John Cuthber

Yes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_plaster#Side_effects

And there's nobody in the FBI who knows how to tell lies. It's true that the FBI said it's the Koreans- that's a fact. What we don't know for a fact is whether or not it's true.

IIRC thiocyanate's major toxic property is that it resembles iodide and messes up thyroid function. There must be a dose that's low enough not to matter: one molecule per week isn't going to kill you. How low that dose might be is anyone's guess.

Since prisons have hospitals, we do that anyway. So it's irrelevant. Rather than rehashing that, perhaps you would like to answer my question about coercion.

The liver can metabolise cyanide. It converts it to thiocyanate. Unfortunately, that's still toxic (though much less so) In any event, chronic cyanide poisoning is a real problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konzo

Interesting idea, but breaking and entering are two different processes. Assault an battery are both from Latin. from time to time I have wondered what a native Dutch speaker would make of Middle English. Here's a bit from the start of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. For most English speakers it';s hard work to understand it. Hans, how easy is it for you to read this? Whan that Aprille with his shoures sote The droghte of Marche hath perced to the rote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour; 5 Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, And smale fowles maken melodye, 10 That slepen al the night with open yë, (So priketh hem nature in hir corages): Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages (And palmers for to seken straunge strondes) To ferne halwes, couthe in sondry londes; 15 And specially, from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blisful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke.

I understand that prisons have hospitals so, while you see it as bizarre, and I see it as humane and probably a sensible investment, it hasn't got anything to do with the point. How is it not coercion?

Can anyone come up with a god reason why I should not assume that both parties are lying?

And the other half of my point...

To say that English does not have a marker for the infinitive is to demonstrate that you have not looked to check to see how the language is now found to work. It's there, but it's not the same as in, for example, French. English, without the Norman invasion would, I think be a lot like modern Dutch or German, but it would presumably include words from Scots or Welsh. An interesting idea, I guess we will never know.

It looks a lot like coercion to me. "Mr Bloggs- we can lock you up for a long time in circumstances that are probably worse than most criminals or you can "volunteer" for some experimental surgery. Obviously, it's possible that in future years, evidence may come to light that you were never actually guilty in the first place- but that's just the way the cookie crumbles."

Brain surgery doesn't have a particularly good historical record when it comes to treating what are perceived to be psychological disorders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy

A couple of points, the average salary in the UK is quite a good one. Most people are on rather less than the average. Most lawyers will earn a very good salary. According to this http://www.prospects.ac.uk/solicitor_salary.htm the starting salary is £K17 Which is something like £5000 more than the median salary for that age group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_Kingdom The barristers can easily exceed £1K per hour and in some cases the money just gets silly. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-401488/Britains-lawyers-charge-staggering-5-000-hour.html

As far as I can tell, a paramagnetic material near a magnet will act like the traditional "keeper" on a magnet and keep the magnet strong for longer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_keeper

"There aren't enough atoms in the universe for life to arise by chance according to science." is just plain wrong. According to science, it did.

I think the technology still has room for improvement. http://gizmodo.com/11-spectacular-3d-printer-failures-511092085

The post seems to have nothing to do with the title. At most, it shows that one atheist has possibly got something in common with some psychopaths.

Most bases don't do that.

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It seems to be working OK in Chrome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Methyltetrahydrofuran

It seems more sensible to me to label these things (dyes, proteins, structure, whatever) with their charges.

I'm not sure that the terms "acid" and "basic" are useful here. Lysine is illustrated here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysine and it's got a positive charge on it because, at the sort of pH you get in the body, it carries an extra proton. (The amino and carboxylate groups at the other end don't get involved much, because they are part of a protein chain- each is combined to form an amide group) The reason it picks up that proton is that lysine a base. However, once it has picked it up, the resulting protonated form is an acid. (and I think that's where the confusion lies) So, in the body, it's got a positive charge, and it sticks to the -ve charge of eosin. Look at a much simpler case- ammonia. NH3 is a base- it has no charge. However in the body, at about pH7 it is protonated to form the ammonium ion NH4+ NH4+ is acidic (albeit weakly so). Here's the strange bit, if ammonia wasn't a base, it wouldn't get converted into an acid in the body. (in the longer term the ammonia will be removed from the body- probably as urea- but that's not the point)

No, and once again you seem to be repeatedly ignoring what I say, Stop pretending that the decision is down to my personal biases. I never said that, you keep trying to pretend that I did. I repeatedly pointed out that it's a societal decision. And you flatly said it isn't- but you offered no sensible reason for that assertion. If you want to see who is sane you look at what people believe. If they think the moon is made of cheese, that there are dragons at the bottom of the garden, and so on- things that are clearly not true, then they are insane. It's not a matter of "not people's subjective view of those who disagree with them. " It's a matter of whether they believe that the Queen is a shape changing alien lizard. If they do, then they are nuts. Why do you think it takes a medical professional to see that? How do you reckon that anyone ever ends up going to see such a doctor? After all- you seem to think that nobody else can make the judgement. Do you think these people wander deludely round the streets until they happen to bump into a psychiatrist? Or do you accept that the general public are able to tell that someone is "not right in the head" and alert the authorities? Until you actually look at what I say you are not even trying to debate with me.

Part of the confusion may be due to the fact that the stain called Hematoxylin isn't Hematoxylin. The stuff in the bottle has aluminium added to it. The Al + Hematoxylin complex has a +ve charge overall. On the other hand eosin, at the sort of pH you get in normal tissue has a -ve charge. This might help http://mhpl.facilities.northwestern.edu/files/2013/10/The-Science-and-Application-of-Hematoxylin-and-Eosin-Staining-6-5-2012.pdf