DrDNA

There are several drugs that are dopamine agonists.....they are used to treat, for example, Parkinsonism and also restless leg syndrome.

Citizen here. The 2 party system has failed us, and is currently failing us miserably. What are the plusses/minuses of two party control? Few pluses except perhaps ease of choice. For example, in the old days, our grandparents only had Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes to choose from. The choice was easy.....frosted or not frosted Then came Cheerios, Fruit Loops, Lucky Charms, Life, the granolas, etc. Now things are so complicated that many people spend a half hour or more in the cereal isle and still can't decide. So, if we increased the number of political parties to say.....10 or more and gave everyone only 30 seconds to make a choice in the booth, that should eliminate a large percentage of uniformed voters. So, that would be a plus. If we were to move away from a two-party system, how might we do that, and what might be the benefits/costs? 1. Would need to increase the mean IQ of the voting public by at least 20 points. 2. Then we would have to become unselfish.....care about something besides our own personal and immediate gratification. 3. We would have to ween ourselves off the 30 second sound bite. 4. Run all the lobbyists out of town on a rail. 5. Impose strict term limits. 6. Life imprisonment or execution for anyone that knowingly and willingly lies in the performance of their duties as a public servant and for citizens that knowingly and willingly lie in the printed press or on the airwaves. 7. And finally, somehow get people to care. Conclusion. Probably ain't gonna happen.

Except it lowers the sperm count. Maximum sperm density is generally attained by waiting approximately 3 days between ejaculations. And I suspect that those who dance alone are less, not more, adept at dancing with a partner....at least compared to those who dance frequently with a partner.

Ah, yes. That is a tropical storm for sure. But a category 5 hurricane is a malt liquor (eg, Colt 45, Cobra, Little Kings, etc....), which is probably a category 1 or 2 by itself, PLUS pickled hard boiled eggs. Makes me sick to my stomach just thinking about it......

Attention Please: For those of you intent on nuking the Zombies or burning them in a fiery moat or a burning ring of fire, as my good friend Mr Cash will tell you, the subsequent Zombie rain will just exacerbate the problem......creating more Zombies. Just check out the Zombies in pink attempting to sneak up behind Johnny as he tries to tell to world about this problem: Y2iv_E-Fn9E

Re: Nano Except for particular experiments that the astronauts might perform as part of their missions, the technology that goes up on the shuttle/space station is usually not cutting edge. Most of it is decades old. It is too risky to rely on anything that has not been shown to be reliable. Each astronaut outputs about 1 kg/day CO2 And they do things like this to remove it and turn it into something useful: CO2 (G) + 2LiOH (S) --> LiCO3 (S) + H2O (L). There may be other ways as well. I'm fairly certain that they are looking at things along the lines of algae for settlements on Mars and other long missions. Not really. And molecule for molecule a particular gas is exactly the same weight as the liquid. Plus, when you compress a gas......it becomes.....a liquid.

How much would it cost to attach little boosters to them and have them deorbit precisely at predetermined targets of national interest?

I think that would depend entirely on the teacher and the constraints imposed by such teacher. Mouse + mouse activated switch + razor blades attached to battery operated helicopter blades = mouse tartare and a definite A+++ in my grading book. If you're a member of PETA, one might consider having the helicoptor carry the captured mouse safely out of harm's way. In any event, the REAL point, and what I am try to communicate is, an 'A+' solution probably lives somewhere between conventional thinking and the slicing, dicing 'Mouseomatic'.

That's a good point and I forgot that it is colorless in neutral to acid solutions. It is pink to purple basic solutions.....which doesn't do you much good 'except' as JC mentioned above.......... Conclusion: You should have more than enough info to answer your homework question.

I can't recall off the top of my the had exact number or the ratio of cars and trucks built/assembled by the BIG 3 in Canada, Mexico or elsewhere vs US. But I can tell that it is significant. Furthermore, I can't tell you off the top of my head how much of a car 'assembled' in the US is made with foreign parts. But I also know that this number is also significant. However, I DO know that 'my' Ford F-150 was made in Mexico. Other Ford F-150s are made in Brazil, Canada, Venezuela or the US I also know that many of vehicles produced by the BIG 3 are obsolete. So, can you please explain to me why we are bailing out the Mexican, Brazilian, Canadian, and Venezuelan auto industries who happen to be making obsolete vehicles???

Yeah. Well I can only speak from personal experience. Years ago, I had what I thought was just another episode of allergies......with the usual sore throat from nasal drainage. I wasn't even that sick, esp after the first week-10 days. I didn't even miss a day of work. After about 3.5-4 weeks I went to the Dr. to get my allergy Rx renewed (which he wouldn't refill over the phone since it had been so long) and he chewed my butt up and down..........royally. I had Strep throat the whole time and he almost admitted me to the hospital.

Of course, Captain Kirk would probably just design a mouse trap based upon conventional (off the shelf) helicopter technology.......and be done with it.........

That's funny. To echo YT's responce but perhaps more emphatically.... PLEASE, CAMERON, GO SEE A REAL DOCTOR We don't want to lose you. Strep Throat can seem like something else, or like it is getting better sometimes. But left untreated, it can quickly turn into Rheumatic Fever, involving your heart valves and brain, even after just a couple of weeks.

iNow, I think he (albeit harshly) attacked your political opinion and political preference; not your 'overall' intelligence. What does one's level of education, writing ability or lack thereof have to do with their political opinion?

I could vote if you had a category that states the actions and/or inactions of BOTH the reps and the dems have been shameful re: this matter.

Interesting. To the best of recollection, I've had to sign away copyrights on EVERYTHING....even 'abstracts' for talks at conferences ....which are generally printed in 'proceedings'.

Does the "helicopter" have to have rotating blades or can it use another principle to achieve/maintain altitude? Must it maintain altitude or just achieve altitude....if the former, for how long? You may have to get outside the "box"...

How much "leather" can you get from a duck? I know that ostrich makes a fine boot or hand bag. But I've never heard of either of these being made out of a duck....although of course that doesn't mean that they don't exist....... By the way Kleinwolf ... Foie gras (pronounced /fwɑːˈgrɑː/ in English; French for "fat liver") is a food product made of the liver of a duck or goose that has been specially fattened. This fattening is typically achieved through gavage (force-feeding) corn, according to French law,[1] though outside of France, high quality product has also been produced using natural voluntary feeding. Pâté de foie gras was formerly known as "Strassburg pie" in English due to that city being a major producer of this food product.[2] Foie gras is one of the most popular and well-known delicacies in French cuisine and its flavour is described as rich, buttery, and delicate, unlike that of a regular duck or goose liver. Foie gras can be sold whole, or prepared into mousse, parfait, or pâté (the lowest quality), and is typically served as an accompaniment to another food item, such as toast or steak. The technique of gavage dates as far back as 2500 BC, when the ancient Egyptians began keeping birds for food and deliberately fattened the birds through force-feeding.[3] Today, France is by far the largest producer and consumer of foie gras, though it is produced and consumed worldwide, particularly in other European nations, the United States, and China.[4] Gavage-based foie gras production is controversial, due to the force feeding procedure, and the possible health consequences of an enlarged liver, and a number of countries and other jurisdictions have laws against force feeding or the sale of foie gras due to how it is traditionally produced. wiki "If... she... weighs... the same as a duck,... she's made of wood. And therefore? A witch!"

Reentry may not be not a good idea for some satellites. Maybe small ones are not so dangerous, but...... Skylab in 1979: ".........ground controllers tried several attitude control maneuvers, which they believed could at least slightly alter the station's reentry path, even if it couldn't control it. It could land anywhere on Earth, raining fiery debris on unsuspecting people. And their property. They almost succeeded, as most of the station's fiery debris fell in the Indian Ocean off the Australian Coast. Nevertheless, multiple pieces of Skylab have been found in the sparsely populated grasslands of western Australia. Nobody was injured. But the U.S. State Department received a $400 fine for littering from the authorities in the town of Esperance, Australia." Cosmos 954 (which was radioactive): "On January 24, 1978, Cosmos 954 reentered over Canada, with debris hitting the ground in frozen and scarcely populated areas in Canadian Arctic. The U.S. team, which many now believe was associated with the CIA, arrived in Canada to assist in the search. The day after the crash, they started overflights of the area trying to detect the radiation from the spacecraft's remnants. Before they picked up any indications, two people from a six-member group of adventurers returning to their camp found a crater with burned metal pieces in the ice." ..............In the aftermath of the accident, Canada sent the U.S.S.R. a bill for $6,041,174.70 USD, half of which the Soviet government paid after three years of negotiations." Cosmos-1402: "Another disabled nuclear-powered satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on August 30, 1982, officially known as Cosmos 1402, would reenter Earth's atmosphere. ....Cosmos 1402 did fall on January 23, 1983, hundreds of miles (kilometers) south of the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, leaving no known debris....... Salyut 7: "On February 7, 1991, the Salyut 7 hit the atmosphere over South America, announcing its demise with an impressive light show in the night sky over Argentina. As was the case with Skylab, Russian ground controllers tried to intervene in the process of final reentry by rotating the spacecraft. However, debris reportedly fell in Argentina around 250 miles (400 kilometers) from Buenos Aires. Fortunately no one was hurt. " http://www.space.com/news/spacehistory/dangerous_reentries_000602.html

danie, How does the plasma cutter/nitrogen fixation thingy work and/or what made you think of doing it that way? Are you trying to fix ammonia and/or nitrous?

No. But a licensed, board certified MD, whom you should seek out for medical advice on this matter ASAP, probably will. Convulsions (even little ones) are definitely a VERY SERIOUS matter. Even if they are not convulsions, it still could be VERY serious.

A 'good' pH meter is generally more accurate than determining pH with phenopthalein and your eyeball. That said, accuracy can be 'greatly' improved if you use a good UV/vis to monitor the color change with phenopthalein. So the answer is: it depends on how good your pH meter is vs how you are reading the phenopthalein. With either one, you will greatly increase accuracy by doing a titration.

That's quite interesting. Re; the tractor. Are you using the standard fork lift batteries? RE: Nitrogen. What form(s) of nitrogen are you trying to fix (eg, ammonia and/or nitrous oxide)? What is the overall objective? How much power/mole nitrogen fixed does it require? Could you post the chemical reaction that is involved in your nitrogen fixation process? Thanks!

Yes. For very 'simple' hydrocarbons. But outside of an undergraduate lab course, I suppose that one rarely has a need or a desire to do proton NMR on very 'simple' hydrocarbons.

Hi, I'm DrDNA and it's good to be back with those that are wise in the ways of science after a 10-12 month long hiatus. They don't allow internet cables and electrical cords where I was. I'll be here until they discover that I'm missing again.