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8 hours ago, AIkonoklazt said:
I didn't troll. That was the fact. Call it whatever you want.
Thanks. I think I'll call it trolling.
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44 minutes ago, THORsday said:
But anyway i say all of that to say that i try not to fall for media information because its 99% of the time manipulated to fit an agenda .
Please elaborate on how you've arrived at that percentage. This is a science site after all.
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2 hours ago, dimreepr said:
Every time I read about a new gun related atrocity in America, I think surely this time the scales will, at least start, fall from their eyes.
I on the other hand become more and more convinced that we will never do anything about it. It's a bit depressing.
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3 hours ago, J.C.MacSwell said:
This particular youtuber is primarily motivated by his support for Ukraine and this video is no different with his frustration at the stalled American support. It describes very clearly the politics and reality of the use of immigration issues and why he feels nothing will be solved on that front. Probably nothing particularly new to most here and I'm sure others might have a different take but though politically independent I think he more blames the Republicans for the current impasse:
Wow. Really good video. Thanks for sharing.
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I'd have sent over a can of WD-40 had they asked...
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6 minutes ago, swansont said:
I didn’t see it here, I saw it in pieces discussing this.
Ah, my mistake.
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On 1/26/2024 at 4:30 AM, Externet said:
Hello all.
My back yard has dozens of unproductive young trees 2m to 3m tall that will be eradicated or cut them off at or below soil level to prepare and clear soil for proper gardening.
Is there a season of the year when this is more convenient to do to prevent regrowth ?
Trees regrow because they lay down dormant buds along the branches and trunks as they are growing, and some of those dormant buds then sprout after you cut them down. Doesn't matter when you cut down the tree as the buds will sprout if you are in the growing season. That being said, there are a fixed number of dormant buds and the closer to the ground you cut, the fewer buds available for regrowth. If you cut them down to the ground, some buds will sprout, others will not. Run over the new growth with a lawnmower a few times and the tree will use up all its dormant buds and die.
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9 minutes ago, TheVat said:
Back to topic, sort of: what are people's impressions of the Snapple teas, which were unleashed onto the world in the late eighties?
Ironically enough the company that started Snapple was Unadulterated Food Products, yet they managed to make a tea drink that contained aspartame and no antioxidants.
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16 hours ago, swansont said:
I fund it interesting that the pushback I’ve seen on this is that it goes against tradition rather than evaluating whether or not it makes for better tea.
I just reread the thread up to the point of your post and I didn't notice any posts that pushed back based on "tradition". Maybe I just missed it.
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7 minutes ago, exchemist said:
All too often, giving you a cold teacup, a teabag and water in an urn at about 80C.
I read somewhere that when making tea the problem Americans had was confusing "boiling water" with "water that had once been boiled".
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I considered posting this anonymously lest I bring down the wrath of the British Empire, but I guess I'll proudly show my American roots; I like my tea iced, with a bit of lemon juice. I only drink hot tea when I am cold or under the weather.
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3 hours ago, exchemist said:
Yes I'll wear a pinstriped suit and bowler and carry a furled umbrella. No baseball cap and hideous golfing trousers for me!
Seems that for a Brit there is never a bad time to wear a bowler and carry an umbrella.
QuoteMajor Allison Digby Tatham-Warter DSO (21 May 1917 – 21 March 1993), also known as Digby Tatham-Warter or just Digby, was a British Army officer who fought in the Second World War and was famed for wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella into battle
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21 hours ago, graybear13 said:
It's obvious, or it should be, that this theory's notion of some primeval atom from which everything (billions of galaxies) sprang forth in a split second is completely illogical and most of us on the outside of science looking in are getting a little tired of this big bang B.S. It's time to move on, salvage what you can and move on.
After you leave here you should visit an architectural forum and shout to everyone that the axiom "form follows function" never did make sense and should be discarded before it is too late.
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18 hours ago, AIkonoklazt said:
I wasn't pooping anyone's good time in this little social club. Call a spade a spade- If you don't like image macros then just say so; Don't accuse me of doing something I didn't do.
By now it should be pretty clear to you that the type of behavior you exhibit is not appreciated here and will result in pushback. Either change your behavior or accept the response you get. If we have to put up with what you post then you have to put up with how we respond. Whining about it in a separate thread is waste of time.
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If evolution of flowers can in part be attributed to the behavior of certain organisms (such as bees) it would seem that the change of flowers (or other living things) by humans (via CRISPR) could also be called Evolution. Certainly humans are every bit as natural as bees are.
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2 hours ago, TheVat said:
I was 14 when I snuck into a theater to see Woodstock. I had to sit through the entire credits before I was able to walk.
Har!
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8 minutes ago, Chris Sawatsky said:
No one has the courage to share what they believe is the truth.
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11 minutes ago, Chris Sawatsky said:I am simply cutting and pasting what is printed on the websites that belong to several of the major Universities and institutions that you and others received your degrees from
No, you are not. The only thing you cut and pasted was a definition of "explode".
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1 hour ago, Paulsrocket said:
Are you claiming that everything just popping into existence at once like you claimed is science?
No one claimed everything just popped into existence. The conversation was about the expansion of the universe, not the origin of the universe.
Seriously, you should either try to learn what people are telling you, or go learn some science on your own and THEN come here to discuss it. As it is you are simply a train wreck.
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2 minutes ago, Paulsrocket said:
What do you believe is causing the expansion and what are the observations of dark matter?
Before joining a science forum and making claims you should at least do a simple Google search. Even my grandkids know that gravity is an attractive force.
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14 minutes ago, Paulsrocket said:
in order for gravity to be causing not only expansion but an increasing speed of expansion...
Gravity is not causing expansion or increasing speed of expansion.
15 minutes ago, Paulsrocket said:Speculating on something that has never been observed is difficult
It is not speculation. It is based on observation.
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21 minutes ago, exchemist said:
There is nothing at all, in any of the meanings, to suggest that belief despite evidence to the contrary is in any way intrinsic to the meaning of the word.
Well, maybe none of the meanings you've explored...
QuoteWrathall explained that the key issue is a disparity between faith and belief that most religious people take for granted. Our beliefs are things we take to be true based on our logic and experiences. If we learn new information, our beliefs can change. For example, if we believe that it will rain on a given day, but the day comes and the skies are clear, then we will probably change our belief that it will rain.
Faith is a different thing entirely. “It’s commonplace to treat belief and faith as synonyms . . . but there are important differences,” Wrathall said. Faith involves reliance and trust, and it endures in the face of doubts, whereas belief is simply something we take to be true. “I can have faith in things or people without a corresponding belief, and I can believe things that I don’t have faith in,” he said. “That’s why I can say that I believe the war in Ukraine is inhumane, but I wouldn’t say that I have faith that the war in Ukraine is inhumane.”
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3 hours ago, mar_mar said:
Humans and apes are different. Humans are no better no worse. There's no place for comparison. Like red is not better than green
Why are you here? You already have all the beliefs you want and already know that any contradiction to what you believe is wrong. So other than annoying the people here what could you possibly hope to achieve?
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3 hours ago, Paulsrocket said:
Indeed the center of the Milky Way is a black hole. At its heart—and the dominant force in that area of the galaxy—is a black hole approximately four million times the mass of the Sun, called Sagittarius A* (pronounced “Sagittarius A star”). Sorry but I really thought that this was common knowledge
It was your suggestion that the earth orbits around a black hole that threw me. ("Black holes contain mass and energy, the Earth is in orbit around one")
QuoteEarth orbits the Sun at an average distance of 149.60 million km (8.317 light minutes, 92.96 million mi)[1] in a counterclockwise direction as viewed from above the Northern Hemisphere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth's_orbit
Sorry but I really thought that this was common knowledge.
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10 hours ago, AIkonoklazt said:
Like I've said, a percentage "litter tax."
Well, that's what you say now. It isn't what you said that prompted iNow's request for more information.
Wouldn't it have been easier to say "Upon further consideration I'm modifying my position on how to apply litter penalties" instead of hoping no one would notice when you moved the goalposts?
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Funding Dinosaur Research
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No, those are not the only options. To name a few, money comes from leasing areas for oil or mineral exploration. When the economy grows taxes grow without raising them. In addition, funding for some items is limited by time so when the time is up the funding can be used for other purposes.