We made liquid nitrogen ice cream* at the Chemistry Department holiday party. Nobody spilled any, but when I asked a professor what to do with the extra N2, he told me to dump it down the drain. I hope they didn't have plastic plumbing!
Not to nitpick (well, yes actually), but unless the third law of thermo is the Law of Diminishing Notes (real, no doubt I can attest to that), but I think you mean the second law of thermodynamics.
Every time you cut a piece of tape off of a roll you are reusing the adhesive. Obviously this has a lot to do with the material chosen as the backing, but if the adhesive can't maintain its integrity when put on a roll (or otherwise protecting the adhesive until needed), it's of little practical us.
We were playing GTA3 for PC, and there's no multi-player mode, but it's fun to watch. We each have our own saved game and we took turns. He let me take his tank for a spin.:)
And you better watch yourself. You could lose your dignity playing video games all drunk like that!
Regardless, it's bland and comforming because it involves mostly driving and shooting
Except that this game is more open-ended than its predecessors. Yesterday I was playing GTA3 with my boyfriend. He stole a tank from the National Guard. Not as part of a mission or anything that you were led to believe you could do, but out of curiosity as to how far the game would let you meander. And that is what makes this game great.
There's just somethin odd about all other planets already having internet addresses. Is it just one per planet, or does each Martian get its own? I mean, one for an entire planet just doesn't seem fair, now does it?
Agreed. Meetup.com is a good thing, and I'm sure that once you get a meetup group going, you could exchange contact info so that you can meet at times other than those scheduled by meetup.com. (Because I think the poster was interested in a more impromptu gathering.)
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Perhaps he is speaking of Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, etc...
I think it's less about how much math you will use and more about how math changes the way you approach problems. Exposure to math teaches people to approach problems systematically and logically. You may think that you're never going to use matrices and eigenvalues in The Real World, but math classes are worth more than mere knowledge.
I think that Dr. Pepper is owned by Coke in Europe, but in the United States it is typically distributed by Pepsi. This is why restaurants that serve Pepsi products in the US will generally have Dr. Pepper. Though, I know of a couple that have Coke products and Dr. Pepper. I think it's all part of a master plan to confuse the masses.
There are 612835 users. (You can find out by using the URL http://slashdot.org/journal.pl?op=list&uid=612 836 and changing the UID until you find one that does not exist.)
But the slashdot poll says that 32% of people use Linux as their main operating system and only 15% use Mac OS! Are you accusing the polling of being unscientific and inaccurate??
I've had one of these for 6 years. I bought it for $1.99 on whim and it just won't die. I can't even remember how many times I've done things to it that would have a lesser plant crying out for mercy. I've let it go a couple of weeks without water, I've dropped it, I had in my dark dorm room for 2 years, etc. Each time, it just comes back from the dead. If you clip off a living portion and put it in water, it'll sprout roots in about a week.
The most "readable" chemistry book I have ever owned is the one I used for analytical chemistry. It explains the basic concepts of chemistry far better than my general chemistry book did, and it goes a little more in depth. Try Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Daniel C. Harris.
Which is probably why it is considered carcinogenic. If you buy sand from a chemical company, it will be labelled as carcinogenic. (I thought that was hillarious the first time I saw it.) I think anything with a small enough particle size is considered cancer-causing until proven otherwise.
Also lost would be all the historical value inherent in the books as physical objects and in the collection as a whole.
Very true. Last year I was doing a history research project that involved reading primary sources. I found a library that had an original copy of "The Complete Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle" from 1700. Sure, it's just somebody who made an anthology of somebody else's writing, and it may not seem very important, but I'm glad they kept it. Long ago, they could have decided not to keep these monstrous books around and put them on micrfiche. They apparently saw the inherent value in an old book, though. As fascinating as the actual writing were the books themselves. The were 2 ft by 1 ft (huge and heavy), and the pages were thick and textured. The quirks of the printing press and the rough pages made the experience more rewarding than if I had just been able to sit down and look at some photocopies. The book itself has as much to tell as the writing on its pages.
to all the RSVP'd no-shows (including our host!) we know who you are and we hope you like being duct-taped to a tree next to a mosquito-filled lake!:-)
Sorry! You don't have to be so mean about it.:) I was there at 7:10, but couldn't find you. I saw a suspicious looking group of 6 20-something males, but wasn't sure.
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Not to mention it's one of the first things that law enforment will include in a description of a suspect: observed scars & tattoos.
So, what you're saying is that if the...erm...workplace is a getaway car, tattoos would be a hinderance to your career?
We made liquid nitrogen ice cream* at the Chemistry Department holiday party. Nobody spilled any, but when I asked a professor what to do with the extra N2, he told me to dump it down the drain. I hope they didn't have plastic plumbing!
*We put strawberries in ours. It was quite tasty!
What makes you think most college students are loaded full of money?
The article reads: "complicated by the lack of funds that most college students enjoy."
I believe "enjoy" was, in this case, sarcastic.
Not to nitpick (well, yes actually), but unless the third law of thermo is the Law of Diminishing Notes (real, no doubt I can attest to that), but I think you mean the second law of thermodynamics.
Every time you cut a piece of tape off of a roll you are reusing the adhesive. Obviously this has a lot to do with the material chosen as the backing, but if the adhesive can't maintain its integrity when put on a roll (or otherwise protecting the adhesive until needed), it's of little practical us.
We were playing GTA3 for PC, and there's no multi-player mode, but it's fun to watch. We each have our own saved game and we took turns. He let me take his tank for a spin. :)
And you better watch yourself. You could lose your dignity playing video games all drunk like that!
Regardless, it's bland and comforming because it involves mostly driving and shooting
Except that this game is more open-ended than its predecessors. Yesterday I was playing GTA3 with my boyfriend. He stole a tank from the National Guard. Not as part of a mission or anything that you were led to believe you could do, but out of curiosity as to how far the game would let you meander. And that is what makes this game great.
There's just somethin odd about all other planets already having internet addresses. Is it just one per planet, or does each Martian get its own? I mean, one for an entire planet just doesn't seem fair, now does it?
Agreed. Meetup.com is a good thing, and I'm sure that once you get a meetup group going, you could exchange contact info so that you can meet at times other than those scheduled by meetup.com. (Because I think the poster was interested in a more impromptu gathering.)
Perhaps he is speaking of Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, etc...
I counted over 40 coming from the other direction (Minnesota). Classy place, that Wall Drug. :)
But where are these 15-year olds who know what a surfactant is? :)
I think it's less about how much math you will use and more about how math changes the way you approach problems. Exposure to math teaches people to approach problems systematically and logically. You may think that you're never going to use matrices and eigenvalues in The Real World, but math classes are worth more than mere knowledge.
I think that Dr. Pepper is owned by Coke in Europe, but in the United States it is typically distributed by Pepsi. This is why restaurants that serve Pepsi products in the US will generally have Dr. Pepper. Though, I know of a couple that have Coke products and Dr. Pepper. I think it's all part of a master plan to confuse the masses.
No. Mr. Pibb is a Coke product. "Dr. Pepper" is independent, but is typically found with Pepsi products.
More impressively, that makes Diet Vanilla Coke eight times more harmful than Trinitrotoluene (TNT), which contains only one chemical component.
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Servers, yes but desktops I'd say no
But the slashdot poll says that 32% of people use Linux as their main operating system and only 15% use Mac OS! Are you accusing the polling of being unscientific and inaccurate??
I've had one of these for 6 years. I bought it for $1.99 on whim and it just won't die. I can't even remember how many times I've done things to it that would have a lesser plant crying out for mercy. I've let it go a couple of weeks without water, I've dropped it, I had in my dark dorm room for 2 years, etc. Each time, it just comes back from the dead. If you clip off a living portion and put it in water, it'll sprout roots in about a week.
The most "readable" chemistry book I have ever owned is the one I used for analytical chemistry. It explains the basic concepts of chemistry far better than my general chemistry book did, and it goes a little more in depth. Try Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Daniel C. Harris.
Just mashed up into a plastic dust.
Which is probably why it is considered carcinogenic. If you buy sand from a chemical company, it will be labelled as carcinogenic. (I thought that was hillarious the first time I saw it.) I think anything with a small enough particle size is considered cancer-causing until proven otherwise.
The Pampered Chef sells many nifty gadgets, including the plunger measuring cup.
Also lost would be all the historical value inherent in the books as physical objects and in the collection as a whole.
Very true. Last year I was doing a history research project that involved reading primary sources. I found a library that had an original copy of "The Complete Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle" from 1700. Sure, it's just somebody who made an anthology of somebody else's writing, and it may not seem very important, but I'm glad they kept it. Long ago, they could have decided not to keep these monstrous books around and put them on micrfiche. They apparently saw the inherent value in an old book, though. As fascinating as the actual writing were the books themselves. The were 2 ft by 1 ft (huge and heavy), and the pages were thick and textured. The quirks of the printing press and the rough pages made the experience more rewarding than if I had just been able to sit down and look at some photocopies. The book itself has as much to tell as the writing on its pages.
Hehe, I think that the mysterious Some Woman was half the guy's motivation for showing.
:)
That's an awful lot of pressure. Now I can never go for fear of upsetting people's ideals.
Anyway, it sounds like it was a pretty fun evening. Next time I'll bring a stuffed penguin and wave it around.
to all the RSVP'd no-shows (including our host!) we know who you are and we hope you like being duct-taped to a tree next to a mosquito-filled lake! :-)
:) I was there at 7:10, but couldn't find you. I saw a suspicious looking group of 6 20-something males, but wasn't sure.
Sorry! You don't have to be so mean about it.