When the United States industrialized, we did it on our own. Even though all the major industries were owned by robber barons, at least they were American robber barons. The products and the profits stayed here.
So now we have all these little African countries trying to have their own industrial revolutions. But instead of enriching themselves, Africans are working in factories owned by Asians, making products that will be shipped off to the United States. That's why they can't "bootstrap."
Did I say to tell the scientists what the sample is? No.
But your continued use of a painting as an example shows that you have absolutely no idea what carbon dating is and how it works. It only works on living things that contain carbon sourced from their environment. So why don't you go read up on the theory before you try to debunk it, mmm-kay?
It depends how you define the experiment. If, for example, the test subject were a 500-year-old piece of wood grown in Europe, then I would expect the results to be extremely accurate and consistent. If the test subject were something modern, or inorganic, or from a peculiar environment, then the results would be unpredictable.
Umm... what? You make no sense whatsoever.
No, the experiment would not be embarrassing. Radiocarbon dating has been repeatedly proved itself accurate and reliable on organic objects of known age. I never said it was "okay" for it to be inaccurate, because it isn't; I explained some of the many factors that have to be taken into account to make it accurate, most of which have been deliberately ignored by young-Earthers in their feeble attempts to discredit it.
Not with a painting, obviously, because a painting was never alive. But yes, it has been done with things like wood. In fact, the calibration standard for radiocarbon dating used to be pieces of wood grown before 1890, when modern pollution started screwing with the results.
One important fact that some would-be debunkers of radiocarbon dating fail to note (or deliberately ignore) is that different sources of organic carbon will naturally yield different ages. Living things which draw their carbon from soil around active volcanoes, for example, can appear to be much older than if their carbon was sourced from "average" conditions. And the radiocarbon age of anything that lived after 1900 or so will be skewed by all the ancient carbon being dumped into our atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels.
Yep. Bet you won't go without a backup next time, even if it's just a little Pentax P&S! I'm certainly no pro, but after having finally gotten some good weather on a day when my friend could come over for a "shoot", only to pull out my Elan II and find it broken... well, you won't catch me without a backup body again.
I'm a pretty radical environmentalist myself (I'm planning a tree-spiking expidition to Oregon next spring) but I'll be the first to say that you're only going to look dumb if you complain about this.
First of all, it's pretty obvious how this array generates its destructive power: constructive interference. The strongest effect will only be felt in a very small area where all the waves amplify one another.
Second... how is this any worse for marine life than if the torpedo explodes?
And you calmly ignored the fact that it doesn't cost a fucking cent to put one foot in front of the other. If not out of town and out of the storm's path, they could have at least found shelter on higher ground within the city.
Wow. Let's not let facts get in the way of passing judgement, huh?
First of all, while there were indeed a lot of sick and elderly trapped in New Orleans, the vast majority were perfectly healthy. These people had absolutely no excuse for being there. Their presence cost many of them their lives, and interfered with relief efforts.
And you can put away the race card. People were stealing a lot more than broken TVs. More to the point, nobody ever said, "hey, look at all the BLACK people stealing!" It's not the media's fault that most of the people who stayed behind are poor, and most of the poor are black. What are they supposed to do, photoshop some white people into the photos? Pretend the looting didn't happen? "There are reports of looting, but we can't show you the photos because the perpetrators are black." Right.
Oh, and the whole "white people find" thing is getting old. The photographer said he actually saw those people find the stuff floating in the water. So shut the fuck up already.
If you want an in-depth answer to that question, check out the book On Killing by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. He draws a very interesting parallel between sexual repression, sexual deviance, and modern society's dysfunctional attitudes toward killing and death.
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When the United States industrialized, we did it on our own. Even though all the major industries were owned by robber barons, at least they were American robber barons. The products and the profits stayed here.
So now we have all these little African countries trying to have their own industrial revolutions. But instead of enriching themselves, Africans are working in factories owned by Asians, making products that will be shipped off to the United States. That's why they can't "bootstrap."
Oops, did I say worst? I meant worst for Microsoft!
I, too, think that English will eventually devour all other languages. But the end result won't bear any resemblance to what we call English today.
But your continued use of a painting as an example shows that you have absolutely no idea what carbon dating is and how it works. It only works on living things that contain carbon sourced from their environment. So why don't you go read up on the theory before you try to debunk it, mmm-kay?
Damn creation "scientists."
It depends how you define the experiment. If, for example, the test subject were a 500-year-old piece of wood grown in Europe, then I would expect the results to be extremely accurate and consistent. If the test subject were something modern, or inorganic, or from a peculiar environment, then the results would be unpredictable.
Heh.
Umm... what? You make no sense whatsoever. No, the experiment would not be embarrassing. Radiocarbon dating has been repeatedly proved itself accurate and reliable on organic objects of known age. I never said it was "okay" for it to be inaccurate, because it isn't; I explained some of the many factors that have to be taken into account to make it accurate, most of which have been deliberately ignored by young-Earthers in their feeble attempts to discredit it.
8 something!
OK, it's not a riddle. But it's funny.
One important fact that some would-be debunkers of radiocarbon dating fail to note (or deliberately ignore) is that different sources of organic carbon will naturally yield different ages. Living things which draw their carbon from soil around active volcanoes, for example, can appear to be much older than if their carbon was sourced from "average" conditions. And the radiocarbon age of anything that lived after 1900 or so will be skewed by all the ancient carbon being dumped into our atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels.
It is extremely unlikely that spiking trees would endanger the lives of people.
Yep. Bet you won't go without a backup next time, even if it's just a little Pentax P&S! I'm certainly no pro, but after having finally gotten some good weather on a day when my friend could come over for a "shoot", only to pull out my Elan II and find it broken... well, you won't catch me without a backup body again.
Effect can be a noun or a verb. You can effect an effect.
That's why Real Photographers(tm) carry two cameras. (Or three... or four...)
At least I can form coherent thoughts and spell words correctly. Jackass.
First of all, it's pretty obvious how this array generates its destructive power: constructive interference. The strongest effect will only be felt in a very small area where all the waves amplify one another.
Second... how is this any worse for marine life than if the torpedo explodes?
So shut face now. Thanks.
Just because their business model is broken doesn't mean they can tell me what I can or cannot do with MY hardware.
Unless you're trying to take a picture of the jamming pod itself, you won't have any problems.
And you calmly ignored the fact that it doesn't cost a fucking cent to put one foot in front of the other. If not out of town and out of the storm's path, they could have at least found shelter on higher ground within the city.
First of all, while there were indeed a lot of sick and elderly trapped in New Orleans, the vast majority were perfectly healthy. These people had absolutely no excuse for being there. Their presence cost many of them their lives, and interfered with relief efforts.
And you can put away the race card. People were stealing a lot more than broken TVs. More to the point, nobody ever said, "hey, look at all the BLACK people stealing!" It's not the media's fault that most of the people who stayed behind are poor, and most of the poor are black. What are they supposed to do, photoshop some white people into the photos? Pretend the looting didn't happen? "There are reports of looting, but we can't show you the photos because the perpetrators are black." Right.
Oh, and the whole "white people find" thing is getting old. The photographer said he actually saw those people find the stuff floating in the water. So shut the fuck up already.
Not Democrats, man. Socialists!
Among other things, the dad says: "I want to be surfing up the email and webbed up to net pages and such."
Two things you can do - one of them probably illegal, the other not (yet):
- Save your junk mail, and periodically stuff USPS collection boxes to overflowing. If enough people do it, eventually they'll get the point.
- Stuff prepaid business reply envelopes with other businesses' junk mail and send 'em in.
Well, that's pretty fucking irresponsible right there.
If you want an in-depth answer to that question, check out the book On Killing by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. He draws a very interesting parallel between sexual repression, sexual deviance, and modern society's dysfunctional attitudes toward killing and death.
"You can take a common word and trademark it for your application" Maybe not... not if the word describes the product, anyway.