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    Preventing rust on guitar. Also, Floyd Rose tremolo questions.

    Hi, I just wanted to know if there are certain oils that can be used on the strings and tuning pegs to prevent rusting? What kind of oils are safe to use on strings and tuning pegs? Coconut oil, machine oil etc. (?) Are there any negative effects of using them? Also, any differences...
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    Knockouts in movies. Knocking someone unconscious with no lasting damage.

    In movies, people sometimes knock their opponents out in such a manner that their opponents don't die and have no lasting damage. They just become unconscious (and wake up later). Is this something that can be done in practice? What kind of blows render a person unconscious without lasting damage?
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    Some questions regarding the languages of China.

    Okay, I might be completely wrong about this (because my knowledge regarding this is next to zilch), but some people have told me that every symbol in Chinese languages like Mandarin and Cantonese represents an idea, like an object or a verb or things of that nature. For instance, in English...
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    Marker pens used on the TV show Numb3rs to write on glass.

    The protagonist in Numb3rs (Charlie Epps played by David Krumholtz) uses certain pens (or markers) with which he writes on glass. These types of markers are also used in the movie "A Beautiful Mind" (John Nash uses them to write on glass). 1.) What kind of markers are these? What are they...
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    Do you think that in general, once you're successful, you can get away with a lot?

    Successful and especially useful to a bunch of people. Let's say there's a scientist who creates a vaccine that ends up saving millions of lives all over the world. If this guy behaves like a prick, he'd usually get away with it because he's successful and his work is useful to other people...
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    Singing with a hoarse voice.

    Okay, no one's ever given me a satisfactory answer to this question ever. Listen to this guy singing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d92HGpfjBJA How do you get that sort of a hoarse quality to your voice? What sort of training does it take? Has anyone taken this form of training here? Is it...
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    Individuals and groups.

    Deep down, I have never liked the notion of being defined by the country I was born into, the colour of my skin, the ethnic group I belong to etc. All these things are (or at least seem to be) an accident of chance and an accident of birth. I had no role in choosing them. I had no role in...
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    Hinduism

    Okay, there's been a lot of critical inquiry into Christianity, Islam etc., but hardly any when it comes to Hinduism. I was born to Hindu parents but I am non-religious. Let's see what becomes of this thread. Try not to troll, hate and post random crap. It'd be interesting to have a...
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    Change. Do you? Do you let others?

    I was just going through some threads in this place which made me think about this and also I've thought about this particular topic sometimes. Sometimes, we, as individuals, are wrong. Plain and simple. It could be about anything. Ideas, facts, whatever. In order to improve, we must accept...
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    Any interracial marriages on here?

    Like the title says. Edit: Okay, if in your particular case the answer is yes, and if you are willing, could you please give details?
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    Epidemic of gold diggers.

    Bill Burr - Epidemic of gold digging whores :D
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    Diversity.

    Firstly, when I say diversity, I mean diversity on the basis of ethnicity, language, culture, nationality etc. So, there's one school of thought that says that diversity is a good thing for many reasons. There's another school of thought that says that the notion of diversity being...
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    How efficacious (REALLY) are yoga, meditation etc. ?

    I see lots of claims by the practitioners of these methods that they can cure X,Y,Z diseases. I want to know how much of it is true, how much is false, and how much of it is a placebo occurrence. Can anyone point me to some good credible evidence of the efficacy of these techniques? Also...
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    How do you deal with the wrong ideas of people with who have more authority than you?

    Let's say your boss is a reputed engineer who has a degree from a place like MIT (or some such place). This boss of yours is an adamant follower of astrology (yes, it's possible for people like that to exist) and he decides that starting a new business venture on a particular date will do his...
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    How is giving birth to children not an act of selfishness?

    People say suicide is selfish. They expect others to live in pain so that they can avoid crying for a few days. People say not working and staying on your ass all day is selfish (even though doing this harms no one) because you should work to benefit society. On the other hand giving birth to...
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    Do you ever feel subdued because you can't be absolutely honest?

    I have thoughts, ideas and opinions which are very politically incorrect, but they are honest. If I were to state them (and I would certainly like to put it right in front of people's faces sometimes), I would be hounded down by people and very likely misinterpreted. It feels suffocating...
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    Medical imaging and the brain.

    I often read these articles where they say that so and so differences have been found in the brains of schizophrenics, bipolars, OCDers etc., or that certain brain differences have been found in people who have certain behavioral traits or intelligence levels, using imaging and other techniques...
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    Can't there be like an ATOT lottery or something?

    All members donate 1US$. Winner takes all. :awe:
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    There is so much political correctness everywhere.

    And maybe "rightly" so sometimes. From the perspective of a system, it's probably needed sometimes to keep things in check or to keep things balanced. Maybe you'll shoot me down for saying this. But I don't think I care anymore. Rich people are bad, spoilt/spoiled and dumb (especially the ones...
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    PSA- There's a difference between 10's and 10s.

    Sorry for being a pathetic, self righteous grammar Nazi. Just saying. :P Don't kill me now. :(
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    Who's the smartest person you know who never amounted to much in life?

    Perhaps because he/she didn't apply himself/herself or because of some other factors in his/her life. Bet some of you are going to say, "Me". :P
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    There seems to be something in common between musicians, doctors, engineers etc.

    A lot of the people I've seen who are good doctors or engineers are also good at something else like playing a musical instrument, writing poetry, having a keen interest in animals etc. It's just that some of these people focus on one specific aspect and become good at it. Some of them focus on...
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    A question about people in jails.

    Let's say there were a man who murdered someone (or maybe raped someone). Let's say he spent about 20 years in jail. Also, let's assume we had something like a cerebroscope using which we could we could read his brain. On reading his brain, it was found that the man truly regretted his actions...
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    Will we ever be able to connect two brains somehow to share experiences and thoughts?

    Language may have limitations. Will we ever be able to truly feel what another person feels and thinks through some sort of a connection between both brains?
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    Have you had any good moments of reconciliation in your life?

    A moment of catharsis. A moment of getting back together with someone that you had differences with. It could be family, friends or anyone for that matter.
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    Why are successful people and their lives overly glorified and romanticised?

    "Genius" and success can (probably) be completely explained in terms of genetics, brain biology, environmental factors etc. Maybe we can't explain them yet. But they (probably) can be completely explained. There's nothing really "special" about any of it. I read all these books and articles...
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    Is there a social hierarchy in the way we select mates?

    A is a man who is intelligent, handsome, musically talented and good at science. A1 is a girl who intelligent, pretty, musically talented and good at science. B is a man who is intelligent, musically talented, good at science but not handsome. B1 is a girl who is intelligent, musically...
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    How often do we see people trying to pull others down because they're not as good?

    Maybe because they're not as beautiful as those others, or not as rich or intelligent or well qualified or popular or whatever. Some people get really aggressive and rude towards people they see as a threat or a potential threat in terms of outperforming them or becoming more popular or other...
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    Which computer companies have you had bad experiences with?

    When it comes to laptops, PCs, graphics cards or whatever else it is that comes to your mind. Any companies which you swear against and would never consider buying from (unless of course they came up with a good product)? You may include electronics companies as well (which manufacture cell...
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    How would it make you feel if something happened to the Anandtech servers and.....

    all forum data were permanently lost? Forget that this may be an unrealistic scenario.
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    Why is Annihilator so underrated?

    Goddamn, they're good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTYHYglem-M
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    Writing.

    Stephen Fry would hate a person like me perhaps, but I like my arguments to be as clear, coherent and logical as they can be. There's also an aesthetic value associated with a well written post/article/publication. Hence, I edit my posts quite a lot. I joined these forums in my early 10s and...
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    Have you ever taken revenge against someone?

    Though I'm non-religious myself, having studied in a Christian missionary school, I was told that, "Revenge belongs to the Lord". Of course, I understand that it's probably a metaphor and not something to be taken literally. When I was in 6th standard, I wasn't too good a student because I...
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    How have the social forums on Anandtech changed your views?

    How has all the discussion on the social forums affected your views? What are some things that you have learnt? Are there opinions/notions that you had before, that have changed (even in a subtle manner)?
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    Will we ever be able to come up with a machine/device which enables us to learn....

    without (us) exerting effort? Remember how Keanu Reeves (Neo) in The Matrix is hooked up to a computer and he learns various martial arts among other things that way (i.e. the computer teaches him)? Now, the way it is presented in The Matrix is probably too simplistic, but will we ever be able...
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    On fairness, equality and other things.

    How well can our laws which aim to provide equality and fairness work when people are inherently unequal among other things like environmental factors? How "fair" is it that someone lucky enough to be born with a genetic gift of intelligence and/or physical beauty will have a much better chance...
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    Switching between a GeForce 635M and Intel HD4000

    Okay, so I have a laptop which has both these GPUs. Games seem to detect only the Intel GPU. I've installed the latest nVidia drivers. I thought I'd disable Intel HD 4000 in the Device Manager, but doing this turned my monitor off. I restarted the system (the font size became really big on doing...
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    IQ tests. How valid are they?

    Some people say that IQ tests are culturally biased whereas certain other scientists I've seen say that tests like Raven's Progressive Matrices (which is a pattern recognition test) aren't culturally biased at all. RPM, for instance, does not require the use of language. Dunno, but I guess you...
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    Bought an ASUS K55VJ-SX120D notebook. Some queries.

    It's been with me for like 1 hour now and the DVD drive has popped out by itself about 4 times. What's with this and how do I fix it? When I'm on Facebook the font size keeps changing by itself. How do I stop this?
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    A hypothetical question related to education.

    Let's say you run an institute that offers a certain course. The evaluation within the course is rigorous and only those who clear the evaluation pass out. Now, there are 5 applicants for your course but your infrastructure allows for only 4 applicants. Let's say these applicants are A, B, C, D...