Poll Definition and 196 Threads

I don't usually. and that option should say 'I don't want to' and it should say 'won't let me be alone' I really can't spell today, sheesh !

ellipse raised this issue of "string deadend?" or where is string research going. like, is it currently in a slump but will pick up later? or is it going down the tubes, or what? so if you want to, let's put down what we forecast for 2005 and then later, probably early next year when the...

Here's my question of the day...

Poll: NEW name for school or not? Hi all, I am off to university in the fall. My name is Peter, but I was thinking about going by Pete once school starts up. I am trying to move away from the nerdy aura that currently surrounds me, and I think Pete would be a more casual easy going guy than...

Some of you are aware of the fact I have already prepared two chemical calculators (see signature). I am planning to extend the line of programs and I have several ideas about what could the next calculator do. However, before starting work I decided to do a quick poll: What type of...

Poll: Best invention ever and why? I'm going to start over on my science project and hope to get some ideas. And please don't ask what it was before because it was really really bad.

Some time ago in a thread by Canute I made the statement that we have only two alternatives to the beginning of this universe. Either something, the Big Bang, etc, came from nothing or something is eternal. Of course it is indeterminant or undecidable; but, we all have beliefs and/or opinions...

The text of this post is in white to have less influence on poll results. I have a theory that children may have stunted brainpower as a result of unhappy conditions--more intelligence would bring the world into unpleasant focus, so as a defense mechanism the child might learn to think less...

This is for those who believe QM includes a phase of unitary evolution. In ordinary QM the state is given by a complex vector (actually a ray) in Hilbert space and it evolves by unitary operators transforming it. Does this complex thing and its behavior exist in out spacetime? If not, then...

http://www.oscars.org/ The Academy Awards are up in a few weeks. Wanna make a little bet on how is going to win ? I go for Clint eastwood in Million Dollar Baby and the Aviator of Scorsese... regards marlon The poll is NOT for best picture but for DIRECTING...sorry about the mistake...

Now this may sound rather stupid, but I'm just curious: Of the people who interact with and use this site, how many are INTPs or INTJs? Do those temperaments form the majority (or the largest subgroup) of this site's users? These are two of the possible 16 results of the ""Keirsey...

BACK FROM THE DEAD: Prominent Statisticians Refute 'Explanation' of 2004 Exit Poll Uh oh, seems this one is not quite dead yet! Apparently some of those 'crazy liberal elitist' academicians have a problem with the discrepency during our last vote. Gee, why am I not surpised!:rolleyes...

how lonng before the hippie gets banned from the philosophy section? :smile:

Is this good or bad? http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7177361 RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Islamic militant group Hamas made significant gains in Palestinian municipal elections, the first contested by the group sworn to destroying Israel, initial...

In honour of the 41st anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, I'm posting this simple poll: Who do you think killed JFK? Lee Harvey Oswald alone? Lee Harvey Oswald + conspiracy of others? Conspiracy of others not including Oswald? Another single individual? (my apologies...

If someone has already done this I apologize. I looked (briefly) but I didn't see one. And being that curiosity probably brought all of us here, i figured you would understand as I satiate mine for the moment.

The election has come and gone, but I find that in retrospect we now have two elections in a row where the exit polling has been completely discredited by the pundits and the spinsters. Has it been completely been overlooked that the polling serves a purpose other than giving the news services...

In the quantum tunnelling process, where an electron tunnels though the potential barrier, we known this to be true by always seeing the electron we test for. We have always found what we were looking for and therefore have NEVER considered or thought about any other vallid or acceptable...

Hi all, I have a question driving me crazy about Planck length: 1.- PL is the minimum length possible. This is, there is no length under PL. 2.- Of course there are lengths under PL, but our laws stop in PL (in the meaning that they can say nothing under PL BY NOW) Please, vote 1 or 2...

If we decided to get rid of the secret ballot, it would solve most of the problems with the sabotage of the voting system. Basically, all that would have to be done is print in a public publication: 1. the citizens full name 2. the vote they made 3. their address Can everybody say...

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/10-02-2004/0002263797&EDATE= OKay, so there they are...big fat kiss to the first person who can name at least two major issues with this one.

Here's the new Gallup poll relating to public trust in the media. Too bad that the CBS shenanigans has to spill all over the media in general – but that 'appears' to be what’s happening. It makes me wonder how this new level of public distrust will pay out in the election results. The new Gallup...

Conflict of interest can be proven, when terror attacks directly or indirectly positively affect a presidential candidate’s business circumstances. In this regard, the level of 'conflict of interest' of a presidential candidate and their business connections is directly proportionate to the...

quantum computers---the poll! Come on! This is your opportunity to influence in the future Quantum computation is advancing firmly, problems of the past have been solved thanks to Shor's code, and decoherence does not seem now such a big problem. What of these 3 techniques (or other) will be...

ok, which is it?

Trying to known the popularity of some nomenclature between the readers of PF. Please check also the parallel poll in https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=242508

Poll regarding creation of an "Engineering Napster" thread Hi all, I've been debating starting one of these for a while, and Tom just mentioned that he's got enough engineering links stored up to start one. What is the consensus about how you all would like to see napster threads?

One of the most complex questions in life, and yet, it appears relatively simple to many of us, because this is the only thing we think about! I wonder how many people will choose unhappy. And if so, what, if anything, could happen to change that? If you are satisfied with your lifestyle...

Draft poll... 1>Did you support the war in Iraq? 2>Do you still? (if applicable) 3>If drafted, would you show up, or dodge? 4> Is your reasoning based almost fully on the Iraq war (if you would dodge)? 5> anything else you want to comment on?

What's the best model of inflation? Give me your vote, please My vote goes for hybrid inflation :smile:

So: what are the statistics..

Should trillions of dollars be spent trying to go to the Moon and Mars?

This is a continuation of the why space travel thread. Try to keep the discussion over there, ok?

Which is your favorite Treat?

Don't worry, I am not planning on starting another discussion about this topic! I was just curious to see what the opinions on this forum are. I really tried to write all the answers as objectively and clearly as possible and I did not intend to insult or provoke anybody. The order in which I...

According to a recent study, 24% of Americans make less than $8.50 an hour. What, in your opinion, are the causes of this?

I wanted to know what the general consensus was on the nature of the flying snakes talked about in the Credibility of Greek Thinkers thread. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE 'CREDIBILITY OF GREEK THINKERS' THREAD YET, DON'T VOTE UNTIL YOU HAVE. Thank You!

This poll is to determine the global localization of all our members. Physicsforums has a worldwide network of participant of all ages and cultures, it would be interesting to evaluate where they are from. I tried to come up with a fair map of the world, which I eventually based on...

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So, when you use the washroom, to do either number 1, or number two, how do you leave the toilet seat? (I'll explain why I ask, later!)

how does one make a poll?

I have some questions about computer users settings and specs, so I'll use here as my audience, if it isn't minded. Earlier a poll on OS was done. Since most users fell into two broad catagories, I'm interested to see the specifics of those two. Please post the OS you use the most. If your...

I have some questions about computer users settings and specs, so I'll use here as my audience, if it isn't minded. For this one, I'm curious as to what resolution people use. If you use windows here is how to see it: 1. Right click on your empty desktop 2. Select properties 3. click...

Is the universe finite? Was the big bang located at a single point and did it involve a finite amount of energy? Is space like the surface of a balloon (except 3D instead of 2D) that is gradually expanding? Does it have positive curvature so that if you continue along a straight line you...

I decided to mess around with HTML yesterday and now i can't find the code for a poll can anyone help?

The question, broadly, is how many elementary particles do you expect to be in the final theory. But just to be more concrete, I have narrowed it to "fermions" as Pauli principle is the closest thing we have to ancient "impenetrability", fitting the naive idea of particle.