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midwifetoad



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,07:02   

But does it latch? That is the question.

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k.e..



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,09:06   

WHETHER 'TIS NOBLER IN THE MIND TO SUFFER, HOMOS!
THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS CREATIONISTS,
OR TO TAKE ARMS AGAINST A SEA OF ROUBLES, (generated by Christ Co.)
AND BY OPPOSING END THEM? TO DIE: TO SLEEP; (of boredom)
NO MORE; AND BY A SLEEP TO SAY WE END ( but not in their case…. yawn)
THE HEART-ACHE AND THE THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS  (of their plain bone headedness)
THAT FLESH IS HEIR TO, 'TIS A CONSUMMATION  (but not in KF’s case)
DEVOUTLY TO BE WISH'D. TO DIE, TO SLEEP; (or because they  lie down with dogs)
TO SLEEP: PERCHANCE TO DREAM: AY, THERE'S THE RUB; (Denko on Denyse)
FOR IN THAT SLEEP OF DEATH WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (of angels for Bill)
WHEN WE HAVE SHUFFLED OFF THIS MORTAL COIL, (what?....before or after Dover?)
MUST GIVE US PAUSE: THERE'S THE RESPECT (those clowns need love too)
THAT MAKES CALAMITY OF SO LONG LIFE; (of ID? ..stillborn folks and buried under the roses)
FOR WHO WOULD BEAR THE WHIPS AND SCORNS OF TIME, (they can, all day long)
THE OPPRESSOR'S WRONG, THE PROUD MAN'S CONTUMELY, (oily KFs anyone?)
THE PANGS OF DESPISED LOVE, THE LAW'S DELAY, (Behe and Dover..again)
THE INSOLENCE OF OFFICE AND THE SPURNS  (fart gags and man of the year  Time Mag…..oh wait)
THAT PATIENT MERIT OF THE UNWORTHY TAKES, (kaching)
WHEN HE HIMSELF MIGHT HIS QUIETUS MAKE  (yes god ,where art thou…homo)
WITH A BARE BODKIN? WHO WOULD FARDELS BEAR, (Casey fuck brows who else)
TO GRUNT AND SWEAT UNDER A WEARY LIFE, (At Baylors broom cupboard?)
BUT THAT THE DREAD OF SOMETHING AFTER DEATH, (ummmm…..death?)
THE UNDISCOVER'D COUNTRY FROM WHOSE BOURN  (Ah yes Jerusalem the rough beast's destination)
NO TRAVELLER RETURNS, PUZZLES THE WILL (and  testament)
AND MAKES US RATHER BEAR THOSE   lulz  WE HAVE
THAN FLY TO OTHERS THAT WE KNOW NOT OF? (global warming deniers?)
THUS CONSCIENCE DOES MAKE COWARDS OF US ALL; (snikker ....nup only fact deniers)
and thus the native hue of evolution
is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of id,
and blogs of great piss and comment
with this regard their rusted on contributors  blow smoke ,
and lose the name of action. – please don’t give up!
the fair eve! nymph, in thy kansas
be all my sins remember'd.

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sparc



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,11:13   

Quote (BillB @ Sep. 26 2011,01:55)
someone had better tell KF:
a few million monkeys randomly recreate shakespeare
 
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Today (2011-09-23) at 2:30 PST the monkeys successfully randomly recreated A Lover’s Complaint. This is the first time a work of Shakespeare has actually been randomly reproduced.  Furthermore, this is the largest work ever randomly reproduced. It is one small step for a monkey, one giant leap for virtual primates everywhere.

If Shakespeare didn't latch all these words into English literature in the first place you wouldn't realize the monkeys typing them.

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Schroedinger's Dog



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,11:27   

Quote (k.e.. @ Sep. 26 2011,15:06)
WHETHER 'TIS NOBLER IN THE MIND TO SUFFER, HOMOS!
THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS CREATIONISTS,
OR TO TAKE ARMS AGAINST A SEA OF ROUBLES, (generated by Christ Co.)
AND BY OPPOSING END THEM? TO DIE: TO SLEEP; (of boredom)
NO MORE; AND BY A SLEEP TO SAY WE END ( but not in their case…. yawn)
THE HEART-ACHE AND THE THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS  (of their plain bone headedness)
THAT FLESH IS HEIR TO, 'TIS A CONSUMMATION  (but not in KF’s case)
DEVOUTLY TO BE WISH'D. TO DIE, TO SLEEP; (or because they  lie down with dogs)
TO SLEEP: PERCHANCE TO DREAM: AY, THERE'S THE RUB; (Denko on Denyse)
FOR IN THAT SLEEP OF DEATH WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (of angels for Bill)
WHEN WE HAVE SHUFFLED OFF THIS MORTAL COIL, (what?....before or after Dover?)
MUST GIVE US PAUSE: THERE'S THE RESPECT (those clowns need love too)
THAT MAKES CALAMITY OF SO LONG LIFE; (of ID? ..stillborn folks and buried under the roses)
FOR WHO WOULD BEAR THE WHIPS AND SCORNS OF TIME, (they can, all day long)
THE OPPRESSOR'S WRONG, THE PROUD MAN'S CONTUMELY, (oily KFs anyone?)
THE PANGS OF DESPISED LOVE, THE LAW'S DELAY, (Behe and Dover..again)
THE INSOLENCE OF OFFICE AND THE SPURNS  (fart gags and man of the year  Time Mag…..oh wait)
THAT PATIENT MERIT OF THE UNWORTHY TAKES, (kaching)
WHEN HE HIMSELF MIGHT HIS QUIETUS MAKE  (yes god ,where art thou…homo)
WITH A BARE BODKIN? WHO WOULD FARDELS BEAR, (Casey fuck brows who else)
TO GRUNT AND SWEAT UNDER A WEARY LIFE, (At Baylors broom cupboard?)
BUT THAT THE DREAD OF SOMETHING AFTER DEATH, (ummmm…..death?)
THE UNDISCOVER'D COUNTRY FROM WHOSE BOURN  (Ah yes Jerusalem the rough beast's destination)
NO TRAVELLER RETURNS, PUZZLES THE WILL (and  testament)
AND MAKES US RATHER BEAR THOSE   lulz  WE HAVE
THAN FLY TO OTHERS THAT WE KNOW NOT OF? (global warming deniers?)
THUS CONSCIENCE DOES MAKE COWARDS OF US ALL; (snikker ....nup only fact deniers)
and thus the native hue of evolution
is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of id,
and blogs of great piss and comment
with this regard their rusted on contributors  blow smoke ,
and lose the name of action. – please don’t give up!
the fair eve! nymph, in thy kansas
be all my sins remember'd.

As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

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rossum



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,11:50   

Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Sep. 26 2011,11:27)
As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

Given the current state of Physics, shouldn't it be POLW (Post of last week)?

rossum

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midwifetoad



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,12:17   

Quote (rossum @ Sep. 26 2011,11:50)
Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Sep. 26 2011,11:27)
As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

Given the current state of Physics, shouldn't it be POLW (Post of last week)?

rossum

Tardy on, Garth.

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Tracy P. Hamilton



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,17:58   

Designer identified by DeNews!  They are transposons, but she does not have the wit to recognize she has shot herself in the foot.

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Not only is genome alteration for placental pregnancy a “huge cut-and-paste operation,” study finds, but …


From the article:
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They found more than 1500 genes that were expressed in the uterus solely in the placental mammals. Intriguingly, note the researchers, the expression of these genes in the uterus is coordinated by transposons -- essentially selfish pieces of genetic material that replicate within the host genome and used to be called junk DNA.

"Transposons grow like parasites that have invaded the body, multiplying and taking up space in the genome," said Vincent J. Lynch, research scientist in EEB and lead author of the paper.

But they also activate or repress genes related to pregnancy, he said.

"These transposons are not genes that underwent small changes over long periods of time and eventually grew into their new role during pregnancy," Lynch said. "They are more like prefabricated regulatory units that install themselves into a host genome, which then recycles them to carry out entirely new functions like facilitating maternal-fetal communication" Lynch said.


Keep posting them functional DNA articles regardless of whether anything is known about their origin, DeNews!

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Tracy P. Hamilton



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,18:09   

DeNews continues to post about what others are saying about relativity:

 
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Yet more reactions to the “faster than light” neutrinos: Must be “subtle error”


C'mon, post your deep theorizing, self-appointed cosmology expert (from reading one popular book about string theory by Woit).

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"Following what I just wrote about fitness, you’re taking refuge in what we see in the world."  PaV

"The simple equation F = MA leads to the concept of four-dimensional space." GilDodgen

"We have no brain, I don't, for thinking." Robert Byers

  
noncarborundum



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,19:19   

Quote (rossum @ Sep. 26 2011,11:50)
 
Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Sep. 26 2011,11:27)
As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

Given the current state of Physics, shouldn't it be POLW (Post of last week)?

rossum

If it got here via neutrino, maybe it's the PONW.

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Hermagoras



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,21:42   

Huzzah! Popping in out of my busy life to note that Frilly Gil, in the opening moves of a musically inflected C.3, does injury to English, as follows:  
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Although for many years I was a classical concert pianist, I was raised by a wonderful father . . .

Ponder the significance of that although for a moment.  

Da Tard

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paragwinn



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,22:47   

Quote (Hermagoras @ Sep. 26 2011,19:42)
Huzzah! Popping in out of my busy life to note that Frilly Gil, in the opening moves of a musically inflected C.3, does injury to English, as follows:  
Quote
Although for many years I was a classical concert pianist, I was raised by a wonderful father . . .
Ponder the significance of that although for a moment.  

Da Tard

Maybe he's trying to distinguish himself from Mozart and Beethoven:  
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musicologist Maynard Solomon maintains that Leopold enjoyed basking in the reflected glory of his “miraculous” child’s talents, and exploited the boy for material gain while constantly claiming poverty to all who would listen.
 
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Beethoven's father cruelly made young Ludwig practice for hours at a time.  His dream was to have his son make the family rich.  After long nights of drinking, Beethoven's father would sometimes drag his son out of bed to practice the piano or play for guests.

Being mistaken for a person of renown can be quite a terrible burden. :p

eta: emoticon powers, activate!

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All women build up a resistance [to male condescension]. Apparently, ID did not predict that. -Kristine 4-19-11
F/Ns to F/Ns to F/Ns etc. The whole thing is F/N ridiculous -Seversky on KF footnote fetish 8-20-11
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Dr.GH



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,23:35   

Quote (midwifetoad @ Sep. 26 2011,10:17)
Quote (rossum @ Sep. 26 2011,11:50)
Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Sep. 26 2011,11:27)
As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

Given the current state of Physics, shouldn't it be POLW (Post of last week)?

rossum

Tardy on, Garth.

Would that be better said,

"60 millionths of a second preemie on, Garth"

Well, OK. It wouldn't. But, it would be more current until the next uncharged particle burst. Or, as I suggested, the whole universe is mostly 60 millionths of a second slow. I am slower than that by several orders of magnitude, but I don't think people notice.

Does any one remember "tackions?"

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Dr.GH



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 26 2011,23:38   

Quote (noncarborundum @ Sep. 26 2011,17:19)
Quote (rossum @ Sep. 26 2011,11:50)
 
Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Sep. 26 2011,11:27)
As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

Given the current state of Physics, shouldn't it be POLW (Post of last week)?

rossum

If it got here via neutrino, maybe it's the PONW.

This is definitely the POSW (Post Of Some Week).

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L. Susskind, 2004 "SMOLIN VS. SUSSKIND: THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE"

   
BillB



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,01:30   

Quote (Dr.GH @ Sep. 27 2011,05:38)
Quote (noncarborundum @ Sep. 26 2011,17:19)
Quote (rossum @ Sep. 26 2011,11:50)
   
Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Sep. 26 2011,11:27)
As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

Given the current state of Physics, shouldn't it be POLW (Post of last week)?

rossum

If it got here via neutrino, maybe it's the PONW.

This is definitely the POSW (Post Of Some Week).

Hmm, well I think the one I posted tomorrow was better, but I decided to delete it last week.

  
Dr.GH



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,01:40   

Quote (BillB @ Sep. 26 2011,23:30)
Quote (Dr.GH @ Sep. 27 2011,05:38)
Quote (noncarborundum @ Sep. 26 2011,17:19)
 
Quote (rossum @ Sep. 26 2011,11:50)
   
Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Sep. 26 2011,11:27)
As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

Given the current state of Physics, shouldn't it be POLW (Post of last week)?

rossum

If it got here via neutrino, maybe it's the PONW.

This is definitely the POSW (Post Of Some Week).

Hmm, well I think the one I posted tomorrow was better, but I decided to delete it last week.

Sorry, I wasn't there. But I won't be there later, or earlier either.

I actually had a thought that these neutrinos could be using some of string theory's spare dimensions. But I still favor my idea that the universe is really running a 60 millionth of a second late and these particles have just avoided the crowded station.

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L. Susskind, 2004 "SMOLIN VS. SUSSKIND: THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE"

   
BillB



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,03:04   

Quote (Dr.GH @ Sep. 27 2011,07:40)
Quote (BillB @ Sep. 26 2011,23:30)
Quote (Dr.GH @ Sep. 27 2011,05:38)
 
Quote (noncarborundum @ Sep. 26 2011,17:19)
 
Quote (rossum @ Sep. 26 2011,11:50)
     
Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Sep. 26 2011,11:27)
As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

Given the current state of Physics, shouldn't it be POLW (Post of last week)?

rossum

If it got here via neutrino, maybe it's the PONW.

This is definitely the POSW (Post Of Some Week).

Hmm, well I think the one I posted tomorrow was better, but I decided to delete it last week.

Sorry, I wasn't there. But I won't be there later, or earlier either.

I actually had a thought that these neutrinos could be using some of string theory's spare dimensions. But I still favor my idea that the universe is really running a 60 millionth of a second late and these particles have just avoided the crowded station.

We are living in a simulation - photons are buffered, neutrinos are not.

  
Louis



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,03:49   

Quote (BillB @ Sep. 27 2011,09:04)
Quote (Dr.GH @ Sep. 27 2011,07:40)
Quote (BillB @ Sep. 26 2011,23:30)
 
Quote (Dr.GH @ Sep. 27 2011,05:38)
 
Quote (noncarborundum @ Sep. 26 2011,17:19)
   
Quote (rossum @ Sep. 26 2011,11:50)
     
Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Sep. 26 2011,11:27)
As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

Given the current state of Physics, shouldn't it be POLW (Post of last week)?

rossum

If it got here via neutrino, maybe it's the PONW.

This is definitely the POSW (Post Of Some Week).

Hmm, well I think the one I posted tomorrow was better, but I decided to delete it last week.

Sorry, I wasn't there. But I won't be there later, or earlier either.

I actually had a thought that these neutrinos could be using some of string theory's spare dimensions. But I still favor my idea that the universe is really running a 60 millionth of a second late and these particles have just avoided the crowded station.

We are living in a simulation - photons are buffered, neutrinos are not.

World of Earthcraft? We lagged compared to the neutrinos?

Hmmmm. I demand a reroll!

Louis

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Schroedinger's Dog



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,05:19   

Quote (Louis @ Sep. 27 2011,09:49)
Quote (BillB @ Sep. 27 2011,09:04)
Quote (Dr.GH @ Sep. 27 2011,07:40)
 
Quote (BillB @ Sep. 26 2011,23:30)
 
Quote (Dr.GH @ Sep. 27 2011,05:38)
   
Quote (noncarborundum @ Sep. 26 2011,17:19)
   
Quote (rossum @ Sep. 26 2011,11:50)
       
Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Sep. 26 2011,11:27)
As much as I have to admit Shakespeare and DaveTard shouldn't match, this is most likely a POTW...

Given the current state of Physics, shouldn't it be POLW (Post of last week)?

rossum

If it got here via neutrino, maybe it's the PONW.

This is definitely the POSW (Post Of Some Week).

Hmm, well I think the one I posted tomorrow was better, but I decided to delete it last week.

Sorry, I wasn't there. But I won't be there later, or earlier either.

I actually had a thought that these neutrinos could be using some of string theory's spare dimensions. But I still favor my idea that the universe is really running a 60 millionth of a second late and these particles have just avoided the crowded station.

We are living in a simulation - photons are buffered, neutrinos are not.

World of Earthcraft? We lagged compared to the neutrinos?

Hmmmm. I demand a reroll!

Louis

Mmmhh. Can we get a Ping on those neutrinos?

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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,07:39   

Quote (k.e.. @ Sep. 26 2011,10:06)
WHETHER 'TIS NOBLER IN THE MIND TO SUFFER, HOMOS!
THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS CREATIONISTS,
OR TO TAKE ARMS AGAINST A SEA OF ROUBLES, (generated by Christ Co.)
AND BY OPPOSING END THEM? TO DIE: TO SLEEP; (of boredom)
NO MORE; AND BY A SLEEP TO SAY WE END ( but not in their case…. yawn)
THE HEART-ACHE AND THE THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS  (of their plain bone headedness)
THAT FLESH IS HEIR TO, 'TIS A CONSUMMATION  (but not in KF’s case)
DEVOUTLY TO BE WISH'D. TO DIE, TO SLEEP; (or because they  lie down with dogs)
TO SLEEP: PERCHANCE TO DREAM: AY, THERE'S THE RUB; (Denko on Denyse)
FOR IN THAT SLEEP OF DEATH WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (of angels for Bill)
WHEN WE HAVE SHUFFLED OFF THIS MORTAL COIL, (what?....before or after Dover?)
MUST GIVE US PAUSE: THERE'S THE RESPECT (those clowns need love too)
THAT MAKES CALAMITY OF SO LONG LIFE; (of ID? ..stillborn folks and buried under the roses)
FOR WHO WOULD BEAR THE WHIPS AND SCORNS OF TIME, (they can, all day long)
THE OPPRESSOR'S WRONG, THE PROUD MAN'S CONTUMELY, (oily KFs anyone?)
THE PANGS OF DESPISED LOVE, THE LAW'S DELAY, (Behe and Dover..again)
THE INSOLENCE OF OFFICE AND THE SPURNS  (fart gags and man of the year  Time Mag…..oh wait)
THAT PATIENT MERIT OF THE UNWORTHY TAKES, (kaching)
WHEN HE HIMSELF MIGHT HIS QUIETUS MAKE  (yes god ,where art thou…homo)
WITH A BARE BODKIN? WHO WOULD FARDELS BEAR, (Casey fuck brows who else)
TO GRUNT AND SWEAT UNDER A WEARY LIFE, (At Baylors broom cupboard?)
BUT THAT THE DREAD OF SOMETHING AFTER DEATH, (ummmm…..death?)
THE UNDISCOVER'D COUNTRY FROM WHOSE BOURN  (Ah yes Jerusalem the rough beast's destination)
NO TRAVELLER RETURNS, PUZZLES THE WILL (and  testament)
AND MAKES US RATHER BEAR THOSE   lulz  WE HAVE
THAN FLY TO OTHERS THAT WE KNOW NOT OF? (global warming deniers?)
THUS CONSCIENCE DOES MAKE COWARDS OF US ALL; (snikker ....nup only fact deniers)
and thus the native hue of evolution
is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of id,
and blogs of great piss and comment
with this regard their rusted on contributors  blow smoke ,
and lose the name of action. – please don’t give up!
the fair eve! nymph, in thy kansas
be all my sins remember'd.

POTW,

I second the motion.

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midwifetoad



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,08:38   

Pride goeth before a fail.

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ThoughtSpark:

Isn’t it about time you said something new in there posts of yours, Gil? I’m partial to intelligent design, but it does you no favours repeating the same old “I used to be an atheist, you know!”, time after time. One would almost be lead to think you are proud of your atheist history.


http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelli....-400893

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midwifetoad



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,12:58   

The DU page loading bug is back, but only on some pages.

Now it affects Chrome as well as IE and FireFox.

The Science and Freethinking thread is unusable as well as stupid.

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paragwinn



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,18:47   

As DeNews condescends to notify UDers of Jason Rosenhouse's upcoming book[link to Jason's blog], woodford ponders this:
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Why does News have to sneer at everything? It really lowers the tone of this website and takes away from what’s being said.

Why, indeed.

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All women build up a resistance [to male condescension]. Apparently, ID did not predict that. -Kristine 4-19-11
F/Ns to F/Ns to F/Ns etc. The whole thing is F/N ridiculous -Seversky on KF footnote fetish 8-20-11
Sigh. Really Bill? - Barry Arrington

  
Patrick



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,19:12   

Quote (paragwinn @ Sep. 27 2011,19:47)
As DeNews condescends to notify UDers of Jason Rosenhouse's upcoming book[link to Jason's blog], woodford ponders this:
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Why does News have to sneer at everything? It really lowers the tone of this website and takes away from what’s being said.

Why, indeed.

While Mrs. O'Leary treated me very nicely in my guise as MathGrrl, I simply cannot accept that she has the writing skill necessary to lower the tone of UD.

  
Erasmus, FCD



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,19:52   

as stupid as whatever the fuck tranmaw is may in fact be, those haploid drunks are on a whole 'notha level

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I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

  
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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 27 2011,21:55   

Quote (midwifetoad @ Sep. 27 2011,12:58)
The DU page loading bug is back, but only on some pages.

Now it affects Chrome as well as IE and FireFox.

The Science and Freethinking thread is unusable as well as stupid.

Firefox explains the bug thusly:  
Quote
The connection was reset
     
The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
       
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.

It graciously leaves out explanation B: "Firefox is protecting you from Tard Overload"

  
CeilingCat



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 28 2011,00:48   

Now it's later in the day, I'm connected to a better internet connection and it loads perfectly.  I'm betting UD's server is choking during periods of high Tard input and dropping the connection.

F/N Don't worry, there doesn't appear to be anything particularly worth reading on that thread, but if I spot something I'll upload it here.

  
oldmanintheskydidntdoit



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 28 2011,07:12   

It's been a while since we had a "it's another record month at UD for views" post...

I wonder why.

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Patrick



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 28 2011,08:29   

gpuccio is back and talking about information again:
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I am discussing the probability of generating the complex functional information present in basci protein domains by darwinain evolution. That is clear, simple and explicit.

It's almost as though he's completely forgotten about the multiple threads on Mark Frank's blog where he claimed to be able to calculate CSI but ended up repeatedly changing his definition and finally stopped participating altogether.

He must have spent the last year fixing those problems with his definition and calculations.  Surely no Intelligent Design Creationist at UD would be so intellectually dishonest as to continue to use demonstrably nonsensical concepts.

  
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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 28 2011,08:56   

Quote (Patrick @ Sep. 28 2011,14:29)
gpuccio is back and talking about information again:
 
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I am discussing the probability of generating the complex functional information present in basci protein domains by darwinain evolution. That is clear, simple and explicit.

It's almost as though he's completely forgotten about the multiple threads on Mark Frank's blog where he claimed to be able to calculate CSI but ended up repeatedly changing his definition and finally stopped participating altogether.

He must have spent the last year fixing those problems with his definition and calculations.  Surely no Intelligent Design Creationist at UD would be so intellectually dishonest as to continue to use demonstrably nonsensical concepts.

And is now running away:
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DrBot:

I am afraid your “arguments” have fallen below any acceptable level. A pity, I thought you were quite reasonable, in the beginning.

Well, I will leave you to explain, if you want, how the laws of electromagnetism completely explain the existence of Windows 7. Good luck, and have a good time.

  
Zachriel



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(Permalink) Posted: Sep. 28 2011,09:55   

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DrRec: Functional information DOES increase in nature (de novo genes, novel activities).

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Gpuccio: Sure. The problem is: how does it increase? Design certainly can increase functional information, for example by designing and implementing a de novo gene. Can the darwinian algorithm do the same? The simple answer is: no, if the new information is complex and not deconstructable into simple naturally selectable steps.

If ...

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Gpuccio: Directed evolution, if I understand what you mean, is a form of design.

Directed evolution can address the issue of selectable steps.

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Gpuccio: The fundamental limitation is that only one subset of functions is “naturally selectable”: those that confer a reproductive advantage. Now, whatever Petrushka may go on saying, that subset is a very tiny subset of all possible functions.

This seems to be the crux of gpuccio's position. In fact, as anyone with passing familiarity with biology can see, there are many ways to be reproductively competitive, from sunflowers to sunfish.

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