1. Evolution is fact- speciation of organisms throughout time HAS happened, no doubt about it
2. Natural selection is a theory that attempts to explain the fact of evolution- it is a possible mechanism, not an example of circular reasoning
3. Evolutionary theory is a prime example of science- it is indeed 'falsifiable', and has undergone significant revision in the last 150 years.
4.Scientists support evolution over those that support alternate ideas (such as creationism or Intelligent Design) in a 1000:1 ratio. A thousand to one. That is 99.9% of scientists. There is NO controversy within the scientific community- only creationists and ID'ers will tell you that there is.
5. Disagreements between scientists do not invalidate the major points of a theory. For instance, many particle physicists disagree with one another about such things as neutrino mass and the various grand unification theories. Yet, this does not mean that electroweak theory is wrong, or that it will never be unified with gravity in both the quantum and relativisitic regimes. The main tenets of evolution are indeed agreed upon by the great majority of scientists (see point 4), though some details (such as which ancient primates were our ancestors) must be disagreed upon
6. Modern monkeys and humans descended from a common ancestor. Humans did not come from monkeys. This is a common misconception among those who do not clearly understand evolutionary theory. In a familial sense, humans and monkeys are distant cousins, not grandparents and grandchildren.
7. Evolution is about the speciation of organisms. The origins of life is a science called abiogenesis, and is not part of evolution.
8. Unsubstantiated. Furthermore, speciation has occured, so it is obviously quite possible.
9. Another common misconception for those who don't understand both evolutionary theory and thermodynamics. The 2nd Law only applies to closed systems which are not receiving energy, whilst the Earth/Solar System is an open system receiving energy. This argument was more or less retired 20 years ago by the leading creationists.
10. Mutations can, without doubt, generate new traits. See work on drosophila (fruit flies), anti-bacterial resistance, people with sickle-cell anemia, people with six fingers, etc.
11. Natural selection is a mechanism by which those best able to survive and reproduce do so. There genome gets passed along to offspring, and the cycle repeats itself. In the long term, certain phenotypes will become more frequently represented. How is this limiting?
12. Nobody saw the Revolutionary War either, but we have an enormous amount of evidence that it took place, yet everyone believes it happened. Nobody saw the Great Flood happen, and there is little to no evidence to support it, yet billions believe in it. That species have evolved is fact- look at the fossil record.
13. False. I don't know what else to say here. There are thousands upon thousands of fossils in museums and institutions throughout the world. There are plenty of examples of "transitionals", as well as evidence for punctuated equilibrium.
14-15. This is the classic "awe" argument. Things are too hard to understand at first glance, so God must have done it. The same thing was said about disease, and flies spontaneously generating on meat left out at room temperature. But science was able to dispel those notions and replace them with valid theories that bettered the human condition. The origins of life is no different- opposition to science comes once again from religious conservatives unwilling to change their worldview or accept two worldviews that may conflict in some aspects (this is usually given as a hallmark of intelligence- the ability to hold two conflicting opinions at the same time). Awe is bogus- science is real.
I do physics, and I don't use FORTRAN. Actually, most physicists are using LabView to access their measurement devices via IEEE-488 syntax (aka GPIB-General Purpose Interface Bus). If not using GPIB, then they are using a proprietary software program for whatever their setup is. Usually, these are coded in C. When I took a physics computational course, I also learned to code in C/C++, with a dash of FORTRAN.
Dude.
Slashdot got trolled.
From the writeup, they think it's for real.
Jesus.
I hope not.
So there ya go. A post on the forum that this "article" comes from. I also don't see how the hell a Tesla coil has anything to do with improving processor performance. But then again, E&M has always been my weakest area in physics...
Anyways, this is a hoax. There is no need for all of that stuff. Why is this here?
Oooh, I like that idea. But, how much HD space would that take up on the servers? I betcha is not very cost-effective...
What about linking to the Google cache? Or does that not cache pictures, just text?
Why not just solder the broken lead on the capacitor? I had a cap sheath come off once, all I did was widen the sheath with pliers and that ram it back onto the dielectric. My computer works fine now, nothing wrong with the mobo. BTW, I have an Abit KT7A-RAID rev.1.2 and have noticed other cap sheaths coming loose or undone- beware.
Oh, I agree with you, BUT we as a community of people who like to make digital copies of our digital media without restrictions have failed to make headway via the methods employed thus far. Therefore, we must be opportunisitic. Who knows?
Maybe 15 years from now, the RIAA will think that p2p is GOOD for business, but ISP's will be frustrated by the bandwith eaten up by users and servers. Maybe then it will be the RIAA on our side against the ISP's!
Well, we have seen that people like Slashdotters can bitch all they want as individuals, and rant and rave, and even get the ACLU involved, but the courts and politicians have a deaf ear to what we say. They will, however, listen to big business. So maybe (for now) this is our only weapon against entities like the RIAA- give them a spoonful of their own medicine, in the form of litigation.
It's about time that these big companies like Yahoo and Verizon stepped up to the plate to bat for us. End users are not going to self-assemble into a class-action lawsuit with high-priced lawyers that can do battle with those of the RIAA. The only entities capable of protecting us in the courts are those able to afford the lawyers- so big ISP's fit the bill perfectly. They have the most to lose, but the most resources to fight against that loss, and by proxy they are fighting for us, the end users.
I agree that the Patriot Act has severely limited the freedoms of American citizens. BUT, in a few years a Democrat president will appoint more liberal justices to the Supreme Court. Right now, it is a 5-4 split, conservative-liberal. Once the balance is upset back in the favor of liberals, a la 1960's-1980's, the ACLU and other lawyers will being to challenge these laws. There is no way a challenge is going to fly with these courts and the general sentiments of the populace so soon after 9/11/01.
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2. Natural selection is a theory that attempts to explain the fact of evolution- it is a possible mechanism, not an example of circular reasoning
3. Evolutionary theory is a prime example of science- it is indeed 'falsifiable', and has undergone significant revision in the last 150 years.
4.Scientists support evolution over those that support alternate ideas (such as creationism or Intelligent Design) in a 1000:1 ratio. A thousand to one. That is 99.9% of scientists. There is NO controversy within the scientific community- only creationists and ID'ers will tell you that there is.
5. Disagreements between scientists do not invalidate the major points of a theory. For instance, many particle physicists disagree with one another about such things as neutrino mass and the various grand unification theories. Yet, this does not mean that electroweak theory is wrong, or that it will never be unified with gravity in both the quantum and relativisitic regimes. The main tenets of evolution are indeed agreed upon by the great majority of scientists (see point 4), though some details (such as which ancient primates were our ancestors) must be disagreed upon
6. Modern monkeys and humans descended from a common ancestor. Humans did not come from monkeys. This is a common misconception among those who do not clearly understand evolutionary theory. In a familial sense, humans and monkeys are distant cousins, not grandparents and grandchildren.
7. Evolution is about the speciation of organisms. The origins of life is a science called abiogenesis, and is not part of evolution.
8. Unsubstantiated. Furthermore, speciation has occured, so it is obviously quite possible.
9. Another common misconception for those who don't understand both evolutionary theory and thermodynamics. The 2nd Law only applies to closed systems which are not receiving energy, whilst the Earth/Solar System is an open system receiving energy. This argument was more or less retired 20 years ago by the leading creationists.
10. Mutations can, without doubt, generate new traits. See work on drosophila (fruit flies), anti-bacterial resistance, people with sickle-cell anemia, people with six fingers, etc.
11. Natural selection is a mechanism by which those best able to survive and reproduce do so. There genome gets passed along to offspring, and the cycle repeats itself. In the long term, certain phenotypes will become more frequently represented. How is this limiting?
12. Nobody saw the Revolutionary War either, but we have an enormous amount of evidence that it took place, yet everyone believes it happened. Nobody saw the Great Flood happen, and there is little to no evidence to support it, yet billions believe in it. That species have evolved is fact- look at the fossil record.
13. False. I don't know what else to say here. There are thousands upon thousands of fossils in museums and institutions throughout the world. There are plenty of examples of "transitionals", as well as evidence for punctuated equilibrium.
14-15. This is the classic "awe" argument. Things are too hard to understand at first glance, so God must have done it. The same thing was said about disease, and flies spontaneously generating on meat left out at room temperature. But science was able to dispel those notions and replace them with valid theories that bettered the human condition. The origins of life is no different- opposition to science comes once again from religious conservatives unwilling to change their worldview or accept two worldviews that may conflict in some aspects (this is usually given as a hallmark of intelligence- the ability to hold two conflicting opinions at the same time). Awe is bogus- science is real.
I do believe that the colloquial and dictionary usage of "then" confer- a temporal employment, whereas "than" is used in the sense of comparison
When are they going to make my plates and cups self-cleaning too?
I do physics, and I don't use FORTRAN. Actually, most physicists are using LabView to access their measurement devices via IEEE-488 syntax (aka GPIB-General Purpose Interface Bus). If not using GPIB, then they are using a proprietary software program for whatever their setup is. Usually, these are coded in C. When I took a physics computational course, I also learned to code in C/C++, with a dash of FORTRAN.
Nope, not even close.
How does NetBSD relate to Linux?
Richard Pryor- Computer Genius or burned-out crackhead?
Unless we decide to try quantum computing right new to a black hole, I don't think relativity has anything to do with it.
Anyways, this is a hoax. There is no need for all of that stuff. Why is this here?
Oooh, I like that idea. But, how much HD space would that take up on the servers? I betcha is not very cost-effective... What about linking to the Google cache? Or does that not cache pictures, just text?
Why not just solder the broken lead on the capacitor? I had a cap sheath come off once, all I did was widen the sheath with pliers and that ram it back onto the dielectric. My computer works fine now, nothing wrong with the mobo. BTW, I have an Abit KT7A-RAID rev.1.2 and have noticed other cap sheaths coming loose or undone- beware.
Obviously, it's the Illuminati.
Maybe 15 years from now, the RIAA will think that p2p is GOOD for business, but ISP's will be frustrated by the bandwith eaten up by users and servers. Maybe then it will be the RIAA on our side against the ISP's!
Well, we have seen that people like Slashdotters can bitch all they want as individuals, and rant and rave, and even get the ACLU involved, but the courts and politicians have a deaf ear to what we say. They will, however, listen to big business. So maybe (for now) this is our only weapon against entities like the RIAA- give them a spoonful of their own medicine, in the form of litigation.
It's about time that these big companies like Yahoo and Verizon stepped up to the plate to bat for us. End users are not going to self-assemble into a class-action lawsuit with high-priced lawyers that can do battle with those of the RIAA. The only entities capable of protecting us in the courts are those able to afford the lawyers- so big ISP's fit the bill perfectly. They have the most to lose, but the most resources to fight against that loss, and by proxy they are fighting for us, the end users.
I agree that the Patriot Act has severely limited the freedoms of American citizens. BUT, in a few years a Democrat president will appoint more liberal justices to the Supreme Court. Right now, it is a 5-4 split, conservative-liberal. Once the balance is upset back in the favor of liberals, a la 1960's-1980's, the ACLU and other lawyers will being to challenge these laws. There is no way a challenge is going to fly with these courts and the general sentiments of the populace so soon after 9/11/01.