Snail mail is a bad analogy, because it is so much slower. IM would be a better one. In IM you only have text, on a phone you have voice, and on a videophone you have video. For some things you only need text, so IM is fine, but it is easier to understand someone if you can hear the tone of their voice, so a phone is useful, and it is even easier to understand someone if you can see their facial expressions, so videophones has their uses too.
There must be a certain number of obstacles that must be overcome, so each one that is overcome will move development on. It will only speed it up if it is overcome sooner than expected, of course.
What's the point of using an acronym if you are going to write it out in full anyway? It would have been much easier just to write IANA astronomer/physicist...
They could be useful while it's being constructed on Earth, when it's being maintained during space walks, while it's being checked by camera, etc, etc, etc.
Intel has a monopoly in processors, so they are allowed to have lots of people using their processors. Microsoft has a monopoly in OS, not media players, so should not be allowed to use an unrelated monopoly to extend their market share of annother product. That's the whole point.
An subject based image search would require people to state what the subject was. That might be an important step towards a sematic web, if you include everything on the web, rather than just images.
With a sample size of 3 lions, what do you expect? Evolution works on the scale of species, not individuals. "Fittest" means best suited to it's environment, so weather will simply effect what counts as fit, not whether or not the fittest will survive.
The mutation doesn't have to be dominant, but you are right that it helps. That's way species with only one set of genes (can't remember the name) mutate fast, and adapted fast, like bacteria, while "higher" forms of life, like mammals, evolve slower. This effect also stops bad mutations, so makes the species more stable overall.
If a mutation is bad, the lifeform will usually die before passing on it's genes, or at least won't have as many offspring as an unmutated lifeform. That is the whole point of evolution - survival of the fittest. I suggest you learn something about a topic before trying to argue that it is not true.
There is more chance of a random mutation being harmful, but there is always a chance it will be benifical. For example, I know someone who was born with an extra kidney, that's certainly not a defect, is it?
It's not my area of expertise, so I'll take your word for it. My point about bacteria still stands.
And of course, common sense says that if you have random mutations, you will have evolution, so unless you claim random mutations don't happen, you have to accept evolution.
The Beagle voyage is not the main evidence for evolution. It was merely the first evidence, not the best. There are documented cases of evolution in modern times. Those spotted moths that all British children learn about, antibiotic resistant bacteria, etc...
(Apologies for continuing an (semi-)offtopic discussion)
I have no problem with your interpretation of the Golden Rule. I also assumed it meant the state, as that makes much more sense, and would agree that it didn't really need clarification. My problem is with your comparison to GMT, which is a completely unrelated issue. There are no assumptions involved in using GMT as a standard. The reasons why it is a standard may have relevence to superpowers, but it was internationally decided, so there is no doubt what people mean when they say 0deg of longitude.
So your point wasn't the point I countered. Fine. Your point was instead complete nonsense and offtopic. Britain using its power to make 0deg longitude in London is completly different to Americans thinking that their state has more right to its name than the country, which had the name for much longer.
Since when has there been a country called "Grenwich"? GMT is not a "default" it's an internationally decided standard. There was a big conference and it was decided that there needed to be a single start point for time zones, and GMT seemed a good choice (the size of the British Empire had something to do with it, I'm sure, but that still doesn't make your comment the slightest bit relevent).
Of course, we could also get into the America!=USA debate, but I'd rather not bother.
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Snail mail is a bad analogy, because it is so much slower. IM would be a better one. In IM you only have text, on a phone you have voice, and on a videophone you have video. For some things you only need text, so IM is fine, but it is easier to understand someone if you can hear the tone of their voice, so a phone is useful, and it is even easier to understand someone if you can see their facial expressions, so videophones has their uses too.
There must be a certain number of obstacles that must be overcome, so each one that is overcome will move development on. It will only speed it up if it is overcome sooner than expected, of course.
Does anyone know any good links to find out about these "naming rules"?
Looks unpronounceable, so I guess it would do quite well. (I assume it's actually pronounced with a w?)
That's why they're not looking for water on the surface. Water mixed with rock, sand, or salt, or even just underground, would not evaporate.
What's the point of using an acronym if you are going to write it out in full anyway? It would have been much easier just to write IANA astronomer/physicist...
It's not a certainty () like it would be if there were a big crunch, but it's still a possibility.
They could be useful while it's being constructed on Earth, when it's being maintained during space walks, while it's being checked by camera, etc, etc, etc.
Intel has a monopoly in processors, so they are allowed to have lots of people using their processors. Microsoft has a monopoly in OS, not media players, so should not be allowed to use an unrelated monopoly to extend their market share of annother product. That's the whole point.
Wrong number of 0s. The worlds population is about 6 000 000 000, which is indeed 6 billion. (in fact, it's more like 6.3 billion)
An subject based image search would require people to state what the subject was. That might be an important step towards a sematic web, if you include everything on the web, rather than just images.
It's growth rate has been shrinking, not it's absolute numbers.
With a sample size of 3 lions, what do you expect? Evolution works on the scale of species, not individuals. "Fittest" means best suited to it's environment, so weather will simply effect what counts as fit, not whether or not the fittest will survive. The mutation doesn't have to be dominant, but you are right that it helps. That's way species with only one set of genes (can't remember the name) mutate fast, and adapted fast, like bacteria, while "higher" forms of life, like mammals, evolve slower. This effect also stops bad mutations, so makes the species more stable overall.
If a mutation is bad, the lifeform will usually die before passing on it's genes, or at least won't have as many offspring as an unmutated lifeform. That is the whole point of evolution - survival of the fittest. I suggest you learn something about a topic before trying to argue that it is not true.
There is more chance of a random mutation being harmful, but there is always a chance it will be benifical. For example, I know someone who was born with an extra kidney, that's certainly not a defect, is it?
Or maybe a well-seasoned older programmer with good social skills who told a not-so-knowledgable 13 year old (probably a "script kiddie").
It's not my area of expertise, so I'll take your word for it. My point about bacteria still stands. And of course, common sense says that if you have random mutations, you will have evolution, so unless you claim random mutations don't happen, you have to accept evolution.
The Beagle voyage is not the main evidence for evolution. It was merely the first evidence, not the best. There are documented cases of evolution in modern times. Those spotted moths that all British children learn about, antibiotic resistant bacteria, etc...
(Apologies for continuing an (semi-)offtopic discussion)
HMS Beagle was very successful, it only ended up at the bottom of a marsh after years of useful voyages.
I imagine it was, what's your point?
I have no problem with your interpretation of the Golden Rule. I also assumed it meant the state, as that makes much more sense, and would agree that it didn't really need clarification. My problem is with your comparison to GMT, which is a completely unrelated issue. There are no assumptions involved in using GMT as a standard. The reasons why it is a standard may have relevence to superpowers, but it was internationally decided, so there is no doubt what people mean when they say 0deg of longitude.
So your point wasn't the point I countered. Fine. Your point was instead complete nonsense and offtopic. Britain using its power to make 0deg longitude in London is completly different to Americans thinking that their state has more right to its name than the country, which had the name for much longer.
Since when has there been a country called "Grenwich"? GMT is not a "default" it's an internationally decided standard. There was a big conference and it was decided that there needed to be a single start point for time zones, and GMT seemed a good choice (the size of the British Empire had something to do with it, I'm sure, but that still doesn't make your comment the slightest bit relevent).
Of course, we could also get into the America!=USA debate, but I'd rather not bother.
Hmm... that came out as more of a flame than I meant it too... Apologies.
The word you're looking for is anagram. Vole is an *anagram* for love. "Spelled sideways" is just plain stupid.