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As I look up some info on nevus flammeus, more commonly known a port-wine stain, I keep finding references to psychosocial problems associated with the condition. Here is an excerpt from a paper on emedicine.com: http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic295.htm I can find plenty of studies on...

I was interested in the reference to this matter in the 23 December 2005 commentary. I had the same problems with the shop at Questacon, the science museum in Canberra. The shop there had some astrology-related products on sale. I wrote several letters, and happily the products were withdrawn...

I have been using Firefox since it was released and it has remained extremely stable on my Windows PC. Recently I updated it to version 1.06 at about the same time as the forum went through its upgrade. I now get regular crashes while browsing this forum, something I have never seen Firefox do...

I stumbled across this article about the problems with GM crops. http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0%2C2763%2C1535428%2C00.html Appearently, some of the genetic traits are getting passed on to nearby plants, creating "superweeds". Another, issue has been GM crops, migrating into normal...

I'm getting serious problems accessing USA sites as you can see from the trace below. What I'm not so sure about is who is causing the problem. 219.158.XXX.XXX is the CNC Group backbone. 12.124.XXX.XXX is the USA entry (I get similar results wherever the signal enters the USA). My guess is...

I have a desktop (Win XP, amd 2400xp) which will not connect to the internet (broadband) when opening Explorer or Firefox from the desktop. However if I go -File-off line-then back on line, it connects, also if I go to XP's Security window and 'search for updates', Explorer opens and I'm on...

Hey all. I was talking with my friend tonight on IM and she is having toruble with Norton Anti-Virus, and it seems Outlook as well. I'd be very greatful for any help you can give me so that I might pass it on to her. Here is what she said to me: Thanks in advance.

What is there to face up to, when the answer is to be had within consciousness itself? Certainly there would be no means by which to comtemplate any of this if we weren't conscious were we? So why do we attempt to look outside of the fact that we're conscious to find the answer? If consciousness...

I just discovered the previous thread I started about volunteers is missing, as are all my PMs. :eek: If you volunteered by posting in that thread or sending me a PM, could you please do it again or email me at scott (at) randi (dot) org? I should have saved a local copy. I'm sorry.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3971779.stm Not good

I've just found this on the Guardian's site: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1328923,00.html apologies if it has already been mention here:o It seems that 17 members of a unit refused to carry out what they classed as a 'suicide mission' Jim Bowen

I'm just about to upgrade my two WinXP (Pro) PCs - anyone had problems (beacuse of the upgrade ;) ) either with the installation or after?

As I mentioned in another thread, I'm giving it a go at teaching myself calculus. Right now, I'm reviewing Geometry. What I need is an online source for problems I can work for practice, my book budget for the quarter having been totally used up. Anyone have recommendations?

Forget about al Qaeda. Forget about missing Russian nukes. Forget about global warming, high oil prices and Britney Spears hurting her leg. We've got real problems now. Welcome to the Planet of the Apes! Super Gorilla leaps unreal distance to go on rampage in Zoo - Primatologists baffled...

****************** Devils hit cyber church LONDON, England (CNN) -- The world's first online church has been forced into an urgent rethink after computer hackers logged in as "Satan" and disrupted services with four-letter expletives and racist remarks. ****************** Follow the links at...

My son is studying volumes of solids. All his homework last week and this week is on that subject. In the middle of this evening's homework is this gem: WTF? My first reaction was that the person writing the problem does not realize that the volume of the boxes is irrelevant. Then I figured I...

Changing of the Guard According to the report, recruitment and re-upping of National Guardsmen is well below quotas. Really? Ya think? Gee, I can't imagine why? After all, one can always get out early so they can go to Harvard Law School, can't they?

This came up recently, I think on one of the Mars thread, when someone mentioned the tremendous amount of time it would take to get anywhere outside of the Solar System. Someone mentioned that with a propulsion system capable of constant 1g acceleration, you could cover tremendous distances in...

Aaahh...the end justifies the means, right?

So it seems this book is universally reviled, but I'm not exactly sure why. I'll admit, I actually had to look up "fascist" in the dictionary last night. (Feeling stupid) I fail to see how the label applies at all. She's a bit heavy handed and overstates things to make a point, but is hardly...

Is it not as bad as it seems Even though this article tries to paint a less gloomy picture, it is a pretty good example of bending statistics. Trying to counter company's moving from Ca. with the fact that more corporations are being formed. Yes this is true, when I was laid off, I started...

I was helping my boss with her computer and we started talking about Mars. During the conversation she mentioned how astrologist's were making predictions of bad things occurring because of the proximity of Mars to Earth. I started to make a joke about it when I noticed that she was dead...

(I debated posting this here or in humor. If it belongs better in humor, feel free to move it there.)

Greetings! I am troubled by some observations about measurement that someone more intelligent and/or educated might be able to help me resolve. 1. A point is defined as having location without dimension, and in this world we describe a point's location by its relationship to other points. 2...