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Postby Hurdegaryp » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:51 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:When it comes to European languages, Spanish was spoken in parts of what is now the United States long before the Pilgrims went looking for exciting new places to settle.

And their food was way better. Your point?

Spanish was American before English became American, that is my point.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby Italios » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:53 pm

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Ethel mermania wrote:And their food was way better. Your point?

Spanish was American before English became American, that is my point.

But Native American dialects were spoken even before Spanish.
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:53 pm

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Hurdegaryp wrote:When it comes to European languages, Spanish was spoken in parts of what is now the United States long before the Pilgrims went looking for exciting new places to settle.

You're on Nationstates, speak English. :p

You mean that Germanic language with all those Latin, French and even ancient Greek influences? I think I speak it reasonably well, even though I will probably sound like a typical Euro bad guy in a Die Hard movie whenever I make the mistake of recording my voice.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby Ethel mermania » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:56 pm

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:And their food was way better. Your point?

Spanish was American before English became American, that is my point.


Another inconvenient fact. American leadership don't much pay attention to "facts'.
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Postby The Serbian Empire » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:56 pm

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Italios wrote:With. I want to do away with shoes.


Galla will never go for eliminating shoes. Jimmy choo is a backer.

And I am opposed to eliminating them. I've stepped on nails and thought I had blood poisoning. Trust me, it's not fun.
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:56 pm

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Ethel mermania wrote:And their food was way better. Your point?

Spanish was American before English became American, that is my point.


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We'll toughen those up with a strict regime of daily bastinado.

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Postby Hurdegaryp » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:59 pm

Italios wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:Spanish was American before English became American, that is my point.

But Native American dialects were spoken even before Spanish.

You're absolutely right, but I was talking about European languages.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby Ethel mermania » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:59 pm

The Serbian Empire wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
Galla will never go for eliminating shoes. Jimmy choo is a backer.

And I am opposed to eliminating them. I've stepped on nails and thought I had blood poisoning. Trust me, it's not fun.


Tbf jimmy choo's are not going to help you there. Now I do have few pair of ceramic toed track boots, that will stop quite a rail spike.
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:02 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:And I am opposed to eliminating them. I've stepped on nails and thought I had blood poisoning. Trust me, it's not fun.

Tbf jimmy choo's are not going to help you there. Now I do have few pair of ceramic toed track boots, that will stop quite a rail spike.

Bless your kind soul, Ethel.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby The Serbian Empire » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:04 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:And I am opposed to eliminating them. I've stepped on nails and thought I had blood poisoning. Trust me, it's not fun.


Tbf jimmy choo's are not going to help you there. Now I do have few pair of ceramic toed track boots, that will stop quite a rail spike.

I won't wear Jimmy Choos... now ceramic toes sound awesome. They also reduce the electrical hazard.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:05 pm

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Italios wrote:But Native American dialects were spoken even before Spanish.

You're absolutely right, but I was talking about European languages.


Norse was spoken in America before spanish.
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Postby The Serbian Empire » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:06 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:You're absolutely right, but I was talking about European languages.


Norse was spoken in America before spanish.

But Norse is no more. It has become Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, and Swedish.
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:08 pm

The Serbian Empire wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
Norse was spoken in America before spanish.

But Norse is no more. It has become Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, and Swedish.

And Vinland was not strong enough.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:10 pm

Hurdegaryp wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:But Norse is no more. It has become Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, and Swedish.

And Vinland was not strong enough.


Didn't the Norse/Viking settlements, like L'Anse Aux Meadows, fail anyway?
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Postby Ethel mermania » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:16 pm

Hurdegaryp wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:But Norse is no more. It has become Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, and Swedish.

And Vinland was not strong enough.


The inuit were smarter. If the wampaneong had only practiced decent border control, none of this would have happened.
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Postby Luziyca » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:24 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:And Vinland was not strong enough.


The inuit were smarter. If the wampaneong had only practiced decent border control, none of this would have happened.

The last time they tried that, a paradox was made.
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Postby Costa Fierro » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:43 pm

Just felt an earthquake. At the moment it's rated at a 5.8 on the Richter scale.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:43 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:And Vinland was not strong enough.


Didn't the Norse/Viking settlements, like L'Anse Aux Meadows, fail anyway?

Yeah, they were even worse with the native populations than the english, and there was no smallpox epidemic before the pale face arrived.
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Postby Hladgos » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:44 pm

Costa Fierro wrote:Just felt an earthquake. At the moment it's rated at a 5.8 on the Richter scale.

I came.
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Postby Kannap » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:45 pm

Hladgos wrote:
Costa Fierro wrote:Just felt an earthquake. At the moment it's rated at a 5.8 on the Richter scale.

I came.


Damn, I missed an earthquake and Hlad's arrival. The East Coast is boring.
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Postby Hladgos » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:46 pm

Kannap wrote:
Hladgos wrote:I came.


Damn, I missed an earthquake and Hlad's arrival. The East Coast is boring.

That was my arrival! You should be feeling it shortly. :p
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Postby Costa Fierro » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:47 pm

Hladgos wrote:
Costa Fierro wrote:Just felt an earthquake. At the moment it's rated at a 5.8 on the Richter scale.

I came.


I said an earthquake, not a small dribble of mayonnaise.
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Postby Barboneia » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:48 pm

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Hladgos wrote:I came.


I said an earthquake, not a small dribble of mayonnaise.

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Postby Hladgos » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:50 pm

Costa Fierro wrote:
Hladgos wrote:I came.


I said an earthquake, not a small dribble of mayonnaise.

Small dribble?! MY ORGASMS CAUSED THE RING OF FIRE!

However, I've been hearing that people in Wichita can feel some of those midwest earthquakes now. KC hasn't been affected yet. Where ya live?
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