And for that matter, with molecular biology our notion of "species" is changing as well. Now a species is defined more along the lines of a unique genome (or at least uniquely organized genome) than simply on where and how it grows.
I've often wondered about that... If "space aliens" used pre-DNA descriptive methods of defining species, they'd certainly categorize tall, blonde Swedes and African Pygmies as two difference species.
it's advantageous to have 12 people with less knowledge of the law and more likely to be tricked by lawyers.
But the 12 jurors will have a range of experiences and knowledge that Judges won't/can't.
For example, on the jury that I sat in earlier this year, the defendant was on trial for stabbing someone. One of the other jurors was a butcher who knew the different between a knife wound and a shrapnel tear.
you're about to be judged by 12 people not smart enough to get out of jury duty.
You'd better pray that when you get hauled into court on some false accusation that your jury isn't 12 bozos who can't think beyond "find him Guilty and lets get some beer!"
it's about trust after all, any arrangement in which everyone is ok with the situation is just fine by me.
And then you discover that while your partner believed she was fine with you sleeping with her sister, she wasn't.
Or you discover that her sister is 10x better at sex, is a better cook, doesn't constantly nag you, and "understands" you, so you ditch her and your 3 kids for your "soul mate".
Just because you can't see the other 15 people, doesn't mean that you wouldn't see them if you had an IR camera.
Before Van Dokkum wrote his paper, the DM/DE proponents thought they'd found all the matter there is to find. Suddenly there's 3x more. Which is a slight reduction in the need for DM.
Who's to say that in 1-20 years other heretics find 10x more baryonic matter, thus reducing even more the necessity for DM.
Postulating Dark {Matter, Energy} is the height of hubris, since it implies that Astronomy Has Seen All There Is To See from our tiny little glasses on our tiny little rock in a backwater arm of the Galaxy.
Thank The FSM that there are still a few rational scientists out there actually *looking* for stuff.
if it's running today it will be running tomorrow.
But it probably *will* be running tomorrow.
(In the 16 years at my current employer, we've had to do a DR restore one time. That was only because some stupid plumber waved a brazing torch too close to a fire sprinkler, and all the water poured right onto the SAN enclosure in our DC.)
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anatomical ... similarities
Really?
For a Long Time, scientists thought that Savanna and Forest elephants were sub-species of the same Loxodonta africana, and only 10 years ago did people start thinking that they *might* be separate species. Only now has DNA evidence proven it.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101222-african-elephants-two-species-new-science/
chemical ... similarities
Note that I wrote pre-DNA methods.
Why not?
On one day, the Milky Way became 2x as thick as previously thought.
On another day, the estimated number of stars tripled.
And on a 3rd day, there's 30x as much entropy as previously thought.
So, why shouldn't astrophysicists come out next week and say that the Universe is actually younger (or older) than we once thought?
I've often wondered about that... If "space aliens" used pre-DNA descriptive methods of defining species, they'd certainly categorize tall, blonde Swedes and African Pygmies as two difference species.
You've heard that Origen (who wrote commentaries of Genesis) didn't know the "Order of Creation"?
What famous old trick?
If you're going to tease someone for being stupid, first know what the hell that you are talking about...
The lawyers didn't have the breadth of experience to know to ask such questions.
Sadly, all the fun was taken away by Open Container laws
You should move to South Louisiana, where they sell beer/wine/liquor in drug stores.
But the 12 jurors will have a range of experiences and knowledge that Judges won't/can't.
For example, on the jury that I sat in earlier this year, the defendant was on trial for stabbing someone. One of the other jurors was a butcher who knew the different between a knife wound and a shrapnel tear.
Like Italy?
You'd better pray that when you get hauled into court on some false accusation that your jury isn't 12 bozos who can't think beyond "find him Guilty and lets get some beer!"
And then you discover that while your partner believed she was fine with you sleeping with her sister, she wasn't.
Or you discover that her sister is 10x better at sex, is a better cook, doesn't constantly nag you, and "understands" you, so you ditch her and your 3 kids for your "soul mate".
And don't forget that hormones regulate how genes are expressed.
Within a generation, we're going to see whether homosexuality is purely genetic or mostly hormonal.
Hopefully he's doing a bad job at being facetious. Otherwise, someone who knows who he is needs to call his local police.
Of course, condoms are also pretty effective at preventing genetic spread, and that's evolutionarily counter-productive.
Just because you can't see the other 15 people, doesn't mean that you wouldn't see them if you had an IR camera.
Before Van Dokkum wrote his paper, the DM/DE proponents thought they'd found all the matter there is to find. Suddenly there's 3x more. Which is a slight reduction in the need for DM.
Who's to say that in 1-20 years other heretics find 10x more baryonic matter, thus reducing even more the necessity for DM.
Call it whatever you like
How about "really dim baryonic matter". After all, we're Really, Really Far Away.
Bah.
Postulating Dark {Matter, Energy} is the height of hubris, since it implies that Astronomy Has Seen All There Is To See from our tiny little glasses on our tiny little rock in a backwater arm of the Galaxy.
Thank The FSM that there are still a few rational scientists out there actually *looking* for stuff.
As another poster pointed out an M-16 can approach 30k as it is.
Don't believe everything you read on /.
If it has a rifled barrel, and it's a "small arm" then it's a rifle.
Maybe it's a grenade launching rifle?
Russians work for vodka and black bread; they'll have an inferior but good-enough weapon out in 2 years.
Not if it's still the XM25.
No, it's populated by a bunch of lazy incompetents who don't care that they can't find their asses with two hands and a flashlight.
And when the "investors" are politically connected and will just start up a new business the week after?
But it probably *will* be running tomorrow.
(In the 16 years at my current employer, we've had to do a DR restore one time. That was only because some stupid plumber waved a brazing torch too close to a fire sprinkler, and all the water poured right onto the SAN enclosure in our DC.)