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Very good point, Halogen Fisk

. Yes, they use the energy(in the form of heat) that is released when fission occurs to convert water to steam. The steam then turns giant turbines that create electrical energy. Dunno about the first question.

I have no problem with it. I suppose some Christians may have problems because we are "playing God". Some people don't think that clones will have a soul. Matter of opinion I guess, since thats not testable.

Statistics vary, but condoms are highly effective in preventing pregnancy. Their efficacy is very much dependent upon consistent and proper use. There are no good data on the added benefit of the spermicide in actual use. We do know that the amount of spermicide we put in the condoms kills sperm completely and quickly in lab tests. It is there to help kill sperm if the condom should break or some semen spills out. However, the actual amount of added benefit has not been established. Source: http://www.justrubbers.com/faq2.html#10 Interesting question, kenel

Oh yea, they take forever

Well, I believe their only common ancestor didn't have eyes Perhaps it was coded into the genes, but not expressed for some reason? anyhow, the creationists will tell you how unlikely that is. Thanks for the link Kurieuo!! Just to inform you, I believe the God of the hebrew bible used evolution to create the earth. So in a sense, I'm a creationist, but I believe in evolution.

It might take awhile to get to humans, I'd say less than faf's estimate (just an opinion of course) though. Perhaps around 25-30 years before they become routine surgical operations. Here is an interesting article from wired that is sort of relevant. monkey see, monkey do Spiffy, when can I get my neuro-mouse implant??

Though there is no documentation

Computers have rapidly become part of our everyday lives. In less than half a century, countless human operations have been replaced with computers who can do it faster and more efficiently, and don't ask for wages. So when does a computer become alive? If you think about it, computers do most things humans do. They can understand language, they can read, they can see, they can communicate, they can beat you in chess and plan your trip. They can regulate their resources as to run most efficiently, they require energy from an outside source. They can tell you when something is wrong with them, and sometimes even tell you what is wrong. So when is it living? Some people argue that it can only do this because we program it to, which is true. But who "programmed" you to read? Your teachers/parents did. Who programmed you to understand language, or draw pictures of the world around you? What happens when hybrid biological computers that mate living neuron cells with silicon circuits-part living, part silicon-become feasable? Is it alive then? How about (I'm talking way future) when (and a big IF) they can scan your brain into a computer. Does that computer become YOU? Just some things I was thinking about this morning.

Thanks for the link, Zarkov

Thank heaven for kenel's genious.

Any place I can view these photographs?

From what I understand, evolution is gradual, taking many many many generations to take place. So how did something like the eye evolve? In early stages of the eyes development, it would be unusable. Many things have to take place for the eye to function properly, and since evolution doesn't just pop out new features overnight, many hundreds of generations of animals would find the primitive parts for the eye a waste of energy. Last night I was reading in my anthropology book about how this generation of human's wisdom teeth aren't as developed as some of the previous generations. It gave the explanation that since we aren't using them, there is no longer a need for them. The eye is a very complex organ, so its not like one random mutation would produce a functioning eye. So why wasn't the eye eliminated in its early, unusable stages?

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First, I don't care how much you know; faf still knows more. Second, why must you act superior to everyone? You may be smarter, but that doesn't make you superior. Chances are you're a social outcast that has reverted to education as a means of bolstering self-esteem. Third, you killed what little credibility you had left with these statements: You cannot say what is possible and impossible. Let me show you some people who were in the same boat you are in. Perhaps in 500 years(or more) you will go down in history only known for your foolish statements about the impossible. "One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid ." -J. D. Watson _The Double Helix_ "There ain't no rules around here! We're trying to accomplish something!" - Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) U. S. inventor.

The thing you seem to be confusing is the method whereby these things are achieved. You are correct, when we clone someone, we don't throw them in a machine and out pops a duplicate. However using the current techniques, the outcome is the same: a genotypical clone. In quantum teleportation, two photons are entangled. The first photon(A) is separated, and the second(B) is sort of a receiver. The photon which to be teleported© is then brought in contact with the the receiving photon(B). The information from the receiving photon(B) is instantly sent to photon(A). Therefore, photon(A) is an EXACT replication of photon©. When the receiving photon(B) comes in contact with photon©, it disrupts its state, and you no longer have the same photon. Essentially the original was destroyed. However, you have photon(A), which is an exact replication of photon© before its state was disrupted, the only remaining copy of the original. Hence, it was teleported

Yea, thats the thing. Hes supposedly one of the "few in the world" that can read summarian cuniform. By the way, the whole ordeal about the tenth planet being discovered and "quickly covered up" is debunked here . He quoted IRAS as a source for the 10th planet, so I googled "IRAS" planet and found that. I'm also going to see what others have to say about these texts.

The New England Journal of Medicine is reporting that patients who underwent placebo knee surgery for osteoarthritis were just as likely to report pain relief as those who had the real procedure. In other words, the surgery is worthless. Click here for the Medicine Forum.

He'll probably reference with some obscure geocities site. Here is a book on the tablets and their predictions etc. I'm going to give that book a glance next time I go to the bookstore, perhaps I'll come back with some feedback.

Jeffery for all your apparent work in physics, I'm quite supprised you havn't read up on quantum teleportation. The idea has been around for quite some time. Back in 1993 people were already doing research on it. See Tony Sudbury, "Instant Teleportation", Nature vol.362, pp 586-587 (1993) Some good readings: American Institute of Physics depiction of the innsbruck setup (The Innsbruck experiment is reported by Dik Bouwmeester, Jiai-Wei Pan, Klaus Mattle, Manfred Eibl, Harald Weinfurter, and Anton Zeilinger in the 11 December 1997 issue of Nature) IBM's research labs Yahoos Quantum Teleportation Directory Caltech's research Jeffrey, no need to flame, because faf will undoubtedly win. Plus hes an admin. Pissing him off != good.

Alright, I've been wondering about this for quite some time now. Milliseconds after the big bang occured, why didn't everything crunch together? All the mass of the universe was in such close proximity creating a gravitational field far stronger than any black hole could produce. Given that not even light can escape a black hole, how could matter, which can't travel faster than light, escape? Seems like everything should have just collapsed almost instantly.

I suppose its a bit beyond our technological capabilities right now. Bit in the future it may not be. Faf, you should make this happen

Why not just store our brains on computers for later implantation into a new body? Same person...rigth?

Warcraft 3 has my attention right now. A few weeks ago it was Eternal Darkness.

Did they give a new estimate on the age, or just imply that it has to be older?