tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68295582977272551572024-03-12T17:00:35.769-07:00welcome to the dark zonesegadarkperiodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232404671195604414noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829558297727255157.post-9668474068213078432013-01-26T23:15:00.000-08:002013-01-26T23:15:51.563-08:00 Ian Juby debunkedAs, we've (educated people) have another foe to fight, not AiG, nor, ICR, Ian Booby. I'll be debunking his nonsense one at a time. Okay, so hear is his most ludicrous claims. 1, "Dino footprints have been found with man footprints", well no, it's all forgeries. 2,"The earth isn't over populated", well we have 7 billion people on this planet.<br />
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I haven't looked into the crank that much, but I'll be doing more debunking soon.segadarkperiodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232404671195604414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829558297727255157.post-32478778850526236092013-01-26T06:01:00.000-08:002013-01-26T06:01:53.031-08:00GeneticsGenetics is the study of genes, allele frequencies, mutations, and heredity. Here is the material from Wikipedia.<br />
Genetics deals with the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_Genetics" title="Molecular Genetics">molecular structure and function</a> of genes, gene behavior in context of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(biology)" title="Cell (biology)">cell</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism" title="Organism">organism</a> (e.g. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_(genetics)" title="Dominance (genetics)">dominance</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics" title="Epigenetics">epigenetics</a>), patterns of inheritance from parent to offspring, and gene distribution, variation and change in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_genetics" title="Population genetics">populations</a>, such as through Genome-Wide Association Studies. Given that genes are universal to living organisms, genetics can be applied to the study of all living systems, from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus" title="Virus">viruses</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria" title="Bacteria">bacteria</a>, through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant" title="Plant">plants</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_animals" title="Domestic animals">domestic animals</a>, to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human" title="Human">humans</a> (as in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_genetics" title="Medical genetics">medical genetics</a>).<br />
The fact that living things inherit traits from their parents has been used since prehistoric times to improve crop plants and animals through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_breeding" title="Selective breeding">selective breeding</a>. However, the modern science of genetics, which attempts to understand the process of inheritance, only began with the work of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel" title="Gregor Mendel">Gregor Mendel</a> in the mid-19th century.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Weiling_6-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics#cite_note-Weiling-6">[6]</a></sup> Although he did not know the physical basis for heredity, Mendel observed that organisms inherit traits by way of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countable_set" title="Countable set">discrete</a> units of inheritance, which are now called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene" title="Gene">genes</a>.<br />
Genes correspond to regions within <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA" title="DNA">DNA</a>, a molecule composed of a chain of four different types of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleotides" title="Nucleotides">nucleotides</a>—the sequence of these nucleotides is the genetic information organisms inherit. DNA naturally occurs in a double stranded form, with nucleotides on each strand complementary to each other. Each strand can act as a template for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_replication" title="DNA replication">creating</a> a new partner strand. This is the physical method for making copies of genes that can be inherited.<br />
The sequence of nucleotides in a gene is <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_(genetics)" title="Translation (genetics)">translated</a> by cells to produce a chain of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acid" title="Amino acid">amino acids</a>, creating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein" title="Protein">proteins</a>—the order of amino acids in a protein corresponds to the order of nucleotides in the gene. This relationship between nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence is known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_code" title="Genetic code">genetic code</a>. The amino acids in a protein determine how it folds into a three-dimensional shape; this structure is, in turn, responsible for the protein's function. Proteins carry out almost all the functions needed for cells to live. A change to the DNA in a gene can change a protein's amino acids, changing its shape and function: this can have a dramatic effect in the cell and on the organism as a whole.<br />
Although genetics plays a large role in the appearance and behavior of organisms, it is the combination of genetics with what an organism experiences that determines the ultimate outcome. For example, while genes play a role in determining an organism's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height" title="Human height">size</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition" title="Nutrition">nutrition</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health" title="Health">health</a> it experiences after inception also have a large effect.segadarkperiodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232404671195604414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829558297727255157.post-52072073514256248492013-01-23T14:50:00.002-08:002013-01-25T02:29:58.543-08:00New ScientistAhhh... New 'Scientist', a (non)peer-reviewed science blog. FULL OF BALONEY and other errors.<br />
One controversial issue was the "<em>Was Darwin Wrong</em>", which moronic creationists quote-mined. I'm sick of the nonpeer-reviewed bullcrap that spews out of that blog... segadarkperiodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232404671195604414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829558297727255157.post-54700750579571622092013-01-11T14:43:00.001-08:002013-01-11T14:43:30.528-08:00Does god exist?Does god exist? I mean who would be asking this question, could god exist sure why not, any evidence no, conclusion god is extremely unlikely to exist. We have a ton of scientific evidence to support this conclusion, including the fossil record, cosmic microwave backround, genetics, DNA, geological record. The God concept brings a<em> </em>paradox, one is simply to ask "Whom created God". That basically destroys there concept that everything needs a creator. Saying "God Dit It" is a large logical fallacy. It's called the <em>argument from ignorance.</em>segadarkperiodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232404671195604414noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829558297727255157.post-45249474197124186582013-01-11T14:39:00.001-08:002013-01-11T14:39:25.744-08:00Creationist crap.As you all might know i haven't posted anything for a while so this time I am gonna explain the fallacies of several creationist claims, number 1. Dinosaurs coexisted with man if man coexisted with dinosaurs we have to be finding poodle fossils with trilobites or giraffe fossils with sauropods. Number 2. Water can carve the grand canyon in five minutes, well that is five times the speed of sound to carve something that deep and long in five minutes. segadarkperiodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232404671195604414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829558297727255157.post-85920990500603865512013-01-11T14:39:00.000-08:002013-01-11T14:39:03.601-08:00 Critic of youtubeOn youtube videos about science are being destroyed and unplayable which gets me mad. Don't worry there not like that anymore must of been an error.<br />
segadarkperiodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232404671195604414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829558297727255157.post-88630245183344359042013-01-11T14:38:00.000-08:002013-01-11T14:38:26.061-08:00 Anctient Aliens Debunked So We have all watched The history channel's show Ancient Aliens. Well In this series of blog posts I will be debunking it. The levitation device is a supposed tool used by these aliens to lift huge rocks but we clearly see drag marks. segadarkperiodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232404671195604414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829558297727255157.post-10562490578757843932012-08-20T13:03:00.002-07:002012-08-20T13:03:41.895-07:00So this is segadarkperiod and today i will be discussing the king penguin. I know at my youtube account it's all about video games and crap but let's get serious i like frickin video games but seriously i have read over 300 pages of the 2008 illustrated edition of Charles Darwin the origin of species. And sorry but let's get started the king penguin lives the Falkland islands and beyond. The Falkland islands are in the southern frickin ocean. The King penguin is closely related to the emperor penguin of so cold antarctica the coldest,most barren, and holds 60 % of the freshwater on earth. Anyways it's diet is fish and squid. Here is the breeding habit's.<br />
The King Penguin is able to breed at three years of age, although
only a very small minority (5% recorded at Crozet Islands) actually do
then; the average age of first breeding is around 6 years.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Will151_24-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Penguin#cite_note-Will151-24"><span>[</span>25<span>]</span></a></sup> King Penguins are <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_monogamy" title="Serial monogamy">serially monogamous</a>. They have only one mate each year, and stay faithful to that mate. However, fidelity between years is only about 29%.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Will54_25-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Penguin#cite_note-Will54-25"><span>[</span>26<span>]</span></a></sup> The long breeding cycle may contribute to this low rate.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Will152_26-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Penguin#cite_note-Will152-26"><span>[</span>27<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The King Penguin has an unusually prolonged breeding cycle, taking some 14–16 months from laying to offspring fledging.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Will148_27-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Penguin#cite_note-Will148-27"><span>[</span>28<span>]</span></a></sup>
Although pairs will attempt to breed annually, they are generally only
successful one year in two, or two years in three in a triennial pattern
on South Georgia.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Stoneh60_23-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Penguin#cite_note-Stoneh60-23"><span>[</span>24<span>]</span></a></sup>
The reproductive cycle begins in September to November, as birds return
to colonies for a prenuptial moult. Those that were unsuccessful in
breeding the previous season will often arrive earlier. They then return
to the sea for three weeks before coming ashore in November or
December.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Will149_28-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Penguin#cite_note-Will149-28"><span>[</span>29<span>]</span></a></sup> The female penguin lays one pyriform (pear-shaped) white <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_%28biology%29" title="Egg (biology)">egg</a> weighing 300 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram" title="Gram">g</a> (⅔ lb).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Will150_29-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Penguin#cite_note-Will150-29"><span>[</span>30<span>]</span></a></sup> It is initially soft, but hardens and darkens to a pale greenish colour. It measures around 10 × 7 cm (3.9 × 2.8 in).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Will150_29-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Penguin#cite_note-Will150-29"><span>[</span>30<span>]</span></a></sup>
The egg is incubated for around 55 days with both birds sharing
incubation in shifts of 6–18 days each. Hatching may take up to 2–3 days
to complete, and chicks are born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altricial" title="Altricial">semi-altricial and nidicolous</a>. In other words, they have only a thin covering of down and are entirely dependent on their parents for food and warmth.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Will28_30-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Penguin#cite_note-Will28-30"><span>[</span>31<span>]</span></a></sup> The young chick is brooded in what is called the <i>guard phase</i>, spending its time balanced on its parents' feet and sheltered by its pouch.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Will28_30-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Penguin#cite_note-Will28-30"><span>[</span>31<span>]</span></a></sup>
During this time, the parents alternate every 3–7 days, one incubating
while the other forages. This period lasts for 30–40 days before the
chicks form <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A8che_%28zoology%29" title="Crèche (zoology)">crèches</a>,
a group of many chicks together. A penguin can leave its chick at a
crèche while it fishes as a few adult penguins stay behind to look after
them. Other varieties of penguins also practice this method of communal
care for offspring.<br />
By April the chicks are almost fully grown, but lose weight by
fasting over the winter months, gaining it again during spring in
September. Fledging then takes place in late spring/early summer.<br />
King Penguins form huge breeding colonies; for example, the colony on <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_Island" title="South Georgia Island">South Georgia Island</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Plain,_South_Georgia" title="Salisbury Plain, South Georgia">Salisbury Plain</a> holds over 100,000 breeding pairs and the one at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrews_Bay,_South_Georgia" title="St Andrews Bay, South Georgia">St. Andrew's Bay</a> over 100,000 birds. Because of the long breeding cycle, colonies are continuously occupied.<br />
The King Penguin feeds its chicks by eating a fish, digesting it slightly and regurgitating the food into the chick's mouth.<br />
Because of their large size, King Penguin chicks take 14–16 months
before they are ready to go to sea. This is markedly different from
smaller penguins, who rear their chicks through a single summer when
food is plentiful. King Penguins time their mating so the chicks will
develop over the harshest season for fishing. In this way, by the time
the young penguins are finally mature enough to leave their parents, it
is summer when food is plentiful and conditions are more favorable for
the young to survive alone.segadarkperiodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232404671195604414noreply@blogger.com0