Ragnarok

Hi I'm new to the forums and I am glad to be here and hope to have a fun time here. Something you should know about me is that I tend to be a bit mischivious and I have a side of me that can't help but horse around at times. I love pulling pranks on people, but the people I prank are people I want to get to know better and I pinkie pie promise that there are no sinister intentions behind my jokes. If you are ever offended then please let me know so I can address the problem appropriately, I don't want to make any pony an unhappy one. My favorite MLP episode is the Canterlot Wedding two parters. I still think there is so much potential for Queen Chrysalis and the changelings. Other than that I hope I get to know the people on this site better and possibly get into some RP'ing while I'm here. ;3

U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against Edward Snowden U.S. officials said on Friday according to The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Snowden has answered in sources such as the Guardian that he leaked documents exposing surveillance programs to spark a world-wide debate about U.S. anti-terrorism tactics. He came forward because he believed President Barack Obama, 'deepended and expanded several abusive programs' instead of promoting transparency. (See Reference: Patriot Act.) Criminal charges include theft of government property were filed in federal court allowing U.S. authorities to begin steps to try to return Mr. Snowden to the United States. These steps include issuing an Interpol red notice to stop him from traveling. Snowden who is believed to currently be in Hong Kong presently occupies a diplomatic quandry as Beijing is responsible for handling Hong Kong's foreign affairs and can veto surrender requests from Hong Kong in cases related to defense, foreign affairs, and other issues therefore providing an exception to the Hong Kong-U.S. treaty for exchange of political dissidents between the two geo-political territories. Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323893504578560071189477346.html

I've always wanted to get accustomed to Linux, but mind you I've never really developed a need for it. GUI based operating systems are just incredibly easy to grasp and given browser extensions like Adblock and Noscript, I haven't really had any malware issues on any system. I've been satisfied with most free app extensions available for Windows, Mac, and Android operating systems. Although I don't really use my computer much outside of email and word processing.

You should also consider joining Alcoholics Anonymous and if you have a drug addiction there are programs out there too for you to get support from others. Even though it's hard to find someone who has the same problems as you do on the internet and in group therapy, its a common part for most of us to have bad coping mechanisms. I'd suggest doing in-person therapy because I feel that there a limit to how much support you can get from an internet community. When you're trying to change something that you've become dependent on, it is hard to deal with its absence. To make a change in life you sometimes need all the support you can get.

Critics have just been on a killing spree with their ratings for summer movies. The funny thing is that if you thumb through the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, most of the commentary is just objectively unjustified or unwarranted. Yes, Man of Steel is not Superman Returns, why are you criticizing a transition in execution when the directors are different? Oh the Man of Steel was produced by Christopher Nolan. Yes, Christopher Nolan directed The Dark Knight series, it was great. Yes, Man of Steel is not The Dark Knight Returns or Inception. Why are we using these two films as comparison when the source materials are so drastically different. Ridiculous.

I don't agree with the application of Collatz Theory to genetics from the explanation given in the attached word document. First, the google document you linked doesn't specify the nature of the traits that is being analyzed. Are we looking at a graphical model of genotypic or phenotypic traits. And by what measure does the growth in the bars represent? Are the growth of the bars representative of say, increased phenotypic traits like an increase in the length of the talon of a bird? Or is it supposed to represent levels of transcription being comitted by DNA polymerase and being measured by RT-PCR (real time polymerase chain reaction). Semantics. Is it supposed to represent levels of genetic expression being doing on a molecular biological level wrt the given trait? To simplify, I don't know what was measured or displayed even though it was given that the quantity measured was somehow related to 'trait(s).' Second, I want to address what was paraphrased to be a simple organism with four traits in the google document. it doesn't explain the organism used in the modeling approach. Isn't it important to detail which basic organism is being measured to verify the pragmatic efficacy of the application of the theory? Say for example that it was a bacteria, how does Collatz Theory handle large variations for a sudden influx in traits i.e. horizontal gene transfer in which another bacteria confers genetic information to another bacteria that may have not had any possession of these previous traits. Part of this is the reason why bacteria are able to rapidly become resistant to antiseptics and bactericides such as the rapid conferred resistance of MRSA in hospitals. What is graphically demonstrated is a very gradual model of adaptation and not one of drastic nature that would likely occur for a simple organisms that would initially possess only four traits. Then again, 'gradual' would be a subjective notion since there was no documented analysis time given on the graphical reference. Third, the article doesn't stipulate whether Collatz Theory is better being applied on broad scale on a macro evolutionary perspective or charting a series of small adaptation modeling which tends to apply more towards concepts of micro evolution. If we're looking at heredity on individual crosses and applying Collatz Theory, how does the theory hold across different species. In plant varieties for instance, corn expresses overdominance when it is heterozygous for two alleles. Meanwhile other species may follow typical behavior for certain traits of the dominant allele having phenotypic dominance and masking the recessive allele there may be cases such as in floral varieties where colors such as pink exist due to codominance due to dual expression of a red and white allele simultaneously to create that color to the naked eye. The theory seems to be a very interesting push in the theoretical, however what's questionable in its application to reality such as its practicality and ability to map out what the paraphrased report claims to be evolutionary behavior and traits.