April 17, 2014 A Red Letter Day

Posted by Zero 11 years ago to Science
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Slime life began on Earth almost as soon as the crust solidified. Water is common throughout the universe. This place WILL have at liquid water and at least some slime.

Betcha a dollar!

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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Give it no more thought. Those that cannot conduct discourse in a courteous manner do not deserve any more consideration.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Oh, I saw through that disguise right away. Pity, I think that he had something to say, had he said it in a respectful manner.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    and he sets up different user accounts-
    go read newyorkgal's comment below. I'll see if I can find an economic freedom post for you to see he's one and the same
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  • Posted by Zero 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I was content to just walk away from it - just disengage - until I realized that the word-bombing made it very difficult to participate. That his behavior was preventing others from taking part.

    And the rudeness. Gross disrespect. Yeah, that's a hot button for me.

    When I realized I was the cop - I had to act.
    I don't regret the act - I do regret the loss.
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  • Posted by Zero 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    True enough, we'll find the all over the place - there will be many closer to us.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    The demeanor shown in this post, while still brusque, still would have gotten you a much better hearing than the demeaning and vitriolic postings which are your norm. Too bad you couldn't have maintained this level of rational discussion.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Hiding behind a second handle hasn't fooled anyone. Why are you even here? Certainly you don't want to interact on an intellectual level. More's the pity as you don't represent those of us who believe in a creator very well.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years ago
    The laws of probability would dictate that there are innumerable such planets. It was only time until we were able to discern where one of them would be.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I think that JB had some valid points to make, but doesn't seem to be able to make them in a courteous manner. A shame. You present a reasoned and rational explanation on the course taken. I also like Eudaimonia's 2 strike policy. That needs to be tempered with an evaluation of decorum and not merely point of view.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    But mutations do not have to happen serially. They can happen in parallel and then through the process of pro-creation they can be combined.

    I think that we're probably on the same side here, but your arguments are antagonistic instead of informative.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    "Front loading" as you call it is merely a mechanism to identify a specific acceptable output. It could be any sequence of 13 letters. The point being that generating a specific sequence does not mean that only the final set of random selections will be acceptable. And when intervening selections of acceptably positioned letters is achieved, they would be preferred over non-acceptable, thus would be retained. Heck, it's entirely possible, although statistically very improbable, that the very first randomly generated sequence of letters could be the winner. But that's just as improbable as the very last possible randomly generated sequence of letters being the correct sequence.
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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years ago
    Really interesting article, Zero! Thanks for posting, and look forward to reading more about this. My appetite has been whetted for a stellar/planetary discovery. :-)
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    My my... such language. And what an...Interesting... and telling... comment for your first and only post here... As such, how would you know either the players, the history... hmmm...

    The opinion is that, in fact, you have merely changed names and genders and locations to construct what is commonly referred to as a "Sock Puppet" in a rather poorly concealed attempt to continue some trollish vitriolic attack. Like said Socks, of which your own self-incrimination betrays, doesn't wash here.

    Your "only" (as if) post has been flagged... so please do us a favor. Leave. Don't start another attack Sock. Don't bother to reply to this. Just... go away.
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  • Posted by Zero 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    For me this was just a toss-off. A quick little nice thing to share.
    I never expected it to become a knock-down drag-out on evolution.
    It's no great loss to the world that it imploded.

    As educations go, this one was fairly cheap and I am much wiser for it.
    I just feel bad for those whose efforts were wasted.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    sorry Zero. Unfortunately, I knew this was coming back at strike 1. jbaker is handling the "newest" one. This is a great time to point out this is not about site censorship it's about adding to the discussion and if you can't do that in a productive way, you're not producing and not welcome here.
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  • Posted by Zero 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Yeah, this won't happen again. Two strikes sound better than three. Any person with good intent can live with that.

    Thanks.
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    Posted by NewYorkGal 11 years ago
    >>>JERSEYBOY - how dare you speak to others is such a way!

    You know the old saying, "When in Rome . . ."? JerseyBoy took his behavioral cues from you, darling, as well as from the crude hallings — two of the biggest social oafs and scientific ignoramuses west of the Rockies. As for you, you intellectual coward — you "live for the joust", do you? I don't think so. You've obviously found a home here with other cowards, hiding under rocks, wanking one another off as you tell each other that you live in Atlantis, and going into denial when facts and arguments appear that you're afraid to face and incapable of answering. Yeah, that'll start a philosophical revolution.

    Speaking on behalf of JerseyBoy — a close friend of mine (you know how close New York and Jersey are) — I'll say merely this:

    Really, Zero. You're an immature, ignorant, and concrete-bound little twit. Do science, logic, and philosophy a big favor: go fuck yourself, OK?
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