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- Toying with the Diet Coke and Mentos experiment
- Link to the photo galleryDIY Mentos geyserhttp://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-22_11-54908.htmlStay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!http://nl.com.com/MiniFormHandler?brand=techrepublic&list_id=e019Recently featured on MythBustersThe MythBusters caballeros ran this experiment through it's paces. With some modifications to the soda bottle cap, they...
- Tags: MythBusters, Sonja Thompson
- Discussion threads 2007-02-14
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- Photos: MythBusters go under water
- Can magnets control sharks' movements? During their Shark Week episode, the MythBusters will look into several commonly held ideas about the creatures. by CNET News.com
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-02-29
- Buy a 'Time Bandits' spacetime map from a Mythbuster
- Time Bandits MapHey cool to see this mentioned here. The map has been quite popular recently and it's gratifying to see so many Time Bandits fans come forward.Adam Mythbusters Savage did assist on modifications to the color scheme to this map and he has purchased 4 of them. 2 before...
- Tags: jonheilman@...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-03
- A couple of MySQL stored procedures myths get busted
- This download is also available as a TechRepublic blog entry.Two often repeated myths about MySQL stored procedures include (1) MySQL does not support stored procedures and (2) MySQL stored procedures are too difficult to work with under typical circumstances. This tutorial busts those myths and shows you how easy it...
- Tags: Open Source, MySQL, Database
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- Death Ray: Fact or Fiction? Is it possible?
- I have seen this article... please give your views... I personally do not have any knowledge in this area, so cannot give an opinion, apart from: If this is real...the world has a problem!!http://www.worldnewsstand.net/04/sprpt/2-1.htmNot possibleThe details naturally are very sketchy, and lacking in detail, but if the article is to...
- Tags: Death Ray, off-topic, Shaun.G, Sounds Like, Tesla, weapons
- Discussion threads 2007-02-26
- Do comments slow down PL/SQL?
- I'm not sure where this started, but at work there's this rumor going around that if you put too many comments in an Oracle PL/SQL package, it impacts performance. That is, the more comments in your code the slower it runs. I could kind of understand if...
- Tags: Method, PL/SQL, Programming Languages, Performance Management, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Rex Baldazo
- Blog posts 2007-09-22
- Geek Trivia: A sound argument
- 74 or 78?The first part of the post mentions a 78-minute playing time as part of the red book standard, and the last part mentions 74 minutes. Which one is it? Is there some weird way they can both be correct? Either way, some clarification would be...
- Tags: Servers, pkrouse@..., Red Book
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- The "[i][b]Theory[/b][/i]" of Evolution, is it over?
- The THEORY of Evolution talks about life evolving to adapt to it's environment.Mankind, in it's assumption that the world should be preserved and not allowed to change, is it halting evolution?Is this the end of the line? If we really came from something else, does that make THIS our...
- Tags: Biotechnology, jdclyde, DNA, theory
- Discussion threads 2007-08-21
- Idiot sci-fi question: Why do X-Wing fighters have...um...wings?
- maneuverabilityMy Opinion,While it would not need aerodynamics to race from point A to point B, a fighter unit would need the ability to make sharper turns and turn around more quickly for dogfighting.while the size of the wings is probably a bit large, the crossed wing design should (so I...
- Tags: fighter, wbahny, X-Wing
- Discussion threads 2007-02-05
- Is it now the time to switch to renewable energy?
- Is it now the time to switch to renewable energy?We've all seen it on TV and felt it at the pumps. BP’s shutdown of half of the nation’s largest oil field in Alaska is just the latest blow in a series of hurricanes, war, pipeline leaks, and just plain greed...
- Tags: fossil fuel, renewable energy, swITch, bp, oil, fossil fuels, Aldanatech, off-topic, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2006-08-21
- I'll start a Friday Yuk this time
- I'll start a Friday Yuk this timePerhaps I will not offend some people and get a perfectly acceptable thread pulled. But if you are offended by the TRUTH do not read Number 28!Odd but true facts.1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha,...
- Tags: Friday Yuk, HAL 9000, Leonardo Da Vinci, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2004-10-22
- Important research question!
- Important research question!What is the most interesting or high-tech thing you have ever fixed using a low-tech solution. For example, using the eraser at the end of a pencil to clean contacts (don't laugh - a guy at HP taught me that trick!) or holding in headlights with duct tape...
- Tags: bailing wire, bubble gum, computer, duct tape, eraser, glue, Ldyosng, off-topic, roller, tape
- Discussion threads 2005-11-17
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