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Comment · 13 years ago
Hi, I'm really interested in chatting to you and learning more about your experiences with custom-made clothing. How can I contact you?
Comment · 13 years ago
This is spot-on.

I feel like I have emerged from a long dream, and now I'm walking around, waiting for everyone else to wake up.

Comment · 13 years ago
My sites are gone too! WTF?
Comment · 13 years ago
"Is there something wrong with asking one's friends to sign up and share their experiences and give us an upvote."

If you aren't aware of why asking your friends to post reviews about your site (without disclosing their relationship to you) is unethical, I'm not sure I can explain that to you.

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Comment · 13 years ago
User created 10 minutes ago.

Hmmmm...

Comment · 13 years ago
Early brain scans could help at-risk individuals receive voluntary intervention (medication, therapy etc.) to help them avoid trouble later on. One would hope that the results of these brain scans would be confidential to avoid stigmatizing individuals.

Treating violent and sexual offenders as human beings who are mentally ill instead of writing them off as evil monsters would be a huge step in the right direction for the legal system and society in general.

Comment · 13 years ago
The amount of lift you would get from such a small amount of helium would be practically negligible compared to the weight of the aircraft. Lighter-than-air craft require an enormous volume of helium/hydrogen - due to the cross-section of such a craft, the speed of travel is severely limited by drag. Basically, an aircraft uses wings OR lighter-than-air gas - it can't use both.
Comment · 13 years ago
An airfoil (wing) creates lift when air flows from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and the speed of this airflow is one of the factors which determine how much lift is generated. A strong tailwind will interrupt the airflow, induce turbulence and decrease lift. Thus, an airfoil moving into a headwind will generate greater lift than one moving through a tailwind.

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