> I would like to see an experiment where some group of well-studied animals, both morphologically and genotypically, are put in a highly selective environment to try to force speciation, and see what the results are.
Go to the supermarket and by some washing soda (Na2CO3) and some acetic acid (vinegar).
Mix it up in the right stocheometric amounts, cook it until dry, and hey presto there you are - Sodium acetate.
The reaction is so simple you will get a nearly 100% yield.
Then you bring some water to the boil, and add about the same weight of your sodium acetate to it. Let it cool down - that's you supersaturated solution.
Now either put in a crystal of sodiumacetate as a condensation nuclei or just put some energy in e.g. hit it with a stick - this will start crystalisation.
Do the experiment it's fun and easy.
P.S.: When you finshed playing with it you can add some sulphuric acid and destill the mixture - that will get you 100% glacial acetic acid.
fly in the face of reason in railing against genetically-modified plants
Flying in the face of reason ? What problems do GM plants solve ? There already is a worldwide surplus of food. Food is no problem whatsoever in industrialized nations - and in the third world the problem is distribution and greed not a lack of GM crops, which DO cost a premium to get hold of in the first place.
So tell me please - which problem das GM solve ? The problem of having nothing to worry about ? The problem of having no unproven and potentialy dangerous technology about ?
With the current low dollar value, wouldn't it be cheaper for Europeans to buy their PSPs from the US anyway?
Theoretically yes. But first there is the arrogance of American companies which seem to think that shipping to Europe is not worth the hassle (e.g. Amazon - we can order books from them though) and then there is customs and VAT. It's much easier for me to order from an Asian specialist like Lik-Sang, which is what I actually did, after hearing that the European release is delayed.
BTW: Does anyone know if it's possible to get the 'Good Eats' DVDs in Germany ???
Now, if I could only make a home-made Baileys set...
Slightly off-topic, but Baileys ist actually quite easy to copy. It's basically only cream and whiskey. I would try a 1:10 mixture to start with.
Or if your want a ready recipe try this: 3 parts Tequilla 2 parts Creme de Cacao 1 part Amaretto (an almond liquer this is actually optional)
Top with double cream and shake with ice.
I guarantie you this tastes even better than Baileys.
However, back in the mid 90's (I think) there was a German scientist who managed to send a Mozart symphony several times faster than light (And reproduce the results).
That was Günter Nimtz, but he used tunneling, not quantum entanglement.
Germans call themselves "Deutch", so what is the real difference between "Dutch" people and "Deutch" people? This is a slight accent difference at best. So, to claim you speak Dutch and Deutch is like claiming you speak English and English. Yes, I know there are some differences between the two. There are differences between the speech in Hamburg and Berlin, as well.
First it's "Deutsch" not "Deutch". Secondly, Dutch is a true language not a simple dialect of German. To quote the wikipedia entry on dialect: " Although standard Dutch and German are not mutually intelligible, a chain of dialects connects them, with no break in intelligibility between any geographically adjacent dialects along the continuum."
Dutch and German are strongly connected but they're far from beeing just an accent. As for your Hamburg/Berlin example, believe me they will understand each other, but neither will be able to understand Dutch.
The other major problem with it is that it wouldn't be permanent. Fat cells don't have a specified size - they'll grow or shrink depending on the bodies need. So even if you kill off half your fat cells one week, theres no guarantee that next week your remaining fat cells will just start growing 2 times bigger (this is why lyposuction 'doesn't always work').
Erm, if I'n not totally mistaken, the amount of fat cells your body has is a fixed number. Sure the remaining cells can get bigger, but if the overall number of them is reduced by e.g. liposuction, you can never ever get as fat as you where before.
And as this product triggers apoptosis - cell death - I would think that it actually keeps you slim forever.
Anybody knows which pharmaceutical company is behind this? I think I feel like buying some stock.
Unlike Germany, which about 10% of its citizens even receive a high school education (like the US), and that is based on a test you take in the 4th or 6th grade.
Erm, no, that's not how it works. The first 4 years all German kids go to the same form of school - Grundschule(loosly tranlated: basic school) - where you learn to read and write, basic math and all the rest. After that there are three forms of schools which cover 5th - 10th year. Which school form you go on to, is not decided by a test, but from overall grades on your yearly report. Plus the teachers give recommendations and the parents have a say too. The three school forms are:
Hauptschule, for the weakest pupil. Which is aimed at preparing the children for the crafts and trades. Realschule for the middle Ground. Gymnasium for the strongest. Which is aimed at preparing the children for Univerity.
After the 10th year Haupt and Realschoolers can choose to go upwards to Gymnasium which then goes on for 3 years. After that you get a certificate called Abitur. Which is basically just a university permit.
But you can STILL get the abitur even when your already adult, your not barred from it. And you can even get to University without Abitur, if you worked for some amount of time in a line of work corellated with your study, e.g. working as a carpenter you can go to University to study architecture, or as a metal worker you can study engeneering and so on.
As for the number of people who visit each school form I have only the 1995 numbers - which were as follows
Hauptschule 26 %, Realschule 40 %, Gymnasium 24 %. The missing percent come from some special school forms which I didn't list in my summary.
I understand why they're necessary, but come on, why do they have nerves in them?
Interesting question - I asked myself the same just the other week. I asked my dentist, what the evolutionary cause for teeth nerves was - no answer. Then I met a college buddy how studied biology - answer: Ask the big guy above. Do I hate that answer or what? It's not even a fucking answer.
So does anybody know? I read the other replys, but nothings seems to be for sure. Are there no papers about the subject?
Someone must have asked themselves that before....?
Well, speaking as a German, I think it is highly likely that he said that. Namecalling isn't only an American pasttime. And calling people Nazi's is one of my nations favorites pasttime. And just after the war it was bound to happen even more often - especially if you consider that Heisenberg wasn't exactly on the left side of politics, neither before nor after the war.
In the old Amiga days you could very often find "Military use prohibited" clauses in the licenses the public domain software came with.
e.g. one of the popular terminal-emulaters had this, it was called just "term" iirc. Personally I like this - I wouldn't like it if my software was used for non pacifist usages.
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> I would like to see an experiment where some group of well-studied animals, both morphologically and genotypically, are put in a highly selective environment to try to force speciation, and see what the results are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_silver_fox
Sodium acetate is VERY cheap.
And you can do it yourself !
Go to the supermarket and by some washing soda (Na2CO3) and some acetic acid (vinegar).
Mix it up in the right stocheometric amounts, cook it until dry, and hey presto there you are - Sodium acetate.
The reaction is so simple you will get a nearly 100% yield.
Then you bring some water to the boil, and add about the same weight of your sodium acetate to it.
Let it cool down - that's you supersaturated solution.
Now either put in a crystal of sodiumacetate as a condensation nuclei or just put some energy in e.g. hit it with a stick - this will start crystalisation.
Do the experiment it's fun and easy.
P.S.: When you finshed playing with it you can add some sulphuric acid and destill the mixture - that will get you 100% glacial acetic acid.
Haha is that anti-astro-turfing ?? :D
I thinks that's called mowing.
Are there any commercial or free proxy servers which one could use to access the BBC-UK site ?
What exactly can one make with ASA ?
I haven't been following xbox-hacking. So which one is it you're talking about ?
Flying in the face of reason ?
What problems do GM plants solve ? There already is a worldwide surplus of food.
Food is no problem whatsoever in industrialized nations - and in the third world the problem is distribution and greed not a lack of GM crops, which DO cost a premium to get hold of in the first place.
So tell me please - which problem das GM solve ? The problem of having nothing to worry about ? The problem of having no unproven and potentialy dangerous technology about ?
Why are the old people, like the witches, played by young people ?
In the books, the witches are old.
Couldn't they have found some grannies ?
Unlikely, those links point to a university.
If you see a link with uni-*.de it's always a university.
Theoretically yes. But first there is the arrogance of American companies which seem to think that shipping to Europe is not worth the hassle (e.g. Amazon - we can order books from them though) and then there is customs and VAT.
It's much easier for me to order from an Asian specialist like Lik-Sang, which is what I actually did, after hearing that the European release is delayed.
BTW: Does anyone know if it's possible to get the 'Good Eats' DVDs in Germany ???
I did, there is nothing usable whatsoever with this search.
I am German, and this is simply untrue.
Don't believe me? Take out your yellow pages and look up 'Drug Dealers' - 'Drogenhändler' - you will find plenty.
The German word 'Droge' - drug - means literarily 'dryed herb' - today the meaning has extended to every kind of medicine.
Slightly off-topic, but Baileys ist actually quite easy to copy.
It's basically only cream and whiskey. I would try a 1:10 mixture to start with.
Or if your want a ready recipe try this:
3 parts Tequilla
2 parts Creme de Cacao
1 part Amaretto (an almond liquer this is actually optional)
Top with double cream and shake with ice.
I guarantie you this tastes even better than Baileys.
That was Günter Nimtz, but he used tunneling, not quantum entanglement.
His papers on the subject can be found here.
First it's "Deutsch" not "Deutch".
Secondly, Dutch is a true language not a simple dialect of German. To quote the wikipedia entry on dialect: " Although standard Dutch and German are not mutually intelligible, a chain of dialects connects them, with no break in intelligibility between any geographically adjacent dialects along the continuum."
Dutch and German are strongly connected but they're far from beeing just an accent.
As for your Hamburg/Berlin example, believe me they will understand each other, but neither will be able to understand Dutch.
Since the discovery of Helicobacter pylori, which indeed causes ulcers.
The link I gave doesn't say so, but as far as I know it is strongly suspected that it is indeed contagiuous.
Erm, just out of curiosity - could you name some?
I've only ever seen the usual stuff - and that doesn't fit your description at all.
Erm, if I'n not totally mistaken, the amount of fat cells your body has is a fixed number.
Sure the remaining cells can get bigger, but if the overall number of them is reduced by e.g. liposuction, you can never ever get as fat as you where before.
And as this product triggers apoptosis - cell death - I would think that it actually keeps you slim forever.
Anybody knows which pharmaceutical company is behind this? I think I feel like buying some stock.
Erm, no, that's not how it works.
The first 4 years all German kids go to the same form of school - Grundschule(loosly tranlated: basic school) - where you learn to read and write, basic math and all the rest.
After that there are three forms of schools which cover 5th - 10th year.
Which school form you go on to, is not decided by a test, but from overall grades on your yearly report. Plus the teachers give recommendations and the parents have a say too.
The three school forms are:
Hauptschule, for the weakest pupil. Which is aimed at preparing the children for the crafts and trades.
Realschule for the middle Ground.
Gymnasium for the strongest. Which is aimed at preparing the children for Univerity.
After the 10th year Haupt and Realschoolers can choose to go upwards to Gymnasium which then goes on for 3 years. After that you get a certificate called Abitur. Which is basically just a university permit.
But you can STILL get the abitur even when your already adult, your not barred from it. And you can even get to University without Abitur, if you worked for some amount of time in a line of work corellated with your study, e.g. working as a carpenter you can go to University to study architecture, or as a metal worker you can study engeneering and so on.
As for the number of people who visit each school form I have only the 1995 numbers - which were as follows
Hauptschule 26 %, Realschule 40 %, Gymnasium 24 %.
The missing percent come from some special school forms which I didn't list in my summary.
Hope that clears it up a little.
Interesting question - I asked myself the same just the other week.
I asked my dentist, what the evolutionary cause for teeth nerves was - no answer.
Then I met a college buddy how studied biology - answer: Ask the big guy above.
Do I hate that answer or what? It's not even a fucking answer.
So does anybody know?
I read the other replys, but nothings seems to be for sure.
Are there no papers about the subject?
Someone must have asked themselves that before....?
Well, speaking as a German, I think it is highly likely that he said that.
Namecalling isn't only an American pasttime.
And calling people Nazi's is one of my nations favorites pasttime.
And just after the war it was bound to happen even more often - especially if you consider that Heisenberg wasn't exactly on the left side of politics, neither before nor after the war.
Ahhh, that explains it.
The word in the bible is not supposed to read virgin, but H19 deficient.
Easy mistake to make.
In the old Amiga days you could very often find "Military use prohibited" clauses in the licenses the public domain software came with.
e.g. one of the popular terminal-emulaters had this, it was called just "term" iirc.
Personally I like this - I wouldn't like it if my software was used for non pacifist usages.
Erm...I have no idea why...Could you explain?