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    Housecat Reproduction

    So 109 if starting with 1 female ( and an adjacent male ) for 9 years of births ( ie 7 years after 100 cats ) with each birth producing 10 female kittens/liter/female offspring. Do the parents and grandparents die off or become sterile? From Post #6
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    Housecat Reproduction

    I guestimated the population growth as if the cats procreated by mitosis, leaving the parents unable to contribute to the population after having one episode of fertilization, gestation and birth of young. The growth period of the young and time to maturity was assumed to be zero ( an...
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    Housecat Reproduction

    Someone will surely show the error in my guestimate. 2n would be for something like bacteria or cell division. It neglects that real world where mommas and poppas cats can keep on producing offspring for the while timespan under investigation. Perhaps the value should be closer to a trillion...
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    Housecat Reproduction

    2 30 = 1,073,741,824 Each litter of 4 kittens in average 2 of each sex. Only the female can reproduce, on average again every 4 months. I would guessimate that starting with 100 cats, approx 2 8 = 128 then we have 9 years of cat production ( 2 years initial for the 100 cats + 7 more years...
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    Why are all NFL lineman tall?

    Chances are that the larger person can also have attributes of agility and technique and win every time from advantage in strength. ======================================================= For a population categorized according to criteria such as smart, quick thinking, quick, strength ( arm...
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    Why are all NFL lineman tall?

    One would think that against a heavier brute, one could just outrun them. Looking a brute athlete, that is an invalid assumption, as they have a fair chance of outcompeting 99% of the regular population, in general categories of speed, agility, strength, quickness, explosive power, quick thinking.
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    Why are all NFL lineman tall?

    Does Sumo have height-weight categories - if not then a 5ft8inch against a larger opponent would need better technique, or something else, quickness, agility, to overcome against a heavier opponent, who may not be stronger just due to the size differential.
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    Remote Controlled Bowling Ball using Gyroscopes

    What coefficient of friction are you looking at between the ball and the lane? Most lanes, professional anyways vs the public ones, are oiled. The 'turn left now' will surely have a delay.
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    Why are all NFL lineman tall?

    How tall are Sumo wrestlers?
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    The guy can join his trekky fellows
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    There is the other one called Radar Love. And if things are hooked up incorrectly Great Balls of Fire.
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    Humans evolved faster after farming, wheels and metal working arose

    My sentiments entirely. Will the researcher be able to differentiate the biases of their own nature/nurture imprints from that of he/she expects ancient societies to operate.
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    Humans evolved faster after farming, wheels and metal working arose

    That would be the region of social behavioral genetics, which I believe there is something there but easily misinterpreted ( and probably has an influence on some social constructs that we see today, or have seen ie forced sterilization of the poor and eugenics ) From the writeup of the study...
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    Q: identify logos?

    A list that came up. I did not find any matches. https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/ic-manufacturer-logos https://www.elnec.com/en/support/other/ic-logos?method=logo/ https://www.docdroid.net/GHbMEEf/integrated-circuit-manufacturer-logo-lookup-pdf
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    History History of Barbie

    I never had a Barbie, nor a Ken. Nor a GI Joe to boss them around. Instead had a Gumby and Pokey.