Geek Jokes

Guess the profession of the friend who sent me these? LOL

Q: What do you get when you mix iron, bromine, uranium, argon, and yttrium?
A: FeBrUArY.

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Q: Where does bad light go?
A: To a prism.

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A man is ambling along when he sees a series of resistors lying in his neighbor’s garden. Confused, he walks up to his neighbor and asks her about it. She smiles sheepishly and says, “I have a lot of Garden Ohms, I know.

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Two protons walk into a bar talking about a mutual friend.
Proton 1: Did you hear Electron 7 got thrown into orbit and wasn’t happy about it?
Proton 2: Yeah, well. He’s always been negative that way.

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A Physicist, a Marine Biologist and a Chemist are at the beach together.
The Physicist, upon seeing all the waves, gets very excited and runs into the water, disappearing.
The Marine Biologist, aware of tremendous variety of marine life in the ocean, also gets very excited, and runs into the water, disappearing.
The Chemist pulls out her notebook, and writes “The Physicist and the Marine Biologist are soluble in water”.

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Q: While walking into a lab, how does one know which lab is it?…
A: – If it’s green and wobbles – it’s a biology lab.
- If it’s stink – it’s a chemistry lab
- And if it doesn’t work – it’s a physics lab…

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A small furry animal walks into a bar, orders a drink. Bartender looks at him, says “Sorry, the occupancy is 6.022×10^23. We cannot serve a mole.”

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ChemCartoons

(The link below is to the original of this cartoon)

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v150/124/118/642631977/n642631977_348634_9471.jpg

Unlocking the Mystery of Life

In our June meeting, I found out about this video:

Unlocking the mystery of life [videorecording] / produced by Illustra Media.
[S.l.] : Illustra Media, c2002.
Subjects DNA — DVD-Video discs

Intelligent design (Teleology) — DVD-Video discs
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 65 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

I’m putting it on hold from the public library and we’ll all watch it together ~ date to be discussed. Our original plan was July, but maybe we shall consider August? Or saving it for a busy week once school starts again in the fall.

July 9 : Expelled No Intelligence Allowed

Plot Twist!

The movie on Intelligent Design, ‘Expelled‘ will be playing in Kelowna this week. If the group agrees, I think we should have a field trip on Wednesday! Showtime 7 pm, at the Grand10.

http://expelledthemovie.com/home.php

Slight change from our previous plan, but it’s still an ID movie!

Mar 26 : Protein Manufacture (Behe ch.5)

I found a couple of nice YouTube videos showing protein assembly.

I think that these would very nicely complement reading Behe’s fifth chapter in Darwin’s Black Box. Read the chapter, watch the videos, be inspired by this amazing process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3fOXt4MrOM From DNA to Protein

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dMlde9akBk The Wonders of a Tiny Cell

We should discuss at this meeting our plan for reading all or some of the remaining chapters in the book.

Jan 16 : 2008 Start up! (Cilium & Flagellum)

Well, everybody. Let’s plan on meeting January 16th 2008 at 7:00 pm at our house.

Have a merry Christmas and we’ll see you in the New Year!

Edit: It’s the New Year!

Brand new editions of M.Behe’s Darwin’s Black Box have arrived, so let’s read ch.3 “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” for next Wed.

“Row, Row, Row Your Boat” describes the cilia and flagella which propel movement for single cells. How do single cells move, when they don’t have muscles or joints, legs, wings, or fins? This chapter explains how, and discusses whether the mechanics could have developed gradually through chance mutations… or NOT.

For those interested in coming for the first time on Wednesday, please read one of the links below so that you are prepared to join the discussion.

Behe has an article online which covers some of his basic ideas, here: http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=51 “Evidence for Intelligent Design from Biochemistry,” which includes a paragraph on cilia.

Access Research Network also has a summary of this chapter here: http://www.arn.org/docs/mm/flagellum_all.htm and it includes some very nifty animations of flagella.

IDEA summarizes it slightly differently here:

http://www.ideacenter.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/840

If someone wants to get a copy of chapter 3 from us on Monday, or has any questions about this week’s meeting, please email me (kristac at shaw dot ca). Otherwise, we’ll see you on Wed at 7:30 pm.

Nov 14 : Darwin’s Black Box 2 ~ Nuts and Bolts

We’re meeting a little earlier – 7 pm- and we’re meeting at Starbucks. I’ll buy first beverage for y’all. Loen’s not feeling well, so we’re leaving him at home and taking the show on the road.

Please get a copy of Michael Behe’s book, Darwin’s Black Box, or borrow from one of the group members, and come ready to discuss chapter 2 : “Nuts and Bolts.” The Clement copy can be borrowed from our box at the church office.

Behe has an article online which covers some of his basic ideas, here:

http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=51

“Evidence for Intelligent Design from Biochemistry” The article covers much of the same concepts as the book, but in a very light manner.

The site looks interesting.

Oct 31: Darwin’s Black Box 1 ~ Lilliputian Biology

*** Note that there is a conference starting up at the church, KCC, at 7 pm Oct 24th. Please go to the conference!!! We’ll meet on the 31st instead.

On Wed. Oct 31, we will be meeting at 7:30 pm to discuss the first chapter of Darwin’s Black Box.

I will be making copies of this chapter and anyone interested in joining us that week can make a personal copy from the book, which is available in my box at Kelowna Christian Centre. It is about 12 copied pages long (ie 23 small book pages).

“Lilliputian Biology” provides background information on the history of biology, evolutionary theory, what biochemistry is, and the basis for Behe’s critique of standard evolution models. Hopefully it gives us a taste of Behe’s writing style and we can decide whether we wish to read more of his book in the future.