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zapatos

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  1. Have you ever noticed that some pieces of toast look like Jesus? I don't think "looks like" is enough to draw any conclusions about the possibility of toast performing miracles.
  2. Yes, that is what it means. No Republican candidate for President has won the majority of the popular vote in 20 years. Electoral votes come from states. If the majority of a state votes for the Republican, then the Republican gets ALL the electoral votes for that state (usually). For simplicity, imagine there are only three states with 100 citizens each. Of those 300 citizens, 175 vote for Harris and 125 vote for Trump. Each state gets one electoral vote because they each have the same number of citizens. Suppose: State A has 100 citizens voting for Harris. Harris wins the state and one electoral vote. State B has 40 citizens voting for Harris, 60 for Trump. Trump wins the state and one electoral vote. State C has 35 citizens voting for Harris, 65 for Trump. Trump wins the state and the one electoral vote. Result: Harris wins the popular vote, 175 to 125. Trump wins the electoral vote, 2 to 1. Trump is the next president.
  3. Why are hounds an important tool? Why must it be done efficiently? If that is your goal, then why not just poison them or drop grenades on them from helicopters? Surely there are more efficient means of killing animals than walking through the woods with dogs and rifles.
  4. A little lengthy for a bumper sticker but I appreciate the effort.
  5. So if things were different they wouldn't be the same. You got me there. Just because you avoid violating the letter of the rules while continuously violating the spirit of the rules, doesn't mean you get to avoid being labeled a troll.
  6. I got a flu shot from a trained professional a few years back and developed SIRVA. Given that it can happen when shots are administered by professionals, I think I'll pass on having some dude in the neighborhood stick a needle in my arm.
  7. "The beatings will continue until morale improves!"
  8. Good for you. That's very kind of you.
  9. This is why I keep getting thrown off. If someone on earth boards a spacecraft and heads for a distant star at a velocity near c, don't they measure the distance between themselves and the star as shorter than what an observer on earth would measure as the distance between the spacecraft and the star? The distance between the spacecraft and the star is not an "object". So what principle tells us why the distance to the star is shortened for the person in the spacecraft? If it is not length contraction, then what is it?
  10. Mine don't. In fact my pits never really smell bad with or without deodorant. I have no idea why. That's a pretty bold statement given your small sample size.
  11. I guess the same reason they don't put deodorant on their feet. Why do people take a shower and wash their groin before going on a date?
  12. No. It shows that YOU have not smelled it (hence the olfactory comment). A Google search and MY experience indicates it does.
  13. I'm beginning to wonder if you might possibly have an olfactory issue.
  14. All apes can mate all year, including bonobos, chimps, gorillas, orangutans and gibbons. Also, humans are animals.
  15. That is what I was trying to say although obviously not clearly. So both of those observations are due to the same principle of length contraction?
  16. So length contraction is the shortening of distance from the perspective of the moving observer, and the shortening of the moving object from the perspective of an outside observer?
  17. I thought length contraction was the shortening of the object traveling at light speeds. Did I get that wrong?
  18. Thanks for that link. I've never used timber oil before. I usually use a semi-transparent stain, but I'll look at the timber oil next time.
  19. I really like that box. It looks very tight, good joints, and obviously you used good joinery. Sometimes when I'm making outdoor furniture I take short cuts like leaving out the miter joints.
  20. Really nice! I've always wanted to try carving but never got around to it. I'll have to put it on my short list. Also like the cedar box. Do you have a nail gun you used for parts of that?
  21. No because they were not baptized.
  22. That's some awe inspiring logic they use!!
  23. If god inspired people to institute it, then it is not made up by people. Your reasoning in these many threads may work with children and the religiously inclined but on this site people can see right through your vacuous arguments.
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