Citation needed. Just because you have an infinitely long string of non-repeating numbers, it doesn't necessarily mean that every sequence possible is contained in that string. Perhaps it is true that every irrational number has this property but I don't think it's been proven.
not sure where "Organic matter degrades over time unless it's part of a living organism" comes from... because it's not entirely true. Some organic matter is quite stable, depending on the conditions, and it doesn't "need" to be part of a living cell. This is why we can recover DNA from (dead) fossils that is tens of thousands of years old... and why DNA is a reasonably good choice for molecular storage.
These finning bans actually require fishing vessels to capture whole sharks and bring them back to ports before removing their fins -- which makes the economics of shark fins unfavorable due to the size of the sharks and the low market value for the rest of the shark's meat.
So the solution is genetically engineered sharks that can re-grow their fins in a shark farm... and maybe stick some lasers on their heads for fun.
from the article:
"So far, project researchers have sequenced the genomes of 1,092 people from 14 populations in Europe, East Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. Ultimately, they will study more than 2,500 individuals from 26 populations."
So somewhere between 1,092 and 2,500... perhaps I should have said "up to 2,500"....
Some parrots have been seen with surprisingly high intelligence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_(parrot)
Alex was able to do some simple math and was arguably as smart as a very young human child.
"This study brought to you by the Correlation Is Not Causation Foundation." -- That sentence was my way of saying this study was specifically designed to demonstrate that statistics are misinterpreted....
You can try to find correlations between almost any two variables, but it doesn't mean there's any kind of causation relationship between them.... and there's definitely no causation relationship between chocolate consumption and winning a Nobel prize.
Hmm. Sorry about that Ophelia. I hate videos that play automatically, too. But I changed my browser settings so that I have to manually allow Flash to run, and that has prevented me from seeing this annoyance....
I didn't mean to suggest any of these developments are necessarily bad. Technology that produces better tools can be used in both good and bad ways, but it's generally better to have more technology than less....
We just have to be careful about how we use the technological marvels we build.
Those "blueberries" on Mars were actually predicted to exist by some geologists.. but there may be abiotic processes that form similar spherical stones.
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http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/january/test-scores-ranking-011513.html
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(fixed now, thanks!)
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So the solution is genetically engineered sharks that can re-grow their fins in a shark farm... and maybe stick some lasers on their heads for fun.
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Re: Extreme Making Up Words.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniglet
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"So far, project researchers have sequenced the genomes of 1,092 people from 14 populations in Europe, East Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. Ultimately, they will study more than 2,500 individuals from 26 populations."
So somewhere between 1,092 and 2,500... perhaps I should have said "up to 2,500"....
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_(parrot)
Alex was able to do some simple math and was arguably as smart as a very young human child.
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Sorry for trying to be too clever in this post.
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"This study brought to you by the Correlation Is Not Causation Foundation." -- That sentence was my way of saying this study was specifically designed to demonstrate that statistics are misinterpreted....
You can try to find correlations between almost any two variables, but it doesn't mean there's any kind of causation relationship between them.... and there's definitely no causation relationship between chocolate consumption and winning a Nobel prize.
This is one of my favorite XKCD cartoons:
http://xkcd.com/552/
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We just have to be careful about how we use the technological marvels we build.
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I haven't calculated the percentage of posts I've written that are food related, but I'm pretty sure it's less than 99.9%...
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Re: MIT researchers have developed LiquiGlide...
Just make sure you have one of these handy:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003409/SWITL-robotic-hand-Japanese-device-scoop-liq uid-spills-ANY-mess.html
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Re: no bacon?!?
http://bacontoday.com/maple-bacon-cupcake-recipe-2/
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Re: MARSbles
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/06/040617082028.htm