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>> No. 3765 Anonymous
19th November 2014
Wednesday 2:42 pm
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Is it possible to hydrate the body in the same way drinking water does, simply by staying in a humid/steamy environment? Or am I just being a cretin?
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>> No. 3781 Anonymous
20th November 2014
Thursday 12:53 pm
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>>3780

Fuck. I'll have to switch to stupid water.
>> No. 3782 Anonymous
20th November 2014
Thursday 6:48 pm
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>>3781
Well you could have some orange juice instead, but remember that it doesn't count towards your five-a-day now.
>> No. 3783 Anonymous
20th November 2014
Thursday 8:19 pm
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>>3780
When?
>> No. 3785 Anonymous
28th November 2014
Friday 8:03 pm
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>>3773

You're telling me I have to piss in my own arse, now?
>> No. 3786 Anonymous
28th November 2014
Friday 8:05 pm
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>>3785

It's all part of growing up, Anon.

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>> No. 3764 Anonymous
18th November 2014
Tuesday 1:49 pm
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Sometimes, lads, you just have to sit back and wonder why they don't get an English referee.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11433-013-5387-8

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>> No. 3761 Anonymous
8th November 2014
Saturday 9:46 pm
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I thought you two might like this, thought for a Saturday evening:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141106101734.htm

Two astrophysicists argue that questions about the future of life on Earth and beyond may soon be resolvable scientifically, thanks to new data about the Earth and about other planets in our galaxy, and by combining the earth-based science of sustainability with the space-oriented field of astrobiology.

In short, these two are trying to create a more accurate evolutionary model for species that can efficiently harvest energy. Seems highly speculative, but then I'm not an astrobiologist. Makes for interesting reading, nonetheless.
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>> No. 3762 Anonymous
8th November 2014
Saturday 9:48 pm
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Like a more complicated version of the Kardashev scale? These things are really quite tenuous as they can't account for unpredictable technological developments.
>> No. 3763 Anonymous
8th November 2014
Saturday 11:30 pm
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I'm just realising how much the chart in that original post looks like the image from the 'stats from hell' thread.

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>> No. 3722 Anonymous
16th September 2014
Tuesday 4:41 pm
3722 Theses
Who has written a PhD thesis and wants to have a whinge about it?

other than me?
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>> No. 3734 Anonymous
24th September 2014
Wednesday 9:18 pm
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My funding is up this month, and my thesis isn't complete.

I will be homeless from Friday.

Where do unemployed people live in Broken Britain (TM)?

My uni also wants me to pay £240 to submit, after having worked unpaid for an ill-defined period of time up to 1 year following cessation of my contract.
>> No. 3735 Anonymous
24th September 2014
Wednesday 9:20 pm
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Considering applying for a PhD in the coming months.
>> No. 3736 Anonymous
24th September 2014
Wednesday 9:26 pm
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>>3735

Starting mine this week. Managed to bag a scholarship for 13-14k a year too. I couldn't be happier with making a 'job' out of my true passion in life, but it seems like on the other hand my life is being put on hold for 3 more years. I don't want to advance my personal life (marry my gf, maybe have kids, stop renting a place) until I have some sort of stability. A low income and no guarenteed future employment seem like a pain at times.
>> No. 3737 Anonymous
24th September 2014
Wednesday 9:35 pm
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>>3736

Stop breeding and adopt, you bastard, son of a bitch!
>> No. 3738 Anonymous
25th September 2014
Thursday 4:20 pm
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>>3734

Gutter, grave or slum, take your pick.

Oh, or you can have thirteen kids and live in a mansion. You have to share that mansion with an imbecile fit only for procreation and thirteen grubby, attention-deprived, mewling little shits, though.

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>> No. 3633 Anonymous
8th August 2014
Friday 3:57 pm
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What is your opinion on nuclear energy?
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>> No. 3716 Anonymous
8th September 2014
Monday 10:19 pm
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>>3684
Why did you post the flag of Luxembourg?
>> No. 3717 Anonymous
8th September 2014
Monday 10:23 pm
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>>3716
They are all the same anyway. I don't understand how shitty, tiny European countries can wave flags around and feel like they are independent, while the Kurds aren't even allowed to form their own country.
>> No. 3718 Anonymous
8th September 2014
Monday 10:27 pm
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>>3717
Oh, Nige. Has Herman not forgiven you yet?
>> No. 3719 Anonymous
9th September 2014
Tuesday 1:30 am
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If we invent fusion, can we fission uranium then fuse it together, then fission it again?
>> No. 3720 Anonymous
9th September 2014
Tuesday 11:58 am
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>>3719
Only if you can somehow create fission products that are in the "fusion" section of this graph.

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>> No. 3668 Anonymous
8th August 2014
Friday 8:00 pm
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Anyone here remember this?
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>> No. 3669 Anonymous
8th August 2014
Friday 8:19 pm
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>>3668
No, but I do remember Jonny Quest and Hadji.

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>> No. 3616 Anonymous
21st July 2014
Monday 12:49 am
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What's the best time to start sucking when using an asthma pump? Right at the time you press the pump, just before or just after?
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>> No. 3620 Anonymous
24th July 2014
Thursday 11:59 am
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>>3619
>The practical problem with this is that it would be impossible to perfectly synchronise sucking and pumping.

ask ur mum about that m8989
>> No. 3623 Anonymous
26th July 2014
Saturday 2:20 pm
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>>3619

That's kind of interesting. The real world solution is slightly different to the solution we arrive at if we mathematically idealise the problem. I can think of another simple example of this principle.

In order for a male to monopolise a female's reproductive lifespan and capture as many offspring from her as possible when would be the best time to start fucking her? Under mathematically ideal conditions in which the start of a female's fertile period can be ascertained precisely, the best time to begin fucking her would be right at that point. By starting to fuck her when she becomes fertile and continuing until she ceases to be fertile a male will capture the whole of her reproductive lifespan.

Just as with the asthma pump, this doesn't quite work in the real world because it's impossible to perfectly synchronise the beginning of the fucking with the beginning of fertility. Males who followed this strategy over the generations would sometimes start fucking their females a bit late and fail to capture some of thier fertile years, possibly losing them to other males. The males that would stand the greatest chance of capturing all of their females' fertile lifespan would be those who play it a bit safe and start fucking them a little before the average age that females become fertile.

Human females living under natural conditions typically become fully fertile in late adolescence around about 17. If human males have evolved to try to monopolise females' reproductive lifespans, and there is good evidence that they have such as the universals of marriage and possessive jealously, then we can expect that the best age for human males to start fucking their mates to be a few years below 17 at probably about 14, maybe only 12.

(A good day to you Sir!)
>> No. 3624 Anonymous
26th July 2014
Saturday 2:20 pm
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This thread has opened my eyes. There's really no difference between asthmatics, autists, and paedophiles. Thanks, .gs.
>> No. 3626 Anonymous
26th July 2014
Saturday 9:27 pm
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>>3623

Maybe I have a little too much respect for our denizens here, but is this an elaborate joke/parody post?
>> No. 3627 Anonymous
26th July 2014
Saturday 9:54 pm
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>>3626

I think .gs is lurked by one of those 'paedophilia is scientific' types who jumps in whenever he gets the opportunity. The mod squad is quite on the ball about him.

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>> No. 3508 Anonymous
17th February 2014
Monday 11:25 pm
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Could there be planets where brains are cheaper to make due to the materials available to evolution there and as a result there are many more intelligent species than on our planet???
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>> No. 3525 Anonymous
18th February 2014
Tuesday 7:58 pm
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>>3523
Whatever happened to Kimmo? The last I heard of him was the email exchange with moot.
>> No. 3526 Anonymous
18th February 2014
Tuesday 10:05 pm
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>>3525
That was the first I'd heard of him.
>> No. 3531 Anonymous
9th March 2014
Sunday 11:37 pm
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>>3525

He made himself happy making horrible bulletins for a while, which you can see here: http://bulletins.iwantabro.com/

And then he killed Anontalk, saying it was in "hibernation" and will be coming back. He urged he AnT faithful to save their UIDs. A fortnight later he changed it to a very bitter rant about how it's "dead forever" and won't be coming back. Something like "It's too pure a concept to exist in this world of shit". Delicious. I feel happy that I was one of the chosen few who finally managed to troll it to death.
>> No. 3614 Anonymous
19th May 2014
Monday 3:48 am
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>>3531
you mean one of the few retards who melded into the hivemind and tried to kill it
>> No. 3615 Anonymous
19th May 2014
Monday 9:22 am
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>>3614

That 2 month old post wont no wot hit it.

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>> No. 3543 Anonymous
31st March 2014
Monday 9:55 pm
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0.999... = 1 - 1 / infinity = 1 - 0 = 1

I think that's the most rigorous proof there is.
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>> No. 3545 Anonymous
31st March 2014
Monday 11:09 pm
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>>3543
u wot m8?
https://www.youtube.com/v/wsOXvQn3JuE
>> No. 3547 Anonymous
31st March 2014
Monday 11:15 pm
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>>3543
>>1201

You could at least try going back a page or two. Cunt.
>> No. 3548 Anonymous
31st March 2014
Monday 11:32 pm
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>>3547
But then he'd have had to bump a two-year old thread and, like the IPL, that's just not cricket.
>> No. 3611 Anonymous
13th May 2014
Tuesday 2:16 pm
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>>3545
>They will probably kill me if I don't say 'April Fools'.
>> No. 3613 Anonymous
13th May 2014
Tuesday 4:08 pm
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>>3545

I love troll maths.

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>> No. 3603 Anonymous
5th May 2014
Monday 9:58 pm
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I don't know how many people have both the expertise and interest (I know I lack the former) to discuss this, but I found this proposed explanation for the internationally observed reduction in violent crime intriguing. The theory goes that the elimination of lead in petrol and household products closely corresponds to reduced crime everywhere you look.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27067615

If there's a refutation accessible to the layman that would be interesting too.
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>> No. 3606 Anonymous
9th May 2014
Friday 7:02 pm
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>>3605

This maybe relevant. It may not be. I found it amusing anyway.

http://tylervigen.com/
>> No. 3607 Anonymous
9th May 2014
Friday 7:47 pm
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>>3605

The lead argument is based on the straightforward correlation between IQ and criminality - people with lower IQs are more likely to commit crime, lead toxicity lowers IQ, therefore lead toxicity may cause crime. It's a fairly loose chain of causation, but perfectly plausible on face value.
>> No. 3608 Anonymous
10th May 2014
Saturday 4:11 am
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>>3607

>people with lower IQs are more likely to commit crime, lead toxicity lowers IQ, therefore lead toxicity may cause crime.

IQ is not a proper measure of how intelligent you can potentially be but rather a measure of how educated you are, which means that people with lower IQ tend to be from impoverished backgrounds. The same 95 IQ chav could have been a 120 if he had been born into a richer family. So the argument now goes:

>People from poor and anti-educational backgrounds tend to have a lower IQ, people with lower IQs are more likely to commit crime, lead toxicity lowers IQ, therefore lead toxicity may cause crime.

Which doesn't really make too much sense. In fact I'd argue that lead is irrelevant to crime, and it's a matter of a good solid education for all.
>> No. 3609 Anonymous
10th May 2014
Saturday 7:02 am
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>>3608

>IQ is not a proper measure of how intelligent you can potentially be but rather a measure of how educated you are

This is arguably untrue. Correctly managed IQ tests compose two papers (really big puzzle books, essentially), one of which is variety of logical and numerical problems, the other of shape and pattern-based problems (to measure basic cognition and offset such bias). As long as the subject is capable of reading and completing these, education should not be a limit on achieving a respectable score.

>People from poor and anti-educational backgrounds tend to have a lower IQ, people with lower IQs are more likely to commit crime, lead toxicity lowers IQ, therefore lead toxicity may cause crime.

>Which doesn't really make too much sense. In fact I'd argue that lead is irrelevant to crime, and it's a matter of a good solid education for all.

Wealth is linked to diet and nutrition, which in turn is linked to intelligence.

It is also arguable that people who would score low in both logical and cognitive tests are treated differently by society, have fewer opportunities (or are oblivious to those that exist), and perceive the world accordingly. They are also more likely to be caught having committed an offence. If exposure to lead reduces intelligence by a significant degree then a correlation may exist.
>> No. 3610 Anonymous
10th May 2014
Saturday 2:48 pm
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>>3608

>IQ is not a proper measure of how intelligent you can potentially be but rather a measure of how educated you are

That's not true in the least, and I'd suggest you go and find out what an IQ test actually is because you appear to be severely misinformed. As >>3609 describes, a correctly composed IQ test assesses abstract reasoning and requires no prior knowledge.

While it is true that environmental influences can affect IQ, the effect is relatively weak, as demonstrated in numerous twins studies over the years. Education is far less significant than adequate nutrition and good parental interaction. Events like toxic exposure and head injury can drastically reduce IQ. The predominant influence on IQ is heredity.

Your second statement is clearly a nonsense, predisposed upon the fallacious idea that IQ is purely a measure of educational attainment.

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>> No. 3527 Anonymous
19th February 2014
Wednesday 11:21 am
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This was quite amazing, I'd recommend you take 4 and a half minutes to watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/v/ysa5OBhXz-Q
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>> No. 3597 Anonymous
3rd May 2014
Saturday 10:21 pm
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>>3596

With the Ian Watkin's debuncle, I do find Purps's black SAS rectangle quite apt.

Farmers are top lads. Try talk to some of em. As a Yorkshirelad I've had great times with gamekeepers, shepherds, dry stone wallers and cows.

I'm a vegetarian and they all threaten to shoot me cos I can't run faster than a scared ewe chased by a Welshman.

Farmers are great.
>> No. 3598 Anonymous
3rd May 2014
Saturday 10:27 pm
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>>3597

Shut up you incoherent bumpkin and find me some quails eggs.
>> No. 3599 Anonymous
3rd May 2014
Saturday 10:32 pm
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BOBBY SANDS APPRECIATION SOCIETY

AKA celeb diet in HEAT
>> No. 3600 Anonymous
3rd May 2014
Saturday 10:50 pm
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>>3599

Wrong thread?
>> No. 3601 Anonymous
4th May 2014
Sunday 12:00 am
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>>3592
I'd back it if only to give farmers subsidies.

>>3597
I agree.

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>> No. 3555 Anonymous
12th April 2014
Saturday 1:35 pm
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Can someone explain to me what this means?

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v486/n7404/full/nature11128.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20120628#f4
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>> No. 3577 Anonymous
13th April 2014
Sunday 2:22 am
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>>3576
Somehow I don't want to believe you but ok.
>> No. 3578 Anonymous
13th April 2014
Sunday 2:22 am
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>>3555
I have seen this same graph/pic/image all over 4chan. They seem to be celebrating it based on whatever they picked from the study (superiority or some shit). I haven't read it and I don't know what it is.
>> No. 3579 Anonymous
13th April 2014
Sunday 2:38 am
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Well, I've tried to understand, with difficulty, what the study says. The X/A ratio is to do with X chromosomes and autosomes (non-sex chromosomes). "Because two-thirds of X chromosomes are found in females whereas autosomes are split equally between the two sexes, a ratio between their effective population sizes (X/A ratio) of 0.75 is expected under random mating." So the higher the ratio, the more Xs, and the more reproducing females there are in the population. The graph is captioned "The low X/A ratio for the European has been suggested to be due to demographic effects connected to migrating out of Africa", which presumably means something caused there to be less females, or less reproducing females, in the population. So that's all it means. Ancestral genetics show less women had babies in Europe than Africa. Or something.
>> No. 3580 Anonymous
13th April 2014
Sunday 3:13 am
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>>3579
So racists everywhere claiming that this is proof that Africans are closer to Bonobo than Europeans is bollocks?
>> No. 3581 Anonymous
13th April 2014
Sunday 12:39 pm
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It means bonobos need to be added to the list of animals which should be given "human" rights alongside elephants, dolphins, some of the other primates and probably a fair few species of mollusc.

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>> No. 3549 Anonymous
6th April 2014
Sunday 3:28 am
3549 Cocaine HCl to Crack conversion - the science behind it
Can anyone tell me (sci fags) what happens to cocaine HCl into crack? I mean, what is the chemical difference?
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>> No. 3550 Anonymous
6th April 2014
Sunday 3:43 am
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No, lad.
>> No. 3551 Anonymous
6th April 2014
Sunday 3:55 am
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>>3550

WTF are you on about? I know how to make it, i want to know what actually happens during the process and how "crack" differs chemically to cocaine.
>> No. 3552 Anonymous
6th April 2014
Sunday 5:07 am
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Crack is the freebase form of cocaine, as opposed to the hydrochloride salt. Reacting cocaine hydrochloride with a weak base (usually sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)) removes the hydrogen and chlorine ions, giving the freebase cocaine alkaloid, water, carbon dioxide and a salt (sodium chloride in the case of a reaction with sodium bicarbonate).

The freebase form has a much lower melting point, allowing crack to be smoked - cocaine HCl would just burn. The effects are essentially the same, but smoked crack enters the bloodstream much more quickly than snorted cocaine (due to the much greater surface area of the lungs vs the mucous membranes) giving a more intense and immediate hit. Crack cocaine isn't water soluble, so can't be effectively snorted.

Heroin offers an interesting parallel. The overwhelming majority of heroin sold in Europe is in the freebase form, which can be readily smoked but needs to be buffered with an acid (usually citric or Vit C) in order to be dissolved and injected. In the US, the market is split - on the east coast, most heroin is sold as a salt, whereas on the west coast it is usually sold as a freebase.

Also, that minge haunts my dreams, like a stubbly Eye of Sauron.
>> No. 3553 Anonymous
6th April 2014
Sunday 6:23 am
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>>3552
This is correct.

t. Chemist

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>> No. 3506 Anonymous
14th February 2014
Friday 9:59 am
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Where on the Rio scale would the Wow signal feature?
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>> No. 3507 Anonymous
14th February 2014
Friday 6:34 pm
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I'm not sure. Was kind of worried about this though:

>In 2012, on the 35th anniversary of the Wow! signal, Arecibo Observatory beamed a response from humanity, containing 10,000 Twitter messages, in the direction from which the signal originated.

What a better way to show our own intelligence than random messages taken from twatter.

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