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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th October 2015, 07:25 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 6,700
Posted By jasonpatterson
Some experimentation after one of my students...

Some experimentation after one of my students showed me a video of super glue setting a cotton ball on fire taught me that cyanoacrylate + cotton yields high heat and extremely irritating fumes...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 13th May 2015, 07:29 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 5,871
Posted By jasonpatterson
While this may be true for an older machine, a...

While this may be true for an older machine, a current PC build with Windows 7 or 8.1 boots to desktop in well under a minute and has no issues with speed whatsoever from the desktop. If the goal is...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th May 2015, 03:42 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 10,967
Posted By jasonpatterson
A Google search for George Bush FEMA...

A Google search for George Bush FEMA concentration camp...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th April 2015, 07:05 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 797
Posted By jasonpatterson
I can't find any information about the horizontal...

I can't find any information about the horizontal velocity the vessel had at apogee. It looked like it launched pretty much straight up (to ~100km.) It's not exactly easy to get that high, but it's...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th April 2015, 07:01 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 7,401
Posted By jasonpatterson
Michelle Knight, whose story is pretty much the...

Michelle Knight, whose story is pretty much the saddest of the three, since nobody even bothered looking for her.
Forum: USA Politics 30th April 2015, 06:51 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 3,658
Posted By jasonpatterson
I'm genuinely curious about whether the OP...

I'm genuinely curious about whether the OP actually believes the points in the list. I find them hilarious if not, a bit sad if so.

As a flaming liberal in deep red Indiana, I find that the...
Forum: USA Politics 30th March 2015, 02:48 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 4,764
Posted By jasonpatterson
Suppose that the US had been offered this...

Suppose that the US had been offered this prisoner exchange, 5 people who were already meant to be released in exchange for a US soldier who may have disappeared under fishy circumstances, and that...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th February 2015, 08:01 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 4,583
Posted By jasonpatterson
In my opinion it's this, this, and only this that...

In my opinion it's this, this, and only this that matters here.

I can begrudgingly accept that we live in a society where we allow parents to endanger their own children by withholding valuable...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd December 2014, 05:28 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 5,242
Posted By jasonpatterson
My Kroger has these half-sized carts. They're...

My Kroger has these half-sized carts. They're always the first to run out. I love em.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd December 2014, 02:39 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 5,242
Posted By jasonpatterson
Too bad that the police and medical services...

Too bad that the police and medical services helped him. Such services should be privatized and only available to those who pay for them.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd November 2014, 04:57 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 4,671
Posted By jasonpatterson
Once you manage to rendezvous with an asteroid,...

Once you manage to rendezvous with an asteroid, it's extraordinarily easy to land on one. Most have escape velocities in the neighborhood of a few tens of m/s at most. There are many that you could...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd November 2014, 04:50 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 7,548
Posted By jasonpatterson
Based on the number of people who called him a...

Based on the number of people who called him a faggot, I'm going with the latter over the former.

I find it interesting that women making "positive" uninvited comments to this guy is treated as...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd November 2014, 04:34 PM
Replies: 186
Views: 22,023
Posted By jasonpatterson
Just to be clear, the universe is expanding at...

Just to be clear, the universe is expanding at faster than light speed right now. More precisely, it is possible to choose points in space (lots of them) that are receding from us at greater than the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th November 2014, 07:55 PM
Replies: 208
Views: 18,615
Posted By jasonpatterson
You clearly need to spell check at least one...

You clearly need to spell check at least one Latin phrase... Just made me smile.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th November 2014, 07:44 PM
Replies: 208
Views: 18,615
Posted By jasonpatterson
Except for the occasional teasing by a middle...

Except for the occasional teasing by a middle school kid of a middle school kid who is proudly sporting peach fuzz as if it were a handlebar moustache, I have never heard or seen adult men even kid...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th November 2014, 02:12 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 13,678
Posted By jasonpatterson
I try to give modern missionaries the benefit of...

I try to give modern missionaries the benefit of the doubt and initially assume that they are among the few religious people who truly believe in a heaven and hell who have actually thought through...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd November 2014, 07:18 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,339
Posted By jasonpatterson
[/QUOTE] That's a brilliant line A'isha. ...

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That's a brilliant line A'isha. Tom would have loved it.

I actually cried a bit when I heard this news. These guys have been a staple of my weekends for twenty years.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th October 2014, 07:59 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,955
Posted By jasonpatterson
If you're interested in orbital mechanics, I...

If you're interested in orbital mechanics, I would strongly recommend playing Kerbal Space Program (https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/). There's a good, free demo, and the full game is quite fun (very...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th October 2014, 10:50 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 8,249
Posted By jasonpatterson
I decided a few months ago that I was going to...

I decided a few months ago that I was going to build either a 3D printer or CNC router, and did a fair bit of research into 3D printers while making my choice. I wound up going with the router,...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 22nd October 2014, 03:09 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,370
Posted By jasonpatterson
MD's driving by might apply... Doctors can be...

MD's driving by might apply... Doctors can be just as unhappy working in a group practice as any other person; something with a regular schedule might appeal.

Urgent care centers have had a major...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 17th October 2014, 05:57 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 3,220
Posted By jasonpatterson
I have 30 GB of storage on Google Drive where I...

I have 30 GB of storage on Google Drive where I store content that I share with approximately 90 students. They regularly (i.e. multiple times per week, each) download video files that I have made...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th October 2014, 03:40 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,741
Posted By jasonpatterson
A corncob with a properly mixed group of LEDs can...

A corncob with a properly mixed group of LEDs can produce a very good bulb, as you suggest, but the ultimate goal is a single LED that produces good white light.

Most white LEDs use a blue LED...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 10th October 2014, 03:23 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,411
Posted By jasonpatterson
I was looking for any benefit to anyone, so I...

I was looking for any benefit to anyone, so I included everyone in my question. :) I agree that having that sort of activity on here would be good, but I'm fairly certain that without a very...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 10th October 2014, 06:19 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,411
Posted By jasonpatterson
This just seems utterly pointless to me. I can't...

This just seems utterly pointless to me. I can't figure out what the purpose of the cash prize would even be. Who would know or care about a (suppose funding went very well) $10k prize if there are...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th October 2014, 03:48 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 4,651
Posted By jasonpatterson
California Penal Code Section 11165.7 (point 21)...

California Penal Code Section 11165.7 (point 21) seems to agree with you. Of course now we have the question of whether the therapist reported or not and if so, whether CPS (or the California...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th October 2014, 08:54 PM
Replies: 145
Views: 5,970
Posted By jasonpatterson
Yes, they are. Solid lines aren't supposed...

Yes, they are.

Solid lines aren't supposed to be crossed unless you're making a turn into your destination. Broken lines can be crossed as appropriate (changing lanes or passing.) Dotted lines...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th October 2014, 08:52 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,320
Posted By jasonpatterson
I think that in practice this would be...

I think that in practice this would be monstrously difficult to do. Any static electricity or magnetic forces involved would overwhelm the gravitational effect on this scale. I'd like to see it,...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 2nd October 2014, 05:56 PM
Replies: 4,042
Views: 623,297
Posted By jasonpatterson
This is not correct. There are non-Muslim...

This is not correct. There are non-Muslim records of Muhammad from just a few years after his death. There are multiple records from multiple cultures about him within the first century after his...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 28th September 2014, 04:09 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,686
Posted By jasonpatterson
The video you linked refers to a haunted house...

The video you linked refers to a haunted house rather than a haunted prison. It's still pretty bogus though.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th September 2014, 09:49 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,593
Posted By jasonpatterson
This. If the study had ruled specifically that...

This. If the study had ruled specifically that saccharin or aspartame or sucralose caused this issue, it might have made sense. We're talking about benzosulfimide, a dipeptide, and a sucrose...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 27th September 2014, 06:16 PM
Replies: 219
Views: 26,843
Posted By jasonpatterson
The problem with this is that it wastes exactly...

The problem with this is that it wastes exactly as much of your time as it does of theirs. I guess if you enjoy the sport of it, then it's some sort of free entertainment, but I can't keep going...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th September 2014, 06:25 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,284
Posted By jasonpatterson
Are you being paid to promote this book or...

Are you being paid to promote this book or something? I don't get the point of repeatedly bringing it back to the top of the science forum with TTT posts.

I love xkcd and the What If blog, but...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 27th September 2014, 06:24 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 5,915
Posted By jasonpatterson
This. We've already got health workers being...

This. We've already got health workers being attacked and murdered because of this disease and stupendous quantities of ignorance. He's just adding fuel to the fire.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th September 2014, 07:00 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,640
Posted By jasonpatterson
I'm not sure what your issue is with this...

I'm not sure what your issue is with this question, but it's definitely possible for two objects to exert forces upon one another without friction. It's pretty clear from the question that they...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th September 2014, 07:09 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 3,123
Posted By jasonpatterson
This level of gloom and doom seems a bit over the...

This level of gloom and doom seems a bit over the top, but I do have an anecdote about this subject.

My wife and I were both very surprised by the near total lack of racial diversity we saw in a...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 25th September 2014, 05:18 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,412
Posted By jasonpatterson
By your reasoning, the fact that the planets are...

By your reasoning, the fact that the planets are coplanar and have stable orbits traveling all in the same direction is paranormal. Newton (and virtually all of humanity) certainly thought so; he...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd September 2014, 06:37 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,887
Posted By jasonpatterson
I've done that before, but I always have a...

I've done that before, but I always have a problem with conservation of mass being violated, even with disturbingly heavily handled isotopes and additional samples of atoms for the students to...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd September 2014, 06:43 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,887
Posted By jasonpatterson
No, that's not true, but for a different reason. ...

No, that's not true, but for a different reason.

A single molecule of water will typically be made of 2 1H atoms and 1 16O atom. The mass of that is not 18.015 amu. It's really really close,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st September 2014, 06:19 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 6,980
Posted By jasonpatterson
I'm not sure where you got your numbers for this...

I'm not sure where you got your numbers for this claim, but it's very, very far from being true in the US or globally. It may be true in some parts of Europe, Australia, or Japan though.

In the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 21st September 2014, 07:33 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 13,264
Posted By jasonpatterson
In most of these scenarios there is a...

In most of these scenarios there is a counterweight beyond GEO that puts the entire cable under a huge amount of tension. It's enough to counter the effects of something piffling like a hurricane......
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th September 2014, 06:04 PM
Replies: 294
Views: 11,992
Posted By jasonpatterson
And when I was a boy everyone got measles. ...

And when I was a boy everyone got measles. Nobody at my school died from it. Vaccinations are pointless.

Since the most likely culprit in these cases is peanuts (stupid legumes...) I'll offer a...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 20th September 2014, 05:48 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,087
Posted By jasonpatterson
I'm waiting to see what's coming with the new...

I'm waiting to see what's coming with the new Nexus, which is anticipated for later in the fall (once Android L is out and new product issues have been settled, supposedly.) It's going to be an 8/9...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 20th September 2014, 05:37 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 6,122
Posted By jasonpatterson
Definitely, any Linux distro will make a sane...

Definitely, any Linux distro will make a sane user appreciate Windows 8.1. :p

*linux comments erased to avoid derailing the thread*

Windows 8 and 8.1 seem to have the "change for change's...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th September 2014, 06:35 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,427
Posted By jasonpatterson
Assuming the story's version of events is...

Assuming the story's version of events is accurate, it is, but it usually takes someone to sue them in order to get it fixed. It also takes someone local to do the suing (because they have to have...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th September 2014, 06:28 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,427
Posted By jasonpatterson
This is a pretty common tactic when someone is...

This is a pretty common tactic when someone is critical of Israel or of Jewish groups and the other side can't defend their positions (at least in the US and in my experience.) It's too bad, since...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th September 2014, 05:02 PM
Replies: 260
Views: 21,804
Posted By jasonpatterson
I had to look up "filet americain" as I had never...

I had to look up "filet americain" as I had never heard of it. The more widely known steak tartare is pretty darned rare in the US restaurants. (*rimshot*) Some of the high end restaurants will...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th September 2014, 07:32 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 873
Posted By jasonpatterson
If that suits her power needs and the weather is...

If that suits her power needs and the weather is appropriate in your area, then it ought to work out. It's not going to run your friend's central air though - that's at least a few kW (it would vary...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th September 2014, 07:17 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,288
Posted By jasonpatterson
I've been sick, like lying on my back barely...

I've been sick, like lying on my back barely moving because of the nastiness in my sinuses and or lungs level sick, on Thanksgiving every year for the last decade.

From 1998 through 2004 something...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 13th September 2014, 08:49 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,951
Posted By jasonpatterson
It very much depends on what program you're in. ...

It very much depends on what program you're in. In microsoft products (and a bunch of others that involve text entry, though notably not openoffice or google docs) ctrl + = gives subscript and ctrl...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th September 2014, 08:45 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,039
Posted By jasonpatterson
Well said.

Well said.
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