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Karnage

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  1. Karnage

    Animal Testing

    hmmm i believe i was having a conversation with azure earlier in the room, and i hope I made clear that i do love animals, especially those baby harp seals (save the seals!). Yet i do think that we may have to use animal testing to further our knowledge and there's nothing we could do about that. one way or another, something has to be sacrificed for the advancement of our society
  2. To grayfalcon: Ap BC calculus and AB is not so different from each other (i got a 5 on it). BC just learns more in depth, and is a bit faster because of the extra taylor series/infinite series topic that unworthy AB does not learn. Just have ot work hard, put your mind inot it and you'll do well. There is absolutely no point in taking 2 years AB, that's just plain dumb. Save yourself time in college (and money) and take teh Bc man. I have faith in you. Good luck on your decision
  3. We all know Steve Irwin from Crocodile Hunter. He was a great man who always loved to take risks and loved nature. he will be remembered "Crikey Mate!" -- Steve Irwin
  4. your not the only one who has had trouble expressing small peptides. Everyone has that problem, including me. But the thing is, i've done peptide expression using ecoli.
  5. why don't you use lab equipment to isolate DNA? This method you use is quite simple and doesn't yield a high percentage of pure DNA
  6. You would most likely feel the same way as i do if you were in my position
  7. Basically, AP exams are difficult courses, equivalent of college level courses in college (maybe first-year or second-year), that are taken in high school. THe gist of it is that if you do well, like a 4 or a 5 on exams, the scores may exempt you from the courses taken in college. depending on the college you choose. Thus doing so, it will save you tons of money and some college credits.
  8. What did you all get on your AP calculus exams? I got a 5 on BC and 5 on AB subscore. You just gotta love calculus eh? Hard studying pays off for sure!
  9. Chem 1, comparative anatomy, botany, psychology, classics (no english thank god i placed from my AP scores)
  10. I'm not much of an expert on cancer, but after reading a few articles, I wonder if the same mechanism that drives cancer cells to replicate at an accelerated rate (mitosis malfunction) could also be the same mechanism that halts neurons from undergoing mitosis when mature? Anyone have any ideas?
  11. OMG i could understnad wht it does, ut i cant get much of a good understanding cuz im not sure what some of the methods do ie(serialization)
  12. I'm gonna take a look at your code and try to figure it out. Sorry I'm not extremely good at Java (I never paid much attention in class) but nevertheless, I took the AP and i'll try my best to help you out if i can of course.
  13. Ok I think im just gonna close this argument with AzurePheonix and Mokele with a story. I hope this will show both of you why I am for the draft and why I would argue my point in the previous arguments. On 9/11, I was 13 yrs old and with my uncle at the world trade center birthday shopping (my birthday is 9/11) at the huge mall there. My uncle actually was working there as a salesman, and he knew everything about the mall. Well, we got our stuff and my uncle had to stay for work, so I left the area and took the subway to a station 8 blocks away. And that's when I heard the crash. I never saw the planes come by, but I definitely heard the crash. The events that happened within the next 7 hours will always stick in my mind. So many mixed reactions -- people runnin towards the building to help or take a videos of the phenomena and others running away to avoid harm. I ran. Ran like hell. However, that day was so strange, and it seemed as if everything was rocked out of its routine. The chaos was unbelievable, and it took me a while to actually arrive home. It is with sadness, that my uncle couldn't make it out safely. Since then, I have always held a great anger and hatred for those damn terrorists. You guys may be ignorant, and have not experienced what I have gone through. But from this event, I will always despise those rascals, and i will support any action to prevent anything like this happen again. They have tainted my life. Every godam year, I have to visit my beloved uncle's grave on my birthday. I have never celebrated my birthday since -- what's the point of celebrating when everyone around you is mourning. As you can see, I will support any action that could prevent this. We cannot just sit down and be on t he defensive. If they strike, more people's lives will be ruined. And I will not back down from my argument to allow this. Im done -- finished
  14. Indeed. Yet, it doesn't matter the choices (i don't know how many times im repeating this). What matters is the disposition. OK so what if the soldier chose to sign up for war? They still didnt want to join. They still didnt want to fight the war. They cannot be judged differently from citizens resisting a draft. What can I say? You are only using one specific situation. Plus this situation happened last year. What about all the time in between now and the london bombings? Nothing major has truly occurred in that interim' date=' and maybe US intervention has influenced this. But then again, by basing your argument that our intervention in Iraq has had no effect because it didnt prevent the london bombing you fail to take into account that it's nearly impossible to guess the impact of our intervention. It may have occurred that another bombing would've occurred had we not taken some action. That we truly cannot predict. Like I stated in my first argument of this thread, I am not a debater, nor am i a politics guy. Infact, I am averse to politics. I am just a college kid who wishes to become a doctor and major in science. I cannot give you another course of action since I am not an expert. But we can certainly rely on those who have had experience int his, such as our president and COngress. And from them we can put our faith that they would make the right decision.
  15. Strawman argument for a reason. You say that if our country is not "seriously threatened" then yadda yadda yadda we don't need to enlist . The reason i said this is because we CANT WAIT for our country ot be in danger. We gotta take wise action to forestall it. So what's the problem with that argument?
  16. It doesn't matter if you sign up knowing all the consequences. What does matter is whether you wanted to do it in the first place or not. I'm pretty darn sure 90% of those soldiers never wanted to be one. They most likely had no friggin choice but to sign up. When soldiers came to my school to encourage people to join the army, NOT ONE person even agreed. I mean, what's the difference between a soldier who didnt want to sign up for the army but he had becuase he had no choice, and a citizen who doesn't want to be drafted? Both are still against their own wills. Yeap, we should just let those godam terrorists come and bomb the subway stations of new york city (btw these subway stations are filled and I regularly take them to college for classes) and let 4000 people die AND THEN we take action?? THEN it's worth getting involved? It's worth getting involved when we wait for the destruction of lives to occur?
  17. OK now im arguing against two people. But no matter, I'll hold my ground. NO offense, but that is the most contradicting statement I have ever read. Not only does it contradict America as a country, but you are contradicting yourself (I may only be wrong if you don't live in America). You live in a country that has provided for you, has allowed you to own a computer that enabled you to even access this site. It has protected you and this is what you think? Reconsider your statement. How does a war require a draft? Well, in order to stabilize Iraq, you gotta put people over there. DOH. What other alternative do you suggest? Bombing the entire area to get rid of them?
  18. Ok im gonna start backwards. First of all, spelling. INHERENT not inherit. Second: It's not like I haven't seen your expression of sexism ("so-called men":confused: ). SO now you're saying that ok troops chose that so who cares? You're saying that they chose that so it don't matter if they lose their families? But I thought you had concern for ordinary people being drafted against their own will. You might not think this makes any sense, but the "take-home" message of this is that whether its soldiers or citizens, IT doesn't make a difference. Whether or not they chose to fight or not doesnt make a difference. This is because they have the same dispositions: they don't want to lose their families. They dont want to lose their lives. And the soldiers, i bet, probably didnt have a choice in being int he army if you know what i mean. So basically, they're on the same page.
  19. OK OK OK OK. You just stated that above and I totally agree. Now read what you say below. But wait! Didn't you say above that "I'll never believe any nation could offer total freedom, some sacrifices must be made"? You might be thinking: oh but the draft is bad ohhhhhh myyyy. But these are the little sacrifices we have to take. Sure it's wrong to take citizens off to kill against their own will; but if citizens won't fight WHO WILL? WHO will preserve our safety? WHO will help to preserve the rights and prerogatives that are dictated in our constitution? WHO is willing to do all this? But you might be thinking: ohhh but there are SOLDIERS and TROOPS out there to protect us we don't need to worry about it. I highly doubt that those soldiers are willing to risk their lives and to LOSE their families over sum stupid war. They are just like us -- not wanting to fight. Plus, soldiers won't last forever. We cannot rely on them to fight this war while we "sit back and sip pomegranate juice watching plasma TV". We need action now. We need to take immediate action to prevent any attack on our safety and welfare. That's good to know. But it won't help you if your'e not gonna fight in a war anyway.
  20. BEHOLD!!!!! Read this article AND be Amazed at the wonders of nanotechnology!! --> http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218392807
  21. Hmm. To my extent, nanotechnology would come much more in handy and would definitely be an exponentially growing field in the future. There is so many interesting benefits that nanotechnology can afford, I can't even name them all. However there was one article that I had about liquid armor. If only I could grab it again. Ill look for it.
  22. I'm terribly sorry to intervene...I do not have much opinion on politics but what you say here is quite interesting. I am not saying that I favor the draft, however, You have to realize that there is no such thing as total freedom. Even in the past, freedom has been limited, especially in times of war. Thus saying, if Congress would impose a draft, it would probably be for a good reason -- to ensure the safety of the general american citizens. By the way, why would you be so concerned about the draft? Women would not engage in any hand-to-hand combat if they were drafted.
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