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Gauging the scale of impact on large prime factorization
John Cuthber replied to TakenItSeriously's topic in Computer Science
AFAICT, the answer is none. There's a table here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_complexity_of_mathematical_operations If I understand it correctly then the time taken to do division is of the same order as the time for multiplication (if you use this to do the division with) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_algorithm#Newton.E2.80.93Raphson_division -
What causes a fidget spinner to explode? (video included)
John Cuthber replied to Elite Engineer's topic in Classical Physics
I think the mythical centrifugal force is responsible. -
Well, it's clear to me that, without evidence, you are making stuff up.
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Italy makes 12 vaccinations compulsory for children
John Cuthber replied to StringJunky's topic in Politics
You have spectacularly failed to supply any reason why that die-back would happen. Unless you can explain it, you can't rely on it as a reason to do, or not do, anything. Immunisation has been around since before we were a species, it has been shown to be very effective and beneficial. The fact that humans have only done it deliberately for a couple of hundred years doesn't materially affect the process. The immune system does its job very well- we just help it along slightly. -
You haven't heard of black body radiation?
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All the good chemistry jokes argon.
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Religion has been obsolete for decades. Many people have not yet noticed.
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The pH Value of Blood and chronic Diseases
John Cuthber replied to kayzumfelde's topic in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Diet has practically no influence on blood pH. Partly because the blood is strongly buffered Partly because there are a bunch of homoeostasis mechanisms in place. Diet mainly influences the pH of the urine- just in case you wondered. Re "The step from pH value of 7.35 - 7.36 takes only, incorporating the buffering mechanism of hydrogen ion concentration through the bicarbonate/carbon acid mechanism, 20x2=40 hydrogen ions per litre." You will need to show the working there. -
For the Islands, "stability" is a relative term.
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If you are looking for a ratio the simplistic one for a cylinder is something like the ratio of the diameter of the vessel to the wall thickness must not exceed twice the ratio of the tensile strength to the pressure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_stress But, no matter how clever the design is, make sure you proof test it with water, not gas.
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I don't know about the science, but the accuracy of spelling scyence fyction seems to have gone down the pan.
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It's perfectly possible- perhaps even probable- that a supernova can make very heavy elements. It's just that those elements can't leave the ashes of the nova faster than roughly the speed of light. So they only get so far before they decay (even helped out by relativity). You can only find them "close" to the bang. Anything "close" to the nova will not be in a position to report the existence of super-heavy elements
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Relative Humidity from Dew Point/Air temperature
John Cuthber replied to ohall7's topic in Homework Help
You can see why people use tables http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/humidity-measurement-d_561.html -
Anything warmer than very cold indeed should emit VLF radio signals. The Sun is more than hot enough (by about a dozen orders of magnitude)
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How many professional footballers have high IQs? How many unsuccessful scientists had high IQs?
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Not a very strong one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient#Income A 2002 study[113] further examined the impact of non-IQ factors on income and concluded that an individual's location, inherited wealth, race, and schooling are more important as factors in determining income than IQ. "Achieving good grades depends on many factors other than IQ, such as "persistence, interest in school, and willingness to study" (p. 81).[9] It has been found that the correlation of IQ scores with school performance depends on the IQ measurement used. For undergraduate students, the Verbal IQ as measured by WAIS-R has been found to correlate significantly (0.53) with the grade point average (GPA) of the last 60 hours. In contrast, Performance IQ correlation with the same GPA was only 0.22 in the same study.[96]"
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There would be a problem if you were at any great depth because the water pressure would squash the air out of your lungs and you wouldn't be able to breathe in. A long horizontal tube to a "diver" not far under water who breathed out through their nose would be much less of a problem- as long as the pipe was wide enough- but pretty pointless. Meanwhile back at the topic...
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Modern diet and stress cause homosexuality?
John Cuthber replied to ritastrakosha's topic in Psychiatry and Psychology
If you don't know what they are, then there's no way you can attribute things to them. you have just summarised the utter pointlessness of this thread.