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Hypography Community Bulletin For unsubscription information, please see the bottom of this email --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear $username On Friday, 11 February it was exactly three years since the Hypography Science Forums were launched. We will celebrate this event by organizing a live chat on Sunday, 13 February, for all registered members. Please read more about it here: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?t=1533 With regards, Tormod --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Date: 02-10-2005 02-01-2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- View all new content here: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- News from Hypography --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02-10-2005 05:57 PM Forums Anniversary Chat -------------------------------------- http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?threadid=1533 02-10-2005 07:49 AM Black holes regulate galaxy formation -------------------------------------- http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?threadid=1528 02-09-2005 07:46 PM Need new moderators -------------------------------------- http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?threadid=1521 02-09-2005 07:26 PM Welcome to the future -------------------------------------- http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?threadid=1520 02-09-2005 08:37 AM Time to rewrite the species rulebook? -------------------------------------- http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?threadid=1515 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LATEST THREADS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Threads posted most recently -- Title: "Forums Anniversary Chat" (Date Posted 02-10-2005 by Tormod) o 1 Replies, 0 Views, Last Post: 05:57 PM, 02-10-2005 by Tormod o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1533 Title: "Imagine if cancer could become trivial" (Date Posted 02-10-2005 by whoa182) o 1 Replies, 0 Views, Last Post: 05:20 PM, 02-10-2005 by Tormod o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1532 Title: "Pedophilia In America" (Date Posted 02-10-2005 by vijun) o 1 Replies, 1 Views, Last Post: 10:31 AM, 02-10-2005 by Tormod o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1531 Title: "A Slow Discussion of Fast Food" (Date Posted 02-10-2005 by Buffy) o 5 Replies, 2 Views, Last Post: 06:09 PM, 02-10-2005 by orbsycli o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1530 Title: "Name that monkey!" (Date Posted 02-10-2005 by Tormod) o 1 Replies, 0 Views, Last Post: 08:05 AM, 02-10-2005 by Tormod o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1529 -- Threads with the most replies -- Title: "Are WE the only life in the Universe?" (Date Posted 07-08-2004 by IrishEyes) o 176 Replies, 2212 Views, Last Post: 04:30 PM, 02-10-2005 by alxian o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=533 Title: "What exists beyond the known universe?" (Date Posted 03-04-2004 by Tim_Lou) o 163 Replies, 3118 Views, Last Post: 05:47 AM, 02-03-2005 by philosophy o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=354 Title: "Intelligent design / creationism" (Date Posted 11-14-2004 by Stargazer) o 130 Replies, 1189 Views, Last Post: 06:32 AM, 02-08-2005 by MortenS o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=831 Title: "Artificial intelligence" (Date Posted 01-07-2005 by infamous) o 128 Replies, 856 Views, Last Post: 04:34 AM, 02-04-2005 by whoa182 o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1128 Title: " Theorys on the 5th dimension" (Date Posted 04-24-2003 by anonymous) o 110 Replies, 7372 Views, Last Post: 11:59 AM, 02-04-2005 by paultrr o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=142 -- Threads with the most views -- Title: "Perpetual motion" (Date Posted 07-11-2004 by Uncle Martin) o 1901 Views, 60 Replies, Last Post: 09:08 PM, 02-06-2005 by TeleMad o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=544 Title: "Is there a God? What do YOU think???" (Date Posted 08-01-2004 by IrishEyes) o 1190 Views, 86 Replies, Last Post: 10:02 PM, 02-04-2005 by lindagarrette o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=581 Title: "A real look at Tesla" (Date Posted 06-14-2004 by shintashi) o 1033 Views, 38 Replies, Last Post: 01:50 AM, 02-07-2005 by Turtle o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=492 Title: "Piezoelectric earth" (Date Posted 08-11-2004 by FrankM) o 1031 Views, 25 Replies, Last Post: 01:47 AM, 02-02-2005 by FrankM o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=605 Title: "The Evolution of Education" (Date Posted 04-13-2004 by IrishEyes) o 955 Views, 94 Replies, Last Post: 04:37 PM, 02-08-2005 by ldsoftwaresteve o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=402 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATISTICS: We have had the following activity since 02-01-2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- o 59 New Members o 111 New Threads o 1,324 New posts o 0 New Polls --------------------------------------------------------------------------- USER INFO: These are your current user details --------------------------------------------------------------------------- o Your username is: "$username" o You have $posts Posts o You registered on $joindate o You were last active on Hypography at $lastactivity --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the community updates, click this link: : http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/profile.php?do=editoptions and change "receive community updates" from yes, to no. Currently, community updates are sent monthly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best regards, The Hypography Community Team.

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Hypography Community Bulletin For unsubscription information, please see the bottom of this email --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear $username - this is the first issue of our new Community Bulletin. It is intended to give you an overview of what's going on at Hypography. If you do not want to receive it, please read the unsubscription information at the bottom of this mailing. We plan on sending this out on a monthly or biweekly basis. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Date: 02-01-2005 01-01-2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- View all new content here: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LATEST THREADS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Threads posted most recently -- Title: "Well how alien would be" (Date Posted 02-01-2005 by Strange Visitor) o 0 Replies, 9 Views, Last Post: 08:04 PM, 02-01-2005 by Strange Visitor o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1408 Title: "Triangle mystery" (Date Posted 02-01-2005 by corticalsteelx) o 5 Replies, 6 Views, Last Post: 09:22 PM, 02-01-2005 by corticalsteelx o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1407 Title: "Funny experience with slashdot" (Date Posted 02-01-2005 by alexander) o 5 Replies, 4 Views, Last Post: 07:09 PM, 02-01-2005 by Tormod o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1406 Title: "EUs ruling against Microsoft negotiations as it officially releases its search engine" (Date Posted 02-01-2005 by alexander) o 1 Replies, 7 Views, Last Post: 05:39 PM, 02-01-2005 by GAHD o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1405 Title: "New line of G4 laptops." (Date Posted 02-01-2005 by alexander) o 0 Replies, 4 Views, Last Post: 03:39 PM, 02-01-2005 by alexander o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1404 -- Threads with the most replies -- Title: "GOD" (Date Posted 03-21-2004 by OpenMind5) o 371 Replies, 2206 Views, Last Post: 05:18 PM, 11-01-2004 by Tormod o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=369 Title: "Evolution VS. Creationism" (Date Posted 06-10-2004 by CD27) o 217 Replies, 1335 Views, Last Post: 04:37 PM, 08-31-2004 by Freethinker o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=478 Title: "Creating a Religion" (Date Posted 05-12-2004 by NoBigDeal) o 209 Replies, 2512 Views, Last Post: 08:11 AM, 10-22-2004 by Tormod o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=428 Title: "What would it take to prove the existence of a God?" (Date Posted 04-27-2004 by harmoniouschaos) o 201 Replies, 2162 Views, Last Post: 08:26 PM, 08-05-2004 by wisdumn o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=414 Title: "what happens after life??" (Date Posted 01-19-2004 by Tim_Lou) o 200 Replies, 3723 Views, Last Post: 03:00 AM, 07-20-2004 by Freethinker o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=317 -- Threads with the most views -- Title: " Theorys on the 5th dimension" (Date Posted 04-24-2003 by anonymous) o 7209 Views, 105 Replies, Last Post: 10:37 PM, 07-25-2004 by TeleMad o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=142 Title: "'Users Online' PHP script" (Date Posted 12-10-2004 by TINNY) o 6457 Views, 67 Replies, Last Post: 08:24 PM, 12-23-2004 by alexander o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=972 Title: "Theories on how the universe was created....Please Help!!!" (Date Posted 05-16-2002 by clintonmcqueen) o 5924 Views, 53 Replies, Last Post: 03:17 AM, 05-30-2004 by Uncle Martin o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37 Title: "rubber band car" (Date Posted 12-07-2003 by desichiq2004) o 4090 Views, 1 Replies, Last Post: 01:47 PM, 12-09-2003 by wholloway o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=278 Title: "Speed of light...instantatious Travel??" (Date Posted 04-14-2003 by fatty_ashy) o 3417 Views, 85 Replies, Last Post: 10:46 PM, 06-05-2004 by GAHD o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=139 -- Threads with no replies yet -- Title: "Apple is the worlds most influential brand of 2004" (Date Posted 02-01-2005 by alexander) o 5 Views o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1403 Title: "Optical tweezers prove Einstein right" (Date Posted 02-01-2005 by Tormod) o 6 Views o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1401 Title: "Quit Smoking? try (spam)" (Date Posted 01-31-2005 by jhoydlopez) o 10 Views o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1395 Title: "Scientists grow critical nerve cells" (Date Posted 01-31-2005 by Tormod) o 0 Views o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1392 Title: "A fatal flaw in the laws of physics" (Date Posted 01-31-2005 by Zorgon) o 29 Views o http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1389 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LATEST POLLS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question: IsTurtle's Posty Interesting? o 'Yes' (2 Votes) o 'No' (0 Votes) o 'Need More Info' (1 Votes) o 'Turtle Should Return To His Shell' (0 Votes) View Poll Results: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1218 Question: What do you think is the best technological advance of 2004? o 'Nanowire-based biochip' (4 Votes) o 'Photonic crystal devices' (2 Votes) o 'Software program for designing computer chips made from DNA-assembled carbon nanotubes' (3 Votes) o 'Robots ability to play Capture the Flag' (2 Votes) o 'Solar cell using the energy of a single photon to move two electrons rather than just one' (2 Votes) o 'Robot scientist' (3 Votes) o 'Six-node quantum cryptography network' (4 Votes) o 'Five-photon entanglement' (3 Votes) o 'Miniscule mechanical memory cell' (0 Votes) o 'Selective shutdown' (0 Votes) View Poll Results: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1106 Question: Existance filled with adversity, or no existance? o 'I would rather live with adversity.' (3 Votes) o 'I would rather cease to exist.' (2 Votes) o 'I would rather not divulge that information.' (0 Votes) View Poll Results: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=991 Question: Which do you favor as the best description of our Universe? o 'Relativistic Theories' (1 Votes) o 'Quantum Mechanical Theories' (1 Votes) o 'LQG' (1 Votes) o 'String Theory' (2 Votes) o 'A different attempt at combining the first two' (4 Votes) o 'Something completely new and as of yet un-invented' (5 Votes) View Poll Results: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=884 Question: Which feature would you like the most? o 'Updated Hypography.com front page with more articles and polls' (8 Votes) o 'My own blog' (5 Votes) o 'Ability to post articles/reviews' (6 Votes) o 'Image gallery' (3 Votes) o 'Arcade games' (2 Votes) View Poll Results: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=934 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATISTICS: We have had the following activity since 01-01-2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- o 212 New Members o 256 New Threads o 3,809 New posts o 2 New Polls --------------------------------------------------------------------------- USER INFO: These are your current user details --------------------------------------------------------------------------- o Your username is: "$username" o You have $posts Posts o You registered on $joindate o You were last active on Hypography at $lastactivity --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the community updates, click this link: : http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/profile.php?do=editoptions and change "receive community updates" from yes, to no. 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Hypography Science Forums Newsletter Friday, January 28, 2005 Hello, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for being a member of Hypography. The previous year brought many changes to the site, and we have really enjoyed making those changes with you. Hypography is growing, with new members signing up every day. Thank you for spreading the word to friends and colleagues, and thanks for participating in forum discussions. If you haven’t stopped by for a while, you may not even recognize the place. I encourage you to drop in TODAY. Check us out, read some news articles, try the quiz, and POST something. We love to hear what you have to say, and posting is the best way we know of to share your views with others. There are a few different posting competitions going on right now, including a ‘bet’ that involves one of our Moderators and a member. Maybe even *YOU* could get involved. You might just walk away with some terrific Hypography merchandise! Happy posting! With warmest regards, IrishEyes Hypography Science Forums Administrator Communications Officer http://www.hypography.com/ ---------------------------------------------------- Important message from Tormod - please read! We had some serious problems with our old newsletter software. We are working on a better solution. If you have already opted out of our newsletter, please accept my apologies. Please follow the procedure below to avoid getting it again. In the future, newsletters will be sent to those who have checked the "Receive e-mail from admins" option in their User Control Panel. Note that even if you choose not to receive these newsletters, you will occasionally get important information but we will keep it to a minimum. If you have forgotten your password, just request a new one when you are asked to log in. Otherwise, visit the Control Panel and find the "Messaging & Notification" part in the "Edit options" section. http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/usercp.php? With regards, Tormod Editor, Hypography ---------------------------------------------------- 1 // 2004...YEAR IN REVIEW As mentioned, 2004 brought many changes to Hypography. One of those changes involved a major upgrade to the Forum software. That upgrade went off without a hitch on November 27. Tormod stayed up all night to make sure that everything went smoothly, and there was only a minimal amount of time that we were not able to post. However, the upgrade brought some added features, and LOTS more smileys, so I think we can all agree that it was worth it! Along with the upgrade, there were some behind-the-scenes changes as well. Tormod brought in Freethinker, Uncle Martin, and me (IrishEyes) as Moderators, to help out with some of his workload. That lasted a few months until it became apparent to everyone that we needed to shake things up again. Freethinker became our Resident Atheist, a role he is fulfilling in an incredible way. Uncle Martin has taken some time off for personal reasons, but we are hoping that he will return soon. Tormod gave the two of us new titles (Administrators sounds pretty cool, huh?), and added GAHD to our small group. Tormod also added Moderators for each category, asking Aki, Tim_Lou, Bo, sanctus, and Alexander to help us keep the site running smoothly. Thankfully, they all agreed, and things haven’t slowed down since! Recently pgrmdave became our first Junior Moderator - this will be the first step for anyone who wants to become a moderator in the future. With all the traffic and new people signing up we really need all the help we can get. Thanks, Dave! ---------------------------------------------------- 2 // AVATAR CONTEST Our Avatar Contest came to an end just before the upgrade, and we had some amazing entries. Thankfully, there were not that many contestants, so it made it much easier to send out the prizes. Alexander won two of the categories, and Beaker also took a few of the categories. So, in the interest of all things fair (and because Tormod is just too cool), they both won Hypography t-shirts. You’ll have to ask them if they ever got them or not. ---------------------------------------------------- 3 // WINNER OF THE Computer History Quiz The winner of the Computer History Quiz was AKI - our Canadian moderator! Runner-ups were our new Junior Moderator pgrmdave (from New Jersey), and Andrew Fuller from Canada. Puzzles are on their way. Congratulations! ---------------------------------------------------- 4 // CURRENT QUIZ: THE MALAYSIA QUIZ Did you think the Norway Quiz was easy? Then try your neural network on our new Malaysia Quiz! It is written by TINNY - probably our only Malaysian member. I guarantee that it is one quiz you will NOT manage at the first attempt. Keep up with our prize quizzes at http://www.hypography.com/quizfront.cfm ---------------------------------------------------- 5 // MEMBER PROFILE: AKI We decided to profile another of our Moderators this month. Aki has been a member of the Forum for over a year, and was on the top of our “this person HAS to be a Moderator” list, when the time came to add new Mods. Along with her genuine enthusiasm, most members also really appreciate Aki’s willingness to ask (and answer) questions, and her consideration of everyone’s viewpoints. We’ve been really glad to have her in the Moderator group, and are looking forward to reading even more from her in the future. Check this out and tell me if you don’t agree that she is one of the reasons the site is doing so great! Tormod: Hi Aki! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Aki: I'm from Canada, eh? There's nothing really special about me. I'm 17 years old. I speak French (I'm in the French immersion program) and Cantonese. My favourite colour is purple and my favourite food is sushi. Tormod: What sort of education do you have so far? Aki: I'm in grade 12, the last year of high school. Next year I'll be going to university, in the engineering faculty. Talk about lots of work.... Tormod: What are your goals? What do you want to work with? Aki: I want to be an aerospace engineer and build rockets and satellites. I want to work for the CSA! . Tormod: Do you remember how you found Hypography in the first place? What made you sign up? Aki: I remember I was doing some googling and I came to this site. I found people at this site nice and helpful, and I felt I could learn here and ask questions. Tormod: What do you like best at Hypography? Aki: All the members here. Everyone here are very supportive and likes to give their own opinions. I think this is a very close community. I just like every thing at Hypographyimages/smilies/smile.gif Tormod: What do you like least about Hypography? Aki: Absolutely nothing. :) Tormod: What are your favorite hobbies? Aki: Well first the most obvious one: surfing at Hypography. I play the piano, so you can probably guess I listen to classical music a lot. Also I am big hockey fan, a Detroit Red Wings fan. They're the best! :P Tormod: Why are you interested in science? Aki: I like to know why things are the way they are and how they work. I think it all started when I was a little girl and my dad showed me how the solar system works using balls of different sizes. Tormod: If you could name a star after someone (not yourself) - who would it be? Aki: What about my anti-self? I'm not too sure about this...maybe my mom? Surfing Hypography, listening to music, and interested in the stars? It sounds like Aki is a younger, and much prettier, version of our Fearless Leader, doesn’t it? Seriously though, with her binoculars in hand, maybe she’ll get the chance to SEE some more of those stars, and she’ll even name one of them after us! Thanks to Aki for being our Featured Member this month. I love reading how people first found us, and why they decided to stay, join and become an active, contributing member. Maybe next month it will be YOUR chance to tell us why you’re here. Of course, if you want to share your own version without waiting to be the Featured Member, please introduce yourself in the “Introductions” Forum, won’t you? http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/forumdisplay.php?f=39 ---------------------------------------------------- 6// BEST OF THE BEST, AND A FEW OF THE REST This is a new section of the newsletter, that is dedicated to bringing you the favorite threads, topics, quotes, etc. from the previous month, according to our Moderators. If you feel that there are things missing from this list, please feel free to start your own “BOTB” thread in the Watercooler. Maybe we’ll even have a running thread each month, where the members vote on their favorite thread, topic, quote, post, poster, etc. Alexander liked the poll asking what the best technological advancement of the year 2004 was. The topic sparked some mild debate, but it was the information contained in the article (referenced by Alexander) that made it really interesting stuff. http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?t=1106 Sanctus loved reading the heated debates in the Philosophies threads. His favorite one was about stem cell research. Check it out: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?t=820 Both of them enjoyed the thread asking if WE are the only life in the universe. Alexander particularly enjoyed Freethinker’s first response to the topic. Read it again here… http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?t=533 True to form, Aki enjoys wondering what else is out there. Her favorite thread is: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?t=151 . Of course, she also enjoyed the stem cell thread, and the thread about black holes. And what are MY favorites? Well, I think my favorite was the light-hearted banter and cool tunes found in the "Ode to Maverick". Did you not hear the awesome song composed by our very own editor? Check it out: http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?t=1180 Anyone else have a favorite? Be sure to let us know in the Watercooler, ok? http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/forumdisplay.php?f=3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7// HCNA05 A few members have asked what the HCNA05 is. Well, can I ask where you’ve been since August? The First Annual Hypography Convention is going to be held in May, to commemorate FIVE YEARS of Hypography on the web. This Convention will be held in North America, hence the name – Hypography Convention North America 2005. The Convention will be held in New York City, over the third weekend in May. Tormod and his lovely wife Yvonne will be flying in from Norway to attend. GAHD and Killean will be joining us from Canada. I’ll head north from Virginia. A few of the locals will stop by. Alexander is going to try to pop in from Connecticut. And if you can make it to the area, why don’t you plan on being there as well?!? We’re planning on catching a Broadway show together, touring a science museum, having a guest lecturer, possibly doing a live-debate, and having a real-time online chat here at Hypography. We’d like to see as many of our members there as possible. And remember, Tormod has promised to buy us all dinner! So come on out and join us, won’t you? Check out the HCNA05 thread for more details… http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?t=1108 ---------------------------------------------------- This newsletter is sent out to members of the Hypography Science Forums. Feel free to forward this newsletter to a friend! Visit us to get caught up on all you've been missing, or just drop in to say hi to your old friends. We'll all be glad you did! http://www.hypography.com/