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Endy0816

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  1. Trying to find any related studies.

     

    I was thinking to try something simple, clear beads over/around a plant in a plastic container. It really sounds stupidly simplistic, but all I've been able to find are studies relating to root growth.

  2. @Dekan: If that was a response to my question, sorry, but I have you muted.

     

    Anyhow, anyone have any thoughts in regards? Been an off-again,on-again project of mine, figure out how delegates are elected relates to the subsequent government and as a result how effective that government is.

  3. What are people's thoughts on coalition governments?

     

    I know what I've read about and have absorbed from the news but have no direct experience upon which to base an opinion. Trying to see if there might be a "better" voting system rather than "best" voting system.

     

    Voting system -> Government type -> How the country does overall

     

    so a different voting system might have a positive or negative impact depending. Not the only factor in a country's fate but relatively speaking easier one to change.

  4. That really doesn't make sense. The two are roughly opposites. It is like saying you are going to measure fire in terms of water units.

     

     

    and earths field here is slightly larger than the planet because if you go too far away from earth something will not fall to the ground.

     

    Why do you think this is true?

  5. ^The above posts explain it much better than I could.

     

    Transport costs and oxygen reactivity are what makes the most sense as to the reasoning. Don't want to be shuttling more of the nasty stuff around than you have to.

     

    Some plants can actually support photosynthesis underground. A lot of interesting adaptations out there. Kind of curious if we could set up an artificial environment to allow a 'normal' plant to manage it. Be interesting, maybe useful even.

  6. I was thinking Boyle's Law for a starting point. Only other one that I saw might apply was F=PA. Has been awhile now though, entirely possible I'm off base.

     

    I normally just browsed the book in situations like this. Find the best fit equation(s). No gravity involved, no temperatures, friction, don't have to worry about atmospheric pressure, no piston thickness given nor anything about its connecting rod. Should be able to narrow it down at least.

  7. not much lower than atmospheric:

     

     

    • Nitrogen: Soil Air: 79.2% Atmosphere: 79.0%
    • Oxygen: Soil Air: 20.6% Atmosphere: 20.9%
    • Carbon Dioxide: Soil Air: 0.25% Atmosphere: 0.04%

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_gas

     

    Plants utilize oxygen during aerobic respiration. Daytime you have oxygen production as a byproduct of photosynthesis. Nighttime or in root systems though you have to change tactics.

     

    They can utilize anaerobic respiration as well, but not as effective.

  8. Cellular replication is only one source of potential damage and IMO not a primary source. Your immune system typically policies things to keep cells from becoming too abnormal. Worst case you could compare multiple cells and determine how the original dna would have likely appeared, then select based on that.

     

    Generally as long as the introduced cells are close enough, they'll pass muster with the immune system. As you can receive organ transplants from family members, your immune system isn't that exacting. There's even studies of parasite immune system evasion going on, so might not be an issue at all down the line.

     

    Only way I could see a potential issue would be in terms of organ harvesting. Organ printing is likely going to be the better option in the future though so I'm not seeing it as a major issue myself.

  9. He was actually decent as govenor. Fairly moderate views. That is really what the Republicans need if they're going to win anytime soon.

     

    Moderate views. Make no mention of crazy religion based policies. Appear down to earth but have or come from a record of financial success. Calming standard white guy image the country is accustomed to.

     

    I'm of the opinion they are likely to win this one. Not sure good/bad. Generally overall situation remains the same so not sure how much it matters in the grand scheme of things.

  10. Evolution doesn't assume as a human would. What ended badly before might end well the next time.

     

    It does have some limited memory. The code itself and epigenetic mechanisisms. It is not so stupid that it overlooks the obvious, but it also doesn't claim "5 fingers will always be better than 4".

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