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How Scientifically Literate Are You?

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Message 28 of 134 (697691)
04-29-2013 1:40 AM 		Reply to: Message 22 by onifre
04-28-2013 2:36 PM

Oni writes:
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But, to qualify it, my asian girlfriend and I were taking the test together. So I may have done worse if left alone.
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I am immediately thinking of the opening scene of "You Only Live Twice" starring Sean Connery....
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04-29-2013 1:45 AM 		Reply to: Message 27 by NoNukes
04-28-2013 10:46 PM

NoNukes writes:
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If you are going to peek at your junk, why not just google all of the test answers.
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Oh my goodness!!! is there a new definition of googling now?? How did I miss this? Gotta know - is this the better way?
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05-01-2013 12:31 PM 		Reply to: Message 66 by New Cat's Eye
05-01-2013 10:35 AM

Re: No Fracking Problem
Odd how the U.K. uses metric in everything except their coins and bills, but in the USA that's the only place they use base ten.
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These are things that can make you scratch your head....
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Also: Astronomy has both parsecs and lightyears, which are roughly in the same magnitude of size.
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Just my tuppence.
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Message 72 of 134 (697889)
05-01-2013 12:34 PM 		Reply to: Message 70 by Panda
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Re: No Fracking Problem
Panda observezs:
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{Japan uses} the far more sensible 'yyyy/mm/dd'.
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Indeed, I have to convert to this format often so I can sort by date!
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05-03-2013 2:11 PM

Remember the old saying:
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"A pint's a pound the world around."
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But wait...I just read that a UK pint is 20oz, while a US pint is 16....time to move to England for my pints.
- xongsmith, 5.7d
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