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When did "person of interest" replace "suspect"? Is it a legal thingy? Can a "suspect" sue and a "person of interest" not? A person of interest can also be a witness, or an victim - it's someone the police are interested it contacting because it will help their investigation. A suspect is just one type of 'person of interest'. It's a careful use of language, in the same way they don't refer to 'accidents' any more when talking about car accidents, because it implies noone is at fault.

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Should abortion be legal? To look at it from a different angle: There are very clearly two strong sides to this argument. While there continues to be two sizable groups, does it not make sense to allow both to continue - with abortion being legal, the people who are against it are free to continue not having them. With abortion being illegal, it will not stop people getting abortions, just as prohibition did not stop...

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Whenever I send email to a certain person my email always goes to spam folder no matter what email use. How could I stop this? As someone who administers an email system for a living, the most common 'false positives' for spam reports seem to be for a few reasons. Assuming you're not talking about college diplomas, available pharmaceuticals, or financial things, then have a look at: Badly formed or formatted HTML messages - sending plain text is more likely to get through Sending images without a lot of...

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How do I find people to kill? without getting caught I think you'll get a better answer to this question if you ask at the local police station.

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what is the best OS to run on my old DEll inspiron? What would you like to do with your old laptop? If it's just web browsing and checking email, and you don't want to spend money, then a copy of Ubuntu would work really well for you. If you want to play older games, then you'll probably be better off with a copy of Windows XP - but that may cost you money if you don't already have a valid licence.

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Name a food that is recognizable by its odor?? Most foods, I'd imagine. Smell plays a large part in our appreciation of taste!

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I hate studding history.I mean HATE!I can't study history properly,i really find it really boring.Any advise on how i can study history? It depends what you do like doing. If you like imagining stories, you could read a little bit then try and work out what might happen next, like a detective story, or work out what might have happened if one particular event never did. If you like movies, you could imagine what the events would be like if they were made into a movie, or whether your favourite movies or games have used ideas...

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Name a country (does not have to be U.S.) that starts with the letter "U". I will start: USA Uzbekistan

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Should Uk citzens be allowed to own a gun to protect themselves and their families? I've nothing against people owning firearms, although I do think licensing is a good control. I'm more worried by the assumption that we need a gun to protect ourselves? From what, exactly? Do you live in enough danger that you want to kill someone?

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If humans are all one race no matter skin colour and all, what is mans natural,original skin colour? You may as well ask, "What's the natural, original fur colour of cats?" There's always variation.

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If we took all the religious books in the world, and started a barn fire. Would u be mad? Yes, I would be upset. I'm not religious, but I respect other people's right to be. I disagree with book-burning for any book, and all that it implies for censorship and limitation of free speech. Books should not be banned or burned.

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who else thinks Great Britain is Great? The 'Great' in 'Great Britain' is the older sense of 'large or all-encompassing' rather than the more modern 'good'. It's great because it covers all the different countries that exist on the British Isles - England, Scotland, Wales (and probably Cornwall if you ask some people). Hence, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For another example: World War 1 was called The...

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If i have to take a urinalysis to keep my job, then why shouldnt people on foodstamps, SSI, welfare, and section 8 have to take one? There's also a question of whether it's the state requiring you to have these tests, or whether it's a private company. I think people are more likely to get up in arms if the state forces these tests on people, especially for things that they might need to survive - whether you agree with welfare or not, it is meant to be a safety net when people need it most. If a company does it, the...

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What is you computer's operating system? I use Debian and Ubuntu flavours of Linux at work, along with FreeBSD. At home, I have an Ubuntu laptop, and Windows 7 for games. So really, more than one of the above, but mostly Linux.

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Will god's wrath be upon me, if I don't believe in some story in some book written by people? The only form of wrath you might encounter is from some weirder people indignant at the fact you don't believe the same way they do. "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - No-one has been smited for unbelief. It's only psychotic believers that take the smiting into their own hands. They're not representative of most believers, though.

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I've heard that Satan lays eggs. Is this a fact or not? Also would you eat Satan's eggs if they tasted really really good? "Satan's Eggs" sounds like a good name for a band. Or possibly "Satan's Eggbasket"

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Is Islam: a) a force for good or b) a force for evil? It's the wrong question to ask. People do good or evil acts, although their actual motivations are often far more complex and gray. People who do evil things will find justification for it from whichever culture or religion they're in. It doesn't mean the culture or religion itself is making them do it.

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What is a red belt in martial arts? Martial arts are too varied for a particular belt colour to mean anything. When I studied Karate, a red belt was one or two above a raw beginner, and meant that the person had about six months experience. Other styles use it to mean a relatively senior student, with years of experience. Yet more use red as a colour above a black belt, to indicate some very senior practitioners, for example...

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Did anyone else start hating martial arts cause of the stupid ufc and mma crap and the morons it spawned? Why would I hate the art that I did or the general community, because of what other people are doing with their styles? The world of the martial arts is intensely varied, and it's good that it is. Learn from other styles, from their successes and from their mistakes. Use that knowledge to find mistakes in your own training and recognise what's valuable. Manoeuvre to make any negative effects of...

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Do you know the true meaning of the word Mensa? It's latin for 'Table'

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Did it really take Einstein to tell us speed is relative when you should know that by trying to catch the metro while its pulling off? The hardest part about understanding physics from a lay-person's point of view is that our intuition doesn't really work when it comes to the extremely tiny, the extremely large, or the extremely fast. Our intuition covers us quite nicely for things at our own scale, at the speeds we can achieve every day and for the things we can pick up or run away from. It breaks down totally when the rules...

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Have you ever had to call animal control or 911 on a rabid animal? Thankfully not. Rabies doesn't exist in the UK's animal population, since we're an island and have kept quite strict animal import regulations. The UK Health Protection Agency Rabies FAQ: http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&Page&HPAwebAutoListName/Page/1215157152826?p=1215157152826

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Has the Liberal Left found a new partner in Militant Islam since the fall of Communism?Have they formed an Anti-West cabal? Questions like this say more about the person asking than they do with any answer given. This asking is saying, "Everyone who's not like me, must be the same as each other." There's blatant ignorance on display here, about humanity and human nature, never mind the differences between all of the groups mentioned.

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What Is the Meaning of the Word "Average" in Math? 'Average' in mathematics commonly refers to several methods of determining a central value of a data set. These methods include the 'mean', which is the sum of the elements of the set divided by the number of elements. While this is commonly used it is easily skewed by a small number of extreme data points, and so might not properly reflect a 'middle' value. Other methods include the...

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Can you drive to work with a learner's permit? In the UK, if you hold a provisional driving licence you can only drive a car if you are being supervised by someone who has held a full licence for at least three years. If you have passed the Compulsory Basic Training for your motorcycle licence then you are allowed to ride a powered two-wheeler of up to 125cc and 14.6bhp without supervision.

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Is Iron Man's Arc Reactor Technology Possible ( No matter what SIZE OR POWER Production, ) Two options are "the technology is impossible" and "it's total science fiction" - did you really mean to give two options to say it won't work, and no option to say it will? In any case, it's not really possible to say. The films don't say what the 'arc reactor' actually does, or how it's meant to work. For a plot device in a film, that's fine. Might there one day be generators that...

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What would happen if a boy took 1 girl hormone pill. Just one? Probably nothing, your body will compensate. People who undergo hormone therapy need a regular course of medication to make a difference. That said, the people here answering the question don't know your medical history, or what other medications you're on. It will be best to avoid any possible complications. I'd say that if you can't buy it over the counter without a...

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Do you think Joey from Friends should sue Wendy Williams for stealing his catch phrase? I think the whole joke behind Joey's catchphrase was that it was rubbish, and he used it stupidly. Since Matt LeBlanc has moved on from that character, and someone's using his parody without irony, I think he's probably laughing about it.

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Should the USA be sending aid to other countries when we havent fixed our own country yet? No country is truly isolated, we all depend on one another to some extent or another, through imports and exports, international trade and diplomacy. You only need to look at how the recent economic crisis spread over the world to see how inter-dependant we all are. You can send aid because of compassion, you can send it because it was used as a bargaining chip in a diplomatic negotiation,...

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why we can't see anyone else go to the moon again after apolo 11 did? Money. It's very expensive to put people in space, and the further you go, the more expensive it gets, and the riskier it gets. Our automated technology has also improved a lot, allowing us to send robots instead of people. To justify sending people out again you'd need the right motivation, as well as the money to support it, and we just haven't yet reached a situation where we can justify...

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Do you think we will evolve and our little toe will drop off? The Vadoma tribe in Zimbabwe have a lot of members that are ectrodactyly - they're missing the middle three toes, due to a genetic mutation propagating around a closed society. It's possible that we will eventually end up with a different number of toes, but it depends on a lot of factors!

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How does RAM affect your computer? Your computer really only does two things - it runs programs and stores data. Everything you do with your computer involves running a program, and that program will use some of the data you have stored, or go and get some data from somewhere else. Computers have lots of different ways they can store data and programs - like hard disks, and CDs, DVDs and USB sticks. These are all very good,...

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What does url stand for in computer language? "URL" is an acronym, standing for "Uniform Resource Locator". It tells you where a particular resource is, and the method used to access it. A URL is commonly a web address, but it is not limited to being one. It can also direct people using FTP to a file share, to entries in a directory service such as ldap, to articles in news, or really any service that provides a resource.

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I have nothing to read can anyone give me some books to read? http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Project Gutenberg have over 30,000 books in electronic form, all out of copyright and so freely distributable.

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If we built a replica of Earth, on Earth, same dimentions weight etc, would the replica float, or remain seated on Earth ? Neither. If an object the size and mass of Earth was to appear right next to the real Earth, the two would crash into each other, causing massive devastation. Each would exert a gravitational pull on the other planetary body. It's not likely any of us would survive, the atmosphere would be torn apart, and the collision would destroy large portions of the Earth's crust. If we were to try and...

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did you vote for a multicultural society in the uk The UK has always been a multicultural society. We're mongrels, formed from various sets of invaders and immigrants over thousands of years, with wide practices from south to north, Cornwall to Wales to Scotland - every region has its history and culture. The idea that being "English" is a snapshot of one particular time in history, glorified beyond the point where it's historically...

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I think AB is done with. I believe there is no Answerbag anymore. What do you think? If you think I'm wrong then you are crazy. "If you think I'm wrong then you are crazy." - This is known as 'poisoning the well', you're setting your question up in such a way that you'll be dismissive of people who disagree with you, and to discourage open comment. That said, the new answerbag site is poor. Very poor.

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Does Superman need to loose the cape? Why, is it too tight?

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Is evolution just a theory or fact? It is both a theory and a fact. Evolution is an observable event, with documented cases over recent human history, and with some short-generation species, within a human lifetime. This is a fact. The theory part is the explanation of those facts, the best, evidence supported, tested and analysed explanation of why evolution happens as we have observed it. If you use "Just a theory" to...

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Is evolution just a theory or fact? Share your answer...

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How does a HTTP (hosting) Server with more websites Works in Single IP Address? Ok, second attempt to answer this question, since the first disappeared. A web server will often let you set up 'virtual' sites, each with a different name. It can then determine what website to serve to the client based on which one was requested. If you have www.site1.com and www.site2.com using the same IP address, and a browser connects to www.site1.com, it will inform the web server...

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Am I the only one, who is experiencing serious problems viewing this new site with Opera? I get problems with Opera. Mostly the parts about who posted the questions and answers, the words are in a column going across the rest of the question decoration, rather than a line across the top. I'd post a screenshot but apparently you can't attack pictures any more.

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Do you find the new AB user friendly and easier to navigate ? Features seem to be missing, and it's tricky distinguishing between different areas of the screen and their purpose as they're not visually distinct any more, but we'll probably get used to it.

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What will this last decade be called? (example: the last decade was the '90's) Around here they're jokingly called the "Naughty Noughties"

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Will i pass a hair follice test if i smoked two puffs of marijuana 65 days ago It depends how long your hair is. What's in your bloodstream gets absorbed by the root, which then pushes it out. How fast hair grows varies from person to person, but on average it's about half an inch of growth per month. That means that whatever was in your bloodstream about two months ago, is probably in the hair somewhere around an inch away from your scalp. With a low dose...

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Another guy said i make him nervous all the time. I hardly talk in class, im quite a reserved guy and i rarely talk to this guy around school...i rarely talk to people i don't fully trust. He says i make him nervous all the time, what does he mean? He might be expecting you to act like him, if he's always outgoing and talkative, and you're not. People are sometimes scared by differences between themselves and other people, even if those differences are really minor. Hopefully he will grow and learn to accept other people for who they are! He might end up being a good friend, who knows?

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Is it possible for Christians to be friends with atheists? Absolutely. Noone ever agrees with their friends on every single topic, and as long as people can approach the issue maturely and sensibly, there's no reason at all why it should get in the way of a good friendship. After all, most people still enjoy the same activities, and people can easily agree on other important topics. I'd even go so far as to say it's helpful to have...

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Some Christians are placing bumper stickers on their car urging people to "Pray for Obama" and siting "Psalm 109:8" which in part reads "May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow". What would Jesus do? Never underestimate the capacity for evil in those who believe wholeheartedly that they are doing good.

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As a new atheist, or at least agnostic concerning any atribute as to the cause of the universe, what reason do I have for not killing, stealing or raping at will, if I don't get caught, please dont say empathy, where is the empathy for the other animals. If the only reason someone is not out there killing, stealing or raping is because of a threat from a higher power, then that person is amoral. They are simply being kept in control by the perception of punishment. People also have an internal moral drive to behave in the way they perceive as right. Most of us, religious or not, do not go out killing, stealing or raping simply because we...

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Is ''Anthropogenic ... GLOBAL WARMING" A LIE? Have Climatologists falsified data? See Climategate at: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017393/climategate-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/ It's a bad idea to spread misinformation. Some people have leapt on the email hacking as an excuse to discredit something they already disagree with. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/02/climategate-the-7-biggest_n_371223.html?slidenumber=73a7WQBpWRY%3D#slide_image

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If someone was giving out free Corvettes would you tell your friends? What if it was free salvation? If you saw a train coming towards someone would you tell them? What if it was damnation? Is it proper for a Christian to proselytize? Please answer all 5. 1) Probably 2) Salvation from what? Corvettes you can see and touch, you only have a person's word about salvation or anything related to it. 3) Yes 4) See 2. Someone tells you there's an invisible threat, that you can't sense in any way, or test of its existence, and there's no evidence of it existing or of anyone going there unless you already believe that to be true....

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What are the biggest lies about "ClimateGate"? The biggest lie about climategate is the claim that it proves we're not affecting the earth's climate.

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According to Huxley, "Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority." So can I get started on a great advance by rejecting authority right now? A might require B, but that doesn't mean B causes A. It just allows it to happen. Being wise can tell us when best to submit to authority, and when best to reject it. Society wouldn't work at all if we rejected authority all the time, so some balance has to be struck.

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What was the last book added to the bible? The book of Disclaimer. Disclaimer 1:1-2 reads: "All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental." The actual answer is more complex, as books were not necessarily added to canon in the same order as written, or the origins of particular books may have been lost. Books have also been removed....

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Is climategate the "worst scientific scandal of our generation"? People like a conspiracy, even if there isn't one. I'm amazed that people seriously expect the entire scientific community to collude on some madcap plan when the entire scientific process and community is built on argument, disagreement, in-fighting and conflict, where ideas succeed not because everyone agrees on them, but because other people have failed to tear it apart. Most...

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Why can't you defy the laws of gravity Laws, in science, are not prescriptive. They don't say what _should_ happen. Laws in science are descriptive: They describe what _does_ happen. You can't defy the laws of gravity because they describe what happens to you. If and when we discover more about how gravity operates, the laws will be updated.

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Does water that scientists found on the moon have same healing properties as rocks from the moon? Perhaps you could explain what you mean by 'healing properties'? Moon rocks don't have special healing properties. The mineral content is different from rocks found on earth, but that won't give it special abilities. If we end up using water found on another planetary body, we'll need to filter it to ensure that no toxic levels of anything remain before use. The...

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Is it possible for a human to create a ball of energy that is capable of destroying the earth. I was wondering because I watched Dragonball Z and their characters could create energy attacks which could destroy a planet? While good fiction often contains grains of truth, I think we can safely say this is one of the things they made up. When you hear someone talk about 'energy', you should always ask yourself what form of energy. If they can't define what they mean any more specifically than just 'energy' then it's probably bogus. Energy always has a form, be it thermal,...

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When an American is writing to a Brit, is it polite to use British spelling, like Colour instead of Color? If you're talking in person in the USA should you ask where the Loo is? or the Bathroom? If you're writing to a specific person, or an audience that knows the writer is an American, then I'd say it was acceptable to use American spelling. If you're writing for an audience that doesn't know you, or is expecting British spelling - a piece for a UK newspaper, for example - then it's probably best to use British spelling. There's no reason to try and use...

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What would life be like without science? It's tempting to say: Look at mediaeval europe for a good example. The "Dark Ages" lost a lot of old knowledge. Even then, though, before science as we know it today, there was still investigation and philosophy. We'd have to stop the Greek philosophers, or hte Egyptian academics... No, I don't think it would be possible. Humans have always strived to understand...

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Do my XP compatible softwares work with Windows 7? Most pieces of software should work just fine. If you find one that doesn't, or read about one that doesn't on the web, then it might be worth getting a copy of the 'Professional' edition of Windows 7, which contains a special XP compatibility mode, allowing it to fool the software into thinking it's running on a copy of Windows XP. Professional is a bit more...

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How seriously should we take IQ scores? IQ tests just one aspect of intelligence, and we now understand that there are many different ways for intelligence to manifest. The traditional Intelligence Quotient measures our logical and spatial capabilities, but we also have linguistic, musical, kinesthetic, emotional, interpersonal and several other ways in which we can be gifted. Like many such measures, IQ can be a useful tool if...

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If a black person wants to kill you in the street for your Air Jordan shoes are you racist to fight back? They why do people believe Americans "racist" for wanting to fight back against the Muslims? Your analogy is flawed. The hypothetical person attacking you in the street is not representing all black people, it's just one individual. The people who attacked the USA on 9/11 were a small group of extremists, and do not represent all of Islam. If you declare that all Muslims are out to get you because of the actions of a few, then yes, that's a bigoted view. Just as...

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In a manga there was reference to a chinese martial art called anki which is hiding small weapons on the person. I couldn't find anything on google. Help? Caution: things in fiction might not be real.

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Is it possible to beat 5 guys at once in a real street fight with no weapons? if it is how should i do it Starting with the most preferable option: a) Don't be in that situation in the first place b) Run away c) Talk your way out of it d) Show them you're not worth the effort by pretending to be too drunk, out of it, cowardly or otherwise e) Hope you're extremely lucky f) Feign serious injury while dialing emergency services with your phone hidden in your pocket, and hope...

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I'm scared, i feel something mysterious is about to happen, i keep on seeing same digits whenever i want to look at the time (digital) e.g. 02:02, 11:11, 09:09. This happens like 3times in a day and aren't delibrate. Pls advise With 24 hours in a day, there are 23 opportunities for you to look at the clock and see the same hour and minute. If your digital clock displays seconds as well, that's an extra 1357 opportunities to see the same digit repeated. We humans are built to see patterns in things, it's something we're very good at, even if there aren't any actual patterns there. I...

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How tofind my incomming-mail server type for g mail and hotmail to send e mails from microsoft For gmail, they have instructions for most email clients here: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=75726

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Is a jafa cake a cake or a buiscut Jaffa cakes are a cake, because they go hard when they turn stale. Stale biscuits go soft. There's a story about McVities making a 'normal size cake' version of a Jaffa Cake just to prove the point, but I don't know if it's true or not.

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What possible problems can putting Windows 7 on my six month old Computer cause? My Husband says none. Can I believe him? Every update changes things. Will it affect my favorites and my log on to AB? You should save your favourites and back up any files you would like to keep. Not because they're guaranteed to disappear, but it's always a good safety precaution when changing things on the computer. I just upgraded my laptop to Windows7, and it went pretty seamlessly. If your computer runs the Upgrade Advisor without any problem reports then you should be ok. I did have...

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What will happen if you dilute holy water with plain water? ● Will the diluted mixture be less potent or the same? ● Can you increase the potency of holy water by distilling it? ● What is the maximum potency you can achieve? All water is homeopathic holy water.

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Why were Americans in the 1950s and 60s gullible enough to actually believe that a nuclear blast was somehow "survivable?" Were "we" REALLY that stupid? (Take a look at the attached video, please, to understand the mentality, back then.) I don't think people in the 56s and 60s were stupid. They definitely didn't have the level of information we have today: nuclear weapons were still a relatively recent invention. The people making the video probably understood quite well that the advice was pointless. The goal wasn't to help people survive, it was to give people a sense of hope. That if only they followed...

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Explain to me how ip addresses are created (i know using binary but thats about it) I think the word 'created' is slightly confusing here. An IP address is simply a 32-bit number (from 0 to about 4.3 billion) taken from a pre-set range. Ranges of numbers are assigned to different service proviers or functions (such as private networks that aren't directly visible to the wider internet). So how do you mean 'created'? Do you want to know who...

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Second of 4 questions: name an animal with 4 letters. Bear Clam Crab Deer Duck Frog Goat Hare Lion Loon Newt Seal Swan Tick Toad Wasp Wolf Wren

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Why are Muslims and Christians producing children when Judgement Day could happen at any time? The same reason they have pensions and investements, and aren't taking out massive deferred loans. Most don't believe the end times are near, or will actually happen. The end-times crowd is a small minority, at least in this part of the world.

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When someone's says to you "Sorry, I forgot" do you accept that as a fair excuse? If they genuinely forgot, then yes. The human brain doesn't work on categories like "important" or "consequential", it works on routine and patterns. People are capable of forgetting anything.

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What extensions do you use on Firefox? Only one is essential: AdBlock Plus. You still get the occasional flash b anner ad, but no others. I'm shocked how bad some websites are for adverts when I'm forced to look at them on Internet Explorer - I never see them using Firefox.

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If your house was getting robbed, what would your weapon of choice be? Anyone who has a pre-planned weapon of choice for this is just asking to be arrested themselves, as their response will likely be unreasonable and inappropriate due to the lack of personal danger they are in. Burglars don't want to meet homeowners. Most will run.

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How can you be a "Christian" and be pro-choice? How can someone be a Christian and against universal healthcare? Or pro-war? Not everything people do makes sense, or fits with what they say their values are. Some also know that the world is larger than they are: They might be literally 'pro-choice' in that they feel others should be free to make the decision for themselves, even if they are firmly against it. It's...

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Would assaults against women (rape, domestic abuse) be drastically reduced, if legislation was passed requiring all females to obtain a "black belt" in some accepted form of the martial arts? It would only mean that there would be more McDojo, selling black belts for little or no training, and a nice repeat fee. "Black belt" by itself is meaningless. The requirements vary so much from style to style, classroom to classroom. There's no guarantee it involves any kind of appropriate self protection training.

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Are atheists just miserable killjoys at heart? :) This question is in the same style as 'Are religious people just delusional?' It's meant to sound legitimate, but really it just raises heckles. Atheists are not miserable, or killjoys. They can be, but it's not a defining part of being an atheist, just as speaking in tongues and putting up signs about 'fags' isn't a defining part of being religious....

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I know I have a virus in my Linux/ubunto system. How can I fix it for free? I'm broke. It's rather unlikely that you have a virus, although it is possible. First, since you're on ubuntu: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade Will ensure your system is up to date with all the latest versions of software and security updates. You may want to look at packages such as chkrootkit or rkhunter to see if you have a rootkit installed on your system. May I ask,...

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Why we used a large number of qty of processors in super computer instead of singal processor? The power of a supercomputer comes from being able to perform many more operations than a standard computer. If we get the best processor available, then how are we to make it do more? The simple answer is: use more of them at once. By having a computer architecture that allows us to distribute computation across many different processors, then we can greatly speed up a lot of tasks. Some...

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It's widely claimed that money doesn't buy happiness, then why do some people stress out and work as hard as they can to fulfill their lofty ambitions? There's another version to that saying: Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a better class of misery. People think that life will be easy by being rich. To a certain extent they're right. Or, one could reduce the amount you want to buy.

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I know that Cracked.com is in no way scientific, but is it wrong for me to ask questions regarding links to their "scientific facts" because I found them hilarious and wanted to share my laughter? Well, cracked.com is a humour site, so you're just wanting to share links, yes? They're not really questions, if you just want to spread links around.

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Is 30 Frames Per Second Good For A Webcam ? And Is 640x480 pixels Any Good Either ? Cause I Don't Wanna Go And Buy A Rubbish One lol :) It's more than enough for TV quality signal. However, one thing to watch out for is that a lot of webcam manufacturers advertise "30 frames per second. 640x480 resolution" but they don't mean _at the same time_. If you run the cheaper ones at 640x480 then you don't get 30 frames per second, and vice versa. Watch for careful wording on the product description, to...

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At what point will the U.S. be considered to be in a depression - say 25% unemployment - or by some other metric? It's an irregular verb: We have some troubling economic indicators You are in a recession They are in a depression

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Is the earth flat? It is isnt it? The short answer is: Because of the way it was formed. Slowly, by continual addition of mass drawn in by its gravitational field. Adding material in this way naturally forms very rough spheres, or ellipsoids. There would have to be an additional set of forces in place for a planet to form a cylinder, or be flat along one edge.

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What is the best gun for self defense at home? Not really an answer for you, I'm afraid, but more of a puzzled response. I don't really understand why people want weapons for "home defense." I don't live in a war zone. There are no troops on the streets, no insurgents here, no gang fighting (and if I moved to a town where gangs operated, they mostly fight amongst themselves). If I lived in, say, South Africa,...

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Do you know the difference between loose and lose? And why do so many people misspell these two words? I asked a Swedish guy why he always types 'loose' when he means 'lose.' He told me that the words had the same pronunciation. To him, 'loos' and 'looz' were the same. You see people making mistakes for similar reasons when they use "could of" or "would of" instead of "could have" and "would have." It's...

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Want to take The It's Its There Their They're Quiz? See the link 10/10. However, there are two sides to getting it wrong. One is not knowing the difference, and the other is not caring whether or not you get it right when you type something. I suspect a lot of people who get simple grammar wrong fall into the latter category, and simply don't care.

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Can we change the #define variable value? If you change it in the source code, and then compile the software again, then yes. #define in C and C++ isn't really a variable, though. You're defining a compile time substitution. The value stored in a variable can be changed while the program is running, but what happens when you #define something is that the compiler will go through the program's source code looking...

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What is the origin of the word science The latin word for 'I know', is 'scio'. The present active participle is 'sciens' (knowing, understanding), and has a derived noun, 'scientia', meaning 'knowledge'. This word ended up in lots of european languages in various forms, always meaning 'knowledge' or 'to know'. I don't think anyone knows if it has an...

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What can i do about E-mail being sent to the wrong person? Is there any way i can stop it If you're both using Microsoft Outlook, and both collect email from a Microsoft Exchange server, then you can unsend an email message. However, this is only really true in some companies. Most of the time if you click 'unsend' then the other person gets a second email message saying "So and so would like to recall the message SUBJECT", which just draws attention to...

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I heard long time ago: chances to get crashed on plane are much slimmer than in a car. I don't buy it folks. With 3 different plane incidents in a short time how can I convince myself on it? Three plane incidents in a short space of time, but how many road traffic incidents in the same amount of time? Thousands. The chance of being in either is still small. It seems that planes are risky because of all the news coverage, but remember that one of the rules of thumb about the news, is: If it's newsworthy, it's not very common. If it's an everyday occurrence then it...

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Maybe i am just being supersticious, but i think maybe because i broke up with my perfect match, i think i am having no luck at all meeting a new gf... thoughts? If you're describing your ex as your perfect match, that's a pretty big hint that you're not over her yet. That might be the real reason you're having trouble meeting someone new. Give it some time, let yourself be free.

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The Password Hint is "Got A Minute"what does that mean? Noone here has the ability to tell whether or not you're the real owner of the account, or whether you're someone trying to guess their way into someone else's account, somewhere. It's not a good idea for any of us to help you.

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How hard would the punch have to be in order to break a neck, what psi? Could a hook spin someone's head around enough to snap it? anyone know of this ever happening? what about a 250lbs guy sucker punching a lil person it seems possible I'd be wary of anyone claiming to know how many PSI are required to break parts of the human body. You can measure it against bones, but against a live person, with muscle tissue and tension, tendons and ligaments, different stresses and supporting anchors, and all the other parts of a live body in motion, covering different angles of attack, target areas, size of weapon or fist - just...

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What is Keratoconus of eyes? What kind of treatment can cure this? I was diagnosed with keratoconus at 15 years old, and it took me a while to make sense of what was being told to me. However, what I now understand is this: It's a distortion of the cornea, the outer layer on the front of an eye. Many people have an astigmatism, and I've heard an astigmatism described as a distortion of the cornea in the shape of a rugby ball or american...

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Any tips on ho to not go insane in this insane world? Ford Prefect said, "The point is, you see, that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later." He was asked, "And this is you sane again, is it?"

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Why are yawns contageous? Yawns are caused by swarms of tiny little creatures that use the air movement of a yawn to leap from person to person! They can often tell within the first few seconds whether or not their new host is a suitable breeding ground, and if not, they trigger another air movement to find a new host! Exposure to these tiny creatures often causes Binormal Olfactory Rhinorrhea Effectal Disorder....

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Do you agree or diagree with this statement: "Failure is proof that the desire wasn't strong enough"...and why do you say so. I disagree, strongly. While you can fail if you don't try hard enough, or want it hard enough, that's hardly the only reason for failure. So many other factors exist. What they are depend on what your objective is: whether the goal is realistic or not, whether ones own ability can never reach it, to what other people are doing that will affect you. If someone insists that...

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What is this unexplained movement upstairs? We don't know, that's why it's unexplained. If we knew, it'd be explained! ;)

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Does anyone still think "9/11 was an inside job / conspiracy / whatever" or have you moved on. I think that we, as people with other things to do with our lives, will not find evidence or testimony that will corroborate the current explanation of events, or bring a new version to light. It's hard work investigating this sort of event. There are enough people still investigating it that if there is a different story to be told, it will come to light one day. These things often...

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I heard an interesting comment yesterday. "It is possible to be healed, but not necessarily cured"....what do you think of this comment? Well, it's true. If you're cured then whatever was wrong with your health has gone completely. If you've been healed then it might not be gone completely. If you get a splinter and don't remove it, the wound will heal over, but you're not back to "normal". If a disease from which you suffer goes into remission, then you're better, you've healed,...

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Is Aikido actually a Martial Art? Don't take this the wrong way, I am Aikidoka and have been for many years, but technically Aikido was never tested in battle, therefore it's not a Martial Art - is it? Further to Takei's response, it's been field tested as much as any other modern martial art has. That is to say, people do end up using it in fights, for self protection, or for law enforcement and control. Modern battlefields are too radically different from historical ones for anyone alive to have "battle tested" the traditional arts, with sword and spear. Training...

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What is the "mushin" state and how do you stay in it when attacked? Mushin is often translated as 'void mind' or 'no mind.' Rather than switching off and not paying attention, it's about letting go of all the distractions people normally walk around with, and not thinking, just doing. In sports it's known as being "in the zone", where you're just doing what you do, without unnecessary extras. If you find yourself...

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Can I have reiki I have just had a machanical heart valve last week If you're after therapy that involves physical contact, consult with your Physician first. Their direct knowledge of your current medical state and their professional advice is no match for a bunch of pseudo-anonymous people's comments on the internet. If it doesn't involve physical contact, or simply 'resting hands' on someone, it should (caution: non medical...

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What percentage of our human brain do we use and what is it's capacity? The idea that we only use 10% of our brains is a long-standing myth. Modern imaging equipment can easily detect activity in all areas of the brain, and it's easy to see that someone's mental abilities and personality can be changed if part of their brain is damaged. So, we use all of our brain, we just don't use all of it for the same purpose. Its capacity is not...

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Which is the smallest England or New England? I wanted to add to Brian l's answer, since he uses both England and Britain to refer to the same area. His information is right about England, but that's only a part of the island. Britain is the entire island, and the country itself is the United Kingdom, which is larger still. Using his information about "New England" and the states that make up that region, Maine,...

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Why do some people call the USA a Democracy when we are a Republic? Are they stupid? Democracies and Republics are not entirely separate concepts. Both have the idea that the citizens influence their own government. There's an overlap in the degrees of influence a citizen can have. The USA does guarantee certain liberties and rights to its citizens, and attempts to balance influence and access to power, so it does fit some definitions of a democracy, just as it fits...

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Do you think the internet, with so much access to scientific fact, and true historical events will cause the death of religion for future generations? The trouble is identifying what's correct on the internet. Simply because anyone can put stuff out there, so many people do, and some of it is, frankly, utterly barking mad. If something sounds right, how do you tell if it is or not? Could there just be a bunch of people that believe something weird and post convincing websites? Until there's a way of verifying fact from...

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What would happen if a particle accelerator cracked while on? To answer this we need to have a quick understanding of how they work. In essence, particle accelerators use electric fields to accelerate small particles to speeds approaching that of light. Now, firstly, the electric fields need to be generated along the length of the machine, so if it cracks and harms the electromagnets, there'll be a portion where there won't be any force...

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Do you pratice some form of martial arts? Did you ever use it in a real life situation? Explain. Whether we've used it in a real-life situation is a question that normally brings out the self-defense story, or some sort of confrontation. The most life-changing aspects of training for me where the grace and awareness of life. You realise that you're more aware of where your body is, and that you can move without really thinking about it: moving out of the way of cyclists, or...

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What version of Linux would you recommend to someone who hasn't used it before? I would recommend Ubuntu

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Do Scientist believe that vampires exists? There is a medical condition, Porphyria, for which sufferers may exhibit symptoms such as sensitivity to light, pale skin, withdrawn gums (giving the appearing of elongated teeth), caused by poor oxygen uptake in the blood. It's possible this condition is the source of some vampire myths, and so as far as this goes, the Mythbusters would put a big "Plausible" stamp on it. No...

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Can the form “Your Excellency” be used addressing the president of the foreign country? Yes, "Your excellency" is a polite way of addressing a head of state, providing you don't then channel the spirit of Bill & Ted (Esquire) and go into an air guitar solo.

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If the big bang started all this activity and everything is flying away from the detonation at thousands of miles per second. Why is it that Mars, the Moon and all the planets, are still the same distance away as they were before. There are two parts to this answer. The first, and shorter, part is to say that the planets and moons are not staying a constant distance from each other, they drift ever so slightly. The longer part of the answer is one of relative motion. It's easy for us on earth to think of something moving at a few hundred miles an hour, but we forget that the speed is relative to the earth, and...

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Given there is no gravity in space to hold things down, how do space ships actually land on the moon? This question reminds me of this old post: http://www.milk.com/wall-o-shame/heavy_boots.html

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Should we be intolerant of intolerance? It sounds like a paradox on the surface, but really the situation is more subtle. There are some things one is right to be intolerant about. For example: murder, rape, other serious crimes. Human nature being what it is, though, we are often intolerant of people who are simply different from ourselves, without those people actually being harmful or a negative influence on society. So...

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Are identical twins always IDENTICAL to the naked eye? A woman I used to work with had an identical twin sister whom I met. Although they looked very much alike, I could easily tell them apart. I just wanted to know. Even if two people are genetically identical, superficial differences can develop due to injury, illness, diet & lifestyle. It's also possible, being female, that different genes from the repeated X chromosome are being expressed in each twin.

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What is the human mortality rate on planet earth? 100% ! You just have to wait long enough, we've not left anyone behind yet! The average life-span of a human these days is about 66 years old.

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What do these abreviations stand for? dvd,vhs,vcr, And isn't there another one that came out? forgot. DVD was originally 'Digital Video Disc' but later changed to 'Digital Versatile Disc'; VHS stands for 'Video Home System', and was an alternative to Betamax for home video cassettes. VCR is 'Video Cassette Recorder', the device used to read either VHS or Betamax format tapes (but not usually both in the same device)

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The Watchmaker argument against evolution - opinions? I personally value it at just above worthless, but if I thought that was the only opinion out there I wouldn't be asking.. As an argument against evolution, I find it quite short-sighted. It presupposes that anything that appears to be designed, was designed. However, it does have value if one uses it as a stepping stone into thought about how and why we think of certain things as designed. How do we, for example, tell the difference between a rock that's been shaped by water and sand, and one...

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Code that Consists Purely of Dots? Similar to morse but with no Dashes? Braille? It's not a computing code, but it uses patterns of dots. With only a binary system (in this case dot or no-dot), there needs to be some other information, like timing (was that a no-dot or an unintended delay before the next dot?) or a layout, like Braille. Morse is more forgiving for the timing. In what context did you see this code? Where was it, what was it for?

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If nobody actually owns the internet, then surely anything obtained from it must be considered in the public domain and therefore freely obtained. Why is it against the law therefore to download certain types of material (fims, music etc) from it? If the government owns the roads, then surely they own all the cars on it, too? "The internet", as an amorphous network, is not owned, although it is voluntarily regulated by several bodies. The actual communications equipment on which the data is transported IS owned, by various companies. The information placed on the internet is simply taking advantage of a medium;...

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What is D-day about and what does D-day stand for D-Day isn't short for anything, it's a repetition to make it clear it's about a specific day. An event is planned or expected to occur on D-Day, H-Hour, M-minute, or more generally, T-Time. This is why countdowns you see on TV are sometimes "T minus 2 minutes" - they're referring to T-Time, the time they'd planned for the event.

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Why are scientists hiding planet x aka Nibiru from us , something like that should be top news . Or will they tell us after the rapture? Nibiru - this is the planet that some guy supposes exists because he thinks aliens visited ancient sumeria, yes? Not the most reliable source. People aren't hiding something just because they don't acknowledge some crackpot. Might there be another planet or planet-like body in our solar system? It's possible. Does the alien homeworld Nibiru exist, on its collision...

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What have we learned from exploring space? If possible please insert the link you got the answer from. Well, let's see what I can think of without looking things up. We've learned things both from the scientific experiments carried out in space, and from the things we've needed to do to get there. We've learned things about how the human body works and what it needs to survive, because it's easier to see how things operate when you change the environment...

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How do you write iff in formal logic? I got taught the triple-equals sign, but you can use any of the following: ≡ ↔ ⇔

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Should the west fear china? Even if China is still a growing economy, or on its way to become a leading worldwide economy, why would fear be an answer? Why be afraid of someone else's success? They're become more capitalistic, moving into dynamic economies, and hopefully their human rights record will improve alongside that. So no, nothing to be afraid of. Something to watch, yes, and something to adapt...

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What other words are spelt different in "American English" to "English-English" spellings? One that you see in TV dramas a lot is 'Burglarize'. In England, a burglar is someone who burgles a house, or commits an act of burglary. To us, 'burglarize' sounds like the act of turning someone into a burglar. Burglars burgle!

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How do I stop programs automatically opening when I start up my computer i.e. skype, internet explorer etc.... If you're confident about dealing with lists of computer programs and what they do, you can also check out 'Autoruns', a free utility available from the Microsoft SysInternals website. A web search for 'autoruns microsoft sysinternals' will find it. It's basically a list of everything, really everything, that starts up when your computer does, or when you log...

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How can any informed American ever even consider voting for Barack Obama? Because people are different, and come to different conclusions, or believe different sources of information. They might be right, they might be wrong. However, it's dangerous to automatically think someone's wrong because they disagree with you. You've posted this in 'Marxism': if you disagree with someone, at least do so for the position they actually have....

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Why computers use binary? Probably because it was easier to implement. Whatever a computer's doing, it's all about manipulating electrical signals. It's a lot easier to work with 'signal vs no signal' than analogue interactions. The tolerances for manufacturing the components are more attainable; power fluctuations matter less; unintended interactions between components and electrical fields...

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If a British citizen vs. a Muslim person in a criminal trial & both insisted on their own law court e.g. Muslim Sharia law - Christian British law - what would the outcome be? Point 1, which others have made, is that British law is secular. Historically it has been based upon Christian values, but neither the law nor the courts promote Christianity. In a criminal trial, the case would be heard in a magistrate or crown court. Sharia courts can be consulted in these cases, but they have no jurisdiction - they are consulted to provide testimony if it is relevant to...

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I have just started to master pascal code, i know this is just a training language and you can't do alot with it but i heard once you learn one language it is easy to convert to another and so how can i go about doing this, possibly VB or C. The reason people say it's easier to learn your second programming language, is that the hard part for most people is learning how to think like a programmer: how to think in terms of data, program flow, conditionals and storage. With this in mind, you'll find it easy to learn other languages with a similar paradigm. VB and C are both similar enough that you'll just have...

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Find the out put without running for(i=0;i<=10;i++); { printf("%d",i); } Assume all the parameters are declared.I bet most of you will guess wrong out put at the first attempt.If you guess it right ,Hats off. The semicolon after the for() is the key. It will print out 11, because that's the value of i when the loop terminates.

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I have bought an acre of moon. Am I stupid? You've bought a certificate, saying that you own an acre of moon. It's a novelty item. The moon, along with anything else we didn't put in space, is covered by an international treaty; the moon doesn't belong to anyone, so they can't sell pieces of it.

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Every time I'm with my friends I can't tell whether they hate me or like me. Every now and then they tend to jab insults at me whenever we're in a group. But they act friendly otherwise. It depends on the style of insults, really. Lots of people do jokingly insult the people they're friends with, it's a form of bonding, and not meant to be taken seriously. They feel they know you well enough to rib you about things without it going the wrong way; the fact that you're worried about it means they might have got that part wrong. Do they do the same to other...

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What is the difference between speed and velocity? Speed is an object's rate of motion - how fast it is going. Velocity is speed in a specified direction.

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I just brought frontline plus for my cat and dog. how long does it take for the fleas to be remove from their bodies? It has been at least 24 hours now and they are still scratching and i am stil getting bite. do the fleas die on them? If your pets actually have fleas, then you'll likely need more than one application of frontline to get rid of them all. If I remember rightly, normal Frontline kills the eggs, and you simply wait out the short lifespans of the remaining adults. I'm not sure if Frontline plus is the same, though.

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What tense or person is "he"? "he" is the masculine version of the third-person singular personal pronoun. Third person because it's not talking about you or me, but someone else. It's not a word that has different tenses, since it's not a verb. 'He' is in the nominative case, though, as the subject of a sentence. The dative or accusative case of 'he' is 'him'.

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Homosexuality is against the natural law? "Natural law" describes what we see in nature, rather than prescribing what we should see. We do see same-gender sexual behaviour in various animals, so it has to be in our description of what the natural world contains.

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What do you call solid without definite form? Amorphous

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A lot of internet articles say "(bla bla bla,) after the jump." What jump do they refer to? Why don't I ever see or hear this uttered outside of the Internet? The jump, or cut, in an internet article is the link near the bottom that will expand the article to its full size. Often, with large articles, posts, or series of pictures, it will take a long while to load, and make for a very large web page. So, what people do is put a summary or the first few paragraphs up as a 'taster', and then a link to the full article, so that only...

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How does microsoft.com , for instance, have so many copies of the same website sent to so many different computers on line? what is doing all this copying? same thing goes for cable stations, radio stations etc. Websites, cable TV and radio stations all work in different ways. Websites work on-demand - the person wanting to see the website goes to request it, the computer at the far end (which is often just one of a whole group of computers serving the same thing, for large websites) sends the person a copy of the data associated with that particular page, and the data reaches them through normal...

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How to capture mouse hover event of IE? on mouse hover i want to hightlight the element. If you're using javascript in your web page, then the events you want to hook into are onMouseOver and onMouseOut.

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How to find a number is prime or not The algorithm you'll probably want to look up is called the 'Sieve of Eratosthenes', it should be enough to finish your homework.

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Today the SD Chargers were losing...a friend asked me to send positive vibes, so I closed my eyes and within ten mins. SD scored a touchdown and continued on to win, was that just a coincidence? Without further information: Yes, it was. Try sending positive vibes regularly, before you know how things are going, and make a note of when it works and when it doesn't. Also note down the end result when you don't send vibes. Noting down both results is important, because we humans have a tendency to only remember things when they work, and to skip over the events that...

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Apparently the Geek Squad guys told my mom she should leave the computer on all the time. I was under the impression that system performance slowly gets worse as it's left on. Is it really OK to have it on all the time? The reason that advice has been given, traditionally, is that the equipment in a desktop computer suffers from being repeatedly power-cycled more than it does from continuous operation. So, if you shutdown and start up your computer more frequently, you shorten the life of the components, particularly the ones with moving parts, like the disks. While this can still hold true for high...

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How do you become a member of Bujinkan Hombu Dojo? Training there is easy. Be a member of the Bujinkan, turn up there and join in. It'll be polite to chat to people there, but people do arrive unannounced. Becoming a direct student of Hatsumi, that's for him to decide.

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I was researching Iaido and learned that katanas were worn with the blade up instead of down so that you could draw and cut in one movement but just thinking about it you could draw and cut either way just with diffrent attacks am i missing something? If you wear the blade down, two things occur: One, the sharp edge of the blade is resting against the inside of the scabbard, which will lead to damage to both scabbard and blade. Secondly, yes, you can draw the sword when the blade is down - in fact, blade-down was more common when riding a horse. This is because when you draw a curved blade that way up, the natural movement is for your...

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I just read an article on wikipedia saying that Stephen J Gould's greatest contribution to science was his theory of 'punctuated equilibrium'. I always thought that this theory has been refuted by Dawkins and others. Who's wrong, me or wikipedia? Whether or not "punctuated equilibrium" has been successfully refuted, it could still be an important contribution. The fact it was thought of, proposed, tested and commented on can still have a huge effect on the development of knowledge, revealing new things through the process of examining it, even if the hypothesis itself was ultimately rejected. An analogy: Imagine someone...

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Why are the fighting methods in forms/katas so much different from the ones in sparring? Primarily, because the kata don't exist to teach fighting. They use stylized methods to teach different principles of body mechanics and movement, techniques, tactics and mindset. Everything in a dojo or class is a simulation of a real fight. You can have a realistic mindset, or more realistic scenario work, or different levels of sparring, and various different training exercises to...

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Why does my pc ask for drivers? what is a driver and what does it mean ,were can i get them and how do i know which ones i need? tell me anything about drivers please A driver is basically a bit of software your computer needs so that it understands how to use its own components. Think of it like the computer's own instruction manual: without a driver for a printer, your computer won't know how to use the printer you plug in. Give it the driver, and you're telling it how to print things. Because there are lots of different...

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What is a POP 3 email account and why would I want to use one? "POP3" is simply the protocol your email program will use to collect the email for you. There are three main protocols, which basically get split this way: pop3 - you download all your messages, they're kept on your machine not on the server, and are usually removed from the server. It's not a very reliable system, as pop3 sometimes gets confused and duplicates...

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My friend was killed. I put his picture as my laptops desktop picture. I took it down like a week ago and put stars up. Why is it the past 2 days his picture has been tiled across my screen when I turn it on and shut it down? The first thing that springs to mind is this: You set his picture as the background as an administrator, or computer-wide, but only set the stars as your own background. So, when the computer starts up and shuts down it uses the computer-wide or administrator setting, and when you're on as you it uses the stars background.

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Getting 9 times beep sound in my cpu at the time of starting why? When your computer first starts up, at the time where it shows a big splash screen for the PC manufacturer or the information about what memory and disks its found, it's doing something called a Power-On Self Test, or POST, for short. This is just checking to make sure all the components are working properly. If the power-on self-test needs to tell you something, about the only thing...

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Using only the 9 letters A B C D E F G H I, how many different words can you make? (Each word must contain at least three letters and no letter may be used more than once in the same word). My computer's dictionary has 67 such words. abed abide ace aced ache ached acid age aged aid aide bad bade badge bag bah beach bead bed beg bid bide big cab cad cadge cage caged chafe chafed chef chi chid chide chief dab deaf deb decaf dice die dig each face faced fad fade fag fed fib fiche fie fig gab gad gibe gibed had hag head hid hide hie hied ice iced idea

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Why do so many parents want their kids to follow their own religion so badly? This is probably one of the questions about religion with relatively simple answers! The parents want to educate their kids in what they perceive as right. If a faith defines their reality, to not encourage their children to follow their religion would be like not encouraging them to look both ways before crossing a road, or not encouraging them to wear clothes in public. That said, I...

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My bf didnt want to marry because im an occational drinker. I explained to him that for me there is nothing wrong with a few drinks over the weekend, but he says that will ruin a family. I think thats BS.... Your thoughts.... Please I wonder - why does he think having a few drinks at the weekend a problem if you're married, but not if you're dating? Seems to me that if it was a show-stopper, it'd be for any involved relationship, not just marriage.

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Do you believe in magic(k)? Real magic? No. I'm happy to admit that I don't know for certain, we're all fallible humans; most examples of people trying to do magic just fall flat, though. The power of illusion, of the human mind over itself, of suggestion and influence of others, of conformity, and the sometimes counter-intuitive way the world works; those things are not to be forgotten.

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If light is neither a wave or particle, but both, and everything is made up of light...is everything half-solid...or are some things more solid than others? I don't think it's really true that everything's made up of light. Light is made up of photons, which are one of the elementary particles. Other elementary particles are things like quarks, leptons and bosons. All particles up to atoms & molecules exhibit wave-like behaviour and particle behaviour, and it seems to be that the less mass something has, the more like a...

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Can you give me an example of a Double Entendre? Dear old Humphrey Lyttleton was a master at delivering double ententres. He will be missed. Take any chance you can get to listen to "I'm sorry I haven't a clue" "Samantha has to nip out now as she's off to see her new American gentleman friend. He's a cattle trader, and as Samantha is keen to buy a prime example, she's been saving up. Excitingley,...

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Where in England is it furthest away from the sea? It's apparently near a farm in derbyshire: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/3090539.stm

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How do you find the area of a circle? Simple formula: pi times the square of the radius. pi*r*r

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Do internet providers know what websites each household has been on? Do they keep a record of it even though we clear our history, and other private data? It's possible that they do, and in certain countries it's a legal requirement to. Lots of service providers keep short-term logs for their own troubleshooting, but these will get automatically removed to save space. Longer-term storage is currently on the cards as laws are being proposed or passed (depending on your country), requiring ISPs to keep detailed records of customer...

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What is the use of chipset?? What is the use of motherboard? A motherboard's basic purpose is to connect all the different components of your computer. A chipset (literally a set of microchips and associated software) controls how the components talk to each other, and use shared resources. Imagine: You have a main processor, some memory, a hard disk, a graphics card, and a DVD drive, and all the things that do good things in a computer. The...

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My daughters like Baked potato, baked beans, cheese and tunafish (all together) a friend said that its not a good combination, What do you think and have any of you tried it? Leave out the baked beans, and that's what I had for lunch today. Baked potato, open it up, put a bit of shredded cheddar on, and then some tuna. I guess the healthiness of it depends how much cheese, and how this meal is balanced with the rest of what they eat.

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The Answerbag Logo at the top of the page has turned from Blue and Orange to Black and Deep yellow. I like it - anyone else like it too? I'm not fond of the banner adverts that have appeared. I blocked them, and now the answerbag logo at the top of the page is gone as well. Ho hum.

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Can you make actual .exe applications with Python? What you're looking for is called Py2exe: http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial

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Does anybody use Brainfuck? I very much doubt it, since the language wasn't created to be useful, it was made so people would find it amusing. To the people marking this question down: It is the, rather unfortunate, name of a real programming language.

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Does a Programmer must know Assembly language? It used to be said that programmers should know assembly language. These days, it doesn't hold true. However, the reason why people said it, is still true. It's very helpful to know how processors and memory works when writing your programs. Assembly is not the only way of learning this, in the level of detail that most people need. Chapter's 6 and 7 of this document, for...

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How can I start learning basic programming for free? Whether you mean BASIC (the programming language) or "basic programming", you can learn it from a variety of places. For Windows, the Microsoft Developer Network has a series of free tutorials here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/default.aspx And the "Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition" is a free programming environment from Microsoft. They have other...

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How many helium balloons does it take to lift a 5 stone person A few years ago, some friends and I went out to a Christmas dinner at a restaurant. The restaurant had a high ceiling, and over the course of the meal, we found out that it takes 23 helium filled balloons to lift a half-full salt cellar to the ceiling fan. We weren't allowed back in the restaurant. However! With new fangled maths, we can work this out. Helium provides about 9.8...

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How have atheists turned the scientific principle of "nothing is accepted to exist until proven" into the unscientific proof that "nothing exist until proven"? What, in pragmatic terms, is the difference? "I think X exists" and "I accept that X exists" have no difference. "I do not think X exists" and "I do not accept X exists", likewise: the possibility that X exists remains, it simply hasn't been proven.

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Are there any English words which have 4 consecutive letters? Overstuff and understudy are the only ones I know of. I just wrote a quick program to check my computer's dictionary, and all it came up with were variations on overstuffed and understud(y,ing,ied) with the 'rstu' sequence.

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Are J and K the only letters which do not appear in any word for a number in English? As far as I can tell, yes. These letters are the ones that made me go and work it out: 'z' only occurs in 'zero' 'p' only arrives when 'sept-' starts being used as the prefix for seven, such as in septillion. 'q' arrives when 'quad-' and 'quint-' start being used, as in quadrillion and quintillion.

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Is this fraud? I have lived at my address for 3 years. The old tenant is obtaining petrol at superstores and not paying for it. He is still registering the outstanding amounts to my address. I am getting debt letters with his name on them. Advice? Not sure which country you're in, but: How are the superstores obtaining your address? It's likely they're checking the licence plate against the DMV/DVLA/Whatever the government vehicle registry is called. Which means that he's committed a crime by not updating his details with them. Let the DMV know what's going on. I'd also craft a formal reply to the...

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Is any object really two-dimensional? I don't think that any object we can currently observe or interact with is two-dimensional, with the possible exception of light. I was originally going to write "Everything in this universe is three dimensional," but then I realised that I'm not certain about whether light and other electromagnetic radiation. Since the photons that make up light have zero rest mass, I...

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Why does it seem that those on AB that are anti God are so quick to downrate and respond so hatefully to those of us who choose to believe in Him? I respect your views, please do the same for mine. I choose to be a fool for God, what if I'm right? I'm relatively new here, but from what I can see there are roughly three different kinds of question: Objective, subjective and opinion. A question with an objective answer would be "What is 2+2?", and I would downrate someone who didn't answer 4, unless it was obviously a joke. There's a definite right answer to these questions. Subjective questions and answers...

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Want to play ANOTHER game? You say one line from a cartoon, then we have to guess either who the cartoon character is or what cartoon? I'll start, AAHHHHH"What's up Doc? " Whhhhhhhhy is his head so BIG?

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Is anyone else bummed out when there just is not enough questions to answer? A bit, yes. There are not enough questions to answer, not many answers, either, a lot of the time. I'm relatively new, is it normally like this, or is this a quiet patch?

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Where can I purchase a J cup bra? Try www.bravissimo.com, they go up to a K cup. (Caution, second hand advice: I'm male, but my female friends recommend this place to people)

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Do bicycles really need 2 brakes? There are two reasons I can think of why having two sets of brakes is a good idea: 1) In case one of them stops working 2) To provide increased control - motorcycles, for instance, can lose control if too much braking force is applied to only one wheel. If too much is applied to the rear wheel it could lock, if too much is applied to the front wheel then the bike's momentum could...

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When people with mental illness were first institutionalized in Europe, where were they taken? The first ever psychiatric hospital was Bedlam (also known as Bethlem Royal Hospital) in London. It had been a hospital for nearly 100 years before it started taking mentally ill patients, at around 1400 AD. It didn't have many patients to start with, and conditions in hospitals of that era would make us shocked, today. As far as mentally ill patients went, there wasn't what we would...

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Guys:your (educated opinion please) on feminism? As 23Skidoo says, males and females are different, and while those differences shouldn't be ignored, they should also not dominate the relationships people have. I believe men and women are equivalent, rather than equal. I have a science background, so I tend to use 'equal' in a very specific way. For me, 'equivalent' is the right word to describe that women and men...

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Is this offensive. I am considering writing a book for females to learn how to use self defense upon other females. In the book I would be describing the right way to kick a vulva, namely how do kick the clitoris into the pubic bone. Offensive? The topic itself is not offensive, but I am concerned. You've asked 14 questions so far on AB, and 12 of those have been about kicking women in their sexual organs. One or two questions I could understand, given your research subject, but you don't seem to be asking anything about any other part of self defence or self protection, or any other combat technique, target area, training...

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How do you activate an ethernet port? We have 4 in our office, and one is 'turned off. You have four ports in the office, meaning in the walls, or in the computers? If in a computer, see Knight Kevan's answer. If you've got a wall socket you need switching on then you'll need to speak to the network administrator. If noone is looking after your office network, and a wall socket needs activating, then you'll have to find the network switch that's...

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What's the difference between To or Too? "too" has two meanings: "also" and "excess, more than enough". For examples: "This one, too, please" ("This one, also, please") and "You have too much" ("You have more than enough") "to" expresses motion or action or position. It's why you find it in front of verbs all the time: "to go", "to...

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A lyric printout for the Beach Boys song "Kokomo" has the line "off the Florida keys." I thought it was "Florida quays." If it is "keys", what does it mean in the context of this song? "key" is an alternative spelling of "quay", which has now fallen out of common usage. It was in common use around the time the eastern side of the americas were settled, though, so the name's probably just a historical quirk.

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Here in New Zealand, you can not donate blood if you have lived in UK for more than six years between 1980 - 1996. Why? Those years look very close to the ones mentioned for at-risk periods of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. During the 80s and early 90s cattle where fed the remains of other cattle, which increased the transmission of "mad cow disease", a degenerative brain condition. This can transfer to humans, and one of the transmission methods is if we eat infected meat, so the restriction on...

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Can pepper spray or mace damage your eyes if you're wearing contact lenses? I read the question slightly differently from the first two respondants: I thought the question was "Will your eyes receive damage specifically because you're wearing contact lens when you are sprayed?" As far as I'm aware, you won't receive any permanent damage because of the interaction with the contact lens. You may experience increased discomfort, due to the...

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Is technology a boon or bane I think technology is a boon. Glenn's answer is correct, I don't disagree that the human use of technology is what makes it good or bad. There's another angle I'd like to write about, though. Technology is the scientific study of practical arts. This means that, since a lot of our development and understanding of the world is done through science, almost every...

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Why does looking at the sun or a bright light sometimes cause people to sneeze? Photons get up your nose.

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OK I have a hard time believing this is reality. Please tell me this isnt real. http://poststuff5.entensity.net/060608/flash.php?media=feedbags.flv It isn't real. Looks like one of those comedy shows where the format is a news programme. It's a good spoof, though!

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What Biblical character do you relate the most to? I most relate to Geoff, the 13th Apostle, who was always being sent off to get pizza. It meant he wasn't around whenever anything interesting happened. Geoff is best remembered for oversleeping and missing the reincarnation. Nah, the life and times of those in the Bible are too far removed from my own. While human nature remains the same, I don't feel I universally relate to...

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For self defense research, which seems to be the better technique, kicking with the top of the shoe into the vulva or kicking with the tip of the shoe into the female groin. Any personal examples please My first impression is that your instructions are too specific. The sort of self-protection instruction manual that defines set techniques, usually doesn't understand what's going on at a time when people need to use those skills. Far too many courses or books follow a set of "grab here, strike here like this, push here" instructions, that break down when not in controlled...

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Whats the worst thing you could do when in church? "Sorry to interrupt the service, but I'm here from the demolition company." "Psst, I pee'd in the communion wine, pass it on" This is actually quite difficult, since a lot of things I can think of to say would just get people looking at you as though you're a bit odd, rather than making a huge fuss.

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I want to carry on wearing the same white belt (unwashed) as I go up the ranks (Like people used to). Do you think the teachers will allow me? (if not) any ideas on how I can persuade them? I don't think there's any truth in the story that people used to keep the same belt, and dirt & wear would make it darken. The idea of belts as an indication of rank was only introduced around 1900, for Judo, and that was a deliberate choice to have a black belt. If you'd like to wear the same belt all through your training, there's no real reason not to. It is up...

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What is the Japanese Religion? For a short answer, Shinto is the religion that developed in Japan, Buddhism and Taoism are imports, but very common. Christianity also has a presence in Japan. However, from speaking to people when I was out there, the situation's a bit more complex than that. From what I can gather, quite a lot of Japanese people don't really have a solid framework for beliefs. It seems common...

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Could there be a TRIANGLE where all 3 of its sides are equal? Yes, it's called an equilateral triangle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilateral_triangle

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What do you think jesus would say to people who use the bible as a weapon against homosexuals? Depends, are they using the binding, or going for paper cuts? While there are passages in the Bible that seem to admonish against homosexuality, some say there are passages which, at the very least, would indicate tolerance. I don't know - I'm not a theologian, and it's not something I've studied. Jesus did seem to stir things up quite a bit, though. It seems to...

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What is your favorite t.v. show that you feel was cancelled before it's time? Definitely Firefly. There should have been so many more episodes of that show.

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I've raised my daughter (11 years old) to be modest, and she is, but almost too much, now she doesn't even like bathing suits. What am I doing wrong? It may be she's just at the point in her life where she's starting to realise the reason for modesty, and starting to be her own self, and is a bit shy for those teenage reasons. She may feel more comfortable with the way she dresses as she gets older, especially with your own guidance. I wouldn't worry that it's anything you've done, especially when she becomes a...

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If you are a member of the grammar/spelling police what is your rank? If I'm to be a member of the spelling police, then I should be a crime scene investigator.

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Would I still be part Spanish because I have a Spanish ancestor from the 1500s? I know it would not be a lot, I just wanted to know if I had some Spanish blood in me, is it okay to say I'm part Spanish? Genetically, everyone's a mongrel. Depending on how you divide up the geographical areas, most people in Europe have genetic similarities to most other regions, no matter where you're from. For being "part Spanish" culturally, it's up to you. To me, it wouldn't feel right unless I actually had a relative from that country that influenced me in some way when...

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How long can i live without water in the dessert? Joke answer: It depends how much custard you have for your dessert. Real answer: The rule of thumb we're told in first aid training is the "Rule of threes": Three minutes without air, Three days without water, Three weeks without food. A lot of survival sites say you could last about 10 days without water, although your constitution would have to be pretty amazing. In...

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Ok this is going to sound stupid to a lot of people but i am very confused about my sexuality. I am a 17 year old female and have always liked guys but there is one woman (older) who I am attracted to, older guys repulse me. Am I a Lesbian? You could be bisexual. You could also just find that individual attractive, without finding any other women attractive. You're attracted to a person, and their gender isn't a deciding factor. Often the labels that people like to apply don't really work, it's about finding out about yourself. Why you like this person: only you can really answer. It's obviously...

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Why do we have so many computer viruses, but no computer bacteria? As it happens, there are things that could be described that way, they're just called worms, not bacteria. A biological virus attaches itself to a host cell, and uses the cell to replicate. This is why computer viruses are called so: they attach themselves to a host program. However, there are malicious pieces of software that are independent, and don't rely on a host....

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Why did god need time to make the universe? If he is so powerful, why did he spent 6 days to create it? Wouldn't he have done it within seconds? We don't know how God was creating the universe - God would still be very powerful when making it in six days. Perhaps the time was needed for something. It could have been a lesson about organising ones life. Perhaps there was just no rush.

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Does conversation measure intelligence? Can a being that cannot communicate be said to be intelligent? There are two things here, I think. One is that, if you can communicate with someone, you can estimate their intelligence; how well someone forms sentences, shows an ability to reason, displays empathy, and so on. Even if someone can't talk, their actions can communicate a great deal about their understanding and motives. However, the opposite is not necessarily true. Communicating...

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44 6f 6e 74 20 79 6f 75 20 65 6e 6a 6f 79 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 6e 73 68 69 6e 65 3f DONT REJECT THIS AS NONSENSE YOU CAN WORK IT OUT IF U NOT A TOTAL IDIOT! Just like the question in morse code, this'll get marked down as nonsense by people who can't be bothered working it out. It's a hexadecimal representation of the ascii codes for the following: "Dont you enjoy the sunshine?"

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Why does a computer need software? Software is simply a set of instructions, telling the computer what to do. The hardware, the physical pieces of the computer, are all well and good, but for what we'd like to do with computers, we need a way of giving them instructions, and letting the computers do lots of different jobs. We want our computers to browse the internet, play music, do mathematics for us, let us write our...

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Less than a dozen people have this is the world A clue what your question is? ;)

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If someone went to another planet could they stake a claim to it? Not legally, no. There's an Outer Space Treaty, which 125 countries have signed up to. Aside from provisions preventing the use of celestial bodies for military purposes, there's also a section of the agreement that states, "outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or...

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Is it possible to perform a Judo style throw if your opponent is not wearing a gi or a similar thick jacket? The throw shouldn't rely on a particular bit of clothing to be there. If it's not, grab what clothing is present, or better yet, grab the flesh and use that.

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Does anyone know about the ten-chi-jin? If you're training in one of the X-kan, then ten-chi-jin (translation: heaven-earth-man) refers to three different levels of understanding and of training practices in each school. Usually these come across in classes as different groups of techniques to practice, each trying to impart different principles or aspects of the whole theme. It can also refer to the Ten-chi-jin ryaku no...

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Can you mention some animals that remind you of yourself regarding the following: 1. Speed 2. Intelligence 3. Looks 4. Overall personality? 1. Sloth 2. Sloth 3. Sloth 4. Sloth Actually, more likely: 1. Elephant 2. Orang-utan 3. Orang-utan 4. Cat

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Where does the term "making a(n) _____ from scratch" come from? Scratch has an older meaning that doesn't get used very often: The starting line in a competition. Presumably from 'a scratch in the ground.' If you start from scratch, then you start at the line in a handicap game - other people might get to start further along to even the race up, similar to what happens in car racing. The OED says the earliest recorded use was 1867,...

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Is it weird that my boyfriend of almost 2 months falls of the planet for two or three days at a time? i don't hear from him at all for days and he thinks it's totally normal. This is how some guys are. I know I'm pretty bad at keeping in touch with people. It's not because I don't want to, or don't like them, I just get caught up in doing whatever I'm doing, and it slips my mind. So, importantly, I wouldn't automatically put it down to something bad going on. It might just be he's a bit of a doofus ;) What does he say about...

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Men know how to keep women in line?? TRUE or FALSE? There's a line? Some men think they can keep women in line; some actually do. Seems pointless to me. What's the point in knowing someone if you're not going to let them be themselves? Controlling someone is false power, and makes for an even more false relationship. The best part of a relationship is the fact it's a meeting of equals.

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What do you call an American who desperately wants to be Japanese? Depends, really, why they want to be Japanese. If they're a Samurai/Ninja/Manga fanboy, then the term is "Stupid Gaijin." If they just want to relocate and become a Japanese citizen, for work or social reasons, then of course, they are more than welcome! The term then is "Stupid Gaijin."

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Are you condescending ? I mean I see it ALOT on here. I wonder how many people can see it in themselves? I don't know. I don't see myself as condescending, and I certainly don't mean to be. I could easily be wrong, though. It seems more likely to come through on questions where the answers are very polarised between what people consider right and wrong.

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I realize in the "old" days when gas was a few pennies a gallon it was important for gas stations to price their gas in 1/10 of a penny for competition. My question is why is this practice still continued when gas is $3.50 (and 9/10) a gallon? Is it reall I guess it's partly that historical reason, and also sales psychology. People still price their items at 9.99, for example, because people just see the nine and assume it's roughly $9. It also tends to be lower prices that go into cents, and higher prices leave off the smaller amounts, so leaving in partial cents gives an impression of a lower price. If people perceive the price to...

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"Can all the religions of the world be trace back to one religion? What would that be? If NOT HOW come they seem to have a lot of similarity in there beliefs?" I don't think all religions can be traced back to one ancestral religion. It's easy to see a historical link between Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism and other religions of the middle east, but the world is a much larger place. Wide scale communication was nowhere near as common, but religions were commonplace. I think there are two approaches to discussing the...

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Is genetically modified food good for us? It's no better or worse to eat than any other food. In order to be sold it has to pass all the same requirements as any other food, and the fact that its DNA has been modified won't change much as the digestive system destroys it. Good for us as a society, though, is a different angle. We've been genetically modifying food for thousands of years. Selective breeding is...

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First Domain registered in Internet That would be ".", the root domain. I don't know what the first domain people wanted to register was, but all other domains hang off ".", the root domain that's usually silent in everyday use. You see it in domain name server configuration files, though, where "www.foo.org" would be written "www.foo.org." The root domain has 13 servers...

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What are some examples of correlation not being equal to correlation? I assume you mean "correlation not being equal to causation"? Almost any example will use the form "A and B, therefore A implies B" How about: Lots of smart kids wear glasses, therefore intelligence causes poor eyesight. Everyone who eats food, eventually dies. Therefore eating food causes death. In order to find out what the actual relationship is, one...

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Would you go on a mission to Mars if the chance of death was >99%? I think it would depend when the death would happen. If there was a 99% chance I wouldn't make it to Mars alive, then no, I'd stay on Earth. If there was a 99% chance I wouldn't return to Earth, then I'd be seriously tempted. I guess it also depends on how long I'd get to live on Mars. There was a proposal like this a while ago, that was dismissed: Part of the...

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Hypothetically if i was eaten by a snake feet first and up to my shoulders and you are there then what would you do(A) would you let the snake swallow me (B) Run away or get help(C)Attempt a rescue(D)Film it and become famous then save me or somethin else I'd cut you out of the snake, and then attempt resuscitation. Some snakes will constrict you first, rather than attempt to swallow you conscious and alive, so you'd need first aid above and beyond being shoved down a serpent throat. If the constriction harms you through asphyxia - being unable to breathe - then CPR would help. You'd start with assisted breathing, as...

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What IS the speed of light? How fast is it? And can this speed vary, or is it always the same speed? 299,792,458 metres per second, in a vacuum. The speed does vary depending on the medium it's travelling through. There have been some lab experiments involving supercooled fluids where the speed of light through the fluid has been reduced to below 30 miles per hour. Even through other media, such as glass or water, the speed is reduced. It's just that for most everyday purposes,...

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What can girls use for protection if pepper spray and such are illegal? What you can carry around to use for your protection will depend very much on where you live: different countries have different rules, and some may outlaw the carrying of any weapon, regardless of reason. Improvised weapons such as the perfume and aerosol cans that others have suggested are very good, but yes, be warned in case they are taken off you and used against you. This should be...

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S Antifreeze a dangerous substance when dry ? The substance Ethylene glycol apparently breaksdown. However, if small drops of Ethylene glycol are present on a surface will the dried residue still be a health hazard? You should be able to wash it off, although it's not likely to be a hazard unless you (or a pet) licks the surface. If you do get poisoned by it, then have a drink while you wait for the ambulance. If someone gets poisoned by drinking antifreeze, the most commonly found antidote is ethanol, the ingredient that makes drinks alcoholic. It's not the clinical treatment these days,...

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How do you feel about brainwashing? ( Is it good , or bad?) I was originally going to write that: "The sort of dramatic brainwashing, whereby someone's subjected to tortuous methods to alter their mind, is criminal and evil." However, then I thought about cult de-programmers. The sort of people who take people away from brainwashing cults and use similar techniques to break the control, and start people on the road to recovery....

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"truth for you may not be the truth for others." Explain. "There are four sides to every story: Your side, their side, the truth, and what actually happened." Everybody has different perceptions, filters and prejudices that affect what they see about the reality around them; the memories and experiences and emotions that everyone has affect your memories of events. Noone's a perfect observation and recollection machine. I...

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Which book would be most beneficial in the further expansion of my self defence & joint manipulation knowledge For joint manipulation knowledge, an anatomy textbook is best. Choose one with a lot of pictures, spend a bit of time trying to find the corresponding parts on your own body. Manipulating your opponent's body is about knowing how things are supposed to move, how things don't move, or aren't meant to move; knowing when muscles tense or ligaments are under tension; knowing where...

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A British judge has reprimanded a pensioner who repeatedly played "Born in the USA" at high volume, angering his neighbours. What song would you play over and over again at high volume? A piece called 4'33" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%2733%22

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How many years will you go to prison if you impersonate police? In the UK, under the provisions of the Police Act 1996, intentionally impersonating a member of the police force has a maximum penalty of six months imprisonment and a fine. Reports in the press about people who've impersonated police officers often report larger sentences, as offenders who deliberately impersonate police officers often do so in order to commit further offenses, and...

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Any songs to do with being tall/ hight differences? or, failing that, any songs that would be easy to change the words to make it about being tall? The Beatles - Long Tall Sally

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I wear glasses would you guys be put of by this or would you date me? There's nothing wrong with wearing glasses, contact lens, or not requiring either. It makes no difference at all to you as a person, to your personality or your looks. It's such a tiny thing, appearance-wise, that someone would have to be really shallow to be put off by you wearing glasses.

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I have been given the task to find ten Windows-based troubleshooting tools and utilities that can be used as a starting point for troubleshooting a computer? Can you help me with the names of these individual utilities? I find SysInternals quite helpful for troubleshooting. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/default.aspx They've lots of useful tools, like Autoruns, which lists and categorises all the things a machine is supposed to start when it boots, and tells you which company made them. They have rootkit detectors, process monitors, all sorts of useful stuff.

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How can a thousand million be a billion? A billion is a million to the power of 2 (bi-million, hence billion). That's a million million. It's not really a million squared, it's a coincidence it works out that way. There are two ways of listing very large numbers. One of those has the next in sequence being 1000 times greater than the previous, and the other has each being 1,000,000 times greater. The bi-, tri-, quad-, quint- and so on don't refer to how many multiples of the original there are, but rather...

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Why does a 'Man Hug' have to include mutual back slapping while embracing? A slapping gesture when embracing is sometimes an indicator that the person wants the encounter to end, or be brief.

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How do you deal with being more evolved than most? A friend of mine sometimes says, "You know, at the time you were born, you were the pinnacle of evolution. Isn't that worrying?" I like to tell him that there are often dead-end branches to change. "more evolved" seems to imply "better", when really there's no absolute version of "better", only better for a particular context. Better,...

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How can i put my pc game into my psp?If i need a source code, how do i get it? I'm afraid you can't, sorry. The games are designed around the different platforms, built using Sony's toolkits for the PSP, and Microsoft's, or a custom toolkit, for a PC game. Imagine taking something designed to be viewed on a home monitor, and squeezing it down to a PSP sized screen - you wouldn't be able to read anything. This bit of hardware, and the other...

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Why are most online chat rooms and message boards so cliquey? The real communication goes on between 8 or 10 "core" members, usually the earliest ones to have joined and they tend to ignore new members and their comments or insult them. The phenomenon of naturally forming groups of 8 or so people is actually quite a widespread one. Larger groups mean it's harder to maintain a fully connected social group, and smaller ones lack momentum. I don't know if there's a proper psychological term for it, but you can keep an eye on many places and situations where people gather together, and groups of that size seem...

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Is there such a thing as height reduction surgery? if so, where can you get it from? im, 6'1 & would love to be 5'10. It might be possible to get surgery to reduce the length of the bones in your legs. Reconstructive surgery is capable of extending the length by breaking, providing metal supports inserted into the leg, and a framework for bone to grow into the gap, forming a longer leg bone. It seems plausible that the opposite is possible. However, this sort of surgery has a very long recovery time, since...

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Can negative numbers be prime? Interesting question! By definition, no. A prime number is defined as a number with only two natural number divisors, itself and 1. Since natural numbers are positive integers, it can't be negative. If you were to remove the restriction on them being positive integers, and just say integers instead, then the number would be divisible by itself, it's positive self, and 1. 59 is...

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What do you think YOUR hair tells the world? My hair tells people that I may have been recently electrocuted. Or I've been playing with static electricity.

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How does an Ouija board work? It doesn't. The people sitting around it move the indicator subconsciously, it's a phenomenon called the Ideomotor effect. It's the same effect that produces the results of automatic writing. There was a decent demonstration done by Penn and Teller, who got willing volunteers to sit around a board, and get some questions answered. Then, blindfolded the volunteers and tried...

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Why did the lady put lipstick on her forehead? She wanted to give someone a glasgow kiss? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_kiss

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Someone being a member of the military showing interest in reading the (korain?) whould you consider them to be a threat? Perhaps they're a Muslim? Or interested in converting? Or interested in learning about the people in the countries that military personnel are likely to be shipped out to? Someone is not a threat simply for wanting to read a book. They're not a threat just because of their religion, or interest in a religion. People who think that person is a threat just for wanting to read a...

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What would be some good names for cars that are designed for people with road rage? (e.g. The Ford Fisticuff.......;) Chevy Impaler VW Pass-out

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What would be some good names for cars that are designed for people with road rage? (e.g. The Ford Fisticuff.......;) Woot, the double feature game! Porsche Boxed-ear Ford Escort-edAwayByPolice Honda Civic Disturbance I think the easiest is: The Porsche CALL 911 !

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Who loves Redtube.com?? (me)..! AUGH! I didn't know what redtube was, so I looked at it. At work. Could do with a warning. Definitely NOT safe for work.

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What is the first word you say when you take a call ? Hello ? Good Morning ? etc., I answer in a monotone: Hello-my-name-is-Sergeant-Carwash-this-call-may-be-recorded-for-security-reasons. Please-state-your-name-and-purpose-of-call. Maybe. Sometimes. I think normally the first word is "hello", even if I try and put off cold callers by pretending to be a Domino's pizzeria.

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Would it be the end of the world if I stayed single for the rest of my life? After all, I'm 'appy not 'avin' a proper girlfrien' jus' as lon' as I 'ave an enjoyable life. Being footloose and fancy-free has both its advantages and its disadvantages. If you have an enjoyable life, then you're a very fortunate individual. Don't let the stereotypes try and force you into a certain way of living. If you're happy being single, good for you. If you change your mind, and want a relationship like that, let it be for your own reasons and own direction.

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What old-fashioned chivalrous gestures do you help keep alive today? (e.g. holding a door, leading old ladies across the street, etc.) I often hold open old ladies, and lead doors across the street. I also challenge damsels to slapping duels to defend the honour of my armoured glove! Some of the ideas of medieval chivalry are best left to history; they were a product of the time, and can't really be applied today. The general principles of it, though, are universal - chivalry wasn't the first to use them,...

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Danish scientist tested alot of people with blue eyes,they say that all have the same mutation to make their eyes blue. Their conclusion is that everyone with blue eyes is not only related, but desended from the same pearson, your thoughts? I was speaking with a friend of mine this weekend, who's a biochemist. We were talking about the origin of domestic cats, and how they all seemed to come from just four or five original animals. He made a throwaway comment about how that could just as easily be four or five groups of animals, and that with genetic groups from that long ago, there wasn't an easy way of telling the...

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I usually have game night mondays for me and my friends, we need some new ideas, any suggestions? If you like board games, and have most of the counters and dice already, check out Cheapass Games (http://www.cheapass.com/). I've got a few of theirs, they're usually pretty funny. I can recommend Kill Dr Lucky. It's like a prequel to Clue/Cluedo, the players are wandering around the mansion trying to kill the old man without anyone else seeing. Have a look at...

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Do you think the gender lines are blurring more and more, today I saw two males shopping and they were very particular about what they wanted to by and how it would look on them. I remember my brothers just told my mom jeans and blue shirts. I don't think that's necessarily a gender issue. For as long as there's been fashion and disposable income, both genders have cared about how they dress. And some members of both genders don't really care, as long as the clothes cover the socially necessary bits. It's not even related to how macho people like to be - since there are just as many macho men who preen...

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In your house, do you have more video games, magazines, books, guns, or what? I'm a bibliophile. I love buying books, owning books and reading books. I have far too many, on many subjects. Too many to read in a lifetime, but I can't help getting more, and dipping into them all.

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What are three programming languages that you think every programmer should know? I'm surprised by the number of people that think HTML is a programming language. It has no processing order, no decision making, no data manipulation. It's a markup language. All HTML documents contain are data, and indications of what context that data should be interpreted in. I'm a systems administrator, and I have to support many pieces of software written by people...

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Engineers and Technology buffs like everything to be Cutting Edge Cool..many of us just want something simple that will work as expected in a dependable manner..are you a bells & whistles person or a simple soul like me? I'm an engineer, and a technology buff. What I'd like out of a piece of technology depends on what it's for. The basis of technology is much wider than the cool & shiny reaction; everything humans do and create that has some sort of reason and system behind it is a technology, from making a dirt road and flint tools to genetic engineering and space flight. Being a proper...

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Britain and Spain use 220 volts of Electricity...What voltage do other Nations around the planet use? I'm not sure about Spain, but Britain uses 230v. There's a huge list of other countries on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_power_systems

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Are students that have attended religious schools likely to continue belief in their religion or become agnostic or atheistic? I think it depends on the style of religious school. A catholic friend of mine once commented on the number of her classmates that ended up as agnostic or atheist, by saying that "Nothing is more likely to cement atheist beliefs than a solid Christian education." I think there are other factors, though. A religious schooling accompanied by strong community reinforcement, seems to...

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Had the Roe Vs. Wade decision not been reached, would we have flying cars today? Hrm, let's see. Roe vs Wade only affects the USA, so we'd have to discount any research on this topic in the rest of the world. It's quite a large topic, covering fuels, motors, aerodynamics, materials science, economics of production, pilot training, legal ramifications and implementation of law, vehicle infrastructure and support. It's certainly possible that a few...

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What is the difference between "the first one" and "the very first one" If I'm the first one is someone else the very first one? They're both the same. People like to emphasize things in this way to highlight which part they feel is most important, even if it's a meaningless emphasis taking the sentence literally. Like saying you're "very unique." Like punctuation, it's part of the rhyme, scansion and emphasis of human speech.

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Why do we use 3 fingers to check pulse? Slightly tangential, but: As a quicker alternative to fiddling around trying to get a pulse, you can also check the colour of the lips and tongue. It's easier to see the change in the blood in them, so it can give you a quick indication of lack of a pulse.

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I say old bean, how have you been? Charming alliteration, what! Got to keep a stiff upper lip, old chap, you know how it is. Terrible what happened to Biffy, eh? Flew his crate right into the briney, jerry on his tail! Still, chocks away, tally ho and all that.

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A man is standing between two buildings, both the buildings are pulling it with gravitational force.so why doesn't the man fall towards the buildings..? He probably would fall towards a building, very slowly, if the building and the man were in isolation. Say, in deep space. On earth, the buildings simply don't have enough mass, so not enough gravitational force to affect the man. The man's also being affected, primarily, by friction between him and the ground, the earth's gravity, the third law force from the ground into...

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Do you replace something for 'Jesus Christ' when angry? I tend to say 'John Smith' or 'Tony Sparks.' I try and be creative - what I need to yell if I've stubbed my toe or need to vent is as much about unlikely combinations and tone of voice. Gruntfumbling aardvarks to the lot of it. I'm also a fan of Mr Pratchett, who wrote: "When you hit your thumb with an 8 pound hammer, its nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very strong, special minded atheist to jump up...

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Was the original author of 'Peter Pan' a woman? Both the play and the novel were written by James M. Barrie. Barrie created the play based on stories he told the children of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, so it could be said that his inspiration for creating the characters was his friend Sylvia. Barrie himself was male, however, and first put the character of Peter Pan into a story that was published in 1902 called 'The Little White...

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Is there at least one virtue that every human being has? Every human has potential. It might be great, it might be small, might be good or bad, we won't know until it happens. There's always a chance to do something that will affect your life, and the lives of others.

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Can a person only hold the US presidency twice? I thought they could hold it twice, leave it once and then run again afterwards! Am I completely wrong? The 22nd Amendment chooses a different way of explaining the limit, which clears things up a bit: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice" It places no limits on when those elections take place. The only president to have actually served two non-consecutive terms was Grover Cleveland, whose last term ended 54 years before the 22nd...

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Why do products like Axe bodyspray sell so well, even though they use blatantly false advertising? Do men secretly hope that maybe they really will be mobbed by several women? The adverts are meant to be funny, more than anything else. They're playing on what men are supposed to want, and exaggerating it to the point where it's absurd. Humour seems exempt from the laws protecting us against false claims, because it's not so easy to be suckered in as it is with the 'science bit.' Adverts are meant to be memorable, more than anything else....

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As a child, did your parents pick you up from school or did you just walk? Public transport - My home was about 10 miles away from the school, and so I caught the bus.

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What is in the woman's Bag? They seem to be carrying anything from stones to guns to gum wraps etc. What have you seen in their bags? Ahh, the nature of the handbag! I think it's a mistake to consider the handbag as limited in the usual three dimensions. It contains strange interdimensional portals to other locations, containing every item at once, and at at the same time, not the item that you're looking for. The portals must be in the bottom of the bag, because that's where things usually appear. On a...

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Does science recognise human beings as ENERGY? (Or is this a philosophical / spiritual concept?). For some folk, "Energy" has a special meaning, such as "this crystal focuses the energy" or "my healing energy does this." These are spiritual concepts, not scientific ones. I'm not reall qualified to comment on what people mean when they say these things, as to me it all seems like hand-wavey explanations. I'm probably missing some spiritual...

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What would you suggest, ninjitsu, krav maga, or muay thai for a beginner who was previously in tae kwon do? Without knowing you well, and what you'd like form your martial arts classes, the only real answer is: Go to each class for a few weeks, and see which one suits you best.

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Can you really learn martial arts from the dvds they sell in martial arts magazines? It's possible to learn history, the basics of language, or general background information from books or video. Video can be used as a supplementary training guide, in that it's useful to see how other people move. It's no substitute for actually training on a regular basis, though. Fundamentally, each martial art is about physically interacting with other people. The only way...

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What is Taijutsu? 'tai' is commonly translated as 'body', and 'jutsu' as skill-set or style-of. It's important to remember that the philosophy behind it is a bit more holistic than westerners expect, such that mind and body are not treated separately. For me, taijutsu is not just the collection of things to do with the body, but it's how we glue everything together, and...

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What do Brits remember about the Battle of the Beanfield, at Stonehenge, in 1985? Police brutality or warranted? I grew up in a nearby village. I find it interesting that what people mostly remember today are the actions of the police. If the news reports others have linked to show an accurate picture, then things were certainly out of control. However, it's important to remember there is more than one side, and it's foolish to try and paint the travellers as innocent. Certainly they were...

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How do you know if someone is a sociopath? Sociopath is quite a general term, that covers a variety of very similar disorders. While we can go and look up the ways to diagnose someone, in everyday life and without proper training, we can't really make clinical assessments. We can be easily wrong if we attempt to judge people, and it's a small step from there to become prejudiced. The training involved in psychology gives a...

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What's the silliest thing you've ever heard as a 'way to save the envioronment'? There was a letter to a newspaper by someone claiming that wind farms were a terrible way to generate electricity, as so many fans all pointing in the same direction would slow down the earth's rotation! Barmy nonsense.

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Can contradiction between omnipotence and free will be resolved? Does omniscience and omnipotence mean foreknowledge? Does foreknowledge always mean a fixed future? If these conclusions are yes, does this negate any religion that believes in such deity? If one talks about omnipotence as "Able to do anything," it sounds very powerful, but also brings up some problems, as we are capable of understanding it. Perhaps better is "able to do anything that can be done." In the same way, omniscience could be "knows everything that can be known." It's easy for us to imagine knowledge of future events as a fixed...

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When was the last time you took a first-aid course? Would you be prepared to help someone in need? I last took a first aid refresher course in February, which covered updates to standard procedure, and practice using the Automated External Defibrilators. Very informative course!

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How is it possible for suicide to be illegal? It provides a framework for providing people with compulsory psychiatric help, should it prove necessary. It also makes assisted suicide a crime, which, while it causes problems with medical euthanasia, also reduces the avenues for getting away with murder. It also seems a helpful legal contrivance. If one discovers a body, it may or may not be the result of a crime. If one treats...

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Are people ever actually"Dead before they hit the floor"? It depends how you define 'dead.' I Is it the heart stopping, or failing to push blood? There's still brain activity during a heart attack, and we're told that we have to start CPR straight away, because it's only three minutes or so before cells start dying off in the brain. Is it the end of brain activity? Many people disagree when faced with a relative on life...

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When the US was founded, we got a quick start in industry by bringing industrial secrets from England. If you went to another world and had to start from scratch, what industrial secrets will you bring ? Can only be in your mind, no media. Fascinating question! Would it be worth taking knowledge individual bits of technology, the end results? Perhaps it's better to work out what conditions lead to people making innovations and inventions, and take along the knowledge of how to create those conditions. Efficient production of basic sustenance and shelter, so that people have some free time to think and create. Some...

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If you could be an exceptionally gifted artist, what would you choose as your preferred method of expression? I think that I would like to be a master at expressing myself through engineering. I realise that msot people won't count this as art, but for me, really good quality engineering is a form of art. The best designs and developments fluidly copy nature and blend with the environment in a way that really shows the best of what humanity can do when it works in harmony with the world and the...

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Would an extremely loud noise above the range of human hearing still damage your eardrums? I'm not a medical professional, but to me it seems likely that yes, you would still damage your hearing even if you couldn't hear the sound itself. If the damage is caused by the pressure - the amplitude of the sound - then this should still have an effect regardless of the frequency. It's not the fact we can or can't hear it, but rather the pressure on the eardrum....

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I use bitcomet to dl files. Sometimes i seem to dl a file that wen i try deleting it it says 'File in use by another person or program'. Wen i copy said file to different location, and try to delete i have the same problem! What is wrong with these files? Is BitComet still running when you're trying to delete the files? BitTorrent works by sharing the files you've downloaded with other people, as well as downloading them. If BitComet is still running, it's probably holding those files open so it can share them with other people, and keep the whole BitTorrent network running. Try removing them from BitComet (if possible, I...

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Why is the earth round? The earth is mostly round. It's not a perfect sphere, as it's slightly off - some bits stick out further than others. The top of Mount Everest is 8.9km above sea level, the deepest part is the bottom of the mariana trench, which is 11km down, so there's 20km, or 12.5 miles from the highest point on the earth's crust to the lowest. A rough sphere is the shape you could...

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If you could choose only one of five senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste) to live with for the rest of your life, which of course would be bionic which would you pick? I've got a lot more than five senses! Sight, Sound, touch, smell, taste, temperature, time, balance, pain, self (the body's own position and movement) If I had to lose one, it would probably be smell. I know an anosmic person, and he seems to cope quite well. A much easier life than losing one of the other senses. If I could only keep one - that's tricky. People who...

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What is your take on very sarcastic people? I live in England, where sarcasm is almost a national pastime. Ok, not really true, but I think people have that impression. Certainly we get a bit confused when people aren't expecting it, or don't notice it, so we must use it more often than other cultures. We still get put off by people who are always sarcastic, but for us it's just another linguistic tool - to use tone of...

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Is it okay to wash my belt? What is the tradition on this? Belts hold up your trousers. Or are something used to carry things in. They're not really that important in the grand scheme of things. I found a different attitude to grades in Japan. Westerners tend to look at belts and grades as a measure of achievement, and something to strive for. The Japanese seem to view them as something to build from. At least in my own group, the people...

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Do you think that themartial arts turn some people into bullies? It's been my experience that the people who turn up to class wanting to bully, or wanting to learn for the wrong reasons, don't stick around very long. If the training brings out that side of them, they also don't stick around. Most of the people I know who've trained in a martial art for a long time are very decent people. From the senior people in my own style, to the...

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Should people have to get genetic tests before they get married, not to keep them from doing it, but just to let them know if their children are likely to have problems? Would you do it? I don't think it should be compulsory to have genetic tests, but the option should be available. I think this is a much easier question than whether or not people should be able to genetically modify their offspring, or make choices regarding this during pregnancy. This would just be letting people know of any potential problems, the same as looking through a medical textbook, but with...

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If your child murdered someone would you turn them in or help conceal the truth? With the caveat that I don't have any children, I think I would first try and convince them to turn themselves in. This would at least reassure me that they felt remorse over what they'd done, that they could take steps to not do it again, and it would help their case when it came to sentencing. I can easily see the motive for the crime playing a large part in what I'd do....

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Have we made it to the future yet? Yes, we have! Here it comes, just now! Wait, blast it, there it went, it's the Past now. But wait! Here comes another bit of future...

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Who is a retard to you, in the world I've been seeing more and more people use 'retard' as a throwaway insult recently. It seems to be one of the latest fads in dehumanising people you encounter on the internet, and asserting some kind of false superiority. Despicable behaviour, really. Thinking of people as 'retards' just limits yourself, and prevents you and others from making progress and gaining...

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Do you think that nature shows that mention 'wonders of evolution', and credit 'mother nature', are using this unknown "Mother Nature" as a substitute for the concept of creation by a "Heavenly Father"? Just to add to the other answers - I agree that "mother nature" is often a personification of natural processes. Answers in Genesis has an interesting article explaining why one shouldn't take religious-sounding phrases from scientists at face value: http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v17/i3/god_talk.asp

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Why would Windows Explorer, not Internet Explorer, need to access the internet? Most Microsoft software "phones home" for some reason or another, most of the time it's contacting sites run by Microsoft. It could be checking DRM rights, or validating software, or looking up album information if you have music in the folder. A lot of the time noone outside Microsoft is really sure why it's attempting to phone home, just that it does so. It doesn't...

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In Austria today, it has been revealed a 73 year old man had kept his daughter captive in the basement. He abused her and had 7 children with her. His wife is denying any knowledge. Surely, she knew something wasn't right as she lived above the basement It's very difficult, if it's never happened to you, to understand what it's like being involved with a manipulative and abusive partner. People compartmentalise, they deny evidence they don't want to see, they insist that things aren't as bad as they are, they get into the habit of looking the other way, among other things - the core reason is self preservation. His...

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Why are there Braille keys on drive-up ATMs? Being "legally blind" is not quite the same as "not being able to see anything." In England, at least, medical conditions are treated on a case-by-case basis when it comes to being issued a driver's licence, and so someone may be legally blind, but have sufficient vision to safely operate a car. In that case, the braille would be useful as an aide to poor vision, not...

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Is it legal to forbid church members to speak to former church members under penalty of expulsion? It's probably legal, depending on where you live, but as other answers have mentioned, it's another question entirely as to whether it's ethical or not. Even if one disagrees with the reasons someone has for leaving the church, if you really care about that person, surely talking to them and staying in touch is the right thing to do? If their salvation is at stake, then...

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Is it true that spam can detect whether you open it or not (not opening attached files or going to links, just opening it), and sends you more spam if you do? If your email program can understand and display HTML emails, which most recent ones can, then there is a common trick that people can use to detect whether or not you've opened the message. Basically, HTML is the mark-up language used to make web pages, so email sent in HTML format is effectively a small web page. Companies use this legitimately to make their official company email...

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What antivirus program has the smallest Memory footprint? that is, uses the least amount of RAM and CPU time? I don't know which one uses least resources while running at full tilt, but you can optimise most of them by reducing the number of services that run at once. If, for example, you mostly use gmail or some other email service where the email isn't directly downloaded to your computer, you can often turn off the email scanning portion, as most of these sit in the middle of a pop3...

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What are all possible combinations of six digits from 1-53 There are 7890481 combinations, so the answer won't really fit here. Edit: There are 53 choices for the first number, 53 choices for the second, 53 choices for the third, and so on. So that's 53 * 53 * 53 * 53 * 53 *53 different possible numbers.

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Why do people say, "You can't have your cake and eat it too"? Why would someone get cake if they can't eat it? It makes a bit more sense the original way around, "You can't eat your cake and have it, too." In other words, you can't have it both ways. I don't know why the words got turned around - the earliest recorded usage, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was in 1562, by a "J. Heywood", "What man, I trow ye raue, Wolde ye bothe eate your cake, and...

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Is there a way of mobilising the meek to inherit the earth early? Placards! "Meek not Weak!" "Proud to be humble" And slogans! "What do we want?" "The Earth!" "When do we want it?" "When it's reasonably appropriate!"

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When I attempt to watch a video on YouTube, I get the message, "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player." I've looked at directions to turn on Java. What is the issue? Confusing though it may be, Java and Javascript are separate things. You should have a look through your internet options to make sure Javascript (not Java) is enabled, but what's most likely is you need to install the flash player. If you visit this site: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash and follow the on-screen instructions, it...

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YOUR PAYCHECK IS $500.00 WKLY AND YOU WANT TO SAVE $2000.00 DOLLARS IN A YEAR HOW MUCH WILL YOU SET ASIDE FROM EACH PAYCHECK I would first spend only $400 for eight weeks to save me $800, meaning I could use that $800 to use another two weeks of spending $400 each, meaning I would have saved $500 twice, which would last me two and a half weeks, and those saved wages would total $1250, and then I would carry on like that until I'd done my own homework.

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Do stores say "Buy one get one free" since it sounds better than "Get two for the price of one? "Buy one get one free" is better because you can turn to your partner and say "BOG OFF!" in a loud voice and get away with it. It also sounds better than "half price", because the store doesn't appear as desperate to get rid of the item, and it also means that customers take two of them, not one, thus clearing inventory and making the store look good.

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Going back to the days of the Vic 20 and Commodore 64, what did PEEK and POKE mean in computer programs? PEEK was used for reading the contents of a bit of memory, and POKE was used for setting the contents at a particular bit of memory. Think of them as 'read' and 'write', respectively.

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Can you have any one of your partitions completely invisible and hence not vulnerable to virus attack etc., when you go online, using windows XP. how do you go about it....? Not the system partition, with the operating system on, sadly. Best just to keep your anti-virus software up to date and do regular scans. If you have some files that you want to really protect when you're online, then you could easily buy an external disk. These are often sold in PC stores as "usb drives" or "back-up disks", and they plug into a USB socket on your...

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WHAT DOES RAM DO FOR YOUR COMPUTER THE MORE YOU HAVE THE BETTER? RAM, the computer's memory, is like a work area for your computer. The more you have, the bigger an area the computer has to put all the things it's working on at the same time (Like browsing the web, fetching your email, playing your music). Generally, more is better. At the moment, most computers will be perfectly happy with 1 or 2 Gb of memory. Some power users go for 4Gb of...

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When your computer screen goes black does this mean it has crashed? Possibly. There are things to check to see what's going on, from the most simple: The first thing to check is your screensaver. Does the picture on the screen come back when you move the mouse, or press a key? The screensaver might be set to go to a black screen, or the computer's power saving mode might be trying to switch the monitor off. Both of those can be disabled. ...

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Why is Co2 called a pollution CO2 is no more of a pollutant than water is (Water is 100 times as much of a greenhouse gas as CO2). It has been an essential part of biology for as long as biology has existed. Pollutants are like Poisons. What makes something a poison or a pollutant is its location and its concentration or dosage. Things might be harmful in some situations, but in a different place or different amount, not harmful, or even beneficial.

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At a gourmet Zombie restaurant, how do you suppose they like their brains served to them? In an oaty cereal - graaaaaaaainns

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What are your thoughts on Ouija boards? The Penn and Teller show about the Ouija board (it's on youtube) was interesting. The experiment where they blindfolded the participants, and then turned the board 180 degrees without them knowing, showed a lot. The people still got the board to "work", and they moved the card to where the symbols used to be, before the board was turned around. There's also a brief...

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I, like many, believe in the idea of ghosts and/or the supernatural. If so many people believe and claim to have had personal experiences, why haven't scientists tried to explain the supernatural or try to study it and obtain proof of its existance? There have been scientific investigations into the paranormal. As far as I'm aware, none have produced reliable data. Without data, one can't form an explanation - a hypothesis that explains the data - and one can't test it to establish its proof. It may be possible to conduct observations of the paranormal, but it's remarkably elusive.

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Zombies attack! You dont own a gun. What do you use from your home to fight them off? It would depend what I knew of the zombies. The infection is likely to spread through bodily fluid, so the first point of interest is to prevent contamination. Some sort of head covering to go with proper clothing is in order. If there's still a pulse, then cuts are going to cause more blood loss than blunt force, and the more bodily fluid you release, the more chance of collateral...

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"Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it goes on flying anyway." -- Mary Kay Ash What are your thoughts on this quote? Aerodynamically, the bumblebee is capable of flight. Our understanding of aerodynamics at the point where someone declared it should be impossible was flawed, and we learned from discovering something we thought shouldn't be possible. It's an important message, to keep going, always try things, and keep an open mind. The pedant in me wishes they'd say "Aerodynamically,...

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Do you believe in evolution? It's sufficiently true to use it as a working assumption.

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Astrology! a science or a lie? It's not a scientific process - it doesn't offer any explanation of why the effects happen, doesn't test explanations and examine the veracity of results, doesn't submit to review or unbiased testing. However, because something's not science, doesn't mean it's a lie. Personally, I don't see astrology as being useful or accurate. The newspaper level...

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Here is a thought: Mercedes Benz is the major manufaturer for the Smart Car to be introduced in America this summer. claims to get great gas mileage. is this why gasoline is climbing to the moon? the Smart Cars are coming? Fuel prices aren't rising because of the introduction of any fuel efficient cars. If anything, the fuel efficiency of any vehicle is being touted as a selling point because of the rising fuel prices. As to why fuel prices are rising, there are a number of reasons. Instability in some of the oil producing regions leading to inflated costs for extraction and transportation; exaggeration of...

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What is the psychology term for someone that puts a verbal disclaimer to their statement to sideline the fact that they are doing exactly what they say they are not. example- I don't want you to think that I am picking on you, but ....... I don't know if there's a psychological term, but in reasoned argument this is a form of "poisoning the well." The person is adding bias before you've even had a chance to see what they're saying. The person might genuinely believe they're not picking on you, but the tactic still holds. Here are some examples, to highlight the connection: ...

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How does one learn to throw kunai knives? Curious. The Kunai I know of are more like trowels. Sort of fish shaped, convex blunt sides, with a point. There are plenty of interesting things to do with them, but people seem to be describing something else entirely - a very small tool designed for throwing.

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What is the main focus/goal of Ninjutsu? What weapons, and styles, does Ninjutsu use? Was the first Ninja really a farmer? Do you know how different modern Ninjutsu is compared to ancient Ninjutsu? Is there a difference between Ninjutsu, and the spelling The difference in spelling between jitsu and jutsu is down to a revision in the Hepburn system for the romanisation of Japanese words. 'u' sounds in Japanese are often contracted or omitted, such as in onegaishimasu - pronounced "on-eh-gai-shi-mass", and for a martial arts example, tsuki is pronounced "ts'ki". "jitsu" was the original...

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Samurai are pictured with lots of flappy floppy clothes, whereas Ninja have tight fitting clothes. Does this affect the fighting style? The 'flappy floppy' clothes are a reflection of the general style of clothing worn by the wealthy in Japanese history. You see similar outfits in many different classes - at least those who could be choosy. While it can be useful to hide ones movement, you also find in the more formal schools that survive today a few quick movements that tie up the loose ends. I've seen an...

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How is the American Revolution covered in children's history classes in the UK if it is mentioned at all? It was covered briefly when I was at school. It wasn't a topic we went into great detail about, though. Those were subjects like World War 2, the English Civil War, and US Alcohol Prohibition. I've heard Independence Day jokingly referred to as 'Good Riddance Day', although it's mostly the British sense of humour trying to poke at Americans who ask whether England...

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In your opinion was Jesus a liar, lunatic or Lord? Give reasons why. There are other options: The descriptions of him aren't accurate, or exaggerated; that he did or didn't exist, or was an inspired preacher; that he was sane but simply wrong. I'm arguing in favour of any of these, here, I'm just saying that these are options that the whole "Liar, Lunatic or Lord" argument leaves out. It's very important, not just to know...

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I knew these people existed, I just never thought I would run into one. My beau does not believe that we landed on the moon in 1969. (or at all, for that matter) PLEASE send me all the links and literature that you know of that proves that we did. Further to the actual evidence, there are a few other things to consider: 1) The US was in competition with the Russians over space exploration. The Russians had put people in orbit, and had capable monitoring equipment, giving them the means to detect a moon landing. They also had the motive to announce that the Americans were faking it, since it would have been good propaganda for them....

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I have a little round, blue pill with three letters on the front and three numbers under and two slashes on the back. what is it? What is it? It's unwise to eat it. Even if you find out what it is, to not know in the first place means that it hasn't been kept in its original container, and you don't know what sort of contamination it now has.

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The United States has unfinished business in North Korea, should the War on Terrorism be focused there next? 1) Should "unfinished business" be motive to start new action, or is it simply a grudge? 2) Are the North Koreans actually terrorists? Do they pose a genuine and imminent threat to the US? It's entirely possible that all the machinations underway there are meant for the control of their own populace. 3) Is the War on Terrorism the most effective strategy for this...

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What does the word carpe diem and mementori mean, know they are roman You will have more luck if you change your searches from "mementori" to "memento mori". "Remember that you are mortal."

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What are all possible 4 digit number combinations? There are a lot of them, so I'm sure you don't want us to list them all. If you want 0-9, and are happy with repeat digits, then it's 10*10*10*10 = 10000 combinations. If it's 1-9 and are happy with repeat digits, then it's 9*9*9*9 = 6561 combinations. 0-9 without repeat digits is 10*9*8*7 = 5040 combinations 1-9 without repeat digits is 9*8*7*6 = 3024...

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Who here believes in Chi? there's so may fakers i'm begining to believe that it doesn't exist, is there any way i can prove to myself that it exists? I'm puzzled by the responses that say Chi/Qi/Ki (Chi from now on) isn't explainable by science. The development of oriental medicine, philosophy and martial arts are a different culture's way of describing the same things as western science. We all live in the world and act upon it, and different cultures develop different ways of explaining what's happening. Chi, in...

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On a scale of 1 - 10, how paranoid are you? Wait a moment... Why do YOU want to know how paranoid I am?

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What is the significance of the four colors in the Microsoft flag logo? It's entirely likely they don't mean anything. Red, Green, Yellow and Blue are the four "pure" colours that are considered when looking at colour cognition in psychology. The colours were probably chosen for the logo because they stand out and easily contrast to the human eye.

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What comes to mind when you hear (bow-chika-wow-wow)? Red vs Blue, the show made using Halo.

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Who do you think Jesus Christ was? A political rebel, a mad man, a religious prophet,the Son of God? Why? "Liar, Lunatic or Lord" is a false trilemma. Those aren't the only choices. He could also have been misrepresented, fictional, exaggerated, or a combination of many of these options.

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Is science reliable? Humans are fallible, we all make mistakes. We all get funny ideas about things, strong beliefs and odd habits. Science is not a conclusion, or a set of beliefs. It's a process. The scientific process acknowledges that humans are fallible, and attempts to eliminate errors by peer review, open criticism, evaluation, experimentation, and falsifiable prediction using hypotheses. In...

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Whos the author of the bible For a respectful treatment of who actually wrote down each book of the bible, and who might have combined the work of others, I'd recommend "Who Wrote The Bible?" by Richard Elliott Friedman. He is respectful to both people who believe the authors & editors were divinely guided, and to people who don't.

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According to Genesis, did beasts or man come first? It depends on which version of the bible you read. For the King James Version, In Genesis 1:20-26, God creates sea-borne and air-borne life first, then on the next day, creates land-based life and humans. In Genesis 2:7 and 2:19 God makes man first, and then land and air-borne life. If one is a biblical literalist, one could interpret Genesis 1 to be the "initial creation" and...

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Some times women wear sweat-shirts or T-shirts with something written in small print. To read it one has to stare at their boobs. Do women mind this or welcome it - women please answer I think they get most upset when they meet a slow reader who reads by tracing their finger along the page.

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What do you do when gas goes up? I wonder how it's remained so low in the US for so long. Let's see, www.eia.doe.gov says it's about US$3.2 for a US gallon. 3.8 litres to a US gallon, and £1.10 for a litre of unleaded, makes it roughly US $8.36 for a gallon here in England.

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Why don't Americans amend the const. to give way to Mr.Bush for a life presidency? Part of the "checks and balances" in Western democracy involves preventing people being in power for long enough to cause large-scale damage. Changing who's in power changes the direction enough to avoid some runaway train effects. Doesn't always work, of course.

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Riddle: What are made to be broken? Glass-paneled fire alarms; seals on packaging; fuses, to name a few.

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Is it rude to answer a question no? It can depend on the culture you're in. For example, the Japanese are notorious for avoiding a direct 'no' to a question. And while someone may regard it as rude to answer 'no', it's important to still be able to say it, and remain honest. It can be a question of figuring out the most tactful way of phrasing the answer.

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Both Hillary and Obama have said they will raise taxes on the rich large corporations... ...I see this as an incredibly bad thing... ...Don't these presidential candidates know it will just be the citizens who end up paying the bill? Statements made by politicians, especially during election campaigns, are based solely on how they want to be perceived. This isn't limited to the democrats, or the republicans, or even the USA, it's almost a universal truism. They're hoping that people will see the initial implication, "Hey, we won't be taking taxes from you, we're getting them from some...

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I think my boyfriend is addicted to the game World of Warcraft. How can I get him to stop playing that game and spend more time with me? If you're willing to stick with him and help him break the addiction, then I'd suggest some small steps: Firstly, when you talk to him, make sure he turns to look at you. The game often requires a lot of attention, but if it looks like he's typing chat messages to people instead of doing fighting things, he'll be more likely to turn and give you his attention. It's...

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If Megabytes and Gigabytes are Megs and Gigs, what are Terabytes and Petabytes then? Despite working at a site where we have nearly two petabytes of storage, and regularly assign quotas in the terabytes, we don't yet have a shortened version of those words. "Ters" just sounds wrong to me. There's a hard sound to "Meg" and "Gig" that works well for a short word, and "Ter" and "Pet" don't quite have it.

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Is progress a straight line always pointed towards the future? If your life is a thread, it's weaving its way through a complex fabric. Progress is that the loom keeps moving, and that all our threads weave together and intertwine across the huge sheet coming out of the end and off into history. What's coming is unknown, but we can shape it by our own thread. What's gone can be seen by the knots, tears and holes, along with the patches of...

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What has modern Man built that will last as long as the pyrmids? Radioactive waste from nuclear reactors.

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Just received a call from my sons school. Three boys have taken it upon themselves to pull his pants and underwear down in PE and beat him up, in front of the teacher. What should the punishment be and should this be acceptable? I agree with the others that the behaviour of the other children is unacceptable and needs to be dealt with. I would, however, advise against going on the attack against the teacher straight away. Although the practice is now changing, it's still the case that a lot of schools will fire the teacher if they intervene physically in any situation. If the boys involved were ignoring their...

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I am a huge fan of bands like WITHIN TEMPTATION, WALLS OF JERICHO, MY RUIN, THE GATHERING and so on, anyone know of some other good female fronted or all female bands that would be good to check out. You didn't mention Nightwish, so if you've not heard them, give them a try.

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Has it been scientifically proven that girls have ESP that boys don't? What would explain how girls know when a boy gazes at them behind their backs? It hasn't been scientifically proven that there's ESP, at all. I've met people who "just know" when someone is looking at them, and move out of the way of incoming accidents subconsciously, and that sort of thing. I've had it happen to me, on occasion, during martial arts classes. It seems to be a case of being in tune with your regular senses. Your mind's...

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What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Belgium? "Belgium" - the worst swear word in the universe, according to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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What's the origin of the all-black-with-face-mask ninja outfit? In the Japanese 'No' style of theatre, every actor wears a mask depicting their part. The stage hands used to wear all black, including a mask. This was a convention that effectively told the audience "This person isn't an actor, ignore them, watch the ghost/scenery they're moving." Since ninja were often in these plays as invisible fearsome assassins, they took...

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Where can I buy jika-tabi? Jika tabi are the boots ninjas wear with split-toe. I don't want to go on internet to buy them. Where can I get them? Also, could I wear them in public? What can I wear with them? Are they comfortable? Do they feel weird? Thanks In addition to the martial arts store, for outdoor tabi it's also worth checking out a Japanese carpentry or tool store. The same basic shoe is used by Japanese carpenters when constructing buildings, so the trade tool stores also sell them.

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Is asking too many questions a bad thing? Being able to ask questions, and having people around who are willing and able to answer you, is a very good thing. It's no substitute for thinking, so personally, I'm wary of asking questions where I can easily work out the answer myself - it's good to exercise your brain. If you genuinely don't know something, or want opinions, then asking is a good thing.

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Is another Buffy Season going to come out? Not on television, but Joss Whedon's been involved in a graphic novel, and he's referred to it as 'season 8'. Check out 'Long Way Home' at your favorite bookseller.

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On average, how much does a tread mill cost? (AU) Treadmills take a lot of pounding compared to some other fitness equipment, so they tend to be a bit more expensive. Home treadmills usually range from £250 to £1000 ($500 to $2000). I run the gym we have at work, and our last commercial treadmill, designed for near constant use over a number of years, cost us about £7000 ($14000).

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Women: Do you care if guys look at your chest? Why or why not? Answer honestly. People with low self esteem tend to look down when talking to people anyway, they're not looking at your chest, they're looking away from your face. I doubt that reason is as common as people staring, though, whether consciously or subconsciously. Worth remembering if you know a lot of geeky men, though!

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What was the worst experience you have had with Skype? The worst experience so far has been having people run Skype at a site with a large internet connection. Other skype nodes detect the amount of bandwidth, and start to use the clients as a supernode, routing other people's calls through your network connection. This soaks up a lot of bandwidth that you're paying for, just for carrying other people's traffic. It's not that...

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Is there some sort of program out there that would allow you to find out if an email you sent was read or not? Kind of like the certified mail the post office has for it's mail. There are some email clients that can request a return message if the email is opened, and if a compatible email client is being used to read the message, you'll get a receipt. There's no guarantee that the right software will be used on both sides, however, so in effect there's no reliable way of getting a receipt. It's worth pointing out that even if you get a...

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How can humans be given all the right answers and still make all the wrong decisions? Even if we have all the right information, humans aren't rational creatures. We're capable of reason, but we're not Mr Spock. What goes on in our heads is a complex mix of conscious reason, emotion and instinct that shapes everything we do. Add to that the fact that people have different goals for their life, both long term and short term, so what people want out of a...

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Straight/Bisexual Males: When your girl/woman says "You're not listening to me", why aren't you listening? Is it because she's nagging and/or going on about something you don't care about? While it may be that the male isn't listening, and genuinely not paying attention, it could also mean that the male isn't treating what she's saying with enough importance. She could be wanting her experiences and feelings validated by her partner, and the male just doesn't understand that. Men usually grow up without that sort of conversation, so it's something we...

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Does microwaving CD's really destroy all of the data? And why? I've tried this, although I wouldn't recommend trying it at home. It does physically destroy the metal layer of the CD. The microwaves cause an electrical current in the metal, which in turn causes heat. The metal layer fractures in multiple places. Data recovery is a cost benefit business. While it might be possible to recover some of the data from the CD, it has become too...

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I lost 25 lbs, and my belly is still fat, I never do any exercise, I just cut down the calories, I wonder if I will eventually lose my belly fat due to calories cut and weight loss, or do I have to do exercise that targets the belly? There aren't any exercises that reduce the fat in any particular area, sorry. Where your body draws its stored energy from, and where it stores it, don't really depend on what sort of exercise you do. What you can do to minimise the belly are: 1) Checking your posture. Good posture will stop your belly flopping out, and help hold it in without tension. Lift your shoulders up,...

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What are the current guidelines for CPR? How many breaths and how many chest compressions? 30 compressions and 2 breaths, as of a first aid refresher course in February. They also advised starting with the compressions, both to make use of the existing oxygen in the bloodstream, and also to get people in the rhythm without face-to-face contact being an obstacle.

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My girlfriend wants to have sex, I obviously agreed, but I'm a virgin. Any pointers on how to make things interesting and better for her? SilentSyren says good things, pay attention there. I'd add: The goal of sex is NOT to get in there and start banging away. The goal is for both of you to enjoy it, and end up feeling closer to each other. Start slow, let her guide you as to what she'd like, or if she doesn't, just play and explore and see what happens. The first time is always awkward. Don't worry,...

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