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    $10 HD-DVD Sale, Borders.com

    Update: Just got an email saying my order for Planet Earth was canceled. Hopefully you guys have more luck than I did.
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    $10 HD-DVD Sale, Borders.com

    Link Most of their HD-DVDs seem to be on sale for $10 + shipping + tax. Choices include Heroes, Planet Earth, and many others. *Edit - these both seem to be OOS and my order for Planet Earth has been canceled.* Yes, they are HD DVDs, but they still may be of interest to those with HD-DVD...
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    So I will driving from NYC to Orlando

    Baltimore national aquarium. That place is pure amazing. http://www.aqua.org/
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    This is just cold

    She clipped another car that was going ~70mph and lost control.
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    Differnce between sleeping and..

    I can't give you any specific details, but I do know the brain undergoes a number of processes only while sleeping. If I remember correctly (and I'm not positive on this), certain hormones are only produced while sleeping among other things. I don't know if there would be a difference...
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    Maxtor 60GB One Touch III Mini Hard Drive $60

    The linked site shows the 100GB version for $100 as well. Nice find!
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    LOTR Trilogy DVD Box Set - Widescreen $15

    In for two - under $30. Thanks!
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    Looking for some authortative Bio Sources

    I forgot about this thread mostly due to the fact that I decided to just rewrite my paper rather than fight my teacher when it matters (ie my grade). Race is certainly not well defined. The arguments both sides have brought up are interesting, and I'd like to add the following. Given that...
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    Looking for some authortative Bio Sources

    First off, thanks for all the links. To address my horrible example in the skinColor == black: I am well aware that what ever gene(s) determine skin color, there are basically an unlimited number of skin colors. I was using it as a simple example, one which I now regret using (since it...
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    Looking for some authortative Bio Sources

    I understand that race is indeed partly (hell, even mainly) a social construct. However, I can't believe that race specifically excludes biological differences. A black person *has* a gene that says, in a way, skinColor == black (forgive my pusedo code). Same thing for facial structure as...
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    Looking for some authortative Bio Sources

    As per the title, my English TA is stubborn about something she knows nothing about (Biology). She read one book from way back when (i.e. before DNA) and now has the idea that race is an entirely social construct firmly entrenched into her mind. Now, I know that DNA differences make a black...
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    What skill will our brains evolve next?

    Tangent question: do you consider humans to be evolving *at all*? Many people (including most people trained in biology) agree that humans are no longer evolving. I would have to argue that AIDS exerts some selective pressures on the general human population. It can not be cured (right...
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    So I was thinking, is the future set in stone, or set on randomness?

    I'm going to agree that yes, the future is set in stone. However, to try to look into that future requires understanding EVERYTHING about the universe. For example, if we assume String Theory is actually how our universe exists at it's most basic level, then we would have to know the exact...
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    Surely to God there are not really people like Monk in real life

    There are certainly people with OCD at or close to the level Monk has it. For my psych class, we had to find a movie clip for different psych disorders that accuratly represented the actual conditions. I'm blanking on my topic, but my movie was A Beautiful Mind. Another goup picked Monk to go...