Endy0816

I mean hire them to enter the captchas and scrape/input whatever information you need.

Depending on your time requirements you can also, cheaply, hire out other people to do it via services like Amazon's Mechanical Turk(mturk).

Yeah, talking more about density than anything else.

He's referring to the uneven mass distribution within the Earth itself. Depending on your scale's sensitivity you'll see differences in the amount of force produced(weight) based on your location. ie. F = G(m1m2)/r2 As for seeing Gravity not in reference to things like planets, the Cavendish experiment is probably the best example. Subsequently he was able to figure out the approximate density of the entire planet Earth, so not too shabby. As for orbiting it is based on an object's velocity. Cannonball example is a good one. Perpetually "over the horizon" before it can hit. Even with all that there is still a ton more to Gravity, but that is probably enough for now.

Yeah, the Babylonian system combined with the base 10 Hindu-Arabic numeral system. If you want historical then it is a mess of different contributions. Hours are mostly the Greeks(horae). Days of the week are mostly in reference to different Nordic and Roman deities. Months, mostly Roman deities and more than a few of their Emperors. The 7 day week is mostly based on religion(Babylonian and Judaism), every 7 days being a holy day. There's a decent degree of crossover between the two hard to say who thought up what exactly. In their version of the Flood, it took 7 days, might have been the basis. Mostly arbitrary though rooted in our apparent motion around the Sun. Insane to think about the amount of observation involved. There are a number of other systems out there as well, if you are interested.

This might make the Master-Slave relationship a bit more clear. There are two flip flops, with the second only changing in response to a change in the first. If DMaster = 1 and Clock = 1, QMaster = 1 DSlave = QMaster If DSlave = 1 and Clock = 0, QSlave = 1 There are also truth tables out there which I generally find to be helpful to look at. Just to clarify typically preset/clear are referenced as set and reset. Essentially yes. There are free online circuit simulators out there. Logic.ly/demo is good for basic stuff and you can probably find others with a bit of searching.

True fact: Most terrorists are bigoted.

China owns a ton of US debt. They are not going to jeopardize their own economy with hostilities.

There are commercial services that you should look at instead. Affiliation for sites is more like the relationship between SFN and RationalSkepticism.org. They both link to the other in a clear fashion on their homepages. There are more complex affiliations than that but the mutual link is what you'll most commonly see.

You and I missed each other there by just a few years. Still have the edge on possibility that Swansont ran into some of my family though.

yeah, I was in myself, Navy and now National Guard. Just to be safe I and most others, try to stick with general info. Orlando or Goose Creek?

Yeah, I've seen some questionable papers in even the more reputable journals.

Sphere just has the greatest volume compared to the amount of surface area. You likely can't see the Universe externally. The Universe can create space internally, so there is no logical reason why it would need external dimensions.

That is how you experience the waking state as well though. Your brain takes the inputs from your senses and after some editing, presents you with a coherent narrative of events. This is a fun example demonstrating your blind spot: Your brain fills in the gap, without even bothering to inform you of the fact.

Yeah, that matches up with some gnostic concepts of the demiurge. The force or being that created the material world. I see it as having been a system of salvation based on the possession of "secret" knowledge(Greek: Gnosis). I just find that to be anathema and plenty exclusionary in its own way. It is an interesting subject intellectually and historically though.

Could you provide more details on what you are asking for?

IMO they just didn't want to do anything too serious. Not that hard to pull up financial records and see who would be least likely to actually care. They were certainly specific in their targeting.

No. I am saying there are simply too many beliefs under that umbrella to speak out in favor of gnosticism. I am in favor of equality for all, but I don't see gnosticism as being in support of this.

Just a thought, but could you try neutralizing their charge or maybe using a humidifier? Be interesting to hear how it goes.

I really see there as having been too many sects forced under the Gnostic umbrella to make that sort of judgement. According to the Gospel of Judas only a select few could reach Heaven(as revealed to Judas by Jesus). Contrasting with that is Mandaeism in which Jesus was seen as a false prophet. A couple of the more extreme examples, but both are likely to feel equally "wrong" to a majority of Christians today. I do think for moral and practical reasons major religions will become more accepting over time. Most probable situation looking at past history.

Yeah, I've found a good bit about seeds clinging in general(mostly in farming applications) and electroculture(which I suspect is largely unrelated). Nothing about research into plants deliberately utilizing static electricity for seed dispersal, don't see any reason why it wouldn't be possible though.

I was trying to show you that your site could be quite trivially hacked. I don't like doing permanent damage myself, but there are many others who think differently. That was the same basic method used in a number of cross site scripting attacks on major companies. You get a user to run your code on top of the site's and proceed to steal their information. Do some penetration testing, look at the online resources available on the subject, maybe even try a few "Hack this site" challenges. At the very least you would have a better understanding of the risks you are recommending others take.

I was thinking astronomy pictograms or videos might work. ie. An object orbiting vs crashing, representing yes or no, good or bad. Different star types to represent increase/decrease. Angular momentum conservation should also lead to cross-cultural similarities that we could work with. Main thing would be to figure out how they sense their environment. Once that is known, we could work on converting the representation into a form they would be able to recognize.

Is this what you are looking for? [latex] T=a-\frac{b}{3}-0(40-(a+b)) [/latex]