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Just Chat! / Re: Does blue blood give imunity to common ailments

« on: Yesterday at 17:35:13 »

An other VIP has succumbed due no doubt to insufficient blueness of the blood, it will be interesting to see how a rather unfit 72 year old fares with all the massive resources of the NHS behind him   

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Just Chat! / Re: Can science prove God exists?

« on: 26/03/2020 10:10:36 »

As a frequent visitor to Germany where the word Fuhrer (leader)  is a word in common use I do not like to see it used in a wartime propaganda manner as an evil leader.

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Just Chat! / Re: Does blue blood give imunity to common ailments

« on: 25/03/2020 16:13:12 »

Now our future King has acquired a prole type virus it will be interesting to see how well he responds to homeopathic remedies as he is a well known enthusiast for them 

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Technology / Re: How is communications technology holding up in your area (with COVID-19 impact)?

« on: 21/03/2020 18:47:37 »

I have Virgin fibre  up until 10m from the modem Ookla says I have a ping of 9, download 90.69 and an upload of 9.99, I am not trying to do any serious work but looks like I could

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COVID-19 / Re: How about deliberately infecting volunteers with Covid 19 as research/firebreak?

« on: 20/03/2020 14:12:57 »

I am sure it has already been done in many prisons, concentration camps etc, ethics committees don't have much say when its a "matter of national importance"

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New Theories / Re: Is gravitational field strength a parameter that defines life?

« on: 20/03/2020 06:24:43 »

To digress as is well know an object falling to Earth from a great distance under the influence Earths gravity only reaches the escape velocity of the Earth not .98c

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NAKED SCIENCE - THE OFFICIAL BOOK / Re: I'm the curious one!

« on: 17/03/2020 20:48:17 »

What is your question to a scientific forum Melisa

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Geek Speak / Is it possible to simulate 50 qubit quantum computer on a LARGE conventual one

« on: 13/03/2020 18:34:30 »

Progress on the development of quantum computers seems to be progressing as fast as the development of fusion power stations, would a simulation be possible to see what could be be done with one ?
   

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: How fast would gravity disappear if the sun disappeared in an instant?

« on: 11/03/2020 14:54:51 »

It is quite obvious that photons would be slowed to a small degree by the incomplete vacuum of intergalactic space but what of neutrinos and the even less massive gravitons  can they be expected to slow to theoretical calculable degree.

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Technology / Re: Why can I not Fax?

« on: 10/03/2020 20:50:14 »

With a suitable modem and Windows 10 if you have a fixed telephone line you can both send and receive fax for only the normal line charge if you have no fixed line you have to use something like Pamfax which is fine for sending but you have to buy a number if you want to receive.

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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Are differences in height the result of differences in access to food?

« on: 08/03/2020 21:17:05 »

It is believed that the more than normal height height of Netherlanders is due to the early introduction of improved agriculture. 

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COVID-19 / Has covid-19 been around for two years

« on: 08/03/2020 21:08:27 »

Nearly two years ago I fell ill with severe cold like symptoms after the visit from Sweden of my grandson and his young son.
I was incapacitated for two weeks it was not flu no back pains, I know that when the history of Aids/HIV was first traced unrecorded cases were found much earlier than first thought.
I would like to think I have anti bodies against it and I am now immune wistful thinking probably!

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Question of the Week / Re: QotW - 20.03.01 - Do present fusion tests produce more energy than they consume?

« on: 06/03/2020 06:15:54 »

How far away is cold fusion ? that seemed a promising development at one time

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Question of the Week / Re: QotW - 20.03.01 - Do present fusion tests produce more energy than they consume?

« on: 04/03/2020 19:17:33 »

There seems to be two crazy long running research projects running that will produce no good for anyone if they ever come to fruition one is fusion power the other is quantum computers they will do as much good as the statues on Easter island

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: How limited is the genetic diversity of Europeans and should it be diversified?

« on: 28/02/2020 23:52:17 »

apart from making good football and basket ball players and blue eyed beer hall machens have attempts at selective  breeding of humans ever produced any good results ?

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New Theories / Re: The mystery of the orbit of the moon

« on: 27/02/2020 09:30:55 »

how is the elliptic defined ? is it the orbit of Jupiter or the average of all the major planets  ?

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: 26/02/2020 22:25:45 »

The term foreign aid makes me cringe it seems to be mostly loans at high rates of interest to buy useless high tech weapons to pursue the "donor" countries political aims   

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Cells, Microbes & Viruses / Re: How is Corona virus 19 a new virus

« on: 26/02/2020 14:51:09 »

I calculate that about 60.000 Chinese citizens die every day from various causes why the big fuss about about what seems to be a more sever version of the common cold that kills maybe 10 a day ? 

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: Could the formations of the moon and of Pangaea be connected?

« on: 26/02/2020 14:25:13 »

In the thirties it was suggested that the materiel from which the moon was formed came from the area occupied by the pacific ocean, I don't think that idea has any support today .
 

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Guest Book / Re: Discussion on spams, ad posts, and other bad user-generated content.

« on: 21/02/2020 13:09:08 »

Cant find the right place to put this.