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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th September 2014, 09:49 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 10,531
Posted By Cuddles
No it doesn't, that was exactly my point. If...

No it doesn't, that was exactly my point. If someone conclusively proves that a theory is wrong, it is completely irrelevant how much data previously fitted that theory - the theory is wrong...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th September 2014, 09:28 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 10,531
Posted By Cuddles
Yes. I don't mean that it's necessarily correct,...

Yes. I don't mean that it's necessarily correct, but there's nothing obviously crackpot going on here. Hawking radiation is a well established (as much as anything in cosmology is) phenomenon....
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 23rd September 2014, 08:24 AM
Replies: 273
Views: 18,190
Posted By Cuddles
I heard that Aesop bloke was a right lying...

I heard that Aesop bloke was a right lying bastard as well.



Has anyone even mentioned the matter to him? Why would anyone think he has the slightest clue that a bit of whining on a few obscure...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd September 2014, 08:17 AM
Replies: 2,475
Views: 235,251
Posted By Cuddles
Don't worry, I'm pretty sure he could make plenty...

Don't worry, I'm pretty sure he could make plenty of jokes about some posts in this thread.



Wait, me and my husband? I hate to break it to you, but I'm not actually James Randi. Or his...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 23rd September 2014, 07:30 AM
Replies: 2,256
Views: 116,500
Posted By Cuddles
As long as discussion is about the historical use...

As long as discussion is about the historical use and effects of peyote, there should not be a problem. Since it is illegal, with some exceptions for religious use, actual advocacy of its use would...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd September 2014, 08:08 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,593
Posted By Cuddles
I'm going to say no. Assuming everything in this...

I'm going to say no. Assuming everything in this study is absolutely correct in every way, it suggests that constantly eating a relatively large amount of artificial sweetener can have some effect on...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 22nd September 2014, 07:00 AM
Replies: 2,256
Views: 116,500
Posted By Cuddles
Is that so? Then perhaps you could explain how...

Is that so? Then perhaps you could explain how said word also appears in this post:

That would be post #360, and it certainly had not been used by four other people before then. This perfect...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd September 2014, 06:23 AM
Replies: 2,475
Views: 235,251
Posted By Cuddles
This is indeed, for the moment at least,...

This is indeed, for the moment at least, randi.org. You do realise that James Randi is not only gay, he is in fact married to another man? Until recently, the president of the JREF was DJ Grothe, who...
Forum: JREF 22nd September 2014, 06:05 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 13,165
Posted By Cuddles
If you go to dev tools -> style editor in...

If you go to dev tools -> style editor in Firefox, the first item defining the layout of the page refers back to editmysite.com, which is Weebly.

And yeah, I have to agree that it looks absolutely...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 19th September 2014, 04:02 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,829
Posted By Cuddles
Exactly what I was going to say. A True Skeptic...

Exactly what I was going to say. A True Skeptic changing position and supporting ESP doesn't it make it true any more than their not supporting it previously made it false.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th September 2014, 06:25 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,566
Posted By Cuddles
The really sad thing about people who refuse to...

The really sad thing about people who refuse to be educated and persist in belief of their own genius is that it often results in them doing lots of completely unnecessary work, only to end up at...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 18th September 2014, 04:26 AM
Replies: 2,256
Views: 116,500
Posted By Cuddles
OK, the thread is open again. Please keep it...

OK, the thread is open again. Please keep it civil and on topic.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th September 2014, 07:08 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 13,242
Posted By Cuddles
The problem is that this is rather a chicken and...

The problem is that this is rather a chicken and egg situation. You can't do serious large-scale exploration without orbital assembly, but there's absolutely no point in building such a thing before...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th September 2014, 07:43 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 3,980
Posted By Cuddles
No it won't. The percentage of power used by AC,...

No it won't. The percentage of power used by AC, or anything else, has absolutely nothing to do with the total energy stored.



In the Alps. No other car will come close to getting its listed...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th September 2014, 06:27 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 929
Posted By Cuddles
As shuttlt says, that one looks OK. I still can't...

As shuttlt says, that one looks OK. I still can't figure out what the first one is trying for though. Related queries are "words that rhyme with mathematics" and "calculate how drenched I would get...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th September 2014, 06:18 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,380
Posted By Cuddles
Newtonian mechanics isn't as different from...

Newtonian mechanics isn't as different from relativity as you think - if you set velocity to zero, the equations governing special relativity are identical to Newtonian mechanics. Isn't supersymmetry...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th September 2014, 05:23 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 5,381
Posted By Cuddles
This isn't really the same thing, given that not...

This isn't really the same thing, given that not carrying the correct equipment in your car is a criminal offence. Fining someone for it isn't a shakedown, it's the whole point of the law. Maybe the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2014, 07:31 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 3,199
Posted By Cuddles
They will be isolated from having the shock wave...

They will be isolated from having the shock wave in air affect them directly, but that shock wave will also cause the ground, buildings, and so on, to vibrate (that's what sound is, after all), which...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2014, 07:27 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 929
Posted By Cuddles
I'm struggling to see how the Wolfram version...

I'm struggling to see how the Wolfram version makes sense. It gives a completely meaningless set of axes with no labels, claims the line that would correspond to y = x if the axes were labelled as...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2014, 07:18 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,380
Posted By Cuddles
It depends a bit on what exactly you mean by...

It depends a bit on what exactly you mean by "extended or reworked". Things like supersymmetry are attempts to extend the standard model. It's just that once you've extended it that much, it's no...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2014, 06:23 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 16,562
Posted By Cuddles
I think you may be forgetting the saying -...

I think you may be forgetting the saying - "Genius is 5% inspiration, 95% perspiration". The idea that someone was not a genius because they had to work at getting the maths right is just silly;...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th September 2014, 09:28 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,380
Posted By Cuddles
Now we try to fix it. The Standard Model doesn't...

Now we try to fix it. The Standard Model doesn't predict any more fundamental particles to find, but it's still fundamentally flawed. We only keep it around because we haven't managed to find...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th September 2014, 09:13 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 16,562
Posted By Cuddles
Well, it's a little more complicated than that....

Well, it's a little more complicated than that. Photons don't just happen to be a massless particle, they're also effectively the only massless particle. While gluons also have zero mass, they only...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 10th September 2014, 08:35 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 11,837
Posted By Cuddles
Physical buttons are nice, and in some situations...

Physical buttons are nice, and in some situations are far more convenient than pretend ones on a touch-screen. The lack of a physical home button, and the horrible misplacement of the power and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th September 2014, 05:05 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 5,460
Posted By Cuddles
I don't really see why that would be much of a...

I don't really see why that would be much of a concern. If there's only one specimen left in the whole world the species is effectively already extinct, it just hasn't quite noticed yet. Collecting...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th September 2014, 04:55 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 16,562
Posted By Cuddles
I think he actually got that part correct,...

I think he actually got that part correct, although it's a rather odd way of saying it. Note that he doesn't say velocity decreases, but added velocity decreases. What he's trying to say is that as...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th September 2014, 04:11 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 3,199
Posted By Cuddles
NASA agrees...

NASA agrees (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/08/passing_pitbull_asteroid_fingered_a_cause_of_nicaraguan_airport_bombing/):

Definitely nothing to do with RC20214, and almost certainly not a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th September 2014, 06:00 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 16,562
Posted By Cuddles
I'm afraid that "I don't understand relativity,...

I'm afraid that "I don't understand relativity, therefore it's wrong" is not a new argument at all, and it has not become any more correct since we last saw it.
Forum: Computers and the Internet 8th September 2014, 05:35 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 11,837
Posted By Cuddles
Even just for that, that tablet would probably...

Even just for that, that tablet would probably struggle. This is exactly the kind of thing that gave rise to the term "landfill android". 512MB RAM isn't enough at all - see quadraginta's complaint...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th September 2014, 06:11 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,607
Posted By Cuddles
But not actual vertical takeoff, unless you strap...

But not actual vertical takeoff, unless you strap rockets onto the end of the rotors. For those who don't realise, that's not a joke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro#Rocket_powered_autogyro)....
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th September 2014, 05:52 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 3,932
Posted By Cuddles
Except that most of the time when they're...

Except that most of the time when they're declared the biggest, it's not entirely true. In this case, Dreadnoughtus is claimed to be the dinosaur with the largest calculable weight; ie. this skeleton...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th September 2014, 05:18 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 579
Posted By Cuddles
So no change there then.;)

So no change there then.;)
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th September 2014, 05:15 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 4,369
Posted By Cuddles
This was already addressed in the link I posted -...

This was already addressed in the link I posted - the association with things like remote military bases is exactly what you would expect if these are simply regular 2G cell towers.



This part...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2014, 05:41 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 4,369
Posted By Cuddles
They are not fake, and that is an absolutely...

They are not fake, and that is an absolutely terrible article masquerading as journalism. Here (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/03/us_celltowers_pose_man_in_the_middle_threat/) is one that...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd September 2014, 05:19 AM
Replies: 2,761
Views: 375,644
Posted By Cuddles
That's an interesting point actually. We see...

That's an interesting point actually. We see quite a few people who used to believe in conspiracies, or believed they were psychic, or whatever, but have since educated themselves and are now much...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd September 2014, 04:51 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 971
Posted By Cuddles
Which is completely irrelevant, having a majority...

Which is completely irrelevant, having a majority of subjects have the condition you are looking for would be an utterly stupid goal to have and would rule out almost all medical diagnostics in...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd September 2014, 04:39 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 5,617
Posted By Cuddles
Even ignoring the lack of evidence, differing...

Even ignoring the lack of evidence, differing attitudes to capital punishment, and so on, I'm struggling to understand how anyone could ever think sentencing a mentally disabled 15 year old to death...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd September 2014, 08:30 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 927
Posted By Cuddles
I think this is the relevant part: It...

I think this is the relevant part:


It appears the point is to cause the calcium carbonate to form as crystals suspended in the water, not to make it build up inside the tank. If the crystals are...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd September 2014, 08:06 AM
Replies: 2,761
Views: 375,644
Posted By Cuddles
Of course, there is one factor that really...

Of course, there is one factor that really shouldn't be ignored when it comes to crackpots, but often is out of, most likely, politeness - an awful lot of people are really, really stupid. Obviously...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd September 2014, 07:10 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 5,388
Posted By Cuddles
A big dent? Maybe not. Why would it be a problem...

A big dent? Maybe not. Why would it be a problem if it only made a small dent? Vacuum cleaners may not be used 24/7, but a device that uses orders of magnitude more power than a TV or a lightbulb...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd September 2014, 06:48 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 7,314
Posted By Cuddles
I think you're also confusing degrading and...

I think you're also confusing degrading and biodegrading. In fact, the exact opposite is true - why do you think mould and fungus tend to grow in damp, dark places, and composting takes place inside...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st September 2014, 09:25 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,194
Posted By Cuddles
Pretty much, although you haven't taken it quite...

Pretty much, although you haven't taken it quite far enough (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Rip).



The problem there is that cosmological redshift doesn't happen because something is moving...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st September 2014, 08:43 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 7,314
Posted By Cuddles
Slight correction - there's an important...

Slight correction - there's an important difference between degradable and biodegradable. The bags that disintegrate into little flakes are not biodegradable, the idea is simply that they degrade...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st September 2014, 07:57 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 11,837
Posted By Cuddles
When it comes to complaints about things like...

When it comes to complaints about things like this, if you're not seeing thousands of complaints along with plenty of coverage in the media, there really isn't a problem. Companies like Samsung and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th August 2014, 05:39 AM
Replies: 550
Views: 74,679
Posted By Cuddles
The facts of the case have already been linked in...

The facts of the case have already been linked in this thread. Perhaps you should familiarise yourself with them before complaining about people commenting on them?



OK, she never uses those...
Forum: JREF 7th August 2014, 09:06 AM
Replies: 2,023
Views: 219,371
Posted By Cuddles
Unfortunately, I am far from convinced this is...

Unfortunately, I am far from convinced this is the case.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th August 2014, 05:39 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,398
Posted By Cuddles
Well, melanin is a specific group of polymers...

Well, melanin is a specific group of polymers made up of specific molecules and linked in a specific way. Colour is the result of molecules absorbing particular wavelengths of (visible) light, and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th August 2014, 06:48 AM
Replies: 127
Views: 16,407
Posted By Cuddles
And right on cue there's an xkcd for it: ...

And right on cue there's an xkcd for it:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/quantum_vacuum_virtual_plasma.png (http://xkcd.com/1404/)
Forum: JREF 6th August 2014, 06:44 AM
Replies: 2,023
Views: 219,371
Posted By Cuddles
What about email addresses?

What about email addresses?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th August 2014, 06:00 AM
Replies: 127
Views: 16,407
Posted By Cuddles
Truly bizarre. The lines are definitely drawn on....

Truly bizarre. The lines are definitely drawn on. Look at figure 12 - the top and bottom of the screen are roughly parallel, although with some distortion of the top due to the camera angle, but the...
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