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Only when I file my taxes ...
The Official Perfection KOs Creationism Thread Part Three: The Return of the KOing!
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civ2
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
So I'm simply used to the "short scale" and that's the answer.
Actually I didn't even think that the same word (of a mathematical number) can mean different things!!!
So I'm simply used to the "short scale" and that's the answer.
Actually I didn't even think that the same word (of a mathematical number) can mean different things!!!
Ziggy Stardust
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Civ2 You must have missed Carlos' post
Here it is
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4259217&postcount=627
You're welcome
Here it is
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4259217&postcount=627
You're welcome
The Last Conformist
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@civ2: Given your enthusiasm for the ev/cre issue, may I recommend you check out the talk.origins Usenet newsgroup?
Ziggy Stardust
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That's unfortunate. I found his post, the pictures and the provided link to be quite interesting.
Erik Mesoy
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http://groups.google.com/group/talk.originsciv2 said:
Newsgroups are what we had before there were forums.
The above link uses Google Groups, but if you have your own newsreader (which I doubt for various reasons), you can use that instead.
Perfection
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Becuase you lost the arguement?civ2 said:
classical_hero
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They are many land animals with a similar propotion at this animal has. This is a quote taken from the article in question, where I got that picture from.carlosMM said:Did I bother?
Dude, I traveled around the world doing nothing but 'looking at', as you call it, fossil skeletons, whales and protowhales among them.
And no, it is not a 'land-based' animal (you make it sound like an aircraft: can land on a carrier or not). It quite clearly shows adaptations that are NOT typical for terrestial mammals, e.g. proportions of the limbs, shape of the femoral and humeral heads, size and weight distribution of the skull, shape of the snout etc.
IF you wnat, I could give pictures of other land animals that have a very similar skeleton structure to this creature. Clearly it walk on land and would have live on the land, not in the water.
Perfection
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Looking superficially similar is not the same as having the same structure and same locomotory capabilities.classical_hero said:
nihilistic
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civ2 said:ZiggyS
Not quite.
I'm tired of the dino topic.
So I stopped talking about it for now.
And the math topic is more interesting.
No, the problem isn't whether you are tired of dicussing the dinos or not. The problem is that you posted on it in a authority-assuming manner without the credentials and without even a attempt to read up on the topic. In the real world that is called 'fraud'.
Also, that math topic you refered to is not interesting and isn't really a math topic. It is a nomenclature topic, and to anyone who actually knows any math, it is mind-numbingly boring.
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I only got four responses to my quiz, and none of the creationists wanted to play. 
The first (drawing) shows a skeleton of a sea otter. The second (photo) shows a platypus skeleton.
Guesses for the otter included: housecat, otter, sea otter, lion ancestor.
Guesses for the platypus included: dolphin, anteater, platypus, 'sea creature'.
The winner is Eran!
(although he didn't specify the otter, good enough for me)
I think this little quiz indicates how difficult it is for non-specialists to identify an animal based on skeleton alone. This is noteworthy because classical_hero pointed out the Ambulocetus skeleton looked 'so different in reality' compared to the artist rendition. An easy statement to make, but perhaps a little more difficult to support, at least none was given other than 'does it look to be a land based or a sea based creature?'.
I had both aquatic and terrestrial guesses for both the sea otter and the platypus.
The first (drawing) shows a skeleton of a sea otter. The second (photo) shows a platypus skeleton.
Guesses for the otter included: housecat, otter, sea otter, lion ancestor.
Guesses for the platypus included: dolphin, anteater, platypus, 'sea creature'.
The winner is Eran!
(although he didn't specify the otter, good enough for me)I think this little quiz indicates how difficult it is for non-specialists to identify an animal based on skeleton alone. This is noteworthy because classical_hero pointed out the Ambulocetus skeleton looked 'so different in reality' compared to the artist rendition. An easy statement to make, but perhaps a little more difficult to support, at least none was given other than 'does it look to be a land based or a sea based creature?'.
I had both aquatic and terrestrial guesses for both the sea otter and the platypus.
Yay! I get a hypothetical gummi bear! And the feeling of a job well done or some such nonsense!
By the way, the nickname of the dorm where I spent the first two years of college was the "Otters". Not that that helped me any.
By the way, the nickname of the dorm where I spent the first two years of college was the "Otters". Not that that helped me any.
nihilistic
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ironduck said:
But not interesting in any mathematical kind of way. Hence it still isn't an 'interesting math topic'. He did afterall nested the modifier 'math' inside of the modifier 'interesting'.
ironduck said:It's a real gummy bear! You just have to pay shipment
I thought it was pretty good to get the platypus, it's one of my favourite animals..
But since I don't feel like paying shipment, the gummi bear becomes part of a logical paradox, or Schrodinger's candy, or something.
Anyways, it was a burst of enlightenment to get the platypus. I saw it and inspiration struck.
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