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hrm...quite hypnotic!

I don't think there is much meaning to your dreams, unless its blatantly obvious. I always have dreams where I unknowingly miss a test, and lose my A. This of course stems from my fear of losing As in courses. Thats an example of a blatantly obvious meaning. Usually my dreams are just things I've experienced or thought about in the day, strung together in an incoherent and illogical fashion. I don't think they reveal much, though some may disagree.

haha, nerd. (ps, I will crush you in tennis, ping pong, pool, carom, etc. this new week. My time has come, the king has returned).

Perhaps I misread it, I'll go back and double check it this evening.

Yes but things like jellyfish and lower fish get around just find without complex nervous systems, though perhaps their movement isn't as complex. Even so, all a whale must do is move its fluke and away it goes. Humans must combine balance and motor control to walk. We are also extremely flexible with the environments we can handle. We can crawl, walk on our knees, tip toes, walk backwards, walk up stares, run (entirely different motion), and handle all kinds of terrain, all on two legs.

sh, i havn't had time yet. stop giving hints

Interesting article: telegraph.co.uk Top secret documents obtained by The Telegraph in Baghdad show that Russia provided Saddam Hussein's regime with wide-ranging assistance in the months leading up to the war, including intelligence on private conversations between Tony Blair and other Western leaders. Moscow also provided Saddam with lists of assassins available for "hits" in the West and details of arms deals to neighbouring countries. The two countries also signed agreements to share intelligence, help each other to "obtain" visas for agents to go to other countries and to exchange information on the activities of Osama bin Laden, the al-Qa'eda leader. The documents detailing the extent of the links between Russia and Saddam were obtained from the heavily bombed headquarters of the Iraqi intelligence service in Baghdad yesterday. The sprawling complex, which for years struck fear into Iraqis, has been the target of looters and ordinary Iraqis searching for information about relatives who disappeared during Saddam's rule. The documents, in Arabic, are mostly intelligence reports from anonymous agents and from the Iraqi embassy in Moscow. Tony Blair is referred to in a report dated March 5, 2002 and marked: "Subject - SECRET." In the letter, an Iraqi intelligence official explains that a Russian colleague had passed him details of a private conversation between Mr Blair and Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, at a meeting in Rome. The two had met for an annual summit on February 15, 2002, in Rome. The document says that Mr Blair "referred to the negative things decided by the United States over Baghdad". It adds that Mr Blair refused to engage in any military action in Iraq at that time because British forces were still in Afghanistan and that nothing could be done until after the new Kabul government had been set up. It is not known how the Russians obtained such potentially sensitive information, but the revelation that Moscow passed it on to Baghdad is likely to have a devastating effect on relations between Britain and Russia and come as a personal blow to Mr Blair. The Prime Minister declared a "new era" in relations with President Putin when they met in Moscow in October 2001 in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. In spite of warnings by the British intelligence and security services of increasing Russian espionage in the West, Mr Blair fostered closer relations with Mr Putin, visiting his family dacha near Moscow, supporting the Russians in their war in Chechnya, and arranging for the Russian president to have tea with the Queen. Mr Blair was surprised and dismayed when Mr Putin joined France in threatening to veto the American and British resolution on Iraq in the UN, but continued to differentiate between President Putin and President Jacques Chirac. The Prime Minister refused to join the French, German and Russian leaders in their summit on Iraq this weekend, but still regarded Mr Putin as an ally in global politics. The list of assassins is referred to in a paper dated November 27, 2000. In it, an agent signing himself "SAB" says that the Russians have passed him a detailed list of killers. The letter does not describe any assignments that the assassins might be given but it indicates just how much Moscow was prepared to share with Baghdad. Another document, dated March 12, 2002, appears to confirm that Saddam had developed, or was developing nuclear weapons. The Russians warned Baghdad that if it refused to comply with the United Nations then that would give the United States "a cause to destroy any nuclear weapons". A letter from the Iraqi embassy in Moscow shows that Russia kept Iraq informed about its arms deals with other countries in the Middle East. Correspondence, dated January 27, 2000, informed Baghdad that in 1999 Syria bought rockets from Russia in two separate batches valued at $65 million (£41 million) and $73 million (£46 million). It also says that Egypt bought surface-to-air missiles from Russia and that Kuwait - Saddam's old enemy - wanted to buy Russian arms to the value of $1 billion. The Russians also informed Iraq that China had bought military aircraft from Russia and Israel at the end of 1999. Moscow also passed on information of Russians who could help Iraqi politicians obtain visas to go to many Western countries. The name of Osama bin Laden appears in a number of Russian reports. Several give details of his support for the rebels in Chechnya. They say bin Laden had built two training camps in Afghanistan, near the Iranian border, to train mujahideen fighters for Russia's rebel republic. The camps could each hold 300 fighters, who were all funded by bin Laden. Training materials found at the complex give insight into the Iraqi intelligence gathering methods. One certificate shows that a Rashid Jassim had passed an advance course in lock-picking. Other papers found at the headquarters include reports on the succession in Saudi Arabia and on US-Yemen relations. The intimate relationship between Baghdad and Moscow is further illustrated by copies of Christmas cards - in the Christian tradition - sent by Taher Jalil Habosh, the head of the Iraqi intelligence service, to his Kremlin counterpart. Russia has been a key ally of Baghdad since the 1970s and was one of Saddam's main arms suppliers. The Iraqis are understood to owe Moscow more than £8 billion for arms shipments. Russian oil companies had longed to forge links with Saddam Hussein to help develop Iraq's vast oil reserves

hehe, theres a 1 million dollar reward if you solve it seriously.

I'll post some of his thoughts in this thread tomorrow morning, don't have loads of time right now.

If anyone takes the time to read some serious books on it, they make good points. I've read Behe's book on it (is it behe, jehe, lehe?). He made a great case for design, however it all hinges on the definition of design and is design something that science can prove or disprove. I don't think design isn't necessarily creationism in disguise, as most IDT proponents will tell you knowing something is designed does not tell you much about who designed it or how. This line is a thin line to walk however, because those that tip-toe it are close to trampling all the science thats been laid down rather painstakingly behind evolution. I find it all quite fascinating though.

Haha, thats great.

Assume the space ship is passing right in front of the observer when it sends the message. The laser beam must travel all the way out to the mirror and bounce back to the observer. The "DUCK!" message only has to travel from the ship in a straight line to the observer.

Alright alright, last illustration Let's say in frame A, the people in the enterprise see the laser project at C (relative to its motion), bounce off the mirror, split mr. outside observer's body (ignore the part about it returning to the ship). The ship then beams a message to the observer's (now split body) telling him to DUUCKK!! From the observer's point of view, the laser has not yet reached his body. He receives the message to duck and does so before the laser reaches him (travling at C, relative to his stationary position). Now we have a problem. The spaceship people see him dead, yet he's still alive from his POV. Whats the deal?

Probably classical mechanics Fafalone's favorite! Faf told me last night the calc used is pretty basic, which is encouraging. I plan I taking physics w/ calculus, but I've only been through calc1.

"Infidels! The American army is no where near bahgdad! They all committed suicide upon entering our sacred ground! Those who did not take their own life were slaughtered by Saddam himself!!"

Haha, that sounds like it could be a plot to a crappy "cop wants justice" movie.. oh wait, it is

Semantics or syntax ???

Would this be a theoretical form of interaction-free measurement?

Ok, what happens in this case (frame description same as original post). The only difference is that the light is bouncing off the mirror, onto a stationary observer and returning information to the ship about the observer. This all happens before the observer even knows the light is going to hit him... Is this is a way to collect data about something without actually distrubing it in ANY way?? By the time the light the space-man (from his point of view), the space-ship already has gathered information about him information without distrubing him...

Whales process all that sound they put out, but it surely can't take that much brain. I heard an interesting theory (on discovery channel of course) that dolphins actually can bulid a 3d model of the target in their head by emitting different frequencies of sound. Something to keep in mind is brain size in proportion to body size. Elephants and whales both have massive bodies, which means they have a lot more nerves and such which their brain has to process. Humans, on the other hand, have a big brain relative to body size, and we have a lot of free neurons that are just sitting around waiting to be used. Maybe whales are under the ocean plotting our demise. Now if they only had opposable thumbs...

It said in the article a foot in length, but that size doesn't always correlate with intelligence.

http://www.claymath.org/Millennium_Prize_Problems/Hodge_Conjecture/_objects/Official_Problem_Description.pdf Work on that for a bit, I'll tell you if you get it right ;)

In frames A and B we see the starship enterprise travling at 0.8c and shooting an ultra-powerful planet-destroying super burninating ray gun at a giant space-mirror. Frame A is from the viewpoint of the people inside the Enterprise (I know I know, its third person, but I didn't feel like making the view from inside the starship). Frame B is the viewpoint from stationary people watching the starship fly by at near luminous speeds. From what I've read, no matter how fast you're travling, light will always travel at c relative to you. So if you were inside the enterprise, light would be traveling at c away from you. Now, wouldn't this pose a physical problem between observations of the people outside and the people in? The stationary people watching the enterprise fly by (FRAME B) will see the light traveling not too far in front of the starship and not yet hitting the mirror... However, the people inside the starship would see the light beam shoot out at luminous speeds in front of the starship and hence, they would observe it hit the mirror before the people outside the starship would (FRAME A). Whats the deal?

I'd love to be able to see a dinosaur skeleton in person. This is kind of OT, but I saw an interesting show on discovery that presented the theory that t-rex was a scavenger, not a predator. It kinda shocked me, since the idea that t-rex was a beastly hunter has been pounded into my head for years (read jarassic park 1-3). I guess hollywood isn't a good place to base facts on The main support behind this theory is t-rex's tiny arms. If t-rex was a predator, it would have to do a lot of running. One fall would probably mortally wound the creature because it had nothing with which to break its fall. Also, the teeth seemed to be designed to tear through rough cartilage and bone, which is usually all thats left for scavengers. The link you provided says, "Both of T. rex's eyes faced forward, much like yours. This means it had depth perception--it could tell how far away something was." The optic region of the brain is quite small though, according to skull casts. The olfactory region is well developed though, which indicates it had a great sense of smell. Your link says "Scientists believe that T. rex had a very keen sense of smell." Poor site and great smell would be more keen to a scavenger than a predator according to some. I'm kinda sceptical we can make assumptions about its sight based on skull casts. This is all the evidence I've read. They have a case, but I'd still like T-rex to be some vicious killer

I second that.