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I think you mean "The Astral Plane". This is related to a "higher existence" state people that practice meditation believe to be a representation of the world through pure energy. Instead of presenting "matter" - things are presented through their energetic state, and it is believed among some of the meditation doers that if you reach that "state" or "plane" then your consciousness can 'travel around' great distances, effectively projecting yourself (or, your consciousness, rather) into places you are not physically in. There are no "walls" or "barriers" in the astral plane, only energy. here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_plane Is that what you meant? ~moo

I'll take that as a yes?

Woah!!

but since it already exists (hence the link i gave), the "patent" is no longer yours. Sorry :\ ~moo

While your idea is great, there is this nice utility that actually was built to this purpose, and therefore will probably work better through time. http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/60ad/ It's also on the same point of freezing water, only this one is using a frozen bottle, so more ice, less water, lasts longer. I'm actually thinking of buying it.. surely the cost of the thing is less than what i'd pay for a/c on all the time.. This is New York.. I'm goin to die of heat in the summer.... ~moo

woa woa.. no no, this type of test you're not even supposed to practice for. I just want to review basic math to make sure I get rid of my rustiness. I have a week to remember the basics... in particular I cant seem to find refferences on the 'main formulas' - like the a^2 + 2ab + b^2 = 0 which I completely forgot how to seperate each one.. c'mon guys, there's GOT TO BE some worksheets / review material for those things online... help? ~moo

How 'bout we start out by having America - The largest country in the world - actually USING the metric system, and go from there.. Besides, what would happen if we find out that the speed of light is less than that, or more than that, even by "marginal" degrees? we'd have to change the entire thing all over again! ~moo

It's okay, we won't beat you up, JesuBungle.

Hi guys My math is rusty as heck, I haven't touched practically anything for at least 4 years. I just recieved notice that I was accepted to university, and they've invited me for a placement exam. I have to go over the basic and bit more advanced math so that i wont waste time remembering things at the exam time itself.. I've been looking for some basic algebra questions, but didn't really have a lot of luck. Anyone knows of sites that allow for algebra training? Furthermore, I'm new to the USA.. can anyone explain, briefly, what does "Math I", "Math II" and "Math III" means? What type of "difficulties" are we talking about between these? And just a last note; I am rusty, but I used to deal with relatively difficult math in high school, so all I need is a few questions in each subject in order to remember, and I do believe I'll do just fine.. used to solve Physics equasions.. so.. I should be okay after I get my head back into the action. I hope thanks ~moo

YESS!! I found a solution. First, I changed the buttons to Checkboxes. So, now it looks like that: <table> <tr><td id="SpecCell_1_1"> <input type=checkbox name="whatever_1" OnClock="this.checked ? document.all.SpecCell_1_1.bgColor='#CC0000' : document.all.SpecCell_1_1.bgColor='#006699'" > </td></tr> <tr><td id="SpecCell_1_2"> <input type=checkbox name="whatever_2" OnClock="this.checked ? document.all.SpecCell_1_2.bgColor='#CC0000' : document.all.SpecCell_1_2.bgColor='#006699'" > </td></tr> </table> It works like a charm. Thanks anyways! ~moo

I tried switching ".bgColor" to ".style.backgroundColor" -- and it still doesn't switch BACK to the original state. I cant understand why heeellppp ~moo

Hi guys. I'm makin a script that basically should change the bgcolor value of a cell (<td>) with an id to red and back to blue. My html section looks like this: <table> <tr><td id="TDA"><input type=button name="ButtA" value="A" OnClick="ToggleButtonValue('TDA','ButtA');"></td></tr> <tr><td id="TDB"><input type=button name="ButtB" value="B" OnClick="ToggleButtonValue('TDB','ButtB');"></td></tr> <tr><td id="TDC"><input type=button name="ButtC" value="C" OnClick="ToggleButtonValue('TDC','ButtC);"></td></tr> <tr><td id="TDD"><input type=button name="ButtD" value="D" OnClick="ToggleButtonValue('TDD','ButtD');"></td></tr> </table> The script section is this: <script language="Javascript"> function ToggleButtonValue(buttonName,TDId) { var ButtonObj = document.getElementById(buttonName); var TdObj = document.getElementById(TDId); // CC0000 = red // 006699 = regular bluish green if (TdObj.bgColor = "#006699") { TdObj.bgColor="#CC0000"; } else { TdObj.bgColor="#006699"; } } </script> The code works in changing the initial color, but when I click the button again, in hopes of changing the red bgcolor back to blue, it doesn't do anything. Not even an error message. Ideas? ~moo

Hi all, I am as far away from a chemist as humanly possible; I much rather physics than chemistry any day, and I don't really undersatnd much of chemistry usually enough to do something practical with it. BUT I recently baught a book called "Sneaky Uses for everyday things", and it has a section about household organic chemistry. One of the "tricks" it proposes, for instance, is creating a plastic-like material by heating up milk and adding vinegar to it. According to the book, the vinegar is creating chunks of solid matter called "Caseine" and you can just mold it to whatever u want, let it dry for a while, and have your own version of home made plastic. At the same book they're also explaining how to make a battery out of lemons (stick nails and paper-clips in 'em), but I already knew that one.. I was wondering: What else can we do - what other neat, harmelss and non-sophisticated projects a lamen can do that are both fun and chemistry-teaching? Would love your inputs!! ~moo

Great question!! What does it smell like really? And, uhm cpwmatthews, I would suggest you go read a bit about light and it's behaviour.. it seems you got a few basic points slightly wrong, and it seems to confuse you. ~moo

It sure does, wow, THANKS Glider!! This is great I can now fully write a relatively realistic scenario for this without getting knowing-people to gasp in frustration as they read my story That ahppens to me when I see a scientific mistake in a story and it can ruin the entire experience. <bows> Many thanks ~moo

I'm not sure light even HAS a shape. If it isn't matter, it's energy, odds are it's "abstract" in its form. Or.. at least I'd think it is :\ I really should go over my physics ... ~moo

The character I'm writing about is extremely fit, in great shape in fact. Would that help her survival odds? Plus, please, for the sake of realism, what are the symptoms she should have as her condition degrades? What does one experiences with loss of blood and internal bleeding? ~moo

actually, I'm not sure about the "everything in the universe is spherecal" declaration thing. First off, not quite; planets are oval usually.. Second, I must wonder about atoms too.. Are they truely "Round" the way they're depicted in the drawings, or is this just the way we chose to represent them? And isn't a sphere the most "perfect" shape in 3 Dimentions? Perhaps things are "more" than a sphere when you go up to more than 3 dimentions, but since those are what we percieve with our brain, we make out everything that has a shape beyond that to be a sphere. Much like beatles; they percieve 2 dimentions, and when encountering a "hole" or a "bump" they don't actually see it.. their brains translate it as something the can understand in their own 2-D perception... ~moo

indeed, our brain is complex. Check these out: http://www.unitn.it/convegni/download/neuroscienze/Perret.pdf and, though a bit "general", it is a good site to learn the basics of light behaviour (and colors in specific): http://science.howstuffworks.com/light6.htm ~moo

How can anything travel faster than light? And then again.. if light travels quicker than light, it is no longer quicker.. than itself.. bah. This is confusing. ~moo

what what whaaaat? No.. I lost you completely.. Light bounces off surfaces and enters your eyes. Various "intensities" and wavelengths determine colors. Colors build up pictures that your brain interpret. Changin in those pictures, movements, are interpreted in your brain and you see your invironment. This is not "Photon", it's Photons (plural). Many many many photons.. Photons are not quite "identical", they differ in intensity. They're "packets of energy". Different Energy/Intensity = different input your brain interprets. This is also why light is dual -- both wave and "matter" -- wavelengths are used to explain different colors. But light also has very "weird" behaviour in terms of emmitting energy; so it is explained as behaving as a "matter"(or 'enery', actually) together. This is out of my limited knowledge. I didn't really understand your question though.. did I even answer it? ~moo

How 'bout all those pills claiming to prevent flu in the summer? Those, actually, I concider quite DANGEROUS, in fact. If you start on pills that change your immune system (for instance, claim to 'elevate' it and prevent deseases) your body gets used to it, and when you stop taking them, your immune system drops, and you get (ironically enough) the flu http://immunesystemboost.ca/ <-- this is one of the examples.. there are lots more. Most of those products claim to contain vitamins, while they don't. Much safer to eat fruit and drink Orange Juice.. ~moo

How much blood can one lose without dying? I once heard something about a third.. that sounds WAAAAAY too much though... ~moo

Basically, from what I learned about light, the only reason you see it when its "colliding with matter" is because it's bouncing back to your eyes. If you use a matter that absorbs the light, you won't see it even as it collides with it. Light is also said to be both wave and "matter". From what I remember from my physics lessons, it's quite the debate. I think today science just "agrees" to call it both. Hope I'm not wrong with this... learnt it quite generally (relatively) and quite a while ago. ~moo