- Questions on kinetic energy and velocity
- How small can something be?
- Law enforcement of illegal activities that depend on public customers.
- Conduit body question.
- Galaxy proportion and position
- So who was the most senior Nazi that was definitely, unambigously, a practicing Christian?
- .dat Files on a Mac
- Looking for percents of journalists that carry or own a weapon.
- Pumping oil up and out 5 feet
- Any way to add snow/ice traction to a car w/o damaging roads or spending a fortune
- Optics question: silvering the ID of a tube
- How do fighter pilots remember dogfights?
- Startup that uses individual debt to replace money
- Is it possible to gain more weight than the food you eat weighs?
- Magic Floating Teapot (to buy in Chicago)?
- Refinancing condo...? About closing costs
- Why are AAA and Similar Services So Slow?
- GOMplayer freezing problem
- Do your grandchildren share *exactly* or *around* 1/4 of your genes?
- Boot Record - Windows Vista
- Don't be careful with that explosive?
- Why do people abandon their cars on the side of the highway?
- Would it be dumb to try to change my bicycle's tires?
- Missouri River frozen?
- Businesses/police tracking bills by serial number in the past - feasible?
- Neosporin and Asian skin?
- Why are some substances (especially medicines) expressed as "units"?
- Why don't automatic faucets work for me?
- HP TouchSmart IQ506 and Windows 8 Compatiility
- Identify this houseplant
- How do lettuce knives prevent browning?
- Was Scientology EVER popular among nerds or did nerds significantly contribute to it?
- Am I Littering When I Release a Helium Balloon?
- New Orleans shoe scam
- Conception after adoption: myth, or based in fact?
- PowerBook G4 won't start
- rectitude of returning a different item to a store
- Why don't US shopping carts have all 4 wheels swivel, like they do in Europe?
- please explain to me why we can't "just print more money" to pay off the national debt
- Why does hot water make me feel fuller?
- How is the ozone layer doing? Does it still have a hole?
- Can you DIY patent something (in both theory and practice)?
- Why Is It Called "Off Limits"?
- Why do they still make revolvers when we have automatic guns?
- Is the logic behind this HIV myth actually correct?
- Could a recovering alcoholic be a wine tester?
- Does Silly Putty count as a non-Newtonian liquid?
- Facebook not working on phones
- Flying w/military funeral flag (containing spent ammo) - need answer fast!
- MS Word folder question
- Walking versus running the same distance
- Win7 network login issue
- How do restaurants.com coupons work?
- What is the oldest weapon still in use?
- Foreign nationals keeping prizemoney?
- What animal eye would be the best transplant replacement for a human one?
- Lazy man's way to scrub Facebook except for recent posts
- What Would a Homeopathic Physician Apply to an Open Wound?
- Are there any countries with literal second class citizens?
- Is there anything you can get just by having an awesome credit score, with nothing else?
- Is ice dropping off large bridges a common hazard in winter weather?
- Odd design on Longines watch face
- For Whom Was This Strange Book Written? "Space Power Theory"
- Native American Tribes
- What was the last piece of work to enter the public domain naturally?
- Dogs and sleep
- Early onset puberty, protein and gymnasts
- Weird problem with Finder in Mountain Lion
- How many animals get killed by other animals in zoos?
- Netflix streaming - PC vs. TV
- Do other mammals know a baby is coming when they are pregnant?
- There must be basic training for sailors, right? What's in it?
- Relationship Title Question
- What's the highest level of literacy a person can reach?
- My wife can see my Google searches on her smart phone
- Probability problem: chance somebody will pick a number in a range randomly
- Negative scanning - what should I know?
- Question for Miami/Ft Lauderdale Dopers
- Sharing iPhone Calendars
- legal concept of preventing one behavior by arresting for another
- Use of `by which`
- Bad hard drive. Recovery options. OS X.
- White growth on shrimp
- What legal powers does the Church of England have in England today?
- Photoshop/GIMP question
- how is porn legal but prostitution isn't?
- Guy confesses to a crime, then says nothing.
- Opposite of Glossophobia
- Today is the feast of Sol Invictus, what am I supposed to do.
- water & sewer how/where
- Cable ISP charges a separate add-on fee for "wireless internet". Is this justifiable?
- Why don't ATV's have airbags (or are there plans?)
- How do they do this? Spam/email account question
- continental drift/proto human migration
- When did Christianity separate from Judaism?
- Street Fighting with Acetone
- Swiss Bank Accounts
- Google TV "updates"
- What's a kagome lattice, a quantum spin liquid and how are they related?
- Is there a name for this test methodology where we start with simple tests and proceed to more comp?
- Help me diagnose a car/house electrical problem
- How do I use my blanket properly?
- British Wages in the 1840s?
- strength of kitten's claws/bite
- How to arrange files by date?
- Can a PC completely replace our cable box/DVR?
- Gore Vidal's memoirs
- New Year's Eve in Chicago?
- Snowflakes
- The Rules for Writing Roman Numerals
- Ram Rocket Altitude
- Who *really* started the "eight spiders" myth?
- Division of Assets in Divorce (Moore-Kutcher Related)
- Wikipedia alternative for non-specialists
- Water math question
- How does one get comped?
- Nuclear-equipped bombers during the cold war
- Do women nowadays snap their legs open or shut to catch small items dropped while sitting? : "Gay?"
- Best apps for ADD
- What's social media?
- Youtube not working on Firefox 17.0.1
- Large collisions in space. Harder than you think?
- Gas Fireplace Pilot Won't Go Out
- Ford mavens - which cars have lane departure and collision avoidance warnings?
- What's the difference between laundry detergents?
- Where did fundamentalist Islam's polio vaccine paranoia come from?
- My hospital has droids?
- Which language is the most different from English?
- DUI question: would this fool the judge/police?
- Does the Book of Mormon (book) sound archaic in other languages?
- Scam text
- Is there any formula to subtract a baseline from a signal?
- What's The SD on the Pakistani ISI?
- What is this houseplant?
- Satirical Candidacies for President
- How do you adjust tempo without changing pitch?
- Spanish translation--"I really have to go [to the bathroom]"
- Quickest route to an associate's degree?
- is logic of javascript && (and) and || (or) operators correct?
- Help me not get fired for reading the Dope at work....
- Where might these crimes be prosecuted?
- Accreditation of US Colleges and Universities
- Is there a clinical term for booger?
- Worms metabolize quantum dots. Huh?
- Two questions about hair removal
- Photovoltaic Glass...Real Technology?
- Question about losing weight (chemistry related)
- Tipping with restaurant gift card
- Can I install my own hardwood floors?
- Why do people in the US say people in the south talk slow ?
- Security codes on web pages
- Do horses know the names humans give them?
- Calcium Supplements
- Euthanized shelter dogs are rendered and sold as pet food up to feed other dogs?
- How do we know that matter dominates our universe?
- What branches of the service could someone get drafted into?
- Capacitance of a sphere the size of earth
- Mood CHANGES (Not Mood SWINGS)
- Question about oxygen machines
- Do beavers build dams if there's already a manmade one?
- Aortic Dissection & Life Insurance
- Strange Question about Toilet Paper
- What will SEC sanctioned crowdfunding look like?
- Why was the mid 19th century Democratic Party so (ostensibly) racist . . .
- Trouble with installing drivers for new monitor
- iTunes Migration to new PC
- Excel: Subtotal to a new tab?
- How much does the Queen of England tip?
- china's crackdown on internet...a stupid q...probably
- Dual Kidneys?
- In what form are congressional district borders (and non-natural borders generally) legally defined?
- Birdbath heater blows GFCIs.
- Is there a Google Calendar API?
- best book on the gold standard
- Electric space heaters vs portable hair dryers
- Having to leave home country for medical care
- Why are saturated fats bad for you?
- Soy sauce -- does it spoil?
- Weather for the trip: Baltimore to Cumberland
- Transferring files from PowerBook G4 to MacBook Pro
- Patenting a computer program
- Transferring monstrous email list to Mailchimp??
- How long will old UK banknotes stay in circulation after QE2's death?
- If you declare a work public domain, can your estate reverse your decision?
- Can you be found through GPS on your cell phone?
- I have to pass a drug test to get my prescription?
- Burial insurance for someone else?
- Why would an investigating detective remain outside the scene for "continuity"
- Microsoft Word 2007 Default font
- HOme Audio - Old School vs What ever the hell they think that STULL is...
- Why doesn't British currency feature politicians/soldiers?
- Making a graph using Excel 2003
- Those Old Acetylene Headlamps-How Bright Were They?
- What are these on the wings of Spitfires and Hurricanes?
- Ink Fading on Old Documents
- Detox diets: woo?
- What is the simplest way for me to cast small sterling silver parts?
- Converting An Old Analog Cell Phone To CDMA-Can It Be Done?
- Diagnosing CPU usage on Vista with Task Manager
- Google and "full name": what do they want? Also: Facebook/Yahoo logins
- Does Anyone own the rights or Trademark to Santa or St Nick?
- O2 concentrators/compresser
- Did honey used to have a higher fructose content?
- Swedes: hotmail.com in Sweden (language-related)?
- Hearing Music in new construction house.
- Are there churches that really have NO identity more specific than "Christian"?
- Can a dedicated high-intensity workout regimen improve sexual performance? [TMI/NSFW]
- I have forgotten the word for the person who speaks for a celeb. Help.
- Ugly Betty and gay adolescents
- Muscle mass and protection from injuries
- Dropbox and Google Drive
- Daily Reaction of the [Dow Jones Average]
- Alcohol beverages !!
- iMac 27"
- Milk Production Question
- Why can't we extract energy [from the earth's magnetic field?]
- How do you pronounce "Veuve Clicquot"
- Sun Density profile and meteors
- Difficulties of a Viking funeral
- Verifying the accuracy of a HDD copy
- Can you audio experts confirm this about the human ear?
- Why don't you get drunk on soy sauce?
- During deliberation, juror introduces argument not brought up at trial. Grounds for appeal?
- JFK's "the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth"
- Google Image Copyright Question
- Was your entire bank account seized if you invested with Madoff?
- Renting a Mac virtual machine?
- Just how smart is the average bear?
- Pulse audible in one ear
- US cell/mobil phone in Europe.
- Limited Flex Spending vs/plus HSA
- Who set the (physical) size of credit cards?
- How well were common Romans protected under the law?
- What's the straight dope on qualia?
- Tinted Display on Windows Photo Viewer
- Windows mouse sticking jumping
- Farmers Assoc's and climate change
- Help me understand GDP
- Upcoming shows by the Chicago School of Rock
- Weird wall outlet
- Odd (but common) usage of “may”
- Chromium not always blocking Javascript for some sites
- Why a buckle on a hat?
- Re avocados ripening after being picked - Does the calorie content change as they become riper?
- Pain medication and new pain.
- food poisoning question
- "Do not tumble dry".... ignore?
- Why isn't household refuse a commodity in the USA?
- Anyone else having problems with Java this year (2013)?
- Occupations with lots of downtime
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