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! Moderator Note Thread closed. eric555, This is your last chance. Start being coherent or you can take your nonsensical ramblings elsewhere.

! Moderator Note nrh0904, You already have a thread in which you address this. Since it is speculative, we ask that you do not hijack other threads by trying to introduce it elsewhere. I have removed your comment as a result. And again, please do not post your personal details in your posts. Edit: I've also removed all of the replies.

! Moderator Note ACG52, Staff are beginning to get a little bit sick of your attitude with other members here. We have rules about being polite and treating others with respect and you'd do well to abide by them if you wish to continue posting here. too-open-minded, Calling someone a dick kind of falls under the same category. If you think someone has been insulting or is in violation of our forum rules, please feel free to report it using the button at the bottom left of each post. Additionally, if you have genuine questions about the physics (or lack there of) regarding cold fusion, then that is fine. That being said, you should recognize that just because someone doesn't agree with how you think things should work, doesn't mean that they are wrong. We have rules regarding soap-boxing and preaching, namely: ! Moderator Note Essentially, if you've come here with no intention of actually holding an honest discussion, then you have come to the wrong place. If you have some viable reason to think that cold fusion is a possibility (i.e. if you have evidence to support it), then please bring it to the table. In the mean time, I'm moving this to Speculations.

! Moderator Note zhou jian, Once again, one thread per topic. Thread closed. Next time you will be risking suspension.

! Moderator Note This is being moved to speculations. MyWifesSkin, this means you're going to actually have to start backing up your claims with proper evidence.

! Moderator Note I think you should learn to post things in the right forum, as you've been asked to do several times in the past. I'm closing this thread. You're welcome to reopen it on the condition you don't try and reopen it in the lounge.

! Moderator Note Arun Nayak, Please do not plagiarise web sites. If you're going to copy and paste something, cite your sources. Additionally, your post is more or less an advertisement and is in violation of our rules. I have therefore removed it.

! Moderator Note Arun Nayak, Please cite your sources when copying things from other places.

Mohammad Shafiq Khan has been permanently banned from SFN for constant thread hijacking and a blatant disregard for the forum rules and staff warnings and PM's. owl is also banned permanently for constantly reintroducing topics he was told not to after having been given numerous opportunities to discuss the matter. It's been fun.

Done and done.

I was mostly referring to the first half of your post, which comes from here and had no apparent author. And no, I suppose you aren't obliged to reply to anyone. Not that it matters anymore anyway.

! Moderator Note eric555, Make your point and make it coherently (and quickly). You're very close to being banned from posting here. I suggest you start to take heed of staff warnings if you wish to avoid this.

! Moderator Note PJ Jones, I have removed your link in accordance with rules 2.7 of our forum rules: ! Moderator Note Please be aware that we don't tend to like people linking sites in their post that serve no real purpose except to drive traffic or garner profits. If you feel this mod note was misplaced or would like to query it, please feel free to report it using the report feature on the bottom left of this post or PM a member of staff. Also, welcome to SFN!

! Moderator Note yoxiwhy, Firstly, this is a discussion forum. Copying material is of course okay, but you don't offer any questions or real points for discussion here, which makes it difficult for members to respond. Secondly, copy pasting from articles, etc. without crediting the source is plagiarism and is against the forum rules. If you are going to quote something, please cite your sources.

! Moderator Note astrocat5, Please have a read over our forum rules. We don't permit preaching or soap boxing here. The attempts at proselytizing needs to stop.

! Moderator Note Thomas, This stops now. Firstly, in relation to this post. I have removed the private correspondence that you pasted as it is rather inappropriate to go around making personal conversation public without the consent of all parties involved. You were warned here that you were in violation of rule 2.1c of the forums rules, which you agreed to abide by in signing up here. This is where the racial slurs end. If you cannot do this, the thread gets closed. Additionally, it is worth noting that soap boxing is also not permitted here.

! Moderator Note Mohammad, Firstly, if you are going to quote something from somewhere else, you need to credit it. Direct copy pastes from websites or papers or books, etc. without crediting the source is plagiarism and is against the rules. I recognize that the second part of your post comes from what appears to be something you have authored. The first website does not have an author that I could see and so would require some form of citation. Secondly, it would be a courtesy to other members here to please only copy relevant quotes instead of giant walls of text. Additionally, this is a discussion forum and it would be advisable if you could not make entire posts containing only uncredited words of others.

Mohammad, could you possibly use the 'reply' button or use quote tags when you quote something from another member?

! Moderator Note Further to imatfaal's note, dapifo, you'd be wise not to provoke members by insulting their intellect.

I'm slightly bias being from NZ, but the south island of NZ has some beautiful scenery and a wealth of outdoor and cultural activities, if that's what you're after. January will be summer time, so you won't get much in the way of skiing, etc. but there are a number of national parks in and around the coastal and alpine regions that are always open. The last time (and actually the first time; I'm a North islander myself) I was there I went to the Golden Bay area up past Kaiteriteri and into where Abel Tasman national park is. There are a bunch of walks and kayaking tours that you can do there over the course of however long you want with cabin lodging throughout. The kayaking is especially fun in summer, because it's usually sunny and the seals that live there will come will come right up to you if you let them. I had a great time and not having to worry about forest creatures trying to kill me is a welcome relief after living here in Australia. I didn't get to go there when I was in the South, but along the western coast there are a number of glacial regions (the Franz Josef is probably the most well known) as well as Fiordland national park. The eastern coast has places like Kaikoura and Christchurch (the latter of which is not a very touristy place right now, sadly) and inland from that is of course the Southern Alps - all of which are lovely places. I should say, the North island is also a nice place (Rotorua at least has an interesting odor, if you like sulphur) and is a fair bit warmer, but I'm much more a fan of the South. Lake Taupo (in the central of the North island) certainly wins where sunsets are concerned (you can't quite see it, but there were clouds sitting on top of the lake): (Apologies for the slantiness; I took this from a moving vehicle and haven't been bothered to straighten it) I wish I could comment more on Australia. Since I've lived here (almost 14 years now) I've left Queensland 9 times, 7 of which were overseas. I can tell you that Canberra is weirdly boring and small for a capital and that Melbourne has a nice zoo.

! Moderator Note Mohammad Shafiq Khan, Please stop spam-derailing threads. It's tiresome. I've removed your comment from this thread as it has absolutely no relevance to the OP.

! Moderator Note Mohammad Shafiq Khan, Welcome back from your holiday. Once again I remind you that you are not permitted to reintroduce your pet theory and that you are especially not allowed to hijack other threads with it. I have removed your comment from this thread. Please also be aware that the next step should you choose to keep ignoring staff warnings is a permanent ban from SFN.

! Moderator Note owl, This is far from being the first time you've been warned about this. Drop it.

! Moderator Note After extensive discussion amongst staff and communication with Rich_A12 via PM, the consensus decision is to keep this thread closed due to continued ignorance of staff warnings by the OP and by association, continued violation of our rules against soap boxing and against rule 1 of the Speculations forum rules. Rich_A12, you were given plenty of opportunity to revise your posting and your attitude towards other members here. Since you have chosen to disregard these, you will not be permitted to reopen this topic here or in any other thread.

Gah. If someone would be so kind as to fix the neg rep on the above post by md65536, I would be most grateful. I had meant to press the green button, I swears it.