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Garamond Leth

elcidbi...@gmail.com (el cid) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:06:29 UT

From what I recall, someone let slip that they were defending their
thesis earlier in March.
Shouldn't we have been notified that a toast was in order?

OT: Scientific consensus on climate and glaciers...

odinoo...@yahoo.com (odin) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:06:14 UT

What is the scientific consensus on what is causing Mount Kilimanjaro
glacier shrinking?
Would a slightly warmer global climate increase or decrease glacier
growth in Antarctica?
Why is it that in very cold winter climates like central Canada and
Siberia, when the daily average temperature goes below average then

Chez Watt????

pr...@panix.com (Walter Bushell) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:55:33 UT

In the "Unclear on the Concept Category"
But didn't the 18th century include all those years that begin with 18?

"THERE ARE DINOSAURS RUNNING AROUND YOUR LIVINGROOM"

nando_rontel...@yahoo.com (nando_ronteltap@yahoo.com) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:55:33 UT

As mentioned in another thread, that is what a well respected
scientist excitedly said on a program on the history channel, in
talking about multiverse theory.
Multiverse theory is an altogether desperate attempt to preserve the
logic of cause and effect in face of the evidence of quantum effects.
Instead of saying the photon can go alternative ways and it's decided,

Re: Does the use of fitness functions in Genetic Algorithms invalidate

xanth...@well.com (Kent Paul Dolan) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:08:01 UT

Les wrote:
> I am currently having a discussion on the Atheism
> vs Christianity in regard to using genetic
> algorithms as a test for evolution.
> I am a creationist and have issues with the use of
> fitness functions in genetic algorithms, (as far
> as biological relevance is concerned).
> In an article about genetic algorithms that I have

Anyone read Bradley Monton's book?

slothrop1...@hotmail.com (slothrop) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:43:34 UT

Recently an IDer friend of mine told me about an atheist who wrote a
book defending ID, this guy Bradley Monton. I've looked around and I
can only find stuff from the Discovery Institute talking about the
book. Has anyone here read it? I've got it on order anyway (got a big
tax break this year so decided to splurge on some non-essentials),

Howlerfest attendance: Who would...

chris.linthomp...@gmail.com (chris thompson) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:27:57 UT

Who would you really, really like to meet?
My list- and it is not inclusive, and it does not include folks I have
already met, and in no particular order:
DIG
John Harshman
Ron Okimoto
Tony Pagano
[M]adman
Ferrous Patella
Dana Tweedy
Boikat
Inez
bpuharic
ElCid
JTEM
grgwrld
Robert Grumbine
nando
Burkhard

Pondering separation

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:10:48 UT

[link]
Pondering separation
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36 AM CDT
of church and state
while on the road
The Seventh Day Adventist magazine, _Liberty_, comes to our
office. At first skeptical about the magazine's intentions, I was
pleased to find that if there’s a common theme throughout each

Global cooling, we hardly knew ya

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:06:44 UT

Global cooling, we hardly knew ya
Category: climate
Posted on: March 16, 2010 8:54 AM, by James Hrynyshyn
From our friends at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, in
Asheville, N.C., we learn the following:
[link]
* The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature

Fossil amphibian roamed Pennsylvania 300 million years ago: USA Today only getting the memo now

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:58:27 UT

[link]
A meat-eating amphibian roamed the badlands of Pennsylvania some
300 million years, paleontologists reported this week.
A team led by David Berman of the Carnegie Museum of Natural

Storagecabinetgate

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:51:02 UT

[link]
Hannity and Carlson's War on Entomology
Category: "Conservatives" / Funding / Insects / NSF / The War on
Science
Posted on: March 16, 2010 9:57 AM, by Mike

Texas Takes a Stand for Accuracy in School Textbooks: Fascists Angered at "Liberals"

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:05:36 UT

Texas Takes a Stand for Accuracy in School Textbooks
By Dr. (sic) Tony Beam, _Christian_Post_ Guest Columnist
The eyes of the nation are on Texas. Why? Because a group of
conservatives (1) decided it was time to demonstrate an Alamo-like
do or die spirit in the battle over what’s in and what’s out in

Where Have All The Werewolves Gone? (Gone to young girls--- every one)

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:58:15 UT

"Did the arrival of Darwin's theory of evolution put paid to a
widespread belief in half-human creatures?"
(No, of course not. It hasn't even put an end to superstitions
like Creationism.)
"For most of recorded history, the half-man, half-wolf lycanthrope
reigned supreme as the creature travellers most feared

New! New! New! Shocking! Exciting! Like, wow!

jte...@gmail.com (JTEM) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:29:54 UT

**DISCLAIMER** **DISCLAIMER** **DISCLAIMER**
I am in no way compensated for the following
announcement, meaning that I in no way receive
any financial benefit EVEN IF A DONATION OR
PURCHASE IS MADE, which I am not
soliciting.
I post this as a followup to a previous thread, and
some (religious people) may find it offensive and

The Laptop is Dead. Long Live the Howlerfest!

chris.linthomp...@gmail.com (chris thompson) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:49:50 UT

I want to suggest a dinner gathering for anyone in the tri-state area.
I propose we meet at a restaurant called Mary Ann's in Greenwich
Village, since I have not had good Mexican food (other than home made)
in too long. Other suggestions are welcome.
The occasion: my laptop died. Real dead. And I am getting a really hot