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September 19th, 2008

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• 3 days ago

  From how far up can you safely jump into water?

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• 2 months ago

  Which is most accurate - analog or digital?

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• May 2nd, 2009

  What is your experience with cushion back massagers?

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• March 14th, 2009

  What are the protusions in the Elbe river near Hamburg, Germany?

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• February 13th, 2009

  Why do you need to refresh the home page of Fluther?

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• 2 months ago

  Why don't ships traveling in areas prone to piracy hire mercenaries?

  A lot of harbors do not allow armed ships, and the insurance companies are not keen on the idea either.
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• 2 months ago

  How can I stop myself from hiccuping?

  @jbfletcherfan Actually that works by stimulating the same nerve that @scamp wrote about. See the second link I posted earlier.
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• 2 months ago

  How can I stop myself from hiccuping?

  Here are some tips. Apparently noone can really agree on what is the best cure. The last one won the Nobel Prize, but I’m not so sure I would recommend it :-) http://www.opiniorama.com/opiniorama/2007/02/15_second_cure_.html http://www.knowabouthealth.com/tips-to-cure-hiccups-instantly/ http://www.divinecaroline.com/22178/58914-annoying-body-glitches--prevent-them- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/06/ig_nobel_awards/
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• 2 months ago

  Which is most accurate - analog or digital?

  @PerryDolia Also, many numbers will not be represented well digitally. Take 1/9 which equals 0,111.. The analog representation (1/9) is way more accurate than the digital version (0.111…). What I mean is that when something has to be represented digitally it may well loose something, considering that numbers are not infinite. The information in a wave signal is, however, depending on the resolution.
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• 2 months ago

  Which is most accurate - analog or digital?

  I disagree with your reasoning. Most (if not all?) sensors rely on analog input which is subsequently converted into digital. The output from a microphone will inevitably loose information when being converted, although the digital signal is way less subject to degradation when transmitted.
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