Look at the phylogenetic tree (the species which have evolved from a common ancestor). Something that might pose a problem to current evolution theory, would be if a fossil is ever discovered of an animal type with features that were evolved later in different branches from the common ancestor. Like a mammal with feathers or some such. There are other examples but I'm too tired to look for them.
Really all we've observed is the natural selection half of evolution- there's that other part in which one of two like organisms has to mutate first so that there's some difference to select.
The rest of us observed both: in order for bacteria to become resistant to an antibiotic or another, a mutation was involved that happened to have that benefic effect, and was thus "selected" by all other strains dying or being overcome by the new strain in that environment.
Page titled "Evolution is a Fact and a Theory":
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.htm l
When non-biologists talk about biological evolution they often confuse two different aspects of the definition. On the one hand there is the question of whether or not modern organisms have evolved from older ancestral organisms or whether modern species are continuing to change over time. On the other hand there are questions about the mechanism of the observed changes... how did evolution occur? Biologists consider the existence of biological evolution to be a fact. It can be demonstrated today and the historical evidence for its occurrence in the past is overwhelming. However, biologists readily admit that they are less certain of the exact mechanism of evolution; there are several theories of the mechanism of evolution. [...]
Hence, saying that for sure evolution "is not a fact" at best cannot be proven, at at worst is downright false.
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Creationist claims are numerous and varied, so it is often difficult to track down information on any given claim. Plus, creationists constantly come up with new claims which need addressing. This site attempts, as much as possible, to make it easy to find rebuttals and references from the scientific community to any and all of the various creationist claims. It is updated frequently; see the What's New page for the latest changes.
The ISO range on a "prosumer" camera is usually 50-400. DSLRs go to ISO 1600 (some to 3200). The main issue here is noise - the noise of a DSLR at ISO 400 eclipses the best a "prosumer" can do at its minimum ISO with the best lighting. The images are just much cleaner and you can see more detail.
Most of this is due to the difference in sensor, and thus pixel, size - where the largest prosumer sensor is 2/3" diagonal, DSLRs use APS-C (22x15mm), and some, like Sigma I think, have a full 35mm sensor.
I believe they can do this in India because we are sending all our information there for processing in the first place. Once it's there, it doesn't take too much to bribe someone to get those records.
There should be laws that prevent any company from sending US citizen's private information overseas (with a very broad definition of "private", to prevent abuse). This not only will stop this leak, it will also keep some jobs here (medical transcriptions, marketing and all "data mining" business as it relates to person's activity or credit).
Sport bikes make around 150hp I recall. For a NA, 1-liter 4-cylinder that's pretty good in my book. Imagine what a V8 can do with that technology (as it is essentially two I-4 blocks sharing a crank).
On the second issue, take a look at this page: http://lancet.mit.edu/motors/motors3.html.
They don't let you return stuff with the UPC code removed. Which is one of the problems I have with rebates, as they want you to send them within two weeks of purchase, which blocks any recourse you should have if the item breaks within the 30 days you could otherwise return it.
There are others, such as mitochondria, which are basically a challenge to evolutionary theory that says, "Show me how that could have evolved".
While I don't know the answer to that, it reminded me of an interesting tidbit I read in this big book called "The Cell". Basically it says mitochondria were at some point standalone organisms that got assimilated in a symbiotic relationship by the more advanced primitive (sic!) cells, because they were a better battery. They do have their own mitochondrial DNA, so it kind of makes sense.
If this is what you think of Star Wars, I'd like to hear what you think of "The Matrix"...
I read Postman a long time ago so my memory of it kind of faded, but didn't the postman succeed in defeating the supervillain general where all other (normal) people failed, because the postman himself, has also been one of the few "genetically reinforced", thus "chosen" in a sense ? Or am I thinking of a different book ?
Rackspace is usually at a premium. Desktop servers don't stack well and each year they are made in different sizes. Sometimes half an inch more width can be a problem if you need to swap one.
Reliability. PC computers and components just aren't made for a 24/7 vibration-ridden environment. Their MTBF is probably not considered a significant design factor, as people just reboot their machine if something goes wrong.
Open the case of an IBM or Dell rackmount server and prepare to be impressed. The design is clean and modular, every cubic inch is utilized to the maximum. The box is "littered" with redundant fans designed to blow the air in one direction through the case (unlike the standard PC case fans that cause air turbulence and little cooling), clean and modular layout, etc.
Most good servers come with a main-CPU-independent remote management port where you can check the machine state, power cycle it, access the console etc. That feature by itself can save minutes of not hours of downtime.
Plus, as a business you will want to lease the servers, so the price difference won't be a lot in monthly payments.
You probably *could* use standard PCs if you cluster them or if you have them in your immediate vicinity, or if you plan to change them pretty often.
The brakes are mechanical with all sorts of fail-safe modes builtin (dual cylinder setup, it works without the booster etc).
The car's computer has no say in whether your brakes work or not (the ABS system does if you have it but it shouldn't become active until the wheels slip).
Additionally, the clutch is fully mechanical too. You should be able to disengage it and the car will stop accelerating (this has the benefit of disabling cruise control at the same time).
Something else happened there. I'm curious to know what it is.
Also, someone says never to turn off the engine. Maybe in traffic, but if you're in a straight line, I see no harm in turning off the engine if the car doesn't listen (but don't turn the key all the way, so it doesn't lock the steering wheel).
I think this is to help with package managers who use version numbers to tell when something needs to be upgraded.
For example RPM will not upgrade 1.0PR or 1.0b to 1.0 because they appear to be the same version, it can't tell which one is higher. This was happening with the mozilla RPMs a while ago, you had to force downgrade to get it to work. So using sub-version numbers from the current release for all the betas, gammas etc seems like a smart idea.
The best option over the above (and a common upgrade) is the fully-mechanical "Torsen" (torque-sensing) differential.
Quaife makes one of these. An all-wheel drive car would need three, and at around $1k a pop they aren't exactly cheap, but they have a lifetime warranty.
Looks like they discovered a relatively simple chemical that exhibits the properties of protein chains, that is, it bonds in a water solution at a certain temperature using light hydrogen bonds. Depending on how long the chain is, I suppose this is either similar to folding or to the mechanism in protein binding sites.
This has to have some benefits in molecular biology, probably in protein folding research or new targeted medicines.
They are designed to go that fast forward only. They will break apart if they go sideways or backwards at much lower speeds, not to mention that they aren't protected against flying sharp objects carried by said wind.
True, the shaper obviously cannot simulate all low-latency networks and I may have misinterpreted from the parent post that he was working on "low-bandwidth networks". But not knowing his purpose, listing even remote possibilities might be a good idea.
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Look at the phylogenetic tree (the species which have evolved from a common ancestor). Something that might pose a problem to current evolution theory, would be if a fossil is ever discovered of an animal type with features that were evolved later in different branches from the common ancestor. Like a mammal with feathers or some such. There are other examples but I'm too tired to look for them.
Really all we've observed is the natural selection half of evolution- there's that other part in which one of two like organisms has to mutate first so that there's some difference to select.
The rest of us observed both: in order for bacteria to become resistant to an antibiotic or another, a mutation was involved that happened to have that benefic effect, and was thus "selected" by all other strains dying or being overcome by the new strain in that environment.
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http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.ht
Hence, saying that for sure evolution "is not a fact" at best cannot be proven, at at worst is downright false.
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Quote:BTW, "capitol" is the city where the seat of government sits, like Washington, DC. "Capital" is money used for investment.
Actually, with the usage you quoted, both are "capital" . The parent is still wrong though, as "capitol" is the building (as opposed to the city).
It helps deal with buffer overflows which is a way to deal with some malware exploiting them.
The ISO range on a "prosumer" camera is usually 50-400. DSLRs go to ISO 1600 (some to 3200). The main issue here is noise - the noise of a DSLR at ISO 400 eclipses the best a "prosumer" can do at its minimum ISO with the best lighting. The images are just much cleaner and you can see more detail.
Most of this is due to the difference in sensor, and thus pixel, size - where the largest prosumer sensor is 2/3" diagonal, DSLRs use APS-C (22x15mm), and some, like Sigma I think, have a full 35mm sensor.
I believe they can do this in India because we are sending all our information there for processing in the first place. Once it's there, it doesn't take too much to bribe someone to get those records.
There should be laws that prevent any company from sending US citizen's private information overseas (with a very broad definition of "private", to prevent abuse). This not only will stop this leak, it will also keep some jobs here (medical transcriptions, marketing and all "data mining" business as it relates to person's activity or credit).
Sport bikes make around 150hp I recall. For a NA, 1-liter 4-cylinder that's pretty good in my book. Imagine what a V8 can do with that technology (as it is essentially two I-4 blocks sharing a crank). On the second issue, take a look at this page: http://lancet.mit.edu/motors/motors3.html.
1) It's not uncommon for a bike engine to spin to 12000 - 15000 rpm.
2) Electric motors do not have anywhere near constant torque with rpm.
They should have licensed reiserfs. It uses a block system but small files can share a block:
http://www.namesys.com/v4/v4.html#sharing_blocks.
You can get a special license to include it in your own proprietary OS.
They don't let you return stuff with the UPC code removed. Which is one of the problems I have with rebates, as they want you to send them within two weeks of purchase, which blocks any recourse you should have if the item breaks within the 30 days you could otherwise return it.
Intelligence has not much to do with the above, though it can definitely help there. Can you imagine a wise person lacking intelligence though ?
There are others, such as mitochondria, which are basically a challenge to evolutionary theory that says, "Show me how that could have evolved".
While I don't know the answer to that, it reminded me of an interesting tidbit I read in this big book called "The Cell". Basically it says mitochondria were at some point standalone organisms that got assimilated in a symbiotic relationship by the more advanced primitive (sic!) cells, because they were a better battery. They do have their own mitochondrial DNA, so it kind of makes sense.
It's nice that even we bought into the "Intellectual property" term.
David,
If this is what you think of Star Wars, I'd like to hear what you think of "The Matrix"...
I read Postman a long time ago so my memory of it kind of faded, but didn't the postman succeed in defeating the supervillain general where all other (normal) people failed, because the postman himself, has also been one of the few "genetically reinforced", thus "chosen" in a sense ? Or am I thinking of a different book ?
Rackspace is usually at a premium. Desktop servers don't stack well and each year they are made in different sizes. Sometimes half an inch more width can be a problem if you need to swap one.
Reliability. PC computers and components just aren't made for a 24/7 vibration-ridden environment. Their MTBF is probably not considered a significant design factor, as people just reboot their machine if something goes wrong.
Open the case of an IBM or Dell rackmount server and prepare to be impressed. The design is clean and modular, every cubic inch is utilized to the maximum. The box is "littered" with redundant fans designed to blow the air in one direction through the case (unlike the standard PC case fans that cause air turbulence and little cooling), clean and modular layout, etc.
Most good servers come with a main-CPU-independent remote management port where you can check the machine state, power cycle it, access the console etc. That feature by itself can save minutes of not hours of downtime.
Plus, as a business you will want to lease the servers, so the price difference won't be a lot in monthly payments.
You probably *could* use standard PCs if you cluster them or if you have them in your immediate vicinity, or if you plan to change them pretty often.
hence, if you set it in second gear then re-enable it in third, it will want to go faster.
I know Colubris makes some Wi-Fi access points that redirect unauthenticated traffic to another site for login.
This document seems to suggest that they have been in production at least since 2000, which is earlier than the patent date (2001).
The brakes are mechanical with all sorts of fail-safe modes builtin (dual cylinder setup, it works without the booster etc).
The car's computer has no say in whether your brakes work or not (the ABS system does if you have it but it shouldn't become active until the wheels slip).
Additionally, the clutch is fully mechanical too. You should be able to disengage it and the car will stop accelerating (this has the benefit of disabling cruise control at the same time).
Something else happened there. I'm curious to know what it is.
Also, someone says never to turn off the engine. Maybe in traffic, but if you're in a straight line, I see no harm in turning off the engine if the car doesn't listen (but don't turn the key all the way, so it doesn't lock the steering wheel).
I think this is to help with package managers who use version numbers to tell when something needs to be upgraded.
For example RPM will not upgrade 1.0PR or 1.0b to 1.0 because they appear to be the same version, it can't tell which one is higher. This was happening with the mozilla RPMs a while ago, you had to force downgrade to get it to work. So using sub-version numbers from the current release for all the betas, gammas etc seems like a smart idea.
The best option over the above (and a common upgrade) is the fully-mechanical "Torsen" ( torque-sensing ) differential.
Quaife makes one of these. An all-wheel drive car would need three, and at around $1k a pop they aren't exactly cheap, but they have a lifetime warranty.
Looks like they discovered a relatively simple chemical that exhibits the properties of protein chains, that is, it bonds in a water solution at a certain temperature using light hydrogen bonds. Depending on how long the chain is, I suppose this is either similar to folding or to the mechanism in protein binding sites.
This has to have some benefits in molecular biology, probably in protein folding research or new targeted medicines.
They are designed to go that fast forward only. They will break apart if they go sideways or backwards at much lower speeds, not to mention that they aren't protected against flying sharp objects carried by said wind.
True, the shaper obviously cannot simulate all low-latency networks and I may have misinterpreted from the parent post that he was working on "low-bandwidth networks". But not knowing his purpose, listing even remote possibilities might be a good idea.