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Genecks

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  1. I think it would be genetic and environmental aspects.
  2. Injecting increasing amounts of snake venom into one's body can increase resistance to venom from more poisonous snakes. It's a dangerous process not to be taken lightly.
  3. In the male body, muscle and fat tend to mix together. However, they don't do this too much. As what the original poster is referring to, it's not too easy to do "spot reduction." I will say, however, that certain genetics do help guide which parts of your body are more likely to utilize the fat more than other parts. Some people tend to easily gain fat in their thighs, while those people are able to easily gain muscle in their thighs. It's as if the genetics within that part of the body are more efficient at gaining muscle and fat than the other parts of the body. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spot_reduction Doing a total-body workout is often more effective than doing spot reduction. An increase of muscle throughout the body increases metabolism. I've been meaning to research something as of late, but I have not done it. If there are particular parts of the body that quickly gain muscle, then perhaps a person could build upon those to speed up the metabolic process of the body. If it takes 3 months to gain 2.2 kg of muscle on your arms when you can gain 10 kg of muscle with your legs, then maybe 10 kg will be better at speeding up metabolism. I tend to see metabolism and fat burning as constants. A way to change the constants is to gain more muscle. More muscle correlates to an increase of metabolism.
  4. Evolved? No, I don't agree with that. Some people would point toward social construction and eventual eugenics. In other words, women who didn't feel this desire would be ignored by men. By doing so, the genetic population eventually decreased. The women who had sexual desire were more sought by men, and these type of women were chosen over those women whom were not more sexual. I personally don't care about all the sexual dribble these days. I only would hope people stopped acting so ignorant. Be as it may, however, people take advantage of many manifest and latent functions of social institutions; this eventually leads to dismay and distraught if there were not educated enough as they abused the system. I do think, however, that the eugenic etiology of human race according to national and world specific contexts has brought upon major societal differences. It doesn't really matter. In reality, it doesn't. To a social constructionist with views of axiology and an understanding of how governments tend to be religion-based or rule-based, which creates social order, in their own views, it does. So, in the role of the social constructionist, I'll have to say yes, they have to be gay; the law requires them to be gay. Other than that, I've been theorizing a scenario called social fiction theory. It's where you change the definition of some superficial thing in the world and try to become a spin-doctor with it. Regardless, however, the person with such a change of definition is valid and in full right of questioning it.
  5. Yes, this is true. I had a high fever a couple of years ago. I saw a yellow submarine, and I heard the Beatles' music, too. Although at the time, I was not aware that song was from the Beatles. It was very, very trippy.
  6. I like to take a physicalist approach and say most biology is actually chemistry. With that being said, I suppose a specialization in organic chemistry would be a key concern.
  7. I'm always amazed by how people at MIT think they are doing something for the first time. I've talked to people about this concepts years ago. Some people I've talked to talked about how some popular places in New York might have installed those flooring systems. I guess MIT put a different "spin" on it. Not really, though. Others have thought about the integration process, but the problem is that it's expensive. If something breaks, you've got to replace it. I've always liked my idea of having gyms filled with this kind of technology. Put in some cable machines, some bikes, and other exercise equipment. The force a person exerts onto the weight in order to lift it will be in relation to the amount of electricity generated. So, in my view, electricity is going to be generated whenever you lift that weight. The more weight you lift, the more electricity generated.
  8. I suppose learning the etiology would be the most basic. You've got the power. It talks to certain devices. It goes to the CPU, BIOS, video card, and RAM. You just need to learn more about each component. The motherboard and the buses help communicate stuff. If I remember correctly, the BIOS sets the permissions for the various storage devices. After the BIOS is done, the devices are loaded. Afterwards, the devices tend to work on whatever mechanics/physics they have, such as magnets or various optical technologies. Get a general idea of what's inside the computer. Research each part. Now, learn why each part works. Start going downward into a more specified learning path: Why does do that; now why does that of that do that; why does that of that of that do that? It's all about why. It's reductionism. You could read about the ENIAC and go upward: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_science http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware_%281960s-present%29'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware_%281960s-present%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware Electric impulses are interpreted by various components of the computer. No pulse is similar to a 0. A pulse is similar to a 1. The pulses travel on the motherboard / intergrated circuitry. These pulses travel to various components which then interpret the pulses and covert them to binary. The binary then is translated/interpreted eventually into commands, which can communicate to other devices. To say the least, it's not only 1s and 0s, but it's also physics, electronics, chemistry, and how electricity works. Oh, and math and logic.
  9. Nope. There's a high correlation. This means that under certain documented scientific procedures, there has been a noticeable relationship between smoking and the later apperance of cancer.
  10. But what about magnetic interference?
  11. You know what? I bet it's possible. I mean, I bet I could make it like a Live-Distro and then have others replicate it. We could totally have our own dimensions. I think I would put a poster of Washu Habuki in mine.
  12. People are scared, especially when they meet a real terrorist. A good amount of people act tough as nails, but in reality they aren't. They start to show fear when they begin to notice they aren't so tough compared to a real terrorist. They show fear when they aren't as smart or quick or wise as the terrorist before them. I think people tend to create drama and become the victor through that drama in order to create more ethos for themselves within a social setting/reality. People tend to stop being scared, however, when they feel oppressed. I'm thinking they might be scared to be in a tank when they notice some guy about 500 yards away can blow it up. Yet I won't deny that with some time, America could have a country filled with people who are like soldiers from past wars: They don't care for their lives; their job is to serve their nation and die for it. Personally, I wouldn't mind sitting at a table with all of them. I could talk to Kim Jong-il about his books.
  13. I suggest you don't wear a watch when you mess with that stuff.
  14. Perhaps things should go like this: Board 1: Philosophy Sub board: "philosophy of logic, science, and more" "Metaphysics and speculations" "religion and metaphysics" "religious discussion" That ought to take care of the problem. "Religion and meta(physics)" - Description: This section is to discuss religion while relating it to science, such as meditation's effects on the central nervous system. Otherwise, you can just toss the religion section. Afterwards, you ought to keep the philosophy and metaphysics section. Split it into two subboards: "Philosophy of logic, science, and more" "Metaphysics and speculations" I don't know why you guys tossed out the philosophy board. I personally liked it. Also, I think you guys are missing the point of having philosophy as a part of your knowledge if you don't consider the scientific method as an important, philosophical achievement. Talking about Popper and others has great importance. The concept of determinism was/is of importance to Einstein and many psychologists/neuroscientists.
  15. That's the kind of person I can vote for: Someone who knows the job of the U.S. President is to attack your enemy and give the senate the job of economics.
  16. I wouldn't say it's a false premise. I would say you don't share the enthymeme. I believe in self-autonomy. However, I believe a lot of people are too stupid or ignorant to have self-autonomy. Thus, the government exists as the autonomic factor. It controls the law, money, and way those are controlled. It is governement that allows and sets the standard and ideal ways that money is used. The people obey those social fictions, unless they are using natural goods or trading like farmers. Perhaps it's not the social duty of a bunch of people to be the autonomic factor, but the reality is that there are a bunch of people in high places as the autonomic factor.
  17. An optimistic look on life, megalomania, a pack of cigarettes, a senile smile, and a good knowledge of various sciences.
  18. I figure it's possible, but because of our current environment, there is going to be a limiting agent. Therefore, you'll need to have something that is unlimited. This, as some understand, is why knowing if the universe infinitely expands is important. Now, I was just thinking the other day that using space as the agent to help perpetual motion would be the key. I mean, afterall, if space is what's infinitely expanding, could a person use space's vaccuum to power the device? You need something and a lot of it to power the device. My idea is like this: Imagine we made a really strong straw. We brought it from a cup of water all the way up to and beyond Earth's atmosphere into space. Isn't space going to suck up the water and bring it into space? If so, then why can't we use space as the powering agent for perpetual motion devices on Earth?
  19. Throughouts the decade, DOS commands have been altered and changed. I know there is MD and mkdir these days, but I can't remember which ones are the really old ones. Does anyone know? I can't quite remember, but I probably have some books I could digup around this house. I'm planning on creating a batchscript to use on various types of Windows computers. In other words, different Windows OSs. I can't remember if I can use the same kind of MS-DOS commands on all versions of Windows or if I have to change them a little bit because of customization and changes through the years. Anyone an oldschooler with some info? I know this question is quite rare, and I guess I could solve it with a couple of days of research. It'd have to take a lot of reading and research, though.
  20. Taking notes is crap. I've never found it useful. I would often spend more time writing than listening to the lecture. I got sick of that process really quick, so I used a voice recorder. I think you can learn something faster and comprehend it faster if reading it than if you were to listen to it. Of course, this depends on dyadic conversation. If what you're reading is pure, straight, orderly information out of an academic text, it cuts the crap unlike teachers and professors who use tangets, red herrings, and other fallacies combined with improper spelling and grammar, despite their years of academic experience. Sorry, but I've seen it over and over. Few are the professors who are serious and elite. With that being said, lectures are worthless these days. Asking questions and looking for answers to unknown things is not so worthless. Sadly, people still make you attend class. I assume in the near future (maybe 30 years) all of this will start to change. People are looking for a setting where you can read and learn, walk in to take an exam, and earn a grade. These days, I record the lecture. I think about my other classes, while I unconsciously set my eyes to track the professor as if I'm staying on task. Sometimes I would do flourishes magic tricks with my hands. Afterwards, I replay the lecture on my computer twice as fast. In my opinion, lectures are often a waste of time. They are very archaic. I only listen to professors who have something NEW to say. Otherwise, if they can put something old in a new way, I listen to them to hone my skills of communication. I only take notes if something wasn't in the book, is more visual than audio (thus can't be voice recorded so well), and is more important than some of the other things said. Now, writing down things to review is not so bad. It works on muscle memory and a lot of neurological processes. Other than that, I typically skipped my classes if I was not graded on attendance and everything came from the book. Afterwards, I would come to class maybe a week later and ace the test. It's sad, but for some odd reason, teachers get this pragmatic sensation by torturing students to sit in a lecture and learn stuff slower than they could elsewhere. It's amazing how intelligent people like to waste another person's time. In reality, both people are wasting their time. Thanks for the compliment.
  21. I'm assuming a lot of this would be condition and contextual, because spiders vary. Any spiders you have in mind? Black Widow? Daddy long-legs? Wolf spider?
  22. I think Hitler could have done a better job with the war on terrorism.
  23. I suppose better smelling refers to most pleasurable. In the sense of pleasure, there are neurotransmitters and chemicals involved. Therefore, I suspect a change, for which would lead to an increase in pleasure, in those would conclude a "better smelling" substance. If not, then an association to taste and experience with smell with change in neurochemistry could help determine pleasurable smells. I'm thinking an axiological view isn't too well suited, but perhaps a more physicalist approach would do. Anyway, let us try to maintain with the discussion of original topic.
  24. When you started actually doing people's homework.
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