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I'm not sure I understand the confusion over the post. I was wondering what you were talking about when you mentioned media as well. What valid point do you have about the media? "A government that ushers in a grand new age of legal drugs is hardly going to wave every report of drug abuse they get in the media's collective face. If it's not a crime, it's not going to be reported as such. That doesn't mean it isn't happening." "Reported use" does not necessarily suggest criminal behavior; because the term is used to track use of legal substances as well as illegal substances. Also it is clear from the context of his post that he simply could not have been referring to "reported use" in the criminal manner. I'm very confused here..

It only takes two to tango

http://www.antigravity.org/BigSpinModelOfGravity.html Sound familiar?

He is saying that because it would be legalized, people would not be as worried about admitting substance use(abuse), and hence, reported use would likely go up. He's not referring to 'reported use' as in police reports, he's talking about polls that track things like alcohol consumption, fast food consumption, etc.

So you're saying combust hydrogen and air (rather the oxygen IN the air) to push a piston (or whatnot), and then cool the chamber with water to create steam which could also be harnessed for energy?

lol, its becoming quite obvious Hawking and MrL do not get along

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Mysteriously snuffed out candles, weird sensations and shivers down the spine may not be due to the presence of ghosts in haunted houses but to very low frequency sound that is inaudible to humans. http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=3401200

I enjoyed "The Elegant Universe", by Brian Greene. Hawking is ok, dawkins makes for a good biological read.

boooooo.....

Thanks for the answers. This question came up in physics class, and the physics professor said "i'll leave that for you to look into". I instantly thought the answer was yes, it is still accelerating, but the majority of the class agreed it was not. I used the argument that if it wasn't accelerating, and its velocity was 0, then why would it move?

If I throw a ball straight up into the air, is it still accelerating when its velocity is 0 (at the peak of its trajectory)? I say yes...but I just want to be sure

lol, i got owned

I'm right below the center of the second white bar.

Agreed

lol no worries man

I saw that today, i was like OMG is that Sayo from the forums?!?! I just forgot to follow-up. that rocks now to get SF somehow mentioned >:}

http://www.msnbc.com/news/960340.asp?0cv=TB10&cp1=1 Risk completely eliminated now.

Thats what he's saying. If all states are transitionary states, why do we arbitrarily pick certain states and call them species, why not every single state. The answer lies in a combination of faf's post and in MrL's first post. Firstly, when groups of animals can no longer interbreed with each other (because of physical, temporal, or other barriers) they have become separate species. That is how we define species. Assuming humans descended that way, there would be. However just because their is a change, doesn't mean its a new species. When the change prohibits interbreeding, however, it is a new species. A few physical changes to things such as proportions usually won't result in a new species. Think of all the different shapes, sizes, colors, and proportions of humans. We are not all different species. The second part of your answer comes from faf's reply.

Most nuclear transfer techniques involve a process called electroporation in which the nDNA and mtDNA is transferred into the recipient enucleated oocyte. Thus, the hybrid cell will contain cytoplasm from both cells. I'm reading the abstract of a paper here written about the cloned sheep Dolly, and 9 other clones. They noted that although theoretically the mtDNA should be trasnferred into the oocyte, all of the ten cloned sheep derived their mtDNA soley from the oocyte, and not from the donor cell. Thus, they derived their nuclear DNA through nuclear transfer, and are authentic nuclear clones, but their mtDNA came from the oocyte, and hence they are "chimeras". http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/ng/journal/v23/n1/abs/ng0999_90.html Probably won't work because some of the necessary DNA will not be present. I have read about experiments where human mitochondria were tested with other animals nuclei, but neither could function properly. Waksmundzka, M; Journal of Experimental Zoology; 1994; 269(6):551-559 That paper (if you have access) discusses rat-mouse nuclear transfers. The scientists injected rat nuclei into mouse ooctyes and implanted the embryos into female mice. The embryos terminated at very early stages, typically between the time the embryo was 5 to 8 cells.

Yea, what kedas said.

There isn't a problem with that scene. Theoretically, you could fire a rocket or whatnot that travelled at a constant speed of 1 MPH and eventually it would escape the earths gravity. (note, I say earth, but escape velocity applies to every body with mass) Escape velocity describes the velocity at which a rockets engines could be SHUT DOWN, and the rocket would still escape earth's gravity. As regards to your second question; like Mr_L said, I would imagine its much more expensive. Imagine the size of the balloon needed to carry a massive satellite or space telescope. Not only the telescope, but then the rocket it is attached to. Not only that, but they don't have control of the balloon's flight path as much as they do a rocket, that thats not good. Also, a massive balloon would be in the sky a long time and very sensetive materials could be exposed to the elements. Imagine the hubble space telescope being batted about in a thunderstorm cloud :l It could possible be cheaper I suppose, just not very practical..

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oh dude, he's awesome. he'll be :banana2: shortly

We call PhD's professors and doctors, depends on how/when we're referring to them. Usually we say "my professor told me this", but when they're officially addressed its "Dr. Name"

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