Thanks for that! I didn't know the bit about DNA breaking down due to ionization, but your post highights several important points:
1) The chages to the DNA of the mutant must not prevent reproduction in that organism
2) The changes need to be beneficial for the organism with respect to others that lack this particular mutation.
What this means is that not only does the random alteration of DNA have to be constructive, it needs to coincide with favorable conditions in the environment, which themselves are again random(although more predictable).
To create biological structures as complicated as the cerebral cortex or the eye, several successful mutations have to appear simultaneously, which again adds to the improbablility of the event. Finally, several millions of these changes need to occur to any one species in order to get the end result we have today..
And that is a very uncomfortable thought.
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Yes but what talent are you talking about? The shrewd merchant with his high IQ cannot make as much money as the football player, who in turn has less attractive ladies than the talented and good-looking musician.
We are unequal on many fronts, attempting to rectify the economic alone is pure folly.
Yeah but..why was she excited to see you guys. No offense or anything, but you see I tried to explain what firefox was to my cousin the other day - and she thought I was trying to take her out on a date (which I was) - but it was impossible. How can a very non-technical person be as pro OSS as us? Or is she technical?
I just can't imagine why she wanted to see you at all.
but it doesn't. Evolution doesn't really focus on the how, because the focus from Darwinian times till now has been on the genetics and natural selection between different "versions" of species (this is common sense and unarguable, the fittest will survive) as opposed to how the chemical->biological->physical reactions lead to the difference in the first place.
Evolution is really about mutation, that is where the real fun happens. And mutation is largely random, based on the physical state of the universe at any given time. The number of factors involved render this random event of almost infinite possibility(the chances of getting the same results again are less than can be represented in today's computing), which is why people have trouble believing that the amazing design(sorry, no other word:) ) of the human eye for e.g is the accumulation of millions of years of arbitrary events.
Americans are usually wrong, but they may have something here. As others have said, only absolute faith in God alone can allow someone to accept "creationism", but what people are missing here is that for some monotheist faiths a combination of thought and emotion is required by the religious texts themselves. The muslims' Quraan for e.g regularly asks the reader to reflect on the magnificence of nature/universe to strengthen their faith, refute doubt. And this verse in particular is very.. unsettling:
"We will show them our signs in the [great]distances[ or horizons] and in themselves until it becomes perspicuous to them that is the Truth; does it not suffice for your Lord that He bears witness to all events? Lo! they are in a doubt of the meeting of their Lord Lo! He encompasses all things"
Yeah but then again your girlfriend doesn't have balls now, does she? Don't ever put a Dell on your lap if you want children. Remember the japanese conference..
Well I certainly hope your real name isn't "mangu", and that your CC number is different from 126918.
The reason the Anonymous are cowardly is because they refuse to show even their funny little cyber-nicknames when they post vitriolic comments. They don't want to be known because they usually know they are wrong, and will lose karma. Some cowards are very funny however and get modded up considerably. I suspect taco and others post anonymously, don't you?
Same as the other reply... you strive to make better code in an effort that improves your work at least a little bit (I hope).
With pacifism and veganism and every other philosophically flawed nonsense, your efforts are of negative utility. If you want to allow yourself to get murdered for an illusionary moral principle, then like the good man said:
BAttery usage, power consumption, electricity bills...are we not imprisoned by this resource consumption madness? Every time some innovative technology comes out that sucks a little more juice out of our precious lithion, we shrink back in horror and wisper about how awful it will be, how the world will end.
Madness!
Let us be free. Let the chains of the Watt Dungeons not hold us from indulging in the greatness of Technology! Let us be liberated from this constant fear of the powerless future, for it does not exist! Through technology itself we have conquered these frontiers, we have nuclear plants and solar cells, we have the formidable windmills.. we have enough resources to give thousands of cluster bombs and guided missiles to other nations for free, and we don't have enough for a 3-inch LCD?/*checks time It is late. Good night.
Usually people see it as buying a PS3 with a blu-ray player included, not vice-versa. And if you will go for the ps3 package, please note that you will not be able to store it in your PC's case.
But I am not a blind fanboy. It's just that "blu-ray" sounds so 14-year-old-ish, and this thing about DRM making you unable to play your own purchased discs. Ouch.
a) Buy a blu-ray player that won't play it's own format discs(until a rootkit is developed). or b) Buy a HD-DVD player that will.
That's a rough sort of position to put a consumer in. I think I'm going to have a break, get some coffee or something, and think about this really slowly. Maybe I'm missing something.
What? Pluto has spent a long time trying to get planet status and now you want a stingy little brat like "Sedna" to join in? You're insensitive. I'm sorry, but you are. Can you even pronounce "Quaoar" ? Do you want our astronomers to invent similarly catastrophic names for 500 other little bits of galactic crap, and all for the sake of equality?
The link to the blog is useful. It turns out the fact that the ordering of requested digits is..ordered (i.e digits 1 3 8, or 3 4 6, but never 8 5 2) for apparently user-friendliness reasons.
Nothing serious though, the keylogger is far more unsettling. If someone has your machine pwned like that, an online account login is only one of your worries, and they are many.
I am a Muslim, religious enough by western standards to be verging on zeal, and I tell you: there is no goal.
They are performing actions based on promises that God never made, for reasons that incorporate both ignorance and hatred, but mostly hatred. The kamikaze/terrorist ideology is more harmful than most criminal attacks because the death of the attacker is not a liability but an asset. This allows them to venture into areas where other criminals can't/won't. It is also more difficult to stop because the threat to one's own safety (from security counter-measures) is not of importance.
It would do you good however, to consider also the goals behind current Israeli tactics in Lebanon, for e.g. The precision bombing of schools and residential complexes with cluster bombs, in towns that have never seen a militant..how is this different from blowing up a plane? Both are intentional, and the latter is planned in briefing rooms in intricate detail. Of course, one cannot serve as an excuse for the other, but this last sentence does not make sense to someone who has has dropped high-school.
A planet where SWAT teams can storm into your house and shoot you with a lethal firearm, this based on information that relates mostly to your ethnic origin. The world is a scary place.
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Solitaire my friend. Solitaire.
Now, who knows what one has to say or do for a Microsoft programmer to die?
Download a WinXP torrent file?
Thanks for that! I didn't know the bit about DNA breaking down due to ionization, but your post highights several important points:
1) The chages to the DNA of the mutant must not prevent reproduction in that organism
2) The changes need to be beneficial for the organism with respect to others that lack this particular mutation.
What this means is that not only does the random alteration of DNA have to be constructive, it needs to coincide with favorable conditions in the environment, which themselves are again random(although more predictable).
To create biological structures as complicated as the cerebral cortex or the eye, several successful mutations have to appear simultaneously, which again adds to the improbablility of the event. Finally, several millions of these changes need to occur to any one species in order to get the end result we have today..
And that is a very uncomfortable thought.
Yes but what talent are you talking about? The shrewd merchant with his high IQ cannot make as much money as the football player, who in turn has less attractive ladies than the talented and good-looking musician.
We are unequal on many fronts, attempting to rectify the economic alone is pure folly.
Call me flamebait, but the fact the farmer allowed it is proof that Maddox is always right!
Yeah but..why was she excited to see you guys. No offense or anything, but you see I tried to explain what firefox was to my cousin the other day - and she thought I was trying to take her out on a date (which I was) - but it was impossible. How can a very non-technical person be as pro OSS as us? Or is she technical?
I just can't imagine why she wanted to see you at all.
but it doesn't.
:) ) of the human eye for e.g is the accumulation of millions of years of arbitrary events.
Evolution doesn't really focus on the how, because the focus from Darwinian times till now has been on the genetics and natural selection between different "versions" of species (this is common sense and unarguable, the fittest will survive) as opposed to how the chemical->biological->physical reactions lead to the difference in the first place.
Evolution is really about mutation, that is where the real fun happens. And mutation is largely random, based on the physical state of the universe at any given time. The number of factors involved render this random event of almost infinite possibility(the chances of getting the same results again are less than can be represented in today's computing), which is why people have trouble believing that the amazing design(sorry, no other word
Americans are usually wrong, but they may have something here. As others have said, only absolute faith in God alone can allow someone to accept "creationism", but what people are missing here is that for some monotheist faiths a combination of thought and emotion is required by the religious texts themselves. The muslims' Quraan for e.g regularly asks the reader to reflect on the magnificence of nature/universe to strengthen their faith, refute doubt. And this verse in particular is very.. unsettling:
"We will show them our signs in the [great]distances[ or horizons] and in themselves until it becomes perspicuous to them that is the Truth; does it not suffice for your Lord that He bears witness to all events?
Lo! they are in a doubt of the meeting of their Lord
Lo! He encompasses all things"
My designs, according to this nomenclature, are burned-out regularly.
Yeah but then again your girlfriend doesn't have balls now, does she? Don't ever put a Dell on your lap if you want children. Remember the japanese conference..
but sometimes one wants to make a controversial argument without disturbing our very anonymous little cyber-nickname.
:D
Ah but you see, that's exactly what cowardice is
Well I certainly hope your real name isn't "mangu", and that your CC number is different from 126918.
The reason the Anonymous are cowardly is because they refuse to show even their funny little cyber-nicknames when they post vitriolic comments. They don't want to be known because they usually know they are wrong, and will lose karma. Some cowards are very funny however and get modded up considerably. I suspect taco and others post anonymously, don't you?
Same as the other reply... you strive to make better code in an effort that improves your work at least a little bit (I hope).
With pacifism and veganism and every other philosophically flawed nonsense, your efforts are of negative utility. If you want to allow yourself to get murdered for an illusionary moral principle, then like the good man said:
Darwin at his finest (and no offense of course).
Wait a minute. Did you say stockings?
We will be forced to nuke them from orbit, only way to make sure. /*scratches head
But wait..
BAttery usage, power consumption, electricity bills...are we not imprisoned by this resource consumption madness? Every time some innovative technology comes out that sucks a little more juice out of our precious lithion, we shrink back in horror and wisper about how awful it will be, how the world will end.
/*checks time
Madness!
Let us be free. Let the chains of the Watt Dungeons not hold us from indulging in the greatness of Technology! Let us be liberated from this constant fear of the powerless future, for it does not exist! Through technology itself we have conquered these frontiers, we have nuclear plants and solar cells, we have the formidable windmills.. we have enough resources to give thousands of cluster bombs and guided missiles to other nations for free, and we don't have enough for a 3-inch LCD?
It is late. Good night.
Usually people see it as buying a PS3 with a blu-ray player included, not vice-versa. And if you will go for the ps3 package, please note that you will not be able to store it in your PC's case.
But I am not a blind fanboy. It's just that "blu-ray" sounds so 14-year-old-ish, and this thing about DRM making you unable to play your own purchased discs. Ouch.
So now I can either:
a) Buy a blu-ray player that won't play it's own format discs(until a rootkit is developed).
or
b) Buy a HD-DVD player that will.
That's a rough sort of position to put a consumer in. I think I'm going to have a break, get some coffee or something, and think about this really slowly. Maybe I'm missing something.
True, but it would be so much cooler to give them mythologically derived names. Like Colbert. /*ducks
Right art thou, I merely jest, but it is for the best, that I promise thee.
Where do I get those? And do I have to give DNA samples? How many can I buy before being put on the FBI files?
Oh wait. I'm already on the FBI f
Why not just call them planets?
What? Pluto has spent a long time trying to get planet status and now you want a stingy little brat like "Sedna" to join in? You're insensitive. I'm sorry, but you are. Can you even pronounce "Quaoar" ? Do you want our astronomers to invent similarly catastrophic names for 500 other little bits of galactic crap, and all for the sake of equality?
I hate reds(communists not red giants).
The link to the blog is useful. It turns out the fact that the ordering of requested digits is ..ordered (i.e digits 1 3 8, or 3 4 6, but never 8 5 2) for apparently user-friendliness reasons.
Nothing serious though, the keylogger is far more unsettling. If someone has your machine pwned like that, an online account login is only one of your worries, and they are many.
1) Make sure computer doesn't have keylogger/trojan/spyware/windows on it
2) Do life-endangering work (i.e log into account with life savings in it)
3) Logout
4) Beer
I am a Muslim, religious enough by western standards to be verging on zeal, and I tell you: there is no goal.
They are performing actions based on promises that God never made, for reasons that incorporate both ignorance and hatred, but mostly hatred. The kamikaze/terrorist ideology is more harmful than most criminal attacks because the death of the attacker is not a liability but an asset. This allows them to venture into areas where other criminals can't/won't. It is also more difficult to stop because the threat to one's own safety (from security counter-measures) is not of importance.
It would do you good however, to consider also the goals behind current Israeli tactics in Lebanon, for e.g. The precision bombing of schools and residential complexes with cluster bombs, in towns that have never seen a militant..how is this different from blowing up a plane? Both are intentional, and the latter is planned in briefing rooms in intricate detail. Of course, one cannot serve as an excuse for the other, but this last sentence does not make sense to someone who has has dropped high-school.
A planet where SWAT teams can storm into your house and shoot you with a lethal firearm, this based on information that relates mostly to your ethnic origin. The world is a scary place.
That's what it sounded like when it flew over your head.
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I love the smell of Anonymous Cowards in the morning. Smells like...mod points.
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Whats a luser of slashdot? Do you mean like a faggot of fucking?