to gravity is the same. And so on. You need all the...

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What is the likelihood of an asteroid collision with earth? Inevitable. IT has happened before on numerous occasions, the chances of it not happening again are infinitesimally small. When will it happen? Who knows? One day it will happen again but we can't really say when with any certainty. Is this cause for alarm? Yes and no. A really huge impact is far less likely than a smaller one. Still even a "small" impact could make...

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Was Alexander great? Depends on your perspective and the meaning of "Great". To Darius III he was most certainly not great. If by great we are to take the meaning successful then yes he was. A brilliant strategist and in terms of military matters he is second to only Genghis Khan probably (and that is debatable). His ability to realise his ambitions certainly makes him "great" in this...

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Were all the members of the band Queen homosexual? No, even Freddie was arguably Bi. May, Deacon and Taylor are all heterosexual, all married (or have been married at least) with kids.

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Will Bernie Madoff get out of prison alive? Well he could use the Ernest Saunders Technique. Develop Pre-Senile Dementia whilst in prison. Get released. Make a full recovery! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Saunders Stuff of miracles. Oh sorry, it was a cocktail of drugs that caused it. So of course he volunteered to return to prison. Oh no wait that didn't happen... hmmm..... I wouldn't be surprised to see...

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Atheist what do you think of this Link?Link coming. Paragraph one: "the idea that man evolved on this planet from monkeys to date is easily prooven false" Good spelling helps when trying to construct a convincing argument. Further, nobody is claiming (bar people such as the author of this article) that humans evolved from monkeys. Mistake number one. I think we can see where this is going. P2: "As many...

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How do you think Earth was formed. Why do you think that? Not entirely sure to be honest. The Nebula Hypothesis is the most likely explanation but is not a complete explanation as yet.

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Don't you hate when people constantly put exclamation points after their sentences? OMG, like, yes!!!!! Nearly as much as using OMG!!!!!

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If man has evolved from apes, then into what form does science predict that he will evolve next? We are at a unique moment in history. Up until this point evolution has driven change in all life on the planet. This has been somewhat altered by our ability to control our environment but now there is something really different and that is our understanding of not only the process but also a great deal of the mechanism i.e. genes. Not only do we understand this, which would be enough to...

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If the Iranian protests continues is there going to be a civil war in Iran? Doubtful. Although there are some parallels to 1979 the powers that be in Iran seem to have gotten a grip on the situation now and I think it will fade away. For now at least.

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Rock or HipHop/Rap? Which do you prefer? I like good rock and good hip-hop. I hate bad rock and bad hip-hop.

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If you could change the word "God", from "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, what word would you exchange it with? Not American but I would suggest "Adam Smith". We have him on our £20 notes :)

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If there was a war againest math and english who will win? Well... Maths would probably open up in great style with an attack of infinities but English would simply counter by splitting infinitives and render the attack neutral. Positively seething maths gets a bit negative. English might then try to bring the whole thing to a end, period but maths would just add more digits turning the fight real. Sneakily maths then gets imaginative making...

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What's above Earth? Space exploration always goes horizontally from Earth, hense meeting other planets (Mars etc...) but what would we find if we went vertically? have they even considered that? Up down left right, not a huge amount of meaning in space to be fair but you can set a coordinate system according to the plane of the orbits of the planets. All the planets tend to be on the same plane (more or less, there is some eccentricity in there but not a great deal). So there is nothing within range that is that interesting. A few odds and ends maybe but most of the interesting...

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Was George Harrison a guitar hero? Yes. He probably inspired as many, if not more people to pick up a guitar as anyone else did, so...

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Primus or Rage Against the Machine? Different bands. I like both but Primus are more my cup of tea, mainly down to Les Claypool as I am a bass player as well. Not that Timmy C is a bad bass player.

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Do you believe in "lucky" numbers? No. There are interesting numbers and number sets but not lucky ones.

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Ive noticed that the english and german language is almost the same when pronouce just the english is more acute - Could it be possible that we were once german? German and English have a recent linguistic root. English is classed as a Germanic language which is not surprising given the Anglo Saxon origins of the English. It does include other elements and they have diverged over time of course but they are closely related. Just like French and Spanish are closely related Romance languages.

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Are you or have you ever been a Trekkie? A little. I have cooled on it a great deal in recent years though. I still like the original series, a few of the films, most of TNG & DS9 but hate Voyager and Enterprise. Those two ruined it for me (odd as many loved Voyager). Too many trips to the well. Some of the films are bloody awful as well. When it's bad it is dreadful but when it is good it is very, very good.

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What is the novel Shogun about? It's about the rise of a Shogun in Japan, I can't remember what he was called but he was based upon Tokugawa Ieyasu (fascinating man), from the perspective of a western traveller. They made a TV series of it with Richard Chamberlain and the late great Toshiro Mifune.

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Besides the obvious, who are some great classical music composers? Depends who is obvious. The following is using classical is the broadest possible sense. Not all are strictly Classical (i.e. circa late 18th century). Salieri actually wrote some nice pieces. Webern and Berg are good if you don't mind a bit more modern (i.e. odd) music. Britten is excellent. And many film composers are great as well. Williams, Goldsmith and of course...

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Do you think that gnosticism started before or after Christianity... and why? Maybe. I have read that there seems to be some evidence of gnostic type sects floating around before Christ. But I am not too sure, I haven't looked into it that much to be honest. I know a bit more about post-Christ Gnosticism like the stuff from Nag Hammadi but again not a huge amount. I know the basic ideas can be traced back further but s to whether there were 'Gnostic'...

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Favourite song to play on ypur guitar? I tend to noodle to be honest. Pick out a few chords and them start improvising around on that for a while. It is rare I play a set song as it were. I sometimes pull out Classical Gas if I can't think of anything else to play. I quite like Master of Puppets and Cowboys from Hell as well if I am feeling more rocky. And of course Foxy Lady when all else fails. But more often than...

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HI, can you name one, or more, movies that should NOT have had sequels made to them? Highlander. "There can be only one" - shame they didn't follow their own advice.

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How do you prenounce "Tomato" (Tom-aye-tow or Tom-ah-tow)? Tom-ah-tow

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If or when asked, who do you say Jesus is or was? I'd say I am not entirely sure. Without going into too much detail I'd probably say a Jewish Rabbi with an apocalyptic slant. More to it than that of course but more or less. Although I am not an expert on the historical Jesus, merely an interested amateur. As for the religious aspect I would not like to comment.

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Who was Adam Weishaupt & why would anyone possibly care to know? The founder of the Bavarian Illuminati. Got into a fair bit of trouble for it as well. He is reasonably interesting I suppose from a historical perspective. He also crops up in many Illuminati conspiracy theories, not surprisingly, so would be of interest to anyone interested in that sort of thing.

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If the universe continues to expand (expansion is currently accelerating) will the Big Bang lead to a Big Nothingness? Short answer - Yup. Long answer - you're right - the universe has a finite amount of energy and the spacetime that contains that finite amount of energy (or mass if you will the two are interchangeable) is expanding, indeed accelerating. If this does continue (and we have no reason to suspect that it won't) the amount of matter will end up spread out thinly throughout the...

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What is the white lotus flower representing in hieroglyphics pictorially? The white lotus was if memory serves the hieroglyphic symbol for 1,000. The blue lily (seshen) was the symbol for rebirth and/or the sun. That is if memory serves. It's been a while since I did the hieroglyphic language.

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Is universe friendly to a human? This part is i.e. the Earth. Well some of it at least. Not most of it. Most of it is either too wet, too cold or too hot. It gets worse as we leave the Earth. Most of the universe is cold and largely empty space (OK there is some 'dust' out there but nothing much). Pretty unfriendly to human life. Most of the mass that comes together into clumps is in the form of searingly...

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What is the most complex EXCEL formula you ever typed? Something hideous using IF statements coupled with array summations and rounding probably. I don't know exactly to be fair, I have done some pretty horrendous Excel formulae in my time!

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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Sorry to be really dull but - they co-evolved.

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Do you honestly believe that Nubians enslaved their own people & cut up to 15 ton stones with saws to build the Great Pyramids? If you are referring to the 'Great Pyramids' i.e. the ones at Giza then no of course not. It is a myth that these were constructed by slave labour. As for the Nubian pyramids these came long after the pyramids at Giza (25th dynasty if memory serves as opposed to the 4th for the 'great pyramids - possibly the 12th were from Nubian origins as well but they didn't build...

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Do you have a favorite name for people who try to convert your lack of religious beliefs/atheism /agnosticism? (created of course because they repeatedly dont respect your personal space) a couple of my faves are "drone" and "bible thumper" Live and let live providing they back off once told (politely of course) I am not going to be converting and yes, I have studied the subject in depth so there is likely nothing new they can tell me. If they persist I do have a name for them - a nuisance.

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What goes on inside of black holes? What do you mean by 'inside' a black hole? Do you mean inside the event horizon? Well no-one really knows is the short answer. What I was taught is that there is continued gravitational collapse into a 'singularity'. This needs a little bit of explaining. Put simply (and I am REALLY simplifying things here so don't be surprised if it seems odd or incomplete)...

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Do animals feel emotions like humans do? Yes but not quite the same as humans do. We are different so there would be differences. Same would go if we were talking whales and sharks though, humans aren't really special in any way at least not in the context of the question.

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What are the different properties of oxygen and ozone molecules? Chemistry homework due? OK I have answered one for you this one you need to do yourself but here are some pointers. A quick google search will return information on both of these. Even wikipedia would be a start. They have rather different properties. Just have a look and see what they are. There is one big similarity between the two which will be obvious once you research it a...

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What substance can not be broken down? mixture,element,or compound Well really you can break down any of them. But this seems to be chemistry question so the answer will be element. Here's why: A compound is a chemical formed either by covalent or ionic bonding (keeping it simple for now). You can break a compound down into its constituent elements via a variety of chemical processes. A mixture of a mix of different chemicals that have not...

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What college or university did/do you go to? What is your major? Manchester University (UK) - Theoretical Physics and Mathematics. But to my eternal shame I dropped out before finishing. Going to go back when finance allows. Probably to finish the maths side but add some computer science. I'd spend the rest of my life in university if I could. I'd love to do philosophy, history, music English and economics beofre I depart this mortal coil.

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Who is the most inportant person who hase ever lived Extremely difficult to answer. Alexander the Great? Certainly he has a claim to this for being the person that spread Hellenic culture which ultimately allowed the Roman Empire to be successful which of course eventually led to the spread of Christianity. Jesus? Influential but if I remember correctly when asked this precise question many academics actually ranked Paul just as highly as...

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What is exstacy like? I won't lie, it can be great fun. But the side affects can be bad (the infamous 'come down') and there is no real evidence as to whether it can cause long term metal health issues or not. I have seen it mess some people up and not affect some people at all in the long term. Like any drug if you take loads of it you will probably suffer somewhat. I am not saying do it nor...

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How confrontational are you on a scale form 1-10? 10: why, do you want to make something of it?!?! ;)

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If you work in an office, do you feel like your I.T. department sometimes treats people like morons? They can do and I work in IT, although I try to avoid support where I can. Sadly some people in IT don't have very good social skills. But the same is true in many areas of work, it just seems a bit more prevalent in IT to be honest. I always try to be understanding when dealing with IT problems. I think I have said "it's only easy if you know how" more than any...

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Do you believe something really bad is gonna happen in the year 2012 like some people believe? Not at all. There have been dozens if not hundreds if not thousands of such predictions; none have come to pass. 2012 is just popular at the moment as it is fairly close. Nostradamus' 'prophecies' are so vague and open to interpretation that they are not to be taken seriously. The world will end one day but as far as we can tell it will not be for billions of years. There...

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Why does the moon rotate on its axis at the same speed it revolves around the earth? The moon is tidally locked with the Earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking

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Smoking is unhealthy, expensive & addictive. So why do it? Partially as it is addictive but also speaking for myself I actually enjoy it. It is a pleasant sensation. Not to everyone's taste but it is to mine.

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A teen wrecks on slippery road. Why does everyone automatically assume that the wreck was caused because of a new teen driver? What if a 50 year old wrecks in the same situation? Would everyone be blaming the driver then? Not just teens I am afraid. When I was a kid my father wrote a car off because the road was slippery due to a fertiliser spillage or something similar (rural community - we get a lot of it). The police that turned up first didn't believe him at all initially. However after seven more crashes in the space of about an hour, with two police cars being part of that total, they changed...

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Why is the Roman Catholic Religion the only one that the English law discriminates against History as far as I am aware. Not entirely sure but it probably goes back to the Glorious Revolution when James II/VII(Scotland) was deposed and you can trace the animosity back further than that. However I think that's when the law was changed to completely exclude Catholics from the succession. Of course there were other offices that Catholics were banned from which have since...

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What is the speed of darkness? Slightly faster than light as it always manages to just get out the way when light comes along... (apologies to Terry Pratchett...)

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I want to start practicing VODOO.... What are some of your opinions about that? Whatever floats your boat. Go for it.

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Of all of the computer languages out there, what's your favorite comment indicator? I really like "//". -- or // /* */ is a right royal pain as it always, ALWAYS comes out ?8 *? or something like that. Multi line comments all well and good but I always get it wrong (I did just then as well... always!). Nice of Visual Studio to do it for you with a mouse click though.

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For horror fans.What is your all time top 3 horror movies? Evil Dead II Night Of The Living Dead The Shining

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What is your Computers Memory (Hard-disk) Capacity? 1.5 TB.

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Is there a website you think should be banned? I think sites with illegal content (such as child abuse) are rightfully banned. There are a few others I think fall into this category as well. Other than that no. Not even racist or homophobic sites to be honest despicable though the are. Free speech as far as things like that go and all the easier to argue against these when they are out in the open. Barring the sort of thing that...

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Would You Be a Good Person without God? I like to think I am a good person. Not perfect by any means. but I try my best. Do no harm to others, help people as best I can, oppose things that cause harm and so on. I am sure I could do better but couldn't we all? All without gods or religion of any kind. I try to do good because I feel or deduce it is good to do so not because it is prescribed by any religion or even law. I...

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Name a song with the word 'jump' in the lyrics or title? Jump Around - House Of Pain.

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Punks not dead!! agree? disagree? Punk still exists in some form and probably will do for some time to come but from what I gather and the little I hear now, it has become a very different beast to what it was in the days of the The Ramones, The Sex Pistols and The Clash. Once something comes into existence it is rare for it to die off completely. I don't pay much attention to it much these days to be honest,...

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Anybody cares to see Charlie Chaplin's old black and white silent movies? I love Charlie Chaplin. The Kid is fantastic. And Modern Times. And whilst a 'talkie', The Great Dictator is simply amazing.

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Are you going to heaven or hell?take the quiz. Heaven according to that quiz. Not bad for an atheist...

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Why do you "need evidence"--that God exists? Do you "need evidence" that your pay has been deposited into your bank account--BEFORE you write a check? Your thoughts, please? I never make a payment until I am sure there are funds to clear the payment. So yes. I don't trust on faith that payments will be made and monitor that sort of thing very closely. I didn't always do so and that has cost me in the past. Although I must confess I fail to see what this has to do with gods.

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Lucy In The Sky w/ Diamonds or Daydream Believer? Lucy every time. Daydream is a nice enough little song but Lucy is in a different league in my opinion.

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Why do humans like music? In all different cultures from the begining of time...Seems like it's hard wired in people? It probably comes from way back in our evolution. Other species make use of sound in various ways, birdsong being the obvious example indeed some musicologists say that birdsong has influenced the development of music which I find a bit of a stretch to be honest. So the earliest humans probably utilised vocalised sounds in a musical way and has stuck with us since then. Music does appeal...

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If you are having computer problems, what do you do to solve them? I've never had a problem I haven't managed to resolve myself to be honest. I'm reasonably good with computers (Windows ones at least, I would probably struggle with OSX and Linux more). The worst case scenario I have faced was a fried motherboard which took a few hours to fix as I had to replace the MB and a few other odds and ends in order to get up and running again. ...

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What is antimatter? Antimatter is matter consisting of anti-particles. It was first proposed (I think) by Paul Dirac and basically fundamental particles have an opposite member in terms of charge. For example the electron which has charge (in atomic units) of -1 has the antimatter partner of the positron (or anti-electron) which has a charge of +1. They are identical in every respect other than one is...

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Musicians is it just me or do you always judge your own music very harshly despite what others think? Of course. I am critical of everything I do and rightly so. I can always do it better.

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Do you believe that you are on this earth by accident or God has created you for a purpose? This is a false dichotomy. There are more options available here. For one you can be a devotee of determinism and still be an atheist. Or you can be a theist and have a belief in the concept of free will which is contrary to determinism in so far as people's choices can affect the future and thus your existence. There are many more options to fill in here. That said I would say...

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If everything that exists had "a beginning," then didn't Gawd have a "start?" Who or what "created" Gawd? Could something that never existed, "self-create," and if so, how? (I'm not an Atheist at all, but they have asked me this question.) Read up on the cosmological argument. Briefly, there are arguments and counter arguments to this idea. I find the arguments in favour of the cosmological argument to be weak but it would be best to read up on it yourself.

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Babies smile in sleep. Do adults too smile in sleep? I laugh out loud apparently... so yes.

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Is The Da Vinci Code based off of evadice? What part is complet fiction? There was a man called Leonardo Da Vinci. Other than that it is all pretty much nonsense. :)

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What is voltage Voltage is the potential difference between two substances. Or electrical potential. More or less. It is a bit more complex than that but in a nutshell that's it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage Although that article seems to over complicate the issue a touch but it should give a reasonable introduction. Most physics sites have good intros to voltage etc as well.

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What's your artistic ability and do you use it to benefit others? I used to draw a huge amount as a child. Is still sketch little cartoons sometimes. I do play musical instruments and compose music. Quite a lot in fact.

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Anyone else besides me waiting for a good thunder storm? We haven't had one around here in months! We had a corker yesterday in the UK.

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Which guitar did Eric Clapton play on the song "Strange Brew" on the Cream album "Disraeli Gears"? I am not 100% sure on this but he was a prominent user of the Gibson SG at this period of his career.

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What is considered a fast connection speed for the internet? It really depends where you are, these things are somewhat relative. Where my parents live a speed of 8 Mb/s would be considered lightning fast whereas where I live I would call that a pretty basic speed. If you are in parts of Japan or South Korea my speed of around 20 Mb/s would be considered slow as there are available speeds of around 100 Mb/s. So it is rather relative. For most...

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Do you agree that gravity pulls objects of different mass with the same acceleration rate? That is the Galileo test drop a violin and a grand piano and they both hit the ground at the same instant. Just doesn't sound correct to me. It is correct. Of all the things in physics we can be certain of this is probably the most certain. There are various ways to show this but the easiest and most convincing is to do experiments and see what happens. Then look at the maths which show why this is happening. It is fairly straightforward. The reason it may seem counter intuitive is because large objects (like you grand...

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What is the speed of light through glass? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractive_index#Speed_of_light Might help to understand why rather than me just giving answers.

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Do you believe in things you don't see? Of course. To an extent at least. I believe in gravity but I cannot see it. However I can detect gravity and measure its effects. The same couldn't be said of invisible unicorns for example. "See" is often used synonymously with "detect or measure in some manner". This is probably a bad thing to do but is so much quicker to say/type.

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Why on earth do people STILL run winblows when Linux is so much better and FREE? Are they just to afraid to attempt the installation? or do people still falsely think winblows is better? Various reasons. The reason I run windows is primarily application based. Yes I could use WINE but I have had a few issues with that in the past. As I am a developer I use .NET and the Microsoft VS packages (and SQL Server etc) a great deal professionally. Whilst I could develop quite easily on Linux using other products in the workplace many organisations use the MS varieties and I...

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Can atheism be backed up by logic and rationalism? If so give it a try! (I ask this question merely because i asked the same one directed at theism and am yet to get a substantial answer. Was wondering how you AB atheists would do :) This discussion has taken up books, millions on internet pages and more than a few on AB. So to not get into a hugely detailed response (which I can do if required) it boils down to a pretty simple argument. I am an atheist in the sense I do not believe in gods. I do not deny the possibility that gods may exist as I cannot prove a universal negative or put another way I cannot falsify an...

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Musicians acoustic or electric guitars Entirely dependent upon the situation. I tend to play classical more than anything else but as the situation dictates I will use the appropriate instrument. That said in a live situation acoustics can be an engineering nightmare and sometimes it is better to go with an electric with microphone pickups in the bridge. Makes the electric an extremely versatile instrument. Expensive though.

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I am listening to an evoloution teacher say that dog and banana have the same dna and the dog evolved from the banana.They can believe animals evolved from non living things. Any thoughts?It's on sermon audio.com. IF the evolution proponent is saying that then they need shooting (metaphorically that is). I find it hard to believe that anyone who has even touched on the topic would say those things unless they were being deliberately misleading or had serious presentation skill deficiencies. Indeed I find it, quite literally, incredible. Dogs and bananas share genetic elements this much is true....

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Why is Ernest Rutherford famous? He was a brilliant physicist who laid the foundations for sub-atomic physics. Extraordinary experimental physicist. He was also the head of the physics department at my university although not when I studied physics there. I am not that old. The main lecture hall in which I had most of my lectures is the Rutherford Lecture Theatre. He also mentored other great physicists like Bohr.

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Who are the natural enemies of the English? The French? The Germans? The Scottish? All suggestions welcome! I wouldn't say there are any natural enemies to be fair. However as for who opposed the English throughout history that depends which part of history you are looking at. Originally it would have been the Romano-Briton/Celtic (inc. Picts etc). Although the level of conflict between the Anglo-Saxons and the 'indigenous' peoples is somewhat debatable. Following that it would...

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Define 'civilized' in 5 words? "Urban and agriculture based cultures".

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Are optimistic people more likely to survive cancer? I don't know of any statistical data on this matter to be honest. On one hand it seems that mental state can on some level affect your health and indeed other physical states. I'm thinking psychosomatic illness and possibly the placebo effect although I am fairly sure both are somewhat more complex that my drastic oversimplification! On the other hand though how much effect can...

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There are just two kinds of people, those who ______________, and those who ______________. There are just two kinds of people: those who think there are just two kinds of people and those who don't.

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Do you think the Iran election was rigged? I do not have access to the required information so to make any conclusive statement would be highly presumptuous. Also I must confess I know little about Iran so again I am loath to make any definitive judgements upon the situation. The little I have gleaned has led me to believe that support for Ahmadinejad is far higher outside of the cities than within them. The protests we are...

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How can a baby fall out of a twenty story building and live? It falls out of a ground floor window of a twenty storey building.

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Math is so hard sometimes. what do we need math for, anyway? Maths is all around us. The fact we are communicating via computer technology is the first obvious example. Without maths, the development of computing would be well... nigh on impossible. Some others have listed some good examples but really, nearly everywhere you look you will find maths. Maths can be hard but so is any subject once you get to grips with it. I think the way...

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Can dogs look up? & Is that a real shotgun over the bar? The shotgun is real and yes, dogs can look up. I also don't look like an accountant, happen to like the Stone Roses second album but you can chuck the Batman soundtrack.

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The best lawyers are the best liars, agree or disagree? Disagree. The best lawyers are able to use effective argumentation, knowledge of the law, available evidence and procedure for the betterment of their client. Some lawyers do lie or twist the facts to suit them, some are even downright corrupt. In my experience they tend to end up in hot water. Not all but most. The vast majority of lawyers don't end up in the 'Hollywood...

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Whats your views on the Welsh? God's own people obviously ;)

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In "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream, what exactly was that "dull surprise" anyway? Wasn't it "dawn surprise"? And you can interpret that as you please ;)

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How do you memorize so much stuff for an exam. I did bad on SAT's and such because I can't memorize so much processes or each step. I have an English final coming up in 3 days and have about 150 words to be familiar with? Suggestions? It's been a long time since I did anything of this nature but I will try to recall from the dim recesses of my mind how we used to learn words at school. We used to be assigned homework of learning new words. We'd be given several words to work with and followed this procedure. First to get the spelling and just the word itself implanted into memory write it out several times....

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Do you believe in ghost? Have you ever had any experinces with ghost? No and no.

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Should the UK join the euro? Mixed feelings. There are sound economic arguments on both sides of the debate. For the moment I would say no, for a number of reasons but long term I feel it is an inevitability. The patriotic arguments don't apply to me, I couldn't care less what the currency is called providing it helps foster a stable economy. British by chance of birth; pragmatic by choice.

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What is your opinion on the BNP? There have been some decent responses so far. Briefly they are racist (no non whites allowed), clever in that they appeal to those that are so desperate they will blame their own shortcomings on anyone bar themselves, religiously extreme as they wish to enforce a certain religion upon the country and very, very dangerous. However they are also poorly supported (their vote went down in...

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Whenever I play a song on the piano with music from a book, I always have problems trying to keep my books open. I have an even harder time trying to flip the pages mid-song. Does anyone have a solution to either of those problems? Most piano music stands have facilities for holding the pages in place but even so this can be a problem. Other than breaking the spine of the book (which may not be desirable) a workaround is to use photocopies and tape them together. This can get around the page turning issue as well. Although they can end up being quite wide...

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If i told you satan do exist would you believe me? Not without a great deal of unambiguous supporting evidence.

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What's your favorite short story? I love "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov. http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

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How short is a "short story?" It can be very short, Hemmingway famously wrote a piece only six words long (which has a great deal of pathos to it I feel): "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." However that is something usually referred to as short short fiction. Short stories tend to be 1,000 words to about 20,000 words but I don't think there are any real hard and fast rules (would 999 words or 20,001...

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Once and for all, do the English hate Americans? I can't speak for the English but as a half Scots/Welsh man I can say I don't. Not than I can speak for my compatriots but I for one prefer to take each individual on their own merits which nationality doesn't enter into.

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Would you sign a petition to end discrimination against polygamists, giving them equal rights to marry? I can't think of a good argument against it so, yes.

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Is it me or on some days do you think that AB's name should be changed to the Christian/Atheist AnswerBag? There are questions in religion and indeed in other philosophical questions that have no hard and fast answers and are thus most interesting to us. That's probably the reason for it. Same for politics and so on. It is not like asking "how do I create a messagebox in visual basic?" or "what is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?" which have definite answers...

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To atheists - wouldn't you like to be able to believe, to believe there is something after life, that you would see the ones you lost again? This is a tricky one to answer. As to wanting to believe the quick answer is no. I want to know as far as I can. Not believe. If something is true so be it and I prefer that level of truth to wanting something I see as highly unlikely, or impossible, to be true. To lose someone you love is a tremendously painful experience and it would be a cold soul indeed that wouldn't want to...

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What is a real number Real numbers are the set of all rational, irrational, transcendental and algebraic both positive and negative including zero but not the imaginary numbers such as the square root of -1. At least that's an informal definition. There is a hierarchy to it. In the list below each successive set contains all the elements of the previous set (there are other sets but keeping it simple for...

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Having just read the energy drink Red Bull has been pulled off shop shelves, for containing an illegal substance! Is this the reason It gives wings to those who drink it? (humour is always nice:-D) First thing I'd point out is that this is from the good ol' Currant Bun so I will wait to see if the story is picked up elsewhere first ;) However it would explain my fixation with the stuff some years back.

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Who is your FAVORITE James Bond? Sean Connery without a doubt.

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Do you think Twitter is the Internet's way of telling people to try to have exciting lives? I mean, one can't post interesting tweets if nothing interesting is happening in his or her life. I must confess I don't really get twitter very much. It seems a bit hollow to me. I suppose if you know people on there it might be different but it just doesn't do anything for me and I get bored of it very quickly. So I don't really know. I suppose it is about trying to keep people up to date with your incredibly exciting life but whenever I use it I find myself not...

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Have you ever hit SEND on an email and thought "OH Sh1t"? Yes which is why I always put a 2 minute delay on my work email account. Gives me time to calm down and cancel it before I cause a riot.

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Your belief is on the creator or the big-bang theory? The two are not mutually exclusive. You can believe in both quite easily. That said I don't. I don't believe in gods at all. As for the big bang well... I don't believe in that as such, it is just the best theory we have for now.

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Were you ever prom king or queen in high school? Didn't have anything like that at my school. They were unheard of in the UK as far as I am aware although I think some schools do them now.

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Does the name Clara really mean lame? What does Bryson mean? Clara means bright or clear. Bryson probably mean a nobleman's son.

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Far left or far right? One or the other please! What do you mean? As this has been placed under communism are you asking if communism is far left/right? Or what one's personal preference would be? In answer to the former it is far left. As for the latter I would prefer neither to be honest as the left/right distinction is far too simplistic. However if I had to choose one I would choose communism (real communism not the...

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Do you know of any type of add-on gear one can purchase and fit to an acoustic, standard rock drum kit that will kill most of the noise? Deadheads from DW do it, they are a variant of practice head. http://www.dwdrums.com/smartpractice/deadhead.htm

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Thomas Paine (The Mickey Rourke of the Founding Father) Died Exactly 200 Years ago WHY should he more thought of in America than he is...Have you heard of him? Great man. I have Common Sense and Rights Of Man many times and greatly admire his work. A shame he was well somewhat airbrushed from history. There were only six people at his funeral if memory serves. Shameful.

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How long will Gordon Brown last to stand down as Prime Minister? He will make it to the general election so about 9 months or so would be my guess.

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How far is Gordon Brown to become a dictator? Far. He may be very authoritarian but he is acting within his parliamentary remit. Also add to that the fact he will almost certainly be gone in a matter of months and the case for dictatorship is non-existent.

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Which bird lays the smallest eggs? Complete guess - a hummingbird.

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Have you ever been to Wales? Yup. I was born there and spent my early years there. Been back many times.

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WHY IN WESTERN COUNTRIES SHOULD WOMEN ALMOST NAKED TO BE CEVILICED AND FREE, AND WHEN COVER HER HEAD THEY SPEAK ABOUT FORCING, CLOSURE........AND SO ON? The point is the choice. In my society for example people can choose whether to wear incredibly skimpy clothing or cover up completely. They are under no obligation to do so but can if they wish. Now in other societies people are forced to wear a certain dress code. SO the difference is the choice. You don't have to be semi naked to be free nor completely covered. But to be free...

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What is the biggest difference between a human and a machine? There are many. A machine can be redesigned from scratch. A Human cannot i.e. a child must follow the basic pattern laid out in their genes. Human beings have conciousness, machines don't (well... yet). Machines require an intelligence to design and construct them (to a greater or lesser extent, there can be automation involved but the principle is sound enough). A human being...

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Are there any successful non-democratic states? Depends what is meant by successful. China is pretty successful by many measures and not democratic in many ways. It could be argued that Cuba is successful in its way and is again not really democratic. But it depends on your definition of successful. Historically nearly all states have been non-democratic. Even those we think of as democracies such as the Greek city state of...

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Why do people think that if you are an atheist you are more likely to do drugs or commit a crime? Is there a reasoning behind that thinking? There is reasoning behind the claim but it is badly flawed. The argument generally runs as follows 1) Morality/Ethics come from religion 2) Atheists do not follow any religion 3) Ergo Atheists must have no morals or something to that effect. Of course this is bunkum. Firstly most people don't really get their morals from religion. They tend to pick and choose which bits...

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Was Albert Einstein always right? No or at least it would appear no. He famously introduced the cosmological constant in order to obtain a stationary universe which he later abandoned following Hubble's work. Although recent discoveries have brought the constant back into focus this was still a mistake of sorts as Einstein didn't have all the facts at hand and made an ad hoc manoeuvre to fit with what were thought...

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What's the worst thing you've done all week? Good lord it's only Monday, give me time! ;)

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Where in the bible is the serpent that deceived Eve identified as Satan? I think the connection is made in the Book of Revelation. Although it is tenuous if memory serves. EDIT: Revelation 20:2 "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years" KJV Still not 100% "oh and this was the same one from Genesis 3 by the way" but fairly close.

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Do you believe in God or the big bang Theory. The two are not mutually exclusive positions. You could believe in both quite easily. Although I don't believe in gods personally. I don't believe in the big bang as such, it is just the best theory we have for the time being.

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What's with all the people using "ur" as a substitute for both "you are" and "your" and why doesn't anyone understand that "woman" is the singular form of women? Abbreviations are nothing new to be fair. They have been used throughout history. In informal situations I don't have an issue with it although I don't really see that it saves that much time to be honest. As for using the wrong word, that does wind me up somewhat as it makes the text difficult to understand at times. Worse still, as with poor punctuation, it can sometimes...

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Did you, or do you, enjoy your time at school? Pretty much loved it.

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I was grew up with the Christian Religion, how were you taught? Sort of christian but I was more taught to question everything. Even then it was very weak. The schools tried to do it more to be honest. By the time I was seven no-one in my family believed in any religion. From then on it was a topic of interest but not believed at all.

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For the sake of argument, if your country was to become a theocracy, which religion would you prefer be in charge? Pagan. Always had a soft spot for Zeus etc

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Are the Newcastle Magpies really worth their for sale asking price of £100m? Seems to be but don't hold your breath. Tried to sell it last year and failed. But there seems to be more interest this time. Although the state they are in would deter me, not that I have £100m to spare mind you... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8088840.stm

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Do you like Tom and Jerry Cartoons? Yes and the music is hugely underrated.

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Do you belief in luck? Hmmm... Random events and coincidences yes so in that sense I believe in luck but other than that no. "The more I practice the luckier I get" is a very true statement.

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Which is the best bittorrent client? utorrent. http://www.utorrent.com/

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Have you ever gotten a spontaneous nosebleed? When I was young I used to get loads of them. Don't do so now though.

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I don't understand left vs right and republican vs democrat. Can anyone explain the differences? The terms left and right come from revolutionary France if memory serves. In basic terms the left tends to be more liberal and the right more conservative. To be fair it is a bit of a false dichotomy. Too simplistic. For example you can be right wing economically (free market) but anti-authoritarian or to the left economically (socialist or whatever) but deeply authoritarian. This...

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The sound works on everything in my computer except the internet. How do i fix it or what is wrong? That's odd. Simple but is the volume turned up on the web page you are trying to get audio from? If not try a different browser (that's a point - which browser are you using?).

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Can you grow an Aloe plant indoors in Florida (indoor temp between 75-90 at all times)? I would think so but not an expert. Maybe this would help? http://www.thegardenhelper.com/aloe~vera.html

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Would you ever have a serious relationship with a pornstar? Yes. Can't see any reason why not. Oh except I am engaged. That might be a good reason why not. But in principle, yes.

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I think sexual attraction of women is the most powerful way leading to sin, how can we avoid this in broadcasting sexual and feminine TV programs? You're entitled to that viewpoint. However you cannot dictate what other people choose to view or read etc. Many, myself included, would argue your belief is wrong but if you believe it is harmful don't watch it. Your choice. Simple.

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Why is it muslims don't wish to live, work and study in muslim countries? The vast majority do. For some it is different there could be a whole variety of reasons why. Regarding study you go to the best place to study. People move cities and countries all the time to get to the best place for their discipline. I knew many that came to this country to study at the universities here as they are amongst the best in the world. As for work, well you go where...

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Will the Muslims eventually take over Europe and establish a Muslim dictatorship? That seems to be what is going on in the UK right now. Every day Muslims immigrate here and are slowly gaining political influence. 1) No. This is a fear being greatly played upon but it makes a huge mistake. It assumes that the process is one way. This is just false. When people come to a country they generally adopt aspects of the countries way of life whilst preserving some of their prior culture. It is an exchange of ideas. That of course takes time but it happens. Also the actions the UK et al have taken in...

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Does doggystyle make the chances of having a boy higher ? We are trying to have a baby and want to know if certain positions help? No, the idea that the position of intercourse affects the sex of the child is a myth. If there were any truth in these cultures that valued one sex over the other would have found them and there would be far less girls than boys on this planet.

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Is Star Wars an epic? Why or why not? Please please help me ASAP 'cause this is my homework.. Highly explained answers on time are very much appreciated.. Thank you! Looking forward for the answers.. :) Not going to do your homework for you but here are some tips on answering the question. First try to define epic. This may help if you haven't already done so http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_film Or research other forms of epic literature. Get the intrinsic points that make something epic laid down. Then see if Star Wars matches these. One by one if need be. Do a list...

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Should I get a new video card? I have replaced many parts of my computer and am not sure how good my video card is my current one is a Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS. I am using the computer for gaming. 8600 GTS is OK for most games especially older ones but it is starting to date. At the moment ATI seems to be leading the pack although the new Nvidia cards look pretty good. Also it depends what sort of games you play. Crysis on full spec will be a problem I would think but some older stuff will be respectable. Graphics cards move at hell of a pace and to play the latest greatest games...

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Do you think gays should be allowed to get married and have children? Please be honest! Get married yes. Doesn't affect me in any way so I have no problem with it at all. Have children. Hmmm that might be a bit hard! If you mean adopt children then again no problem at all. Given that they meet the criteria that all prospective adoptive parents must meet that is.

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Where is the oddest place to get bitten by a mosquito? The Moon?

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Hi all, I have two work sheets.I want to enter datas in one sheet and i want it to replicate the datas in the other sheet.Kindly anyone tell me the coding for this in MS-Excel.Reply ASAP. Thanks, pon. If you want the second sheet to be an esact replica of the first you just need to link the cells in the second to the first. e.g. to link sheet2 cell A1 to sheet1 cell A1 you can do any of the following 1) on sheet2 select cell A1 and enter "=" (ignore quotes) then move to sheet1 and click cell A1. Press enter. 2) type in sheet2 cell A1 "=Sheet2!A1" (ignore quotes) ...

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For my UK people and anyone else. The BNP won two seats in the European elections. I'm feeling slightly worried to even be classed as British. Why the hell would anyone vote for them? It is worrying in many respects but let's take some comfort in the fact that the numbers who voted BNP actually decreased. It was the collapse of the main parties, particularly the Labour vote that allowed the BNP to take seats. As to why people voted for them, well there are a myriad of answers. Sadly, one is that some people in this country are racist. Has to be said. Further...

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What is the best guitar for blues? Tone comes far more from the musician than the instrument or other equipment. BB King could play a Dean and still sound more blues than anyone on the planet. That said some instruments can be easier to get specific tones from than others. Eric Clapton used a Gibson SG in his early years and got a lovely tone. Les Pauls are popular with many. As are telecasters and Strats. Again...

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What is the meaning of your name? For ex my name is Misty Dawn = Foggy Morning! Watchful.

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Who else is sick of Big Brother? I assume you mean the television show and not the Orwellian concept. Contrary to what many people say I find Big Brother a wonderful tool for education and learning, from the first series onwards, because every time anyone switches that crap on I leave the room and read a book instead. (apologies to Groucho Marx)

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Would you describe yourself as being "tolerant?" On some things, yes. On others, no. For (an obvious) example: I am perfectly tolerant of others people's religious beliefs. That's their business not mine. However I am not tolerant if somebody tries through whatever means to force their religion upon me or anyone else for that matter.

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If you were to get the power to go invisible at will, how will you use your newfound power? I'd probably use it to walk into solid objects a lot.

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Reading Philosophy is not meant to be entertaining/enjoyable. True or False? Why? Well it depends on the person. For me, false. Most of the time. For a start some of the writing in philosophy can be wonderful. Plato and Nietzsche spring to mind but Dennett and Russell to pick some more modern writers are witty and engaging. Many philosophers are. SO it can just be a good read in literary terms. Furthermore it is always enjoyable to get to grips with another...

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What ruler in history came closest to Plato's Philosopher-King? Marcus Aurelius is a good candidate in many respects.

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Are atheists really interested to find out if God exists? Let's have a look at this. Firstly we can't speak for atheists in general. That would be foolish. So in the following I am speaking of myself and people who are of similar opinions. Atheists have (by and large, there are exceptions) looked at the evidence and arguments, questioned the same, studied many points of view and thoughts on the issue, pondered the claims and come to...

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How much RAM can a 32 bit operating system access? 4 gigs although if you are using XP 32-bit you will only be able to address around 3.25 gigs of this using Physical Address Extension.

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Are atheists and theists the same in that they believe what cannot be known for sure? That there is or is not a God? Theists believe in god or gods and some aspect of the nature of the god(s). Atheists can come in two varieties. Strong atheists actively believe there are no gods. Weak atheists don't believe there are gods but neither do they believe that there are no gods. Many atheists are technically of the weak variety (including myself) as we cannot affirm a universal negative but find the...

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To British people: Do you find American accents annoying? No not at all. There is such a wide variety of American accents anyway it would be somewhat foolish to lump them all together, as it is with all regions. A Manchester accent and a Swansea accent in the UK are poles apart. Londoners often have difficulty with strong Scottish accents and so on. I am not as familiar with American accents but I am sure there is a similar variety.

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Why can't we just accept there are 4 dimensions? time was a good stretch, held up, I like it, I like string thoery too...but is it necessary? It is just a THEORY, and will not become a law ever, something else will evolve after it...discuss OK there are a few issues here to address. Firstly a theory is as good as it gets in science and will contain a number of laws within it. A good example are the Einstein's theories of relativity. They will never become laws as such (at least not in the sense it is generally used). So will string theory, quantum theory, relativity theory etc etc ever becomes laws? No not at all and...

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Who is smarter- Einstein or Hawkings? Einstein was theoretical physicist (as opposed to experimental), hawkings is theoretical too as far as I know. Time has no incidence in this question. Hawking is a great physicist no doubt about it but he is not nearly as influential as Einstein, Maxwell or Newton. The public and media tend to perceive Hawking as the greatest physicist on Earth but most physicists whilst accepting he is quite brilliant would name several other physicists before Hawking. Ed Witten for example. But Hawking is far better known by the general public. We...

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Children in Congo are being forced into exorcisms. Shouldn't someone intervene? http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7619753 Yes but there is sadly no quick fix to this sort of thing. The only remedy for this (and it doesn't work 100% sadly) is education. Once the population become educated and realise that this is well stuff and nonsense it will die out (not completely, there are still people in educated countries that believe in similar nonsense but almost completely). The majority will then make sure this...

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Can anyone think of an example of a terrorist attack that successfully brought about the change the terrorists wanted? The (old) IRA under Michael Collins et al partially got what they wanted. Even if Northern Ireland was kept under British rule there was the partition and thus the Republic Of Ireland was created and the guerilla war/terrorist actions certainly played a part in bringing this about. Now whether you see that as a war of independence being fought by soldiers or a terror campaign to bring...

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When asked what music they listen to, and someone says they "listen to everything"... do they actually listen to anything at all? I do say that and I mean I don't discriminate on genre. And I listen to a great deal of music. I don't listen to 'everything' as such as I don't like everything (I don't like Verdi that much, or the Doors etc) but there is no genre I exclude. Even with musicians I don't really like that much there is usually something I can stomach. Radiohead are a good...

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If Humans evolved from Primates, does that disprove God? No. You can't prove gods do not exist. It is pretty much impossible just as with any unfalsifiable metaphysical construct. Russell's teapot or Sagan's dragon in the garage for example. Evolution may contradict certain dogma such as the biblical account of genesis for example but that doesn't prove that the god is not there. Even the Catholic Church, not known for...

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Why do atheists agree the universe has no meaning but look for it in everything else.. music, art, theatre.. their marriages? I agree the universe has no intrinsic purpose, no intrinsic meaning if you will. There is no power directing the universe as far as I can tell, giving it a purpose or a meaning. There is no universal teleology. It would be very nice to think so, that "there is a plan don't worry, everything has a purpose" but the harsh reality is as far as I am concerned that "there...

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I dont understand music theory can any one help me I NEED TIPS!!! Which part don't you understand? It is a vast topic! Give some specifics in a comment and I will amend my answer as best I can.

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Jazz fans "What is your fav recording, album or artist of all time ? broad queston i know lol That is pretty broad. Albums-wise, I have to mention Bitches Brew (Miles Davis). Heavy Weather (Weather Report) is one of my all time favourites as I am a huge Jaco Pastorius fan. As for recordings there are too many to list. Same goes for artists. Jaco was my hero, as a fellow bass player, but I adore Miles, Bird, Coltrane, Buddy Rich etc etc...

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Stairway to Heaven or Highway to Hell ? (the songs) Both or either depending on my mood. Stairway is far more complex musically. Highway is like most ACDC just a classic riff rocking number. Neither is superior to the other.

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Do you pray to God? Other than invoking the phrase (or occasionally a specific deity's name) colloquially - never, not to any god, goddess or spirit force.

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Missing Link Discovered! Evolution close to proven! Hmmm... Personal opinion: That's not even wrong (sorry!). And here's why. The problem with missing links is that unless you find an example of EVERY life-form along the way you will always have a missing link. Since the probability of finding a fossil of every life-form is so small it is essentially impossible there will always be a 'missing link'. Which is why I...

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So does EVOLUTION teach RACISM? No not at all. It has been used that way but I would say it is misused. Evolution merely states the method in which previous life forms evolved into modern life forms (I would say "primitive to complex" but that is a slightly inaccurate method of description). It has been (mis)used to describe why the 'fittest' should survive. This flawed view makes a number of...

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"There is no such thing as a Christian child, only a child indoctrinated by Christian parents." With the same applied to all religions - Do you Agree or Disagree? Agree pretty much but I think the issue is a bit deeper than the statement suggests. I don't think a baby has any notion of religion (or many other issues and ideas for that matter) until educated in (indoctrinated in, if you will) or at least exposed to the concepts. That seems fairly obvious. I can't think of any 6 month old child who would class themselves as libertarian or...

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Whats a good way to clear up a rash from poison ivy very fast The Bat Signal... Sorry, I couldn't resist... Maybe this will help... http://landscaping.about.com/cs/weedsdiseases/a/poison_ivy_3.htm

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So how do you get rid of IE8 and go back to IE7? I think you just use add/remove programs to remove IE8; this should revert back to the previous installation then. I think. Not 100% on that to be fair as I never use IE at home and at work I have different versions loaded on different virtual machines for testing purposes. I stay away from IE as much as possible :)

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What is the meaning of life? Dare I say... 42?

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How to add 15% to 10.00 dollars Easy way: Take the amount you wish to find 15% of and call it X. Divide X by ten to get Y (10%). Divide Y by 2 to get Z (5%). Add Y and Z to get your 15%. Then add this figure to X to get the new total. Or use a calculator. But that's a way to do it in your head with little difficulty.

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What is your favourite named star or planet? For living on? Earth. Mercury has an interesting orbit. Venus is nearly our twin, has a fascinating climate and is very mysterious considering its proximity. Mars is so well documented so we can learn a great deal about it. Jupiter is magnificent and has several highly interesting moons. Saturn is beautiful and again Titan is intriguing. Uranus is on its side and so stands...

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Are there any historical or current public figures that you unreservedly admire by today's standards? (Eg, Thomas Jefferson? Nah, slaveowner. Winston Churchill? Nah, bigot & pro-empire. Martin Luther King Jr? Nah, philanderer.) I don't hero worship. Everyone has their faults once you look close enough. I prefer to admire ideas rather than people. 'Trust the tale and not the teller' and all that. Or admire a facet of a person whilst admitting their flaws. I admire Newton for his scientific achievements and find him quite distasteful for how he conducted his disputes for example.

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A hockey puck is placed on a flat, infinite sheet of ice in the northern hemisphere. it is then given a slight push to the east. the sheet of ice is frictionless. what horizontal forces act on the puck after the push I think you are after the Coriolis effect.

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Someone explain to me the benefits you think you get out of cussing? besides it being unintelligent? Oh wait, that's not a benefit... There can be benefits depending upon the situation. Using swear words, colourful metaphors or curse words whatever you wish to call them, can lend emphasis to a sentence. Due to societal norms and the norms of language therein it can convey strength of a statement. A few examples: a) That's an outrage b) That's a bloody outrage (b) would normally be taken as being...

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Why do atheist who have no intention of learning about God or any religion answer religion questions?? lol im ready for the downrating to by the atheist I will tackle each point in order and then address the broad thrust of the question. No intention of learning about god. Quite the contrary. I spend and have spent quite a large portion of my free time studying religions and the philosophy of religion. Textual criticism of the Bible particularly the New Testament is my current passion. I am more than familiar with many of the common...

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Do you think that The Simpsons should have been ended before jumping the shark? If so, when do you think it should have ended? I still love it. Some recent episodes have been somewhat weaker than previous series but it still makes me laugh more often than not.

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Do you think eduaction is for everyone or just those who can afford it? A basic standard of education should be universal. How we then define basic is the difficult part but an individual's access to education as a child should not be determined by how financially successful their parents are.

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If modern science could produce Artificial cell division in such a way as to produce ready made steak,lamb, pork , grains etc;without the need to kill any natural living thing;would you support that science? Very much so given the caveat that there was no pain involved (no central nervous system etc).

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What is the most expensive movie due to it's making? Adjusted for inflation I think it is still Cleopatra which had incredible spiralling costs.

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In a statement issued by the Optimum Population Trust, British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough says: "I've never seen a problem that wouldn't be easier to solve with fewer people, or harder, and ultimately impossible, with more." Your opinion? I don't fully subscribe to the Malthusian Catastrophe idea. It has failed on numerous predictive occasions. That said it should be noted that we can't continue to increase our population forever at least not if we are living on limited space such as the Earth. That much is obvious. So it is an issue but one that sometimes gets overstated. Certainly Malthus got it wrong....

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Is it wrong to declare that all spammers should die? Ummm... just a bit. "All spammers should be blocked by ISPs" is a more appropriate course of action.

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What evolutionary purpose does depression serve? why do we get depressed? Firstly it should be noted that not everything necessarily has an evolutionary purpose. It could be a by product of something that does have an evolutionary purpose. That said... It is possible that it is like a form of pain. Pain is useful, it tells us something is wrong. Perhaps in some cases depression is similar. e.g. I was very depressed when drinking heavily. I still get...

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Who was the first person in your family to graduate from college? My sister. MA, MLitt Philosophy - St. Andrews. Currently doing a LLB conversion. Should have been me but I buggered up my time at university a little! One of my uncle's had a diploma in chemical engineering from a technical college which would now be classed as a degree.

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I'm 14, i had unprotected sex on April 9th, and on April 11th, i was sick to my stomach and throwing up. I am worried about being pregnant, but I'm not sure if i would have morning sickness, or any symptoms at all that soon. Help please? A bit early it usually doesn't appear until about week two. However if you are so concerned I would seriously suggest a pregnancy test backed up by a visit to you doctor's. Judging on morning sickness time frames is not a good idea, better to get some certainty. Whether you inform your parents is another matter that, not knowing you, I can't advise on.

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What is the surface of earth like Remarkably smooth actually. Well, proportionally so anyway. And wet mostly.

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How long has your family been in the country that you live in now? As far back as we can trace. Which isn't too far as we come from working class roots and the records get sketchy and we aren't bothered enough to dig deeper.

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Can someone teach me a general method of converting base numbers? (I.E. Binary to Hexadecimal, OR Base 14 to base 20) http://www.cstc.org/data/resources/60/convexp.html Might help? If not I'll do my best but not right now as it is 2 AM and I am likely to make little sense!

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Is it possible to smoke weed AND stay employed? Certainly. I wouldn't advise doing it on the job but many people do it. I did although I haven't smoked for some time now.

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Most people resent,fear ,loath,and avoid death.Will it be the same for you when it is time? Death as in the act of dying, most definitely. I resent that our lives are too short, that there is an entire universe I will not be able to experience and learn about, that there are questions I cannot answer that I would dearly like to see answered, that there is a future I will be denied. I fear dying, it will be unpleasant and traumatic as well as quite possibly painful. Loath?...

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If you were/are an atheist and your parent/s sent you holiday cards with Christian messages on them, would you ask them to stop? If my parents did I would ask them to stop as I know they would be taking the mick (they are as atheist as I am). But if they weren't atheists and were sending religious messages it wouldn't bother me. I have few friends that are theists but if those that are do something similar it is not malicious, it is their way of being caring so I wouldn't mind at all. To be honest...

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Do some people deserve to die? I think so No, nobody deserves to die. That's why murder is so wrong. Some people need to be removed from society to protect others but not killed. If we accept that taking a life is wrong whatever the perceived justification we must acknowledge that even judicial killings are just as wrong. In my view the point of a justice system is to establish guilt or innocence of an individual and if...

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Have you ever tried amphetamines (speed). if so did you enjoy them. what were they like Yes and yes. No point denying it. I was young and wild. Don't do it any more though (and haven't for many years) and wouldn't recommend taking them though. They can be nasty short term, addictive and long term issues are really horrible. Again I stress I would not recommend them to anyone as they are potentially very dangerous.

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Cell A1 reflects X1234567. What formula can I enter into cell B1 that will reflect the first character from cell A1, which in this case is X, then enter another formula in cell C1 that will reflect the second character from cell A1, which is 1, and so on? MID function. B1=MID(A1,1,1) C1=MID(A1,2,1) etc etc

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Whats the worst science fiction movie/series ever made? The X Files got pretty dire. The Black Hole is a pretty terrible film. However the prize for worst sci fi film has to probably go to Armageddon.

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If cell A1 reflects X1234567. What formula can I enter into cell B1 that will reflect the first character in cell A1, which in this case is X, then enter another formula in cell C1 that will reflect the second character in cell B1, which is 1, and so on. Look into using these functions. LEFT, RIGHT and MID. You can accomplish what you want with the MID function but you may find the others useful in the future.

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Which type of music you like rock, jazz, pop, blue, country etc? Good music of any genre.

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For all the non-Christians and especially atheists who had friends and family over for an Easter meal or gave your kids Easter Baskets, especially the ones who call the Christians hypocrites: don't you think that's hypocritical of you? No, just enjoying a public holiday. The tradition of having a festival at this time pre-dates Christianity in any case. how is having a bit of a knees-up in any way hypocritical?

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Do heroin addicts have souls? Personal opinion no, not in the traditional sense. But that's OK because I don't think anyone or anything has a soul in the traditional sense. Heroin addicts are just people like anyone else. They have a bit of a problem but don't we all have our own problems?

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Would you rather take the chance that God and heaven are real & be wrong, or take the chance that God and heaven are not real and be wrong? This is Pascal's wager. It seems very logical but there are a few issues with the argument and as it turns out these are big problems. The first is "OK, which god?". There are hundreds if not thousands of different religions and gods out there. If you pick one based upon the strength of this argument then you can instantly be undone by rephrasing the argument in favour of...

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How smart are you? [do quiz] :) 10, being from the UK I have no idea about the outs/innings question.

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What does an atheist do on Easter? I'm eating a chocolate hare, barring that not a great deal. Public holidays are good for relaxing a little. I don't follow the religious aspects of the christian side nor the pagan side (although I am closer to this pagan part just in eating the aforementioned hare, albeit unintentionally - it could be a chocolate kangaroo for all I care so long as I get my sugary goodness).

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If you are an atheist, is that your religion? It depends on how you choose to define what religion is. In the sense is my 'atheism' a religion in the way that christianity or islam is a religion the answer is a resounding no. Firstly religions have at least some belief involved in them. As an atheist my position is not defined by my beliefs. Rather my position is defined as my lack of belief. I don not believe in god(s)....

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I've heard that there are other virgin births in mythology that predate Jesus, is that true? Yup and as others have said Google is your friend. Also the Jesus virgin birth is a dubious tradition at best. It turns up somewhat late in the chronology of sources. But that's a different debate altogether. For one example of virgin births (or at least conception by god(s)) look to the Romulus and Remus myth, Perseus or Heracles. There are a great many more as well. EDIT: In...

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Did The Police break up because of too much success to soon,or was it personality differences? (it is unfortunate in any case) I think a lot of it was to do with solo successes particularly Sting's. Also Copeland and Sting did famously have a few altercations. However I think it was the solo careers that did them in more, unlike (for example) Cream where it was the pressure and internal tensions that caused the problems.

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People like to ask each other what it will be like after death, I like to reply -- what was it like before they were born? Can you answer the question? That would more or less be my answer. All evidence points to the position that once our brains cease to function what we like to call 'I' or our conciousness ceases as this is merely a function or feature of the brain's physical operations. We will be unable to experience anything as we will no longer exist. To compare this to the situation that was present before we existed...

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What is the addictive substance in energy drinks? It can't be sugar because I drink sugar free. It can't be caffiene because caffiene in other drinks don't have a strong effect on me. Many energy drinks contain both caffeine, which is certainly a stimulant, and taurine which many claim has energy boosting effects although there is little to no evidence that this is true. As for addictive properties I am not sure. It could be the taurine though I doubt it. I find they tend to make you thirsty more than anything resulting in greater consumption. That said I am addicted...

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What advice can you offer a beginning guitarist? Practice, learn your scales and arpeggios, practice, listen to great guitarists, practice, play with other people and practice.

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Do you remember the sequel to 2001:A space Odyssey, 2010 (circa 1985)? What was the significance of the very last scene in the movie? Yes I remember it. If I remember correctly (been a long time!) the final scene is based on Europa and as the camera pans along we see the (or rather a) Monolith. I can't remember if we even see a hint of a tentacle reaching towards it. If I have got the scene right then the significance of the scene is that the mysterious owners and builders of the Monoliths use these objects to...

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Do you believe in aliens and UFO's? Do aliens exist? Maybe, we have no data to make a solid decision. Gut instinct says there is probably life out there somewhere but it is merely a guess. I have no scientifically valid reason for thinking so or for thinking that there isn't come to that. I must remain temporarily agnostic on the matter until there is firmer evidence. UFOs do exist but they are just unidentified....

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In a shop I heard a 12 year old black girl say “Hello” to a white boy of a similar age. The boy replied: “Shut your mouth or I'll knock your stupid head off. Is this racist? It is of course possible there is a racial undertone to it but based upon the evidence the statement is not explicitly racist. There is nothing in the statement to indicate that it was made due to race, sex or any other similar reason. It's just ignorant.

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Why do i hear people speaking when my TV is on static and not on any channel? Partly because the brain is very good at picking out patterns even when they aren't there. Also whilst your TV may not be tuned to any particular channel it may be picking up odds and ends of channels and other interference in which real voices are detectable. My old bass guitar amp was poorly shielded and as a result used to occasionally pick up a mix of radio stations. Or maybe it...

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Does this website kinda try to force you to ask questions to level up? Not really, I am level 50 and have asked a handful of questions and don't answer a huge amount either.

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Does anyone believe in ghosts? No because it has never been proven that they exist coupled with the fact that there is strong evidence that life after death is highly unlikely.

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Do you believe in the use of anti-depression drugs? When appropriate, yes.

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PETA wants Pet Shop Boys to change their name to Rescue Shelter Boys. Should PETA change their name to PINA (Pain In The Arse)? Errr... wouldn't that be PITA?

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Where else (in addition to Earth) might life reside within our solar system? As far as we know, nowhere. That said we haven't got that much data on the majority of the solar system as yet. The best bets for life are probably Europa and Titan. Particularly Europa. We are fairly certain that there is liquid water on Europa. Liquid water is generally thought of as a necessity for life (at least as we know life). Since Europa is a good bet to have liquid...

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What is the top story on your local morning news? Explosion in a pie factory http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7993407.stm

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Which cancelled TV show would you bring back if you had the power? Of recent years it would have been Firefly but Joss Whedon wrapped it up nicely in Serenity so I don't think I would want it back now. At the time of cancellation though I certainly did. It was a very promising little show.

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"All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why." -- James Thurber. What are you running from, and to, and why? I subscribe to the Rincewind philosophy personally. "Let's rest and then we can run away some more" "Where to?" "No, FROM - the important thing is from - 'To' will take care of itself"

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Do you think all governments should put a limit on maximum children born in a family? (like china) Difficult question. The liberal in me says no that it is not for government to decide that issue. I don't fully subscribe to the Malthusian Catastrophe idea however there is an issue here that needs addressing. If the population does grow exponentially there is eventually going to be a problem. We have limited space and resources, what those limits are is a matter of debate but...

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Does anyone believe that everything on Earth was created and put there by God? For what it's worth, I don't.

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If you are a nonbeliever, do you still celebrate Easter? I eat chocolate eggs. Barring that no I don't really celebrate it. Besides I have read the bible several times and can't find chocolate eggs not a giant rabbit delivering them so I suppose what I participate in has it roots elsewhere.

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Who agrees with the statement ''God is his own proof'' If you do, what does it mean? I am not entirely certain what the phrase means but I will have a guess. It would appear to be a circular argument. A implies A. Or possibly A implies B implies C implies D implies A. Still circular. If you use circular reasoning you can prove anything. The Earth is flat. Because the Earth is flat you can walk to the edge of the Earth. Because you can walk to the edge of the Earth...

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Are you over weight? Did you think you were/werent? I have attached a BMI link. http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm I'm (very slightly) underweight apparently but my weight fluctuates a fair bit. I am generally around the lower end of 'normal' on BMI charts. BMI of 19.9.

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Find the derivative of y = (x^2 + 1)(x^3 – 2). The easiest way at first glance to do this is to expand the brackets. y = x^2(x^3-2) + 1(x^3-2) y = x^5-2x^2+x^3-2 To be tidy you should rearrange this into power order (descending would be my preference but wither way is fine - it is only to be neat and doesn't affect the answer) From there it is fairly easy to just use differentiation to find dy/dx. Just use the mechanical...

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Do you think the bill that makes alcohol illegal should be reinstated? Worked really well last time so why not?

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Do you believe that mankind began with Adam and Eve?... If not, what do you think of this belief?.. Does it downgrade women? I mean, it says that they where a rib taken out from a man... In order: No I don't. I think it is a flawed hypothesis with no evidence to back it up. I haven't given that part much thought - there are plenty of other places in religions that you can find that sort of thing and I don't think this part of the myth is the worst one by a long shot.

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Christina Aguillera, Beyonce or Mariah Carey....who do you believe has the most beautiful voice? Christina, I have a thing for spinto sopranos. I never liked Carey much at all. Decent voice but loathed her music. And there was a great deal of nonsense spoken about her range (7 octaves ahem... yes, of course....). Beyonce I am not a big fan of either. That advert with "Diamonds are a girls best fwend" ruined it for me. Wasn't overly keen before that to be fair. ...

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When Britney Spears is on tour, is the entire band faking it (air-guitar etc.) or do they only dub in her vocal track while she lip-syncs? I a not sure but I know people like Britney do use some of the best session players in the business. Would be rather foolish to pay them the amount they do just for a mime act. That said I would HATE having to do that as it would be a disaster waiting to happen. And I hate playing to a click. I remember one of her early tours on TV (student days many moon past) and the band were amazing.

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When you first used a computer, was it years, months or days ago? That would be about 25 years ago now give or take.

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Does anyone know how to program with C++ and could give me lessons? If you do please message me on msn markblair05@hotmail.com. I can't seem to find anything that I can learn with and I really don't want to buy lessons. Thanks You might find this useful: http://www.cprogramming.com/ Fairly straight-forward beginner guides and so forth.

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Exactly, how old is the earth? 4,540 million years or so give or take a few million years or so. That's as exact as we can be for now.

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In which God do you believe? None.

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Are you somehow related to a famous person? if so, who is it and how are yall related? I am distantly related to Captain Webb the first person to swim the English Channel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb

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Mathematicians, I think that .999999... (infinite 9s) is equivalent to 1.0. Do you agree? The key here is the infinite 9s. You are correct and here is a simple proof X = 0.999999999999... 10x = 9.99999999999999... 10X - X = 9.99999999999... - 0.99999999999... 9X = 9 X = 1

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Do some of you feel that technology is advancing faster than you are?I suspect it may be because of my age..but I still feel like so many new electronic(especially) gadgets are coming out that I just can't keep up.Often I don't know what they even are/do. Well if you believe certain people (and I am not saying I don't) the the Law Of Accelerating Change means that technological progress is speeding up exponentially. I think there is some truth in this - Moore's law and so forth. Whether it will tail off is another question (there are good reasons to think it will but good reasons to argue we will find away round the obvious...

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-O-uknow says all gay people are either atheists or lying about their faith without conviction. Is this true? I'd be careful with this sort of questions - I think it skirts very close to compromising the house rules. I believe, although I am not 100%, that 'calling out' a member in a question is frowned upon. Word to the wise: in future make the question more generic rather than referring to a specific member. e.g. "Do you agree with the statement that all gay people are are...

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Do you own more or less than 100 books? A great deal more. Hundreds. It is like a library in my house and I have about the same again at my parent's house. My uncle has hundreds and hundreds as well. We are quite voracious readers in my family.

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Hi I have an email address as MSN and my ISP is BT does anyone know the incoming server adress as none on the web works and I cant receive emails - thanks Your incoming mail server should be something like pop3.email.msn.com I don't know exactly but you ISP should be irrelevant for setting up incoming mail servers. There should be instructions on popping your MSN mail. Some mail providers now charge for this service (Yahoo does I think but I set my POP up before they charged so i don't pay). Dunno if this is any help ...

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Microsoft Excel 2007 question: How do I associate the first entry in a row with the rest of the row so that it will sort according to the first entry and keep the data in the rest of the row with it? I haven't used 2007 but in previous versions you would do the following 1) Select your data (include all fields you wish to sort) 2) Click the Data menu on the menu bar 3) Click Sort 4) You will be given the option to choose your sort field and direction as well as header row options. Don't know if it is different in 2007 though.

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How many athiests on here will be celebrating Easter? I am going to eat a chocolate egg but that's about it.

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Do Authors who write their books in sagas ever consider the fact that they may die before they complete the saga? If they did do you think the would have some kind of contingency plan to tie up all the loose ends of the saga in a draft of the final book? Some do some don't. Frank Herbert left copious notes on the final Dune series book. Although I always sort of wish he left it at Dune. Asimov had no idea how to continue the Foundation series and as such it never went beyond Foundation and Earth. Perhaps if he had lived he may have extended it but he didn't leave anything as he didn't know what to do next. So he wrote...

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If you were a waiter/waitress working in a coffee shop and the local eccentric rich guy came in and asked for a half cup of coffee- specifying only the top half of the cup- how would you deal with his request? There are a few ways of doing it. I think my approach would be to fill the bottom half of the cup with coffee. When he complains that he wanted the top half filled I would respond that it was but he was perceiving the whole thing upside down. Eccentricity tends to respond well to eccentricity.

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Does your computer make you dangerous? I am sure the government will argue it does before too long.... oh damn they already did. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7985339.stm

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Does anyone else think Coldplay is overated?? They are a lame U2 cover band. Me, I have never liked them and completely fail to understand why they are so huge. And yes I have always referred to them as U2-Lite. But of course music is completely subjective and I am apparently in the minority. But personal opinion is that they are insipid and dull. I think the fact they became media darlings didn't harm their chances (the way things have always been in...

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What is the most difficult thing for you to comprehend about quantum mechanics? Quantum Mechanics has many 'odd' features. To quote a couple of the masters: "If you think you understand quantum mechanics then you don't understand quantum mechanics." - Feynman "If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet." - Bohr When I was studying QM the thing I had most difficulty with was...

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Atheist..if you do not believe in a God..do you believe in any kind of higher power or any afterlife at all? It really depends what you mean by higher power. It could be interpreted many ways by different people. If you mean 'is there any supernatural aspect to the universe?' then no I don't believe that at all. If you mean 'are there life forms more powerful than us out there somewhere?' then that's a maybe, I can't say for certain but I can say we know...

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When a love one dies, friend, relative, or spouse, how do you, as an atheist, view death? Not a good thing obviously. To die is not good for in an ideal world we would live forever and experience the entire universe rather than just this incredibly small section of it. I also don't look forward to the event. That will be distressing. Being dead will not but the transition is worrying. It is also terrible to lose someone you care about. once again it would be best if...

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When is the official release date for the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system? I don't think there is one yet. I think they are aiming for 2010 but the Vista debacle has had an influence. That may mean sooner (to try and stem any user loss thanks to Vista) or may push it back (make sure it is right this time). Complete hunch would be Jan 2011 but maybe 2010. I haven't followed it that much to be fair but I think it may be "make or break" for...

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( if a bowlign ball ( mass 5.0 kg) is thrown down a bowling alley ith a speed between 10.0 and 10.1 m/s. How accurately can we determine its position?) This comes from the Uncertainty Principle in Quantum Mechanics. Courtesy of Mr. Heisenberg. It seems ridiculous in this sort of scenario (and it is) but it is extremely important on the quantum level. The reason I say this is that the answer you gave sounds right (I can't be bothered to calculate it myself but it looks of the correct orders of magnitude). Of course this has nothing...

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New to excel. Wondering if a can make a dayplanner that is dated. I would like it to have 1page per day and print the entire year of my planner at one time.I think I think I need to use a formula or function but don't know which one to use. Thank you. I am a bit confused at what it is you want exactly. But here are some general tips on dates etc in Excel. Firstly the f(x) symbol next to the input bar will give you a range of functions if you click on it. Just select Date & Time to see a list of the relevant functions. TODAY() is a useful one as it gives today's date and updates automatically. NOW() is similar but includes...

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I can't see microwaves or God..do both exist? Ah but you can detect microwaves. You can see the results of microwaves interacting with a material (they get hot). You can predict the actions of microwaves and run experiments to validate your predictions (or not as the case may be). If our eyes were perfect and could absorb a greater section of the EM spectrum you would be able to see microwaves but our eyes aren't that good...

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What happens to people after death? I strongly doubt there is a soul I am afraid. It seems that what we think of as our minds or conciousness is a product of our brains. When the brain goes 'we' go as well. Not something I relish the prospect of but neither is it something to be afraid of. That said I would rather not put it to the test and hence I intend to live forever ;)

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Do Atheists fear that they might be wrong? No, not at all. If I am right then what is there to fear? If god(s) is/are good and loving then they would not punish anyone simply because they doubt their existence. If god(s) is/are vengeful to those that cannot believe in them for a valid reason then they are not loving nor good. Why worship a god that would be so well.... petty? If there is a god I cannot see they would be...

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( if a moving clock appears to be ticking half as fast as normal, at what percent of light speed is it traveling?) Eeek careful with that terminology! There is no such thing as 'normal' or absolute space, merely differing frames of reference and all frames of reference are equally valid. So for "moving" remember it is "moving relative to a specific frame of reference" and "normal" means "within your frame of reference". Call your A and the other B for...

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Does Metallica belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? (Some Kind of Monster in link) Yes I am a fan so I'd agree anyway but they have been one of the most successful metal acts of all time so probably deserved regardless.

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Atheists, what would it take for you to believe in a god? Solid evidence and lots of it. Making a personal appearance to everyone on the planet would do. Several times just to be sure. Say once a week for the next couple of months. Oh and if they could answer some questions that we have not been able to as yet that would help as well. Demonstration of knowledge way beyond human levels would be a good sign (though not convincing in and of...

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What is your favorite cover song by Johnny Cash? Has to be Hurt - one of the few occasions where I like a cover as much as the original.

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Will Windows 7 relieve us of the need to defrag the disks a la Mac OS X? Not that I am aware of although MS has been talking about using a new disk filing system for some time now. If I recall when Vista was in the Longhorn stage this was one of the key elements they were touting but was eventually dropped for various reasons. Fragmentation can still occur with OS X as far as I am aware (I think it is called disk optimisation rather than defragmentation)but OS X...

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What do you think of Hindu and Islam beleifs and why? Much the same as my opinions on any other religion which is I think it is mostly nonsense or irrelevant but if people want to believe it then go for your life. Sure they have some good tenants in them but they are not exclusive to any religion or moral system. Such as not murdering that is good but common to any decent ethical system. Some elements I don't agree with at all. ...

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Who here supports the return of Biblical lands to the Jews? Which part of the Bible? Throughout the history covered there are a great many changes in the political landscape. Which exact time do you choose? Because if we go down that route do we also support the return of the entire Mediterranean to the Romans as it was in the New Testament of the Bible? That is not to say Israel doesn't have a right to exist. It does for a number of...

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How many years do you think before we learn how to teleport people and mail? Unlikely. There are a great many physical and philosophical issues to deal with first. An example of the physical problem comes from the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. This basically says that there is an inherent uncertainty when you try to measure an aspect on the quantum scale. For instance if you try to measure precisely where a particle is you lose certainty on how much momentum...

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Since heart disease is the #2 killer of Americans, are they working on a cure for it? There have been a number of advances in treating heart diseases over the years. There is no single disease called "heart disease" but rather it is an umbrella term for a number of conditions. An example is the treating of serious arrhythmias with drugs. Like most things the best "cure" is prevention, living a healthy lifestyle will greatly reduce the risk however there...

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What travel faster, Your thought or light? Do thoughts travel? That's the first point to make is 'thought' a physical process or a term which attempts to describe the subjective experience of a vast number of interconnected physical operations within the brain? I would say the latter. In that case we can measure the time taken for signals to move in the brain and within the central nervous system. It turns out these...

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Have you got any tips on four-part writing (preferably on a grade 5 music theory level)? Yes but what sort of tips would you like? Let's assume you are writing a string quartet for example. Again assume you have a basic melody and harmonic (chord) progression. From here there are any number of things you could do. The simplest is to have the 'cello playing your bass line which should primarily be the root note of the harmonic progression but you can add some...

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Should black people be allowed to vote Yes. I am quite amazed anyone would ask this question to be honest. In a democracy everyone should be entitled to vote.

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A SERIOUS survey! I'm curious, do you think this recession is over or do we have the worst ahead of us? In other words, have you changed anything about your spending or thoughts for the future? Personal opinion follows without reams of supporting arguments as that would get dull but they do exist if you are interested. I haven't just thought this up whilst drunk ;) Is it over? I doubt it. We have only just dipped into the recession proper it will be some time before we see a recovery. Is the worst still ahead? I don't think we are out of the woods fully as I said...

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Anyone else planning to watch the final episode of E.R. tonight? Sad or happy to see it go after all these years? The last time I even saw a partial ER episode George Clooney was still in it. One of those TV phenomena that just passed me by completely.

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Do you think that there are living creatures in the other world, solar systems, galaxies? Possibly. We have limited data with regard to this so it is impossible to make a statement either way.

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What kind of musical scale does Debussy use to create his "sound"? Debussy was very fond of the whole tone scale if memory serves.

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Any Frank Zappa fans out there? Yup I like Frank.

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Do Atheists say "This is the day which hath formed by random chance, let us rejoice and be glad in sexual promiscuity, unless we're gay, in which case let us demand that our monogamous unions be blessed in the name of a God who hates us, if He exists"? Not on a daily basis. Seriously to analyse the statement a little: "This is the day which hath formed by random chance" - nope. There is an random element in many physical processes to be sure. But it does not mean that everything that occurs is purely random. As an analogy, Poker has an element of chance but no poker player worth their salt would claim the game in totality...

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Which conspiracy theory do you follow? Follow as in believe pretty much none. There are some issues on which governments do not tell the truth that is for sure but I take conspiracy to mean 911 inside job, area 51 etc etc. Sure governments lie but I don't think they are competent enough to accomplish some of the things they are accused of perpetrating. I follow as in take an interest in a few though as I find them...

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Name a history making news story before 1950? The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28th June 1914. Made fewer waves at the time than you would think though, it took a while for it to all snowball.

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Is the wheel truly man's greatest invention? There are many significant inventions. The wheel is one. I'd have to agree that the invention of written language and the ancillary inventions that go with it are probably the most important but you could argue the point. Control of fire is pretty important as well.

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What is your favourite scene from "This is Spinal Tap"? So many classic moments such as "this goes up to 11" but I am going to pick the drummer's deaths I think. "He choked on vomit" "But we don't know if it was HIS vomit" "Yeah, it's hard to dust for vomit"

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If there is no God...then whats the point of anything? What is the point? OK what do you mean by that, it could have several interpretations. One is "what is the intrinsic purpose of the universe?" to which the answer would appear to be "nothing". No plan, no purpose and no real meaning. Ah but read on before becoming disconsolate. This appears to work right down to the individual person. You are here not through any...

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What does an atheist believe in? An atheist is only really defined as being one that doesn't believe in deities. There are degrees in there, some believe there are no deities, but not all, so that would be a poor generalisation. So there is no belief that is common to all atheists. There is a lack of belief that is common but not a belief. Individual atheists can believe any number of things, some sensible,...

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Do you know of anybody who was saved (born again Christian) and just went back to old ways? Bart Ehrman (a textual critic) is quite a famous former born-again Christian who is now an agnostic. I wouldn't say he 'went back to old ways' but certainly changed his faith position. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_D._Ehrman

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Do Atheists feel the ringing of church bells is unjustly imposing religion upon them and the crosses, what about the crosses? I am quite a fan of campanology actually. When it is done well and not too early in the morning. Not really much of an inconvenience even if I didn't. Crosses are fine too, if a touch macabre maybe. Heck wear or display what you want, crosses, ankhs, pentagrams - so long as I don't have to pay for it or bow down to it and providing it is not causing a general inconvenience (such...

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Albert Einstein theory of relativity could be wrong: do you agree? Special or General? or Both? There is a huge amount of evidence that backs up both the theories. They are incredibly successful. However could it be wrong? Yes of course. It should be pointed out both are almost certainly incomplete. They are fantastic at explaining what it sets out to explain but as an example try to resolve General Relativity with the other giant of 20th Century...

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Can you summarize the book of revelation for me? Some good answers already so I'll go for the ultra summarised version: Roman Empire = bad.

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Why don't they just make a superhero movie with all the heroes and all the actors like Christian Bale as Batman,Hugh Jackman as Wolverine,that skinny kid as Spiderman, Robert Downey Jr.,all of them and it can make a trillion dollars and save the economy? I think there is more chance of those superheroes saving the economy in person to be honest. Imagine all those egos on one film set. I don't know if the space time continuum could take it.

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Do you like Nine Inch Nails? Why or why not? Thanks! Love them (or rather him, him being Trent Reznor). I have seen them live and know their material backwards. One of my favourite bands of all time. As for why, well they just do it for me! I could give long winding explanations on production quality, tonal-palettes, rhythmic, harmonic and melodic components etc etc etc but really it boils down to just liking the music. Music is a...

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Who invented the computer Hard to say really. There have always been computers (i.e. humans that compute) in human history but as for devices that compute, the concept that is often seen as the predecessor to modern computers is Babbage's Difference Engine. He didn't complete construction of either of his designs in his lifetime but the designs worked (they built one of them recently if memory serves). In...

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Can you name a popular movie before 1955? Gone With The Wind (1939, probably the most popular film of all time).

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Other then wearing them on your feet, What is another way a "sock" (s) can be used? (in your opinon, no right or wrong answers here! :-)...) They can be used as a cheap alternative to a wind shield for a microphone.

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Who was Alexander the great,or what was Alexander the great if he was not a man? He was a man. A Macedonian General who conquered nearly the entire known world before dying young (32). Widely considered the greatest general the world has ever seen although personally I think it is a toss up between him and Genghis Khan. Also he was famous for being quite short, probably bisexual and possibly epileptic.

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I'm a girl who doesn't find the Twilight series appealing at all. Am I the only one? Nope, my sister thinks it is appalling.

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How can we defend the earth against an asteroid strike? Depends when we find it and the size. Firstly early detection is key. Everything else is dependent on it. Blasting a large asteroid apart into smaller pieces is not a good idea. They will mostly continue to follow the orbit of their centre of mass towards the Earth. Then you will get clobbered by several smaller asteroids rather than one big one. This could end up being worse than one...

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Do vegetarians get meat cravings? I did. Mainly fish. Hence I lapsed back into omnivorous eating practices. I would like to be vegetarian again. It would be great if we could grow meat without the nervous system and so forth (a body with no brain in simple terms). It is the pain and so forth I object to from a moral standpoint and would really like a way around that that allowed for the continuation of eating meat or a...

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Whats the most times you've seen the one band? Not often I tend to see bands once. I have seen iron Maiden a few times. I am a bit old for gigs now, especially heavy metal gigs so I doubt that will go up.

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Why isn't time decimalized like money ie 100 pennies = £1 but 60 seconds =1minute i've noticed in races they will say 100th of a second faster but it's not true decimalization is it? It is mostly tradition. It dates back into our earliest recorded history pretty much. We use decimal fractions of seconds yes as it is probably the easiest way to to express these fractions. We could use any other method. Also there are some good reasons for using different bases. We use decimal systems so much because it fits our base10 number system. However base12 is also useful...

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Why do the people become nervous at a tage performing live though confident of their performance. I cannot remember ever being truly nervous during a performance. I have been doing it so long I just don't get nerves at all. I think many people get nervous as they think the audience is going to judge them. Also they fall into the mindset that the audience will pick up on every little mistake you make. This is mostly untrue. In a live situation mistakes are so fleeting only...

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Can you sing or play an instrument? What is it and how long have you been playing/singing for? I can't sing. Seriously I am awful. I play a few instruments. Bass Guitar, Double Bass, 'Cello, Piano (and other keyboard instruments), Guitar, Drum Kit, Recorders (a little). I can generally get a note out of anything and with strings can usually have something resembling music within a reasonable amount of time. Strings are definitely my forte. I started playing keyboard...

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What is your opinion on a 14-year-old being prosecuted for child pornography for posting pictures of herself? Is it justice, or a law getting mis-applied? Tricky area. As stated in the article, who is harmed here? If this were coerced behaviour then that would be different but it appears to have been completely voluntary. It is still worrying behaviour but I think it requires application of the Harm Factor and the legal golden rule. If no-one has been harmed and the law was created to prevent minors being harmed and exploited then the...

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Do Atheist believe in Extraterrestrial life? Do I believe in it? That's a deceptively simple question which leads to a complex answer. Firstly my answers don't come as an atheist more as a science enthusiast. As an atheist I have only the simplest of definitions i.e. lack of belief in god(s). There is little more to it. What follows are my personal opinions which aren't anything to do with my atheism. Do I believe...

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What is your favorite Rush song and why? Quite a few. I like YYZ and Tom Sawyer but Spirit of Radio is probably my all time favourite.

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How can i get someone off of youtube. im a hacker, but i dont wanna do anything illegal. so i need help. Robbarren, he is a "troll" and i want him off youtube. he "hacks" accounts that are usually my friends. he also abuses my friends and the innocent. Unfortunately only the site admins can make that sort of call and even then it is bloody hard to completely ban someone from a site. I strongly recommend you do not attempt to hack You Tube. For one it is illegal and Google isn't the warm fuzzy organisation they would have people believe especially when it comes to hacking a site they own and profit from. You are also more likely to...

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Do you agree with the Pope's stand on condom usage? Nope but the pope and I have little common ground on most subjects to be fair.

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Atheist: Would you ever marry a Christian? (Reverse question can apply as well) I would marry a Christian or person of any other faith. I very nearly did. Sure religion could sometimes be an issue between us but not a deal-breaker by any stretch of the imagination. Something else got in the way though. I doubt I would end up marrying a religious fanatic of any variety as I doubt we would be very compatible but they are few and far between (not as few and far between as...

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Define computer Hmmm.... From the answers given here and general perception in the public computer has come to mean an electronic machine that performs computations. This is not strictly correct. A computer is anything that computes i.e. does some sort of calculation. It is not restricted to electronic, mechanical or any other type of machine. Indeed 'computer' was traditionally used to refer to...

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How i Add my information to Employees-table. first how data is represented in this table. i don't have phone number at work (Extension). Most databases will have a front end for entering data. I would imagine this is how you would add the data. If not you could use a SQL INSERT statement (answer cut off for some reason... here I go again...) or a SQL UPDATE statement to amend an existing record. This is not recommended if you don't know SQL or the database in question. I don't quite get the second part of the...

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Who is a more spectacular and talented song writer Elton John or Bob Dylan? Dylan. I have never liked Elton John much to be honest. That said I don't think Dylan is a great performer either but he is a great songwriter.

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How big is europa? As in Jupiter's satellite? If so... Mean radius is 1569 km. Mass is 4.8 * 10^22 kg.

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If Italians had come up with the big bang theory, would they have called it the Big Bada Bing? Just a joke! I don't know but it was actually originally intended as a derisive term. It was Fred Hoyle who simply refused to believe the Big bang theory.

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If Evolution is all about survival of the fittest, why does humanity allow the reproduction of the mentally and physically handicapped? No other living thing does that... Evolution is about the survival of the fittest. OK but what does that really mean? We often think of 'fittest' as being synonymous with strong, or in the same way as being physically fit. This is incorrect in this context. Fittest in this sense means fit to the prevailing conditions. We can to a degree control our environment so the prevailing conditions are not those of brute...

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So, are you happy with the pop star President and his band of merry fools so far, out of control spending, ineptitude, deception, and incompetence....was this the 'change' you wanted? Crikey, isn't it a bit early to really tell as yet? It's not as if the US was in a perfect condition when the current administration took over really is it? I certainly wouldn't like to inherit a difficult position and then be vilified for not resolving everything within a few weeks. I'm no fan of any politician but it seems a little early to tell how this will pan out.

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Why are Atheist so hateful to those who believe? Does this mean that believers are more loving in nature? We're not. We may disagree with religion but that doesn't mean we hate the practitioners. We may not like having religion forced upon us but that is a different matter entirely. We may find aspects of religion appalling but we don't hate the individuals by and large. There are some exceptions, I am not too keen on anyone that attempts to force their beliefs onto the wider...

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Was the Empire of Japan aware of Nazi Germany's ethnic cleansing policy during World War II? And if not, then how do you think they would have reacted upon gaining this new insight into their allies? No-one was fully aware of what was going on in Nazi Germany until quite late on. Japan didn't have the best record on human rights either to be fair but in war few people do (not that that condones in any way any atrocity committed, more a comment on the horror of war in general). The Onion did a headline on this a few years back in their review of the 20th Century. The headline was...

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Is it un-Constitutional for these creeps on Capital Hill to confiscate the funds, that in the stimulus were able to be given as bonuses? There is a similar debate ongoing in the UK regarding bonuses and so forth. Personal opinion follows. Whilst I empathise with the rank and file that are not getting bonuses it should be remembered a bonus is just that: a bonus. Not a guaranteed part of a wage. I worked on bonus policies for a company for a while and there was a big misconception that no matter how the company was doing,...

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Can you recommend a good book by a British author? Most of Dickens. George Elliot especially Middlemarch. Terry Pratchett - nearly all of his books are excellent. Douglas Adams - Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy. John Milton - Paradise Lost. DH Lawrence - Sons and Lovers (I hated it at school but it is well written in retrospect) Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles. George Orwell - 1984, Animal Farm. Arthur C Clarke...

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How can I backup all my files and folders to DVD's? Personal opinion is unless you want archives of specific dates etc use a removable hard drive. Dirt cheap these days, easy to use, less chance of getting lost, scratched or eaten. I have a awful relationship with discs (always have lol) and prefer the hard drive option. As for selecting files I am sure there are a million and one programs out there to select recently amended files (Nero...

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Is the current economic situation the end of the world, another Y2K, or something else? Something else. It is not the end of the world. We have had recessions before we will have them again in all likelihood. It may be the end of the world as we know it in economic terms (then again it may not, many politicians seems to pay a great deal of lip service to "a new financial paradigm" but their actions point to wanting the state we had back again) but it is not...

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How many liters are in 15 kiloliter Kilo is the prefix for 1,000 (from Greek). Just like in kilogram and kilometre. So just rewrite the question substituting the definition of kilo. It should be obvious then.

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Why is math so difficult? I have a theory that maths is sometimes (not always) taught very badly. I can't remember who said this but I think it is very apt: "If English were taught in the same way as maths at school, we would have school leavers exiting education with a shaky grasp of the alphabet, the inability to string together a coherent sentence and the opinion that poetry was a myth." My...

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Have you ever been in a theater production? When I was a student I did quite a few. Mainly soundtech-ing and composing. I played in a few pits as well for musicals and so on.

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You are an atheist and you enjoy singing along with a group should you have any problem joining with a crowd of Christian carolers? Not really. Any excuse for a knees up. I also adore pieces like The Messiah and have played it a fair few times (I don't sing, I play lol - terrible voice). I don't believe it but it would be throwing the baby out with the bath water to refuse anything fun or beautiful just because I don't believe in it. I read Harry Potter for fun but I don't believe in it either.

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What were the purpose of the dinosaurs in the grander scheme of things? Purpose? Hmmmm... I am sketchy on that word. Did they have a purpose? Well all life attempts to survive long enough to reproduce, I suppose that is a purpose of sorts but it is maybe not the teleological explanation you may want. It seems the only functional purpose of life is to survive long enough to reproduce. Other than that there isn't really a purpose other than the purpose we...

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Who are some people that are both scientists and entertainers? Depends on the definition of entertainer (and scientist I suppose). Feynman was a great entertainer (he played bongo drums as well as being a brilliant physicist). Sagan was a great populariser of science and his shows were very entertaining. Many popular science writers and presenters can be very entertaining. There is a very entertaining chap whose name is escaping me now, physicist,...

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Is there a fith dimension could you explain Dimension can also be expressed as 'degree of freedom'. Thanks to sci fi and so on dimension has almost become synonymous with universe, the creature from another dimension etc. Whilst there is some scope in this (which I will cover in a moment) it is not the way to think of dimensions. Degree of freedom is a useful phrase to bear in mind here but I will use dimension more often in...

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Where did the Star Trek television & movie franchise "jump the shark" for you? Voyager. Never got on with it. Star Trek always had deus ex machina a go-go but in Voyager it just got silly. I think Ron Moore said when he came to do battlestar that he wanted things to run out, break down and generally go wrong. Voyager was more or less always in perfect condition despite whatever had befallen it in the previous episode. Enterprise didn't improve matters for me...

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Can you play guitar? If yes, how good are you at it? Yes although it is not my first (or even second) instrument. Bass Guitar and Double Bass are my forte although I am not bad at the 6-string guitar. I play more classical/acoustic guitar than electric (as I don't own an electric!) but I can wail my way through the a few rock classics and trash out Metallica etc when I feel like it.

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Are there really laws of nature, or do we believe in them only because of our innate love of order? The "laws" of nature we have discovered so far appear to be universal and not just something we impose upon the world to make sense of it. They are descriptive as opposed to prescriptive. For example to take a simple (well simple-ish) law of nature, masses influence each other in such a manner that we describe using the laws of gravity. Amazingly this appears to be universal (OK...

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Is fashion merely a "shallow" interest or past-time, with only people that are only interested in surface appearances? Or do you feel that it is a serious matter that is of real use to society and culture? It is a form of expression and like all forms of expression has elements that are good and last and elements that are trash and disappear. It would seem fashion has somewhat more of the latter than the former but I am not a fashion concious person so perhaps I am biased. A lot of what I see on the catwalk etc just seems so flash in the pan stuff that excites a few people in Paris and London...

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Are we really alone in this universe? As far as we know we are. Gut feeling says that it seems unlikely we are alone (or perhaps a better way of putting it is it seems unlikely we will be/have been the only life to emerge anywhere in the universe) but we have so little evidence to work with we can't really say. Even using Drake's famous equation relies upon a great deal of guesswork. We are filling in the blanks bit by...

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Other than in the bible - is there any document that tells us that Jesus Christ ever existed? The guy was supposedly very powerful. He should have attracted the attention of writers other than those "inspired by God". This is a problem with many historical figures and events; the sources can be sketchy. With Jesus the issue is greater as there are no contemporary accounts that have survived. Even Jospehus, who is often claimed as a contemporary, was not around, he was born in 37 AD or thereabouts. We have similar problems with other figures in antiquity but generally we have more evidence for many...

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Does anyone know where Osama is? I would guess Osama does. Other than that it would appear not. Unless you subscribe to certain conspiracy theories that is...

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So I'm talking to some Neo-Nazi on youtube and trying to "enlighten" him to be less racist, tell him to judge people as individuals, etc. etc. but then he says "standardized testing proves african ni**ers are less superior to white men." How do I respond? 1) Correlation doe not imply causation. There could be any number of factors involved (such as economic background etc). 2) Intelligence tests are notoriously poor measuring techniques. No one can define intelligence let alone measure it successfully. 3) Analyse the specific studies in light of (1) and (2). 4) I believe (I don't know but a little research would help here, as I said I...

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Who wrote the song "Moon shadow"? (I think that's the title and in the song it repeats moon shadow a few times in a row like " moon shadow moon shadow._______moon shadoow moon shadow Cat Stevens?

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Where has 96% of the universe gone? I assume this is in relation to dark matter and dark energy? Well to cut a long story short we don't know. We have a few theories on dark matter but nothing for certain. Dark energy is even more mysterious. There are a variety of potential explanations for each but we don't know as yet.

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Half full or half empty? Container too big ;)

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What is the evolutionary purpose of sex? There are many possible reasons for sexual reproduction. Mixing of genes produces greater genetic diversity for one thing. Also it can help eliminate unwanted traits. It can also help with resistance to parasites and so forth. There is no single reason, at least no single reason accepted. It probably is a combination of the things I have mentioned plus a few other elements. In a nutshell...

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What is a neutron star? Take a fairly massive star, not too massive but about 1.5 times the size of the sun. Let it burn until it uses up its supply of fuel. Once this is done it will collapse under its own gravity. The gravity is so strong it crushes the atoms within the star so compactly that the atomic structure gets squashed into neutrons (it is a great deal more complex but in a nutshell this is what happens)....

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What are some things that science can't explain? A great deal. We can't unify quantum mechanics and gravity. We don't know how life on Earth began. We do not understand the brain to any great extent as yet. However I think most, if not all, of these will one day be answerable. Maybe not, maybe we will find new problems but we are making great progress (compare with what we understood only 1000 years ago). Are there...

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What is the best bass strings for plucking and slapping and that is not too rough on your fingers? It really depends on the individual. Personally I use Rotosound Swing Bass strings which are roundwound strings. I use a medium gauge (40-100). For me this is fine for all the different techniques I use. They have the brightness that is required for slapping etc as well as the growl and so forth for other styles. There are of course loads of other brands but it has been a long time...

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I have several sheets within an Excel file, the first one is called 'Contents' and holds information in respect to all the other sheets within the file. I want to be able to double click on a sheet name in the list and be taken directly to that sheet You could turn each entry on the list of sheets into a hyperlink. Or you could do a little VBA code to do it. You would have to capture the selected cell contents and then do a worksheets("sheetname").activate I can do more detail if you need it.

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Are there certain picking techniques/picks for bass? There are dozens of right hand techniques for the bass both with a pick and without. First off I'll get my personal prejudices out of the way - I can't stand picks. I hardly ever use them for bass and rarely use them for guitar. That said... If you do use a pick (for some punk and rock it is desirable) you can use it any number of ways. When I do use a pick I either use...

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Is Leroy Jenkins funny as hell or what? Never played WOW but it really makes me giggle for some reason - "at least I have chicken". The South Park WOW parodies this a fair bit as well.

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Is there any "real" proof that we exist? Wow. OK this is a hard one. I can be pretty certain I exist. Cogito Ergo Sum. The very act of questioning my own existence proves I must exist. Does anyone else or an exterior reality exist? Well technically you never experience the outside world you just have sense perception which could be wrong. Also you can never experience other minds so how can we know they exist? This is a...

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Are you morally against polygamy? No. Not for me but if it works for some people then good for them.

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Are there any examples of conical shaped pyramids built by ancient peoples, and if not, I wonder why? Not that I know of. I know the reason that the Egyptians built square based pyramids was probably as follows. You start with a simple square based one storey building. It is the easiest structure to build. They're called mastabas. Sometime later some smart alec says "Hey let's put another storey on top of that one!" and realises the structure will be more stable if...

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Could this economic crisis just be a scare to stimulate the market for gold and silver? That would be incredibly unlikely.

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If you're really smart then what is science? Science is an attempt to describe and understand the universe.

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Why do some people say the moon landing was faked? Because human beings love a good conspiracy story. :)

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Why is nicotine leagal and not a controlled substance. It is addictive and kills users and non users. Why is it legal to add to tobacco products and how do I get involved to change this? Thank You. Firstly providing you do not smoke around others (i.e. in your own home etc) it doesn't affect anyone else. Many countries ban smoking in public places such as bars and so forth already. I don't have a problem with that. Also it is not really the nicotine that is the problem, as far as can be determined it is not carcinogenic. It may help speed existing cancerous cells it may...

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So I have this theory to explore the whole universe. I think the government should put two men and two women on a spaceship and make them reproduce over and over again until they reach another galaxy. Will my theory work? If not, please explain why. It is not an uncommon idea I have heard it called "Space Ark" amongst other things. Or a "generational ship". It is the most likely way we could ever colonise other star systems especially in other galaxies. But there would have to be slight differences to the one you propose. You would need more people for a start. The genetic diversity would be too low as well as...

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Why can't 65% of all Americans find where England is on the map, while 94% know who Paris Hilton is? Surely not? I can't believe that's correct.

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If you are walking with your friends and two bad guys come along and try to kidnap you, what would you do? This has actually happened to me although I was on my own.. It was a common mugging technique, kidnap someone (usually a student) off the street, bundle them into a car, empty their bank account, then get them to open the door to their house or flat and empty that as well. It was errr... an interesting experience. Usual approach, car goes past, reverses back, "you got a cigarette,...

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On a scale of 1-10, how good of a driver are you? 10 being good, probably 9. I've never had anyone complain or be afraid with my driving. I have driven a fair few differing types of vehicles as well. Sounds quite arrogant lol but I am fairly good. Used to be a bit fast but was always safe.

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Who are your top five greatest scientists? As with all of these sorts of questions it is fairly subjective. Also as Newton said "I have stood on the shoulders of giants", science builds on what went before. That being said I'll pick five which is by no means exhaustive. I might pick different names if asked again. Isaac Newton. Charles Darwin. James Clerk Maxwell. Dmitri Mendeleev. Alhazen.

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Why do people who don't believe in GOD or the bible costantly answering and commenting on something they don't beleive in? I would guess it is because all of us have opinions and this is a forum for expressing those opinions. Also personally I answer questions by and large as they appear on the main screen as opposed to hunting down specific sections so if I see something that interests me I will answer. Finally why do I have an opinion on something I don't believe in thus leading to comments on...

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Are atheists more likely to fabricate new reasons to hold grudges after the original reasons get passé, than religious people are? Hold grudges against whom or what? I don't see what you're getting at here to be honest.

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Sometimes part one was good enough... what were some unnecessary movie sequels? The Matrix sequels. Truly awful.

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______________ is the greatest drummer who ever walked the face of planet Earth. Pretty Subjective, I could put dozens of names in there depending on my mood etc. Buddy Rich. John Bonham. Billy Cobham. Neil Peart. Gene Krupa. Max Roach. I'll stop before I list every great drummer I know :)

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If you had a choice of going to 1 attraction (like the great wall, mt rushmore, etc) what would it be? The Pyramids particularly the Red Pyramid. Ancient Egypt fascinates me particularly the Pharaoh Snefru.

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How hard is it to learn the bass? Depends. First the bass has heavy strings which hurt more than guitar strings. You will also have to have great timing and be able to play well with a drummer for most musical styles. If you want to do simple rock stuff it is reasonably easy. Root note patterns like a great deal of punk (Sex Pistols and so on) are pretty easy. Harder rock can start to get trickier. There may be...

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In your opinion, who is the most talented bassist ever? Hard question but here are a few. Jaco Pastorius - My favourite. Fretless bassist who revolutionised the whole field. His rendition of jazz staples like Donna Lee, use of looping and other techniques like feedback were a revolution to bass players everywhere. Teen Town has tied more bass players fingers in knots than any other piece in all probability. And thanks to him every bass player...

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Since Albert Einstein was a Christian does that prove we are smarter than atheists? Einstein was most certainly not Christian. It is so simple to check this sort of thing. Here... "It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly." "I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I...

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What do you think of scientist Stephen W Hawking's writings? (I'm listening to audiobook of his "A Brief History of Time" right now) He's not bad. He isn't the best writer in the scientific field but by no means the worst. Good physicist although again maybe not as great as the public perception would have us believe.

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My background turned pink when i updated it. how do i changw this? It did that to me recently as well. I can't remember how I fixed it sorry, I think I just restarted my computer later on or reinstalled itunes I can't remember. It seems OK now so might have been a temporary glitch.

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In the UK a 13 yr old boy just had a baby with his 15 yr old 'girlfriend'. Who else thinks that this is WRONG ON EVERY LEVEL??? As others have said, it is a symbol of a broken Britain - thanks Gordon.... I am going to go against the flow here. Yes it is not a good situation but let's look at the wider picture without reacting to just one news story. These stories pop up every so often, especially in the tabloid press. They sell papers, people love to splutter their cornflakes out over the morning paper in disgust at some new outrage. So let's look at the full story here. The...

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What happens to people after death? In all likelihood as far as I can tell the following: As we die our brains and other organs stop working. What we like to think of as our mind is just an aspect of the workings of the brain so that ends as well. Then we decompose slowly. Not to say I know but it seems the most likely scenario given the evidence.

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My stepdaughter is 18 yrs old i have suspicion that she may be gay. why? because she goes out on weekend and come home around 2-4am. she say she was over her friend girl house. ask her where any boys involved she says no. help me to understand this. When I was 18 (and before, from about 15 onwards) I used to stay out with 'the lads' until all hours, many times at their houses. I'm not gay, we were just hanging out. Basically there is no reason to suspect that she is gay given the evidence. It could be completely innocent. Besides even if she is, so what?

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Has the big bang theory been proven? Explain please. As mentioned elsewhere you technically don't prove theories. You set up a hypothesis to try and explain evidence and make testable predictions. If the hypothesis holds with the new evidence (i.e. the new evidence matches your predictions) then eventually it becomes a theory. There is some dispute in the philosophy of science as to how this works fully but that is basically it. The...

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How to win the lottery? TO guarantee winning the jackpot pick every possible combination of numbers possible. For the UK lottery of 6 numbers (1-49) this would mean buying 13,983,816 tickets at £1 per ticket for an estimated (shared) jackpot of about £5,000,000. Not really worth it. It gets more complicated as you would of course win smaller prizes as well but it still doesn't work out as a good...

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Does anyone not like Tom Hanks? He has done some decent things but I think he is overrated as an actor. I didn't think Forest Gump was all that great for example but everyone seemed to think it was the greatest performance in cinema history. Just didn't get it at all. But he has done some good things in the past, I liked Big and so on.

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What are your favorite TV shows? House CSI Ghost Whisperer American Idol Reality TV shows in general I only watch Battlestar Galactica, Dr Who (occasionally), The Simpsons and South Park these days. I have heard House is good but just can't get into it. There are some older series I still watch on DVD but the airwaves are clogged with more rubbish now than ever before thanks to the prevalence of Celebrity Pop Idol Chefs Dancing In The Jungle and so on.

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Have you ever typed with a different keyboard than a QWERTY keyboard? I have seen them but never used them. The QWERTY keyboard is an interesting anachronism that we appear to be stuck with for now.

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Other than Neanderthal man(which still causes a division in the scientific community), have transitional fossils ever been found? Yes a great many. Problem is that once you find a transition from say A to E, let's call it C you are then confronted with the "Ah Ha! but where is the transition between A and C?!?!". Then you find B but it still carries on. There are numerous transition fossils for other species as well. A vast number. Not to mention genetic research which has helped as well. ...

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Why do we teach our children karate and marshal arts, to defend themselves, why dont we teach them how to behave good and not even think about fights. Firstly martial arts teach discipline and (in my experience at least) to never use the techniques aggressively merely for defence. Secondly humans seem to have a pre disposition to violence to a greater or lesser extent depending on the individual. Martial arts give a controlled outlet for that tendency and also once again teach the discipline of not using violence other than in self...

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Tell me some objects made up of wood? Witches!

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Where can I download Fire Fox and is it free? http://www.mozilla.org/

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I found my question and an answer here (http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/46567), but when I went to search/tools/folder options, I did not see the same things referenced. I have Windows XP. That's odd. You should be able to access the folder option from any file browsing window. Bring up My Docs and goto tools, select folder options (last menu item) and then click the File Types tab along the top (should be the third one along). If not control panel will have folder options in it.

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Has anyone see the arora borealis? Yes, I grew up in Aberdeen and it is reasonably common there. Aberdeen is quite famous for it hence the song. http://www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_lights.htm

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I used to not be able to read the bible it was all jumbled, since my recovery I can read it. What is that condition called when you are unable to read the bible? I don't know the answer from a religious perspective but if you had difficulty reading in general I would guess that would be a form of aphasia.

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Which is safer, nuclear fission, or nuclear fusion? Depends on how you are using it. For power supply fusion is safer although it is not in commercial use at the moment. It has always been 'just around the corner' but there are plans to have it up and running commercially soon I have heard recently. Fission has a lot of nasty waste and the reaction is more likely to 'run away' than a fusion one. But in terms of...

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What's the worst bug/insect in your opinion. Mosquitoes. They are the the deadliest disease vector in the world. They infect millions upon millions of people every year and transmit horrible diseases like malaria.

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What do you think would have happened if we combined the minds of Einstein and Newton? You'd get a very conflicted person I would imagine. Seriously in terms of personality Isaac and Albert are about as far apart as you get. Einstein was by most accounts quite a witty, popular fellow whereas Newton was withdrawn, aloof and at best shy, at worst downright nasty. Albert's disagreements with other physicists was generally pleasant (see Bohr etc) whereas Newton had...

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Why can't eyeglass frames ever be comfortable? If they fit on my nose, they dig in behind my ears. If they are comfortable behind my ears, they slide down my nose. Some years ago Vision Express in the UK did glasses that were custom made for the individual's face. The would take a series of measurements and then adjust the frame to fit near as dammit perfectly. They were also made of very light plastic. I had a pair. THey were so comfortable I would forget I was wearing them and go to bed with them still on. The frame was translucent as well and...

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Why is smoking legal if it kills you Because if an individual wishes to greatly increase their risk of dying early then that is no-one's business but their own. Of course it is a big tax revenue as well so there is a pragmatism from governments on the issue. However as to why it is wrong to ban smoking the first reason is the biggie. Banning smoking in public places, I don't have too much of a problem there as...

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How do I have an IF function and a SUM function in the same function in one cell? This is what I have got so far =IF(A2>27000,SUM(A2-27000). However, I want to add text when the answer is false and true, but it won't let me. Any ideas? Use this formula =IF(a2>27000,"Over Budget By "&(A2-27000),"")

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Is there actually a Sci-fi TV show with good acting? Depends on what you define as good acting really. Star Trek famously had the great Shakespearian Patrick Stewart. Doctor Who is like a roll call of great British actors including Tom Baker, Derek Jacobi, Michael Gough, David Tennant, Christopher Eccleston (although he always seemed uncomfortable in the part), Brian Blessed etc. I think the cast of Battlestar Gallactica are pretty...

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Which country will be next super power? I wouldn't say China because I think it already is. India is a prime candidate. As a political entity but not a country Europe has the potential to be very influential but there are a great many internal disagreements and whilst the UK can't make its mind up Europe is weakened (although the UK isn't going to be the power it was since our financial sector has all but...

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Can u name biggest number that can be written with four 1s? 1111! is pretty big.

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Who has composed the music for the vast majority of Steven Spielberg films? The superb John Williams. Have seen him conducting twice, doing some of his classic film scores and some of his other compositions (tuba concerto, my sister is a tuba player so she was thrilled as she is a huge fan) - seemed a nice bloke as well. One of the best composers working today in my opinion.

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Are there any disadvantages or harmful effects of recycling? [Serious Question] I used to work in the industry and sadly there is gross inefficiency involved in recycling practices. It is a good idea but often very poorly implemented. There is a great deal of debate on the issue but from my experience in the UK there is a vast amount of inefficiency, bureaucracy and so forth that makes the overall benefit questionable. Don't get me wrong it is a good idea but needs...

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What is the answer to 12c-6d-13c-d please? Try grouping together like terms i.e. the c and d terms. 12c - 13c - 6d - d = ? You could insert some brackets at this stage to clarify things if you wished but you should be able to do i from there, if not you need to ask your teacher. you'll get no benefit otherwise.

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Why do crows dont experience shock when they seat on current wires? Partially because they are insulated wires. Secondly voltages are measures of potential difference. If you raise a body to a certain electrical potential but do not have a medium for there to be a potential difference then there will not be a flow of current (and NEVER a flow of voltage - I still hear that all the time on TV etc and it drives me nuts, voltages don't flow anywhere!). No...

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R'n'b/hip-hop or rock music? Either. I like all 'genres' of music. Anyway there are only two types of music, good and bad.

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Movie Edit Pro 14... Plus. I installed it and now it's asking for the product serial number, I can't find it on the box so I must be extremely stupid, ugh, anyone know where it is on the box? Just a guess - is it on the CD/DVD or the manual? Or inside the box? Those are the most common places.

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Does the poor deserve to exist? If they don't and we applied it retrospectively we would have lost a huge number of truly great people from our history.

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A Well Known song ending with _________ Man...? Mr Tambourine... - Dylan or Ain't No Other... = C Aguilera

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Wouldn't the best name for a song be "It's Killing Me", so that when you try to remember the title, it will actually come to you? Or "on the tip of my tongue". It's like bands that call themselves "and supporting acts"

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If a die is rolled, what is the probability of a 5 being rolled given that an odd number was rolled? First I am assuming it is a six sided die. OK so we know an odd number was rolled. That means either 1, 3 or 5. Three choices. So the probability is 1 in 3 or 0.3333 repeating.

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Why do you think most Jews deny the New Testament? I would guess because they don't believe Jesus was the messiah.

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Is there an after life? (Especially athiests to answer) We can't be certain of course but there is no evidence that there is and very strong evidence there probably isn't. NDEs are a fascinating area of research but none have come close to proving there is anything beyond death or even anything like out of body experiences. Nice idea but sadly not very convincing. There is strong evidence that our minds are just a function of our...

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There are 2 roads, one to heaven, one to hell. Each road has a guardian, but one of them is a liar. How does one reach the desired road? You ask one of them what the other would say. So A and B. You can ask either but let's say you ask A. If B is the liar A will indicate that B will point the wrong way so you do the opposite. If A is the liar then B would tell the truth so A will lie and so you pick the opposite way. Either way you choose the opposite of whichever direction is indicated.

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Would you own a dinosaur fossil if you could afford one? I had a couple of ammonites when I was a kid. Still got them somewhere at my parent's place. They are pretty common and weren't expensive. Can't remember where they came from probably the Natural history Museum. Not quite a Dinosaur but very old nevertheless.

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What is your favorite horror movie and why? Evil Dead II - just amazing in every way. OK maybe more of a comedy than horror but...

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Who's the best female superhero? Silk Spectre II. I am reading Watchmen again so it was the first one to pop into my head.

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How can you strip wires without a wire stripper? Bad practice but I used to use my teeth for some wires... Not the most technical way I know...

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Im in the tenth grade and i want to be a scientist but the way things are going for me in my math class i can't even go to college. my 1st report card grade for math was i think around a 50. OK i told my teacher i would struggle in math always did and jus Maths can be appallingly taught at school. There are good reference works on the ol' interweb so try that as well. Practice practice practice, maybe consider a tutor as well. Sadly to be a scientist it is pretty much mandatory to obtain at least a bachelor's degree more likely a PhD so college/university is a must. Depending on which science you want to get into the level of...

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In Greek mythology, who were the twin children of Leto? Artemis and Apollo.

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Another dead smoker, smoked for over 40 years, why are the tobacco companies to blame? Where is the personal responsiblity? Largely these days they aren't. I smoke and I know the risks. However in previous years the allegation is that the industry knew damn well what the risks were and not only didn't tell anyone, they worked hard to keep it a secret. That's wrong. But for myself it is different, I knew from the beginning it was dangerous. I just happen to like it. I like a fair few things...

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How did Britney Spears sell 85,000,000 albums worldwide? She was picked as the next big thing by her label and they made sure she was. She has the odd decent song but heavy, heavy marketing, the best production money can buy and being a bit of a looker probably didn't harm her chances. But the marketing and advertising was incredibly intense. Same with a great many pop stars: they sell papers as well as records. It is a mutually beneficial...

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Is thunder a solid liquid or gas Thunder is a sound which is a vibration, a wave through air (although like all sounds it can go through a variety of media). It isn't matter so it isn't described by a state of matter.

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Do you think that you would have turned out fine if you were never beaten? I was never beaten and I'm OK. By and large.

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Do you agree that it is a statistical certainty, given the vastness of the universe, that intelligent life exists outside of earth? No. It is certainly not a statistical certainty. We want to estimate the probability of life existing outside our planet. But we have huge gaps in our knowledge on this one. It is like being asked to estimate the probability of a die rolling a 6 without being told what sort of die you are talking about, 4 sided, 6-sided, 20-sided? We are beginning to get data on how many planets may...

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Does any Government in the world have a plan to cope with alien invasion? Jeff Goldblum will upload a virus to their mother ship and all will be well. Never mind that it is sometimes impossible to even get windows based systems to talk to each other, thanks Microsoft, I am sure we will be able to interface with a completely alien technology no problem. I mean they must use some variety of TCP...

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Those with depression: how many times have you been told to "snap out of it" or "choose to be happy"? What do you want to say to people who say that to you? "You are confusing unhappiness with depression. You may become unhappy because of something that has happened to you. I can become incredibly unhappy for no external reason whatsoever, even when life is apparently going very well on the outside". Usually helps people understand.

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Going back into history which were the better builders, roman or egyptians? Egyptians. The constructs of Egypt in many parts are still standing 4,500 years after they were built (such as The Red Pyramid). The Temple complex at Karnak date from at least 3,000 years. The Romans didn't build anything as large in terms of scale and it hasn't lasted anywhere near as long. The most famous The Colosseum is less than 2, 000 years old and has serious structural...

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Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Unknown. We have no direct evidence. We can however hypothesise a bit. we can use a variant of the famous Drake Equation. I don't have the figures to hand but they are easily available if you want to do an intellectual exercise. Basically though there are billions of stars per galaxy and billions of galaxies in the universe. We are discovering many of these stars have planets. So...

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Does your family approve of your religious views? I suppose so I have never really asked them. We are all atheists so we have never disagreed on it much although we do debate the subject from time to time for fun.

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Is the earth still regarded as the central stage of the cosmic drama? No not at all. Firstly it may be a mistake to even think that there is a 'centre' to the universe at all. Furthermore we are just one planet, orbiting a fairly ordinary star, about 2/3 of the way from the galactic core, which is itself a galaxy amongst billions and billions. We are in that regard not that special, certainly not the centre of anything. However as far as we...

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What happens to people after death? Your body, including your brain, ceases to function. Since to the best of our knowledge our conciousness is a feature, or maybe function, of our brains (I don't agree with dualism) once the brain ceases so does our conciousness. I don't believe in anything after death since there is no reason or evidence to believe so. Once we die, that's it - "game over" so to speak.

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Can animals lie? My dog used to lie all the time. She seemed to think it was amusing. Example: She used to pretend she wanted to go out make you stand up, walk to the door, open it and would then run to the other end of the hall and jump around excitedly, braking and wagging her tail. She also used to run upstairs and then pretend she couldn't come down them again when she was young. We found out...

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Will you answer my questions? No. Oh dammit...

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What's your favorite Monty Python skit? So many. The University of Wallamaloo is an all time favourite with the Bruce's Philosophers Song.

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I have peep to peer over ethernet internet connection when i shut down my pc after few minuts when i start my pc but my pc getting restart & restart gain plz slove my problem Don't quite follow your problem sorry - is it that the PC keeps rebooting itself in a cycle? Could you give some further details? Specifically OS, if you have made any hardware changes etc etc and exactly what it is doing? Thanks,

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Where did Friday the 13th being a bad luck day origionate? Why do many many people believe bad luck will happen, or if people happen to get bad luck why blame the day? It's 'cos of the Knights Templar! It was in the Da Vinci Code so it MUST be true!!!! ;) Seriously, I don't think anyone really knows. I have heard it is quite a modern invention dating to the late 19th Century but again, I am not sure.

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Name a person you feel was a head of their time and why? Archimedes. From what we are learning about him he really did seem to be incredibly advanced for his time. It seems he had pretty much worked out calculus c. 1800 years before Newton/Leibniz. And that is just one thing he was a brilliant engineer, scientist, mathematician etc

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Agree or disagree: A true professional is someone who takes his/ her work home with them. Disagree - a true professional is one that doesn't need to take their work home with them. I am terrible for taking work home with me so I don't qualify. But I have been told constantly since year dot that if you have to work over your allotted hours there is one of two things wrong. 1) you are not doing your job right or 2) you have been given too much work to do.

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How many university in london comes in top ten? Of the UK generally two or three depending who you ask. In the world rankings none but again it depends who you ask. And which subject(s) you are interested in.

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Give me a top ten university in london? Imperial College London. Or University College London. Or the London School of Economics. Depends what you want to study really.

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Do you listen to your parents music? Yes. Mt mother is primarily a 'classical' enthusiast although we differ on some composers (I don't like Puccini much for example). My father is into the Cream, Who, Beatles and so forth which I also love (he actually saw Cream which I am very jealous about). I grew up listening to it all, I used to dance to Sgt Peppers when little. Although my music isn't my...

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Why do people think of evolution and creation as mutually exclusive? Depends on the creationist. It is not technically a mutually exclusive situation (God made the rules for evolution etc) but if you take a literal approach to the creation story then they do become so.

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Does God care if you believe in Him? I have often wondered this. IF gods existed why would they care what we thought of them? I couldn't care less if people think I exist or not. Family and friends, maybe that's different but I wouldn't bear any ill will to anyone that didn't believe in me even if they were family or friends. Might be hurtful to me if it were family etc but I wouldn't want to harm...

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Are there people who accept the theory of evolution but are unhappy about the idea of it being true? There is a point to be made here. No I am not unhappy it is true any more than I am unhappy gravity is true. It just IS. Now should we as human beings that know about evolution look at trying to use it as a moral compass? Not at all. Dawkins makes this point well but I can't find his quote right now. Just because natural selection is what happens in nature doesn't mean it is...

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If an Atheist is in a plane thats on its way to crashing, do you think he or she would pray? If so, to who? No I would spend my time donig as the safety manuals advise and place my head between my legs, which I can only assume is to make it easier to kiss your a** goodbye. I genuinely do not believe in gods so I wouldn't as it wouldn't make any difference in my opinion. Even if I were hedging my bets and praying to each and every god that has ever been worshipped it would take so long...

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Do you think God has a sense of humor [assuming you believe in God]? Kevin Smith put it well in Dogma Bethany: What's he like? Metatron: God? Lonely. But funny. He's got a great sense of humour. Take sex for example. There's nothing funnier than the ridiculous faces you people make mid-coitus. Bethany: Sex is a joke in heaven? Metatron: The way I understand it, it's mostly a joke down here, too.

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Name your favorite hip-hop song: Bring the Noise

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Why doesn't everybody love Led Zeppelin? Probably for much the same reason I can't stand The Doors - different strokes for different folks. It is subjective.

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Are people going too far in threatening the octuplet lady? Should she be put in jail for consciously deciding to have multiple births without being financially prepared? She may have been foolish but if we are going to start locking up people for being foolish then we are going to have one hell of an over-crowding problem.

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Who is the greatest musician/band to ever come out of Australia? AC/DC!

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What are piano keys made out of? These days I think it is usually plastic covered wood (spruce I think).. Used to use ebony and ivory coatings but obviously now ivory is a no-no.

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Is there really no word that rhymes with orange? Why don't we make one? Nope. It has half-rhymes like lozenge. I suppose you could invent a word if you wanted :)

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I have been running with no AV software for nearly two months.... no problems. I know computer viruses exist, but do you think the problem is exaggerated in order to sell AV software? IF you are sensible and know what you are doing you will probably be OK but for 99% of users AV etc is pretty much essential. There are good free options out there as well as the commercial ones.

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Wow, okay ,so this might be kind of hard to answer since I don't really have many details. I need about 3500 MB freed on my C-drive to install "Edit Pro 14". I've run disc clean up, downloaded and used software and ran defragmentor. Ehat else can I do!? To check what is using your hard drive space I would recommend http://sourceforge.net/projects/windirstat/ It sounds like you need to move some data off. If you have another disk use that. Otherwise maybe burn something onto DVD. But basically you need to get something off the drive to give you the space.

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What is the deal with quantum physics? Quite an open ended question yeroca covers it well although I may disagree on the notion that spacetime cannot be quantised ;) Basically it came from work by Max Planck at the turn of the century or there about with regard to something that is sometimes called "The Ultraviolet Catastrophe". I won't go into huge detail but basically the existing classical physics we had would...

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In a free and democratic society, should people be allowed to speak against other races, religions and sexual preferences? If we limit freedom of expression, what are the benefits and what is the cost? I think freedom of speech is paramount. But we need to be careful. There is a difference between saying "I hate X Y Z group" and "Let's lynch someone because they are from X Y Z group". I think people have the right to say, no matter how distasteful it may be, whatever they wish about anyone else but not to incite violence or similar against another person because of...

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What's your favorite song about narcotics? There are so many but for simplicity I like Feel Good Hit Of The Summer by The Queens Of The Stone Age.

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Whats your favourite card game? Depends on my mood. I like Blackjack in the casino, Poker for social occasions and I am quite partial to cribbage.

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Which decade produced the best music? Depends on the type of music really. For rock music I think probably the late 60s and spilling into the 70s. For Metal etc probably the late 70s/80s although the late 90s wasn't bad. Best Dance was the late 80s/90s. Jazz, folk etc are fairly consistent across the decades. That is of course just looking at 20th century popular music. I could make a good case for the 1780s being one...

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Anyone know how the "Agnostic Orgy" myth get started ? was it caused by ignorance or was it artificially spread for some purpose? I have seen this twice now in recent weeks. I don't even know what the myth is, perhaps someone could enlighten me?

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Do movie remakes remind us that Hollywood's first priority is not to entertain but to make money? I think that is generally Hollywood's priority whether doing a remake or not. They occasionally make a great film in the process but there is SO much dross. In light of Gene H's reply I remember a story once, whether it is apocryphal or not I don't know, that when Die Hard made it big the producers were pitched variation after variation of the same idea. "It's...

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Who do you think is the hottest person alive?(female [or] male) Apart from my other half, Natalie Portman.

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What is your favorite opening line from a book? "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" 1984

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Which Shakespeare play begins with three witches meeting? Macbeth - "When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain?"

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Did anyone realize that other language people trying to speak English don't work??? I'm so fed up with this on telephone trying to talk to a company with NON-English speaking PEOPLE trying to pretend English, they STILL have an accent!. ..Your opinions? It can be frustrating to have an outsourced call centre but then again they speak better English than I do Hindi or whatever. Besides you could have a native English speaker with a superb grasp of the English language that might still be incomprehensible. I don't know where you are from but in the UK someone from London might have great difficulty with a Glaswegian accent or similar....

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Are you pro or anti monarchy? Mostly anti monarchy. The UK has a constitutional monarchy and I feel in principle it sets a bad example. We are supposed to be a country where you can achieve anything if you work hard enough, which of course is nonsense, but no matter how hard I try I will never be monarch. However there are some benefits. I wouldn't like an elected president much more than a monarch to be honest....

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What state/country were you in when you were 3 years old? Wales then England as we moved when I was three.

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What's the worst sci-fi movie you ever saw that other people liked for some mysterious reason? (I thought Starship Troopers was horrible.) The second and third Matrix films were pretty dire. Battlefield Earth is appalling. But I think the worst was Armageddon.

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Are you embarrased because you do not have a credit card? Not at all, I point blank refuse to have a credit card.

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Do you prefer Abraham Lincoln or Charles Darwin? Kind of subjective. I think Darwin's work will probably have a longer lasting impact upon the world.

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Should the state (society) be allowed outlaw activities like drug use/sale, prostitution, pornography, gambling, euthanasia, and abortion (the traditional "victimless crimes")? Take each in turn. Drug use/sale - firstly we have an immediate problem. How far to we go? Heroin? Cannabis? Alcohol? Nicotine? Caffeine? At present society deems some to be 'bad' and some to be 'acceptable' There is a serious problem here as what is the justification of the application of these rules? Secondly, what right does anyone have to prevent an...

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Do atheists think that theists are incapable of living moral lives? Not at all.

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Is there a difference between a squid and a cuttlefish? Yes although they are quite closely related. They are all cephalopods and squid and cuttlefish broadly have similar physiologies. Same number of arms and tentacles by and large. I think a difference is that cuttlefish have internalised thier shells, whereas squid have lost them completely but I am not sure on that. Curious I was reading about that just the other night.

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Why is the theme of Good vs. Evil so common in all forms of media? And why is this theme so popular? Because we like a good old dichotomy. We like to think "this good, that bad" it keeps things nice and simple for our decision making process. Once we start to see things are a little more complex than that we find that decision making process so much harder. So we like easy choices and good vs. evil is so easy. Multi-faceted situations require much more brainpower and time plus...

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Do geniuses use words to think? Very much depends on the person. For example Einstein didn't, he was brilliant at visualising problems in pictorial form. Wittgenstein on the other hand was a philosopher of language (amongst other things) so spent a great deal of time thinking about words and language. Gauss was superb at manipulating numbers and patterns in his head from a very early age, he famously (though it...

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How do you expect the unexpected, if its unexpected? It is like emergency planning, they always leave out the critical factor which is the damned emergency!

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Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and see a black figure(human but no features) standing in my room, sometimes watching me. When I wake up and yell it dissapears. I dont know if im crazy or if he's really there. Any advice? I need help. Not crazy - it sounds as if you are experiencing an image generated by your mind which is 'hanging around' when you are on the cusp of conciousness. My girlfriend gets it when she is stressed, particularly as we hang dressing gowns on the back of our bedroom door which in the right light casts a remarkably human looking shadow. Also when she was little her brother used to tease her...

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Can someone explain the image of man in scientific terms instead of biblical? Could you explain what you mean by the "image of man" a bit further please and I will do my best. It could have a number of different meanings. :)

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Isn't that stuff about Sir Isaac Newton a lot of crap? Inventing gravity, I don't think so. Are you telling me nobody fell down or dropped a watermelon off a roof before he sat under an apple tree? No Newton didn't invent it, things had been going downhill for a long time before old Isaac. However Newton was the first to describe gravity (OK maybe not the first, Galileo maybe was in there as well but Newton was the first to give us a coherent mathematical description of gravity).

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Write a sentences with each letter of the word friends Flying reindeer in excitement nearly drop Santa.

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What is a good song to play on the piano for a beginner who's screwed from tomorrow's mandatory solo? That really depends on how advanced you are on piano and what styles are allowed. If rock/pop is allowed then something like Evanescence My Immortal is really (REALLY) easy to play and I am sure the sheet music is out there somewhere on the interweb. If it has to be a classical piece then something from the Anna Magdalena (Bach(s)) notebook may be of use. What level would you say you are...

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What are the points for? http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/86909

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For Brits: Do you think England is becoming racist against itself? No not at all. I presume you mean is the UK racist against its "native" populations? No. We always hear about how we are being "taken over" by other cultures but the UK has a long and great history of absorbing many different cultures and that is our shared identity. We also hear that white males etc are the most discriminated against people in the country yet we...

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Can you name the No. 1 box office film of all time? AH this one. It depends how you look at it. Titanic is by most absolute counts but then Gone With The Wind trumps all in adjusted money. But that was taken over multiple releases if memory serves. So it depends how you look at it. I would say Gone With The Wind personally.

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I haven't read comics in years. Someone just leant me watchmen and it blew me away. Any modern comics hold a candle to the mature smart storylines of that graphic novel? Where should i start? Some good mentions - V for Vendetta (again Alan Moore) is also excellent, quite different indeed to the film.

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Do you think that marijuana should be legal regardless if it is for medicinal purposes? I think this is a duplicate but I am not one to flag things as such :) Oh and yes - because what an individual chooses to put into their body is nobody else's business providing it does not impinge upon the liberties of any other individual.

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Is the E.U "Nazi" in disguise. No not at all. It is distasteful in some of its policies and procedures but certainly not Nazi. There are some pretty far right governments in the EU from time to time but these are not the rule and even these I wouldn't consider Nazi.

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What are some good historical "period dramas" (say if fiction or non-fiction) on cable or public television? (Ex: "Upstairs, Downstairs" or "The Tudors") The best one I have ever seen is I Claudius which is fiction based upon fact. BBC adaptation, truly excellent and a cast to die for - Derek Jacobi, Sian Phillips, Brian Blessed, Patrick Stewart, John Hurt, John Rhys-Davies, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack etc etc

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Who is the greatest music band/singer of all time Too many choices... Off the top of my head (I am bound to forget some so...) Rock and pop - Beatles, Led Zep, The Who, Queen, Pink Floyd Punk - The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Ramones Jazz - Miles Davis, Weather Report, Return To Forever Metal - Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Slipknot, SOAD HipHop - Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy, Run DMC, NWA Folk rock - Jethro Tull, Fairport...

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What are ALL the symptoms of Fibromyalgia? My friend has just been diagnosed with this actually. Might be of help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibromyalgia#Signs_and_symptoms http://www.ukfibromyalgia.com/ The second site is what she referred me to when I was curious as to what is was. Helped me get my head around it a bit more. Don't know if it is completely exhaustive but might be a good starting point.

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Why do you think the pace of human evolution has greatly accelerated over the last 40,000 years? I read a similar piece in (I think) New Scientist some time ago. Seen it quite a few times of late. I wouldn't claim to know enough about genetics and evolution to make a definitive judgement however I am seeing this opinion more and more in recent years. I used to think, as most people did I think it mentions this in the supplied article, that we are biologically at least finished...

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I want to read a good medival book, but not a history kind of book, more of a fiction medival book. Something that tells the story of the life of a knight or something. I was thinking something on the crusades would be cool. Know any good books like this? Baudolino by Umberto Eco might interest you. It is a wonderfully crafted book. Indeed Eco's work generally is, The Name Of The Rose is also excellent.

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What makes rock music way better than rap? Nothing at all. The whole debate reminds me of when I was younger and being drawn into a debate over whether there was any merit in rock and pop music. My teacher argued very eloquently and quite wrongly in my opinion that rock and pop music, even jazz, were nothing more than primitive forms of music that could not hold a candle to the complexity and beauty of "classical"...

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I want to buy a Gibson guitar, but they are to expensive for me, do someone have any idea which could help me find a cheap lespaul? You could look into epiphone. They are decent alternatives.

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How do you pronounce either: as 'eyether' or as 'eether'? You can simply say the first or the second pronunciation. First one.

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I can understand the the practical application of the crawl/freestyle and breaststroke, but why do the butterfly, backstroke, etc. exist? Backstroke is an easy stroke for gentle exercise as you don't really have to worry about synchronising your breathing. It is also useful in life saving situations for much the same reason (I can't draw a picture but hopefully you get it!). Although I tend to end up doing a sort of side-stroke/back-stroke hybrid when I do it. Depends who you are saving and how big they are. ...

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Do you think a little child should be taught martial arts? Can it become a dangerous skill in the hands of someone so young? I did Judo from about five and we were always taught discipline with it. Also I am as pacifist as they come so it didn't adversely affect me.

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Is a belief invalidated by the behaviour of those who have held it? for example; Marxism or Catholicism, whose adherents have perpetrated acts of great brutality: does this mean that it is not decent to be a Marxist or a Catholic? Are there certain belief systems that are intrinsically abhorrent? Yes. Nazism springs to mind. Is it ever decent to be a "true-blue" Nazi? No. Are the two that are mentioned examples of this sort of thing? Probably not although I do have problems with certain aspects of them both. However people are generally decent and have a tenancy to ignore the bad bits and focus on the...

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If you believe drug use should be legal even though it's not. A co-worker who engages in sexual harassment, but no real evidence, uses drugs, and you have evidence. Would it be wrong to turn in the evidence of drug use to stop sexual harassment? Whilst it is very tempting to do so I would have to say: it is wrong. Don't get me wrong, I would desire the person got the comeuppance as much as the next man (or woman). I may even do so if confronted with the situation. But it would not be right. Do the ends justify the means? I am always very nervous of allowing this to be the case because once that step is taken where do you...

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If atheism is correct, what is the meaning, or purpose of life? Two different questions. Firstly atheism doesn't make any claim on either of these points. It just says there no gods (or PROBABLY no gods is better). It doesn't attempt to answer the two questions. However without gods an atheist may wish to attempt to answer these questions so they turn to alternative means. Atheism cannot answer the questions. So as an atheist here is my...

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Doctor Who: Who was your favorite Doctor? Tom Baker certainly.

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Approx 5-6 years ago there was a music video where the lead singer (male) is walking down a city street and bumping into people, one after another -and they're really pissed - rock video, great song. can anyone tell me who the band was? The Rolling Stones - Bittersweet Symphony. ooops sorry I meant The Verve of course. Not a straight steal at all no, no, no, no, no ;)

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Fellow atheists, do you differentiate "between not believing in god" and "believing there is no god" in your speech ? if not, why? Yes. I am an atheist as I do not believe gods exist. However I do not believe that there are no gods. There is a difference. I cannot prove beyond any doubt that there is no such thing but I could apply that to any number (literally) of concepts. I concede a possibility there may be a god or gods but I find it about as likely as the tooth fairy or Loch Ness monster. I suppose that...

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Who wrote the Critique of Pure reason? Kant

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In your opinion, has the Theory of Evolution led to a devaluing of human life? Not in the slightest. Looking at it in a historical context we are incredibly lucky to be here at all and thus should value our mere existence greatly.

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Are the Harry Potter movies cursed? I wouldn't think so judging by the box office. Superman is however ;)

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According to an article (New Scientist.com) evolution has wired the human brain with the concept of god. Rational reasoning tells the atheist there cannot be a god; if you are atheist do you experience the 'conflict within'? I would have to look into this in more detail but initial thoughts: No, I don't feel any conflict. Nothing at all. I think there are things that cause conflict, as a depressive I know it all too well. There can be great conflict from what we feel inside and what we can rationalise. But in this case I do not feel any conflict. Maybe as someone else said some are not wired for this...

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Do you think that is another life after you die or you think the paradise exist,or something else...tell me about it Nope, so make the most of this one. :)

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Can humanity survive without God? In my opinion - Yes. I don't think there are any gods so we've come this far alone. Without religion? That's a different question. I would still say "yes" but I do acknowledge religion has sometimes been a strongly cohesive social phenomenon. Sometimes the opposite. I would hope we were now at the stage of not needing religion but I appear to be in the (vast)...

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Doesnt everything move? maybe not by themselves. but doesnt EVERYTHING move? Looking at the macroscopic scenario: Firstly there is no such thing as absolute space. Everything is relative. SO when we speak of something moving we need to really say "moving relative to what?". We need to make use of frames of reference. For example you are not moving relative to the Earth (or very minutely is you are just sat down). But the Earth itself is moving relative to...

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If you were to build a robot would you program it to feel pain? I would program it to sense physical danger or impairment which in a nutshell is what pain is. It would be essential for self preservation. I would try to make it less unpleasant but that may be ineffective or even impossible.

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Wat is ur favorite emo band? I don't understand the whole emo thing (I didn't understand grunge when I was a kid either) but I heard a song by someone called Bullet for my Valentine (I think, I could be wrong) which was OK.

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What are some good queen songs? More or less anything and everything up to and including Innuendo. After that I am not a fan of at all. Some all time classics: Another One Bites the Dust Bohemian Rhapsody Killer Queen Brighton Rock You're My Best Friend Somebody To Love The Lap Of The Gods We Will Rock You We Are the Champions Radio Ga Ga I Want To Break Free Who Wants To Live Forever Innuendo Show...

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What is the rarest substance on earth? Antimatter possibly. Since it is rather hard to make and store. There are a few Rare Earth Metals and Transition metals that are pretty rare as well, like Ununbium.

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How do you get limewire to connect through interent if you have a firewall? Limewire will use a specific port, I don't know which one. If you use a software firewall like Zonealarm you will be able to "allow" the program to access the internet and so forth. If you are behind a hardware firewall, or NAT which is commonplace with most routers you may need to set up port forwarding. Your router should have instructions in the manual (or google the...

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Would you die for your religious beliefs? I don't have any as an atheist so I will answer "Would I die for my lack of religious beliefs?". To which the answer is a resounding "no way!". Paris is worth the mass as they say. If someone had the ability to destroy me based purely upon my beliefs I would have no problem in being duplicitous!

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In your opinion, what is the world's most discriminated religion? Probably Judaism.

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If all matter in the universe has always existed, and the universe was created by two atoms crashing together. if matter can not be created or destroyed. is that to say that the universe while ever expanding is the size of two atoms? Firstly the universe wasn't "created" this way. The best idea we have is that all the energy of the current universe was once compressed into what is called a singularity. Where that energy came from is a moot point, some would argue it is illogical top even try to think of before this point. Others say it may have came about when two membranes in 11th dimensional space...

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What's your views on this quote by Arthur C. Clarke...."The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion." Agreed.

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Can anyone tell me the bass tab for "Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)" by Elvis Costello? I don't know the song I am afraid but here is a chord progression which may help you work the bass line out. It is probably best to try and work it out yourself. http://www.azchords.com/e/elviscostello-tabs-18004/imagination-tabs-177652.html I will try and get some more info or transcribe it myself for you (if I have time!).

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What is "Hm" when looking at guitar chords? I found tabs that say "Hm". I thought it was only A-G.... Sometimes H is used for B. German thing. I think it was because people got confused because Bb and B are so similar. So Hm will be B Minor.

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Who is your favorite famous atheist? Some are not technically atheist but maybe proto-atheist. People like Tom Paine, Bertrand Russell, David Hume, Epicurus and so on. I like Daniel Dennett out of the set of prominent modern day Atheists the most I think.

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Why and when did you deside to be an Athiest? I'm not judging, I just want to know. Technically I was born an atheist. I had no conception of god or gods until much later so I didn't believe in it/them. Only later was I exposed to the idea of theism which in my case came in the form of The Methodists and Anglican Christianity. Even then I didn't really believe it as such. I just didn't really question it until I was about seven or so (I can't remember...

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In the song 'No Quarter' by Led Zeppelin, what is the instrument being played in the beginning(in the fore)? It is an Fender Rhodes electronic piano if memory serves. Through quite a few filters.

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When singers go to a recording studio do the recording person or people edit the singers voice? Lord yes. Aside from drop-ins there are all sorts of effects that are added. Not to mention auto-tuning which can be used to get rid of pitching problems and is used a great deal in modern recording situations. Some vocalists prefer the "raw" sound but especially in the pop world vocal 'polishing' is common place.

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Why are illegal drugs illegal? There is no good reason that I can see other than "your government needs to protect you from yourself!". It should be a purely personal choice. It is none of the government's business what people put into their bodies.

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Is pantera still a band? Nope. One Dimebag is irreplaceable and secondly I can't see Vinnie-Paul and Phil reconciling any time soon.

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I'm trying to find the "zeros" of this polynomial. To get them I need to factor: -2x^3-x^2+x. How can I factor this???? Please help. I assume you mean you want the rots of the polynomial. You can remove x a a common factor like so x(-2x^2-x+1) Then one of the roots is x=0. You can find the others using the quadratic formula.

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What was your worst drunken experience? Goodness knows! I had so many that a hazy... I remember I fell off a table I was dancing on one night. Was violently ill after a few too many Newcastle Brown Ales (OK about 15 too many) another time. Oh actually the worst was drinking before a gig. Felt fine until I stood up to go on stage. Then realised I really was far too drunk to play. That was a Long 40 minutes and I had to...

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What's your favorite song from Dark Side of the Moon? Brain Damage

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Bon Scott or Brian Johnson? I like both. I am not a great fan of Brian's voice but he is a great frontman. Saw him on the Ballbreaker tour. Bon was just well... mad. Genius mad. His performance in the Let There Be Rock video is just hilariously good.

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In which book did Hitler write, "Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord"? Hitler - isn't it Mein Kampf?

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I the middle east solvable by the new team of mitchell and Clinton? We don't need that we have Super Tony Blair! He'll tell us what to do!

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When you have bought several books by one author, how do you decide which one to read first? Usually Chronologically.

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Who didn't watch the Superbowl yesterday? Me. Not a big fan of American Football. Although I missed a treat apparently... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7864733.stm

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Is it me or is this bordering on the ridiculous..Michael Phelps may have his medals taken away because he smoked marijuana? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article5634206.ece You can't have a successful person be seen using marijuana. It shows up the "drugs are bad mmk, only losers use drugs mmk?" for the nonsense it really is. It is why governments and media go ballistic over successful people using drugs. Nothing to do with 'bad role models'. It might send the message that "hey this stuff ain't so bad you can use it and...

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J. Robert Oppenheimer - brilliant scientist or TRAITOR TO ALL HUMANITY? Brilliant scientist. His work on gravitational collapsed stars was crucial to modern physics. As for his involvement with the A Bomb whilst it could be seen as despicable he was certainly not the only one involved and more so felt his work was essential given the work the Nazis and later Soviet Union were undertaking (though he was a great deal cooler on the H Bomb idea). Ultimately...

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'Works of Shakespeare soon to be presented as Comics series.' Do you think classics should be made more readable with innovative attempts as Comics and Cartoons OR does that distorts their essence in someway? Providing it is done well I see no problem. It is no worse than just sitting and reading the text. In fact probably better in some respects. English teachers often forget these are plays, they are meant to be performed not read like a novel. Of course reading them is essential for deeper understanding but I always think that they should be seen first analysed later. often done the other...

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Gisbon or Fender? What do you prefer? Why? As regards basses (hey they're still electric guitars sort of ;) ) I would always go for Fenders over Gibson. I have never played a Gibson bass that I enjoyed playing, nor that had a great tone. They have their pros but they just don't have the versatility. The Fender Jazz and Precision are (still) superb for a variety of situations. As for 6 string guitars I prefer neither....

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What is entropy The Thermodynamic definition is "A measurement of the amount of energy is a system that is not available to do work". This is often interpreted as a measure of the disorder of a system. Of course there is greater complexity to it than just that but broadly that is what it is. In Information Theory Entropy is "the uncertainty associated with a random variable". Look up...

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If we evolved from monkeys, why do we still have them? Oh this old chestnut again. We did not evolve from modern monkeys. Again: We did NOT evolve from modern monkeys. We share a common ancestor with apes and further back monkeys. Apes are our cousins not our grandparents, monkeys similar though further removed. I present (for about the millionth time on AB lol) an analogy. And it is just an analogy but it serves for this purpose. 1)...

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What's the funkiest riff you know? Anything by Larry Graham. Pow or Hair. Or Bootsy Collins. Or Rocco Prestia. As for the funkiest riff I can play I don't know. I used to play Higher Ground incessantly. I know a fair few funk riffs I wouldn't be able to say what is the funkiest.

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Should apes have human rights? Human rights no as they are not human. However should they have greater rights than they currently possess? I think yes.

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I understand that the theory of relativity has been proven to an extent, but is it an actual slowing of time for the moving object? In other words isn't time controlled by the mechanical movement of the universe, planets, events, our bodies and so on? We need to be careful with terminology here. When we say "moving" we need to be careful. "Moving relative to what?" is the obvious next question. Relativity states that there is no fixed reference point, everything is relative. So if we are in reference frame A and there is another reference frame B which is moving relative to reference frame A there will be...

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Since the Bible has predicted all scientific discovery..... why are people so reluctant to accept the TRUTH of Genesis but so eager to believe the "theory" of evolution? Show where in the bible the following was predicted or mentioned. Please give detailed, referenced sources showing how this was all predicted in detail and not just as vague abstractions: Quantum Theory The Law of Universal Gravitation Genetics, including the specific chemical constituents of DNA Computer Science Neuroscience, including a detailed description of the central nervous...

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If you were in a band, and could fill any role, you'd be the: vocalist, guitarist, drummer, keyboarist or bassist? I wouldn't be a vocalist as my voice is terrible. I could get by on any of the others but I am primarily a Bass Guitarist so would (and have on many occasions) fill that role.

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Why do guys enjoy being raped? Ummm we don't by and large. A tiny minority may enjoy the "power" it grants them but the vast majority of us find it abhorrent. EDIT: I think the question has changed. Again, we don't. Nobody does, it is a violation of the individual's rights.

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Do you play guitar? If so why did you start playing? Yes. I am not too sure exactly when. I have had a guitar since I was about 12 but never took it seriously until I was about 15 or so (I was too busy with 'cello and piano). I really started practicing when I was a bout 15/16 as this is when I took up Bass Guitar and I took up classical guitar with a bit more serious intent. I am not a great guitarist though, I am a much better bass...

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Do you know any musicians from other countries besides America or England? I know a few personally and I am aware of the works of a great many. Too many to list!

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What do you think is the world's most famous landmark? I'd agree with those saying the Giza Pyramid Complex. Although I like The Red Pyramid personally.

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How many pounds is 1 kg OR how many kgs. is one pound? (I need to know very urgently) Google is a wonderful thing - google "1 kg in lb"

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Do you think HeathLedger would have received the nod for best supporting actor were he still alive? Possibly, it was an impressive performance.

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What is the stupidest thing you fear for? Bees and wasps. Absolutely terrified of them. Far beyond the threat they pose.

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Have you ever been called an alcoholic? Did you agree? Yes and yes. I am an alcoholic. No question. And I haven't drank for 5 years 5 months 20 days. Not that I am counting or anything...

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Do you think Ron Paul would've had a chance in the election if he had run as an independent? As an outside observer: No the USA like the UK is firmly 2 party. Although things are moving a bit more away from that in the UK, especially with the rise of nationalist parties in Wales and Scotland, the USA is still pretty much fixed that way and unless there were radical overhaul of the entire electoral process I can't see that changing.

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Funniest April fool's prank! details! Spaghetti Harvest. Still cracks me up. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SyUvNnmFtgI

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Are you for the creation or evolvement towards a utopian totalitarian world? Since Utopia means "nowhere" (really it does, well... "No Place" technically) I don't think I can be in favour of that part. I am generally opposed to totalitarianism (OK a benevolent dictatorship is the best political form but how do you guarantee it remaining benevolent?) so wouldn't want that. So no. I wouldn't mind a Eutopia though not too sure about...

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Does anyone remember the Blues Brothers? Yeah I loved them. BB2000 was such a disappointment.

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The guilty that is never brought to justice or an innocent that is wrongfully convicted - which to you is the least acceptable? Innocent wrongly convicted for sure.

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How many actually think there is something to the 2012? One scientist quit his job and his collecting wheel barrows, tires and seeds for planting. He says he has enough money to live on until then. Just out of curiosity who was that? Scientists are not all above end of the world hysteria anyway. Newton was a famous apocalyptic prophet as was John Napier. I don't think anything will happen personally. End of the World predictions happen so often it is hard to see why this one is any different. Besides the Mayans didn't think it was the end of the world. They made...

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WHAT ARE THE KEY NAMES TO PLAY MR.SANDMAN ON PIANO? EXEMPLE. F# E D AND SO ON I am so sorry I misrread the question I did Enter Sandman whoops - getting late lol

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If you are Atheist, are you afraid of being wrong? No. If there is something beyond this (i.e. some sort of deity) then if they are truly benevolent I live a good life (or at least I try to the best of my abilities) so have nothing to fear. If they are going to punish me for simply not believing then I would have little time for them anyway so wouldn't care what they thought even if that meant an eternity of suffering. I would still...

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Situation: married man and unmarried woman on the verge of involvement. Does the woman have a responsibility to protect his marriage vows, or is the responsibility solely his? There is no hard and fast rule here. People will likely get hurt but that is the way the world turns sometimes. It would of course be better that if the married man were to start a relationship with another person then the spouse should be informed prior to anything happening. However that might not always be the best in the long run. It really depends upon the circumstances. Perhaps the...

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When you were still a child did you ask a question; "Where do babies come from?"? If so, what did your parent/s say? They explained the biological process to me. I had a book called (I think) "How your Body Works" when I was very young and that helped me understand it.

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If a proffesional archer paid you 10,000 dollars to shoot an apple off your head from 50 yards away would you let him? Only if it was a VERY big apple...

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What kind of dog do you have? Got pictures? I'm going to buy one soon and I'm trying to see which I would like best. I don't have one now but when I lived with my parents we always did. We've had a Mastiff, Spaniels, a Corgi, a Doberman, an Alsatian and most recently a Yorkshire Terrier, who is still going strong bless her.

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Why is murder considered a crime when the person who was murdered was going to die whether or not that person killed them?... Other than assisted suicide which I do support broadly, you could extend the definition here to say "well EVERYONE is going to die sooner or later so what difference does it make?". That would lead to some problems methinks. If you mean were about to imminently die well again, that is a judgement call based on probabilities not certainties. There could be something unforeseen...

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Will man be ruled by machine one day? Personal Opinion - no, we will converge. Technology will start to merge with our biology (it is already happening and has been for some time). We won't become machines, neither will they become human - we will each become something new. Especially with the advent of nanotech, biotech etc etc

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Is there a type of music you no longer listen to? I don't listen to Indie Rock as much as I used to. I used to adore Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets etc and still do but just don't listen to them as much now. And I am not too fond of modern 'indie'.

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Why am i getting blisters on top of my callouses? As vigier mentions, what other situations are your hands getting into? Sometimes you will get the occasional blister even if you have been playing for years (I do but very occasionally). Clean your strings regularly as well (always give them a wipe after playing) as all the gunk that builds up can cause minor infections and so forth. My 'cello/double bass teacher at school lost his...

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Can I build a bass guitar from an old regular electric by just changing the strings and all the electronics? (and probably the bridge where the strings rest at top and the string mount at bottom) No, the scale is wrong and the neck will warp under the tensions. You might be able to get around the scale issue but the tension issue will be a swine. Again it may be possible but would be very odd to play and cost a great deal to get right. I wouldn't recommend it.

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What kind of bass does Flea use in the Red Hot Chili Peppers? He has used a couple. He used to be synonymous with the Music Man Stingray, since then he has diversified a bit. I think he uses Modulus, Fender Jazz and Precisions now but I haven't followed him as closely of late.

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How do you prevent blisters from forming on your fingers from bass guitar? Practice Sorry there's no real quick fix. Various players use different techniques sometimes (like chalking you fingertips) but I would just say PRACTICE. Your calluses will form eventually. If you are really suffering try using flatwound instead of roundwound strings but it will give a different tone.

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Just wondering how much a bass guitar setup would cost? And Also where to get it done. Like a guitar center or... It depends what you want done. Your local music stores should have local luthiers in their phone book. As for cost I am not sure, I haven't used one for years as I do my own now.

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Any good songs with good bass solos? Some good mentions already. Try the following: Teen Town, Slang, Port Of Entry - Weather Report (the late great Jaco Pastorius, check out anything with Jaco playing on it) School Days - Stanley Clarke (again check out anything by Clarke) Naked In The Rain, Airplane - RHCP (Flea) My Generation (The Who, John Entwhistle) Classical Thump - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (Victor Wooten) Pow...

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Who was the first Classical composer that really grabbed your interest and what was the piece of music that did it? Probably Mozart with "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m'invitasti"

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What is your favorite Duran Duran song? Quite a few greats already mentioned so I'll pick: Planet Earth OR Electric Barbarella

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I told someone the other day that I love science but don't really like math, and he replied, "aren't they one and the same?" Can you like science, but not math? Oh yes absolutely. You can appreciate the ideas and so forth without needing to get the details. But the details are both useful to know and if you are doing it professionally essential. Some branches of science use less maths than others but all use it to some degree. Physics is probably the most mathematically intense.

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Whats the worst movie you've ever seen? Basic Instinct. Or maybe Matrix Reloaded. Or Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves - I (and my family) nearly got thrown out of the cinema because we were in hysterics at how bad it was. And then Sean Connery showed up. I think there were tears by that point.

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Does any one have any tips for writing a guitar solo? There are various approaches and I could write a book on it but a few tips I have heard in my time. Speed is no substitute for creativity. That said there is nothing wrong with a impressive display of chops. Make the solo relevant to the song. Decide if you are going to follow the chord sequence or play with one scale so you get a modal flavour to it. Improvise and record some ideas then...

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Anything I google that comes up say "this site might harm your computer" what is that all about? Is it my antivirus program? Seems to be a server error. http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1247555 Not sure though what the exact problem is but seems to be lasting a while.

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Anything I google that comes up say "this site might harm your computer" what is that all about? Is it my antivirus program? I think Google has a problem with their anti malware system. It appears to be reporting everything as malware. Not sure why as yet. I will post more if I get to the bottom of it. For amusement google 'google' :) EDIT The diagnostic page is down so it would indicate something has gone seriously awry. Might be a server crash somewhere, dunno yet. EDIT: All down to human error...

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Why do you abuse your body? It started it.

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What is you favorite tv show famliy guy or south park South Park by miles. Really don't like Family Guy. Just my opinion.

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What is you favorite The Kinks song? Oooh so many. Lola Waterloo Sunset You Really Got Me Days Death of a Clown Probably Waterloo Sunset

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What is your favorite Beethoven composition? I like a few. The Third, the Fifth, The Ninth, Moonlight Sonata, Pathétique Sonata spring to mind.

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Why do people like rap? All done to personal opinion. Personally I like the lyrics (I am a Public Enemy kinda guy, not too fond of a great deal of modern hip hop to be fair), rhythms and creative use of sampling, beats etc.

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Describe somebody Famous.......... in five words and lets see if we can Guess who it is...? Nicotine, alcohol, heroin, music, indestructible.

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If it's a crime to kill a human infant, should it not also be a crime to kill young chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, who can be more intelligent than human infants of the same age? It shouldn't be determined on intelligence. Capacity to feel pain, fear and so forth. But yes it should be a crime unless (as is the case with killing a human) there is no alternative (e.g. to protect a larger group or an innocent). Etc etc And that is of course morally debatable. For interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ape_Project Dawkins is a high profile...

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My friend thinks that Harry Potter and similar films are evil. Does anyone agree? Except for the fifth book, no.

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Star trek- who made most money? Paramount.

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Manchester United To Win The League? Probably. Chelsea seem a shadow of themselves from recent seasons (which is still pretty impressive) and I don't think Liverpool quite have the mentality yet. United have this habit of shifting into fifth gear in the run-in which added to their current position will make them unassailable. Arsenal have problems, not like themselves at all. Then again stranger things have happened....

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If you won a huge lottery would you put your time and finances toward any particular cause? Education in the developing world.

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Do you think Global Warming is a scam? Global Warming is a fact. That's why scientists prefer the terminology "Climate Change". There is little doubt that warming is caused by atmospheric conditions. Is there climate change happening now? Again I think both sides of the debate agree things are changing (again some may disagree but it is a minority opinion). Is it due to human influence? Most scientists would...

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If you are worried about the economy, have you bought garden seeds for this year? No, you need a garden for that to be any use :)

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If the universe is everything then how can everything expand when logically it should be "everywhere" already and what is "everything" expanding into.. everything else? Think of the universe's 3 dimensional space as being represented as the surface of a balloon (2 dimensional). If you inflate the balloon the distance between two points on the surface will increase. What has the surface 'expanded' into? Well the question makes no sense. It is not expanding into anything (don't confuse the volume of the balloon with the surface area). ...

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Why do atheists drill believers so incessantly? If it's all just fairy tales and you don't have a soul, why does it matter so much to you what other people choose to believe? What gives? The vast majority of us don't. Neither do secularists. We don't care what people believe in providing it is kept a private matter. What we object to is having any given religion imposed upon us. That's it. I couldn't care less what people believe. I will debate the matter philosophically but it is none of my business what others believe. Just as it is no-one...

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Is the "scientific community" developing it's own dogma? When did consensus become synonymous with proof? What's going on? Science as a discipline has to rely to an extent upon consensus. In any given field there are always alternative theories. In areas where action is required policy makers generally rely upon consensus or else you'd never get anything done. Not just science either, in law you don't always require a unanimous verdict.

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What is up with this!! The Californian woman who gave birth to octuplets this week already has six children- and she is a single mom! Who is going to pay for this? Not that it matters (JK Rowling was a single mum and she had a few bob) but the BBC seems to think she is not a single mother. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7860041.stm "The woman's husband is expected to return to Iraq where he works as a contractor, the LA Times reported" EDIT: since reports are sketchy at the moment it may be the grandfather.

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Do you think there are aliens? If so do you think that they would be more advanced then us and why? In answer to the first part, probably. It seems unlikely given the scale of the universe that life evolved here only. However there is no evidence either way as yet, it is merely a hypothesis. As for being more advanced, possibly, possibly not. There is certainly no evidence for any advanced life in the cosmos as yet (no radio signals, no technology, no visits etc) so for now the only...

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Someone I know insists that there is no 'proof' for evolution and says that there should be fossils for the 'big gaps' between different species, like fish and species that walk on land. Any way to deal with this? For that specific claim try the following (which I won't just regurgitate): http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/060413/fossils.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiktaalik There is a great deal of information regarding this sort of claim, each time there is a claimed gap sooner or later evidence shows up to bridge the 'gap'. Better to rebut specific claims in these situations.

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What planet is next to the moon, I live in boston In terms of proximity the Earth, whether you live in Boston or not :)

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A can anyone give me tips on how to do this equation (5x2 + 3x - 7) + (x2 - 7x + 4)? do i use FOIL for this. any tips please. thanks It is not an equation. An equation is of the form f(x)=0. Other than that you would just add like powers (x^2, X, constants etc) and then solve. I assume X2 means x^2 so you could solve this with the quadratic equation once you have simplified it.

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Athiests: How do you explain the high degree of design and order in the universe if there is no God? The question assumes design for a start. I don't think there is any design. SO that's the first part dealt with. We'll see how there can be apparent design in a moment. What about order. Well there are seemingly laws to the universe. We don't know exactly what they are but we have an idea. NOTE this doesn't mean we need god(s) yet. Just because we don't...

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Chevy Chase OR Bill Murray? Bill - he has matured into an excellent character actor that steals the show in many films (Wild Things, Ed Wood, Charlie's Angels etc). Chevy Chase was good but by god he made some awful films.

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What is the story behind the constellation o ryan's belt? Firstly it is Orion. Orion was a great hunter and friend of the goddess Artemis. He as killed by a giant scorpion after he boasted he would kill every animal in the world and the scorpion was set on him by Mother Earth. Artemis requested he be placed in the heavens thus Orion. The constellation is called Orion. The belt is part of the constellation and represents the hunter's belt...

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What do you think about the republishing of the Prophet Mohammad caricature in the newspapers Freedom of speech as others have said. It may be offensive to some but it is the right of any individual to be offensive no matter how much of a prat it makes them.

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Why is "feminist" considered a bad word to most people these days? I am a male, and gladly consider myself a feminist Because a great deal of nonsense is spoken about feminism. OK a handful (and it is a handful) may go too far the other way but in the majority feminism is a good thing. And, despite the name, this is coming from a man.

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Do you secretly harbor strong resentment for a particular race. I'm just curious. No need to say which one or what it is exactly. Not in the slightest. Well... other than the 800 metres. Seriously, no.

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How garbage does the avarge person put out per week. between 1/3 and 1/2 of a 120 L bin.

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I have 4 flat triangular faces and 1 flat rectangular face. What am I? A pyramid

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What is this? A demonstrative pronoun?

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Are the French good in anything at all? Assisting nascent republics?

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Is science going beyond the useful and now just being used to satisfy our curiosity? A couple of points. Firstly something that seems 'useless' initially can lead to practical uses later on. Take quantum theory, initially highly yheoretical and seemingly useless in everyday usage. Now it is used in a vast number of practical applications, computing being the pbvious one. Secondly curiosity is a wonderful thing and satisfying it is a very worthwhile endeavour.

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If I'm taking electric guitar lessons once a week, how long should my lessons be? More important is how long you practice for. My lessons used to be around an hour, 30 mins practical 30 mins theory. I would recommend practicing at least 20 mins per day, it is far more important to practice regularly than saving it all up and spending hours on a sunday night trying to learn something. 20 mins a night is better than 3 hours once a week. And practice things you can't...

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What games should I get for my pc? Fallout 3

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Will we ever find Osama Bin Laden? No I don't and having this in the Horse Racing section made me giggle. Visions of US troops chasing Bin Laden, all on horseback like some old silent movie, don't ask me why - just popped into my head.

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How many of you have actually READ the bible? can you really be Christian without reading it at least once? I have and I am really interested in textual criticism and so forth. I bought my mother a book on some of the non-canonical gospels and was very tempted after flicking through it to appropriate it for myself. :) EDIT: Oh but I am not a christian. Missed that bit sorry. I wouldn't like to comment on whether you can be a christian or not without reading it.

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Do you enjoy bagpipes? I can't stand Scottish Bagpipes. Definition of a Gentleman: A man that can play the bagpipes... and doesn't. ;)

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Why do the christians on this site try to persecute the atheists? I think that is a generalisation. There is some blame on both sides but that vast majority do not.

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Why do atheists get so mad and offensive when a true Christian, not a hypocrit that's going to get mad and rude with them, questions their beliefs and tries to lead them in the right direction? Questioning my LACK of belief is completely fine. However questioning and debating is different to preaching. I don't like being told I am being led in the "right direction" as I happen to think I am already going in the right direction and have no need of god(s) to do so. It is none of my business what others believe providing their beliefs are not used to remove liberties...

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The movie 300 is it greek mythology or comic strip? It is a film based upon a graphic novel which is pseudo-historical. The battle of Thermopylae happened although not in the way portrayed in 300. There were far more than 300 Greeks there for a start.

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Will the mayans start a new calendar after 12/21/12? Yes. The new one has pictures of alsatian puppies for each month, say "awwwww!" ;)

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As an Atheist would you be upset if your child decided to be a believer? As a Christian, would it upset you if your child were a non-believer? No. I would ask why and debate as I would with anyone else but it is their choice, not mine.

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ATHEIST?lets say the end of the world came as said and you had children who accepted jesus but you didnt,and yall were standing at judgement time,he shows yall heaven and than hell, and he sent the children to heaven but you couldnt how would you feel Very surprised.

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Does anyone play a type of musical instrument and why did you choose that to play Several: Bass Guitar, Guitar, Double Bass, 'Cello, Piano, Drums and Percussion, Recorder. I think that's it. I can generally get a note out of any instrument although strings are my forte.

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Is snow fun or a pain in the arse? Horrible stuff unless you are around 7 :)

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Which English King said. "All is lost, Monks Monks,Monks?" Henry VIII

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If you could rule one kingdom in Middle-Earth, what would it be? Numenor - but I wouldn't trust that Sauron and all would be good. No sinking beneath the ocean for Tinkerbell's realm, no, no, no!

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In a group of siblings, there r 7 sisters, n each sister has 1 brother. How many siblings r there? 8

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How do scientists use the term theory? In a nutshell a theory tries to predict and explain a particular area of study. It will be backded up with a great deal of evidence (facts if you will). For example the Theory of General Relativity is used to predict and explain gravity (amongst other things). The specific facts would be things such as gravitational lensing and so forth. It is not a hypothesis or, as Asimov said,...

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Neuroscience vs. biomedical engineering - which is better? The two are converging rapidly. Neither is better. I am personally more interested in neuroscience but the other is fascinating in its own right. However the two do overlap and will do so more and more as time goes on. Biomedical englineering is probably more adanced as of now (we can build artificial body parts to an extent and you could even class pacemakers etc in this group) but that is...

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What is the square root of 81 +/- 9

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Does anyone else think that Soap operas are totally stupid? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes....

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What brand is your computer & where did you buy it? Built it myself. The case is from an old MESH machine but nothing else is the same.

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EXAMPLE OF ANTI-HERO Rorschach (Watchmen)

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I am 16. i really wanna pursue a career in science in the future especially as an astrophysicist or cosmologist . can anyone please tell me what are the courses and what is the scope under this field? You will need to take maths and physics courses until college and I strongly recommend chemistry as well. When at university Physics would be the obvious choice. When I was a student (back when dinosaurs walked the Earth) my university offered specialised courses such as Physics with Astrophysics, which included modules relevant to Astrophysics etc. You will do a great deal of advanced maths...

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Do Aliens exist and do they come to earth? 1) Probably but we have no firm evidence either way. It would seem odd that out of the trillions of (likely) planets that exist in the universe life only exists here on Earth. 2) Probably not. There are good physical reasons why not (the distances involved and so forth) and there is no evidence for aliens visiting Earth despite numerous claims to the contrary. I don't buy...

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Why is there polarization, humans choosing one over the other when there is a third choice.. none? Because humans love a good old false dichotomy?

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I am buying a house (in England) with my fiance and putting down a 10% deposit and she is not contributing anything to the purchase. Can I protect the 10% deposit, if we split up, but to own the property equally after the 10% deposit? Yes. See a good solicitor and they can draft an agreement for you both. You should also consider wills and so on. If my Mrs. was up I would ask her how to go about it but she is asleep.

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I've seen electric guitars players use a small handheld device that emits a blue light and makes the coolest sound. Anyone know what this is called? It sounds like an ebow.

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If you come to think of it, did video really kill the radio star? Interesting.... Would Britney Spears etc have been such a huge success as just a radio star (e.g. without the doubtlessly appealing looks) and by inference are truly talented vocalists losing out if they are not pretty enough? I think a strong case could well be made for that position, yes. :)

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Do you believe in witchcraft,the devil,the ouija board Nope. You could claim witchcraft as in the practice that some neo-pagans adhere to exists, which it does, but I don't believe in any of the supernatural elements. The devil I don't believe in at all. The ouija borad exists but I believe it has no supernatural properties.

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Which English musician was "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irrestistible" in the 1980's? Robert Palmer methinks....

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What kind of college degree will I need if I want to work with brain-computer interfaces in the future? You could probably come at it either from the neuroscience side or possibly computer science. Most likely neuroscience.

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What do you think of my voice? I know I am not that great I am just looking for feed back on how I can improve http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eyq-JoauKg&feature=channel_page Honest opinion follows, please take as constructive criticism :) (btw I have been a musician for 28 years or so but I am a TERRIBLE singer lol! But I know a bit of general music and technique so here goes...) First things first. PRACTICE REGULARLY. I will probably say this three or four times. Pablo Casals when in his 60s was once asked how he had become such a great 'cellist and...

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What benefit(s) to life on Earth has Jupiter provided? One thing that the gas giants do is act as a sort of cosmic hoover for debris in the solar system. It seems likely that if they weren't there there would be more impacts on Earth which could have made the evolution of life more difficult. However they can also deflect object's orbits so that they approach the inner planets so it is a bit of a double edge sword.

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Of these three economists, Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith and John Maynard Keynes which one do you feel was most influential? Why? Hard to say, all were influential. In recent years Friedman has been very popular but I think with the current crisis we will see Keynes coming back into fashion quite a bit. Galbraith as well possibly, he was an excellent populariser of economics and since the economy is big news it is likely his book sales will increase. A Short History Of Financial Euphoria is excellent.

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What subjects did you take for A levels? I did CSYS (Scottish equivalent of A Levels) - General Maths, Numerical Analysis, Physics, Chemistry and Music. I also did Higher (between AS and A Level) English.

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Is it 'Intel Inside' your computer? Office yes, home no.

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If you can't find 'scientific' evidence that something exists, do you conclude that it does not exist? What do you think of this approach? If something is claimed to exist there should be some evidence of it. You cannot categorically state it doesn't of course (cannot affirm an unconditional negative etc etc) but without evidence it becomes unlikely it does, especially if you have spent a long time searching for it. If it is a new claim it is a case of waiting until evidence is gathered to support/disprove the hypothesis....

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Who was the greatest person to ever walk planet earth? Impossible to answer. Too subjective. Most influential you could argue to a point. Alexander would get my vote I think, closely followed by Augustus, Mohammed, Paul (read Jesus as well, Paul was certainly as if not more influential as Jesus) and Genghis Khan.

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Should steven gerrard go to prison? Very interesting that most people seem to have decided he is guilty already. He has not been convicted in a court of law and I doubt very much that anyone here has access to all the facts, just the media reports and let's be honest, how reliable are the media (especially the tabloid press)? If he is guilty he should face the appropriate sentence. Prison is not guaranteed for assault...

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Am I the only one that thinks that both evolution and creationism sound a bit... Farfetched? Creationism, yes. It has too many problems and there is no evidence for it. Evolution seems pretty sensible as far as I can tell. We are just not used to thiking in terms of millions (or billions) of years so common sense fails us. Just like in extreme situations in physics. Additionally there is a vast amount of evidence for evolution.

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The Dark Knight not nominated for Best Film of the Year at Oscars. What are your thoughts? It was OK but could have lost 30 mins or so. Ledger was excellent though.

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How to clear the blanks under the icons on my DESKTOP? If you tell me how I can copy my desktop and show you what is the problem more clearly. Thank you in advance! take a screenshot using prt Scr/SysRq button and paste it into paint or whatever. Save the image. You can post the image here then. Make sure anything that idetifies you is not on there first! I am sure you don't keep you bank details on you desktop but better safe than sorry.

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A lady from Allentown, Pennsylvania has been caught marketing "gothic kittens" with pierced ears, necks and tails! Do you find this cruel, or do you see it as she does- "no different than piercing a human"? I don't know if it is cruel but the difference is the human knows what is going on and can consent (or not). Kittens can't. Would piercing a human without their consent be cruel?

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Is gandalf immortal? Sort of. All the Istari (wizards) are Maiar who are like demi-gods if you will, sent to help counter Sauron. They can be "killed" in Middle-Earth but as they are of the same form as the Valar they cannot be killed as such. It is just the destruction of their physical form. Thus he is "sent back until his task is done". Sauron is a Maiar as well. The Istari are not as...

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Did or do you like Bill Clinton? If so how can you like a man that every word that come sout of his mouthe is a preplaned lie and designed for spin? What's wrong with you? It is good to preplane lies or else you get splinters...

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On the TV show "Angel", if Angel doesn't breath, why does he pant so hard when he fights? Force of habit?

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In Lord of the Rings why did Sauron die when his hand was cut off? He survived before he made the ring. When his hand was cut off and he and the ring seperated it seemed a tad weird that he died? In the books he is defeated by Gil Galad and Elendil, Isildur just takes the ring afterwards. In the film I think they made it more dramatic for the screen. You could look at it by saying he put a great deal of himself (his soul if you will) into the ring and when it was taken he lost a great deal of his power. He didn't die as such, he was just greatly weakened. He doesn't...

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Do you agree that the statement "Do not consciously inflict harm on others" covers everything and should ideally be lived by? I.E: Including the 10 Commandments etc. Not entirely. It is necessary but maybe not sufficient. I think for an IDEAL life you would need something along the lines of "try to help your fellows", "develop oneself to the best of your abaility" and "have fun" in addition. I don't think it covers the 10 commandments as the bit about "having no other gods before me" is not covered amongst...

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Have you ever tried reading a book everyone said was great, and found it so boring you could not finish it? What was it? Anything by L Ron Hubbard. Cannot stand his writing style. Apart from that not really, Dan Brown's efforts are fairly awful but at least they are page turners. Oh and Jane Austen. Again can't stand her. Just seems to always be 'stupid middle class people want to get married' and that's it.

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Is evolution intelligent? No. It is just an aspect of nature, like gravity or electromagnmetism. It is not intelligence nor is there any requirement for there being a guiding intelligence behind it. Random mutations and natural selection are enough. It is also not teleoloical i.e. there is no purpose to evolution other than to reproduce. We are not the pinnacle or anything like that, evolution hasn't occured...

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Has anyone never seen snow in person? Yeah I grew up in the North of Scotland so loads of it. Horrible, cold, miserable, awkward, disruptive stuff. Quite pretty though when seen from inside a nice warm house (or an arctic suit!) but a right royal pain in all other regards.

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Billions of dollars go to Space and Astrobiology research.. should we be spending it on fixing earths pollution problem first. You might consider that some of the money spent on spacefaring is helping climate science along. NASA is a huge data provider regarding climate change and pollution. Besides whilst the enviorment is of course important we should not lose sight of the fact there are other important scientific discoveries and endeavours to be made. There is always a crisis around the corner which is important...

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FOR GUYS: Are you turned off with bald women? (Just want to get opinions) I take it you mean bald heads? Not a personal fave but Natalie Portman carried it well bless her. I couldn't possibly comment on errrr... the other.....

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What is the best put-down line ever? Churchill's famous one is good. reply to being told "Sir you are drunk!" "Indeed I am but you madame are ugly and in the morning I shall be sober."

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Jesus offers eternal life and a great hope.So why would anyone who doesnt believe in Christ want to have Children?Who would just grow up to have cancer,have a horrible car accident,get murdered or suffer some other kind of grief,have no hope after death? Because they will also: be loved; love; laugh; cry; succeed; fail; learn; grow; fight for what they believe in; enjoy music, art and science; wonder about the mysteries of the cosmos and maybe, just maybe solve them. I don't believe in life after death; that cannot be proved. But I am pretty damned sure about life before death and despite all the problems it sure as hell beats not...

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What is the best stock to invest in right now? Short term? Massive volatility makes it difficult to make any concrete predictions. Stay away from music and dvd retailers, financial companies and car companies. I would also be wary of existing technology firms, they are yesterday's news. They may do OK but things change fast in the technology sector. Look at some of the huge names in IT from the 80s and 90s that are just no longer...

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To my sense whatever we see in universe might be a small particle of a still large body and conversly a small particle (electron or photon) may contain in them still smaller universe.... Do you agree with me ? Please share your ideas... Not entirely the same but you may be interested in learning about the Holographic Universe idea. Try David Bohm as a starter.

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Why do I become very Scientific when I'm drunk? See it had quite the opposite effect on me. My friends used to ask me physics questions when I was drunk and use it as a baromter of how drunk I was: the less I could remember the worse state I was in. I forgot Newton's Second Law Of Motion one night. That was a good night ;)

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What is the story of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner? Man goes to wedding, gets stopped by old naval type. Old naval type tells story: went to sea, met a bird, killed the bird. Shipmates loved him, ship gets stuck, shipmates hate him, bird goes around neck. Not a drop of water to drink despite large amounts of water. Bumps into death and his old lady (playing dice). Shipmates all die, old naval type left alive. Has a moment of clarity,...

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Why do atheist sound so angry all the time,and always negative?If you hate hearing about God,why dont you leave the religion side of AB?Just wondering. Oh one doesn't think they sound angry. Passionate maybe. Not negative either. Just don't believe in god(s). Nothing negative about that. And I don't hate hearing about god(s). I find religions fascinating historically, philosophically, psychologically etc etc. I will not be told I must believe and follow one religion's teachings but I enjoy debate and discussion...

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Can the atheist not find their own site?Why do they have to come to the religious side?Why cant the religions talk without atheist butting in? This is a public forum for answering and asking questions. It is not for the exclusive use of any particular religion or lack thereof. Atheists have as much right to post an opinion as anyone else. Having someone voice their opinion does not prevent anyone else from doing so. It is called freedom of speech. You can always ignore the opinions you don't like but what is the point of...

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Who has the best electricity? Faraday. Or maybe Maxwell, theoretically.

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Is it true that agnostic people have orgies? I heard that somewere They're not sure if they do or not.

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Dont you love how atheist call Christians trolls yet they dr the questions from a christian if they dont agree?Sound like hypocrites to me. I can't recall ever calling a christian a troll or for that matter anyone else. I rarely downrate unless the question is spam, deliberately offensive or makes no sense/misleads. Even then I prefer to leave as it is rather than downrate. However you would need to back your statement up a bit. How do you know that it is atheists that are downrating specific questions/answers? How...

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Obama said one of the first things he is going to do is sign a law for Abortion and allow Gays in the military to come out openly.So do you now think he just used Jesus to get into office?Is he really a musslim? The proposed conclusions do not follow from the preceding statement. How does his support for LGBT rights in the military have any bearing upon whether he believes in Jesus or not? Not all christians claim homosexuality is wrong. I don't see any way of making a logical connection between this statement and using religion (which of course he did, every politician does so he is not...

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If mankind evolved from apes / apelike animals, then how come those 'apes' aren't the second smartest creatures on Earth? There are numerous creatures that portray greater intelligence than the apes. Is that a problem for evolution? Which animals potray greater intelligence? How is that measured? What is the smartest creature on Earth anyway? And we didn't evolve from apes that exist now. We share a common ancestor with them. They are our cousins not our grandparents.

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What is the best workout music? Slipknot!

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What will happen if you send a text message (SMS) to a home telephone number? I get a call from a lovely robot woman who reads me the text message.

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Since the value US dollar is no longer based on gold, what is it based on? There is a good book that discusses this call the Origins Of Financial Crises by Dr George Cooper. Quite new. Gives a history (not a full history as such but more one which gets the main points across without floundering in the detail) of the money system. Look up Fiat Money and Bretton Woods as well. It is difficult to really give a full explanation with the limited scope here. Better...

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What do you consider to be your true ethnic origin based on genealogy? For instance: England was invaded many times in the far past and the US was made up of various different countries when it was first colonized. I have no idea what I am but as far as we have traced it I am welsh, english and scottish. Nothing else we can find but we have only been back a few generations. I was born in Wales to welsh mother and scottish father and grew up in Wales, England and Scotland. So I consider myself... human. Well most of the time. Monday morning is debatable.

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I've been told that my daughter (7) has witch in her as she has a 3rd nipple and claims to see ghosts. What do you think? As many others have said the third nipple is utterly irrelevant. As for "has witch in her", I would ask for proof to back up the claim. First prove that there are supernatural beings called witches. That should keep them busy. As for seeing ghosts, well kids have active imaginations, imaginary friends and so on. I wouldn't put too much credence in that. Long and short...

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Have any Battlestar Galactica fans considered the 5th cylon might be Kara's viper? It is quite a popular theory apparently. I have no idea who it is. Can't wait to find out though.

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What is your opinion of the man who refused to drive a bus with an anti-religion slogan on the side? (see link) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1119045/Christian-bus-driver-refuses-wheel-vehicle-Theres-probably-God-ad-side.html Part of a worrying trend in the UK at the moment. There was a case of a religious warehouse worker for Tesco who claimed he could not use a forklift to move alcohol as it contradicted his religion. A registrar refused to perform a civil ceremony for a gay couple for religious reasons. Many pharmacists refuse to carry certain products as it is against their religion. The problem is...

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Depression is ____________? ... a bugger. Trust me. ;)

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Soldiers are part of a war machine specially designed to kill without question when ordered to do so by politicians. The strongest or most persistent machine wins. If you find this age-old arrangement depressing, how do you think it might be improved? Send the masters of society (the politicians, media moguls etc) who say that the war is inevitable/necessary/good. They are our representatives after all. Let them do so. We can all get on with the rest of our lives. We'd soon see how many wars are really inevitable/necessary/good. At least the generals of the past actually LED their troops. I'll never forget Blackadder's...

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Evolutionists: Where did the space for the universe come from? Nothing to do with evolution again but here goes. The universe is space. In a nutshell. The common picture of the big bang as a point of energy exploding into space and creating matter etc is not a helpful one. Disregarding theories like string thoery for the time being, as they postulate many universes, the universe is all there is/was. That includes not only the energy and matter but...

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If you use your ear to drink liquid it is considered dumb. If you use your bowels to dump excrement from canal of anal it is considered wise. If you use your canal of anal to______ it is considered even dumber. I have no idea but... "Speak"?

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Evolutionists: Do you honestly believe that everything came from nothing? Evolution is the process in which more simple life evolves into more complex life. Doesn't talk about the start of life (that's abiogenesis and related fields), certainly not the universe (that is cosmology and related fields). So as an "evolutionist" the answer would be No: life today came from life yesterday. From the abiogenesis perspective again No. Life (again...

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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? A non chicken laid an egg whgich contained a genetic mutation which led to the firsat chicken. Depends on how you define a chicken really. There would have been little immediate difference between the parent and child but that is how evolution works. Animal different ot chicken - closer to chicken - nearly chicken - chicken, with about a million or so steps removed. You need to say...

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Evolutionists: How do you explain emotions? Matter and energy do not feel. Why does energy/matter not feel firstly? How do you know that? Then define emotions. What are they? We have theories (young theories so not perfect) that all conciousness is produced as a function of the brain, which would make emotions just electro-chemical aspects of the brain. AGain this can be seen as we use chemicals to treat conditions such as depression and so forth. Also...

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Evolutionists: how do you explain the origin of the thousands of diverse languages in existence today? Well we could start with geographical distance. Humans in China would have "evolved" (developed is a better word as this has little to do with Evoltion per se) than those in Africa for example as there would be little contact between the two developing peoples hence the terms used between people in the distinct groups would develop in different ways. This can still be seen happening...

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Evolutionists: How do you explain pleasure? Even the most complex chemicals do not experience bliss. Look up neurotransmitters and also look into the psychological effects of drugs, particularly MDMA etc. Pretty blissful.

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All you ABers that claim yourselves atheist...did you exchange gifts this Christmas? Errrr... yes what does it have to do with being atheist though? The winter festival has been around a lot longer than the religious element of that time of year. It is an obvious time for a knees up it is dark, cold and miserable.

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Evolutionists: When, where, why, and how did man evolve feelings? Love, mercy, guilt, etc. would never evolve in the theory of evolution. Why wouldn't they evolve? What is it in evolutionary biology that expressly prevents the evolution of these traits? Love has an obvious evolutionary benefit. Protection of one's offspring. As to how the individual areas of the brain evolved that is a more involved process which would have taken billions of years and we probably don't fully understand as yet.

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If Atheists don't believe in God, who do they pray to? As a rule we don't pray at all. If you need something doing either ask friends, family etc for help or do it yourself. We don't appeal to anything supernatural. Not that I can speak for all atheists of course. Just how I see it.

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What is your favourite song about the moon? The Moon's Song from the Mighty Boosh of course! ;) "He's so bright and mikly white Shining down upon the ground He's so bright, milky white Shining down upon the ground Everybody look at the moon Everybody seeing the moon The moon is bright, he's milky white Everybody look at the moon Hey! I did a song. Jupiter, I did a song. You ain't got one....

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Does it annoy you that there is hardly anything to watch on TV on weekends? I barely watch TV at all anymore. We in the UK used to have 4 channels which was 90% crap, we now have hundreds of channels which are 99.9999% crap. I think there are about 3 programmes I watch now. And even then I tend to get the DVDs or use on demand services.

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What is the percent for the number 2? 2 out of what (or what out of 2)? With no further information the question is meaningless I am afraid.

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Dave Mustaine or Kirk Hammett? Hammett. Mustaine has his moments but I was never a big Megadeath fan. Of the big four they were my least favourite, not that they are bad. Just not my cup of tea.

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I've played the guitar since I was seven. Do you play any musical instruments? At what age did you learn? I started puddling about on keyboards when I was about 2 or so and then got taken on to play 'cello at about 7 or so. Played that until I was about 15 and then went onto double bass which I played for years. Took up piano when I was 7 as well, guitar at 14/15, bass guitar at 15 and drums around the same time. Did all the classical lessons, theory, National Youth Orchestra, Uni...

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What are secular beliefs? Massively simplified: non religious. That do? Or did you want specifics? :)

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How do u talk RP pretty much unless I get excited then I slip into a fairly thick Welsh accent.

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Were you born atheist/religious, or did you become it later on in life by free will? I think we are all probably born atheist in the sense we have no concept of gods at that age. Although I can't remember that far back I know I had no concept of speech, motor function or even toilet training until much later (OK though not THAT much later). So for a newborn to have a concept of gods seems a bit far fetched. Only once introduced to the subject can we begin to pass...

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Whats your favorite line from a song? Either: "every time I try to go where I really want to be it's already where I am, 'cause I'm already there" - System Of A Down, Sugar OR "What have I become, my sweetest friend? Everyone I know goes away in the end." - NIN, Hurt

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Which Bible is the most accurate translation of the original text? No one really knows as we don't have the original texts. I think if memory serves the earliest fragment of the New Testament comes from about the early 2nd Century CE. Bart Ehrman has written some very good books, both technical and popular on this subject which I would really recommend. Amongst many others of course, but Ehrman is very readable. I am readin Lost Scriptures at the...

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IF there are other cultures that have VERY stiff penalties, do you agree with it? For example, if you steal, you get you hand broken, if you lie, they tape your mouth closed so you can't speak, eat etc. Other than stealing food because of hunger, I agree Completely disagree. If for example you put a murderer to death how are you any better than the murderer? We want to prevent any harm coming to other members of society but that can be achieved by other less violent means. Is justice about protection of society or extracting revenge? Revenge feels great but is it necessary or a wise thing to do? I don't think it is. And worse than...

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My father doesn't want me to listen to the song "The Number of The Beast" by Iron Maiden because he finds it to be devil-worshipping music, which it's not. Is this fair? You could point out the drummer is a "born again" christian. Not that it makes any difference really. Iron Maiden aren't about devil worship. They are more about West Ham football club than anything else to be honest. And a bloody good band. Seen them several times, have all the albums and have listened to them since I was a kid. I don't worship the devil. I...

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I'm curious about something, do the people on here who call themselves Atheists, believe there is nothing after death or are they open to some form of afterlife? (I know what it typically means but I never see any Agnostics here) I am an atheist but also agnostic (I can't know for sure there are no gods but I think it is so unlikely that there is, I class myself as an atheist). As for afterlife it is a possibility but I think it falls into the category of wishful thinking rather than anything concrete. There is no evidence that there is anything after death no any reason I can see to suspect there is. It is...

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Which actor has played the role of the sophisticated masked crimed fighter Batman? Several. Christian Bale most recently, George Clooney, Val Kilmer, Michael Keaton and of course Adam West. I am sure there were a few others as well.

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What songs comes to your mind when i say guitar solo? Stairway To Heaven (It was one of the first solos I learned). We Will Rock You comes to mind. Or Bron Yr Aur.

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Do you believe something really bad is gonna happen in the year 2012 like some people believe? No it will carry on as normal. In fact Y2K was probably more of a threat that 2012.

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Who is the best guitarist you think i dont know about? I don't know who you know and don't but try Robert Johnson. He sold his soul to the Devil to be so good. Really. It's true. Honest. OK maybe not.... But still a great guitarist.

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Who is your favorite metal guitarist? Dimebag (Pantera) was fairly amazing. I don't know a huge amount of modern metal guitarists. I still listen to the old school stuff. I always liked Kerry King alot as well.

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Are you old enough? Yes I'd like to stop here please. In fact if anyone could knock a year or two off that would be grand :)

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Is teaching religion in public schools morally wrong? No, it is essential to understand relgion in order to understand history and so forth. You can't ignore it. However it should be taught without prejudice i.e. not as "this religion is true" rather as "This is the religion, its ideas and philosophies and the impact it has made on society". I don't want my kids being taught that Jesus Saves or equivalent but...

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If I am an atheist, should I try (while remaining civil) to convince religious people that they are wrong? Only if they wish to engage in the debate. Otherwise I would say leave everyone to believe what they wish, providing they keep it a private matter. I am as atheist as they come but I have no desire to convert theists. It is their choice. I will debate the issue from a philosophical perspective if anyone wishes to do so but I wouldn't go "door knocking for Darwin" or...

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Given that energy can neither be destroyed nor created, would it be unreasonable to assert that there is some measure of existence after death? Let's remove Heaven or Hell from the equation. NON RELIGIOUS answers only, please. Energy (or matter, same thing really: e=mc2 and all that) cannot be created nor destroyed. But it can be changed in form (burning a material converts a tiny portion of the material into heat for example, same with nuclear reactions, nuclear just does it better.) Or the matter can be "recycled", a plant dies, you eat it, some of the mass is used in your biological processes etc. ...

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When it comes to Atheist and Jesus, do they believe that He never existed, or do they believe He was a real person, just not Lord? There is evidence that Jesus probably existed. Whether he was anything like the character in the gospels etc is a matter of debate. There are various competing theories as to who h was and what he did but the main problem is we don't have the original texts of the New Testament just copies (and often just copies of copies). Whether he existed or not makes little difference to...

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Are you staying out all night on New Years? Taking any friends along with you? Are you going to stay sober? No staying in as usual with my family. I always stay sober 'cos I am an alcoholic ergo I drinketh not :)

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You and your entire family are being held by terrorists. They demand that you deny your religion and convert to theirs or they will torture and kill your entire family in front of you but set you free. What's your choice and why? Paris is well worth a mass. Whatever was needed to protect my family.

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Has the Creator ever punished or tested you and later on restored you? No.

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There are two words in the dictionary with four letters or more that do not contain a vowel what are they? More than 4 letters (I think it is the longest with no true vowels) is rhythm.

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What composer was difficult to listen to, at first, that you now like a lot? The Second Viennese School, Schoenberg etc.

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IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE WE ARE ALL ALONE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. (WHERE LIFE AS WE KNOW IT EXISTS) Possible for sure but it would seem rather odd to have such a small percentage of planets in the universe producing life. We would like to work out the probability of this scenario but... We don't have a great deal of data on how common life is though so it is hard to say one way or another. If we could find life somewhere else in the solar system it would boost our expectations of...

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Do you like Metallica,Megadeth,Slayer or Anthrax better? Like them all but like Megadeath the least.

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WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD THere is too much to discuss for here I am afraid. Nobody agrees fully on the definition of scientific method. I would suggest looking up the philosophy of science on the web and would suggest the keywords: Popper (philosopher) Kuhn (historian and philosopher of science) Post Modernism and Constructivism The Science Wars (the Sokal affair in particular) Logical Positivism and if...

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Do you pronounce the t in exactly? Yes.

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Do you prefer to watch documentaries or reality tv? Documentaries, reality TV drives me insane! Something stimulating wins hands down every time.

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Everybody seems to care about Gay rights and other religions rights...What about the rights of Christians? When are Christians going to band together and stand up for themselves and say we are offended? By all means be offended, tell us if you really must but providing no-one is directly harming you I am afraid it is tough. You cannot restrict someone's way of life merely because one group finds it offensive. And that is the same for any and all religions or lack thereof. I am an atheist but I don't want to ban religion(s). There is a poster at the local railway station...

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Who gives a $#!+ about Miley Cyrus? Who's that then? Am I really getting old lol?

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Who is your favourite tv presenter in the series Top Gear? Not technically a 'presenter' but - The Stig.

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Can faster than light travel ever become a reality? Never say never but it is highly, highly unlikely. There is very strong evidence that c is the ultimate limit.

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If a person drives drunk, but doesn't hurt anyone, should this be a crime? Should people be punished for what they might do instead of what they have actually done? You are far more likely to harm another person whilst driving drunk. It is difficult to see why this should be allowed when it greatly increases the probability of harm to another individual for a reason that is not necessary. Take a more clear cut example - should the doctor performing operations whilst drunk be prosecuted? Why not wait until he actually kills someone, after all he might...

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How do you think that Stephen Hawking is going to spend his retirement? Research. He is still going to be a Professor, just not the Lucasian Professor. It is customary to relinquish the post at Hawking's age. He will still be active in the physics world, although like many his best work is probably behind him now.

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Are gamma ray bursts responsible for global warming...and if so ...why is not the press covering it? No. I can see no reason why this would be the case whatsoever. If Gamma Ray Bursts were hitting earth global warming would be the least of our problems. I have never heard anyone suggesting this before. Besides if they did contribute to climate change (which I doubt as I have stated) they would have been a constant factor throughout Earth's history. I am interested as to where...

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I am currently using WINDOWS XP Home Edition. What happens if I reload XP, will I lose all of my current files and information from the computer? If everything goes to plan no you wouldn't. But things microsoft rarely go to plan. If the installation/file system has been corrupted I would get a secondary drive, install xp on that and download a free data recovery tool to rip any files onto the new drive before attempting anything else. Also depends on how valuable your files are - dare I say 'back up'? ;)

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What is the major difference between MS Access and Excell? Access is a small scale relational database. It comes with most of the functionality of a 'real' database system all nicely contained within the app. Data is stored in tables (with fields, records etc making up the content of the table) and you can perform querying, reporting and so forth. It is a good introduction before moving onto larger scale databases. Look up SQL and...

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Was Margaret Thatcher really as bad as The Spitting Image made her out to be? Depends who you ask. Where I was born (South Wales) she is pretty much the devil incarnate but is still extremely popular particularly in the south of England. To conservatives she is the war-winning, union-stopping genius that saved Britain from the "Loony Left". To the more "liberal" side of the fence she is the face of uncaring selfishness and privatisation that is to...

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What is the imaginary number "i" to the power of zero? One, same as any number. EDIT - sorry I put 0 by accident first time round! Fingers moving faster than my brain ;)

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What is your favorite Montey Python quote? "I came in here for an argument - this is just contradiction!" "No it isn't."

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Is the Western world being attacked by economic terrorists? No, firstly it is a global problem and secondly this is a problem of its own making. We can't blame every calamity on terrorists unless the definition of "terrorist" includes our own financial systems. There is an amusing incident from a few years back (about 2003 ish) when the UK government issued high alerts that terrorists were about to cripple our public transport system....

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A question for all the Christian bashers only. If it proves to be the case that you are wrong, what would you say to Jesus on judgement day. "Not enough evidence god, not enough evidence" - Bertrand Russell's reply when asked what he would say to any god(s) demanding why he had not believed in him/her/them/it.

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What's the most useless thing you learned in school, but still remember? Mine is pythagorean's theorem. French. I very rarely use it. Not that it is a bad subject, just not much use for me. Oh and how to do scottish country dancing. Strangely that one rarely comes up either yet I still remember how to do a Gay Gordon (I kid thee not). I tend to either use the rest or still have an active interest in the subject. Yes, including maths.

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Why is it that all software and programs aren't compatible with Macs? Same reason that Mac software will not work on a PC. They are different operating systems which is the "core" if you will of the machine, the base from which everything else works. A windows program for example may make a call to a specific windows component that doesn't exist in the Mac architecture and vice versa. Think of the difference between AC and DC electrical...

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Which are better in general? British bands or American bands? Over simplistic I fear. Without the cross fertilisation of ideas there would be far less good music, period. Take the British bands of the 60/70s e.g. Zep, The Stones etc who were all massively influenced by blues artists from America and who in turn influenced a huge number of American bands. Then the Ramones influence the Pistols who influence etc etc... It is a cyclical thing. I think...

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Since the terrorists think they are going to Heaven when they die, are we actually doing them a favor by killing them? This reminds me of the old joke: Masochist: Hurt me please! Sadist: No.

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Who is the Oort Cloud named after? Jan Oort.

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Is coffee a drug or a refreshing beverage? A refreshing beverage that just happens to contain a drug. Like beer. :)

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Which bands have done a performance with a symphony/orchestra? Deep Purple quite famously did an entire album with an orchestra. Metallica did S&M. Queen did their video for Who Wants to Live Forever. I am sure I saw Muse with one recently. Those are some that stand out although there have been countless performances by rock bands that have incorporated orchestral elements.

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What is your favorite book by Carl Sagan? "The Demon Haunted World" although I like most of his works.

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Last night i saw on the news, a well known clothes shop was selling coats with a pocket knife attached to the lining. with all the knife crime how can they justify this? and would you let your teen have one? The did sell them but they didn't justify it as they are recalling them all, I believe. As for allowing my children to have a pen knife I don't know, I had one from age 12ish which was very useful. Nearly every kid had a "swiss army knife" or similar in my day, they were useful things to have. I still have one somewhere. So I would't mind too much to be fair. I...

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If we were created in God's image does that mean apes were created in our image? I think this question takes for granted that there are aliens that are more technologically advanced than us, for which there is no evidence.

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As long as I am understood, who cares about the grammar? This is a bit like saying that as long as my clothes keep me warm and hide my nakedness, they must be OK. Agreee or Disagree? It depends upon the situation. On answerbag, for example, I think it is less important as it is an informal situation. In official letter and so forth I think it is extremely important. In academic literaure it is essential that grammar and punctuation are correct in order to avoid any possible confusion. You wouldn't submit a maths paper and say "oh I meant to use...

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Why can't people in the public eye(or anyone really) figure out that they sound really stupid when they say "Nucular" instead of "Nuclear"? I don't think it makes anyone stupid as such but I find it irritating as hell. My dad hates people that say kĭ-lŏm'ĭ-tər instead of kĭl'ə-mē'tər. Little things :)

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A couple of days ago I heard that Susan Sarandon will renounce her USA citizenship and leave the country if McCain is elected. Michael Moore may also join her crusade. What are your thoughts? I haven't heard this but it happens. I knew a great many people who said they would leave the UK if Labour were elected in '97. If I recall so did Paul Daniels and Frank Bruno. They didn't. Unfortunately in Daniels' case... People always say silly things ike this regardless of their political "side". Not just for political reasons either. I sometimes feel...

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Who is your favorite character in "Watchmen"? This is a hard question. They are all excellent characterisations. Rorschach is both appealing and repulsive at the same time as is Ozymandius (and Dr. Manhatten to be fair). I think the most appealing is Night Owl mk. II as he is perhaps the "nicest" of the crew but it is hard to say. But Rorschach gets the best lines :)

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If a revolution did come into your country and you had a hand in rewriting the 'constitution' and setting up the new government, what would you write in it and how would your government be set up? I am still working on it ;) but the basics tenants would be (more or less): 1) no governmental interference other than to ensure the enaction of the following rules and unless there is the potential for harm to another individual 2) the right to the basics of a decent life such as housing and healthcare 3) a level playing field for competition 4) freedom of and from religion with no...

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Kung-fu master Hu Shulin spends his days literally swatting flies — sometimes up to five at a time — using his lightning-fast reflexes at the Yu Yao meat market in Shanghai in China. What is your best insect despatching story? This sounds a bit odd but I don't kill insects if I can possibly avoid it. The way I see it they are just another life form going about their business. I am one of these people that will shoo a fly out of a house rather than kill it. Which takes a great deal of energy and patience but I feel terrible if I kill anything. I have spent entire evenings chasing spiders with a piece of card...

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Anyone care to debate the fact their is a God. Christians,Athiests welcome To an extent however this question has been hashed over many times on this site already and methinks many are quite tired of it now. If you have read anything I have posted you would know my opinion but just in case, I do not believe in god(s) as I see no evidence for them.

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If you breath in carbon monoxide what do you breath out? You'll be lucky to breath again if you breath too much carbon monoxide.

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What is the tallest mountain in our solar system? Olympus Mons on Mars is pretty big.

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You are kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to jump off of one of the world's great monuments and landforms...which one will it be? Khufu's pyramid, I might just slide happily downwards in that case.

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Is paganism so bad? Something about it seems both beautiful and ancient. Whatever floats your boat. I am not bothered what anyone believe providing it is not forced on me or others.

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How can people not believe in God, when He is all around? Show me the proof and I will believe. As of this moment I have seen none. As for the link in another answer I could tackle each point in turn but the thrust of the argument is the teleological argument which has been done to death on this site and does not require recapitulation yet again.

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What does outer space smell like? isn't it steak? Or welding? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7650239.stm

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What is your favorite Groucho Marx wise crack? "I find television very educational - everytime someone turns a set on I go into another room and read a book."

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I've been trying to play bass with a pick but as I would with guitar, my coordination with a pick lacks. Any tips out there for playing with a pick on bass? Personally I rarely use picks, can't stand them even on guitar. Just thought I'd get that out of the way first ;) Firstly choose the right pick. It should be reasonably heavy gauge but not so heavy that there is no give. Depends on the strings you are using to an extent. Next thing is how you hold the pick. I tend to hold my arm much as I would when slapping, with my forearm...

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HI, can you name one, or more, movies that should NOT have had sequels made to them? Highlander. There should have been only one.

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What led to the extinction of dinosaurs? Depends who you ask. A popular theory is the asteroid collision but there are big problems with this one. Few dispute an impact (or even a couple) occured but the impact (excuse the pun) of this is very uncertain. There are issues like the famous "frog problem". Another theory is the Deccan traps eruptions causing profound long term climate change. And not all dinosaurs (or...

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Who's more religious- you or your s/o? Neither - both atheists.

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"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is then to perist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." -Carl Sagan. Your thoughts? Yup. And I would add, just to answer whether we can know anything about the universe... "[W]hen people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together." - Isaac Asimov

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Are you ever JUDGMENTAL? Yes and not ashamed of it providing they are relevant judgements. Example: To judge someone's ability to do a job based upon their skin colour is a poor judgement as their skin colour is irrelevant to whether they can do the job or not. To judge someone's ability to do a job based upon their abilities is a perfectly reasonable judgement. Their abilities are relevant. ...

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Atheist: does your family & friends know about your atheism? y/n explain. Yes. Don't really know how to expain it any further, it is part of who I am, they know me ergo they know I am an atheist. I don't hide it from anyone. My entire family are atheists (now, they didn't all used to be) and the majority of my friends are as well.

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Do you like to hear guitar in your rap songs? Sometimes. "She watch channel zero" is one of my all time favourites (I like "Angel Of Death" which it samples as well) :)

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Why do people hunt innocent animals? Is it realy fair? Dont animals have rights too? They aren't mutually exclusive. I can't speak for all animal rights campaigners but the ones I do know (and I know many including myself) are just as against human rights abuses as well.

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Which is the most performed of Shakespeare's plays? I would think Hamlet. Not sure though...

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Are there words to accurately express how excited you are that Led Zeppelin will be going on a reunion tour? They aren't - well not with Robert anyway... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7637372.stm I don't know - Zep are my favourite band in the world but I don't know if it would spoil it a bit. The gig at the O2 was apparently great but I don't think I coulld bear to see Zep become a parody of itself which is always the danger with this sort of thing. And great as...

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Why do atheists not understand that evil wrapped in religion is not the fault of the religion but is the fault of the evil? Fair enough but then surely the converse must hold i.e. "good wrapped in religion is not the consequence of the religion but the consequence of the good"? If that is the case then religion has no bearing upon good or evil. In which case shouldn't it be left out of discussions on good and evil completely?

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I have excel 2007 on my home computer, I am required to take a class that uses 2003. If I use 2007 and the save as function will my worksheets look and open the same? Teachers says use 2003 but I don't have access to 2003 anymore. I don't know 07 at all but I know Excel pretty well and you always used to be able to save as previous version formats. I am be surprised (well not that surprised) if you don't still have that option. SO to answer your question you should be able to do so - check out your Save As options :)

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What age should girls start to shave? 12 or 13 I forget now, it was some time ago...

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Which gas contributes most to the greenhouse effect? Methane is a more powerful greehouse gas than carbon dioxide. I am unaware of which is having more of an effect but I would guess CO2 (due to volume). Not a climatologist sorry!

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Would anyone like ‘the UK governed under Sharia Law - 'as the Islamic fundamentalist would like to happen? There has been a great deal of press about this and some of it misleading. Yes there is pressure for sharia courts to operate in the UK and they do exist. However this is nothin new, there are other religious courts in the UK and have been for a considerable length of time. This has not led to legal dominance of the religions in question and I don't see sharia being any different. ...

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The speed of light is the only constant in the universe. is this true? No. There are many physical constants as well as mathematical ones that play a huge part in physical sciences. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_constant#Table_of_universal_constants Also the speed of light is not constant, it can be slowed down but the maximum value (i.e. when measured in a vacuum) is a constant and is the fastest speed possible.

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Why is it said that you can't go swimming for at least 2 hours after eating? It is a myth - you can do without risk, well at least anymore than if you hadn't eaten.

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Athiests or Agnostics: If you were about to get killed, and you had the time, do you think you would ask for Gods help? Do you ever ask for help in other difficult circumstances? No. Firstly I don't believe in god(s) so I don't think it would do any good at all. Secondly, which god(s)? If I were to ask each and every deity it would take rather a long time. If I could survive that long I am fairly certain I would be able to find a way out of the problem myself.

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Why was "Dirty Harry" considered to be "dirty"? Wasn't it because he "got all the dirty jobs"? It's been a while since I have seen any of them...

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When playing the lottery are the chances of drawing numbers 12 3 4 5 6 the same as six random numbers? Yes, each 6-number combination has exactly the same probability.

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What song best describes your day so far today? Lazing on a sunday afternoon - Queen ;)

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Before the Big Bang, were there any elements present to cause that effect? Firstly let us work on the principle, for the sake of argument, that ours is the only universe (which is doubted by mnay physicists). What was the Big Bang? Was it the start of all energy and matter? Or was it the start of the universe itself including spacetime as well? Well it would seem the latter rather than the former. So spacetime was 'created' by the big bang....

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Why do the Jehovah's Witnesses go from door to door? I suppose some people think it is their duty to do so. There are so many variations of religion it is inevitable a few will see the need for this sort of thing. Whilst I don't really approve of this (I wouldn't go door to door proclaiming god doesn't exist, partly because it is none of my business what anyone else believes and partly because I have done door to door...

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What is the difference between my front pickup and rear pickup on my bass and how can I utilize them? The bridge pickup tends to produce a tighter tone, mainly due to the position (higher harmonic overtones due to proximity to the bridge). The neck pick up will give a softer more rounded tone generally, for the same reason. As for using them, I tend to use neck for rock and when a mellower tone is required. When playing funkier passages and so forth I go for the bridge. For slap I use...

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Why do many continually refer to Astrology as a science on par with that of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the scientific community? I continually have to differentiate myself as an Astronomer and Astrophysics student from Astrologers. Some of it is down to simple misunderstanding due to the similarity of the words (much like the, somewhat but not entirely apocryphal, confusion of paedophiles and paediatricians). However much as with chemistry (and many natural sciences actually) and alchemy, astrology can be viewed as a definite antecedent to astonomy and astrophysics.

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What was the best song by the rock group Queen? So many to choose from. There are the obvious (We Will Rock You, Bohemian, Champions) and the not so obvious (Liar, Lap of the Gods (Revisited), Brighton Rock). It depends on my mood.

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Why is mars called the "midway world" between earth and the moon? I've never heard that and the only way I could see that apply is in terms of size. Mars is (very) approximately midway between Earth and the Moon in terms of size.

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Who's your favorite James Bond? Connery although Daniel Craig was very good in Casino Royale. We'll have to wait and see how he measures up in the next installments so i would not rank him at all yet but high hopes so far, he is a fine actor. I'd say: Connery Dalton Moore Brosnan Lazenby ..and there was the American TV special version (CBS?) but was a different character in essence. Oh and David...

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CALLING ALL ELECTRIC GUITAR FREAKS: Have you ever heard of a company called Landry Amps? The name rings a bell. Don't know why but it does.

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Who's on your "noteworthy women in history" list - and why? Livia Drusilla - wife to Augustus and from the accounts we have a truly formidable woman. Hatchupset - Pharaoh of Egypt. Knocks the socks off Cleopatra. Oversaw some of the most impressive building works of the time (or any any other time to be fair). Elizabeth I - Queen of England. Made the very bright move of surrounding herself with brilliant advisors. Saw off the Armarda and...

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Are there any atheists who don't believe in Aliens? Why? Believe in them? No. That would indicate defnitie opinion. Think that it is quite probable that there is life on other planets? Yes. Think they pop round to Earth for a bit of fun? Highly improbable.

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What is it that you see "over the hills and far away"? A lady with the love I need. Maybe more than enough... ;)

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How much longer are property prices going to fall in the UK? As Scott says it is hard to say but I think at least 12 months probably more like 18-24 months until we see a recovery. This is a rather unique situation and predictions are difficult to make.

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Explain to me why it is acceptable for you to deride my religion but I have to accept your moral choices? You don't have to accept my moral choices. They are for me and me alone. However the converse is true - I won't have anyone else's moral code imposed upon me. I'll listen to other ideas of course. Of course society imposes laws upon us but I think they should be at a minimum and only to prevent harm to others - that's it. The state should not legislate on...

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Do you really not like math, or do you just not like feeling stupid when you don't understand it right away? I adore maths. I don't always understand things first time but that is part of the fun.

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Do you go to the opera? If so, what have you seen? Not as much as I used to do. I have seen many, my first was Don Giovanni which is probably my favourite. I like Mozart's operas the most. Aida is nice as well as is Carmen.

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Stand back Superman,Iceman,Spiderman,Batman Robin too don't wanna cause a ruckus with B A Barracus have I got a match for you she makes them look like a bunch of fairies,got more bottle than united dairies, Hang about look out for.................. Supergran?

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We learned in history that the Mayan calendar says the last day of the world is around December 15, 2015. Do you agree with this? or do you believe there is no end of the world? I thought it was 21st December 2012. No it will not be the end of the world. The world will end one day. Probably in about 5 billion years or so when the sun goes. Might survive that even but not in any shape we would recognise.

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Agree or disagree: It is obvious that God made the world; just look at how beautifully designed it is! The teleological argument. Disagree. Firstly I don't think the universe is designed. Great complexity can come from incredibly simple rules, look at fractals. You could argue that god created the rules but just because we don't fully understand something I am no keen to fall back on "god did it". This would also be a deist position "god started the game but plays...

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What was your favourite Black Sabbath line-up? I'm not sure I've enough time to work out just how many versions there were! The classic Ward, Iommi, Butler and Osbourne.

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True false question: we ordinarily use only 10% of our brains False - very popular myth but completely unfounded. Psychics are very fond of perpetuating this one as it gives a possible explanation for paranormal phenomena.

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Did you take dancing lessons as a child? Yes - tap and ballet. I don't dance anymore though.

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Can someone name some of the most popular browser? Internet Expolrer is by far the most popular browser. As for the best, that is a matter of opinion. I use firefox b ut have a nagging doubt Opera is better. Don't like Safari. I use IE alot at work and as I am a developer I tend to use IE for the reason given above. But everyday use is Firefox.

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"The wisest man is he who knows that he knows nothing," What do you think of that theory? Can't beat paraphrasing Socrates really...

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Is there any movie you think is better than the book it's based on? The Order of the Phoenix - the book was over long and I thought the film was more entertaining. Other than that it is a tough call. Blade Runner is very different to the book but I wouldn't say either is better, both are excellent. But 99.9% of the time I prefer the book to the film.

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All B is A. All C is A. All C is B No try drawing a Venn diagram to help see why as well as reading the other answers. To get you going on the diagram think: "All of Texas exists in the USA. All of Alabama exists in the USA. Therefore all of Alabama exists in Texas"

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What is the official language of the Vatican City? It has no set language in law. It uses Italian in legal and official documents (the Holy See uses Latin) but other languages are used such as German for the Swiss Guard. At least I think that is the case. I can't be bothered googling it sorry :)

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"EXIT LIGHT, ENTER NIGHT!" you have to know this song, do you? Of course. I remember the first time I heard it, nice new black album, stereo half way up and going weak at the knees when the drums entered. I still love that bass drum. I still enjoy knocking it out on the guitar every so often or better still the drums when I have the chance.

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Why is it that atheists say "God does not exist" just because God doesnt do their bidding?? so because God is not their slave, therefore He doesnt exist? But I don't. Firstly I don't say "God does not exist". As an atheist I say "I do not believe God exists" not "I believe God does not exist". I merely find it highly unlikely that god(s) exist much as many adherents to particular deities finds it highly unlikely that other god(s) exist. Secondly I have never asked god(s) to do my bidding as that...

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Which is your favorite Star Wars location? Coruscant even though it was blatantly nicked from Issac Asimov.

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It is easy to sit back on judge politicians and world leaders but I must ask...what the hell have you done to make a difference? I have: Been a local political candidate. Been involved in local political parties Worked for a social enterprise Been an environmental campaigner Been a campaigner for a fair few things actually: peace, student welfare, animal welfare etc etc Thought globally and acted locally (trite phrase but there you go) Lobbied parliament many times as well as participated in protests A few...

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So what if I'm a Satanist? Nothing. None of my business.

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With tests taken at the moment of death to calculate the weight of the human soul coming up with at least half an ounce, does this prove life after death? No the article itself says these were highly suspect experiements which went nowhere. There is currently some research into NDEs but I suspect they will be much the same - inconclusive. There is little hope of proving life after death I am afraid. Maybe it will happen one day but I very much doubt it.

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Do you fight with your God occasionally ,for your demand! If yes , when and why? I don't have one (or many for that matter) so: no. :)

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What do you say to the statement 'Evangelicalism is just a money-making publicity stunt'? It has some merit as a statement.

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledges 'I will do better', do you believe him? Can't do much worse to be fair...

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Do you like the British bandStatus Quo? If so, what is your favourite song? (video if poss) Not massively a bit too simplistic for my tastes. They're OK but there's only so much E5 to E6 riffing I can take.

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What's the most money you've spent on a meal for yourself? I spent 50 bucks today on a delicious meal...Drink, appetizer, entree, and dessert...Worth every penny. About £20 (what about $38? I ahven't looked at the exchange rate for a while). I point blank refuse to pay any more as I don't think it is worth it. Not a big food fan to be honest so i very rarely eat out. It's just fuel as far as I am concerned.

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WILL OBAMA BE PRESIDENT? UK perspective - I am probably "betting against the market" here but I think no. I think it will be close but it is hard to tell at the moment. As I am not USAmerican I can't really comment on whom I would prefer other than from an international perspective in which case as usual in elections (not just USA elections but ALL elections) I feel "A pox on both your...

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Have social scientists and physicists ever agreed on a scientific method that works for both? No the scientific method is still hotly debated although not to the extent it was in the 90s (the famous Science Wars). Partly this is to do with the decline in the popularity of post-modernism.

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Have physicists begun to experiment with neutrinos? Depends what you mean. We have been building neutrino detectors for some time and they are important in nuclear reactors, particle accelerators etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino

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How will gravity come in space I'm not sure a follow the question sorry. Gravity is one of the four fundamental forces in physics. Nobody really knows what it is exactly but we describe it as a distorition of spacetime caused by mass. Gravity therefore pervades all "space". A common misconception is that astronauts "escape gravity" when they are in space which is not the case. There are some...

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Nelson - Jetpacking from bed passed away early Saturday, September 6th of liver failure. His family is asking that you sign up as an organ donor as a tribute to him. Since this should be a question, what would you want others to do as a tribute to you? Very sad, Nelson was a good contributer and will be missed.

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Do you fear death? Dying I fear, that will be unpleasant. Being dead I do not fear as I will no longer exist, what is there to fear? Not to say I welcome it. There is so much left to see, to do, to learn and not enough time. I would much prefer to live forever thank you.