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Texium
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How hard would it be to include a nice prominent link to the Short Questions Thread right on the front page of the forum? I think that would help stem
the flow of unnecessary new threads if the newer/less experienced members see it before starting new threads.
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j_sum1
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I like the idea.
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From mobile or tablet,I can't download files.But I can download on PC.Why is that happening?
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violet sin
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right place?
so I have been having trouble on my laptop with posting; after commenting on the thread it says it will forward me to the conversation again as usual,
but gets stuck staring at that screen for a WHILE. it never did that before a week ago. no clue if my kid "helped me" by pressing something. so no
clue how to find out where to look for the fix. any pointers would be great. thanks guys.
I do use addblocker for pop up controll, and that is about it( disabled on scimad). lappy is dell with windows running firefox browser.
edit test
[Edited on 28-9-2015 by violet sin]
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j_sum1
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Dunno. Try a different browser for diagnostic.
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I'm using Chrome, if that helps.
[Edited on 28-9-2015 by j_sum1]
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well, ya, it seems fire fox doesn't want to cooperate but internet explorer will work. just don't care for it. Ill see what add-on's I have
integrated recently. thanks j_sum1
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mayko
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* Can some fields be added to the member information table to reflect current social media platforms? Twitter and YouTube have healthy chemistry
communities.
* Can this thread be topped?
* When do prepublications get advanced to publication status? The member publications section hasn't been updated in some time, and a lot of mature
writing seems to just be languishing in prepub limbo:
http://www.sciencemadness.org/member_publications/index.html
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Texium
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* Can some fields be added to the member information table to reflect current social media platforms? Twitter and YouTube have healthy chemistry
communities.
That would be nice. The ones currently available really show the forum's age. I'd never heard of Aim or ICQ before!
* Can this thread be topped?
Sure.
* When do prepublications get advanced to publication status? The member publications section hasn't been updated in some time, and a lot of mature
writing seems to just be languishing in prepub limbo:
http://www.sciencemadness.org/member_publications/index.html
I don't know why the publications section has been so quiet lately, but another option is to "publish" a procedure to the Wiki, which can be done by
anyone who requests editing access from me.
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heh, I clearly remember 2002 as a techno-social turning point, when my friends stopped asking for phone numbers as flirtation, and began asking for
AIM screen names 
al-khemie is not a terrorist organization
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Texium
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Haha, there's some people on here who have misinterpreted the meaning of the Aim field and put things along the lines of "To learn about amateur
chemistry" in it
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You dang kids and your twitters and your facepages! Back in my day we had to crank the phone up and talk to the operator!
(I'm not actually that old. But it is weird that people are around now that don't know what AIM is!)
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I'll say it again, I don't know where to put this, but this place seems somewhat relevant to the message I want to give.
I transferred to a larger university than my local community college recently, its a pretty well ranked university nationally and globally too. Today
I walked into my first "official" organic chemistry lab. I'm finally here at "the big university" as it were. I'm not at a tiny little community
college and I'm advancing in terms of my chemistry knowledge. However, as I walked in today, I took the time to observe. Around me were people, some
had lab coats with tie dye on them, others had new coats from the university store, and many more simply had plain white coats. I carried mine in one
hand, a little less white, many stains here and there that would not wash out despite all my efforts. In the lab itself I laid one of my bare hands
onto a lab table/bench just after being briefed about safety for acids and proper clean up. My hand started to itch a little, and I knew that at some
point someone hadn't followed the very procedures which had just talked about. When I examined my lab glassware kit, I found a few beakers that were
chipped badly, and found others with warping around the glass or lip that I had to report and replace. Nobody had cared for that glassware, they had
just thrown it around while getting a grade. And then, in regards to grades, I was told by a TA that getting an A would just be impossible in this lab
and not to even try/stress about it. It was new, foreign, distasteful, and yet, a challenging excitement.
I yearned for my own lab again. My glassware. My cleanliness. My rules. And then again, I also felt very, very ambitious...and also very ready.
I want to thank you guys here at sciencemadness again. I haven't posted much, I've mostly just read here because this place is such a resource, and
that is what I'm mostly thankful for. I've learned and grown here as a result of your guidance and aid. The stains on my lab coat, the knowledge of
how to properly clean up, an understanding of a lot of lab safety, and the straight A grades I've made so far. I've made it to where I am today,
received these things, and gained my passion for chemistry; in part from your own passion for it. I've delved into the art and science of amateur
experimentalism, and in that pursuit done a lot which I know most of my peers have never even come close to touching. Its wonderful, its appreciated,
and as I push this new horizon (TA be damned, he just made a dare to me), I'm doing so confidently in part because of the way I feel this forum has
helped to prepare me. Thanks again, and when I get the time to unpack my lab during winter break, you can bet I will be back on here ASAP with at
least one thing or another. Hopefully, one day, I'll be experienced enough to make some very significant contribution here, and give back a little of
what I've been given.
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University teaching labs, especially lower-level ones, are often full of students who aren't particularly enthusiastic about chemistry. All those
pre-meds and pre-pharms that take organic chemistry lab generally don't care much for it. University research labs, in contrast, are usually much
better.
I don't know about your TA/professor, but getting an A in organic chemistry lab was pretty easy for me with all the previous experience I had.
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When does "Prepublication" get moved to www.sciencemadness.org/member_publications/index.html? Who does it?
11pubs, 180 pre pubs, and it seems the newest one is from 2012...
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+Can there be added an option to delete/edit your vote in a poll? It would be up to the author of the b whether he include this option to he poll or
not.
I am thinking about a poll about element collection where you could write what elements do you have in your collection and the edit button would be
very useful in case you extend your collection. (And I think it would be also appreciated in other polls.
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Texium
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Well, you can only select one option in a poll, so a poll about what elements people have wouldn't be very useful. I would recommend just starting a
normal thread (or maybe a poll with "how many elements do you have" and several ranges to choose from), and then after several people have responded,
generate your own bar graph using Excel or something similar to show how many people have each element. That could be updated occasionally as more
people reply to the thread.
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Quote: Originally posted by zts16  | | Well, you can only select one option in a poll, so a poll about what elements people have wouldn't be very useful. I would recommend just starting a
normal thread (or maybe a poll with "how many elements do you have" and several ranges to choose from), and then after several people have responded,
generate your own bar graph using Excel or something similar to show how many people have each element. That could be updated occasionally as more
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Ah well, I just realized it's only possible to select one option in a poll .
Ok, so I'll have to try it in a different way.
[Edited on 3-10-2016 by crystal grower]
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There's several major threads with more than 40 pages floating around (from Today's Posts alone: Short Questions IV, References & Translations X,
and E&M Short Questions). My understanding is that the forum search engine doesn't parse 40+ pages well, which is why these threads have
traditionally been split into parts. Maybe it's time to do some chunking?
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Texium
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I was under the impression that this was a misconception, or that it is no longer the case. I could be wrong though. Could anyone verify with
empirical evidence that it would be beneficial to split up these large threads?
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mayko
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I might have missed that. A couple of searches seemed to disconfirm the idea; I could return pages from both the start and the end of an 85 page
thread, so the most obvious problem doesn't seem to be in place.
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A forum section for Analytical Chemistry might be nice
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I second the motion! I suspect that home chemists (especially me)could/should make more use of classical analytical methods to characterize their
products. I suppose if I had a mass spectrometer, and UV/visible/IR spectrophotometers, and wasn't an old fossil, I probably wouldn't feel this way.
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@DavidJR: I'd like to see that too. I think it would be great to see how it is/was done when none
of the fancy diagnostic tools were available.
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this thread hasn’t been added to in 5 years, but I’d like to suggest adding collapsible ‘spoiler’ tabs to reduce clutter in posts where I feel
like going on a tangent
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The thread was probably a good idea. But the evidence is that it has not been taken up by members. I forgot it existed.
Stickies don't do much. I think most people keep an eye on "today's posts", their own current conversations and then search. I don't think there are
many who browse starting from the forums.
Removing a sticky label takes only a second. Happy to do it. But, having resuscitated this thread I will delay for a day or two and see if it comes to
life.
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