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Message 73 of 341 (615808)
05-17-2011 2:27 AM 		Reply to: Message 71 by Coyote
05-16-2011 10:32 PM

Re: Fish Identification
Coyote writes:
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Dr Adequate writes:
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The teeth are wrong.
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If you reduce the size of the upper canines you have what appears to be a bear or some such. The rear teeth look like what are called carnasial teeth. These are not found in fish.
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It was the teeth that aroused my suspicion, but then I don't know very much about fish dentition. But they look too mammalian to me.
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There are more pictures of it here about 1/3 the way down.
In those views the rear teeth look a lot more like primate teeth, and not at all like carnasials (such as are found in dogs, for example).
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Still not something you would find in a fish.
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I suspect something they built, rather than photoshopped. Sort of a Piltdown fish.
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- xongsmith, 5.7d
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05-20-2011 2:16 AM 		Reply to: Message 90 by Dr Adequate
05-20-2011 1:04 AM

Re: Penguins anti-life?
Dr Adequate writes:
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While the threat from their egg-laying activities is minimal, there is always the possibility that they'll think of some more efficient way to destroy life as we know it. It would therefore be prudent to take some pre-emptive measure such as the annihilation of all penguins.
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There will be the usual protests from animal rights activists, so I suggest that we kill them too. You can't be too careful.
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Oh, everyone knows that all penguins are going to heaven. This is abundantly obvious. Except for the one that Batman had to contend with.
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So, why don't we just wait until after Saturday? Not only that, but then we can scoop up all the empty tuxedoes and start our own Tuxedo Rental business.
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10-13-2011 3:18 AM 		Reply to: Message 133 by Taz
10-13-2011 1:19 AM

Re: Alcohol and sex?
Taz ruminates:
Not that I'm complaining, but why can't I have sex when I'm drunk?
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I've always been glad about this aspect of myself. Can't accidentally get anyone pregnant, my worst fear. Just wondering why I hear it's so easy for other people to have sex and do all kinds of crazy things when they are drunk and it's always the opposite for me.
Not that I'm complaining, but why can't I have sex when I'm drunk?
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I've always been glad about this aspect of myself. Can't accidentally get anyone pregnant, my worst fear. Just wondering why I hear it's so easy for other people to have sex and do all kinds of crazy things when they are drunk and it's always the opposite for me.
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We are all under an attack from the viral idiots that foisted Prohibition on the USA. Imagine Christine Lavin's voice here: "What was I thinking?"
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Hello.
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Edited by xongsmith, : Whhoooops! Sorry....heh heh....
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01-24-2012 2:07 PM 		Reply to: Message 184 by Panda
01-21-2012 6:54 PM

Re: What to do?
Panda says:
I used to play Skyrim, but then I took an arrow in the knee.
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I think Tebow, the QB of the 2011 NFL's Denver Broncos, did that first.
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03-23-2012 2:39 PM 		Reply to: Message 257 by RAZD
03-23-2012 12:34 PM

Re: is IQ165+ real or a joke?
I suspect that once you get out of, say, for example, the IQ bracket 95-105, that the error term and confidence of your estimate deteriorates rapidly.
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So I vote 165+ = a joke.
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