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dmh9282

Thanks, But No Thanks.

As an Atheist, and a great believer in Science. I'm asking this question here as I feel its more appropriate. A good friend of mine has recently become a Christian, he's had some problem with alcohol...
00:32 Fri 12th Apr 201315 answers, last by Peter Pedant 10:31 Fri 28th Jun 2013
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Joe111

Computer Architecture - Mips

Given five memory partitions of 100 KB, 500 KB, 200 KB, 300 KB, and 600 KB (in order), how would each of the first-fit, best-fit, and worst-fit algorithms place processes of 212 KB, 417 KB, 112 KB,...
21:54 Wed 27th Mar 20135 answers, last by omnipotence 06:07 Mon 13th May 2013
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Joe111

Computer Architecture - Networking

What are the five layers in the Internet protocol stack? What are the principal responsibilities of each of these layers?...
21:55 Wed 27th Mar 20135 answers, last by omnipotence 06:02 Mon 13th May 2013
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Joe111

Computer Architecture - Networking

With reference to the following Telnet session transcript give an explanation of the HTTP protocol: $ telnet www.cis.strath.ac.uk 80 Trying 130.159.196.40... Connected to www.cis.strath.ac.uk. Escape...
21:55 Wed 27th Mar 20137 answers, last by omnipotence 06:00 Mon 13th May 2013
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Khandro

Isaac Newton Bbc4

I have just watched the above, and thought it was a very poor and chauvinistic programme. Newton was a great genius and indubitably altered the course of scientific knowledge, but it portrayed him as...
23:02 Fri 12th Apr 201327 answers, last by Khandro 22:33 Fri 03rd May 2013
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wazzock

If Humans Were To Exist On A Planet The Size Of Jupiter, And They Were To The Same Scale As We Are With Earth, How Tall Would They Be?

My mind was wandering this morning and this thought popped in to my head for no apparent reason, so thought I'd see if anyone had an answer, just out of curiosity.
21:06 Thu 04th Apr 201322 answers, last by longshadows 21:20 Thu 25th Apr 2013
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I_Hate_Infinity

Irrelevance Of A Meaningful Existence Due To Predicted Eventuality Of The Universe - Or Not?

Hi ABers, Not been on for a while, been off reading and expanding my knowledge about my deepest troubles. And I return with a stonker for you, which I hope even the most hardened experimental science...
00:37 Fri 12th Apr 201346 answers, last by Dagman 18:26 Thu 25th Apr 2013
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AB Editor

Virgin Galactic's Spaceshiptwo

"It looks way too good to be true, but this photo of Virgin Galactic's air-launched spaceplane is the real deal." http://io9.com/this-unbelievable-image-of-virgin-galactics-spaceshipt-471817306 Looks...
14:10 Wed 10th Apr 201310 answers, last by Wufwufwuf3 09:53 Sun 21st Apr 2013
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dawit

Catalysts

can catalysts increase energy of molecules?...
12:55 Sat 13th Apr 20134 answers, last by DTCwordfan 18:36 Fri 19th Apr 2013
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macpark

Leaf Discs Take In Oxygen In The Dark - Why?

My daughter needs help with an IGCSE biology question! Obviously, in the dark photosynthesis cannot occur as there is no light. Plants do use oxygen too, through the hairs on the roots, which is why a...
11:30 Fri 05th Apr 20137 answers, last by LazyGun 12:16 Mon 15th Apr 2013
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Grandpappy

Rechargable Units?

About a year ago I thought I'd lost my 'Powermonkey', it's handy for mobiles,etc. Well I found it again,but now it won't charge! I left it charging? ALL night but the light was still on Red and...
12:20 Sat 06th Apr 20133 answers, last by Old_Geezer 10:56 Tue 09th Apr 2013
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Luke1260

Chemstry Homework?

Part A. Calculate the mass of water produced when 5.46g of butane reacts with excess oxygen. Part B. Calculate the mass of butane needed to produce 97.2g of carbon dioxide. Part C. At a distance of...
02:06 Thu 04th Apr 20136 answers, last by Luke1260 05:06 Sat 06th Apr 2013
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nailit

A Couple Of Questions...pheromones And The Van Allen Belt

Two seperate questions 1) Ive recently read that human female pheromones are chemically the same as iguanas. Sounds a bit far fetched but is it true? 2) Do other planets have anything similar to our...
19:17 Wed 03rd Apr 20137 answers, last by nailit 21:34 Wed 03rd Apr 2013
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DangerUXD

Higgs?

On BBC news tonight they said that it had been found though doing a search it all seems a bit tentative. Anyone been following this in detail? does the higgs exist?
20:43 Tue 02nd Apr 201310 answers, last by jim360 14:42 Wed 03rd Apr 2013
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planeloco

What Is Official Time To Turn Clocks Back/ Forward ?

ALL of my life I have been under the impression that our clocks OFFICIALLY move Back or Forward at 2am. I have JUST been informed on TV that they go back / forward at 1am ! Have I been mistaken for...
21:24 Sat 30th Mar 201321 answers, last by methyl 23:18 Tue 02nd Apr 2013
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Flirtyeyes

A Question About Hangovers

I woke up as i have many times with a hangover and thought "Okay i don't feel too bad, i can definitely do stuff today" and after breakfast i started to feel really bleughh so my question is why do...
11:45 Mon 01st Apr 201329 answers, last by MadMen 13:00 Mon 01st Apr 2013
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stuck123

Seven Days

26a deal with (questions) F?E?D thanks in advance
16:09 Sun 31st Mar 20131 answer, last by samthetam 16:09 Sun 31st Mar 2013
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beso

First Results From Planck Observatory Released

According to the results the CMB is definitely not uniform and there is a cold spot. The "Axis of Evil" happens to be aligned with the ecliptic. Is the Axis an observational artifact or a remarkable...
14:06 Thu 28th Mar 20139 answers, last by LazyGun 09:32 Fri 29th Mar 2013
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Joe111

Computer Architecture - Networking

Describe briefly the chain of events that occur when Alice types the URL for www.google.com into her web browser and that will eventually result in Google’s home page being displayed. Your answer...
21:55 Wed 27th Mar 20131 answer, last by gen2 23:41 Wed 27th Mar 2013
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Joe111

Computer Architecture - Mips

What is the cause of thrashing? How does the system detect thrashing? Once it detects thrashing, what can the system do to eliminate this problem?...
21:54 Wed 27th Mar 20131 answer, last by Old_Geezer 21:56 Wed 27th Mar 2013

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