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A few weeks ago I spotted some banners in the front yard of several homes in my surrounding community. They were black, had a silhouette of a runner along with the phrase "What if it's true?", a phone number, and a URL: http://racingtherapture.com/. All I had to do is see the world "rapture"...

China has beamed a ground-based laser at U.S. spy satellites over its territory, a U.S. agency said, in an action that exposed the potential vulnerability of space systems that provide crucial data to American troops and consumers around the world. The Defense Department remains tight-lipped...

I have a flashlight and a radio where it's sole source of power is my muscles turning a little lever on the radio and recharging it. Somehow the kinetic energy of my muscles is transferred into electricity and stored inside of the radio or flashlight. It only takes a few turns of the wheel to...

How was that trait picked out by natural selection? Thank you. mslxl

Hezbollah was using UN post as 'shield'

If want to convert kilograms into energy, you times it by the speed of light squared in meters per second to get energy in joules. If you use grams or pounds, you use different units for both velocity and energy: MKS: Joules = Kilograms * Meters Per Second ^2 CGS: Ergs = Grams * Centimeters Per...

You can read it here. It isn't just that they're using these damned things, it's what else is going on with them... I'd like to read the whole Amnesty International report. I'll have to wait, though: I need to get to work.

I must display a large number of Email address links on my pages. Spambots are the bane of my existence. Are the Javascripts which hide the address really effective against the Spambots or have the spammers caught up with this trick? Does anyone have a favorite Javascript for this purpose...

I am posting this question here cause this is one of the most educated forums around... I saw some footage on either PBS or the discovery channel a few years ago of a little flying robot that was being tested by some engineers. It was using some kind of pulsed combustion technology for...

News item in tomorrow's British Medical Journal "“The Amsterdam Medical Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off one doctor and suspended two others for their exclusive use of complementary treatments— including “vegatests,” homoeopathic medicine, and food supplements—to treat Sylvia Millecam, the...

Read the studies referenced in the Power Plate site. That expensive gizmo does next to nothing and they've got the studies to prove it. *Sigh*

I'm wondering if anyone else here uses the rituals and ceremonies of religion? I'm an atheist Druid, basically the pagan lifestyle without the extra calories of deity. So, religion-light. I realize the fact that I am a social animal and that myth and ritual are important facets of my...

Recently I decided to upgrade my FC3 to FC4. This is the first OS upgrade that I have performed that didn't impress me. (I dodged the Windows ME bullet) The first time I logged in, it informed me that the e-mail notification tool no longer works with the new desktop. This is minor, I can...

When specifying a URL, I want to use &highlight to highlight a phrase. I can highlight a word OK. For instance in this I Love Firefox thread I can highlight the word "Firefox" OK: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49766&highlight=firefox but I want to highlight the...

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=16902006 You've got to be s*****g me.-...

I've just read this opinion piece: http://technology.guardian.co.UK/opinion/story/0,16541,1599325,00.html I often turn to Wikipedia if I want to quickly look up something and I do reference it occasionally here. However the above article got me to wondering how good is it to use as a reference...

American and British governments kidnapping and using torture on terrorist "suspects" ON each stage of his journey, as he descended further and further into the gulags and torture chambers of the war on terror, Benyam Mohammed al-Habashi was shadowed by British intelligence. The British were...

Look at this website on Christian logic: http://www.christianlogic.com/forums/index.html Here's their rules: This discussion forum is designed primarily for evangelical Christians and the board as a whole subscribes to Aristotle’s formalization of logic. If you are not an evangelical...

Apologies if this has already been posted, I didn't see it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4734507.stm Sounds pretty amazing. Here's another article which projects that this will take 5 years for an all-types-of-cancer cure. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4423847.stm

Apple has finally started selling a 2 button mouse, with a scroll pad and forward-back buttons. I guess this is a good step forward, but it comes with a price, $49, and it only fully works with tiger. I think I will stick with my trackball

Since roids were back in the sports news lately I thought Id post this story. Its really interesting. These guys are in a dangerous war zone, so the danger of roids probably doesnt phase them much. And people are surprised that athletes with millions on the line endanger themsleves with the...

SEATTLE -- Betty Hiatt's morning wake-up call comes with the purr and persistent kneading of the cat atop her bedspread. Reaching for a cane, the frail grandmother pads with uncertain steps to the tiny alcove kitchen in her two-room flat. She is, at 81, a medical train wreck and a miracle...

ABC's "Boston Legal" to address Fox News bias without using the words "Fox News" Miami Herald The story also references the "Foxblocker" a device which prevents Fox News from being shown on particular televisions. I considered putting the thread in the TV and entertainment section, but I...

Hi, I have a laptop (ThinkPad A31p) and I have been using this to watch DVD-movies. This has been working OK, but recently I've been experiencing some problems with subtitles (no-show) and jaggy/jumpy action. Since this was not a problem before, I suspect it is a SW-problem (I have been...

What does it mean to apply a rule "using your own judgment"? Here are some possibilities: (1) Imagine what the rule would have been if its creators had faced this situation. Then apply that rule. (2) Ignore goals and intentions and simply apply the rule in a literal way. (3) Anticipate...

I have always hated Jesse Jackson, lothed him in fact. He is a fraud, a huckster a grifter in every sense of the word. He is a con artist who uses extortion and race relations to get rich. While he was "councelling" Clinton regarding the Monica Lewinsky affair he was having an extramarital...

Here's the story: Mom loves her old TV wich has only RF Coaxial input. She also wants to connect a DVD with RCA and S-Video outputs. I've found a few modulators around the net but they're either not PAL-compatible or are about 100 euros which seems a lot. Does anyone in Europe use such an...

Brain chip offers hope for paralyzed Very cool stuff! I wonder if Interesting Ian has any "thoughts" on this matter? :)

A Buffalo (SUNY) university art professor, Steven Kurtz, was hauled in front of a Federal Grand jury because bacterial cultures and DNA amplification equipment were found in his home by paramedics who were called to help his wife who suddenly stopped breathing and died back in May. Kurtz said...

Am I the only one who finds it comical to hear so many people use the term "flip flop" and "flip flopper". It so rediculous! To think that well educated well dressed adults discussing serious politics toss around "flip flopper" like they were 7 year olds. Some more lines I'd like to hear...