Comments on: Eat My Links http://wongablog.co.uk/2004/03/27/eat-my-links/ like balloons, only with dancing Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Simon http://wongablog.co.uk/2004/03/27/eat-my-links/#comment-576 Simon Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=303#comment-576 That article is indeed annoying. "No one needs a Ph.D. to know that a rock sitting in a pool of salt water will not produce life ? no matter how many times lightening strikes." Well, by such logic, no one can believe in evolution on earth since that relies on single celled organisms forming in pools of water with rocks sitting in them. Or, perhaps if the author paid more attention to the underlying chemical and physical processes which the author's field of molecular biology relies on would realise that such structures can form in water, presumably helped by mineral content provided by the errosion of the rocks. Perhaps it takes a Ph.D to fail to recognise the potential of a rock sitting in a pool of water, since the specialization required at this level might force one to neglect other areas of knowledge and understanding. I might have been slightly more persuaded by the article had the author mentioned the possibility that earth itself was contaminated by an asteroid from some distant region of space. That article is indeed annoying.

“No one needs a Ph.D. to know that a rock sitting in a pool of salt water will not produce life ? no matter how many times lightening strikes.”

Well, by such logic, no one can believe in evolution on earth since that relies on single celled organisms forming in pools of water with rocks sitting in them. Or, perhaps if the author paid more attention to the underlying chemical and physical processes which the author’s field of molecular biology relies on would realise that such structures can form in water, presumably helped by mineral content provided by the errosion of the rocks. Perhaps it takes a Ph.D to
fail to recognise the potential of a rock sitting in a pool of water, since the specialization required at this level might force one to neglect other areas of knowledge and understanding.

I might have been slightly more persuaded by the article had the author mentioned the possibility that earth itself was contaminated by an asteroid from some distant region of space.

]]> By: Simon http://wongablog.co.uk/2004/03/27/eat-my-links/#comment-577 Simon Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=303#comment-577 I think steamed turtle have removed the article after the hardocp post. Shame. Its also interesting to see that the website proudly boasts its golden web award, though the title of the post and the content seem to say different things. In any event, the use of nuke and the publishing of bad reviews does not, to me atleast, seem like good ways to win web design awards. Nuke is good, but since it isn't your own work I would have thought you would have to do something dramatically different with it to secure such an award. Ah well, what do I know. --- I think steamed turtle have removed the article after the hardocp post. Shame. Its also interesting to see that the website proudly boasts its golden web award, though the title of the post and the content seem to say different things. In any event, the use of nuke and the publishing of bad reviews does not, to me atleast, seem like good ways to win web design awards. Nuke is good, but since it isn’t your own work I would have thought you would have to do something dramatically different with it to secure such an award. Ah well, what do I know.

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