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  • Research Re: Physics: conventional inertia dampening / absorption

    1) Fluids do not absorb energy. They transfer energy. It may not seem like much of a distinction, but it's part of the reason why underwater explosions are so much ...

    Apr 30, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Adoption Not Abortion!

    Actually Dragon, a foetus fails to meet the criteria of 1, 5, 7, and maybe 6 (but I'm not 100% sure, ask a paediatrician). Aaactually, a fetus fits criteria 1 ...

    Apr 26, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: New feature: Autosave!

    I am so happy to see this back. So so happy.

    Apr 26, 2013
  • Writers Corner Re: Logline help

    It doesn't really catch my interest, though I can't quite pin down why. A more detailed summary would help us help you come up with a logline. As would an ...

    Apr 17, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Accidental Racist

    What's the name of the math textbook you used in your junior year of highschool? College Algebra, published by Addison-Wesley. And junior-high was close to a decade ago for me. ...

    Apr 12, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Accidental Racist

    About those scholarships, this post has a number of useful links, but long story short, black students in general get low quality education. Combined with the poverty black Americans in ...

    Apr 11, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Accidental Racist

    When I took US history (three-ish years ago), this was most certainly not the case. Both the text book, and the teacher, made it very clear that Native American civilizations ...

    Apr 11, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Accidental Racist

    In the US, racial politics go back to before the US was founded as a nation. You never learn about the origins of the perceptions that lead to slavery and ...

    Apr 11, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is it irresponsible to have more than two children?

    It's worth noting that in most first-world countries, the fertility rate is around 2 or less. Wikipedia has some nice comparison tables. The general trend is the more developed the ...

    Apr 5, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is the death of one man a tragedy and the death of millions

    The operative word is "distance". If someone you don't know or care for dies, well, it's sad for everyone who knew and cared for them, but why should you be ...

    Apr 5, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: *Should Guns Be Outlawed in America?*

    Thanks for clearing up the hunting bit Kyll, I'm not hip to US hunting laws. That said though, if you can make a case for you need to hunt, sure, ...

    Apr 5, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: *Should Guns Be Outlawed in America?*

    I'm a strong girl-- but I can't pull back a bow with a heavy enough draw to kill a deer. I'm incapable. Compound bows... That said, you only need about ...

    Apr 4, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Clothing

    For the record, egalitarianism is concerned with the equality of all people in all venues, and focused subsets thereof. Feminism is sometimes considered to be a subset of egalitarianism, focused ...

    Apr 4, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: *Should Guns Be Outlawed in America?*

    Oh well here's little ole me in deer season, throwing rocks at the deer because guns are outlawed, it's been a bad year and I need some meat in my ...

    Apr 4, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: *Should Guns Be Outlawed in America?*

    The ethics of hunting are not really relevant. What I was trying to illustrate is that some people need guns to hunt (occupational hunters), and others want guns to hunt ...

    Apr 3, 2013


It always seems impossible until it's done.
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