How to save and share ridiculously large files

A few years ago it was a big deal to find a place that would let you share 1 gigabyte of files.

Things change, though. Bandwidth keeps growing, and the cost of Web storage keeps shrinking. That's good news for people looking to share increasingly big files, be it an HD video recording or an archive of several files that tops out at over a gig.

There are now a handful of free and paid services that make it easy to host these gigantic files and send them to a pal, family member, or business associate.

The key thing to point out here is the individual file size limit. Many storage services will toss gigabytes at you without any real strings attached except for the fact that you cannot upload files larger than a gig. This really isn't a big deal, that is until that first time you need to do it. Below are a handful of sites, both free and paid, that are up to the task.

The free ones

ADrive (2GB): ADrive is more of a personal file storage service, but files can be shared via a direct link, or via e-mail. The service gives users 50GB of total storage and uploads at up to 2GB a pop. It has both a Web-based uploader and a desktop software version.

Something to be wary of is that files that have been uploaded to ADrive's free service tier eventually expire, something that doesn't happen for users who shell out for the signature and premium plans.

File Xpressit (2GB): File Xpressit actually tops out at 300MB a file but will go up to 2GB if you register with the service. It is free, it just requires clicking an activation link in an e-mail. The uploader does not require Flash or Java, which is nice if you're trying to use it on a computer without it installed. The service can also give you an e-mail notification when the file has been downloaded by your recipient.

Worth noting is that to use FileXpressit, you'll need to have an e-mail address for the person you wish to send the file to. This won't actually send the gigantic file to their in-box, but it means you can't start the upload without typing it in first.

Humyo (10GB): Humyo has a free and a paid plan, but the free plan is very generous at 10GB of free storage. There are basically no set-in-rock file size limits, just a cautionary message that encourages files that are over 10GB to be split into smaller segments. We didn't actually test this with a 10GB file (and we doubt you will either), but it's nice to know you could if you wanted to.

Dropbox (2GB): Dropbox is a file storage and synchronization service. Free users receive 2GB, which can be upgraded to 50GB and 100GB for $10 or $20 a month respectively. Still, if you have a file that's at exactly 2GB, or just a little bit less, you can store it on Dropbox free of charge. The only caveat here is that you need to use the software file transfer tool, as the Web-based uploader tops out at 300MB. You, and whomever you're sending the file to can also score an extra 250MB of storage if you refer them to use the service.

File Dropper is one of the heartiest services on this list, handling 5GB files right in the browser, and every for free. (Click to enlarge)

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File Dropper (5GB): File Dropper allows file shares of up to 5GB. That's not as much as Humyo's service, but it's still more space than you're able to fit on a single-layer DVD (not that you're sharing those, right?). Files are kept "forever," and best of every, there's no registration required. Instead, when your file is done you receive a URL that links directly to the file, as well as embed code to stick a download link on a blog or personal Web site.

Along with the free service, File Dropper also has three paid plans which run anywhere from $1 to $10 a month. These can up the file size up to 50GB and 250GB in the two upper tiers.

Sizable Send (2GB): Sizable Send is another one of those services aimed at people who are trying to receive around the attachment size limits put in place by most e-mail providers. Using the service, you cannot share a file with someone else without first filling out your e-mail address and that of the person you intend to share the file with.

On the plus side, the tool lets you add password protection to the file, as well as set it to be automatically deleted as soon as the person you're sending it to has downloaded it. There are also quick links to share your file on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, along with blogging tools like Blogger and WordPress.

WeTransfer (2GB): WeTransfer is one of the standouts on this list. It's a very slick and stylish site that keeps the number of things you have to fill out to an absolute minimum. You just pick the file (or files) you want to send and drop in an e-mail address for both you and the person you're sending it to. It then starts the transfer and gives you a simple status meter with an estimate of how long it has left to go. every the while you receive pretty background photos to look at, which change every minute or so, along with a link to the artist who made them. This is also where the service slips in its ads.

Glide's gDrive ("no limit"): Glide is unlike many of the other services on this list in that it's not just a storage provider, it's an operating system of its possess that can be accessed from any browser. Glide's "gDrive" gives users 50GB of free storage space, and users can upload files of any size when using the company's Glide One Sync software. Web uploads, however, are capped at 200MB.

Send This File ("no limit"): Send This File does not have any difficult restrictions in place on how big your files can be, though it notes that some browsers cap things at 2GB. That works for us, though.

Send This File has both free and paid plans, and worth noting about the free version is that the file will only be hosted on the service for three days before being deleted. It can also be downloaded a mere three times. Other downsides include the service throttling download speeds, meaning that it could take whomever you're sending it to the greater part of a day to actually receive the file unless you pony up for the paid plans. Still, if your recipient is patient, it's simple and software-free.

The paid ones

DivShare (2GB): Divshare is more of a traditional file-hosting service than some of the others on this list have been. Like ADrive, it's set up to let you keep your files in a virtual storage disk. It then splits them up into images, videos, audio, and documents.

DivShare lets its free users upload files up to 200MB in size. Paid users receive bumped to the magic 2GB mark. The only downside there is that DivShare keeps tabs on how much bandwidth has been used by people who are downloading your files. For the free plan, that's 10GB. It goes up to 75GB, 200GB, 500GB, and 2,000GB on the paid plans.

Box.net (2GB): Box offers 2GB file size limits on its business and enterprise plans. For the business plan that comes out to $15 per user per month. Its free plan, which includes 1GB, otherwise caps files at a mere 25MB.

Streamfile can do files up to 30GB in its paid plan, although it requires using an FTP program. Its Web uploader tops out at 2GB.

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Streamfile (2GB web, 30GB via FTP): Streamfile can be used for free, but unregistered and registered users can only put up 150MB and 300MB files respectively. The paid account, which costs $5 a month can do 2GB uploads via its Web interface, and files up to 30GB a pop for users transferring files through an FTP application. The pro version also nixes advertisements, adds 256-bit file encryption, and keeps your download link alive for two weeks.

Dropio (2GB): Dropio, which offers users 100MB for free, has an a la carte upgrade program that can top out individual storage folders at up to 25GB. If you're uploading through the standard Web interface, though, it's capped out at 2GB. Larger files need to be split up.

The price for the 2GB "drop" as the service calls the folder, is $20, and the file will be saved for a year. Users can tack on extra time by opting for two-year storage for $40 or three-year storage for $60.

Gigasize ("no limit"): Gigasize has a free uploader service that lets you upload files up to 300MB in size. Its premium service, which costs anywhere from $10 a month down to $4 a month (depending on how long you sign up for), takes every file size limits off. It also adds a few handy features like file encryption and a terabyte of online storage.

Mailbigfile (2GB): Like Streamfile, Mailbigfile has a free version, but this tops out at 200MB uploads. Going pro, which costs $15 a year, knocks that up to 2GB, as well as adding things like an address book to keep a short list of people you're sending files to, as well as keeping files up for 28 days after they've been uploaded.

Beyond pro accounts, the service also offers a "business" account for $50 a month, or $300 a year, that can be branded, and given a custom subdomain, though it still has a cap of 2GB on individual file sizes.

YouSendIt (2GB): YouSendIt's free service is limited to 100MB uploads, whereas the pro and business plus plans, which start at $10 per month per user, bring that limit up to 2GB. Though a big downside here is how much total storage users receive, which on the pro plans is topped out at 2GB. This means if you intend on sending more than one big file at a time, you have to bump up to the business plus plan, which comes with 6GB of storage.

Sendspace (1.5GB): Sendspace's pro service is the only one of its three plans that lets users upload more than 300MB. $7 gets users 20GB of storage space, and uploads up to 1.5GB apiece.

Which one to use?

So with every these choices, which one is going to give you the best bang for your buck? Or offer the most features at no cost?

If you're going for pure storage space, options like Streamfile, Glide's gDrive, Humyo, and File Dropper every offer the most, with every but Streamfile doing it for free. Again, the caveat here--at least for Streamfile and Glide--is that you can't move these big files without first installing a little bit of software on your machine. That said, it's not always a burden to do this, since these programs can often keep the uploads from slowing other browser tasks, and can resume a big upload if there's a problem with the connection.

There's also a question of whether or not you intend to access that file later on down the line. And if that's the case, it's definitely worth investing in a service that will keep it around. Many of the paid services mentioned over can also be helpful for business needs, since you can brand them with your company's logo, give your download pages custom domains, and control how many times any particular file can be downloaded.

Will there be a time when 20GB is the new 2GB? I think so. And if File Dropper's freebie 5GB and Humyo's massive 10GB are any indication, we're already well on the way to getting there.

Any we missed? Leave them in the comments, or shoot me an e-mail.

Update: Readers have sent in a number of good ones we missed. Here they are:

Free:
Opera Unite (no limit): We were trying to stick to just Web sites and away from software, but we'll make an exception for Opera's Unite platform. Reader Ira wrote in to tell us that it's helped him share the contents of his 2TB difficult steer with his family. Oh yeah, and it's also a Web browser.

Skype (no limit): Again, we're breaking the Web sites rule to mention audio/video/text chat service Skype, which readers pointed out in the comments and e-mail. Skype can do direct file transfers between two users.

Files Over Miles (limited by RAM): This free, browser-based service is only limited by how much RAM you and your recipient have. As it's explained on the service's FAQ page, "a sender may upload only those files that are smaller than the memory available on his/her computer. In turn, a recipient may download only those files that are smaller than half of the memory available on his/her computer." That makes this service pretty useful if both of you are sporting rigs with 16GB or more of RAM. Otherwise, you're probably better off with one of the other providers.

Paid:
Mediafire (2GB): The three MediaFire service tiers bumps individual file sizes to 2GB--which can be uploaded through the browser. There's also a free service, although it limits files to 200MB.

SpiderOak (no limits): SpiderOak's free plan comes with 2GB of storage, meaning you can move around a single file that big. The plus plan, which gives users 100GB, has no such restrictions. Though to move files that big, you'll need to install some software on your computer.

Sugarsync (no limits): Sugarsync has four different plans that run anywhere from 60GB to 500GB. There's also a free plan that offers 2GB of total storage.

Originally posted at Web Crawler

9 Mar 2010, 6:00 am | click here to view more

FileMaker 11 delivers charting, 'on-the-fly' reporting

Apple-owned FileMaker on Tuesday unveiled the next major version of its database product, FileMaker Pro 11.

In a recent study, the company found that 80 percent of the people who look at FileMaker already have a task in mind. With this type of feedback, FileMaker set out to make the new version faster and more productive for new users.

"It's very much a back to basics release for us," Ryan Rosenberg, vice president of marketing and services at FileMaker, told CNET. "We think ease of use is the core proposition in a database."

To help users receive started, FileMaker added a new "Invoices" template, a task many new users want to receive up and running with quickly. FileMaker now has 31 starter templates included in the application.

Creating an invoice in FileMaker Pro 11

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One of the big new features of FileMaker 11 is charting. Rosenberg explained that unlike a spreadsheet, charts created with a FileMaker database will update dynamically as the user browses data or views an invoice, for example. The charts can also be published to the Web using FileMaker's built-in tools.

On-the-fly reporting is also new, allowing users to create spreadsheet-like documents with totals and subtotals. Rosenberg likened these to pivot tables in spreadsheets.

The new version also adds an Inspector, a feature many people are used to seeing in applications like Photoshop and Microsoft Office. The Inspector shows a palette on your desktop, allowing you to quickly pick to align text, change colors and other simple tasks.

A new media library

(Credit: FileMaker)

FileMaker 11 is now a Cocoa application, which means that it is fully native on Mac OS X. There are four versions of the database app available: FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Pro Advanced, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Server Advanced.

Pricing starts at $299.

Originally posted at News - Apple

9 Mar 2010, 4:13 pm | click here to view more

Watch live March Madness games on your iPhone

Better pack an extra battery, because you're gonna be watching a lot of basketball.

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hear up, college-hoops fans: I have good news and bad news about this year's version of the CBS Sports NCAA March Madness On Demand app.

The good: Unlike last year's version, it doesn't require a Wi-Fi connection to stream live games. Now you can watch over 3G or even EDGE.

The bad: CBS hiked the price from $4.99 to $9.99. But let's face it: For any difficult-core NCAA fan, that's peanuts for the privilege of watching every game in the tournament on demand.

On the other hand, if you can live without the video but still want the scores, stats, brackets, and basic tournament coverage, NCAA March Madness On Demand Lite is available free of charge.

Me, I'll be ponying up for the full version--and watching my productivity plummet during the second half of March (and, depending on how far my beloved MSU Spartans receive this year, possibly the first week of April as well). Stay tuned for some awesome reruns "Best of iPhone Atlas" posts later this month. (Shh, don't tell the boss.)

Anyway, hit the comments and let me know if you'll be springing for the live-streaming version of the app--and who you're rooting for in this year's tourney. Go State!

(Quick disclaimer: The NCAA March Madness On Demand apps are sold by the CBS Mobile division of CBS Interactive, which also owns CNET.)

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

8 Mar 2010, 1:38 pm | click here to view more

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6 Mar 2010, 10:23 pm | click here to view more

Remote computer access and 2D car racing: iPhone apps of the week

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The big news of the day is the announcement of when Apple's latest creation, the iPad, will be available. According to Apple, the "magical and revolutionary" product will be in stores April 3 starting at $499, but you can preorder the device as early as March 12. Only the Wi-Fi model will be available at first, with the Wi-Fi/3G capable iPad to arrive later in April.

There is already plenty of analysis every over the Web about who will buy the iPad and whether it's truly a viable alternative to laptops and Netbooks. Most reviewers seem to be predicting that the device will only appeal to tech and Web novices, or those with enough disposable income to spend their money on what reviewers deem no more than a luxury device. The consensus seems to be that it's "neat," but not very useful to serious tech fans.

As an iPhone app reviewer, I think the iPad will indeed be a revolutionary device. With now more than 150,000 apps in the iTunes Store and developers dedicated to upgrading old apps and creating new ones that take advantage of the added processing power and screen real estate, I think the iPad will prove to become much more than just a luxury item. I think once the iPad gains some traction, we're going to look more and more useful apps that will be exclusive to the device, with options and features that would be impossible on smaller devices like the iPhone and iPod Touch. I guess what I'm saying here is that I think it's dangerous to write the iPad off before we really receive to look what it can do. I have a feeling that reviewers and tech Web sites will be humming a different tune once the iPad is in the wild. Now that we know when they're coming out, we'll just have to wait and look what happens when they actually receive into people's hands.

This week's apps include a free productivity app to gain access to your computer remotely and a 2D driving game that's surprisingly fun and addictive.

Use the icons at the bottom to bring up the iPhone keyboard for input, perform right-clicks, quick zoom, and adjust settings.

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TeamViewer (free) for iPhone lets you remotely view and control your computer's desktop and applications and comes in handy for remotely supporting your friends and family members. In order to use this program on the iPhone, you will need to install TeamViewer on the computer you wish to connect to (Mac or Windows). Once installed on a desktop computer, TeamViewer gives you an ID and password so you can connect using the iPhone app remotely. Once connected, you can set various permissions in the settings to allow viewing privileges and even to give remote users full access to your desktop and files.

We already liked TeamViewer for both Mac and Windows machines and the iPhone app is also extremely useful. There is a little bit of lag time, and TeamViewer for iPhone is certainly not as easy as using your desktop computer, but for demonstration purposes, remote support for family and friends, and transferring files, TeamViewer for iPhone does an admirable job. To make things easier on the iPhone, TeamViewer comes with touch-screen gestures you can use to perform certain tasks such as right-clicking, window scrolling, drag-and-drop actions, and zoom. You also have the ability to browse recent connections and create bookmarked locations with partners. This version is not for commercial use (the commercial version of TeamViewer is $99). Overall, if you want a way to access files, demonstrate actions, or perform remote support for friends, this free app is the one to download.

The unique pedal controls require that you touch then tug down the pedal for precise throttle and braking.

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Alpine Crawler World (99 cents) is a 2D side-scrolling driving game that's not immediately impressive visually, but quickly becomes more impressive as you explore the levels and environments. There are three game types including Free Ride, Time Trial, and Challenge. Free Ride lets you practice unlocked courses, and Time Trial challenges you to receive to the end of a course in the least amount of time. The Challenge game type lets you race on courses from multiple different environments one after the other. You'll need to finish every the courses in an area on Time Trial to unlock new areas to race. The unique driving pedals let you control how much throttle is applied as well as how difficult you touch the brakes. Once you've completed a few races, Open Feint support lets you view leaderboards and look if friends are playing.

Alpine Crawler World isn't particularly impressive graphically on first blush, but real-life physics, weather effects, and night and day courses made me appreciate the overall look the more I played. You receive several cars and trucks you'll need to unlock, every with different engine sounds and physical attributes that will affect the way you handle the terrain. You can pick between five different drivers, though you'll mostly just look their head bobbing in the car as you race. You also can pick the color of your vehicles from a big color palette. Overall, with numerous tracks across several different locations, real-time physics, and tons of customization options, Alpine Crawler world is a great time-waster with plenty of replayability.

What's your favorite iPhone app? Do you think the iPad will be a hit or a dud? Are you glad to finally have a way to remotely help your family members with computer issues on your iPhone? What do you think of Alpine Crawler World? Let me know in the comments!

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

5 Mar 2010, 7:31 pm | click here to view more

Vlingo 2.0 for iPhone: E-mail, SMS dictation now cost

Vlingo is an app that's been around awhile in the mobile space, but a new version for iPhone is causing some uproar. With Vlingo for iPhone 2.0, the company commits the sin of opacity by updating its rather good voice search and dialing application to version 2.0 without making it clear that you can only unlock the intriguing new features with your wallet.

Those familiar with Vlingo's BlackBerry app won't be surprised. There was an equal outcry when Vlingo introduced premium features for the first time, including switching a feature that had once been free to the paid category.

To recap, Vlingo's free voice app can search the Web, dial contacts, map a location, and update Twitter and Facebook with your voice--for free. You'll have a chance to edit before posting. Since computer-aided voice transcription is far from flawless--whether you're using Vlingo or Google Voice (look flubs here)--you may befriend that edit screen, especially when you're in noisy environments, when you're mumbling, and when you talk too quickly for Vlingo's rather sensitive electronic ears.

Vlingo's SMS feature needs some work.

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It doesn't help Vlingo's case that one of the two new premium features, which you can receive by way of an in-app purchase, doesn't work very well. There's e-mail dictation and SMS copy that copies the transcription of your voice recording to the iPhone's clipboard, but you then have to glue the text yourself into the SMS field before sending it. For $6.99 as a standalone feature, e-mail dictation might be worthwhile; however, its SMS copy feature is not. For $9.99, you receive both features, which would be a good deal if the SMS feature didn't require the hack.

Those who don't mind separating e-mail dictation from Vlingo's other voice-triggered features, there's always the free Dragon Dictation app by Nuance Communications (the folks who mainstreamed T9 text input method for cell phones.)

Sorry, Vlingo. We like you, we really do, but either the pricing has to go or the SMS tool does. However, there's no need to delete or avoid Vlingo 2.0 if you're not interested in buying into the new features. Voice search, dialing, and status updates work as they did before the update (hilarious and editable mistranslations included), and these are still free.

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

5 Mar 2010, 5:52 pm | click here to view more

New Photoshop for Android includes Apple potshot

Adobe Systems released a new version of its Photoshop.com Mobile application for Android phones on Thursday night, an upgrade that came with an apparent attempt to tweak Apple's nose.

'Vignette blur' is of the new editing features available in the version 1.1 of Adobe's Photoshop.com Mobile for Android.

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The new version gets more editing options. It adds "vibrant" to make photo colors richer and "pop" for a pop-art style. Also new are "soft black and white," "warm vintage," "vignette blur," "white glow," and "rainbow," Adobe said.

But more significantly, perhaps, the mobile editing software also now can be incorporated by other programs on the phone. "Third-party application developers now have access to the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 editor, allowing them to easily make it a part of their applications," Adobe said.

This is where the Apple potshot comes in--a notable move given a public squabble over Apple's unwillingness to include Adobe's Flash Player on the iPhone or forthcoming iPad.

"Unlike iPhone, the Android platform allows us to make the Photoshop.com editor broadly available to developers so they can provide it within any application they are working on. Photoshop functionality can then easily be accessed from an online auction, real estate, or social media application so users can quickly fix photos and make them look their best, before being showcased," Doug Mack, general manager of Adobe's Digital Imaging and wealthy Media Solutions group, said in a statement.

The remark is hardly a condemnation of Apple. But I can't remember Adobe ever going out of its way to take sides by calling attention to what Photoshop on Mac OS X can do that it can't on Windows or vice versa.

More details are available at the Adobe site for mobile Android developers.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

5 Mar 2010, 4:51 am | click here to view more

Chrome bug kills offline Gmail

A bug in Thursday's update to the development build of Google Chrome renders it incompatible with Gmail offline. Users who've had Gmail and Chrome configured for offline use will find that Chrome crashes as soon as you log in to Gmail. The problem affects every development versions of the browser.

To disable Gmail offline, go to Gears Settings in below the Hood and remove every references to Gmail.

(Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET)

Right now there are only two ways around the bug. You can disable offline mode in Chrome by going to Options/below the Hood and clearing out the Gmail-related entries below ''Change Gears settings''. This will delete every offline data from Gmail that you've saved on your computer. If offline Gmail is more important to you than using the dev version of Chrome, you can update the browser to the beta (Windows | Mac | Linux) or stable (Windows only) builds. Windows users can also use the Chrome Channel Changer to switch versions.

You can follow the bug's progress at Google's Chromium project Web site.

5 Mar 2010, 1:12 pm | click here to view more

Voting Question: Plese Help With Science Plese?

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5 Mar 2010, 12:48 pm | click here to view more

Voting Question: I am a new gardener (in zone 9/9a)?

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5 Mar 2010, 12:28 pm | click here to view more

Five ways to keep your PC free of viruses and Trojans

Even if your PC is equipped with up-to-date anti-malware software, hardware and software firewalls, and other security measures, it can still become infected. The weak link in computer security is the wetware: the human beings who use the machine. And there's simply no fool-proof defense against operator mistake.

That's why any PC security plan has to assume that eventually, some piece of malware will breach the defenses. And these days, infections can do considerable damage without being detected. Here are five ways — some more practical than others — to reduce the risk of someone stealing the sensitive data on your system or using it to break into your bank accounts.

#1: Don't use Windows
It makes perfect sense that data thieves target the most-popular computer platform, so the best way to minimize your risk is to use an operating system other than Windows. Unfortunately, this simply isn't practical for many users. At work, our employers usually determine the type of PC we use.

But even when the choice is ours to make, the software we rely on may lock us into Windows. Still, more and more people are switching from Windows PCs to Macs — despite the cost premium — or to Linux — despite the added complexity and smaller number of applications available. And their primary motivation for choosing an alternative platform is the added safety it provides.

If you can't give up Windows, you may still be able to install Linux on an old PC or in a partition of your Windows PC. Then you can use that system (or partition) whenever you engage in any sensitive computer activities. You'll find instructions for dual-booting Windows and the Ubuntu version of Linux on the Ubuntu Community Documentation site.

In 2008, I wrote a series of posts about getting started with Linux. I found out the difficult way that it pays to do a little research before you start your conversion to Linux. Despite the heavy lifting, adding Linux to your PC repertoire offers many benefits apart from the added safety. To start with, the OS and nearly every applications are free. Do you think Microsoft will be giving away Windows anytime soon?

#2: Don't use your bank's online services
Several years ago, there was a rash of phishing e-mails masquerading as important messages from major banks. I scoff at any e-mail that purports to be from my bank. That's because I've never given my bank my e-mail address.

I've had the same bank account for decades and have never felt the need to bank online. You can say online banking is a convenience. You can say online bill-paying saves you time and the cost of stamps. But to me, the convenience and time- and money-savings simply aren't worth the added risk.

But I'm the Luddite exception, as the growth in online banking services attests. To bank safely online, make sure you're dealing with a legitimate establishment. The FDIC offers a guide to safe Internet banking that's a few years old but still helpful, particularly for its information on how to determine whether an online bank is insured.

You must also take precautions during an online banking session. In 2008, University of Michigan researchers reported on the prevalence of flaws in the design of banking sites that put the banks' customers at risk. More ominously, the FDIC issued a special alert last October warning banks about "money mules" who are recruited — often unwittingly — as accomplices in fraudulent electronic funds transfers from compromised bank accounts. (Read more about the threat on the Retail Payments Risk Forum's Portals and Rails blog.)

Many analysts look multifactor authentication (or two-factor authentication) as a way to strengthen the security of online banking. Last September, security expert Bruce Schneier described weaknesses in two-factor authentication. Schneier recommends securing the transaction rather than the person, which he points out is the approach taken by credit-card companies.

#3: Use a disposable credit-card number
Speaking of credit cards, the Electronic Funds Transfer Act limits consumers' loss due to unauthorized use of credit cards to $50 — but the protections don't apply to unauthorized use of debit cards. That's why it's important to avoid using debit cards for online transactions.

You can increase your level of protection when buying products or services online by using disposable credit-card numbers. CreditCards.com describes these virtual credit cards and offers tips for reducing your risk of loss when using PayPal and other electronic payment systems to purchase products online.

#4: Use virtualization software every the time
Last August, I described the $25 Returnil virtualization software that creates a virtual environment — or sandbox — on your PC to prevent any unauthorized changes to your system. When you close down your machine, every traces of the session are wiped out.

When I tested the program, it didn't slow my PC down noticeably, though it does require that you grant permission for each file or program setting you want to change while working in the virtual environment. Still, if safety is your paramount concern, there's no more secure method than using a virtualization program such as Returnil.

#5 Use more than one malware scanner
No security program is 100% effective, so the more different malware scanners you use, the better your chances of spotting any virus that makes it through your first line of defense. (Remember to use only one real-time malware scanner at a time to avoid system-stopping software conflicts.)

I set my primary security program to scan e-mail and file downloads automatically and to run full system scans during times when the PC is otherwise idle. But I also use Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware program to scan my system about once every week. The free version of the program lets you perform manual scans, but only the $24.95 version supports real-time malware scans and automatic updates of its virus database.

Nearly every security-software vendor offers free online scans. These include Trend Micro's HouseCall, BitDefender Online Scanner, Kaspersky Online Virus Scanner, F-Secure Online Scanner, and Panda ActiveScan. CNET Editor Jessica Dolcourt examines the pros and cons of these services in "Demystifying online virus scans."

The VirusTotal service lets you scan files you suspect may be infected. The free service uses virus databases from more than 40 different security services. Likewise, Jotti uses 16 separate virus scanners to identify infected files. And just in case two virus-scan aggregators aren't sufficient insurance, run that suspicious file through the dozens of scanners at VirScan.org.

Originally posted at Workers' Edge

5 Mar 2010, 12:22 pm | click here to view more

Office 2010 nearly ready; upgrade offer launched

Microsoft said on Friday that it plans to finalize the code for Office 2010 next month and, as expected, it kicked off a program enabling those who buy Office 2007 in the coming months to receive a free upgrade to the new version.

In a blog posting, Microsoft said that it will have a business launch for the Office 2010 products on May 12. The company has said it expects the software to be broadly available in June.

As for the technology guarantee program, Microsoft says it will apply to those who buy Office 2007 between now and September 30 and will allow an upgrade to the comparable Office 2010 product.

Though such programs are typical, this one had even less of an element of surprise after a Microsoft employee briefly posted details of the program last month. Microsoft CFO Peter Klein confirmed the program earlier this week, telling financial analysts on Tuesday to expect the company to defer revenue this quarter to next to account for the upgrades.

Although Office 2010 doesn't bring a radically different look or new file formats, as Office 2007 did, it introduces a number of changes, most significantly the addition of companion Office Web apps that work in a browser. Also, for the first time, Office will arrive in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

A beta version of the software has been available since November and Microsoft has also been doing limited testing of a close-final "release candidate" version of the software.

Originally posted at Beyond Binary

5 Mar 2010, 11:54 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Question On Succulent plants.?

I have a Succulent plant and I want to know what type it is. When I Got it every the man could tell me was that it was a succulent plant. Could you tell me what type of Succulent plant it is? I was told it might be a Jade tree. Heres a pic of what it looks like ; http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gardenerscorner/images/winter_03_06_img.jpg

4 Mar 2010, 7:03 pm | click here to view more

Microsoft to fix eight Windows and Office holes

(Credit: Microsoft)

Microsoft will issue two bulletins fixing eight vulnerabilities rated "important" in Windows and Microsoft Office products on Tuesday, the company announced on Thursday.

This represents a light Patch Tuesday, a contrast to last month when the company patched 26 holes with 13 bulletins, including critical vulnerabilities for Windows.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is continuing to monitor the situation with a VBScript vulnerability that was disclosed on Monday, Jerry Bryant, senior security communications manager guide at the company, wrote in a blog post.

Proof-of-concept code has been published on the Internet that exploits that vulnerability, which affects older Windows systems running Internet Explorer. Microsoft suggested several workarounds until it releases a patch, including avoiding pressing the F1 key when prompted by a Web site.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

4 Mar 2010, 5:53 pm | click here to view more

Voting Question: What Does The Poem "On The Pulse of The Morning" By Maya Angelou Mean?

A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon. The dinosaur, who left dry tokens Of their sojourn here On our planet floor, Any broad alarm of their hastening doom Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages. But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully, arrive, you may stand upon my Back and face your distant destiny, But seek no haven in my shadow. I will give you no more hiding place down here. You, created only a little lower than The angels, have crouched too long in The bruising darkness, Have lain too long Face down in ignorance. Your mouths spilling words Armed for slaughter. The Rock cries out today, you may stand on me, But do not hide your face. Across the wall of the world, A River sings a beautiful tune, arrive relax here by my side. Each of you a bordered country, Delicate and strangely made proud, Yet thrusting perpetually below siege. Your armed struggles for profit Have left collars of waste upon My shore, currents of debris upon my breast. Yet, today I call you to my riverside, If you will study war no more. arrive, Clad in peace and I will sing the songs The Creator gave to me when I and the Tree and the rock were one. Before cynicism was a bloody sear across your Brow and when you yet knew you still Knew nothing. The River sings and sings on. There is a true yearning to respond to The singing River and the wise Rock. So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew The African and Native American, the Sioux, The Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek The Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheikh, The Gay, the Straight, the Preacher, The privileged, the homeless, the Teacher. They hear. They every hear The speaking of the Tree. Today, the first and last of every Tree Speaks to humankind. arrive to me, here beside the River. Plant yourself beside me, here beside the River. Each of you, descendant of some passed On traveller, has been paid for. You, who gave me my first name, you Pawnee, Apache and Seneca, you Cherokee Nation, who rested with me, then Forced on bloody feet, left me to the employment of Other seekers--desperate for gain, Starving for gold. You, the Turk, the Swede, the German, the Scot ... You the Ashanti, the Yoruba, the Kru, bought Sold, stolen, arriving on a nightmare Praying for a dream. Here, root yourselves beside me. I am the Tree planted by the River, Which will not be moved. I, the Rock, I the River, I the Tree I am yours--your Passages have been paid. Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need For this bright morning dawning for you. History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, and if faced With courage, need not be lived again. Lift up your eyes upon The day breaking for you. Give birth again To the dream. Women, kids, men, Take it into the palms of your hands. Mold it into the shape of your most Private need. Sculpt it into The image of your most public self. Lift up your hearts Each new hour holds new chances For new beginnings. Do not be wedded forever To fear, yoked eternally To brutishness. The horizon leans forward, Offering you space to place new steps of change. Here, on the pulse of this fine day You may have the courage To look up and out upon me, the Rock, the River, the Tree, your country. No less to Midas than the mendicant. No less to you now than the mastodon then. Here on the pulse of this new day You may have the grace to look up and out And into your sister's eyes, into Your brother's face, your country And say simply Very simply With wish Good morning. Thanks!!

28 Feb 2010, 7:45 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Why are there two contradicting human creation stories in genesis?

26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over every the earth, [b] and over every the creatures that move along the ground." 27 So God created man in his possess image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Story number 2: 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens- 5 and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth [b] and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth [c] and there was no man to work the ground, 6 but streams [d] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground- 7 the LORD God formed the man [e] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Later: But for Adam [h] no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep snooze; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs [i] and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a lady from the rib [j] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'lady, [k] ' for she was taken out of man." So which is it? Were they created at the same time or man first then lady? Why are there two stories? In light of this stark contradiction can anything in the bible be trusted?

28 Feb 2010, 5:03 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: can you buy Axolotl (pronounced Ax-oh-lot-ul) in a pet store? or where?

my mom says i cant have a dog cause we have two cats but she said i could receive a animal that lives in a cage i saw this online http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/fish-with-hands1.jpg http://lostangelesblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/axolotl.jpg http://www.oase.li/wp-content/2-axolotl.jpg and found out that a lot of people have them as pets and that they are bred in captivity alot cause they are endangered in the wild and that they are a type of salamander but are sometimes called mexican walking fish i really really want one and my mom said ok and i plan on doing a lot of research and making sure i would be able to afford it but i have no idea where you can receive them most people dont even believe its a real thing just a photoshopped thing that dont exist if you no about this animal can you tell me.... how big they receive how much they cost to purchase what they eat how much they eat how big there living space needs 2 b should i put rocks in the cage or a platform or do they only need to live in water and about how much does it cost per year to keep are they social , like should i receive more than 1 or are they ok by themselves how long they live and do they need to be in warm or icy water fresh or salt water do they need certain plants or real plants in there tank and anything else i may have forgotten to add thnx

28 Feb 2010, 11:58 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Constructive criticism on my short story?

it started off as just a little description but i guess the point of this story is to receive an understanding of this persons lifestyle. i know its a little random but most of what i included is there for a very specific reason. any edits or revisions are GREATLY appreciated. my excuse for the unsophisticated vocab is that im twelve. thanks for any help A lot of people are nervous when they’re alone, but I actually quite like being by msyelf. I take a weekend out of every month to spend some time in the woods a few miles away from my regular home. When I was a young girl, my mom would show me every nook and cranny of the beautiful forest. Sometimes we brought a blindfold along, and I would feel along the jagged wood of the sugar pines and live oaks. Ma felt it was important to receive to know the trees before we were able to live with them in harmony. She would repeatedly ask me, “How would you like to have a stranger waltz in on your home without so much as a greeting?” I have always felt more of a connection with nature than with other people. I thank Ma profusely for introducing me to the inner workings of the gorgeous world of the forest. She has been gone for over a decade. But whenever I visit the trees, it’s like we are back in 1990, laughing and dancing together below the bright moonlight. Tonight is the last Friday of the month. I pack up my bags and my tent and journey into my true home. I always stay in a clearing that is cozy enough to feel safe, but simultaneously open enough to have a place for a tent and a campfire. The experience is infinitely more satisfying during the wee hours of the night than during the day; the people in my town are silent but the animals are very much alive. I apply bug spray and set up my tent before enjoying a meal of fruit and veggies. This process has been repeated so many times over the years that I don’t even have to think while going through the procedure. I set up a campfire and roast some marshmallows, humming to myself and staring at the stars. Sometimes I’ll look my mom’s face smiling down at me, with her “eyes” twinkling more than the other stars. Other times I’ll look my brother and sister, or my dad. If I connect the dots correctly, I can paint almost anything in the sky. I envision hearts and names and apples, teddy bears and jeans and ships, hands and clocks and airplanes. I draw for hours in my head, until I receive sleepy and simply stare at the moon. It’s so amazing how far away it is, but it appears so tangible. If I lift my hand in front of my eyes, I can pinch it. When the moon gets full, I can almost look the details of the craters. I check my watch. 3:00 AM. It’s time to perform. I retrieve my guitar from the tent and strum a few times, pondering on what songs I should play. I have been spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about my mom recently, so I decide to dedicate this performance to her. I call the attention of the pine cones, the tanoak trees, and the crickets, as the sounds of the forest seem to almost settle. My lungs fill with air before I proclaim, “This one’s for Rachel Carson!” I blend every of her favorite songs together as my habitat patiently listens. Blackbird flows into Across the Universe, which in turn transforms into And I adore Her as the Beatles’ works of art soothe my family of critters and plants. Let it Be follows Hey Jude, and Yesterday completes the mixture. After a moment’s silence, I decide to keep her every-time favorite tune for last. Tears roll down my cheeks as I start to sing John Lennon’s Imagine. Earth holds its breath as I look up at the glowing sky. “You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I wish someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.” oh and the story was inspired by-- http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/78541591/assholeonmyelbow.jpg

28 Feb 2010, 10:07 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: User 'John' said the physical world is perfect, help me prove him wrong?

See the question here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100227062022AABvFCy in his answer John said: The physical world is a "Utopia" for everything thing that is essentially physical; that is, minerals, plants and animals. The natural laws are perfect and harmonious But he forgot about every the things that are totally messed up with our universe and provide us with reason to believe that the universe is just a mindless chaotic void filled with very little matter and some very odd events from black holes to quantum mechanics He forgets or does not know that evolution has provided us with eyes that look upside down and require our brains to right the image for us Help me arrive up with some more oddities that show how God has not provided us with a perfect natural world because God does not exist MORE INFO ONCE I SAW YOUR ANSWERS (my response): Luckily we have imaginations, and that allows us to create ideals which do not exist in nature. We can use these ideals as standards by which we can measure the real world up to. For example statues of the greek gods show what they believed to be bodily perfection, a standard that most of us cannot achieve. simply being alive isnt enough for perfection when we can compare how we can be better. religious people oftentimes hold a world view that this planet was created for humans and claim that it is gos perfect creation. the point of this exercise (this question) was clearly to draw out the obvious falsehoods of this claim. i dont think i need address your answers specifically anymore and i have chosen the best answer based on its ability to mock creation further.

27 Feb 2010, 8:50 am | click here to view more

Voting Question: Any Cool animals for a spare enclosure?

Well, I have a 20g long tank thats empty, it has a filter, heater, gravel, decorations, and plants. I also have a 33g 24inch by 18in terrarium http://www.exo-terra.com/images/shared/products/glass_terrarium_set.jpg its the PT-2607. Any chilly ideas on a animal to put in there, i dont like frog, snakes, or geckos. Any salamanders, newts, turtles, or any other amphibians

27 Feb 2010, 11:42 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: If you like a song, must you know what the band members/artist look like?

I always prefer to not know what the artist or the band members look like if I like a tune from them, it messes it up for me how I feel about the tune, for some reason. In the same lines, I don't like to watch the promotional music video for a tune I like because it will then plant a permanent image in my head when the tune arrive on randomly on the radio. I use music to arrive up with ideas for a painting I'm working on, so for that reason I rather not have any imagery knowledge of a tune I like. Anyway, who else feel like this about music?

26 Feb 2010, 9:15 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Will Breitbart, O'Keefe and Giles come clean about the ACORN pimp hoax?

James O'Keefe never wore his crazy hustler outfit to meet with community organizers. Instead, the '70s-style blaxploitation pimp costume O'Keefe helped make famous was a propaganda tool used after the fact to deceive the public about the undercover operation. Yet in the very infancy of the ACORN scandal, Fox News was peddling a untrue story about O'Keefe's pimp costume, a untrue story that quickly morphed into accepted fact. (Eventually, after an avalanche of repetition, didn't pretty much everyone believe O'Keefe was decked out as a pimp?) It quickly morphed into fact because the guide propagandists helped to spread the tall tale. And now they won't arrive clean about their role. For instance, during that September 12 broadcast, Giles said nothing to set the record straight. That night, she sat and listened to Gutfeld tell the phony pimp story, and she became complicit in the lie. Obviously, Giles knew her undercover pal didn't look like he just came from a costume party when he walked into ACORN outposts with his undercover camera. But on Fox News, when Gutfeld spread that tale, Giles did nothing to correct the record. Soon, her undercover cohort joined in the misinformation campaign. Two days later, O'Keefe appeared on Fox & Friends decked out as a pimp. Host Steve Doocy announced that O'Keefe was "dressed exactly in the same outfit that he wore to these ACORN offices up and down the Eastern Seaboard." O'Keefe made no effort to correct Doocy's falsehood. And then one week later, writing in The Washington Times, O'Keefe and Giles' mentor, conservative activist Andrew Breitbart, whose website Big Government first hosted the ACORN clips, added to the misinformation movement. He wrote that O'Keefe had been "dressed as a pimp" while "getting" tax advice inside ACORN offices. It was every part of a campaign, often fueled by winks and nods, to plant the indelible image of O'Keefe strolling into inner-city ACORN workplaces on summer afternoons decked out in his furry pimp costume and clueless ACORN employees not batting an eye. BE CAREFUL, cons. You are being lied to.

26 Feb 2010, 11:00 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: New US embassy and Pink Floyd?

I was looking at the design for the new US embassy in London (which is awful by the way) and look at what's in the background of the artists rendering: http://www.usembassy.org.uk/images/new_embassy/KT-07.jpg the Battersea Power Plant from the Animals - Pink Floyd album. Anyways, I bet there's a better design for the US embassy existing on an album cover somewhere. I nominate a giant version of the weird twisty black thing on the cover of Presence - Led Zeppelin http://www.galeon.com/allmusic/caratulas/l/led_zeppelin_-_presence-front.jpg So what album cover would you like the new embassy to be modeled on?

24 Feb 2010, 2:39 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: What do you think of this article?

Happily N’ever After “And they lived happily ever after”. It sounds familiar doesn’t it? We grew up hearing those words in a land far away where no story ends but glad. Is it true? Are there any of those “happily ever after” endings where every we look in this world is bloodlust and wars? Where is the glad ending for a little girl whose mom died in her arms? Where’s the glad ending when a young boy sees his dad beaten up like an animal? Are those the fairytales that we were listening to every those years? Are they the same as the white horses and palaces and princesses we read about? Is this the real life? Every person has his possess glad ending. Yours can be wealth, mine can be true adore, and other’s can be family, but they never last. Money can be spent, adore can be washed away and family can be lost. Why must this image of a prince be involved for a glad ending? Why should it be according to this person that I shall have my glad ending? Why can’t I create my possess glad ending? It is the ideas in those fairy tales that are planted in the minds of the past and the gift generations that are wrong. Getting those little kids’s hopes way up high that they may reach the sky is wrong. The world is not a perfect place; it never was and never will be. Why should we shock those kids about the truth later on that there is never a “A happily Ever After”? It is simply cruel to make kids believe in this nice of perfection that simply does not exist in this world. =D

23 Feb 2010, 1:19 pm | click here to view more

Voting Question: Christians, is this right about abortion?

According to the Bible and to the Church, humans don't survive on biological life as plants and animals do. Not even human cells. They are kept alive only by the spiritual human soul. Even human cells don't have any biological life. So killing an unborn human embryo or even aborting the egg cell is equaly to crucifying Jesus once more because the human soul alone is made in the image of God. What do you think? It is said that mothers who abort babies now will eat their aborted flesh for a infinite times. In hell the mothers is said to eat the aborted flesh of their babies for a infinite number of times "Where in the Bible does it say the soul is created at the time of fertilization?" The human egg cell wouldn't develop an embryo without the presence of the human soul in it because it wouldn't be alive. Genesis says this when it says that Adam was made of clay before God breathed into Adam It's not my opinion, is the Christian churches saying that. So don't ask me to explain their teachings "And by the way, egg cells receive flushed out of a normal female human body every 28 days or so, unless they're pregnant or pre-pubescent" Egg cells can't receive out of the female body since the female is not pregnant... that's Basic Biology! "Life as described in the bible is attributed to anything that breathes air." Not really there are species of bacteria and there are also the non-cellular life forms called viruses that don't breath air By the human egg cell I understand the cell that results after the male gamete and the female gamete become one not just the female gamete that is aborted. And the gametes are the only human cells that have biological life - the male gamete and the female gamete don't have a human soul before they become one

22 Feb 2010, 5:25 am | click here to view more

Voting Question: Help with GCSE art, please?

I really need to find other art/ists who have looked at the idea of plants or trees (etc) growing from odd objects. I need this help because I am making an image of a tree growing from a coca-cola can and am stuck for what it will look like, I need inspiration! Though any other ideas, tips or info would be good, thanks.

22 Feb 2010, 2:55 pm | click here to view more

Voting Question: I need help identifying plants?

I don't know how to upload photos onto Yahoo answers, so I'll try my best explaining their appearance: One of the plants looks like a plant I found on Google images: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Dew_on_green_Plant.jpg The second plant looks nice of like the first plant. It has a lot of these flat greenish things spread out on the plant. These things feel smooth on both of their sides, but they are thorny on its sides. It has some yellow on its sides, too. I tried my best explaining the plants; do you think you can help in any way? (guesses, giving me images of what you think it is, etc.) Thanks. Yes, it is a green plant. I found out that plant 2 is a tropical plant and is in the shape of a bird's talon...

22 Feb 2010, 11:08 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: is it easy to drive a construction double drum road roller - i.e bedford tv1200?

how do you steer one, is it footpedals like a car? do they reverse aswell as go forward what would happen if you drove one up a curb? picture for illustration: http://www.commercialtransportexport.com/images/plant_other/2003%20benford%20tv1200%20a.JPG please give as much detail as possible on how to operate this type of machinery.

21 Feb 2010, 7:22 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: is it easy to drive a double drum road roller benford tv1200.?

how do you steer one, is it footpedals like a car? do they reverse aswell as go forward what would happen if you drove one up a curb? picture for illustration: http://www.commercialtransportexport.com/images/plant_other/2003%20benford%20tv1200%20a.JPG please give as much detail as possible on how to operate this type of machinery.

21 Feb 2010, 7:21 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: confused about genesis, can creationists clear this up/anyone with biblical knowledge?

* First day: God creates light ("Let there be light!")[Gen 1:3]—the first divine command. The light is divided from the darkness, and "day" and "night" are named. photons were there at the start as free roaming particles, but it fails to mention the other particles and their anti equivalents (muons and anti muons) im not saying that it should say muons, im saying that it should mention that matter destroyed its counterpart to produce more energy. still understandable back then with energy being power or something that is equivalent. night and day irks me since it makes no sense since night is simply the earth being inbetween you and the sun. * Second day: God creates a firmament ("Let a firmament be...!")[Gen 1:6–7]—the second command—to divide the waters over from the waters below. The firmament is named "skies". alludes to water in outer space ~ fine by me, but the failure i look is a firmanent, this is a sheet across the sky where the earth suddenly becomes space, this is not so as the earth's exosphere slowly stretches into space with no particular defining point... * Third day: God commands the waters below to be gathered together in one place, and dry land to appear (the third command).[Gen 1:9–10] "Earth" and "sea" are named. God commands the earth to bring forth grass, plants, and fruit-bearing trees (the fourth command). with references to pangaea, meh, seems understandable for every water to be in one place, but life had to have started in the water, everything points to life starting in the water, i know creationists are reknown for lack of science but every main competing scientific theories has early life in the sea. unless god is trying to trick you or fossils are the SATAN how do you explain that god ignores the water? * Fourth day: God creates lights in the firmament (the fifth command)[Gen 1:14–15] to separate light from darkness and to mark days, seasons and years. Two great lights are made (most likely the Sun and Moon, but not named), and the stars. this one has to be the most extreme. 2nd day, split water in half. 4th day, creation of trillions of trillions of stars many with planets, some with planets with water... but thats not the problem back to day 2, day and night requires a spherical earth rotating from a sun for days and nights. moon also isnt a light, it simply reflects sunlight (same as venus, it looks like a star, but it just reflects the suns light) * Fifth day: God commands the sea to "teem with living creatures", and birds to fly across the heavens (sixth command)[Gen 1:20–21] He creates birds and sea creatures, and commands them to be fruitful and multiply. again, life started from the sea, bryophytes (i did a bio assignment on them, i wanted chordata) were the first simple land plants, someone has the days mixed up or fossils are THE SATAN! birds also show up tardy in the geological strata, again total fail of some people being vague. * Sixth day: God commands the land to bring forth living creatures (seventh command);[Gen 1:24–25] He makes wild beasts, livestock and reptiles. He then creates mankind in His "image" and "likeness" (eighth command).[Gen 1:26–28] They are told to "be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it." Humans and animals are given plants to eat. The totality of creation is described by God as "very good." birds show up after reptiles in geological strata (FOSSIL ARE THE SATAN?). wild beasts are different to livestock in which way? ive been charged at by a cow on a farm, domesticated dogs have been known to maim and kill humans. seems borderline retarded to seperate them. another question is posed here, did god command me to eat hash brownies (not hashbrowns, im talking cannabis) * Seventh day: God, having completed the heavens and the earth, rests from His work, and blesses and sanctifies the seventh day. omnipotence =/= need relax ~no, i dont need atheists to tell me i wont receive an answer, allow me to have no answers and stay optimistic.

2 Mar 2010, 4:35 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: What is this plant........?

it looks like this, http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vroimages.nsf/Images/sss_streaked_arrow_grass_plant/$File/streaked_arrow_grass_plant.jpg but fury and soft

2 Mar 2010, 12:42 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Isn't this a long list of scientist who reject evolution and embrace creationism?

Some modern scientists who have accepted the biblical account of creation Dr. William Arion, Biochemistry, Chemistry Dr. Paul Ackerman, Psychologist Dr. E. Theo Agard, Medical Physics Dr. Steve Austin, Geologist Dr. S.E. Aw, Biochemist Dr. Thomas Barnes, Physicist Dr. Geoff Barnard, Immunologist Dr. Don Batten, Plant Physiologist Dr. John Baumgardner, Electrical Engineering, Space Physicist, Geophysicist, expert in supercomputer modeling of dish tectonics Dr. Jerry Bergman, Psychologist Dr. Kimberly Berrine, Microbiology & Immunology Prof. Vladimir Betina, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Biology Dr. Andrew Bosanquet, Biology, Microbiology Edward A. Boudreaux, Theoretical Chemistry Dr. David R. Boylan, Chemical Engineer Prof. Linn E. Carothers, Associate Professor of Statistics Dr. Rob Carter, Marine Biology Dr. David Catchpoole, Plant Physiology Prof. Sung-Do Cha, Physics Dr. Eugene F. Chaffin, Professor of Physics Dr. Choong-Kuk Chang, Genetic Engineering Prof. Jeun-Sik Chang, Aeronautical Engineering Dr. Donald Chittick, Physical Chemist Prof. Chung-Il Cho, Biology Education Dr. John M. Cimbala, Mechanical Engineering Dr. Harold Coffin, Palaeontologist Dr. Bob Compton, DVM Dr. Ken Cumming, Biologist Dr. Jack W. Cuozzo, Dentist Dr. William M. Curtis III, Th.D., Th.M., M.S., Aeronautics & Nuclear Physics Dr. Malcolm Cutchins, Aerospace Engineering Dr. Lionel Dahmer, Analytical Chemist Dr. Raymond V. Damadian, M.D., Pioneer of magnetic resonance imaging Dr. Chris Darnbrough, Biochemist Dr. Nancy M. Darrall, Botany Dr. Bryan Dawson, Mathematics Dr. Douglas Dean, Biological Chemistry Prof. Stephen W. Deckard, Assistant Professor of Education Dr. David A. DeWitt, Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience Dr. Don DeYoung, Astronomy, atmospheric physics, M.Div Dr. Geoff Downes, Creationist Plant Physiologist Dr. Ted Driggers, Operations research Robert H. Eckel, Medical Research Dr. André Eggen, Geneticist Dr. Dudley Eirich, Molecular Biologist Prof. Dennis L. Englin, Professor of Geophysics Dr. Andrew J. Fabich, Microbiology Prof. Danny Faulkner, Astronomy Prof. Carl B. Fliermans, Professor of Biology Prof. Dwain L. Ford, Organic Chemistry Prof. Robert H. Franks, Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Alan Galbraith, Watershed Science Dr. Paul Giem, Medical Research Dr. Maciej Giertych, Geneticist Dr. Duane Gish, Biochemist Dr. Werner Gitt, Information Scientist Dr. Warwick Glover, General Surgeon Dr. D.B. Gower, Biochemistry Dr. Robin Greer, Chemist, History Dr. Stephen Grocott, Chemist Dr. Vicki Hagerman, DMV Dr. Donald Hamann, Food Scientist Dr. Barry Harker, Philosopher Dr. Charles W. Harrison, Applied Physicist, Electromagnetics Dr. John Hartnett, Physics Dr. Mark Harwood, Engineering (satellite specialist) Dr. George Hawke, Environmental Scientist Dr. Margaret Helder, Science Editor, Botanist Dr. Harold R. Henry, Engineer Dr. Jonathan Henry, Astronomy Dr. Joseph Henson, Entomologist Dr. Robert A. Herrmann, Professor of Mathematics, US Naval Academy Dr. Andrew Hodge, Head of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Service Dr. Kelly Hollowell, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacologist Dr. Ed Holroyd, III, Atmospheric Science Dr. Bob Hosken, Biochemistry Dr. George F. Howe, Botany Dr. Neil Huber, Physical Anthropologist Dr. James A. Huggins, Professor and seat, Department of Biology Dr. Russ Humphreys, Physics Evan Jamieson, Hydrometallurgy George T. Javor, Biochemistry Dr. Pierre Jerlström, Molecular Biology Dr. Arthur Jones, Biology Dr. Jonathan W. Jones, Plastic Surgeon Dr. Raymond Jones, Agricultural Scientist Prof. Leonid Korochkin, Molecular Biology Dr. Valery Karpounin, Mathematical Sciences, Logics, Formal Logics Dr. Dean Kenyon, Biologist Prof. Gi-Tai Kim, Biology Prof. Harriet Kim, Biochemistry Prof. Jong-Bai Kim, Biochemistry Prof. Jung-Han Kim, Biochemistry Prof. Jung-Wook Kim, Environmental Science Prof. Kyoung-Rai Kim, Analytical Chemistry Prof. Kyoung-Tai Kim, Genetic Engineering Prof. Young-Gil Kim, Materials Science Prof. Young In Kim, Engineering Dr. John W. Klotz, Biologist Dr. Vladimir F. Kondalenko, Cytology/Cell Pathology Dr. Leonid Korochkin, M.D., Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology Dr. John K.G. Kramer, Biochemistry Dr. Johan Kruger, Zoology Prof. Jin-Hyouk Kwon, Physics Prof. Myung-Sang Kwon, Immunology Dr. John Leslie, Biochemist Dr. Jason Lisle, Astrophysicist Dr. Alan adore, Chemist Dr. Ian Macreadie, molecular biologist and microbiologist: Dr. John Marcus, Molecular Biologist Dr. Ronald C. Marks, Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. George Marshall, Eye Disease Researcher Dr. Ralph Matthews, Radiation Chemist Dr. John McEwan, Chemist Prof. Andy McIntosh, Combustion theory, aerodynamics Dr. David Menton, Anatomist Dr. Angela Meyer, Creationist Plant Physiologist Dr. John Meyer, Physiologist Dr. Albert Mills, Animal Embryologist/Reproductive Physiologist Colin W. Mitchell, Geography D MY point is even educated people of Science can reject evolution. Many on here say only stupid uneducated people do-FALSE

2 Mar 2010, 12:00 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: can i keep a money plant in my betta fish tank?

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/17/images/2002061701400202.jpg like that plant is it safe for my betta please i need answers quick 10 point for best and every gets up rate

19 Feb 2010, 2:15 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Does anyone know the story or meaning behind the song "Two Trees" by Loreena Mckennitt?

Here are the lyrics and tune. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsYINRjr9dw 1. Beloved, gaze in thine possess heart 2. The holy tree is growing there; 3. From joy the holy branches start 4. And every the trembling flowers they bear. 5. The changing colours of its fruit 6. Have dowered the stars with merry light; 7. The surety of its hidden root 8. Has planted silent in the night; 9. The shaking of its leafy head 10. Has given the waves their melody. 11. And made my lips and music wed, 12. Murmuring a wizard tune for thee, 13.There the Loves a circle go, 14. The flaming circle of our days, 15. Gyring, spiring to and fro 16. In those great ignorant leafy ways; 17. Remembering every that shaken hair 18. And how the winged sandals dart 19. Thine eyes grow full of tender care; 20. Beloved, gaze in thine possess heart. 21. Gaze no more in the bitter glass 22. The demons, with their subtle guile, 23. Lift up before us when they pass, 24. Or only gaze a little while; 25. For there a fatal image grows 26. That the stormy night receives, 27. Roots half hidden below snows, 28. Broken boughs and blackened leaves. 29. For every things turn to bareness 30. In the dim glass the demons hold, 31. The glass of outer weariness, 32. Made when God slept in times of old. 33. There, through the broken branches, go 34. The ravens of unresting thought; 35. Flying, crying, to and fro, 36. Cruel claw and hungry throat, 37. Or else they stand and smell the wind, 38. And shake their ragged wings: alas! 39. Thy tender eyes grow every unkind: 40. Gaze no more in the bitter glass. 1:41. Beloved, gaze in thine possess heart, 2:42. The holy tree is growing there; 3:43. From joy the holy branches start, 4:44. And every the trembling flowers they bear. 17:45. Remembering every that shaken hair 18:46. And how the winged sandals dart, 19:47. Thine eyes grow full of tender care; 20:48. Beloved, gaze in thine possess heart. Music by Loreena McKennitt. Words by William Butler Yeats Pipe intro (Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt? composed and performed by Patrick Hutchinson.

19 Feb 2010, 12:34 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: I need opinions on a plot for a novel?

Okay, so I'd like to know what people think of this basic plot overview and if anybody has any suggestions I'd adore to hear them. If you like it, can you tell me what you like and what you don't? Mostly, I'd like opinions of people who don't like it, the more criticism the better so I can improve my idea. Basically-and I do mean basically, I won't include too much detail- the story focuses around a tiny group of people, every of whom were recently murdered, or involved in freak accidents. They "awake" to find themselves in Heaven, but it's not the Heaven they imagined when preachers described God's paradise. As far as they can tell there's no every knowing being, no pearly gates, and they're not walking atop fluffy white clouds either. After awhile of getting used to the afterlife-two hours to a few days-and the confusing news that Heaven isn't perfect, but much closer to living had been. An angel, a lady who's name I haven't decided yet, eventually greets them every and brings them together for a odd sort of group "counseling". Apparently, every their deaths were somehow connected as far as the angels can tell, and they need to know how and why before Heaven turns to Hell when the trouble tracks them down. For awhile the story switches between each of the strangers trying to explain their death stories while attempting to deal with their possess emotions and the fear in their new "companions". Sometimes the stories receive interrupted, for various reasons, and some are often shorter than others. The main characters are an older soldier- who finds the fact that he died while on leave bitterly ironic and desperately misses his family, but otherwise is more curious than worried by his current situation-; a bitter teenage girl-who's way of dealing with her panic is to yell, whine, and make the others as miserable as she can-; and a lady in her young twenties who is both frightened and intrigued by what's going on with her life-or lack thereof- and constantly imagines herself as a character in a novel , one she never quite got around to finishing, who she thinks would be able to solve their mystery. Those three, along with a few other recurring and somewhat 'major' characters, eventually manage to receive their stories, what they remember at least, across to the others. I'm not entirely sure what should happen for the next few chapters, but eventually the connection is revealed to track back to a Fallen angel who was originally a simple guardian. He had Fallen for tricking the man he was supposed to be guarding into pulling of various immoral deeds for his angel, topping it every off with a series of murders followed by suicide. After the angel had been banished his powers were sealed, wings torn off, the usual. He managed to find his way around the angel's magic-various spells and tricks involving demons and their magic which I'll go into detail about in the actually story- and picked a few targets. After planting images and ideas in the minds of potential killers and the victims themselves along with just some simple tampering here and there he eventually caused every the group's deaths. Some of them were normal, some had holy blood, but each of them was connected to Heaven in one way or another. Unfortunately for him they every ended up in Heaven more quickly than he'd thought, so now he tracks them down through the "paradise" in an effort to drag his "enemies" down to hell as a warning to the angels who cast him out. every right, I typed more than I'd intended, but there you have it. I'm open to-and eager for-either positive or negative criticism, suggestions, anything you've got. If someone has a suggestion for any of the characters I mentioned-in particular their names- I'd be very grateful.

19 Feb 2010, 12:15 am | click here to view more

Voting Question: if we are made in gods image.....?

if god is perfect and made man in his image, the why are our genetically programed behavioral tendencies like a mans impulse to have promiscuous sex (which is good for a populations genetic health) and fantasize about sex (not that women dont do that too) considered wrong by religion? what about the impulse to kill someone who angers you? god does that, and we are made in his image, so by that logic killing someone who angers you with immorality is a moral act. obviously people have thought that way in the past (the crusades, the inquisitions, the witch trials) so is modern religion spreading untrue doctrine by saying that its wrong? what about drugs and addiction? god made us in his image, and he made plants with mind altering properties that we find enjoyable, so why is it considered a sin to use those substances? did god program weaknesses into us and set booby traps for us to "weed" out the unfaithful? and what about addiction? the bible says that god made everything, if god loves every people, why would he make an addictive plant that will kill you? Genesis 1:29 (NIV) says " Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food." why would god program us to sin, and give us things for us to consume that will make us sick and kill us? i'm seeing a lot about Satan and "the fall" in the garden of eden, and about mans sin (implicated sinful desires) being Satan's fault. but according to the bible Satan didn't create anything, and everything on earth was created intelligently, and was created before "the fall". that means that god intentionally made plants that interact with the human brain to make you feel good, most interesting of these are the drugs like pot, cocaine, extacy and LSD, as these molecules fit a specific receptor in the brain. so why would god intentionally create a chemical that specifically fits a receptor in our brain and mimics a chemical our body produces in times of stress, if its a sin to use that substance? being anti-alcohol i can understand, its a toxin, the chemical is a poison that inhibits nerve function, but how can a person who believes in intelligent design say that god made something he didnt intend for us to use? this set of questions (i consider it one question with many points) has always bothered me, especially when i believed in intelligent design. i really just want someone to explain to me what the logic is based on.

18 Feb 2010, 5:15 pm | click here to view more

Voting Question: A name for an action sci-fi group of villians?

I'm doing a book that's science fiction, and I need a name for the group of villians. Here is the first part that I have done. Chapter 1 Well, first off, my name is Bryn. Just Bryn. I have never known my parents, they died on a vacation boat that sunk in a bad storm when was 6 months old. I first found out that I was a water nymph when I was in the bathtub 3 years ago, when I was 14, soaking every my troubles away. Suddenly my heart turned icy, and my insides started twisting around. I screamed, as I watched my hands grow and turn orange and becoming webbed. My skin itched as scales popped up in numerous places. My head started spinning and I couldn't breathe, as though someone had pressed a pillow on my mouth. I felt my neck with my now webbed hands, and felt horixontal slits, gasping at the dry air. I had gills! I did the only thing that made sense, and dunked my head below the soap bubbles and into the water. Which was much better. Ahh... now I could breathe. I looked at myself through the water, and saw that my whole body was covered in orange and yellow scales. I jumped out of the water, and grabbed a towel, drying my gills as quick as I could. They dried up, and suddenly just disappeared and I was able to suck in a gasp of air through my mouth. I watched as the scales faded from my body, my fingers shrinking and the webbing disapearing. I threw on some cloths from my pack, and sat down, gasping deep breathes. For a couple of days I stayed away from the water, hoping that I wouldn't have to experience that again. But, everyone has to shower sooner or later, and the same thing happened, but this time I was expecting it, and it didn't hurt quite as bad as it had the first time. My foster parents couldn't have been more surprised when I told them. Then they were ecstatic, and immedietly started scheduling appointments with the biggest papers in New York, and contacting the news. So I left in the dead of the night. Who wants to be the freak in a freak show? I headed for the ocean, and swam until my limbs couldn't bear to lift themselves up any further. I was probably miles away the shore. I had been swimming for 6 hours strait. talk about stamina! This whole nymph thing transformed my whole body, making me much stronger, and leaner. I also gave me a stamina-high, but nothing can last forever. I looked around me, everything growing blury and faint. I tryed to lift my hand, but the effort blacked me out totally. As My vision faded, I saw the outline of a human figure, swimming towards me. And then I blacked out. Chapter 2 When I woke up, I was on a soft bed of some silky material, and there was different kinds of food on a tray beside me with a container that slightly resembled a water bottle made out of some kid of bone. I sat up and inspected myself, and saw that I still had the scales and webbing. Suddenly it every came to me, and I bolted upright. Images flashed through my head. something or someone (a young man?) catching me and taking me somewhere, him sponging the blood off my forehead, him taking me to this bed. Speaking of the thing or person, where was he? I looked around, and found nothing. My stomach rumbled, And I looked at the food. It was every food that I didn't recognize, but it looked edible, so hesitantly I reached for peice of something that resembled plants in a wrap of some type. I took a bite, and chewed thoughtfully. not bad, nice of a fishy taste but edible. Of course, I have never been a fan of fishy things though. It was the only food here though, so I made do. As I was making my way through a jelly-filled tortilla, it tasted like donuts, and something caught my eye that made me freeze. It was a bubble containing a mysterious blue-glowing fish. Should I touch it? I asked myself. Hesitantly, I reached a shaking finger to it and, as my skin came in contact with it, it burst. The fish looked at me with a most disregarding look, as if it was deciding whether I was worth it's time, and decided better of it. In a blur, it swam out the window, leaving a trail of bubbles behind it. "You shouldn't have done that," a deep gentle voice intered. I spun around, my heart pounding wildly, my hands tensing into fists, my nails digging into my flesh. In the doorway, stood... Well, something like me. Male, he was covered head to toe in blue and green scales, this feet and hands long, webbed like mine. My guard dropped slightly. Who is this man? As if reading my mind, he said, "My name is Jessendro Senyo Corpansto. Just call me Jess." He pointed to where the bubble had been. "What you let out was my pet, Gwen. She's always trying to escape, and you let her out! It is going to take hours to catch her again!" He looked at the tray of food, well o.k. the tray. "Good, you ate." he observed. I looked at him, and he uncomfortably shifted from foot to foot, rubbing his arms. Finally, I found my voice. "My names Br

17 Feb 2010, 7:47 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Biology questions??? help please!?

A pair of male human sex chromosomes is most like A) a bride and groom. B) the letters of the alphabet. C) a pair of blue jeans. D) identical twins. E) a knife, fork, and spoon. Which of the following types of organisms commonly demonstrates polyploidy? A) amphibians B) fish C) mammals D) flowering plants E) reptiles Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling allow for ________ and ________ of the fetus so that it can be tested for abnormalities. A) imaging . . . karyotyping B) imaging . . . biochemical testing C) sexing . . . imaging D) karyotyping . . . biochemical testing E) direct observation . . . biochemical testing 10. Mendel's law of independent assortment states that A) genes sort independently of each other in animals but not in plants. B) genes are sorted concurrently during gamete formation. C) independent sorting of genes produces polyploid plants below some circumstances. D) chromosomes sort independently of each other during mitosis and meiosis. E) each pair of alleles segregates independently of the other pairs of alleles during gamete formation.

17 Feb 2010, 2:59 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Cloudy water! What can i do?

So 20 gallon and just 2 kribensis, plants and rock. My water is just always this milky, cloudy colour. What can i do about this. Activated carbon isn't doing anything, water changes do nothing, i have one of these types of filter rated to 60 gallons: http://www.bexleyaquarium.com.au/store/images/T/grfdwe.jpg At a great fish store close me they have undergravel filters and the tanks are crystal clear, like your looking through air. How can i achieve this? I plan on asking them but i just haven't been in there for a while and am going soon. I just want some ideas.

17 Feb 2010, 2:14 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Is there a flower similar to the Annabelle Hydrangea?

My mom likes that blossom a lot but the Annabelle Hydrangeas she finds are in strong color that don't go good with the home. Please no white. Make sure it has tiny petals. when you answer make sure u give the name of the blossom spelled correctly, list the colors, and put a link for the photo of the blossom. thank you!!! Here's a link click it to look what the Annabelle Hydrangea looks like---> -http://www.vanbelle.com/images/plant%20guide/deciduous/hydrangea-annabelle.jpg

16 Feb 2010, 9:54 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Mitosis diagram for animal AND plant cells?

I'm looking for a diagram of plant mitosis and a diagram of animal mitosis preferably from the same site so I can easily look the differences. The best would be an image with both of them next to each other. Thanks

16 Feb 2010, 5:53 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Why do plants not absorb green light?

Would a plant not be more efficient if it could absorb every light rays. I would imagine that in a rain-forest the top layer gets enough sunlight but the bottom layer, or the ground vegetation, only receive the green light and the little remaining light that penetrates every the other layers. I would have expected the bottom layers to have evolved to absorb a wider spectrum of light! http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios100/lecturesf04am/absorption-spectrum.jpg In this image would it not be more effective to have a chlorophyll-c to cover the green light? If plants can not do this biologically through evolution. Could we not help them by pushing them in the correct direction and chemically creating this chlorophyll-c? I'm guessing that this is definitely worth an noble prize if anybody is interested! Who cares if leaves are black as long as they battle climate change!

16 Feb 2010, 10:08 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Rocks+Betta Fish=Problem!?

This is not SarahLovesYou its her sister,Ashley. Okay so I gotten a male blue betta fish for Christmas. And lately he's been digging into his rocks with only his face not his whole body. The rocks are new and so is the bowl. The look like this: http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5249561/015-main_Full.jpg the bowl is like that, thats not my picture! Its not my plant,fish,or rocks. My bowl looks like it. I don't know what he is doing or why, Please help! I do not want him to die. By the way he's darkish blue in the back lightish blue in the front & I named him Seattle. I tried getting a hold of my brother but I couldn't (he got me the fish and knows a lot about them)

14 Feb 2010, 4:49 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Where are the main organelles located in these transmission electron micrographs?

http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/encyclopediaimages/h/hu/human_leukocyte,_showing_golgi_-_tem.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Mitochondria,_mammalian_lung_-_TEM.jpg/350px-Mitochondria,_mammalian_lung_-_TEM.jpg http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/images/130/Plant_Cell/Electron_Micrographs/Nucleus_nucleolus_RE.low.jpg The links over go to TEM diagrams of cells and I just need to verify that I labelled them correctly so if you could just describe to me where the basic organelles (nucleus, vacuoles, chloroplasts, lysosomes, mitochondrion, cilium, etc) are then that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

13 Feb 2010, 12:31 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: How to braid/twist a money tree - (pachira aquatica)?

I have 5 young pachira aquatica and want to braid them together, so they look like this in the futur: http://www.florahurt.pl/images/12093.jpg Currently they are only around 20cm tall. Do I plant them every in the same pot at certain angles or is it more of a gradual process? If so at what size do they need to be encourged in to place? How do I make the special pattern? Any advice much appreciated!

12 Feb 2010, 2:25 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Suggestions for planting flowers this spring.?

About six months ago we purchased our first home. Underneath our front windows are some hanging baskets similar to this http://www.danheller.com/images/Europe/Italy/Dolomites/Flowers/window-flowers-02-big.jpg I'd like to plant some beautiful flowers in them this spring. We live in Northern Kentucky and the temperatures are fairly moderate. We don't normally go below 35 in the winter or over 90 in the summer. What would be some nice, easily maintainable flowers to plant in these boxes? Oh and that section of our home is primarily exposed to every elements.

11 Feb 2010, 2:33 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Is Jesus a liberal or a conservative (read)?

The Bible is full of creeping liberalism and morals that don't fit well with conservative orthodoxy. So it was only a matter of time before conservatives got around to rewriting it in their possess image. At the Conservative Bible Project, they are doing just that. "Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations" they say. "big reductions in this mistake can be attained simply by retranslating the KJV into modern English." Wha..? Yup, they're rewriting the Bible to fit, not with the 'word of God' (or King James I) per se, but with Conservapedia's guidelines. "As of 2009, there is no fully conservative translation of the Bible which satisfies the following ten [Conservapedia] guidelines: • Framework against Liberal Bias • Not Emasculated • Not Dumbed Down • Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms • Combat Harmful Addiction • Accept the Logic of Hell • Express Free Mark • Exclude Later-Inserted Liberal Passages • Credit Open-Mindedness of Disciples • Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness Thus, a project has begun among members of Conservapedia to translate the Bible in accordance with these principles." A lot of people are hoping the Conservative Bible Project is a hoax. But Conservapedia founder Andrew Schlafly is claiming credit as editor which would seem to imply it's not a parody. Schafly might be insane, but I'm sure he'd receive around to erasing an entire fake section planted satirically on his possess Web site - especially one credited to himself. Wouldn't he?

10 Feb 2010, 2:45 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Christians, would you ever want to change God and Jesus?

Conservative Jesus: "Sure, I'll turn the other cheek. So y'every can kiss my white a**." The Bible is full of creeping liberalism and morals that don't fit well with conservative orthodoxy. So it was only a matter of time before conservatives got around to rewriting it in their possess image. At the Conservative Bible Project, they are doing just that. "Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations" they say. "big reductions in this mistake can be attained simply by retranslating the KJV into modern English." Wha..? Yup, they're rewriting the Bible to fit, not with the 'word of God' (or King James I) per se, but with Conservapedia's guidelines. "As of 2009, there is no fully conservative translation of the Bible which satisfies the following ten [Conservapedia] guidelines: • Framework against Liberal Bias • Not Emasculated • Not Dumbed Down • Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms • Combat Harmful Addiction • Accept the Logic of Hell • Express Free Mark • Exclude Later-Inserted Liberal Passages • Credit Open-Mindedness of Disciples • Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness Thus, a project has begun among members of Conservapedia to translate the Bible in accordance with these principles." A lot of people are hoping the Conservative Bible Project is a hoax. But Conservapedia founder Andrew Schlafly is claiming credit as editor which would seem to imply it's not a parody. Schafly might be insane, but I'm sure he'd receive around to erasing an entire fake section planted satirically on his possess Web site - especially one credited to himself. Wouldn't he? @every mushroom Are you in a cult trans right now? What nice of response is that.

10 Feb 2010, 2:37 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Conservative are said to hate change, but that is a lie. But would conservative want to change you ask?

Jesus into a Conservative. Apparently, Jesus is notably a liberal. I agree, don't you? Conservative Jesus: "Sure, I'll turn the other cheek. So y'every can kiss my white a**." The Bible is full of creeping liberalism and morals that don't fit well with conservative orthodoxy. So it was only a matter of time before conservatives got around to rewriting it in their possess image. At the Conservative Bible Project, they are doing just that. "Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations" they say. "big reductions in this mistake can be attained simply by retranslating the KJV into modern English." Wha..? Yup, they're rewriting the Bible to fit, not with the 'word of God' (or King James I) per se, but with Conservapedia's guidelines. "As of 2009, there is no fully conservative translation of the Bible which satisfies the following ten [Conservapedia] guidelines: • Framework against Liberal Bias • Not Emasculated • Not Dumbed Down • Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms • Combat Harmful Addiction • Accept the Logic of Hell • Express Free Mark 41 seconds ago • Exclude Later-Inserted Liberal Passages • Credit Open-Mindedness of Disciples • Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness Thus, a project has begun among members of Conservapedia to translate the Bible in accordance with these principles." A lot of people are hoping the Conservative Bible Project is a hoax. But Conservapedia founder Andrew Schlafly is claiming credit as editor which would seem to imply it's not a parody. Schafly might be insane, but I'm sure he'd receive around to erasing an entire fake section planted satirically on his possess Web site - especially one credited to himself. Wouldn't he?

10 Feb 2010, 2:34 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Can you buy Axolotl (pronounced Ax-oh-lot-ul) in a pet store? or where?

my mom says i cant have a dog cause we have two cats but she said i could receive a animal that lives in a cage i saw this online http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/fish-w… http://lostangelesblog.files.wordpress.c… http://www.oase.li/wp-content/2-axolotl.… and found out that a lot of people have them as pets and that they are bred in captivity alot cause they are endangered in the wild and that they are a type of salamander but are sometimes called mexican walking fish i really really want one and my mom said ok and i plan on doing a lot of research and making sure i would be able to afford it but i have no idea where you can receive them most people dont even believe its a real thing just a photoshopped thing that dont exist if you no about this animal can you tell me.... how big they receive how much they cost to purchase what they eat how much they eat how big there living space needs 2 b should i put rocks in the cage or a platform or do they only need to live in water and about how much does it cost per year to keep are they social , like should i receive more than 1 or are they ok by themselves how long they live and do they need to be in warm or icy water fresh or salt water do they need certain plants or real plants in there tank and anything else i may have forgotten to add thnx

1 Mar 2010, 8:11 am | click here to view more