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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
8 - COMETS”Comets, journeying around the sun, are assumed to have the same age as our world and solar system. But, as *Fred Whipple has acknowledged, astronomers have no idea where or how comets originated. Evidently all the comets should self-destruct within a time frame that is fairly short. Careful study has indicated that the effect of this dissolution process on short-term comets would have totally dissipated them within 10,000 years. Typical creationist nonsense. Even if we had no clue where comets came from this would not logically result. The only thing you need to have to make this argument invalid is a source for comets that can "replenish" the number that we see -- specifically short term comets. The other question is what causes the self-destruction -- if it is due to repeated passages close to the gravity well of the sun (causing tidal forces to break up the body), then it is related to the number of passes rather than the term of the comet. http://www.solarviews.com/eng/oort.htm
quote: So the Oort cloud can supply new long-term comets at any time for as long as the cloud exists. Any long-term comet can be converted to a short-term comet by a change in orbit (passes too close to Jupiter on one of it's rare long-term passes). 404 Not Found
quote: Doesn't sound like we need to worry about running out any time soon - if we lost a short-term comet every year and replaced it with one of the trillions in the Oort cloud, it would be a very long time ... Enjoy. ps - this is a Hovind classic, and a PRATT How Good are those Young-Earth Arguments: Hovind's 'Proofs' Edited by RAZD, : clarity. compare Fiocruz Genome and fight Muscular Dystrophy with Team EvC! (click) we are limited in our ability to understand by our ability to understand RebelAAmericanOZen[Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Try google with
site:http:// Brookings You may need to pick the Similar Pages link. Enjoy. (cutie )
I feel prettyoh so pretty it's a pity how pretty I feeeeeeeeeeeeel ... we are limited in our ability to understand by our ability to understand RebelAAmericanOZen[Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Actually stamping out forest fires is why ducks have flat feet.
Rhinos have flat feet for stamping out flaming ducks. (old elephant joke) Enjoy.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Hey Zucadragon
I need a bit of help, I'm in a discussion that starts with the basic, and I'm trying to find a good dictionary (or dictionaries) to define the term "evolution". If you want to see how absurd that discussion can get seeEvC Forum: Basic Fundamentals of THE Debate (now open to anyone) Why not use definitions as used by universities that actually teach biological evolution?
Berkeley Universityquote: University of Michiganquote: Or you can use Darwin as a starting point: Descent with Modification. Or the "modern synthesis" definition: the change in frequency of alleles in populations over generations. Any definition not used in the science is irrelevant, as it is talking about a different evolution, and any attempt to use it in place of a scientific definition is equivocation and misrepresentation. Enjoy. by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. • • • Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click) • • •
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Try a pink answer (it is actually closer to magenta but easier to type)
Testing pink on black Testing pink on blue Testing pink on green by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Hi dwise1,
Recently, somebody on this forum complained about that color combination and I also now found it a bit harsh on the eyes. yeah, that was one of my posts. Personally I like tan, gold and orange as stand-alone colors and rarely use red, green or brown I also like blue or black with white ([bgcolor]) or  tan backgrounds [blockcolor]) Enjoy. Edited by RAZD, : more blingby our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Hi Percy,
F&L is correct, it's on the todo list, but you are correct, too, we did used to have chat. It was provided by third party software. Initially it was free, then $10/year, then $25/year, then $75/year. At the last price hike I disabled the feature, and I don't know what the price is now. What is the difference between a chat function and open discussion on an open forum thread? Why not just have a "CHAT" forum and people can start chats on any topic, discuss them, and do anything you can do in a chat room, couldn't they? Put it in Side Orders with minimal moderation. Similar to Free For AllInterested in free and wild debate unencumbered by most moderation? Then this is the forum for you. Just stay on topic. CHATInterested in free ranging and unencumbered chats with other members with minimal moderation? Want to branch off from existing threads and not be tied to a topic? Then this is the forum for you. Just keep it legal and "family friendly". Just a thought. Certainly could be an interim solution? Enjoy. Edited by Zen Deist, : addedby our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Limit the posts to 200 characters and it should not take that long to make a post and then see the rest of the posts when it refreshes.
Personally I don't need faster.by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
I don't need privacy, I wouldn't post anything that would need privacy.
But if you need it, then use the chat forum to make contacts to then communicate by PM links Edited by Zen Deist, : .by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Hi hooah212002,
Do I see a need for it? Not personally, but apparently there is a want for it from other members. The only use I could see for it is because it is difficult/obscure to see the (1)message blinking. Yeah, the only time I've used chat is at work where it was used as a "watson, i need you" kind of message.
... it is because it is difficult/obscure to see the (1)message blinking. Perhaps the location is wrong -- what if it was under your avatar? Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Hi Percy,
Hey Percy This recently occurred to me: Reply ALL function? Would it be possible to have a "reply all" (or reply multiple) function for when you get a number of replies to one message? This may need to be initiated within the post that gets the multiple replies, and could be where the "you have not yet responded" link is? Probably a bit more difficult would be to have an option in the reply program to "add another Reply to" which could be a toggle under the "Reply to: Message xxx by {Y}" where you can pick among the others that reply to the same post? then you would have
Replies to: Message xxx by {A} Message yyy by {B} [bgcolor=tan][color=navy] select another reply to ◊ [/color][/bgcolor] It would likely need to be similar to a general reply (where you can see all the previous posts) but with the posts restricted to those that replied or that are selected for the response being shown (ie 2 or 3 posts). The link/s from the response to each of the replies could still look the same (replies to this message), but at the bottom it list the "ALL" posts under "This message is a reply to:" Enjoy.by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Hi percy another one for your copious free time
[qs=mid#] ie [qs=636038] would look like
Message 214 writes: This recently occurred to me: Reply ALL function? This would be especially useful in the multiple response posts (whether done manually or with the mechanism suggested in Message 214 Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
And for just a couple more minutes ...
how about a CC option ... under theReply to: Message 214 by Zen Deist you would then have pull down menus for
add another reply to 〈 select 〉 add cc to member 〈 select 〉 and putting it all together the reply window would have:
Replies to: Message 214 by Zen Deist Message 215 by Zen Deist cc to: xongsmith add another reply to 〈 select 〉 add cc to member 〈 select 〉 and the posted version would look like
Replies to: Message 214 by Zen Deist Message 215 by Zen Deist cc to: xongsmith where the CC's would show up on the members page as unanswered posts (those blue arrows)?
Message 214 writes: This recently occurred to me: Reply ALL function? Message 215 writes: This would be especially useful in the multiple response posts (whether done manually or with the mechanism suggested in Message 214 Edited by Zen Deist, : blue arrowby our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Hi Percy, hope you like.
one question: when you make a reply the system automatically adds "Re:" to the subtitle ... except that it doesn't when it is the next reply or for blank subtitles. I think it could be interesting if this kept incrementing (so a reply to this would be Re: Re: message CC? and the next Re: Re: Re: message CC? it would kind of force a subtitle change on our subtitle challenged members ... Enjoy.by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Hi Percy,
It works like this:
It is a popularity rating rather than a content rating. I would think that the default rating would be in the middle, average ... 5? Someone who posts little and says nothing controversial should be a 5? It seems to me that the distribution is skewed.
The ability to view your messages that have received votes will be implemented at the same time as the automated post of the month system. Although popular does not necessarily mean good quality. A post like "Rick Perry is a doofus" could be highly popular, but would hardly qualify for post of the month in my opinion. Enjoy Edited by Zen Deist, : exampleby our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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