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Author Topic:   Post your short questions here. No need to start a thread everytime.
robinrohan
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Message 76 of 304 (269655)
12-15-2005 12:00 PM


forum to ask questions
Would it be possible to set up a forum in which a layman like me can ask technical questions that might be answered by whoever knows the answer? An example of the type of question I'm talking about is when I asked Pink Sasquatch what a "receptor" was. I was off-topic when I asked it.

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Message 77 of 304 (273525)
12-28-2005 1:06 PM
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12-15-2005 12:00 PM


Re: forum to ask questions
very good idea.

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macaroniandcheese 
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Message 78 of 304 (273529)
12-28-2005 1:07 PM


how about we add a pm option. private message? it's like a chat room but not real time. it'll keep nwr from getting his panties in a bunch so much since he seems to be mr jump down the throat of the off-topic..
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Buzsaw
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Message 79 of 304 (274475)
12-31-2005 5:58 PM


Question For Faith or Whoever.
Hi Faith or whoever knows. I haven't read enough to ascertain, but who is Notsoblindfaith? Is there purposed agenda for this username?

From "THE MONKEY'S VIEWPOINT: Man descended, the ornery cuss, but he surely did not descend from us!"

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Message 80 of 304 (274477)
12-31-2005 6:01 PM
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12-31-2005 5:58 PM


Re: Question For Faith or Whoever.
I don't know who he/she is. Haven't been following the discussions much, but I liked some of his/her opinions as I recall.

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Minnemooseus
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Message 81 of 304 (285060)
02-08-2006 6:43 PM


Maybe Brad McFall can follow this?
For lack of a better place, I'll put it in this topic.
http://www.wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=17684&starttime=1:36:50
Moose

Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

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Message 82 of 304 (286112)
02-13-2006 10:26 AM


hey asgara
i know what anita is talking about.
AFRICAN VISION QUEST
Bruce faces one of his toughest tests as he is inducted into Bwiti, a rainforest religion practiced by the Babongo people of Gabon. He's right to be worried ” on occasion the ritual, which involves consuming an overdose of a powerful hallucinogenic, iboga, has proved fatal. This dramatic episode follows Bruce's build-up to the ceremony, as he goes hunting, collecting forest honey and spends time getting to know his new friends, before they judge the time is right for his "rebirthing" ritual.
the show is Going Tribal on discovery. and it's awesome.
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Michael
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Message 83 of 304 (294544)
03-12-2006 2:48 PM


to any moderator
I would like to have the title of this topic changed as I think it may be causing problems for the discussion there. A better title would be "Doug Wilson--a problem for a small town in Idaho? (for Faith)."
There may be a way to change it myself, but the time-stamp that I suspect would appear at the bottom of the OP might open me up to a charge of changing the text of the message.
Thanks.

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Message 84 of 304 (294550)
03-12-2006 2:57 PM
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03-12-2006 2:48 PM


Re: to any moderator
fixed

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Message 85 of 304 (294558)
03-12-2006 3:12 PM
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03-12-2006 2:57 PM


Much appreciated.
Cheers.

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pesto
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Message 86 of 304 (301596)
04-06-2006 2:12 PM


I didn't search the thread for the answer, but what is the colored bar that appears under the title of some threads? It starts as a short green bar and grows to a long red bar.

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Message 87 of 304 (301607)
04-06-2006 2:24 PM
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04-06-2006 2:12 PM


It's an activity meter
It shows topics that have the higher activity based on time. Sometimes they are actually topics of interest, but more often it is simply an indication of lots of rapid posts.

Aslan is not a Tame Lion

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Message 88 of 304 (301616)
04-06-2006 2:34 PM
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04-06-2006 2:24 PM


Re: It's an activity meter - Hint for Percy
Maybe Percy can change the column heading from "Topic/Originator" to "Topic/Originator/Activity Meter" and hopefully make things clear once and for all.
Moose
Added by edit: BTW, the meter is messages in the last 48 hours. The meter pegs out at 50 messages. The meter does not show for closed topics.
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Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

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street king
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Message 89 of 304 (303228)
04-11-2006 1:34 PM


my question is does gain of function prove mutations could possibily create new traits, and what are creationist rebuttals against this.

Malachi-II
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Message 90 of 304 (306100)
04-23-2006 11:35 AM


Apology
My apologies for barging into a debate “Why DID we evolve into humans.” I understand the scientific criteria required to substantiate factual information. I appreciate what is revealed through genetics, palaeontology, anthropology, etc., and can only marvel.
It was said, as being precisely true, that because there is no instantaneous transmission of information, the act of observation must always occur at some point in time following the event. I think of sound as an example of instantaneous transmission of information. If sound, per se, cannot be observed after the event is it therefore nonexistent and unprovable?
I referred to the emotion of love. I was thinking of the myriad manifestations of human emotions, including love and hate. For example one might witness an act of genocide. In that moment is there no instantaneous transmission of information? Is the reality only observable after the event?
There is one particular conundrum in my mind that I wish someone could answer. Before Isaac Newton developed a complete mathematical formulation of the mechanistic view of nature that remained the solid foundation of scientific thought well into the 20th century, does it follow that gravity, etc., did not exist until it was accurately measured and quantified? Or was it the formulation and articulation of existing phenomena that admitted conscious acceptance?
And, if basic structures of the material world are determined, ultimately, by the way we look at this world; that the observed patterns of matter are reflections of patterns of mind - was Albert Einstein wide of the mark in saying, “As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”?

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