Website Of The Day

[MadMax]

not so much a website, but an awesome thread of someone pro-intelligent design (no doubt copy-pasted from elsewhere)

http://www.discussanything.com/forum...oves-Evolution

Codes, Programs, and Information 2


No natural process has ever been observed to produce a program. A program is a planned sequence of steps to accomplish some goal. Computer programs are common examples. Because programs require foresight, they are not produced by chance or natural processes. The information stored in the genetic material of all life is a complex program. Therefore, it appears that an unfathomable intelligence created these genetic programs (d).

d. “No matter how many ‘bits’ of possible combinations it has, there is no reason to call it ‘information’ if it doesn’t at least have the potential of producing something useful. What kind of information produces function? In computer science, we call it a ‘program.’ Another name for computer software is an ‘algorithm.’ No man-made program comes close to the technical brilliance of even Mycoplasmal genetic algorithms. Mycoplasmas are the simplest known organisms with the smallest known genome, to date. How was its genome and other living organisms’ genomes programmed?” Abel and Trevors, p. 8.

“No known hypothetical mechanism has even been suggested for the generation of nucleic acid algorithms.” Jack T. Trevors and David L. Abel, “Chance and Necessity Do Not Explain the Origin of Life,” Cell Biology International, Vol. 28, 2004, p. 730.

[From “In the Beginning” by Walt Brown
http://www.creationscience.com/onlin...tml#wp1050369]

Moon Dust and Debris

If the Moon were billions of years old, it should have accumulated a thick layer of dust and debris from meteoritic bombardment. Before instruments were placed on the Moon, some scientists were very concerned that astronauts would sink into a sea of dust—possibly a mile in thickness (a). This did not happen. Very little meteoritic debris is on the Moon. In fact, after examining rocks and dust brought back from the Moon, scientists learned that only about 1/67th of the dust and debris came from outer space. Recent measurements of the influx rate of meteoritic material on the Moon also do not support an old Moon. [For details see pages: 479-481]


Figure 31: Moon Dust and Debris. Concern that astronauts and equipment would sink into a sea of dust was so great that two missions (Ranger and Surveyor) were sent to the Moon for a closer look. The anticipated problem, which turned out not to exist, arose from the belief that the Moon is billions of years old.

a. Before instruments were sent to the Moon, Isaac Asimov made some interesting, but false, predictions. After estimating the great depths of dust that should be on the Moon, Asimov dramatically ended his article by stating:

“I get a picture, therefore, of the first spaceship, picking out a nice level place for landing purposes, coming in slowly downward tail-first and sinking majestically out of sight.” Isaac Asimov, “14 Million Tons of Dust Per Year,” Science Digest, January 1959, p. 36.

Lyttleton felt that the dust from only the erosion of exposed Moon rocks by ultraviolet light and x-rays “could during the age of the moon be sufficient to form a layer over it several miles deep.” Raymond A. Lyttleton, The Modern Universe (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956), p. 72.

Thomas Gold proposed that thick layers of dust accumulated in the lunar maria. [See Thomas Gold, “The Lunar Surface,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society of London, Vol. 115, 1955, pp. 585–604.]

Fears about the dust thickness were reduced when instruments were sent to the Moon from 1964 to 1968. However, some concern still remained, at least in Neil Armstrong’s mind, as he stepped on the Moon. [See transcript of conversations from the Moon, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 1969, Section 1, p. 1, and Paul D. Ackerman, It’s a Young World After All (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1986), p. 19.]

the replies in between his posts make for plenty of lols

[joker999]

http://nzflatmates.co.nz/

[crocos]

No. Just.... No.

[Rince]

Originally Posted by crocos

No. Just.... No.

why? (genuine question)

[xor]

http://www.playingwithpigs.nl/

[ZeroBC]

www.nzgames.com/forums is pretty cranking, I invited a whole lot of lurkers to enjoy the show.

[dylan]

[BaM]

http://procatinator.com/?cat=76

[p01s0n]

yeah welcome to like, last year.

aiiight

[Pepsi]

Cheese & Burger Society

Some nice ideas in there.. Mmmm (and featuring the voice of Patrick Warburton)

[Lightspeed]

HyperPhysics

[Lightspeed]

http://vinepeek.com/

[Ab]

Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut whizzing around the planet on the ISS. He's taking photos and posting them to Tumblr.

You should follow the shit out of that shit.

Taupo


Napier


Taranaki


Believe it or not, this is a shot of the Aussie outback:

[SMUT]

Aussie has officially melted

[Gerbs]

Originally Posted by Ab

Taranaki

Its just so..... round! Seriously, WTF

[TheBender]

Originally Posted by Gerbs

Its just so..... round! Seriously, WTF

Pretty sure it's just the (artificial) boundaries of Egmont National Park that make it seems so symmetrical.

Still an awesome site though - kinda like this one (from the same site) and referencing an administrator who draws a line on the map

Originally Posted by Some Dude in Space

When an administrator draws a line on a map, sometimes it can later be seen from space. Farmland demarcations in Australia.

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by Gerbs

Its just so..... round! Seriously, WTF

Originally Posted by TheBender

Still an awesome site though

not all that awesome considering what it highlights. awesome perhaps that we've managed to spare the flora of a tiny spot of land

[TheBender]

Originally Posted by MadMax

not all that awesome considering what it highlights. awesome perhaps that we've managed to spare the flora of a tiny spot of land

Why do you hate Fonterra so....... Have the terrorists won ?

:-)

But yeah, gotta hand it to the dudes who went around the country and said "fek off Murray, this be a National Park, you put that chainsaw/flamethrower down !!"

(oh, and sorry for confusing site vs sight !)

[Waldo]

https://guitarbots.com/default/login

been watching a few people use this, they actually seem to be improving. One of them is even doing it with a banjo....

[Vrtigo]

Waldo thats awesome. ive struggled with my speed and accuracy, so this actually might help me out.

[Jodi]

Originally Posted by Waldo

https://guitarbots.com/default/login

been watching a few people use this, they actually seem to be improving. One of them is even doing it with a banjo....

[pxpx]

Cool find!

[Ab]

http://arseh.at/4fbd

[Lightspeed]

lolz: "I didn't get training. I am an unlicensed dildo user"

[Trigger]

fucked loled when there was another person at the hospital with the same thing

[Lightspeed]

http://www.notechmagazine.com/

Very unusual technology site, all sorts of interesting articles.

[TB]

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

http://vinepeek.com/

Its like a website which is nothing but the first 10minutes of a lost footage horror movie.

[Lightspeed]

http://www.nocowboys.co.nz/

I'm not sure what you'd describe it. It's kind of like a bidding system for various kinds of skilled maintenance. Seems like a good idea, interesting to see if it takes off.

[DrTiTus]

Takes off? It's been around for years.

[Lightspeed]

Sweet. Is it any good?

[Caesar]

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

http://www.nocowboys.co.nz/

That sites been around for a bit now, its not a bidding system so much as a ratings system.
To sort out the good and trusted tradesmen from the dodgy ones... in theory.

[jb]

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

Sweet. Is it any good?

Heard dodgy things about it, wouldn't recommend.

[Lightspeed]

Too bad, will have to find someone to paint the bathroom the old fashioned way.

[pxpx]

I've used it to find several local tradies and have never been disappointed, would recommend but as always buyer beware; there's nothing really stopping false reviews as far as I can see.

Tradies seem to take it serious though, a couple have asked me to put up reviews of their work.

[crocos]

It's a Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Meatspin MEATSPIN!
http://koti.kapsi.fi/airair/arvaa/arvaa2.html

[Caesar]

Originally Posted by jb

Heard dodgy things about it, wouldn't recommend.

Care to elaborate?

[Lightspeed]

Tempted to setup a room in the flat for this over the summer.
https://www.airbnb.co.nz

[chubby]

http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/...ing_ahead.html

"american thinker".for those inclined there's a few lols to be had.

Or, I would argue, those funds would be best left in the hands of taxpayers. Most taxpayers would invest in businesses that produce jobs and increase prosperity -- including among the world's poor. And most would also donate to churches and charities that make the world a better place for all. But when that money is squandered on Solyndra, it can never be invested, never produce profits, and never rescue the world's poor. Instead, it goes into the pockets of Obama's billionaire buddies.

What America is facing with global cooling is year after year of crop failure, higher heating bills, and general inflation (as the effects of higher food and fuel prices ripple through the economy). The best way to prepare for this crisis is to unleash the powerful forces of the free market, thus creating prosperity for all and putting our nation in the position to prosper no matter what.

[MadMax]

http://idnatity.com/the-science-behind-idnatity/

Your DNA, as music.

[Spink]

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