The problem is: people have no common sense anymore. Unless you have a study, they don't believe anything. And studies are perhaps rigged to show what they should show.
So instead of reading news articles about studies, why not read a book? Why not watch what healthy people do? And then again, having some extra pounds is not bad.
The parent thinks fasting is a religious thing, which it is not really. It got incorporated into two religions, Christianity and Islam copied it from there. Christians proclaim they fast because of either Jesus might have fasted 40 days in the desert (but they only do 14 days, rofl) or because of preparation for the easter celebrations.
Fact is: Christians started around 200 - 400 with fasting. And for a very simple reason: historically they did it anyway, either they could eat the rest of their remaining seeds, or use them as intended: put them in the soil. The idea to fast comes from the northern european regions, where they simply had no food. And has nothing to do with any "religion". Albeit the religions conquered every celebration of the natives... otherwise it was a bit difficult to convince them:D
Artificial sweeteners mess up the bodies insulin balance. E.g. as soon as you have sweet taste in your mouth the body already starts emitting insulin. However that level is "to high" in relation to the true blood sugar level, hence instead of "digesting" the sugar it is transported to the fat cells, and converted into fat. Insulin is also responsible to transport ordinary fat to the fat cells. So while the sweetener itself has no calories, it messes up how the body is treating calories. And it messes up how the pancreas reacts and produces insulin. Needless to say: when a good chunk of the calories you just ate simply "vanish" in the fat cells, you are sooner hungry again.
The fact that we haven't seen such probes suggests something prevents civilizations from getting to that stage of development. No it indicates that other civilizations are smart enough not to do it. Do you really think you would get green light from environmentalists or other greens to send out self replicating robots destroying all life in the galaxy, just that your own puny species can settle everything?
As early as a second civilization would be met by such a robot, and survived: they would try to exterminate the vermine who came to that retarded idea. That is common sense. Or what would YOU do if a self replicating robot is landing on the moon, sends his "life sperms" to earth, and crafts 20 new ships from the moon material leaving a "dying earth" behind? Dying in the sense that our ecology is gone and replaced by a foreign one?
My demon theory has very bit as much scientific credibility as any alien theory. Exactly. But I fail to grasp what you want to tell us. Because you fabricated a theory which is "laughable" his theory is laughable, too? Then you fail to grasp how science works. All theories are equal, unless you can disprove one.
And bottom line: who the funk knows if there are gods, demi gods and/or demons out there?
Bullshit it deviated from an orbit shaped by gravity. It did. Hence this/. article and the many articles it links to.
And outgassing requires it be made of a material that would outgas. Rocks generally don't do much of that Exactly Hence this/. article and the many articles it links to.
You absolutely can aim a signal at gobshiteklepe, but if you do it from another star system your signal will be hitting the whole planet. Obviously!! But you fail to grasp: the parent knows that you an only receive the signal at Goebli-Dingsbums, because it shields the rest of the planet from the signal!! Sigh, that was easy again:P
it's not an exact 180 degree flip. Of course it is not. 180degrees would be on the other side of the planet... perhaps it is 18... but I doubt it.
Unless the Egyptians also knew about precession and decided, Of course they knew... everybody in ancient times knew it, Sumerians, Akkadier etc.
so it would seem to be an extraordinary coincidence that these line up so well with the Giza Pyramids to within a few arc-minutes, even after rotating and scaling. Why do you think it is a coincident, when everyone knows: it is not?
So you don't know that life works against entropy? Do actually know what "entropy" is/means?
In case you struggle to grasp it: drop a cube of sugar into a glass of water. "Eventually" all sugar molecules will ne distributed evenly in the glass of water. That is entropy. And now show us why this prevents immortal single cell organisms to exist.
Actually something like this is only a mind game. If you do the math it is most likely "impossible".
Yo have to launch a craft or assemble it in space from parts you launch. Then you have the exact same problem you have with launches from earth: how much fuel, aka fission bombs or fusion bombs do you need to take with you? Very rapidly you are at the point that 90% of the mass you carry is fuel. Or 99%... or 99% are "tanks + engine + fuel" and 1% is the payload, probably less.
So, how many "bombs" do we need to launch "as fuel" to be stocked in the spaceship to bring a 1 ton payload to Alpha Centauri?
Technical impossible? No. Impractical, yes.
The only positive thing, if you want to call it like that. You could launch it from the surface, e.g. from the moon, where you don't have to care about fallout. Or could launch it while it is swimming in the ocean if you think a "little bit of fallout" is ok...but then you need to make it even bigger, as it must be solid enough not not collapse under its own weight.
much lower than even a car. There are only very few cars that can accelerate with 10 m/s^2, e.g. a Porsche.
Considering the distance, the time of acceleration is not really that important. I mean, you fly like 40 years to Alpha Centauri... or 120 years, depending how fast you can make the probe. Does not really matter if you spent 15 years instead of 34 days accelerating.
a little bit of extra carbon in the atmosphere would hardly have been very different from events like large volcanic eruptions. Depends. If you make "a picture" to analyze the spectrum of the atmosphere, once a year, you clearly see if there is a spike caused by a volcano or a upward trend caused by industrialization.
10,000 years ago the planet had not even a million humans. So no, there was nothing to detect till perhaps the 1800. But Your basic argument is right.
but considering that we developed ability to detect plants in the past couple decades, We will not be able to detect plants in other solar systems for a long while. However we will be able to make spectral analysis of exo planets atmospheres. Finding Oxygen is a strong indicator for plant and other life.
Unless you have a weird definition of a comet, it is not a comet. Comets are what popular media used to call "dirty snow balls". They consist mostly out of various frozen gases, aka "ice". Just because it came from beyond the Kuiper belt or even out of or beyond the Oort Cloud, does not make it a comet.
This thing was rocky and/or metallic, hence it is an asteroid/planetoid. Unless you want to have a weird definition for them to and claim they only exist in the asteroid belt or as trojans to bigger planets.
The problem is that there are two of those "binary guys", and the other one often makes moronic posts:D However in the case of this one it actually took me a while to grasp that he is basically simply teasing everyone.
But, you do know that "I believe in science" is just a phrase? And it means: "I'm convinced that science works". Or don't you know that? Are you a kind of asperger that you don't grasp what people mean when they say things that sound "slightly off" for you?
They have certain facts from the bible, and then scour the ancient sky using powerful astronomy software looking for events and things that they think match up with the facts. That's not science, even though it's "backed up by fact", so to speak. Of course it is science. What else would it be? Just because you are not interested if such a star/event existed does not make it "no science".
What's the lifespan of a single-celled organism? Well, no idea if you try to troll.
Basically all single cell organisms are imortal. They die when they get eaten, or by starvation (an then they mostly don't die but hibernate), or by fatal gene copy errors.
At the end of the day, the democrats can end this by agreeing to 1/4 of the money they had agreed to spend last year. They aren't because they want to look big and are use to controlling the narrative. Dude, isn't is astonishing that no one in US realizes that a two party system is not more democratic, more advanced, more flexible, more efficient, more responsible, than a one party system, e.g. in China?
Potatoes are not that bad. McDonalds style french fries are, especially if you top them with ketchup and majonaise (hint: look up how french fries are supposed to look). The real problem is pasta from simple flour, white bread, the typical US processed rice, corn syrup in stuff where it simply does not belong, pizza with to much of everything. The "oversize" attitude. Artificial sweeteners in your drinks that completely mess up the digesting system.
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And every country had/has a different one.
The problem is: people have no common sense anymore. Unless you have a study, they don't believe anything. And studies are perhaps rigged to show what they should show.
So instead of reading news articles about studies, why not read a book? Why not watch what healthy people do? And then again, having some extra pounds is not bad.
The parent thinks fasting is a religious thing, which it is not really. It got incorporated into two religions, Christianity and Islam copied it from there. Christians proclaim they fast because of either Jesus might have fasted 40 days in the desert (but they only do 14 days, rofl) or because of preparation for the easter celebrations.
Fact is: Christians started around 200 - 400 with fasting. And for a very simple reason: historically they did it anyway, either they could eat the rest of their remaining seeds, or use them as intended: put them in the soil. The idea to fast comes from the northern european regions, where they simply had no food. And has nothing to do with any "religion". Albeit the religions conquered every celebration of the natives ... otherwise it was a bit difficult to convince them :D
See e.g. Erntedank, the european version of "thanksgiving": https://germanfoods.org/german...
Why people try to dispute that fasting is actually healthy for the body is beyond me.
Artificial sweeteners mess up the bodies insulin balance.
E.g. as soon as you have sweet taste in your mouth the body already starts emitting insulin.
However that level is "to high" in relation to the true blood sugar level, hence instead of "digesting" the sugar it is transported to the fat cells, and converted into fat. Insulin is also responsible to transport ordinary fat to the fat cells. So while the sweetener itself has no calories, it messes up how the body is treating calories. And it messes up how the pancreas reacts and produces insulin.
Needless to say: when a good chunk of the calories you just ate simply "vanish" in the fat cells, you are sooner hungry again.
I think you forgot the buds of the extinguished cigarets?
Well,
I learned it in sailing school. Perhaps my teacher was wrong?
The fact that we haven't seen such probes suggests something prevents civilizations from getting to that stage of development.
No it indicates that other civilizations are smart enough not to do it.
Do you really think you would get green light from environmentalists or other greens to send out self replicating robots destroying all life in the galaxy, just that your own puny species can settle everything?
As early as a second civilization would be met by such a robot, and survived: they would try to exterminate the vermine who came to that retarded idea. That is common sense. Or what would YOU do if a self replicating robot is landing on the moon, sends his "life sperms" to earth, and crafts 20 new ships from the moon material leaving a "dying earth" behind? Dying in the sense that our ecology is gone and replaced by a foreign one?
My demon theory has very bit as much scientific credibility as any alien theory.
Exactly. But I fail to grasp what you want to tell us. Because you fabricated a theory which is "laughable" his theory is laughable, too? Then you fail to grasp how science works. All theories are equal, unless you can disprove one.
And bottom line: who the funk knows if there are gods, demi gods and/or demons out there?
Bullshit it deviated from an orbit shaped by gravity. /. article and the many articles it links to.
It did.
Hence this
And outgassing requires it be made of a material that would outgas. Rocks generally don't do much of that /. article and the many articles it links to.
Exactly
Hence this
Ah, I start repeating myself ...
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. ...
No they don't. They just require "ordinary" evidence like anything else
Which is why he is being laughed off. No one is laughing about him, except /. trolls like you. He is a very respected scientist.
You absolutely can aim a signal at gobshiteklepe, but if you do it from another star system your signal will be hitting the whole planet. :P
Obviously!! But you fail to grasp: the parent knows that you an only receive the signal at Goebli-Dingsbums, because it shields the rest of the planet from the signal!!
Sigh, that was easy again
it's not an exact 180 degree flip. ... perhaps it is 18 ... but I doubt it.
Of course it is not. 180degrees would be on the other side of the planet
Unless the Egyptians also knew about precession and decided, ... everybody in ancient times knew it, Sumerians, Akkadier etc.
Of course they knew
so it would seem to be an extraordinary coincidence that these line up so well with the Giza Pyramids to within a few arc-minutes, even after rotating and scaling.
Why do you think it is a coincident, when everyone knows: it is not?
So you don't know that life works against entropy?
Do actually know what "entropy" is/means?
In case you struggle to grasp it: drop a cube of sugar into a glass of water. "Eventually" all sugar molecules will ne distributed evenly in the glass of water. That is entropy. And now show us why this prevents immortal single cell organisms to exist.
Actually something like this is only a mind game.
If you do the math it is most likely "impossible".
Yo have to launch a craft or assemble it in space from parts you launch. ... or 99% are "tanks + engine + fuel" and 1% is the payload, probably less.
Then you have the exact same problem you have with launches from earth: how much fuel, aka fission bombs or fusion bombs do you need to take with you? Very rapidly you are at the point that 90% of the mass you carry is fuel. Or 99%
So, how many "bombs" do we need to launch "as fuel" to be stocked in the spaceship to bring a 1 ton payload to Alpha Centauri?
Technical impossible? No. Impractical, yes.
The only positive thing, if you want to call it like that. You could launch it from the surface, e.g. from the moon, where you don't have to care about fallout. Or could launch it while it is swimming in the ocean if you think a "little bit of fallout" is ok ...but then you need to make it even bigger, as it must be solid enough not not collapse under its own weight.
much lower than even a car.
There are only very few cars that can accelerate with 10 m/s^2, e.g. a Porsche.
Considering the distance, the time of acceleration is not really that important. I mean, you fly like 40 years to Alpha Centauri ... or 120 years, depending how fast you can make the probe. Does not really matter if you spent 15 years instead of 34 days accelerating.
a little bit of extra carbon in the atmosphere would hardly have been very different from events like large volcanic eruptions.
Depends. If you make "a picture" to analyze the spectrum of the atmosphere, once a year, you clearly see if there is a spike caused by a volcano or a upward trend caused by industrialization.
10,000 years ago the planet had not even a million humans. So no, there was nothing to detect till perhaps the 1800. But Your basic argument is right.
but considering that we developed ability to detect plants in the past couple decades,
We will not be able to detect plants in other solar systems for a long while. However we will be able to make spectral analysis of exo planets atmospheres. Finding Oxygen is a strong indicator for plant and other life.
I wished slashdot would add "likes" on top of moderation, ... I would give you a funny one :D
Unless you have a weird definition of a comet, it is not a comet. Comets are what popular media used to call "dirty snow balls". They consist mostly out of various frozen gases, aka "ice". Just because it came from beyond the Kuiper belt or even out of or beyond the Oort Cloud, does not make it a comet.
This thing was rocky and/or metallic, hence it is an asteroid/planetoid. Unless you want to have a weird definition for them to and claim they only exist in the asteroid belt or as trojans to bigger planets.
The problem is that there are two of those "binary guys", and the other one often makes moronic posts :D However in the case of this one it actually took me a while to grasp that he is basically simply teasing everyone.
I feel with you.
Well, I keep notes ... but they are hard to read when sober. And it is always so strangely bright, it hurts my head.
Suck my balls.
Grow up indeed
I see something growing ... eek!
But, you do know that "I believe in science" is just a phrase?
And it means: "I'm convinced that science works".
Or don't you know that? Are you a kind of asperger that you don't grasp what people mean when they say things that sound "slightly off" for you?
BTW: I believe in science, too ...
They have certain facts from the bible, and then scour the ancient sky using powerful astronomy software looking for events and things that they think match up with the facts. That's not science, even though it's "backed up by fact", so to speak.
Of course it is science. What else would it be? Just because you are not interested if such a star/event existed does not make it "no science".
What's the lifespan of a single-celled organism?
Well, no idea if you try to troll.
Basically all single cell organisms are imortal. They die when they get eaten, or by starvation (an then they mostly don't die but hibernate), or by fatal gene copy errors.
At the end of the day, the democrats can end this by agreeing to 1/4 of the money they had agreed to spend last year. They aren't because they want to look big and are use to controlling the narrative.
Dude, isn't is astonishing that no one in US realizes that a two party system is not more democratic, more advanced, more flexible, more efficient, more responsible, than a one party system, e.g. in China?
Potatoes are not that bad.
McDonalds style french fries are, especially if you top them with ketchup and majonaise (hint: look up how french fries are supposed to look).
The real problem is pasta from simple flour, white bread, the typical US processed rice, corn syrup in stuff where it simply does not belong, pizza with to much of everything. The "oversize" attitude. Artificial sweeteners in your drinks that completely mess up the digesting system.