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Jobs & Careers > Health & Sciences Jobs How to determine if engineering is for you

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Engineer is a nebulous term. Everyone from sanitation workers to the guy who plumbed your high school's toilet (Building Engineer) had engineer in their job title. So what is an engineer? Is an architect an engineer? Is a fire protection engineer an engineer?These are all typical questions asked by the public at large and per... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality (Other) Are angels real or imaginary?

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The real question here is whether debating something not provable with empirical evidence is a masturbatory exercise. Despite my having asked the question, I would gravitate toward no simply because it's fun to fan our intellectual feathers like a peacock. Well, I guess that's masturbatory. It is, nevertheless, fun.Now that I... More..

Computers & Technology > GPS Devices Will Global Positioning Systems (GPS) ever replace conventional maps?

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Will GPS replace maps? Yes, and it will largely be because of electronic ink. Imagine feeling like Ferdinand Magellan when you whip a scroll from your jacket's breast pocket. You unfurl it like a miniature window shade and ask, "Where am I?" The color screen (electronic ink will have evolved to color by this point) comes to l... More..

Sports & Recreation > Skiing Reasons why skiers prefer powder snow

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Asking why a skier prefers powder to packed snow is a bit like asking a stuntman why he prefers landing on a giant pile of cardboard boxes to a slab of concrete. It really is not one of the great mysteries of the universe.I have known snowboarders who say they would take a waist deep day in Vail's back bowls over an opportuni... More..

Sports & Recreation > Skiing Tips on skiing through moguls

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Moguls are a mysterious phenomenon. Sure, it is plain enough how they form. They are the result of the slow piling and compacting of snow as skiers continually turn at the same spot. Moreover, their variety, some are as large as an elephant's back while others are destined to spend eternity no larger than a watermelon, is as ... More..

Personal Finance > Loans (Other) Is the Fed creating an inflationary bubble?

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Not to put too fine a point on it, but the Federal Reserve cannot explicitly cause a bubble; it is investor's speculation. If the government prints money and the price of gold futures go up because of inflationary fears, commentators will pass around airy explanations and blame as if they are marijuana joints at a Grateful De... More..

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