What is a tree? - Page 2

ERIKK · 29-11-2003, 13:41

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Skyfish

Quote:

quote:Nice set of lungs

its not lungs, its a heart !

...the image is called lung, Sky and the telegraph pole is called 'mast'

ProPain · 29-11-2003, 16:16

I ;d say those are lungs. All the small veins are there to get the oxygen from the air. You wont see that in your heart, which is a pumping muscle with 4 basic chambers iirc.

Pastorius · 29-11-2003, 21:02

Quote:

quote:
Is the telegraph 'paal' (dutch) in English a telegraph tree?

Hey - whos talking bout me behind my back

Paal being my name and all [

]

Lt. Killer M · 30-11-2003, 17:37

tree: [botanical] perennial plant with lignified supraterran parts......

[

]

smalltalk · 01-12-2003, 02:17

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Sween

godamnit, i suck at tests!

Nah, it was just a teenyweeny bit of a test.
But I reckon that you're a sucker for good pics, aren't you?

Quote:

quote:col
Nice set of lungs

Yeah. Obviously a non-smoker.

Quote:

quote:Killer
tree: [botanical] perennial plant with lignified supraterran parts......

Spoilsport.

Quote:

quote:Plux
So what's this about, really?

A picture says more than a lot of words. So instead of talking about how to maximize spatial or logical structures for a maximum surface, I have one more pic.

106.86*KB

As for the test:

Quote:

quote:Grille
well... take it unliteral
it's a picture anyways...

Well, I guess Grille wins for delivering the smart-ass answer.

A tree is just a word for an underlying concept. But the pics are just electrons/photons flowing from your monitor.

col · 01-12-2003, 10:04

A tree is just electrons / quarks and photons too.

Skyfish · 01-12-2003, 10:44

Nice one Col !

smalltalk · 03-12-2003, 21:11

Sorry Grille, but I guess your award has to be passed on to Col...

The above are nice examples about how nature finds fairly good solutions. I feel it is amazing, how the same structure has evolved independently . Sort of a homomorphism. [Not sure if there is a word like that.]

Another example for this is the invention of flight by nature.

(As usual, I included one pic, that doesn't fly.)

Another implication of this all:
I'd expect higher alien life forms, if there are any, to have evolved similiar characteristics, if at all possible.

Lt. Killer M · 03-12-2003, 21:20

convergent evolutiononary pressures lead to analogous structures, says the biologist

They CAN be homologous, too, if they are variations of the same basic structure - like a bats and birds wings (both are forelimbs)

Grille · 03-12-2003, 22:40

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by smalltalk

Sorry Grille, but I guess your award has to be passed on to Col...

No prob, I was about to make the same suggestion.

29-11-2003, 16:16	#12
ProPain Customized Admin :) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: sailing the seas of cheese. Posts: 5,852	I ;d say those are lungs. All the small veins are there to get the oxygen from the air. You wont see that in your heart, which is a pumping muscle with 4 basic chambers iirc. __________________ I fed my Dog the American Dream Well, he rolled over and he started to scream He said, I dig the taste of salt but it don't keep me alive yeah, yeah

30-11-2003, 17:37	#14
Lt. Killer M Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HAWK!. Posts: 4,365	tree: [botanical] perennial plant with lignified supraterran parts...... [] __________________ One more turn..... just one more turn... one MORE!

01-12-2003, 10:04	#16
col King Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Sandwich Islands. Posts: 1,529	A tree is just electrons / quarks and photons too. __________________ I can't be arsed.

01-12-2003, 10:44	#17
Skyfish Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: dead. Posts: 2,349	Nice one Col ! __________________ <font color=\"brown\"> <b><i>\"NOT back from the dead\"</b></i> </font id=\"brown\">

03-12-2003, 21:11	#18
smalltalk Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Echo Park. Posts: 544	Sorry Grille, but I guess your award has to be passed on to Col... The above are nice examples about how nature finds fairly good solutions. I feel it is amazing, how the same structure has evolved independently . Sort of a homomorphism. [Not sure if there is a word like that.] Another example for this is the invention of flight by nature. (As usual, I included one pic, that doesn't fly.) Another implication of this all: I'd expect higher alien life forms, if there are any, to have evolved similiar characteristics, if at all possible. __________________ <font size=\"1\">\"I have to play EXISTANCE with someone friendly. Are you friendly or are you not?\"</font id=\"size1\">

03-12-2003, 21:20	#19
Lt. Killer M Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HAWK!. Posts: 4,365	convergent evolutiononary pressures lead to analogous structures, says the biologist They CAN be homologous, too, if they are variations of the same basic structure - like a bats and birds wings (both are forelimbs) __________________ One more turn..... just one more turn... one MORE!