Not if it was a valid test. I should also point out that evolution isn't as simple as saying that single-celled organisms evolved into humans, that's merely an extension of the premise of the theory. That is to say that one thing evolved into another, so it seems reasonable to take that back all the way.
There are many ways to disprove features of the theory, talkorigins.org has a number listed for a start.
Your belief in ID is one thing. Your attempting to say that Evolution is "only a theory" when that is a meaningless statement in a scientific context is quite another. If you are an intelligent person, with an understanding of science as you claim it is possible to be, then you should realise that. ID does not proclaim ignorance, "it's just a theory" does.
I know how UK VAT works. My question about US sales taxes is one of whether it is paid at each stage. By that I mean that I go into a shop and pay a few percent tax on my purchase... does the manufacturer of that have to pay a few percentage of the cost of the materials he uses to make said product (in the UK the manufacturer will pay, but will then reclaim that tax later so in effect not paying).
In their defence sales tax on goods is not as high as it is in europe.
Although if you look at income taxes, ignore national insurance (ie assume an American has to pay health insurance), and count in state income taxes... the difference in taxation excluding VAT is not massive
I'm not sure how sales tax works over there though, whether everyone has to pay it up the chain or whether it's just (like here) at tax on the added value of the goods above production costs (which just happens to be paid by the purchaser).
Yes it is a theory, by the scientific definition, in the same way that ID does not qualify as a theory, it is merely a hypothesis. Theory in science does not mean "unproven", remember.
On the other hand I wouldn't want the ads. The question really is would the majority of the British population agree with me... and that I'm not so sure of these days (admittedly the snob in me hates this because I know the reason most people don't worry about the BBC is that their idea of news is being told when David Beckham breaks his toenail).
I can't speak for most people, but the reason I don't buy flourescent bulbs is the flicker, my eyes start to water very quickly. They're not ALL a problem, but a high enough proportion are that I've had to replace all the small flourescents I put in my office here with incandescents. Maybe it's not a problem with the big tubes though, never noticed a problem in corporate offices fitted with those...
You can't travel on it with normal tickets, that doesn't mean there's no other way to Heathrow (Picadilly Line). There is, afterall, an alternative way to Gatwick as well as the Gatwick Express
That's just it though, it doesn't look fine if the person wrote it using 8 space tabs, I now look at it using 4 space tabs. Fine if you know for sure they used 8 space tabs, but otherwise... Plus of course if two people did it, one using 4 space tabs and one using 8, now try doing a search and replace...
I'm not sure I agree that hard tabs should be outlawed though. If everyone uses tabs for indentation then at least it's flexible in how the code can be viewed. I have gone back and forth between using spaces and tabs for indentation over time. The worst thing is coming across code that someone else has indented using 8 spaces for each depth and NOT used tabs.
This only came up because I've just had to tell someone to fix the indentation of their code because it is unreadable in my editor with 4 space tabs (having the advantage of warning me that tabs and spaces are mixed, at least).
As I read the article it isn't 3D at all, perpendicular merely meaning that the magnetic domains go perpendicular to the disc plane rather than parallel with the plane , and Hitachi just has an advancement in that (Toshiba has been doing it for a while anyway) rather than anything really distinctly new.
You may not have arguments between programmers with indentation based delimitation. However it only takes one contributer to accidentally use tabs rather than spaces to indent, or vice versa, and the code can actually look fine but suddenly fail to execute correctly as the interpreter becomes unsure what the indentation levels are. Then of course how do you automate a fix? At least with bracketing one can run indent over the codebase to make it all consistent.
Yes, one would think that if we had a perfect fossil record. The problem is that common sense dictates that we cannot have a perfect fossil record. 1 in, what, 10 million (random rough guess) animals probably fossilises, in large areas of the world there can be no fossilisation at all. To expect to find anything specific in that is asking for trouble.
What makes a "missing link" a strawman in most circumstances (though I admit the loosest possible principle of it is not) is that the chance of finding 1 species that can breed with apes and humans... or generalise that to any pair of species... is remote, more likely you would find a fairly continuous chain. Plus as evolution works in time as well as space, the "missing link" species are not only able to have, but in most cases likely to have, died out, having been superceded by the species that evolved from them.
That 4000 mAh is at 12V, surely. So at 120 or 220V it's closer to 10A, which is much more reasonable... if still fairly heavy for normal mains circuits.
I'd have to agree with that:) I'd extend it to say outside of the big cities it's hard to find a good restaurant in the US, whereas inside the cities it's hard to find a good one in the UK (I exclude those rare excellent ones). It's hard to find a really awful restaurant in the US though, unfortunately the same cannot be said of the UK...
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Not if it was a valid test. I should also point out that evolution isn't as simple as saying that single-celled organisms evolved into humans, that's merely an extension of the premise of the theory. That is to say that one thing evolved into another, so it seems reasonable to take that back all the way.
There are many ways to disprove features of the theory, talkorigins.org has a number listed for a start.
Your belief in ID is one thing. Your attempting to say that Evolution is "only a theory" when that is a meaningless statement in a scientific context is quite another. If you are an intelligent person, with an understanding of science as you claim it is possible to be, then you should realise that. ID does not proclaim ignorance, "it's just a theory" does.
I know how UK VAT works. My question about US sales taxes is one of whether it is paid at each stage. By that I mean that I go into a shop and pay a few percent tax on my purchase... does the manufacturer of that have to pay a few percentage of the cost of the materials he uses to make said product (in the UK the manufacturer will pay, but will then reclaim that tax later so in effect not paying).
In their defence sales tax on goods is not as high as it is in europe.
Although if you look at income taxes, ignore national insurance (ie assume an American has to pay health insurance), and count in state income taxes... the difference in taxation excluding VAT is not massive
I'm not sure how sales tax works over there though, whether everyone has to pay it up the chain or whether it's just (like here) at tax on the added value of the goods above production costs (which just happens to be paid by the purchaser).
Yes it is a theory, by the scientific definition, in the same way that ID does not qualify as a theory, it is merely a hypothesis. Theory in science does not mean "unproven", remember.
On the other hand I wouldn't want the ads. The question really is would the majority of the British population agree with me... and that I'm not so sure of these days (admittedly the snob in me hates this because I know the reason most people don't worry about the BBC is that their idea of news is being told when David Beckham breaks his toenail).
Ah, you'll reach $8 per gallon soon enough, 4 or 5 years should do it... maybe sooner
Many people like a slightly more socialist approach to taxation. Personally I think taxes here in the UK could happily rise a few percent.
err... plates
two 130mm DIAMETER places. Hence it looks roughly like a CD I would assume, though if the recording layer is 1.5mmm presumably a fairly thick CD.
Your picture backs that up as roughly a CD in a caddy.
I can't speak for most people, but the reason I don't buy flourescent bulbs is the flicker, my eyes start to water very quickly. They're not ALL a problem, but a high enough proportion are that I've had to replace all the small flourescents I put in my office here with incandescents. Maybe it's not a problem with the big tubes though, never noticed a problem in corporate offices fitted with those...
The Heathrow Express...
You can't travel on it with normal tickets, that doesn't mean there's no other way to Heathrow (Picadilly Line). There is, afterall, an alternative way to Gatwick as well as the Gatwick Express
They are. Are you saying that unlike 1974 cars are more efficient at 80 than they are at 55?
You need a source for that one? Does anybody actually disagree with it these days?
Pipex certainly does. Certain large companies use pipex dial's international PoPs for their dial-up vpn access. It's a UK company though.
That's just it though, it doesn't look fine if the person wrote it using 8 space tabs, I now look at it using 4 space tabs. Fine if you know for sure they used 8 space tabs, but otherwise... Plus of course if two people did it, one using 4 space tabs and one using 8, now try doing a search and replace...
I'm not sure I agree that hard tabs should be outlawed though. If everyone uses tabs for indentation then at least it's flexible in how the code can be viewed. I have gone back and forth between using spaces and tabs for indentation over time. The worst thing is coming across code that someone else has indented using 8 spaces for each depth and NOT used tabs.
This only came up because I've just had to tell someone to fix the indentation of their code because it is unreadable in my editor with 4 space tabs (having the advantage of warning me that tabs and spaces are mixed, at least).
As I read the article it isn't 3D at all, perpendicular merely meaning that the magnetic domains go perpendicular to the disc plane rather than parallel with the plane , and Hitachi just has an advancement in that (Toshiba has been doing it for a while anyway) rather than anything really distinctly new.
You may not have arguments between programmers with indentation based delimitation. However it only takes one contributer to accidentally use tabs rather than spaces to indent, or vice versa, and the code can actually look fine but suddenly fail to execute correctly as the interpreter becomes unsure what the indentation levels are. Then of course how do you automate a fix? At least with bracketing one can run indent over the codebase to make it all consistent.
I wouldn't say surely. I admit "possibly" is a valid point though, I don't have numbers on transmission efficiency.
Not only fewer souces, but more efficient sources. Also sources running on a more plentiful fuel.
And he said nothing of the sort...
Yes, one would think that if we had a perfect fossil record. The problem is that common sense dictates that we cannot have a perfect fossil record. 1 in, what, 10 million (random rough guess) animals probably fossilises, in large areas of the world there can be no fossilisation at all. To expect to find anything specific in that is asking for trouble.
What makes a "missing link" a strawman in most circumstances (though I admit the loosest possible principle of it is not) is that the chance of finding 1 species that can breed with apes and humans... or generalise that to any pair of species... is remote, more likely you would find a fairly continuous chain. Plus as evolution works in time as well as space, the "missing link" species are not only able to have, but in most cases likely to have, died out, having been superceded by the species that evolved from them.
That 4000 mAh is at 12V, surely. So at 120 or 220V it's closer to 10A, which is much more reasonable... if still fairly heavy for normal mains circuits.
I'm not arguing with that :) It is roughly what I tried to imply.
I'd have to agree with that :) I'd extend it to say outside of the big cities it's hard to find a good restaurant in the US, whereas inside the cities it's hard to find a good one in the UK (I exclude those rare excellent ones). It's hard to find a really awful restaurant in the US though, unfortunately the same cannot be said of the UK...