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    Thread: Monbukagakusho Scholarship
Post: Monbukagakusho Scholarship

IceCream Wrote:nooooooooo!! please please let the uk scholarship thing be totally undersubscribed :( If there's a string of scholarship applicant deaths in the UK anytime soon, I think we know the cul...
Smackle JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 71 34,064 2010-05-29, 2:42 pm
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

Surreal Wrote:smackle: yeah eikyu already posted that Oh, oops! Sorry. I don't know if Shintoism is a big concern since it doesn't really have many modern day followers, mostly some that practice its ...
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-29, 2:13 pm
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/313/5788/765 (requires subscription) This one poll conducted by Science asked different countries if they believed that current humans came from earlier lif...
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-29, 1:40 pm
    Thread: Let's have a freeware donation drive! (?)
Post: Let's have a freeware donation drive! (?)

What about that one guy that does the subs2srs program?
Smackle Off topic 8 1,349 2010-05-29, 7:42 am
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

I think people are just reacting because it seemed like someone just saying, "Shut up." rather than warning and going, "Please talk about this in a more respectful manner."
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-29, 5:52 am
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

There's food all over the world. Therefore, no one is starving.
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-29, 5:45 am
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

Grinkers and Surreal thought it was surprising to some extent too. I suppose nest0r is the personification of the entire internet and its users though.
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-29, 5:39 am
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

kazelee Wrote:Interesting. And your intention with the Museum thread? For people to see one of the only museums dedicated to Creationism, one that in its three years open has amassed more than 1 milli...
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-29, 4:57 am
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

kazelee Wrote:Smackle Wrote:Mcjon01 Wrote:If somebody could explain to me exactly how magnets work in great detail, I'd be much obliged. I don't want to listen to any scientists, though, because you ...
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-29, 4:41 am
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

IceCream Wrote:Perhaps it would equally be an eye opener for a creationist who beleived that what the museum was presenting as scientific fact... actually isn't. People can only make their minds up on...
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-29, 2:38 am
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

Raschaverak Wrote:Oh, did we change the subject? Religion, riight. Oh I believe in God alright...there's just simply too much s*** happenning in the world to be simply called coincidence.... Well, you...
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-29, 2:22 am
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

Mcjon01 Wrote:If somebody could explain to me exactly how magnets work in great detail, I'd be much obliged. I don't want to listen to any scientists, though, because you incorrigible scoundrels are ...
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-29, 1:38 am
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

nest0r Wrote:Smackle Wrote:nest0r Wrote:What's this got to do with learning Japanese?? Mcjon, care to explain? We're in the lounge! If this topic offends your beliefs, either post reasonable replies o...
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-28, 11:06 pm
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

nest0r Wrote:What's this got to do with learning Japanese?? Mcjon, care to explain? We're in the lounge! If this topic offends your beliefs, either post reasonable replies or ignore it.
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-28, 10:38 pm
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

astendra Wrote:Does this mean there are two kinds of gravity? Yes. You know how the Earth is flat? Well, one side of the magnet is made from metal from the top part and the other side is made from the...
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-28, 10:13 pm
    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

[Image: http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2emxsJ9Bh1qb25dg.jpg]
Smackle Off topic 59 8,988 2010-05-28, 9:55 pm
    Thread: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)
Post: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)

yukamina Wrote:Does it really matter if someone doesn't believe in macro-evolution or whatever? Most people(including people that believe in evolution) don't look into the details behind the theories ...
Smackle Off topic 35 5,136 2010-05-28, 1:17 pm
    Thread: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying?
Post: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying?

Tobberoth Wrote:I wasn't aware that the iPhone was a japanese learning tool and that the only important thing you ever do on it was learn Japanese. You jailbreak because it makes your iPhone better, n...
Smackle Learning resources 401 86,874 2010-05-28, 12:36 pm
    Thread: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)
Post: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)

TaylorSan Wrote:"Only about half of Americans accept evolution" Just curious - where is this information is coming from? Well, I quoted two polls, but in case you want to read the whole thing... htt...
Smackle Off topic 35 5,136 2010-05-28, 11:02 am
    Thread: A totally crazy endeavor
Post: A totally crazy endeavor

You could try referencing some of the words they're used in. http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=3838 This topic is sort of relevant.
Smackle Remembering the Kanji 8 2,473 2010-05-28, 9:33 am
    Thread: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)
Post: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)

Grinkers Wrote:I grew up in Japanese and/or Asian communities while growing up around Silicon Valley (San Francisco), so I've never been exposed to much Christianity. So not believing in it was never ...
Smackle Off topic 35 5,136 2010-05-28, 6:49 am
    Thread: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)
Post: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)

Blahah Wrote:If only we could get our tiny science brains around the concepts of sym- and allopatric speciation. But we can't! We're so puzzled. Thank the Lord for the Bible. http://picasaweb.google.c...
Smackle Off topic 35 5,136 2010-05-28, 6:46 am
    Thread: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)
Post: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)

nest0r Wrote:~2348 BC. For those of you not in the know, that is when Ussher chronology says Noah's flood occurs, so it pops up a lot in these images.
Smackle Off topic 35 5,136 2010-05-28, 6:13 am
    Thread: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)
Post: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)

Evil_Dragon Wrote:Maybe it's because of my upbringing, but I find it extremely hard to believe that people who were raised in "developed" countries and have access to an excess of education and inform...
Smackle Off topic 35 5,136 2010-05-28, 5:54 am
    Thread: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)
Post: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)

It's important to know that this museum is actually very popular and many Americans take it seriously. They travel from all over the country with their children to find support for their beliefs. It i...
Smackle Off topic 35 5,136 2010-05-28, 5:31 am
    Thread: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)
Post: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)

Yes, these Creationists believe that dinosaurs coexisted with humans and were all vegetarians before the fall, because they were good and there existed no death. It is also worth noting that plants d...
Smackle Off topic 35 5,136 2010-05-28, 5:09 am
    Thread: Having issues trying to learn grammar.
Post: Having issues trying to learn grammar.

Tobberoth Wrote:Smackle Wrote:One way of studying grammar, if you don't want to mine textbooks or whatever, is to add simple contextual sentences while jotting down on your cards or whatever the gramm...
Smackle The Japanese language 92 22,897 2010-05-28, 4:36 am
    Thread: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying?
Post: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying?

kapalama Wrote:Does resolve=Damien=author of the PC version of Anki? Yes
Smackle Learning resources 401 86,874 2010-05-28, 4:15 am
    Thread: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)
Post: Creation Museum in Kentucky (US)

I don't know how many of you know this, but I currently live in Kentucky. There is a Creation Museum here which tries to explain Creationism and many people attend it with their children. Here is a ...
Smackle Off topic 35 5,136 2010-05-28, 3:48 am
    Thread: Having issues trying to learn grammar.
Post: Having issues trying to learn grammar.

One way of studying grammar, if you don't want to mine textbooks or whatever, is to add simple contextual sentences while jotting down on your cards or whatever the grammar at work.
Smackle The Japanese language 92 22,897 2010-05-28, 2:30 am