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From: John Woodgate on 19 Aug 2006 08:48 In message <44E6FFA9.4558CD9B(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Sat, 19 Aug 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes >This is very true. It seems to vaguely impress ppl too ! Sole purpose of learning them. Converting dBs is for geeks, impressing people is for WINNERS! (;-) -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: Rich Grise on 19 Aug 2006 16:28 On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:42:33 +0100, John Woodgate wrote: > In message <j329e2t9dc055hbcl7iip1lp8j43fo9fnp(a)4ax.com>, dated Thu, 17 > Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> > writes >>I certainly am confused. I've been informed that one or more comets >>killed off everything over a few kilograms, and that all available >>ecological niches were filled a few million years later. So giraffes >>and walruses and mastadons evolved from rabbit-sized critters in a few >>million years. >> >>Have I got it right at last? > > Yes, for sometimes quite large values of 'few'. Well, would all of the sea critters have got wiped out too? I've never been able to grasp how cetaceans evolved from land critters - when did their nose move to the back of their neck? ?:-/ Thanks, Rich
From: Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie on 19 Aug 2006 16:41 On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:48:59 +0100, John Woodgate wrote: > In message <44E6FFA9.4558CD9B(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Sat, 19 Aug > 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes > >>This is very true. It seems to vaguely impress ppl too ! > > Sole purpose of learning them. Converting dBs is for geeks, impressing > people is for WINNERS! (;-) Not if you're only impressing geeks. ;-P I've got my social security number memorized, too. ;-D Cheers! Rich
From: Eeyore on 19 Aug 2006 17:25 "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie" wrote: > On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:48:59 +0100, John Woodgate wrote: > > > In message <44E6FFA9.4558CD9B(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Sat, 19 Aug > > 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes > > > >>This is very true. It seems to vaguely impress ppl too ! > > > > Sole purpose of learning them. Converting dBs is for geeks, impressing > > people is for WINNERS! (;-) > > Not if you're only impressing geeks. ;-P > > I've got my social security number memorized, too. ;-D Rather scarily, I know mine too. Graham
From: John Larkin on 19 Aug 2006 21:25
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:28:18 GMT, Rich Grise <rich(a)example.net> wrote: >On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:42:33 +0100, John Woodgate wrote: > >> In message <j329e2t9dc055hbcl7iip1lp8j43fo9fnp(a)4ax.com>, dated Thu, 17 >> Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> >> writes >>>I certainly am confused. I've been informed that one or more comets >>>killed off everything over a few kilograms, and that all available >>>ecological niches were filled a few million years later. So giraffes >>>and walruses and mastadons evolved from rabbit-sized critters in a few >>>million years. >>> >>>Have I got it right at last? >> >> Yes, for sometimes quite large values of 'few'. > >Well, would all of the sea critters have got wiped out too? > >I've never been able to grasp how cetaceans evolved from land critters - >when did their nose move to the back of their neck? ?:-/ > There are thousands, millions, of astonishing biological structures, many deeply interlocked such that no part of a complex system could function until all of it is in place. And there are people who continue to insist that these structures resulted from random mutation and natural selection. Just consider how a worm might decide to only be able to reproduce in the form of a butterfly. John |