Trivia really, but I was wondering how would you calculate the number of games of solitaire you would need to play before all the combinations of the cards were used?
I just watched an old Mythbusters episode where they tested to see if talking to plants does improve their growth. Their experiment seemed to be well designed. They had several greenhouses under...
I asked a question a while back whether if you snap a polo in the dark it creates a blue flash. Someone tried it and it didnt work. However I have been just on the inca trail and whilst there I did it...
When writing up an important piece of work I often find that the way I've laid things out (the paragraphs, diagrams, equations etc.) is untidy and could be greatly improved. What I'm looking for is a...
To date, the most I have ever done to help the truly needy is to give a pathetic ?2.00 per month to some charity I don't even know anything about. I'd like, instead, to donate a more substantial...
when there is silence around me I usually hear a sort of static or white noise. can anyone explain what this is as it isn't coming from anywhere I can find?
Web browsing, downloads and MSN work fine, but I'm running into problems with the following: Updating the definitions files of Ad-Aware, SpyBot S&D and SpywareBlaster; Windows Update; Anti-virus...
I understand that if you move away from a clock at the speed of light, the clock will appear frozen because the light from the clock face will never be able to overtake you (and hence appear to move...
If i were to be travelling at the speed of light would i be able to see any other light around me, and would any light visable to me matter if it was based behind , in front or to the side of the...
Help! My cousins wife, who is 10 years older than me, is really rude to me all the time. They live in England and when I was living there, this "lady" insulted in many ways when my cousin was not...
I'm looking for a program that can be used to draw out mathematical formulae which are too complicated to write properly with normal text. I've tried Fast Formula Painter and found it to be very...
If you hang up while the recorded message is still playing (i.e. before the beep) is a short call still left on their machine? I ask because sometimes when my answering machine...
Sure I've just read this somewhere but need the answer verifying or proving false! If a gun (lets say mounted 6' from the ground & horizontal) is fired (no obstructions) & at the same time an...
I couldn't find a topic that pertained to this, so sry if it doesn't belong here. Ok, I have a circle that is 24 feet in diameter. I would like to put a 12 pointed circle that is 26 feet in diameter...