John Cuthber

The commercial synthesis of zinc chloride would require a rather big Erlenmeyer flask Also, on a commercial scale you would have to do something about the H2S.

"I just don't see how the heat content of the rock could affect the linear kinetic energy of the rock." I didn't say it would.

A vacuum is nothing. What could be more primeval than that? Why do you believe this "primeeval vacuum" exists?

Hang on, "I don't know anywhere in the world where women are as available for sexual partnership with men as men are available for partnering with women," What?! Ignoring homosexuality here (and I think we should). I'm pretty damn certain that the number of women available to have sex is exactly the same as the number of men available to have sex. It takes two to tango. I grant that, for example, in my bedroom, there's a shortage of available women, but I think that's exactly compensated for by another bedroom where there's a woman thinking that a man would make things better. It's a pity we don't have eachother's phone numbers.

For a small fee a lawyer could tell you the difference between libel (which this individual's behaviour probably isn't) and slander which it probably is.

Great, you just proposed making this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder into a practically fatal illness. Even the rest of us would get tired of the lack of light.

"Wilhelm Reich, an early follower of Freud, once pointed out that everyone's wildest sexual aspirations could be fulfilled all the time if society were prepared to be casual about sex, " You would need a lot of clones of Angelina Jolie and they would be busy. I realise that might be considered as a rather silly statement, but anyone who cites Freud and his followers is leading with their chin.

I think it applies. In addition the rock would be "ringing" with all the vibrational modes of the atoms.

Actually, it would keep oscillating for ever. If it stopped then you would know its position (at least approximately) and its momentum exactly which would be a breach of the uncertainty principle. This is the origin of zero point energy.

"Why don't such people have casual sex with anyone they come in contact with, for example, if they're reasonably sure they can prevent disease, violence, etc.?" Who says we don't? Of course, there's another caveat to add to the list- consent (though you might want to count that among avoiding violence). The truth that I have come to face is that most of the women I wan't to have sex with don't want to have sex with me. Since I don't like getting my face slapped I don't often ask. I don't see what religion has to do with this and the only moral issue seems to be that I'm disinclined towards rape as a means to get my leg over. That's not a religious argument, it's part of the general principle, included in most religions (but not exclusive to religion) that you should do unto others as you would have others do unto you. There may also be people who don't care about that moral issue, but are kept on the straight and narrow by threat of punishment by society- whether that society is secular or not.

"overcharging only really applies to two things in physics, capacitors and electrochemical cells." Have you seen the price of scientific equipment?

I presume the 200% should be 20% I would measure the density of the three liquids. In this case (as with may others) the denser solution will have the higher concentration. It's quick, easy and non-destructive.

Sure about that? The OP says it's a tube from pole to pole.

Ask why he hasn't claimed a million dollars. http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/1m-challenge.html Come to think of it "What are some things to say to a psychic" "psychic who's been saying things about me to my family" How about saying "here is a writ for damages"

You seem to be using an unorthodox definition of the word "flame". On the other hand, G X uses an unorthodox version of reality so...

Is that product missing an R on the Nitrogen? I'm afraid that's as much help as I can be.

I think there should be an option for "it's a perfectly good question, but a dumb poll"

Currently using Chrome because some aspect of IE* really pissed me off at about the time Chrome came out. *I can't remember what.

The blanks are "wrong" and" right" respectively.

Well, because there's a gadget called the "Titanium sublimation pump" the data fro titanium is sort of available Have a look here http://cas.web.cern.ch/cas/Baden/PDF/Vacuum.pdf It says they run the pumps at about 1300C. I also have a charming old book called "Handbook of electron tube and vacuum techniques" It lists the temperatures for evaporating a bunch of metals (i.e. where the pressure reaches 10µ of mercury) Al 996C Cu 1273C and Ti 1546C Apart from the Ti, those temperatures are above the melting points of the metals which means you will be boiling them, rather than subliming them. I don't know if that will matter.

In my experience of burning stuff to generate heat, using air is cheap and efficient, much more so than using oxygen. Using (relatively) pure oxygen is sometimes a good idea, but it serves no real purpose here. (for a given definition of purpose)

This bit "I also tried putting book in the middle of the metal plates instead,and I was still able to get voltages reading" is interesting. What sort of voltmeter are you using? Is it one with a very high input impedance (an electrometer)?

"If handling them is not too much of a problem, you could go for something near-universally toxic, but unreactive, such as arsenic or mercury." The reason they are toxic is because they are reactive. On the other hand, I'm sure you are right about something "eating" the bones and what they will be eating is the collagen as much as anything else. The only way I can think of to preserve the bones without destroying the collage would be to dry them fully. Not just leaving them open to the air, but placing them in a sealed container with a strong drying agent. (freshly baked-out silica gel would be one of the best options- it's cheap clean and fairly good at the job). Putting some activated charcoal in the desiccator might get rid of the smell. Anyway,, if these bones smell then they are already not the same as they used to be. You might want to start again.

Can we have it designed and built by magic pixies who don't need to follow the rules of physics?

No