I'll probably be modded into oblivion for this, but I think it needs saying. I'm not trying to start a flamewar or anything.
Our smarts are much faster than it can ever be. We're an 'out-of-context' problem. The consequences of our actions come by much quicker than evolution can compensate.
You're not trying to ascribe anything intelligent to Evolution, are you?
I mean, how could anything be a 'problem' for blind chance? And why would it try to 'compensate' for anything?
Let's not be thinking of Evolution as some kind of Intelligent Creator, okay?
Could you post a link? I don't remember hearing about that. Maybe I did, but didn't look at it. Anyway, I'm curious. It might even change my opinion on that (my personal opinion thus far has been poor maintenance/material quality, seeing that the foam thing hit the shuttle several times before without any noticeable effects).
if the hot water bucket is hot enough, and the 'cold' one is at about room temp, the hot water bucket will lose a significant amount of caloric energy and mass through evaporation, whereas the cooler one will lose far less. Under some circumstances, this actually does lead to the hot water's freezing before the cooler one does, partly because there's less water there to freeze.
Pretty humbling, if you ask me
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As much as we know about the universe, life, and everything, there's 10^x more that we don't know, even about things as simple as this.
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In other news, scientists have come up with an astonishing new explanation of how paint dries! Film at 11.
One really nice one ( where nice == >$200 ), only it doesn't have to be in the middle. I work in a building where it's in front of all the tables, right below the plasma screen and camera.
...how do we know they didn't deliberately skew the results?
We hear all the time, 'polls show this' and 'the majority of Americans say that', and we don't know that's how the poll *really* came out, or even if there *was* a poll.
That's one of the most insightful comments on the whole page!
Incidentally, has anyone noticed how much power Google is gathering? They're becoming a monopoly, just like Microsoft. That's why I don't use Google anymore.
Well, I do, but only when I can't find what I'm looking for elsewhere (and that's not often).
About a year ago, the ~5 year old daughter of a friend of mine drank about 5 ounces of household-strength H2O2 (3%). She started throwing up blood within 5 minutes, and had to be taken to the hospital. The reason is that it oxidized (like it does everything), and thus destroyed the efficacy of, her stomach lining (mucus), which was the only thing protecting her stomach from the hydrochloric acid in it.
Anyway, like I said, much more than gas, it will give one.
Sorry, but I forgot to address the issue of flocculation.
Sewage
contains (from TA) "mineral, animal and vegetable matter in suspension, as well as...food, grease, cigarettes, leaves, faeces, and urine." Primary treatment
is (again from TA) "to reduce oils, grease, fats, sand, grit, and coarse (settleable) solids."
Then, in secondary treatment, "bacteria and protozoa consume biodegradable soluble organic contaminants (e.g. sugars, fats, organic short-chain carbon molecules, etc.) and bind much of the less soluble fractions into floc particles." This is the stuff whose "particles become attached and form a fragile structure...because of attractions between negative face charges and positive edge charges." They do not form molecular bonds, they just attract loosely.
Further, the processes used, and the resulting products, hardly resemble the hypothesized primordial conditions or soup.
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I don't think the mosquito is the only thing the shotgun hit...
I don't care which it is, this isn't right.
Our smarts are much faster than it can ever be. We're an 'out-of-context' problem. The consequences of our actions come by much quicker than evolution can compensate.
You're not trying to ascribe anything intelligent to Evolution, are you?
I mean, how could anything be a 'problem' for blind chance? And why would it try to 'compensate' for anything?
Let's not be thinking of Evolution as some kind of Intelligent Creator, okay?
I couldn't even figure out how to mod that. Great job.
blurry photo of the damage to Columbia
Could you post a link? I don't remember hearing about that. Maybe I did, but didn't look at it. Anyway, I'm curious. It might even change my opinion on that (my personal opinion thus far has been poor maintenance/material quality, seeing that the foam thing hit the shuttle several times before without any noticeable effects).
the Columbia, which exploded, when I was seven years old
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Are you about 9 years old, or were you perhaps talking about the Challenger?
if the hot water bucket is hot enough, and the 'cold' one is at about room temp, the hot water bucket will lose a significant amount of caloric energy and mass through evaporation, whereas the cooler one will lose far less. Under some circumstances, this actually does lead to the hot water's freezing before the cooler one does, partly because there's less water there to freeze.
As much as we know about the universe, life, and everything, there's 10^x more that we don't know, even about things as simple as this.
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In other news, scientists have come up with an astonishing new explanation of how paint dries! Film at 11.
Absolutely amazing humor! Mod parent insightful too!
One really nice one ( where nice == >$200 ), only it doesn't have to be in the middle. I work in a building where it's in front of all the tables, right below the plasma screen and camera.
...how do we know they didn't deliberately skew the results?
We hear all the time, 'polls show this' and 'the majority of Americans say that', and we don't know that's how the poll *really* came out, or even if there *was* a poll.
Just something to think about.
That's one of the most insightful comments on the whole page!
Incidentally, has anyone noticed how much power Google is gathering? They're becoming a monopoly, just like Microsoft. That's why I don't use Google anymore.
Well, I do, but only when I can't find what I'm looking for elsewhere (and that's not often).
Okay, that's definitely funny.
Don't worry, just let the machine write its own software.
How on EARTH is that redundant?! Please, at least mod him back up where he started.
What an inopportune moment for me to be caught without moderation points. My commendations to you.
PS3Linux awaits!
It is a computer-guided system, that's how. Besides, look at all the opportunities for Windows-bashing jokes!
now if only they had something like this for Windows...
After all the patents U.S. companies have been taking out for this exact purpose, I say, let the Aussies bash 'em once!
At any rate, I've given up hope that the patent system will actually be fixed...
Sodium hypochlorite is household bleach. Dunno about that other one, but it sounds like hydrochloric acid.
About a year ago, the ~5 year old daughter of a friend of mine drank about 5 ounces of household-strength H2O2 (3%). She started throwing up blood within 5 minutes, and had to be taken to the hospital. The reason is that it oxidized (like it does everything), and thus destroyed the efficacy of, her stomach lining (mucus), which was the only thing protecting her stomach from the hydrochloric acid in it.
Anyway, like I said, much more than gas, it will give one.
Sorry, but I forgot to address the issue of flocculation.
Sewage contains (from TA) "mineral, animal and vegetable matter in suspension, as well as...food, grease, cigarettes, leaves, faeces, and urine." Primary treatment is (again from TA) "to reduce oils, grease, fats, sand, grit, and coarse (settleable) solids."
Then, in secondary treatment, "bacteria and protozoa consume biodegradable soluble organic contaminants (e.g. sugars, fats, organic short-chain carbon molecules, etc.) and bind much of the less soluble fractions into floc particles." This is the stuff whose "particles become attached and form a fragile structure...because of attractions between negative face charges and positive edge charges." They do not form molecular bonds, they just attract loosely.
Further, the processes used, and the resulting products, hardly resemble the hypothesized primordial conditions or soup.
Okay, thanks many times. No, it's not the same; mine is a K8N Neo2 Platinum. Lots of goodies.
Which Asus mobo do you have? ...cause I have one, too. Just got it 3 months ago. Please tell me it's not the same as mine. Thanks