For those who understand.
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No No, I knew about Haplodiploids from my A-Level Biology days, a long time ago now, back when dinosaurs ruled the earth. It was just being reminded of them within this course that brought them to mind.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
We had to study Biology in school till tenth grade. And it was horrible. Actually I like only two things - Maths and Physics.
Dalek Dave wrote:
Haplodiploids
Are they some what like amoeba?
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
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Bob Emmett wrote:
You do him a disservice, he would fight to prevent any society that began with the letters 'eu', because it would probably be Eutopian, Eugenicist, Euthenasist and fit only for Euro-Trash.
That is an honourary 5!
Bob Emmett wrote:
Are you an amateur apiarist?
No, I just steal their honey!
Bob Emmett wrote:
What got you onto this tack?
Stuff I am doing on an Open University Course. (All to do with the Cambrian Explosion)
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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We had to study Biology in school till tenth grade. And it was horrible. Actually I like only two things - Maths and Physics.
Dalek Dave wrote:
Haplodiploids
Are they some what like amoeba?
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
I liked maths and physics too, Got A levels in both as well, got a degree in physics. Haplodiploid is a mechanism for determining sex of offspring. If an allele is heterozygous the offspring will be femail, if homozygous, male. That is Haploids develope from unfertilized eggs into males, and the diploids develop from fertilized eggs and become female. This means that a male of haplodiploid alleled specii cannot by definition have a father, nor can he have a son. However, and you have to think about this, he has a grandfather and may have grandsons. There can be diploid males but they are always sterile, so no joy there then. Another oddity is that in Haplodiploids, the males tend to have half the number of chromosomes than the females, yet functionality is maintained.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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Dalek Dave wrote:
(All to do with the Cambrian Explosion)
You're studying obese Brides[^]? :(
Bob Emmett
I can go better than that. In all coelemate organisms (organisms with a gastric tract), the fertilized ovum undergoes mytosis time and again until it is a large ball of cells, then something curious happens. A small indentation appears, this works through and forms a tube, the gut, and from thence on all is built around it. That 'indentation' becomes the Anus. The fisrt geological age of the earth (after the Hadean which doesn't really count), is the Precambrian, followed by the Cambrian. Cambria is now Wales, and since this is where it all started, can we assume that Wales is the Anus of the world? I have been to Merthyr Tydfil, so I think there is definitely evidence to support this!
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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I liked maths and physics too, Got A levels in both as well, got a degree in physics. Haplodiploid is a mechanism for determining sex of offspring. If an allele is heterozygous the offspring will be femail, if homozygous, male. That is Haploids develope from unfertilized eggs into males, and the diploids develop from fertilized eggs and become female. This means that a male of haplodiploid alleled specii cannot by definition have a father, nor can he have a son. However, and you have to think about this, he has a grandfather and may have grandsons. There can be diploid males but they are always sterile, so no joy there then. Another oddity is that in Haplodiploids, the males tend to have half the number of chromosomes than the females, yet functionality is maintained.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
Dalek Dave wrote:
I liked maths and physics too, Got A levels in both as well, got a degree in physics.
I am surprised how you ended up in accounts then? To be honest, I did not understood anything after this in your post. Maybe since it is not of my interest. As far as CSS being that creature, I am afraid to say this, I do not agree. He is a human being with some very different opinions than others. They may be right or wrong but that's a different thing. Also, he never tries to explain why what he thinks is correct. And to me, thats where the fun in reading BR lies.
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
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Bob Emmett wrote:
You do him a disservice, he would fight to prevent any society that began with the letters 'eu', because it would probably be Eutopian, Eugenicist, Euthenasist and fit only for Euro-Trash.
That is an honourary 5!
Bob Emmett wrote:
Are you an amateur apiarist?
No, I just steal their honey!
Bob Emmett wrote:
What got you onto this tack?
Stuff I am doing on an Open University Course. (All to do with the Cambrian Explosion)
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
Dalek Dave wrote:
Stuff I am doing on an Open University Course. (All to do with the Cambrian Explosion)
Fascinating stuff. Do you remember the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures on this very subject. 1996 it was presented by Professor Simon Conway Morris. [^] and here is an interview with him at the Darwin Project [^]
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I liked maths and physics too, Got A levels in both as well, got a degree in physics.
I am surprised how you ended up in accounts then? To be honest, I did not understood anything after this in your post. Maybe since it is not of my interest. As far as CSS being that creature, I am afraid to say this, I do not agree. He is a human being with some very different opinions than others. They may be right or wrong but that's a different thing. Also, he never tries to explain why what he thinks is correct. And to me, thats where the fun in reading BR lies.
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
d@nish wrote:
I am surprised how you ended up in accounts then?
Ended up in accounts because it pays well.
d@nish wrote:
To be honest, I did not understood anything after this in your post. Maybe since it is not of my interest.
Well you did ask! :)
d@nish wrote:
He is a human being with some very different opinions than others
He has NO opinions, he merely regurgitates the smegma he finds on you tube, then when he is given the proof that it is wrong retaliates with insults or changes the conversation. I am afraid he is a twat, and that is why I broached the subject.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Stuff I am doing on an Open University Course. (All to do with the Cambrian Explosion)
Fascinating stuff. Do you remember the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures on this very subject. 1996 it was presented by Professor Simon Conway Morris. [^] and here is an interview with him at the Darwin Project [^]
Blimey I can barely remember last Thurday, never mind the RSCL from 1996. (Actually, not true, I remember Dawkins excellent lecture "Climbing Mount Improbable", I went on to buy the book.) And I remember the Tech guy Bryson Gore. My old Physics Prof did it one year, Frank Close.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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I can go better than that. In all coelemate organisms (organisms with a gastric tract), the fertilized ovum undergoes mytosis time and again until it is a large ball of cells, then something curious happens. A small indentation appears, this works through and forms a tube, the gut, and from thence on all is built around it. That 'indentation' becomes the Anus. The fisrt geological age of the earth (after the Hadean which doesn't really count), is the Precambrian, followed by the Cambrian. Cambria is now Wales, and since this is where it all started, can we assume that Wales is the Anus of the world? I have been to Merthyr Tydfil, so I think there is definitely evidence to support this!
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
Dalek Dave wrote:
I have been to Merthyr Tydfil
Well, the anus is down south, so I suppose Merthyr would qualify. I lived in the Conwy Valley for 5 years, and there is no shortage of a'holes (of the human kind) up north (about 5% of the population, I would estimate).
Bob Emmett Vote Plaid Cymru!
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d@nish wrote:
I am surprised how you ended up in accounts then?
Ended up in accounts because it pays well.
d@nish wrote:
To be honest, I did not understood anything after this in your post. Maybe since it is not of my interest.
Well you did ask! :)
d@nish wrote:
He is a human being with some very different opinions than others
He has NO opinions, he merely regurgitates the smegma he finds on you tube, then when he is given the proof that it is wrong retaliates with insults or changes the conversation. I am afraid he is a twat, and that is why I broached the subject.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
Dalek Dave wrote:
Well you did ask!
I thought it would be a simple yes no kind of answer. I thought those halodilo-somethings are animals/creatures/ whatever just like tigers and lions. CSS does have opinions. They are not his opinions but of some random youtube video poster which he has made his opinions. I think for him, youtube is Bible. Still, I believe, someone should talk to him. Or he should sit down and analyze whatever he believes in that if it is true or not. Here, YouTube videos does not count nor does Wiki. He might be a twat*. And I am not against people pulling his leg or seriously ranting against him. He and only him has brought him to this place. And only he can correct his image. *Its funny that how funny twat sounds to me even if I don't know its meaning.
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 6:05 AM
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Well you did ask!
I thought it would be a simple yes no kind of answer. I thought those halodilo-somethings are animals/creatures/ whatever just like tigers and lions. CSS does have opinions. They are not his opinions but of some random youtube video poster which he has made his opinions. I think for him, youtube is Bible. Still, I believe, someone should talk to him. Or he should sit down and analyze whatever he believes in that if it is true or not. Here, YouTube videos does not count nor does Wiki. He might be a twat*. And I am not against people pulling his leg or seriously ranting against him. He and only him has brought him to this place. And only he can correct his image. *Its funny that how funny twat sounds to me even if I don't know its meaning.
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 6:05 AM
d@nish wrote:
*Its funny that how funny twat sounds to me even if I don't know its meaning.
It is an excellent word and describes him wonderfully. see here[^]
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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d@nish wrote:
*Its funny that how funny twat sounds to me even if I don't know its meaning.
It is an excellent word and describes him wonderfully. see here[^]
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
It really is a funny word. Getting back to CSS, whatever he is, he is a part of CP. And I guess one should try and talk to him. I know CG tries real hard but CSS shows off his "twattishness" by posting insults.
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
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It really is a funny word. Getting back to CSS, whatever he is, he is a part of CP. And I guess one should try and talk to him. I know CG tries real hard but CSS shows off his "twattishness" by posting insults.
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
d@nish wrote:
twattishness
Hey, you are really picking it up now! :) Excellent use of idiom!
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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Is CSS Haplodiploid? I mean he obviously has no father (A male influence in his upbringing would have stopped him from being such a twat), and he has no chance of having fine strapping sons, (For obvious reasons). On the other hand, haplodiploidy is usual in eusocial society, something he can only wish for. I leave the decision for others to make.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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I can go better than that. In all coelemate organisms (organisms with a gastric tract), the fertilized ovum undergoes mytosis time and again until it is a large ball of cells, then something curious happens. A small indentation appears, this works through and forms a tube, the gut, and from thence on all is built around it. That 'indentation' becomes the Anus. The fisrt geological age of the earth (after the Hadean which doesn't really count), is the Precambrian, followed by the Cambrian. Cambria is now Wales, and since this is where it all started, can we assume that Wales is the Anus of the world? I have been to Merthyr Tydfil, so I think there is definitely evidence to support this!
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
Off tyo Wales after Chrimble, I will try to remember this.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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I wish I could vote 5 for that! Have a 5 in your mind anyway! :)
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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Blimey I can barely remember last Thurday, never mind the RSCL from 1996. (Actually, not true, I remember Dawkins excellent lecture "Climbing Mount Improbable", I went on to buy the book.) And I remember the Tech guy Bryson Gore. My old Physics Prof did it one year, Frank Close.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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Dalek Dave wrote:
And I remember the Tech guy Bryson Gore. My old Physics Prof did it one year, Frank Close.
Yes, I remember Bryson. Didn't Frank move on to CERN?
he did for a while, he is now at bristol i think.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
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d@nish wrote:
I am surprised how you ended up in accounts then?
Ended up in accounts because it pays well.
d@nish wrote:
To be honest, I did not understood anything after this in your post. Maybe since it is not of my interest.
Well you did ask! :)
d@nish wrote:
He is a human being with some very different opinions than others
He has NO opinions, he merely regurgitates the smegma he finds on you tube, then when he is given the proof that it is wrong retaliates with insults or changes the conversation. I am afraid he is a twat, and that is why I broached the subject.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
Now I get taught a new word as well as reminded of the glorious cheesiness of another, all in one Saturday arvie.
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I liked maths and physics too, Got A levels in both as well, got a degree in physics. Haplodiploid is a mechanism for determining sex of offspring. If an allele is heterozygous the offspring will be femail, if homozygous, male. That is Haploids develope from unfertilized eggs into males, and the diploids develop from fertilized eggs and become female. This means that a male of haplodiploid alleled specii cannot by definition have a father, nor can he have a son. However, and you have to think about this, he has a grandfather and may have grandsons. There can be diploid males but they are always sterile, so no joy there then. Another oddity is that in Haplodiploids, the males tend to have half the number of chromosomes than the females, yet functionality is maintained.
------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould
Dalek Dave wrote:
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So you did get drunk last night, eh? ;P You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Dave, that's not even the American spelling! :laugh:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)