I just got an IT job with no cert whatsoever. It's pretty much an entry-level position, but I was hired because I'm willing to work with people--not make them work with me--and because I demonstrated I had the experience and willingness to learn that were required.
I hate to nitpick, but I had to clarify this: amino acids tend to form in roughly equal quantities of left- and right-handed isomers when synthesized by non-biological processes, but life forms use and manufacture left-handed amino acids almost exclusively.
If you knew the Bible, you would not say that, because it isn't true. They do not worship the Bible; they worship the parts that seem to fit their preconceived ideas of God. It's very similar to the way some scientists and economists (among others) ignore data that doesn't fit with their conclusions.
Tesla's Roadsters are built on a Lotus chassis. Since Lotus is discontinuing that model, Tesla won't be able to make more Roadsters. It really is that simple.
"In traditional logic, an axiom or postulate is a proposition that is not proved or demonstrated but considered to be either self-evident, or subject to necessary decision. That is to say, an axiom is a logical statement that is assumed to be true."
There is no such thing as a provably true axiom, strictly speaking.
"on the order of 1000 hours"
Very interesting figure, is it not? From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel: "The cartel served as a convenient way to lower costs and took on considerable efforts to cap the life expectancy of light bulbs at 1000 hours" (citation) It might be argued that bulbs manufactured before that (such as the Centennial) could have been expected to last longer.
I have a LaserJet 4Plus that I got 2 years ago for $20, and I love it. Of course, I've spent another $120 for a network card, memory, PostScript support, and a duplexer, but it's still tons cheaper to operate than every inkjet I've owned. I still haven't refilled the toner.
What I found interesting was the amount: an average of about $44 million per corporation ($400M / 9). Contrast that with the profits each one made on this scheme.
Facebook changed the nature of friendship. It gave people who don't care about privacy the ability to share private information about their friends with complete strangers, without ever getting consent from the friend.
It actually goes one step further than that: It gave people who don't know every single detail of the TOS and all the other agreements the ability to share private information about their friends with complete strangers, without either friend's even knowing they've done so.
I'm not too proud to admit that I really don't know what a fake fossil looks like and whether it's obvious or not.
Not to say my mind is so open my brains fall out.
I'm not too proud to admit I haven't been schooled in the finer points of fossil identification, but fresh feathers just glued onto the clay/rock are kind of a tipoff.
Sometimes the creationist detector is too sensitive. Apparently someone else modded you down (mod points are not for disagreeing), which was too bad. Oh well, I consider acquired negative mod points wasting some dumb moderator's points.
Anyhoo, thanks for making me go look something up. I learned something.
I appreciate your response as being more reasoned than at first.
Fact is, I am not that familiar with Feduccia. I read that article when the particular issue of Discover came out, and the statement about fake fossils stuck in my mind more than anything about bird/dinosaur stuff.
I have, since then, seen a few of the fossil "finds" so sensationalized by the media which were quite obviously questionable (one of them looked like something a third-grader could have done).
As far as IDer/Creationist bandying about of Feduccia's work, I suppose you're right, in retrospect. I certainly didn't mean to put you in attack/defense mode. I just thought it pertinent to the OP, and I haven't really heard much about fake fossils that comes readily to mind, besides the Discover article.
Interesting. I didn't even mention evolution. Nor did I mention the dinosaur/bird hypothesis. However, Feduccia did indeed say that lots of Chinese fossil finds are fakes, in the February 2003 issue of Discover magazine. http://discovermagazine.com/2003/feb/breakdialogue
Have you ever noticed that a lot of "sensational fossil finds" come from China? Alan Feduccia pointed out years ago that fake Chinese fossils are a whole industry.
I have been saving up for a PS3 and a PS3 only, out of all the consoles, because I thought I would be able to put Linux on it. 100% of my non-PC games are for PS2.
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Whoever thinks this is a great idea, volunteer to test it :)
After all, evolution only produces better products, right?
Looking forward to results of the study.
I just got an IT job with no cert whatsoever. It's pretty much an entry-level position, but I was hired because I'm willing to work with people--not make them work with me--and because I demonstrated I had the experience and willingness to learn that were required.
They don't cut you off or give you overages, but they throttle you down to EDGE speeds after the cap. So, yeah, it's "unlimited" with scare quotes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson%27s_choice
I hate to nitpick, but I had to clarify this: amino acids tend to form in roughly equal quantities of left- and right-handed isomers when synthesized by non-biological processes, but life forms use and manufacture left-handed amino acids almost exclusively.
So nice, they'll spice you twice.
If you knew the Bible, you would not say that, because it isn't true. They do not worship the Bible; they worship the parts that seem to fit their preconceived ideas of God. It's very similar to the way some scientists and economists (among others) ignore data that doesn't fit with their conclusions.
Some bored guy at CERN posted it while beta-testing a FTL neutrino network card.
Tesla's Roadsters are built on a Lotus chassis. Since Lotus is discontinuing that model, Tesla won't be able to make more Roadsters. It really is that simple.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom:
"In traditional logic, an axiom or postulate is a proposition that is not proved or demonstrated but considered to be either self-evident, or subject to necessary decision. That is to say, an axiom is a logical statement that is assumed to be true."
There is no such thing as a provably true axiom, strictly speaking.
"on the order of 1000 hours"
Very interesting figure, is it not? From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel: "The cartel served as a convenient way to lower costs and took on considerable efforts to cap the life expectancy of light bulbs at 1000 hours" (citation)
It might be argued that bulbs manufactured before that (such as the Centennial) could have been expected to last longer.
Actually, the idea of an everlasting light bulb isn't that far-fetched.
Well, yeah, always obvious in hindsight, but I'm just waiting for someone to say, "If that really worked, everybody would be doing it already."
I was beginning to wonder if there was anyone left who actually understood the subject.
It's kind of like that saying, "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." I posit the corollary, which I saw some time back:
"Profanity is the inevitable linguistic crutch of the inarticulate."
I remember upgrading my 200MHz Pentium with a 400MHz package from Evergreen. Guess what it used? That's right, a K6-2, from AMD.
I have a LaserJet 4Plus that I got 2 years ago for $20, and I love it. Of course, I've spent another $120 for a network card, memory, PostScript support, and a duplexer, but it's still tons cheaper to operate than every inkjet I've owned. I still haven't refilled the toner.
What I found interesting was the amount: an average of about $44 million per corporation ($400M / 9). Contrast that with the profits each one made on this scheme.
It actually goes one step further than that: It gave people who don't know every single detail of the TOS and all the other agreements the ability to share private information about their friends with complete strangers, without either friend's even knowing they've done so.
Nice find (pdf). Also, that Archeoraptor seems so familiar, I believe that to be the one I was thinking of.
I'm not too proud to admit that I really don't know what a fake fossil looks like and whether it's obvious or not.
Not to say my mind is so open my brains fall out.
I'm not too proud to admit I haven't been schooled in the finer points of fossil identification, but fresh feathers just glued onto the clay/rock are kind of a tipoff.
Sometimes the creationist detector is too sensitive. Apparently someone else modded you down (mod points are not for disagreeing), which was too bad. Oh well, I consider acquired negative mod points wasting some dumb moderator's points.
Anyhoo, thanks for making me go look something up. I learned something.
-- BMO
No problem. I like learning new things, also.
I appreciate your response as being more reasoned than at first.
Fact is, I am not that familiar with Feduccia. I read that article when the particular issue of Discover came out, and the statement about fake fossils stuck in my mind more than anything about bird/dinosaur stuff.
I have, since then, seen a few of the fossil "finds" so sensationalized by the media which were quite obviously questionable (one of them looked like something a third-grader could have done).
As far as IDer/Creationist bandying about of Feduccia's work, I suppose you're right, in retrospect. I certainly didn't mean to put you in attack/defense mode. I just thought it pertinent to the OP, and I haven't really heard much about fake fossils that comes readily to mind, besides the Discover article.
Interesting. I didn't even mention evolution. Nor did I mention the dinosaur/bird hypothesis. However, Feduccia did indeed say that lots of Chinese fossil finds are fakes, in the February 2003 issue of Discover magazine. http://discovermagazine.com/2003/feb/breakdialogue
Take from it what you will.
Have you ever noticed that a lot of "sensational fossil finds" come from China? Alan Feduccia pointed out years ago that fake Chinese fossils are a whole industry.
Has most of the relevant points, and a non-slashdotted link (no pun intended)..
I have been saving up for a PS3 and a PS3 only, out of all the consoles, because I thought I would be able to put Linux on it. 100% of my non-PC games are for PS2.
Looks like I'm saving up for something else.