The arguement that evolution is impossible because of the odds is pure balony.
The critical error is that while humans have 3 billion base pairs, humans did not just magically come together randomly in 4 billion years, first came single celled organisms and so on. From here: http://whyfiles.org/shorties/count_bact.html it estimates that bacteria produce 10^29 cells a year on earth, giving plenty of chances for mutations that led to more complex life. So it only needs to be shown that bacteria could evolve from amino acids. Basing beliefs on probabilities is far more rational than some magical invisible guy that you have absolutely no proof for. I pity delusional children like you.
Excellent post!
Quantum mechanics came about because there were seemingly contradictory or outright wrong predictions made by classical mechanics, as in the wave-particle duality and blackbody radiation. While CM gave great predictions for most systems, it broke down in certain areas, something was missing, and it took Planck to find the solution.
In regards to underage drinking, it doesn't even matter if kids do get someone to buy them beer. You see, thousands of years ago, people made their own beer. And today, the magical secrets of this delicious brew can be had, not just from the internet, but from a "harmless" chemistry book. Those evil scienticians teach YOUR children that glucose + yeast (in H2O) -> ethanol + CO2. In response to this, I propose their be strict IDing of people buying any product containing sugar or years. In may be tough, but somebody has to think of the children.
And JoaoPinheiro is any more of a valid identifier than AC. This is the internet, your identity means nothing. It's not as if JoaoPinheiro is your SSN or drivers license or passport. Let me repeat that, an AC has the same validity as your pseudonym. He had a valid point, that you don't seem to understand what has been repeated on this site thousands of times by grammar nazis.
Mod ACs +1, because AC is as valid any any username
I think you're missing the point that Alice knows that u = 1 and Bob knows that u = 1, but since u could be 0 with equal probability, there hasn't been any information transfer. They still need to communicate at a speed limited by c to agree on which bits to use. As an example, lets say Bob instantly transfer 010010101010 to Alice, and they ues the last 4 bits. So Alice knows 1010 is the info, and proceeds to do whatever she's supposed to.
With all the effort spend on making room temperature superconductors, physics has focused on what's really important: Playing around with really really really cold stuff.
I have a dream, a dream that one day, I will not have a need for a hammer, for I will be able to freeze a banana with liquid nitrogen on tap, that I will be about to make liquid nitrogen ice cream whenever I want, that I will be able to use this liquid nitrogen to create liquid oxygen with which to light my charcoal grill in seconds.
I bow down to you, for you have truely shown your knowledge and greatness. The link you provided, which tells about how a physicist that wants to go back in time to warn his dad about the dangers of smoking and drinking completley proves your point. Ronald Mallett will be more influential to physics and the world than Newton, Einstein, Bohr and Feynman combined. After all, an fluffed up article in a popular magazine is proof enough for the most rigorous of physicists.
Yo man it be DJ Doomday, fresh from busting phat rhymes with my homie MC Hawking. I fin to give an explaination uh de momma pos fuh my homies Sheeit!
Yo buss dis. It's not de same. De c in E=mc^2 (or E^2 = M^2c^4 + p^2c^2) refers to an intrinsic property uh spacetime. Bose Einstein Condensates an' so on ain't really altuh dat. One way to think 'boutit be to stop wit de 'slowin down light thin', an' instead conceive it as de BEC swallowin up photons fuh a while, storin de information, an' den reconskructin a new photon which be exactly identical at de end. Dis be pretty much de same, because in QM, you kaint really track anythin exactly, an' you definitely kaint distinuish between objects wit de same properties. Sheeit!
Egads man, I'm gonna be rich! What, with the secret formula to WD-40, and I craftily deduced that Tabasco sauce is cayenne pepper, vinegar and salt, I stand to make from these two products alone. I could be a trillionaire by using the recipes on the backs of many foodstuffs, why I just noticed that this can of Mountain Dew I'm drinking just gives away their secret! Those fools! MWAHAHAH! They're rue the day they made this slipup, oh the rueing shall be glorious with the gnashing of teeth and beating of breasts.
Thanku, thanku. It's good to know your work is apperciated, especially when I actually looked up the people controlling NASA. I think that all my posts will be in the same style, with any point I intent to make delivered with a huge helping of mocking cynicism ala Jon Stewart. Also, I must commend you on your post, as my post contained 229 words and 1225 characters, whilst yours has 1 word and 6 characters. So, your post has +1 points per word, and +.167 points per character, while mine has +.0218 points per word and +.00408 points per character, making your post better than mine by a factor from 40.93 to 45.87.
Uh, no.
Drug dealers deal drugs to make a profit, the same as any business. However, unlike regular businesses, drug dealers have a hard time using traditional methods of advertising. This is not a problem, because of the vast drug subculture, where users will inform each other if they're getting something, and usually function as dealers themselves. Due to man's seemingly inherent need for intoxication, whether by drugs, religion, or intense devotion to a cause, there is a continual influx of people into said subculture, so the dealers don't have to go out try to get people hooked, the people do that themselves. Therefore, it would be foolish for dealers to give free samples away.
Also, you're a bastard as I don't get to go to Amsterdam until 2 weeks.
Scene: Really important looking high tech meeting room, deep in the bowels of JSC. The acting administrator Frederick D. Gregory, chief scientian Dr. James B. Garvin, chief of staff John D. Schumacher, chief safety and mission assurance office Bryan D. O'Connor, and the head of the shuttle program William Parsons, as well as several less important figures are huddled around a single computer. Suddenly, Gregory gasps. "My God!", he exclaims. The others all crowd even closer together to try to get a look, which would have been difficult even without the mass of people due to the thick smoke that had gathered over the course of this marathon meeting. Gregory regains his composure, and trying to keep as dignified as possible stammers out, "lostwanderer147 doesn't think we know what we're doing." A hush falls over the assembled chiefs of NASA. He contines. "He says we're in a death spiral, and unless something big happens soon, the US space program will be history." There's a low murmer as they discuss what must be done, but almost immediately Schumacher has a solution. "We've got to contact this lostwanderer147, and give him full control of NASA, as he alone is our hope for a future." Everyone agrees, and they set about trying to find him. Tragically, his email address is not displayed with his postings or profile, and NASA is no more.
The point is that a newspaper or magazine is quite aware of what they can and cannot publish. If some apple employee told PC Magazine that they had some secret info that the new Mac would come in fushia, PC Magazine would tell them to get lost.
Dude, you just like, totally blew my mind. On one hand, you have an abbreviation. On the other, you spell it out. Now, here's the totally zen part: the abbreviation is saying don't abbreviate and spell it out. Yet you clearly do. Wow. My hat goes off to you, this is by far the best koan ever.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=speed
8 entries found for speed.
speed ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spd)
n.
1. Physics. The rate or a measure of the rate of motion, especially:
Distance traveled divided by the time of travel.
The limit of this quotient as the time of travel becomes vanishingly small; the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
The magnitude of a velocity.
2. Swiftness of action.
I'd say that quantum physics has already had the greatest impact on the 20th century, with it being pretty much solely responsible for the widespread use and reliability of computers and other electronics, as well as providing clean nuclear energy. I can only imagine what we'll be able to do with precise manipulation of objects on the scale of nanometers and greatly expanding our knowledge of proteins.
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MOD PARENT UP!
To the mods who moderated offtopic or overrated: get a sense of humor.
To the mods who moderated funny: Thank you for not have sticks up your asses.
The arguement that evolution is impossible because of the odds is pure balony.
The critical error is that while humans have 3 billion base pairs, humans did not just magically come together randomly in 4 billion years, first came single celled organisms and so on. From here: http://whyfiles.org/shorties/count_bact.html it estimates that bacteria produce 10^29 cells a year on earth, giving plenty of chances for mutations that led to more complex life. So it only needs to be shown that bacteria could evolve from amino acids. Basing beliefs on probabilities is far more rational than some magical invisible guy that you have absolutely no proof for. I pity delusional children like you.
Please get an account so I can add you to my friends list.
Excellent post!
Quantum mechanics came about because there were seemingly contradictory or outright wrong predictions made by classical mechanics, as in the wave-particle duality and blackbody radiation. While CM gave great predictions for most systems, it broke down in certain areas, something was missing, and it took Planck to find the solution.
I have a tshirt from Munich!
Mod me up!
In regards to underage drinking, it doesn't even matter if kids do get someone to buy them beer. You see, thousands of years ago, people made their own beer. And today, the magical secrets of this delicious brew can be had, not just from the internet, but from a "harmless" chemistry book. Those evil scienticians teach YOUR children that glucose + yeast (in H2O) -> ethanol + CO2. In response to this, I propose their be strict IDing of people buying any product containing sugar or years. In may be tough, but somebody has to think of the children.
ACs are moderated for their bad postings, and you're still and idiot and I make it a habit to not to argue with idiots. Enjoy your delusions, moron.
It bears as much responsibility as does AC.
And JoaoPinheiro is any more of a valid identifier than AC. This is the internet, your identity means nothing. It's not as if JoaoPinheiro is your SSN or drivers license or passport. Let me repeat that, an AC has the same validity as your pseudonym. He had a valid point, that you don't seem to understand what has been repeated on this site thousands of times by grammar nazis.
Mod ACs +1, because AC is as valid any any username
I think you're missing the point that Alice knows that u = 1 and Bob knows that u = 1, but since u could be 0 with equal probability, there hasn't been any information transfer. They still need to communicate at a speed limited by c to agree on which bits to use. As an example, lets say Bob instantly transfer 010010101010 to Alice, and they ues the last 4 bits. So Alice knows 1010 is the info, and proceeds to do whatever she's supposed to.
With all the effort spend on making room temperature superconductors, physics has focused on what's really important: Playing around with really really really cold stuff.
I have a dream, a dream that one day, I will not have a need for a hammer, for I will be able to freeze a banana with liquid nitrogen on tap, that I will be about to make liquid nitrogen ice cream whenever I want, that I will be able to use this liquid nitrogen to create liquid oxygen with which to light my charcoal grill in seconds.
God bless you physicists!
I bow down to you, for you have truely shown your knowledge and greatness. The link you provided, which tells about how a physicist that wants to go back in time to warn his dad about the dangers of smoking and drinking completley proves your point. Ronald Mallett will be more influential to physics and the world than Newton, Einstein, Bohr and Feynman combined. After all, an fluffed up article in a popular magazine is proof enough for the most rigorous of physicists.
Yo man it be DJ Doomday, fresh from busting phat rhymes with my homie MC Hawking. I fin to give an explaination uh de momma pos fuh my homies Sheeit!
Yo buss dis. It's not de same. De c in E=mc^2 (or E^2 = M^2c^4 + p^2c^2) refers to an intrinsic property uh spacetime. Bose Einstein Condensates an' so on ain't really altuh dat. One way to think 'boutit be to stop wit de 'slowin down light thin', an' instead conceive it as de BEC swallowin up photons fuh a while, storin de information, an' den reconskructin a new photon which be exactly identical at de end. Dis be pretty much de same, because in QM, you kaint really track anythin exactly, an' you definitely kaint distinuish between objects wit de same properties. Sheeit!
Foolish Americans! We faked the whole fall! Now we will bury you! (pounds shoe on table).
Egads man, I'm gonna be rich! What, with the secret formula to WD-40, and I craftily deduced that Tabasco sauce is cayenne pepper, vinegar and salt, I stand to make from these two products alone. I could be a trillionaire by using the recipes on the backs of many foodstuffs, why I just noticed that this can of Mountain Dew I'm drinking just gives away their secret! Those fools! MWAHAHAH! They're rue the day they made this slipup, oh the rueing shall be glorious with the gnashing of teeth and beating of breasts.
Thanku, thanku. It's good to know your work is apperciated, especially when I actually looked up the people controlling NASA. I think that all my posts will be in the same style, with any point I intent to make delivered with a huge helping of mocking cynicism ala Jon Stewart. Also, I must commend you on your post, as my post contained 229 words and 1225 characters, whilst yours has 1 word and 6 characters. So, your post has +1 points per word, and +.167 points per character, while mine has +.0218 points per word and +.00408 points per character, making your post better than mine by a factor from 40.93 to 45.87.
Uh, no. Drug dealers deal drugs to make a profit, the same as any business. However, unlike regular businesses, drug dealers have a hard time using traditional methods of advertising. This is not a problem, because of the vast drug subculture, where users will inform each other if they're getting something, and usually function as dealers themselves. Due to man's seemingly inherent need for intoxication, whether by drugs, religion, or intense devotion to a cause, there is a continual influx of people into said subculture, so the dealers don't have to go out try to get people hooked, the people do that themselves. Therefore, it would be foolish for dealers to give free samples away.
Also, you're a bastard as I don't get to go to Amsterdam until 2 weeks.
No, you're wrong._ Shuttle.html
Length = 23.79m- vs-boeing-747/
Here is a school bus http://www.solectria.com/products/buses.html Length = 12.19m.
Here is the shuttle http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/Space
Also, for a better intutitve understanding, here is the shuttle piggybacking on a 747 http://www.pd.com/rww/graphics/3d/shuttle_747.jpg and the 747 has a length of 70.7m http://larsholst.info/blog/2005/01/20/airbus-a380
Since I don't feel like customizing a post just for you, read this http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=145901 &cid=12220376 and substitute your name and points for lostwanderer147.
Scene: Really important looking high tech meeting room, deep in the bowels of JSC. The acting administrator Frederick D. Gregory, chief scientian Dr. James B. Garvin, chief of staff John D. Schumacher, chief safety and mission assurance office Bryan D. O'Connor, and the head of the shuttle program William Parsons, as well as several less important figures are huddled around a single computer. Suddenly, Gregory gasps.
"My God!", he exclaims.
The others all crowd even closer together to try to get a look, which would have been difficult even without the mass of people due to the thick smoke that had gathered over the course of this marathon meeting.
Gregory regains his composure, and trying to keep as dignified as possible stammers out, "lostwanderer147 doesn't think we know what we're doing."
A hush falls over the assembled chiefs of NASA.
He contines. "He says we're in a death spiral, and unless something big happens soon, the US space program will be history."
There's a low murmer as they discuss what must be done, but almost immediately Schumacher has a solution.
"We've got to contact this lostwanderer147, and give him full control of NASA, as he alone is our hope for a future."
Everyone agrees, and they set about trying to find him.
Tragically, his email address is not displayed with his postings or profile, and NASA is no more.
The point is that a newspaper or magazine is quite aware of what they can and cannot publish. If some apple employee told PC Magazine that they had some secret info that the new Mac would come in fushia, PC Magazine would tell them to get lost.
Dude, you just like, totally blew my mind. On one hand, you have an abbreviation. On the other, you spell it out. Now, here's the totally zen part: the abbreviation is saying don't abbreviate and spell it out. Yet you clearly do. Wow. My hat goes off to you, this is by far the best koan ever.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=speed 8 entries found for speed. speed ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spd) n. 1. Physics. The rate or a measure of the rate of motion, especially: Distance traveled divided by the time of travel. The limit of this quotient as the time of travel becomes vanishingly small; the first derivative of distance with respect to time. The magnitude of a velocity. 2. Swiftness of action.
I'd say that quantum physics has already had the greatest impact on the 20th century, with it being pretty much solely responsible for the widespread use and reliability of computers and other electronics, as well as providing clean nuclear energy. I can only imagine what we'll be able to do with precise manipulation of objects on the scale of nanometers and greatly expanding our knowledge of proteins.