Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:33 pm
Yes, that was established upthread.Balon wrote:I think thats broccoflower
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:38 pm
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:09 pm
If humans evolved from monkeys then why are there still monkeys?
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:37 pm
devolutionHigh Lord Tolkien wrote:If humans evolved from monkeys then why are there still monkeys?
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:53 pm
but devolution is not an acceptable scientific presumption or concept 
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:24 pm
Are you sure on that one?Wyldewode wrote:
Fact: Definition of a Kilometer
If you were to take the Earth and cut it in half along a line passing from the North Pole through Paris, and then measure the distance of the curve running from the North Pole to the equator on that circle, and then divide that distance by 10,000, you would have the traditional unit for the kilometer as defined in 1791 by the French Academy of Sciences.
Its sounds more like a Nautical Mile.
I alwasy learned that the metric system is based on water.
One milliliter of water weighs one gram, and takes up one cubic centimeter of space.
100000 centimeter is one kilometer.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:56 am
Evolution influences every aspect of the form and behavior of organisms. Most prominent are the specific behavioral and physical adaptations that are the outcome of natural selection. These adaptations increase fitness by aiding activities such as finding food, avoiding predators or attracting mates. Organisms can also respond to selection by co-operating with each other, usually by aiding their relatives or engaging in mutually-beneficial symbiosis. In the longer term, evolution produces new species through splitting ancestral populations of organisms into new groups that are unable to breed with one another.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:38 am
Those things, are why I usually skip the primate house at the zoo.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:44 am
"It's the smell...if there is such a thing. I feel...saturated by it. I can taste...your stink. And every time I do, I feel I have somehow been...infected by it. It's repulsive...isn't it. I must get out of here."
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:47 am
Alright Smith, but for me it's not the smell as much as it is when the little buggers start throwing the "smell" around. eww
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:52 am
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:59 am
I love this thread. 
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:08 am
Yeah, you and Sarge. Does he have a black belt in Google Fu or what? He's got pics for every occasion. 
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:11 am
Sarge is an encyclopedia of deranged images, and I am just a meandering wing nut.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:59 am
But you're a charming meandering wing nut!thefirst wrote: I am just a meandering wing nut.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:07 am
*In my best southern belle drawl* Why thank you honey!Wyldewode wrote:But you're a charming meandering wing nut!thefirst wrote: I am just a meandering wing nut.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:18 pm
Trying to imagine what a meandering wing nut might look like.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:08 pm
See picture in albumMsMary wrote:Trying to imagine what a meandering wing nut might look like.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:12 pm
Here's what I found:drew wrote:
Are you sure on that one?
Its sounds more like a Nautical Mile.
I alwasy learned that the metric system is based on water.
One milliliter of water weighs one gram, and takes up one cubic centimeter of space.
100000 centimeter is one kilometer.
A nautical mile is based on the circumference of the planet Earth. If you were to cut the Earth in half at the equator, you could pick up one of the halves and look at the equator as a circle. You could divide that circle into 360 degrees. You could then divide a degree into 60 minutes. A minute of arc on the planet Earth is 1 nautical mile. This unit of measurement is used by all nations for air and sea travel.
A knot is a unit of measure for speed. If you are traveling at a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour, you are said to be traveling at a speed of 1 knot.
A kilometer is also defined using the planet Earth as a standard of distance. If you were to take the Earth and cut it in half along a line passing from the North Pole through Paris, and then measure the distance of the curve running from the North Pole to the equator on that circle, and then divide that distance by 10,000, you would have the traditional unit for the kilometer as defined in 1791 by the French Academy of Sciences.
A nautical mile is 1,852 meters, or 1.852 kilometers. In the English measurement system, a nautical mile is 1.1508 miles, or 6,076 feet.
To travel around the Earth at the equator, you would have to travel (360 * 60) 21,600 nautical miles, 24,857 miles or 40,003 kilometers.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:14 pm
...well maybe using the kilometer; they worked backwards....
But I know I'm right about a cubic centimeter of water weighing one gram, and measuring one mililiter.
But I know I'm right about a cubic centimeter of water weighing one gram, and measuring one mililiter.