Just a flippant comment pointing out that the strength of wood limits the length of ships (too much length and it will crack in the middle due to its own weight; that's why steel ships were such a breakthrough, they are MUCH stronger per pound). So the "math" says that to fit at least a pair of ALL of earth's land animals (plus many birds that aren't oceangoing, plus provisions and, Oh, fresh water fish, except with all that rain, maybe the oceans turned fresh for a while until it all evaporated and went... where?) the wooden ship would be far too big (multiple Arks would be required). Not that I've done the math, nor does it consider alternate ship designs such as a giant raft, plus God's "mighty hand" could have held the ship together, etc...
In other words, 'twas mostly a joke, although the image of the almighty Ark armada, crusing the high seas with Aardvarks to Zebras, gives me a warm fuzzy.
So, "We haven't actually seen speciation, because we can't decide what speciation is." Fine, we observe variation, and it seems to be consistent with an evolutionary model.
If Kansas acts fast, maybe they can start teaching Pi as being equal to 3. Perhaps that will make the math on the size of Noah's Ark come out right...
If this concept catches on (and especially if chips like these go into production), I would hope they will support IPv6. Hell, they'd probably have to before too long, if people want to have IP addressible doohickys everywhere. What a nightmare to keep track of all those addresses (just as you have to remember a billion new passwords and PINs everyday in the 'wired' world)
I came home after midnight to get online and gab about the party, but my ISP was down.:( Oh well, I stayed up and built some SRPMs for some Python and Emacs modules I care about. Makin' the world a better place, after lots of beer and a party w/ 500 of my "closest" friends. Not a bad night...
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Just a flippant comment pointing out that the strength of wood limits the length of ships (too much length and it will crack in the middle due to its own weight; that's why steel ships were such a breakthrough, they are MUCH stronger per pound). So the "math" says that to fit at least a pair of ALL of earth's land animals (plus many birds that aren't oceangoing, plus provisions and, Oh, fresh water fish, except with all that rain, maybe the oceans turned fresh for a while until it all evaporated and went... where?) the wooden ship would be far too big (multiple Arks would be required). Not that I've done the math, nor does it consider alternate ship designs such as a giant raft, plus God's "mighty hand" could have held the ship together, etc...
In other words, 'twas mostly a joke, although the image of the almighty Ark armada, crusing the high seas with Aardvarks to Zebras, gives me a warm fuzzy.
So, "We haven't actually seen speciation, because we can't decide what speciation is." Fine, we observe variation, and it seems to be consistent with an evolutionary model.
If Kansas acts fast, maybe they can start teaching Pi as being equal to 3. Perhaps that will make the math on the size of Noah's Ark come out right...
Not the difference... For those passing the joke on to others, remember this detail. :)
Finlandia is quite decent (don't know about "best", but it beats that Beefeater lossage by a lot, IMHO)
If this concept catches on (and especially if chips like these go into production), I would hope they will support IPv6. Hell, they'd probably have to before too long, if people want to have IP addressible doohickys everywhere. What a nightmare to keep track of all those addresses (just as you have to remember a billion new passwords and PINs everyday in the 'wired' world)
'Cause a Slashdot party don't stop!
:( Oh well, I stayed up and built some SRPMs for some Python and Emacs modules I care about. Makin' the world a better place, after lots of beer and a party w/ 500 of my "closest" friends. Not a bad night...
I came home after midnight to get online and gab about the party, but my ISP was down.