tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.comments2023-11-09T05:18:44.141-05:00JC's BlogJChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-80769528741130763612017-11-05T22:53:49.582-05:002017-11-05T22:53:49.582-05:00Thank you Jim.. 12 years on and your article is he...Thank you Jim.. 12 years on and your article is helping me help some Australian birds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-23976032925316525482013-12-13T21:10:04.961-05:002013-12-13T21:10:04.961-05:00Hi Jim I have been missing your blogs. Every once ...Hi Jim I have been missing your blogs. Every once in awhile I check to see if you have done anymore. Florencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575038606271320524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-78751498080470448922011-07-06T15:08:46.197-04:002011-07-06T15:08:46.197-04:00Ah, I remember doing the relay buzzer as a kid wit...Ah, I remember doing the relay buzzer as a kid with an electronics kit - though in that case it was a single relay (that had switch contacts for both the open and closed position).<br /><br />I managed to give myself a shock touching the contacts and was impressed when an oscilloscope found that it was putting out ~260 volts with only a 9V power source. I never really did learn enough EE to fully understand it, but I'm sure the oscillating EM field in the relay has all kinds of propensity for creating high voltage.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04387239322188856822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-1317561962448946142011-07-03T19:27:23.210-04:002011-07-03T19:27:23.210-04:00For the background and history of the SWTPC comput...For the background and history of the SWTPC computer kits, see<br />http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/History/SWTPC_History.htmJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-53149203279936649102011-06-12T20:36:50.368-04:002011-06-12T20:36:50.368-04:00Romans 14:23b
"..for whatsoever is not of fai...Romans 14:23b<br />"..for whatsoever is not of faith is sin."JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-71185322232512812012011-05-13T21:55:44.939-04:002011-05-13T21:55:44.939-04:00You will need to change the "https" to &...You will need to change the "https" to "http" in Kevin's link: http://www.davemckean-collector.co.uk A great collection for McKean fans.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-31383289138930882782011-04-08T17:49:07.761-04:002011-04-08T17:49:07.761-04:00The disassembly (digestion) of plant and animal pr...The disassembly (digestion) of plant and animal proteins to obtain the raw material (amino acids) for building human proteins suggests a reason why God made all life, including human life, of the same chemical units. And from a system engineering (my career) viewpoint, re-use of the design of parts and subsystems is excellent, efficient design.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-64979591596292251882011-01-17T13:48:50.292-05:002011-01-17T13:48:50.292-05:00I'm looking forward to seeing your crab sir :)...I'm looking forward to seeing your crab sir :) <br />you my wish to visit my mckean website. best<br />https://www.davemckean-collector.co.ukUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544673327940675286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-74641040408581924912010-10-20T22:37:59.218-04:002010-10-20T22:37:59.218-04:00from the journal "Scientific American":
...from the journal "Scientific American":<br />"Even the simpler molecules are produced only in small amounts in realistic experiments simulating possible primitive earth conditions. What is worse, these molecules are generally minor constituents of tars: It remains problematical how they could have been separated and purified through geochemical processes whose normal effects are to make organic mixtures more and more of a jumble. With somewhat more complex molecules these difficulties rapidly increase. In particular a purely geochemical origin of nucleotides (the subunits of DNA and RNA) presents great difficulties."<br />Cairns-Smith, Alexander G., <br />"The First Organisms," <br />Scientific American, <br />252: 90, June 1985.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-87659331144024833942010-09-05T22:52:15.336-04:002010-09-05T22:52:15.336-04:00To verify that huge number, you can go to the site...To verify that huge number, you can go to the site http://www.wolframalpha.com/ and enter the formula:<br />S2(64, 21) times 21!JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-58081171201809659712010-07-14T21:53:35.365-04:002010-07-14T21:53:35.365-04:00Checking BOINCstats.com (in July, 2010), the SETI ...Checking BOINCstats.com (in July, 2010), the SETI software is run by 1,107,120 users of the 1,988,199 users of the BOINC network. SETI is run on 2,682,729 of the 5,355,173 computers on the BOINC network, in 234 countries of the 272 participating countries. Since its inception, SETI has consumed 78,155,930,854 out of 264,879,350,422 of the computer work done by the BOINC network, measured in BOINC 'credits'. That is 30% of all the BOINC work done worldwide, and nothing to show for it!JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-78810823158574802902010-04-27T08:16:29.807-04:002010-04-27T08:16:29.807-04:00The Luna film is in its final stages, wuth a "...The <i>Luna</i> film is in its final stages, wuth a "90% veersion" being reviewed by producers and second edits bing done.<br /><br />Dave McKean tells me via Twitter that "the crab performed beautifully."JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-12593807171600900612010-04-27T00:44:55.212-04:002010-04-27T00:44:55.212-04:00Oops, forgot the link - http://creationsafaris.com...Oops, forgot the link - http://creationsafaris.com/crevnews.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-11409791594175835712010-04-27T00:44:55.211-04:002010-04-27T00:44:55.211-04:00Hi Jim,
Interesting posts! You might enjoy the Cr...Hi Jim,<br />Interesting posts! You might enjoy the Creation Safaris news blog... they have stuff about recent discoveries about codons, etc.<br />With esteem, TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-69374476358381018132010-03-22T21:52:31.174-04:002010-03-22T21:52:31.174-04:00I heard that the 'shooting' for the Luna f...I heard that the 'shooting' for the Luna film is complete, and the 'cutting' phase, where selected segments are pieced together, is proceeding.<br /><br />On Dave McKean's twitter page, he recently (March 20, 2010) said:<br />"First fx sequence of Luna cut. Should work well when all the cg is layered in, bit hard to tell at the moment."<br /><br />FX = special effects, and CG = computer graphics, which I think is the animation part, which includes scenes where the origami crabs come to life, I was told.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-84238729655825331822010-03-06T09:37:14.223-05:002010-03-06T09:37:14.223-05:00If you leave a comment on my blog, it will not app...If you leave a comment on my blog, it will not appear if it is blatantly dishonest, such as providing advertislng, or using abusive language. I have removed such comments recently, which prompted this reminder,<br /><br />But well-intended comments are welcome, even if you disagree with me.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-39006567197880981852010-02-15T21:05:30.220-05:002010-02-15T21:05:30.220-05:00JC thanks for sharing this project with us, it loo...JC thanks for sharing this project with us, it looks like you've really created something every avid birdwatcher should have! I too struggle with rodents around my feeders so this is really cool!hummingbird feederhttp://www.birdfeeders.com/store/hummingbird-feeders/122tfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-36789647928580473962009-11-30T12:39:27.398-05:002009-11-30T12:39:27.398-05:00You like to do things yourself !
Birds must be hap...You like to do things yourself !<br />Birds must be happy :)<br /><a href="http://www.domo-sudoku.com" rel="nofollow">www.domo-sudoku.com </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-46572910273202290562009-10-17T14:10:57.587-04:002009-10-17T14:10:57.587-04:00Hello, we went thru the same problem on a similar ...Hello, we went thru the same problem on a similar path, please chk selfcleaningbirdbath.com see the small pix top left of home page. i would like very much to here from you. selfcleaningbirdbath@yahoo.com<br />thanks, mikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-57650180231662007892009-09-20T18:36:47.359-04:002009-09-20T18:36:47.359-04:00Izzy, your comments are encouraging. Others have a...Izzy, your comments are encouraging. Others have also made the argument that it is hard for evolution to explain the development of suicidal behavior (Bees aren't the only ones). Sometimes the reaction by evolutionists and atheists is rambling profanity, as in the comments to this UTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv0CfdMeFnw . But in this link, the explantion offered is that the queen bee, which is the reproducer, survives: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080611210938AAVbQAl .<br /><br />I rhink that a more powerful argument is this: Evolution proposes that new features are acquired by incremental changes selected from random changes. And an improvement must be accomplished by each incremental change. But complex designs cannot be built up this way. <br /><br />The stinger has many component parts, such as the venom chemistry, including its production, the pump, and the hollow dart; and none of these would provide any advantage without the other parts. (And the chemistry and pump are probably made of other basic parts.) Designs require planning (working toward a goal), but evolution is supposed to be a mindless series of accidents.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-14672221043371122302009-09-20T17:32:43.302-04:002009-09-20T17:32:43.302-04:00Thanks, Rich, for the additional analysis. I thou...Thanks, Rich, for the additional analysis. I thought of most of the points you raised, but I didn't want to complicate the discussion. In this kind of estimation, the goal is to estimate the number of decimal places between the most-significant digit and the decinal point, not the actual digits of the ratio. If we account for the issues you raised, we might shift the decimal point by perhaps three places, in which the ratio is two billion instead of two trillion. Still, it would remain a huge difference.<br /><br />DNA is read by 'randomly' (that is, in any order needed) reading information blocks called genes, via temporary copies in the form of messenger RNA (mRNA). Then ribosomes and transfer RNA read the mRNA sequentially. Likewise, flash memory is read in randomly selected large blocks that are temporarily copied to a block of RAM on the flash chip. Then the computer reads the RAM block (or part of it) sequentially. An interesting parallel, no?<br /><br />It is interesting that DNA is read-only, copied only from other DNA. It prompts the question: Where did the information come from? As I point out elsewhere, the idea that information can come from randomness is nonsence. Attempts to argue for this idea confuse information with patterns.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753309808254573131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-1216965360663813222009-09-17T18:47:19.634-04:002009-09-17T18:47:19.634-04:00In junior high I read a book called The Weather Ma...In junior high I read a book called The Weather Makers. It had been inspired by the author hearing a prediction of when it would rain and going outside at that time and seeing it begin to rain.SDW_NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09912447867693956827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-86258468006739630332009-08-26T23:54:25.936-04:002009-08-26T23:54:25.936-04:00I also thought it was amazing that during DNA repl...I also thought it was amazing that during DNA replication the lagging strand sequences in reverse order (in short segments). how in the world can that "evolve"Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06576849279643762972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-68352225567567412202009-08-26T23:44:27.036-04:002009-08-26T23:44:27.036-04:00hello JC, I am really enjoying your blog (especial...hello JC, I am really enjoying your blog (especially the biology lessons). I have studied the whole evolution vs. creation debate fairly well but I thought of something that I have never heard mentioned. How did a venom pumping stinger evolve on a bumble bee? I mean natural selection is only good for "breeding" lifeforms right? from my understanding not all the bees in a hive breed and even if they did the benefits of having a venom pumping detachable stinger would not be able to pass to the next generation (bee dies after stinging).<br />hopefully you can follow my reasoning (I don't have the best writing skills).<br />have you ever heard a evolutionist try to explain this?<br /><br />thanks for reading,<br />mike dMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06576849279643762972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13817057.post-72466829172816987952009-08-05T17:41:17.326-04:002009-08-05T17:41:17.326-04:00DNA of course has a very high data density, but co...DNA of course has a very high data density, but comparing it to a USB drive is a bit of an apples-to-organges comparison. First, a USB flash device isn't the highest density storage device currently available. Also, most of the mass of a typical thumb drive is the housing - the actual flash memory is much ligher. The mass of pure DNA doesn't include any of the machinery needed to read it, or the mass of the containing cell, so the artificial memory storage device should be weighed only based on its storage components.<br /><br />Also - DNA is essentially a read-only storage medium, and it isn't really random access (though it can be semi-randomly accessed). Flash of course is read-write.<br /><br />Probably a better comparison would be between DNA and dynamic RAM or ROM memory (not sure which is higher-density in practice). Be sure to only include the mass of the silicon chip and not the containing package. I'm guessing that ROM would actually start to approach DNA in storage density. The ROM would probably also be much faster in terms of access times (both random and sequential).<br /><br />Note also that DNA as-is cannot be used to store data with 100% reliability - if you allowed for a modest error rate I wouldn't be surprised if you could cram more ROM into a given space.<br /><br />Even so, this is still an interesting exercise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com