Posts by Gibonius

Quote:Originally Posted by why Not really, but whatever. Blackhood was still completely incorrect. (They disperse light because of the nature of what dispersion is). If you just take a chunk of diamond and shine light through it,...

Quote:Originally Posted by Cary Grant PS- as to GMO's having failed to market the benefit- I'd counter that they have no benefit to offer that is of interest to a SIGNIFICANT percentage of consumers. As Kimbrell wrote a few years...

Quote:Originally Posted by Blackhood Diamonds refract. Not reflect or shine or anything else. "Shine" is a colloquial word, so why compare it directly to technical terms? If they were writing a technical article, fine, correct...

"Shine" isn't exactly the most technical term anyway. Correcting someone for saying a diamond "shines" is pretty dumb in and of itself. Obviously they're not actually glowing, but neither are "shiny" materials either. 1. To emit...

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Quote:Originally Posted by Piobaire This is a general statement but I think by and large lingerie is purchased for the happiness of men not the happiness of women. I think it is mainly a male fantasy that slutty underwear makes a...

Quote:Originally Posted by Rambo what you should be doing is getting her the frumpy suit and then taking her over to the lingerie store so she can "dress it up" underneath. Oddly related to this (and not at all pissing me off), the...

Quote:Originally Posted by Biggskip My only problem with the whole Latina Nocha thing is that shouldn't the jerseys also have the Spanish word for Heat as well. Lakers is one thing as it is basically a nickname for a group of...

Quote:Originally Posted by L'Incandescent I'm in academia, so the pressures I face are very different, I think. But I regularly wake up in the middle of the night in a mild panic because I think I've forgotten some essential...

Quote:Originally Posted by hendrix I guess there may end up being scientists who recognise this and work towards adding interest and things beyond simple quantifiable measures to commercial food. There's actually been a lot of work...