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    ok so here is what i gathered... Arik Soong is incarcerated for stealing augment embryos left over from the Eugenics War(late 1990's). And if I followed the episode correctly, Arik Soong was born in the 22nd century and is not himself a augment . He is a gifted scientist who tried to improve upon the embryos left over from the Eugenic wars.

     

    Assuming I am correct so far, is it out of the realm of possiblity that Arik Soong is in fact a descendent from Khan Noonien Singh.. I know it is spelled differently, but it is a bit strange that the descendent of Arik Soong is named Noonien Soong, which is strikingly similiar to Noonien Singh. It also seems strange that there are so many parallels in name and the relationship with augment science. Further, it could explain Arik Soong's facination with augments and his undeniable intellect.

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    I don't like it. It's not said with the heart of the TOS and TNG.

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    heart for kirk yes but picard definitly with authority .. the way he says "TO BOLDY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE!!" makes me want to say "uhh yes sir.. sorry for asking"

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    Not that i am in any way promoting this behavior, but the consequences is a ban from the site. So does that mean that the offendor can just sign up another account as quickly as his previous account was banned? Or is it more complicated than that where an IP address is banned indefinetly?

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    Deagletime,

    True, I am not a chemist but the critiques I referenced indicated that while complex arrangements don't spontaneously form - atoms do spontaneously form bonds when the bonding results in less energy? 

     

    Also, the theory of evolution as I've heard it does not include a spontaneous coming together of amino acids but rather the random interjection of an outside force like a bolt of lightning hitting the proverbial "protoplasmic soup".  I've heard rumors of this being tried in a laboratory but I haven't really read anything about it.  I think this is where some people combine the two and attribute the outside energy source to God - not lightning.

     

    If I understand what you're saying - that spontaneous combination would not contradict the 2nd law of thermodynamics if you take the whole environment as oppposed to elements involved as "the system".

     

    Which inspires a totally off topic question - but could one reason science can not detect God be because He uses an energy source outside our range of measurement?

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    im not sure if your asking me something or agreeing with me but there are cases where atoms form a more complex form which lowers their electrostatic state an example of which is when salts form a crystal lattice with out the presence of a energy source but again the second law of thermodynamics is not violated when one considers the system that created salts in a non-ionically bonded state...

     

    but yes i have heard of the research on creating complex organic molecules using the existing gases and elements know to be around during our primodial past and running them under a current to simulate lightning...The Miller-Urey experiment showed, of course, that results were inconclusive. While amino acids were readily produced (amino acids being the backbone of proteins) it was not shown how a cell could be readily produced under these conditions... But as both a catholic and scientist i believe that on the 5th day (or 5th age/millenia etc) god created the spark that turned a bunch of amino acids and nucleotides into a cell..

     

    Lastly, in situations where the second law of thermodynamics appears to be violated, it is usually because the closed system in question is lacking some vital component that adds to its net disorder... a cold cup of water outside will get hotter over time violating the second law, but when one includes the sun in the system, the overall disorder of the system is in concordance with the second law..

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    I think it would've been cool if the timeline showed stuff that Archer wouldn't be aware of but still happened before his time, for instance, the Enterprise-E destroying the Borg sphere over earth before the warp test.

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    Actually, if you look very closely toward the end of the sequence, you do see a Borg sphere exploding.

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    i have the epsiode i downloaded it online and its not a borg sphere, its the second zindi weapon

  12. Posted · Edited by deagletime

    Okay, I'm sure you know this but chimps are not monkeys.

     

    Some links

    Entropy -

    Entropysite

    From that site:

    What Is Entropy, REALLY?

    Entropy just measures the spontaneous dispersal of energy: how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes – as a function of temperature. (Sometimes, it’s a simple equation, Entropy change = “energy dispersed”/ T, or qreversible/T , as in phase changes like melting or vaporization where ÄS = ÄHfusion /T or ÄHvaporization /T, respectively.)

     

    Creationism and the second law\

    2ndlaw

    talkorigins

     

    I'm not really sure I see the relevance of entropy to evolution.

     

    I'm don't know what is the big deal about all life having DNA in common - for one, in my view, our physical bodies are only part of who we are.

     

    And, (this is the point that always gets me) evolution is based on random genetic mutations that are dispersed over time in the species population. External stimuli do not cause evolution. Yes, chemical exposure can alter dna - (that's one cause of birth defects) but for that to work in evolution:

    1. The alteration could not affect the organisms chance for survival AND

    2. it would have to serve to make the organism better adapted to its environment and thus have a greater likelihood of being dispered through the gene pool in the process of natural selection.

     

    Most chemical exposures have the opposite effect - making the organism either less likely to survive and/or less likely to reproduce.

     

    So if you stand out in the sun and give yourself cancer - it has nothing to do with evolution unless it affects your reproductive cells and alters the information you pass on to your offspring.

     

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    Nor is the fact that there is an increase in illness necessarilly an indication that we are genetically becoming weaker. It may be the environmental factors we are exposed to after we've inherited our dna from our parents. However, as mentioned earlier - intra-uterine exposure to chemicals can affect the organisms development. So given the number of people that smoke, drink and take other drugs during pregnancy (not to mention consuming hormone laden food) I wouldn't be suprised if we're damaging our dna BUT as also stated above many of these children will have a lower probability of reproducing due to early death or disability.

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    it appears that to no offence to anyone that i am one of the more qualifed persons to answer this debate... I am a Catholic, have my BS in biochemistry and currently in school to get my Masters in Mechanical Engineering..

     

    So to settlet this, i must say that unicorn hunter is absolutely 100% correct about the origin of genetic mutation ..

     

    However The second law of thermodynamics and the theory of evolution are intimately related... according to the second law of theromodynamics... the entropy of a closed system never decreases. it can remain static or in most cases increase.. now the key word is 'closed' how does one define closed??... in the most simplest system.. a cup of hot coffee will move to disorder and become cooler over time never the reverse in that closed system.. a cold cup of coffee will never become hot over time without a energy source being added to the system.

     

    now from a biological standpoint, a collection of atoms will never combine to form a human being therefore the second law of thermodynamics is satisfied with respect to a system containing a petree dish of salts, minerals and water.. however, contrary to my religious beliefs, here is where evolutionism/creationism comes into play... now as I am sure many who have seen the STTNG Episode - All Good THings will recall, in earths primordial past, a collection of atoms that randomly passed another collection of atoms formed the first amino acid.. for those that say that the forming of a amino acid violates the second law, one must remember that it applies to a closed system.. in this case we can have the system include the earth, the moon, and the sun. the sun providing the heat necessary for the activation energy to form a covalent bond and the earth and moon gravitational relationship that causes tides and motion in the oceans ... therefore to include the three, the law is satisfied because in the overall equation, the ammount of entropy genertated by the fusion reactions of the sun greatly outway the decrease in disorder when the two molecules bond to form a amino acid... thus the net equation for the closed system has an increase in entropy...

     

    now granted creationist will argue that god created amino acids and the human form, which is not up to me to discount but regardless evolution and the second law are intimately connected which was my point

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    is it just me or did it end almost exactly like voyager??? i would have fell outta my seat if archer ended the episode by saying someting like "Mr. Merrywether, set a course for home" i have to admit though i did get teary eyes the exact same way at the end of Endgame

     

     

    anyone wanna post some pics of the final ship flyby for comparrison?

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    Ok so i just finished watching doctors orders tonight and i give it a 6...

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    not that great ...it didnt give any new insights in the xindi plot and more importantly it was a recycle of the voyager episode "night" where seven is on her own on a ship and becomes delusional.. the only amusing turn was that this weeks "money shot" or nakedness shot was of phlox...not the most pleasant visual

     

    the ending though was as clear as glass...i mean i saw the fact that the doctor was delusional and that t'pol was a figment of his imagination a mile away

     

    one question though... if it takes one hour to travel the expanse at warp four and 4 days at full impulse ..it sounds to me like the numbers might be off...i mean warp one is the speed of light and warp four is some exponential function of it...while full impulse is sublight..fast, but not the speed of light..just didnt make sense to me is all

     

     

    well i suppose its the calm before the storm.. hopefully the xindi plot will pick up next week as its getting close the season finale

     

    -dt-

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    I gave the episode a 9.5.  The only thing I didn't like was that T'Pol and Trip did the horizontal hokey-pokey.  Other wise, I loved the episode! :assimilated: OMG, one of the best ones yet!  The conversation between Trip and T'Pol in her quarters was priceless.  Also, when Reed asks Hayes in Archer's ready room, "Do you think we're dismissed?" :lol:

     

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    Did anyone see Malcolm do the famous Kirk hand chop on Hayes? :force:  :force:

     

    yes i was thinking the same thing...i was like dood thats the infamous Jim Kirk-double-Judo-chop to the neck

     

    lol

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    People do have sex sometimes.  It's not dirty. They didn't even show anything.  :force: However, I won't bust your chops if that's your honest opinion. I just don't agree.

    not to true..even in TNG there were sex scenes data-yar, crusher-trill guy, troi-betazed negociator DS9 and Voy had some that i cant recall off the top of my head

     

    bottom line nothing new to ST

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    Ok, I'm able to find ENT episodes now that download as a complete video.  However, for SG-1 Season 6, I can't find any "single episodes" and have to download an entire season.  This takes far longer than downloading one at a time.  Does anyone know where/how I can download SG-1 an episode at a time and still be high quallity?  THANKS!

    i think tvtorrentz.com or tvtorrents.com or some name like that...try a search from google