Phi for All

A Denver policeman once told me that the areas immediately around a police station are kind of a blind-spot. The policemen there are usually en route to other areas or are taking care of business inside the station. They also make the assumption that criminals avoid the area near the police stations due to the supposedly quicker response time.

If there are primate alien life forms, we might expect their development to mirror ours. Imagine the low probability of them being synchronous with our last 100 years, from the time we were able to send signals off-planet to the discovery of uranium's devastating abilities to our sociological ability to overcome our self-destruction (which is still up in the air, so to speak). It's no wonder we haven't come in contact with an alien race of similar advancement. Cosmically speaking, 100 years is a pretty small window.

Thank you for the link to the other thread. It cleared up for me what your earlier sentence meant. I think I understand now that you see a correlation between many different aspects of the physical world. I, too, have observed such things many times (some are interrelated, some are merely coincidence). I think I also see the reason behind some of the friction you are experiencing here at SFN. First thing, your user-name suggests an unbending, unopposable adherence to Christian religious doctrine. I must say, however, that the community seems to have overlooked this in their first few posts after your initial ones. I think the problems started to form when you began to make statements of belief (some spiritual beliefs, some scientific ones) without citing other sources or at the very least stating that they were personal. You must be careful in a scientific community to preface your beliefs and conclusions with "IMO (in my opinion)", "I believe", "it seems to me" or any phrase that makes the statement refutable. Without this, you are stating as fact something that can't be proven. Again, personal opinion, stated as fact as if we all should know this. Nothing will raise the hackles of our fellow members faster because we all have these opinions, and they can't all be right. So we can express them as opinion and get feedback, or we can club each other with them as fact and get ridicule. Couple this with what I said about your user-name and you begin to look like some of the fundamentalist types who come here to preach. And I don't think that is your approach at all. From what I have read of your posts, you seem sincere in tying your spiritual beliefs together with the science you know, something that is very important to me as well. I think you will be more effective if you draw the line between your opinions and what you state as fact. And be sure to list citations or give links to the latter. Thanks for listening to my opinion.

Here are some threads that talk in more detail about higher dimensions and hypercubes. I've done the search parameters so the word hypercube will be highlighted in red: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7967&highlight=hypercube http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1068&highlight=hypercube

I'm not making anything out. I made no comments on the hypotheses in question, merely the methods by which you were attempting to refute them. I agree, they would not come to a sudden stop, but that was not what my earlier comment was about. Jonfraz was presupposing a tube through the earth and you were criticizing his hypothesis based on the fact that his supposition was impossible. Suppositions are often made for the theoretical purposes. He was asking you to assume the tube was a given. Again, your beliefs and theories were not in question. I was pointing out that asking you to suppose there was already a tube through the middle of the earth was key to Jonfraz's example. For you to argue his supposition was superfluous. If your paranoia in this instance has been brought about by unfair persecution from fellow SFN members, I encourage you to report offensive posts by clicking on the middle button at the lower left of each post. For my part, when I get the time, I will follow some of your posts to see what has brought on this defensive posture.

Good luck with that. Can you make this sentence a bit clearer? Because' date=' I simply doubt it's possible to put a hole inside the planet.[/quote']His hypothesis presupposes a tube through the earth for the purposes of his gravity example. You're disagreeing with his hypothesis because his supposition doesn't suit you.

I'll bet this was the intention. Photocopier toner is cheaper than printer cartridges in most cases. They are being frugal.

I hear he likes Baby Got Back, but he sings his own lyrics: I like big bucks so I have to lie My other brothers showed me why That when a guy walks in with an itty bitty case full of bearer bonds in your face You get sprung, wanna pull out your tongue 'Cause you notice that bucks was stuffed Deep in the jeans he's wearing I'm hooked and I can't stop staring Oh Allah, I wanna get wit'chuz And take your riches CIA tried to warn me But with that oil they got makes me feel so horny Ooh, Rumsfeld's Cruisin' You say you wanna be wit my frenz? Well, use me, Cheney Dicky ain't that average meanie I've seen him dancin' Hallibur-romancin' We'll sweat, yet, put the screws to the war bud-get I've got the magazines Sayin' we need more machines Take the average soldier and ask him that "We takin' too much flak!" So, fellas! (Yeah!) Fellas! (Yeah!) Has your President got the bucks? (Hell yeah!) Tell 'em to shake it! (Sheik it!) Shake it! (Sheik it!) Sheik those oily bucks! Dubya got bucks!

The Pope dies + your pedophilia reference + Introduce yourself thread ≠ humor. Trust me, I know humor.

My prayers and wishes are with you and Alex. The specialist is exactly what's needed.

Who you calling ignorant?

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Newtonian wakes up after surgery and asks, "Why are all the blinds drawn?" The doctor answers, "There's a big fire across the street, and we didn't want you to think the operation was a failure."

Q. What does HMO stand for? A. This is actually a variation of the phrase, "Hey, Moe!" Its roots go back to a concept pioneered by Doctor Moe Howard, who discovered that a patient could be made to forget about the pain in his foot if he was poked hard enough in the eyes. Modern practice replaces the physical finger poke with hi-tech equivalents such as voice mail and referral slips, but the result remains the same. Q. Do all diagnostic procedures require pre-certification? A. No. Only those you need. Q. I just joined a new HMO. How difficult will it be to choose the doctor I want? A. Just slightly more difficult than choosing your parents. Your insurer will provide you with a book listing all the doctors who were participating in the plan at the time the information was gathered. These doctors basically fall into two categories -- those who are no longer accepting new patients, and those who will see you but are no longer part of the plan. But don't worry -- the remaining doctor who is still in the plan and accepting new patients has an office just a half day's drive away! Q. What are pre-existing conditions? A. This is a phrase used by the grammatically challenged when they want to talk about existing conditions. Unfortunately, we appear to be pre-stuck with it. Q. Well, can I get coverage for my pre-existing conditions? A. Certainly, as long as they don't require any treatment. Q. What happens if I want to try alternative forms of medicine? A. You'll need to find alternative forms of payment. Q. My pharmacy plan only covers generic drugs, but I need the name brand. I tried the generic medication, but it gave me a stomach ache. What should I do? A. Poke yourself in the eye. Q. I have an 80/20 plan with a $200 deductible and a $2,000 yearly cap. My insurer reimbursed the doctor for my out-patient surgery, but I'd already paid my bill. What should I do? A. You have two choices. Your doctor can sign the reimbursement check over to you, or you can ask him to invest the money for you in one of those great offers that only doctors and dentists hear about, like windmill farms or frog hatcheries. Q. What should I do if I get sick while traveling? A. Try sitting in a different part of the bus. Q. No, I mean what if I'm away from home and I get sick? A. You really shouldn't do that. You'll have a hard time seeing your primary care physician. It's best to wait until you return, and then get sick. Q. I think I need to see a specialist, but my doctor insists he can handle my problem. Can a general practitioner really perform a heart transplant right in his office? A. Hard to say, but considering that all you're risking is the $10 co-payment, there's no harm giving him a shot at it. Q. What accounts for the largest portion of health care costs? A. Doctors trying to recoup their investment losses. Q. Will health care be any different in the next century? A. No, but if you call right now, you might get an appointment by then.

Sayo and Blike are preparing a couple of stone tablets as we speak. Have faith.

Your "scum" quote was attributable in your link to US scholar A. H. Eastabrook, not Darwin.

Pangloss and I wish to know what "posh" means in this reference. Is it classy, stylish and fashionable or does it have a different meaning in the UK? I think having a stereotype of being classy is a good thing.

The resting stereotype comes from your famous siestas, which people should recognize as a very smart idea in your hot climate. I have never heard of the cactus bit. I remember traveling to Greece and hearing the same thing about ouzo. Many Greeks can't stand it. Regarding the OP, Hollywood movies need to have you make certain choices and conclusions about characters, otherwise exposition and character development takes too long. The stereotyping is deplorable only if you take it out of the theatre and into the real world.

It'll be the biggest thing since the burning bush.

As soon as I entered Cheney's address and asked for satellite, the FBI kicked in my door and is now busy searching my house for WMDs. I must have been on some kind of list. Gotta go.

swansont, the phunniest physicist on the phorum! Trust you to have the proper reference frame.

Cigar. No aspiring doctor would smoke cigarettes anymore. At least not where a satellite camera could catch him. It got my house dead on. I think my neighbor's kid's ball is stuck on my roof.

WARNING! Nothing good can come from this kind of attitude. I see darkness on the horizon for you, young man. Great idea! Down with dentists! I wish insulin didn't do so many bad things after it regulated blood sugar. It would be great if a different hormone that wasn't sensitive to sweets regulated things like cholesterol, salt retention, fat storage and blood pressure. Pie with every meal!

I don't personally give a fig if your banana ripens from juicy images of melons. It may not be the berry best way to compote oneself, but as darth tater (who happens to be a vegetable) points out, censorship would be much more sour. Pearents of small sprouts should cultivate conversations about prickly subjects to produce understanding. The best defense against weeds is a well-tended garden, not weed-killer.