| An excerpt from a rant... |
[Oct. 17th, 2011|10:20 am] |
An excerpt from a rant..
....I must insist that your idea of charity is quite narrow as I’m not specifically interested in charity. Indeed, I think charity is pretty much bad news, especially when people think charity should play some part of our efforts to build a better world. If people’s health and lives fall into the realm of charity (for any reason), we have all failed. Our thoughts on the matter are very different, and it makes conveying my opinion more tricky, but the basic difference is that you think welfare and Medicaid violate your right to property. I have great respect for the right to property, wealth, and I will agree that taxation is a serious affair. If you consider any element of public government as legitimate, public works that ensure access to water/roads etc, then you should also consider the legitimacy of baseline human life support. It doesn’t even have to be high quality welfare, it should be a safety net, but a good net, so even if you’re injured and become a total charity case for the rest of your life, you shouldn’t be consigned to homelessness and starvation (you think you’re going to retire your crippled ass on saved assets – but you’ve just been successfully sued for all your worth in your accident with a school bus-or your trust was defrauded or whatever). Then what?
The reason there are not more farmers is technology. Diverse human industry is now possible because we built better tech to make sure we didn’t go hungry. Money did not help us leave the farm. The purpose of money was to help us meter labor and raw materials. You didn’t just “add capital to labor” and come up with less labor needed to maintain sustenance. I’m using ‘leaving the farm’ as an analogy with rickshaws being replaced by cars because it describes how my great grandparents switched from farming to carpentry and other professions. Anyway, with baselines needs covered, we all have more time and energy to invest in diverse specializations. We shouldn’t forget that the only reason we’re free to study art or science or anything else is that we don’t have to spend the time trying to grow food. How meaningless is it for the waitress who wants to be an artist to spend her life carrying food around? I realize that we are still quite a ways from humanoid robot servants, and a time when human servants are only used for the prestige factor – that would make the analogy a lot more obvious, but my point is that we could at least try to replace more man hours with automated systems and free as many man hours as we can – robot manufacturing, automated food/prep, any other service you can think of – invest in automation – concrete printers for buildings – definitely! We should be ashamed when our bag of frozen greenbeans advertises ‘hand-picked an trimmed’ ….really? Anyway, that hypothetical artist is covered by our welfare system – and then has the chance to develop her art – she may have never succeeded in impressing anyone else, but she didn’t have to trim greenbeans or carry food trays. Our decisions to design automated systems are balanced against cheap labor to enhance profits (and or prestige of having a human work for us) and it doesn’t have to be like that. That’s what I mean when I say we haven’t invested enough in helping reduce the work-week hours or ensure that government housing and food stuffs are so meaninglessly cheap that starving to death isn’t the default result of failing at resource management.
Any specific concerns with the federal government, and especially the handling of money has been corrupted inside and out. When Jackson won the presidency, he fired 20% of all government employees – anyone affiliated with the Second Bank of the United States – for bribes and corruption and crony capitalism. We have these types of needs again, but I don’t think the system is fundamentally flawed.
Lastly, I’m a recently joined ‘true fan’ of these guys - http://opensourceecology.org/ It’s a kind of charity I wish more people would support – where downloading the GVCS will solve a lot more problems than ships full of charity grain bags. |
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| [ATG] Managalar |
[Apr. 29th, 2010|12:22 pm] |
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My friend and coworker Chris (Hulk) interviewed me (Managalar) for his game community ATG.
Hulk: How long ago did you start playing Video Games?
Managalar: In between 2nd and 3rd grade my mother purchased for me and my siblings an Atari 2600 from a garage sale in St. Joseph Missouri. We collected used Atari games from garage sales and we spent many hours in the basement with a 13inch black and white TV that my family purchased from a pawn shop in Leavenworth Kansas when I was in Kindergarten. I considered myself tech-savvy at the time, disassembling and reassembling various electric and battery devices, but I spent a long time trying to figure out how to activate the Atari 2600. The basic problem was that I thought the games were held internally, and that the black plastic docking port was simply a game stuck in too deep. After several failed attempts to pull out the ‘stuck’ cartridge I did manage to insert Combat into the receiving slot = genius. This was somewhere around 1988.
Now I have a kickass gaming rig that I built myself. I have an overclocked Core 2 duo running at 3.5Ghz with a Sapphire Radeon 5870 Vaport-X edtion.
Hulk: What other games do you play?
Managalar: There are many-many, including TF2, but I’m only active in a couple right now. Battlefield Bad Company 2 has replaced Battlefield 2142 for all of my FPS action needs. I also spend time with Eve Online – daily. In Eve-Online I have kept 3 accounts (15$ US/each) for many years, with Managalar being born January 5th 2004, and the other two starting in March 2004. It is possible that I will be interested in Dust 514 when it is released as it is an Eve tie-in FPS, but I don’t expect it to be delivered until next year.
There’s a picture of me, a muslim freedom fighter, and my little brother, Shane, now deceased.
Hulk: What does your screen name mean?
Managalar: One of my friends made up the exact name, and it fit Managalar Dioslayer quite well, as a Dark Elf wizard, I used mana points to mangle opponents with magical powers.
EQ1 picture.
Hulk: Have you ever played games competitively?
Managalar: Not officially, I’ve been to a few lan parties, but I have not participated any sponsored competitive events.
Hulk: What is your favorite thing about Addiction to Gaming?
Managalar: Great community, good guys, expert – dedicated peers.
Hulk: What ATG players do you play with?
Managalar: Stephen, BioGhost, Crackers, goose, Mr Aaron, Timber Wolf, BoyButtSlapa, Hulk on Ice, and Pretendica (and others, but these guys mostly). I have the cubical next to Hulk and he invited me to ATG.
Hulk: What are you most proud of about your gaming career?
Managalar: The staggering number of hours that I have spent with Eve-Online.
Hulk: What do you like most about our forums?
Managalar: I actually enjoy recapping battle stories, and actually studying statistics that may give me an edge in Battlefield.
Hulk: What are some suggestions that you could give to ATG to improve our community?
Managalar: You guys have it together, I haven’t really found anything that I could point to as negative.
Hulk: What classes do you play on BFBC2, and what is your favorite?
Managalar: I really enjoy all the classes, but I guess I could say Engineer is my favorite. I use Medic frequently because I’m surrounded by n00bs who can stay alive 3 seconds and I want mobile meat shields. |
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| fbook |
[Apr. 29th, 2010|08:34 am] |
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I'm more frequently on fbook, I average 1word/wk. |
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[Jul. 9th, 2009|10:11 am] |
After several attempts at a subject line, I give up.
My journal writing skills are rusty. Seriously. Every word that I write sounds like fluff, especially these words. Ah well.
My dreams these days have an odd mix of the insane and mundane. I'm excited by both, so I don't have anything to complain about. Earlier in the week there was was a rather vivid morgue scene, where some guy who seemed dead came back to life. This is to be expected considering some of the TV I've watched lately (Tru Calling and Dead Like Me - both fun btw). There was a priest who re-killed him, with an injection of something black. Later that priest marbleized him with an infant in hand. There was also a sniper hiding outside. Pretty standard stuff. Yesterday my alarm clock woke me abruptly and I felt frustrated because I had almost finished correcting some computer problem, but alas, I had to wait until I got to work to actually do that. When I dream of random women it is usually pretty nice, but instead I get action movies and work stuff. When I dream about work stuff, I take it as a signal that I've not spent enough time playing video games.
I've added a sentence to this post at the rate of 2/day for the last several days. More than once I've considered just deleting it, but if I can get back in the habit of updating this journal I might enjoy it.
When I was riding my bike to work today I was giving a little calculus tutorial to myself in my head. I'm pretty sure I was doing some of my anti-derivatives wrong, but I didn't write anything down (obviously), so I can't check myself. Speaking of bikes, I have some cool new Ergon grips and some gel gloves - especially nice for my commute and weekend rides. My friend Rob and I are going to try for Elmwood tomorrow.
I pre-ordered Windows 7 at the discounted rate of 100$. I'm sure I'll find some kind of use for it, but I may wait until I can buy a decent SSD for my desktop before I install it. Speaking of a decent SSD, I'll need 2 because I've also been waiting forever for an Asus K51AB and the "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 graphics chipset with 1GB memory". They announced the release in March, and still no shops have it. I've been checking rather obsessively for it.
Finally, it is Friday. |
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| still here |
[Jul. 9th, 2009|09:59 am] |
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The internet still works. I have not been good about keeping up with friends. I did have fun with this journal when I take the time to write something decent. I might pick that up some time. |
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| Nothing New |
[Feb. 9th, 2009|10:53 am] |
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People keep asking me what is new, nothing. |
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| ORLY? |
[Mar. 23rd, 2008|09:54 am] |
Birthdays
More
disassociater Apr 25 Gift
shaint Apr 25 Gift
There is a reminder (with links) on my LiveJournal page that I should send gifts to Shaint because his birthday is April 25th. Except Shane died in a lake last year.
I know I haven't updated this thing in forever, I haven't really cared to, but maybe some day I'll pick it up again. |
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| funny |
[Dec. 13th, 2006|09:56 pm] |
I was reading and I found something funny. Paul Broks wrote this in New Scientist, referencing some old movie_>
"When did I realise I was God?" says the psychotic aristocrat in the old film The Ruling Class.
"Well, I was praying and I suddenly realised I was talking to myself." |
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| I'm still here |
[Oct. 21st, 2006|01:02 am] |
Yes, I still exist. I'm going to graduate in Dec. That's finalized. I did buy a new bike, but it's a hybrid not a mountian bike. I'm sharing an apartment with Erika. I've been playing PS2 games a lot lately with Matt, we went through a Halo 2 phase, but now we are on RPGs again. I'm still playing EVE, but I've been slacking on it lately.
I watched The Prestige today with Erika. It was a quality production. |
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| New Things? |
[Jul. 5th, 2006|06:54 pm] |
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Maybe there are new things.
I have a new sister-in-law!  [Shane and Sandra Pawlowski] The wedding was fairly nice despite a short few day planning phase that took it beyond the initial courthouse plan. They will live together at Fort Knox until Shane's enlistment ends next March. While visiting for the wedding, I picked up one of these boonie hats... 
My friend Matt is back from Minnesota and is staying with Amanda. He came over today and we played pool for several hours. Tomorrow I'm going to hang out with him some more and watch him play the PS2 game, 'Suffering.'
I'm annoyed with one of my room-mates (Nate). Currently, I'm grounded from his TV and subsequently any cable channel that requires the box (like G4TV). How might I offend my room-mate? Well, I didn't think he was serious when he told me that any guest that I have stay the night should sleep on the couch downstairs. Erika and I woke to find this ominous post-it note on my closed door.  [that morning, before I received my punishment email, I found the TV's receiver to be disabled]
I'm not sure what laws might restrict quoting emails that are not specifically marked as private, so I may have to remove this at some point. I care about respecting the law, but I think my punishment email is very much quote-worthy, enjoy.
"Two times (that I know of) you’ve gone against my wishes since I made you aware of them. I now see that you obviously do not have any respect when it comes to living with me. Those two times don’t even include you two showering together in my shower which is just obviously disrespectful. Lord only knows what you two were doing in there and that’s just disgusting. So I’ll make this short and simple. I’m no longer going to be paying for you to live in the house. I will be paying my 3rd of the utilities and that’s it. You have also lost your privileges with my television, DVD player and anything else that belongs to me. I also expect you to follow my wishes from now on with this subject or we will have even more problems.
-Nathan"
*As a tiny defense against Nate's disgust, I want to note that both Erika and I are reasonably fit, clean, average looking, non-geriatric, non-deformed, and basically normal couple according to most traditions and statistics.
I'm still enjoying an online game called Eve Online. I play with 2 accounts, so it makes it a little more interesting. The Icelandic company CCP that makes the game just opened a Chinese beta that, after the first day, has more players than the rest of the world (33k peak vs. 25k peak)
I'm about to buy another bike because my old mountain bike was stolen. It was kind of funny. On the first day of my Kentucky trip to see Shane get married, somebody dropped a junk bike on Erika's front yard and apparently rode off on mine. I don't have the junk bike because the police took it. More than off-roading, I used it for exercise, so I plan to just buy a cheap steel-framed Trek 820 as soon as Cycle Works has a 22.5' for me (they'll call me). Curiously, the Trek website says the sizes range up to 21'. It will be heavy, but I'll ride many hundreds of miles on it anyway. Hopefully, I'll wear it out before someone steals it too.
I think it will look something like this... the paint may be different (I told them that I didn't have a preference on color or scheme)
From the website= "classic performance and value." This, like most cheap bikes, will come from China.
I watched, "An Inconvenient Truth," on Monday night. I didn't enjoy the really quiet narratives during some of the scenes. It was like some kind of really slow-spoken old-man pillow talk where Al Gore related his emotions. Thankfully, there wasn't too much of that. The message was clear and simple, our environment is under considerable pressure and will change dramatically in my lifetime. I thought it was pretty good, and I'm excited to see 'Who Killed The Electric Car" when it comes out later this year. |
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| G4TVXPLAYJ.JacksonSpoofQuote |
[May. 28th, 2006|02:17 am] |
If Clancy were to promulgate
games better than Baulder’s Gate
I dictate that many fans will ingratiate the action against the terror state by irate soldiers in armor plate
numbered more than 5
but not as many as 8 |
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| I'm famous! |
[Jan. 30th, 2006|10:25 pm] |
This e-mail just showed up in my in-box.
"Hello,
I came across your blog
http://www.livejournal.com/users/lukepawlowski/50970.html while
searching for independent film/movie buffs.
I'm reaching out to you on behalf of M80 & Anchor Bay Entertainment
regarding the release of MY BIG FAT INDEPENDENT MOVIE on DVD. If you're a
fan of indie flicks and comedy (or a fan of giveaways), then maybe you
can help out. Would you be interested in doing a review for your
blog-or even adding it as a news item, using one of the banners or posting
the official press release? We'd be happy to send you a copy of the DVD
to check out.
Let me know if you're interested.
Thanks!
-Melanie"
But this LJ is somewhere that I can rant when I feel like it, not really a movie review site. Finally, if I wrote a powerful and compelling review, no-one would even read it because I would forget to make paragraphs again! |
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| Erika! |
[Jan. 8th, 2006|07:48 am] |
Erika and I are spending a lot of time together... just about as much as we can between work and school. I'm really excited about how well things are going for us. 2005 ended well and 2006 started well!
I visited Matt this week. He's doing fine in Minneapolis, though his apartment is somewhat cluttered  . I watched most of Star Ocean - Till the End of Time, and I'm so impressed by the story that I'm going to buy the game. We actually went out several times. We rode the train from downtown to the Mall of America. We walked all around the Mall of America, and ate at Hooters. I had a decent chicken garden salad. The next day we went to the gun range where Matt is required to train for his job. I had never been to a range, and Matt clearly had more practice, but I did quite well. I only missed the body target 5 times in about 50 total 357 rounds. 3 of those misses were at 50 ft while trying for head shots. I didn't miss any of the 12 shots I took one handed because it felt very natural (and I had the target at 25 ft). We also had a lot of lattes, one of which I took to the bar where we played pool (Matt actually had some of the expensive bar drinks).
Last week my little brother Jonathan and I visited my grandmother in Sioux Falls. She took us to see the falls at night so we could see all of the christychristmass decorations uncaptured by this image of the falls  . We saw some other family while we were there. My aunt Bonnie and cousins: Ashton and Alex Auch, and Alison Larson.
My transmission has been acting up, and I'm worried that will cost me a lot of money to fix (if it every fully fails on me).
Classes star Monday! Tomorrow. Wow!
Nick Cave->
"You’ll see him in your nightmares,
You’ll see him in your dreams
He’ll appear out of nowhere but
He ain’t what he seems
You’ll see him in your head,
On the tv screen
And hey buddy, I’m warning
You to turn it off
He’s a ghost, he’s a god,
He’s a man, he’s a guru
You’re one microscopic cog
In his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
His red right hand" |
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| I’m dreaming of a rainy christy christ mass? |
[Dec. 26th, 2005|10:02 am] |
I grew up in the mid-west and I don’t remember it ever raining on 25th of December. It isn’t even a cold rain, and I can’t even see my breath. Pretty soon this corn land could turn into a tropical banana land, and I’m not going to be surprised, especially after I’ve seen my first rainy christy christ mass.
When I was a little kid (high school) I was pessimistic about the future of humanity. I had other dumb perspectives (I listened to a lot of dumb sermons about the ‘end times’, and had viewed such classic video productions as ‘The Late Great Planet Earth,” at an impressionable age - I can still wistle the doomsday tune), but I’m currently very optimistic about a lot of things. This optimism has matured to a point where my concern has shifted to optimizing the rate at which the world improves. World peace is inevitable on a global scale. Skirmishes and malcontent may persist for quite some time, especially since we have some consequences to face for environmental disregard. Regardless, the world isn’t going to end.
The other day I actually had a little mock debate with my friend Ray (not really with him, but just what I think he might think). I was thinking about how religious people have secret alliances and strange lines that you might accidentally cross without knowing it, and then they can become unpredictable. They might smile and nod while they picture your sacredness-offending-evil-ass is being destroyed for ever and ever with satan. With this in mind, I wondered what Ray would say about Armageddon. I know the basis for his belief system is his literal interpretation of the christy-bible. Thus, he expects to hear trumpet blasts (so loud the whole world will hear) that signal the return of the christian lord. He must then expect the nations of the Earth to march against the lord. Never mind the absurdity of global trumpet blasts, why would modern armies march anywhere? Anyway, I would choose to defend my civilization if the call came, even if I had to do it on foot.
Would this fact disturb my friend Ray? The rivers are supposed to run red with blood, but maybe the battle outcome is open to interpretation. The last time god walked, it was physically vulnerable (nine inch nails might be more deadly, by design, than LIPC lightning guns). Maybe smiting mode involves holy armor? Previous battles have not gone well for the christian lord, especially when it comes to smiting people who are blazing along in excess of 20 mph on iron 2-wheeled-carts.
Judges 1:19 (my fav) And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
I laughingly sighed when realized that Ray is sure of his god’s victory at Armageddon, and thus he wouldn’t need to preemptively defend his god from my secular loyalties. Whew, I dodged that bullet!
Nevermind the mythologies, what about global calamity? When I was younger I thought I could see the coming global calamity even though I didn’t buy the supernatural aspects of the stories. I’m currently reading an old (1996) book called “The Story of B” and it contains a section that suggests we are headed towards a population implosion, a nearly inevitable result of the current population explosion. Curiously, I thought the same thing in the 90s. However, in regard to world food supply, something amusing was spoken by B (who is under investigation as a possible antichrist) that jumped out at me. “Until people start showing up who are made of shadows or metal filings or gravel – when that happens, then I’ll have to back off this point.” Did the author intentionally craft this statement to form some sort of hydroponic irony? With just 16 elements you can grow any plant (C, H, O, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, B, Mo, and Cl). Combined with the proper naturally evolved genetic formulas and light (the presences of which is implied by shadows) – shadows, metal filings, and gravel are exactly what hundreds of billions of future humans will be made of.
Many generations have mused that the population bubble will burst, but it might not. My new girlfriend Erika (who I’m thrilled about) thinks a fetus would feel parasitic (I doubt she’ll make a dozen babies). Anyway, I want to consider people production on a grand scale. I expect us to cluster into megacities, with population distributions mapped by cubed kilometers rather than square ones. A city of billions will require insane utilities (millions of megawatts), but I expect these cities to have close element cycles, where the mineral mass requirements exactly match the export product masses. If you want to export food, the mass of food you can export will match the mass of C, H, O, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, B, Mo, and Cl you can acquire. Maybe some of these elements could be coil accelerated from the moon (along with lunar tritium for power), or come from precisely deorbited asteroid rigolith, or maybe entire mountains will be hallowed out and replaced with effectively stronger carbon superstructures (Why not whole plates?), having minimal impact on a recovered biosphere. What percent of the crust will humans eventually convert into human mass?
I’m not talking about things that require fantastic technologies. Most people know better than to presume we’ve discovered everything. My point is that I realized 6 billion people doesn’t necessitate the end times, and I don’t think 600 billion people will either. Population growth could easily continue into space. Using what we know now, colony ships could be built with the ability to carry people to other solar systems. Sound fantastic? A few hundred million build current orbital craft, but consider a workforce of billions that could efficiently devour mountains, they could construct a gargantuan colony ship (so what if it took a millennia to build, and another millennia to reach another solar system). It wouldn’t need a warp drive (though maybe we will discover something like it) to allow human populations to grow for billions of years (until all matter falls apart - and even then we might push our end into some different time and space).
It could all end, maybe tomorrow. Honestly, I don’t live in a fantasy. Regardless, they are somewhat amusing. Doomsday fantasies can be matched tit-for-tat by futurist ones, winter rain can be matched drip-by-drip with xmass umbrellas, and doomsday gods can be matched tit-for-tat by iron chariots. |
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| boiling point |
[Dec. 12th, 2005|02:14 pm] |
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Iran is coming closer to WAR!
Israel has ordered full military readiness by March...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1920074,00.html
They are mostly worried about Iran's Uranium enrichment capabilities....and soon their decent Russian Tor M1 9M330 Air Defense System->
http://www.defense-update.com/products/t/tor.htm
They say it has the ability to shoot down aircraft as well as precision guided munitions and cruise missiles.
I would be willing to bet money that Israel will attack Iran before they can deploy those advanced air defenses.
Normally I would say Israel is posturing because Iran has it's own intelligence gathering capabilities. With the help of a Russian booster shown here  Iran put up two spy sats.
Mesbah was built for Iran by Italy's Carlo Gavazzi Space. Sinah-1 was actually made in Iran. The chance an Israeli first strike could be spotted in advance is a major deterrent. However, Israel may not be alone (USA), and their threat sounds serious (they may have even asked the U.S. for aproval before making it).
(disclaimer - I am biased in favor of Israel because their culture promotes science and humanism... evidenced in that they published and spend more money on research than Iran, not to mention Iran's anti-humanism government) |
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| Casual Interest in Falconry |
[Dec. 8th, 2005|10:44 pm] |
A British nuclear revival is on the horizon. New research is planned for reactor designs as fundamental limitations of renewables are brought to light.
Taser brutality, and soon to follow microwave based crowd dispersal weapons restore a long forgotten need for armor. We are such fine metallurgists that simple countermeasures woven into our clothing could thwart these types of weapons. Conductive fibers could insulate us from electric shock and reflect microwaves. Such countermeasures could become fashionable to thugs (and the throngs of copycat thugs) and activists alike. ...and metal enthusiasts.... oh yeah!
Diversa of San Diego has found two enzymes in oceanic vent microbes that reduce the costs and energy required to produce ethanol. Burn the corn!
The partially reusable Falcon rocket was delayed yet again as it couldn't top off it's liquid oxygen fuel tanks. Firstly their LOX production facillity failed, and then much of the replacement LOX boiled away while in shipment, thanks in part to tropical heat. You can read more at www.spacex.com
Falcon 1
"The new launch date is approximately December 20, depending on when the Missile Defense Agency testing is complete."
I would be really impressed if interceptor missiles shot anything down, so I would go ahead with the launch at my leisure. I'm not against missile defense in theory, especially since I think exo-atmospheric interception technology is a decent thing to have on standby for a variety of what-if situations, I just think kill rates will be low (thus inefficient).
Laser defense satellites have been on track (on schedule/budget - tell me if I'm wrong anyone) for the years that I have followed their development, and they will be more efficient than missiles.
http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/SOR/ |
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| Marketable All-Electric Cars Within 10 Years! I predict. |
[Nov. 25th, 2005|09:32 am] |
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I'm just spamming my LJ tonight...I'm just excited about this company A123
http://www.a123systems.com/html/technology.html#
As you can see  their batteries rock!
Now this still doesn't compare to gasoline 13000Wh/Kg in terms of power density from the chart, that 3000 W/Kg translates into about 1500 Wh/Kg. This doesn't sound that great on the surface of it, but when you factor in conversion equipment, the fact that engine and transmission required to get work done, weigh much more in internal combustion engines than they do for direct drive transmission electric motors, it levels the playing field. |
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| Hall of the Mountian King |
[Nov. 25th, 2005|05:43 am] |
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27932
Long have I loathed the reach of conservative greed and fascism, but there is hope in the free lands of the west. Aided by a Finnish Haxor, they will demonstrate how voting machines can be Haxored. I have complained in my journal before about a total lack of security of voting machines, the disturbing ease of covert tampering, and the rabid political agendas of the private companies that are jumping up and down at the opportunity to make and sell voting machines. Slowly they will loose their cheated foothold in their fight against democracy.
On a different note, Lost was pretty good this week.
 Evangeline Lilly, she plays Kate on Lost. |
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| Tenacity Of The Snapper |
[Nov. 25th, 2005|01:42 am] |
You read the mystical runes on the scroll: "31337!"
Shazam! Kablooie!
The UB3r 31337 HaX0R stands before you.
"\/\/|-|4+ |)0 j00 |)351®3?" he asks you. You have no idea what he just said.
"/\/\0ñ3¥? ¶0\/\/3®? Ñußi13 (_+irls 0f |_047|-|1ñ(_+?"
"I... uh... I guess I'll take whatever you're giving... Sir..."
"\/\/|-|473\/3®, Ñ00ß" |
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[Nov. 23rd, 2005|01:42 pm] |
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| | Tech N9ne - I'm A Playa | ] |
I've not been up to much lately. School and Work! I have work all week, at which I will need to study for my upcomming French and Math tests. I met a girl named Jessica from Omaha. She seems pretty cool, but lives an hour away (and will prolly live 3 hours away by next fall). I ran for 2 hours Sunday...decided I would see how far I could go if I ran along Superior for an hour (and then run back). I ran out past the Kalasaki plant on the edge of town, and didn't reach 1 hour until the road turned to gravel. I watched Walk the Line with my mom and little sister yesterday, and it wasn't bad. Also, a waitress at Applebees thought I was my little sister's dad...that was funny. |
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| just didn't want to forget this insight into neural development |
[Nov. 17th, 2005|07:49 pm] |
Newscientist 2524,
"That this phenomenon occurs in animals was demonstrated conclusively in an experiment performed by Colin Blakemore and Grahame Cooper at the University of Cambridge and published in 1970. They raised kittens in pitch darkness, except for 5 hours each day during which they were put in pens painted with either vertical or horizontal stripes. After five months, the kittens were let loose in a normally lit room. Those that had been exposed only to horizontal lines would repeatedly walk into table legs, while animals exposed to vertical lines couldn't see horizontal edges. Each was effectively blind to edges in the direction they had not been exposed to during the formative period."
I just didn't want to forget this insight into neural development. |
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| Brief Things |
[Nov. 3rd, 2005|09:50 pm] |
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| | Goa-Psy trance | ] |
Joke: A man walks into a psychiatrist's office wearing pants made of Saran Wrap. The doctor takes one look at him and says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts."
Shane is back (my little brother who is stationed at Fort Knox), and we partied together on Halloween...
Shane had a Sally outfit, and he let me wear some authentic arab garb he bought when he was in Iraq.
Last night I had Kestrel and her BF Mike over for drinking (I drank with shane on the 31st, didn't last night, and don't plan to for quite a while) and pool (with balls not swimming) with Shane and I...I hadn't seen Kestrel in a while, and I wanted her to meet my little brother, so that was nice.
I've been having a fair bit of amusement from http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/ My level 7 Seal Clubber character is teh win.
 Note: the graphics are stick figured based!
I have to do research on Technicolour and techniquarks as they relate to Higgs Field alternatives.
Later tonight I'm going over to Ray's to try out some multiplayer PSP Starwars Battlefront...it should be cool...though I've only had a few minutes to play it since it came in the mail the other day (the preorder came with a great shirt). |
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| Diatribe of the Scribe |
[Oct. 23rd, 2005|03:45 am] |
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| | Morlack | ] |
I haven't been able to bike as much as I want lately, it has either been too cold, or I don't have enough time for a good work-out. So I set out to run 12 miles Thursday morning, and then I decided to quit at 6. I felt really lame, for a variety of reasons...I didn't run out of energy, but lost the will to keep going...was actually feeling depressed about being alone. So I got on Okcupid and have for the last couple days been chatting with several girls, 3 just tonight...feeling pretty good about it. I'm tripping balls right now from my latte (on my 3rd and final one presently). Basically I'm going to be fucked up for the rest of the day, hopefully I can do a 5-6ish hour bike ride later today, along with 4 or so homework problems to go on matrix theory which I foolishly didn't bring with me to work. *bounces up and down* Kestrel is amazingly fucking beautiful, I'm almost faint remembering how hot she was when I last saw her. I have resisted saying that in here, and now that is history I feel like it is somehow ok admit how crazy I was about her. I doubt she ever reads this, but being wildly crazy about a girl isn't a good thing to show, especially if you know you are prolly just a short term rebound (though I hoped I wasn't going to be). I would like to conclude this paragraph, a literary masterpiece I might add (kidding), by saying there really should be a hospital named, "Our Lady of the Worthless Miracle Hospital."
The title of this post doesn't really mean anything, I wanted to use the word Diatribe, and then rhyme it with something. Diatribe - A bitter, abusive denunciation. My friend Dan used this term flawlessly, and he was really proud of himself when I looked it up and read him the definition. I'm definitely not trying to call myself a scribe...my style needs a lot of work, and I know it. It just sounds cool.
I've recently picked up several new (mostly used movies). Batman Begins deluxe edition was sold out at the wal-mart near my house, so I drove to the south-east Lincoln wal-mart to get it. -> "Training is nothing, will is everything!" "You're not talking about justice, you're talking about revenge." The Postman and Flight of the Phoenix were both decent, despite other's warnings to avoid them.
I have read some things about PETA tonight. I always try to respect those with value structures different from my own. I honestly respect animal life, but I have some strong bias against animal rights positions, and as PETA describes it, I'm more into 'animal welfare.' 1. I eat about 1 pound of meat a day. 2. My step dad is high ranking scientist at the Meat Animal Research facility, and he has some horror stories about animal rights activists (Especially when he was working in the U.K.). 3. Finally, my moral system is centered on the promotion of human life, and I am positive animal parts are essential for healthy subsistence. I am an animal and I know it, and I'm not technologically ready or able to reject the path of my ancestors. I feel that PETA's animal rights agenda is an affront to human life and our place in the chain of life (especially in denying their own health -food, and survival - skins) In alignment with PETA, I agree that a lot of animals are mistreated. Holstein dairy cows are bred for low quality high volume milk, but I love my milk thick, creamy, and hormone free. Chickens that are raised in highly industrialized factories make them sickly and weak. Far too often the quest for high volume production makes for poor living conditions and poor meat quality. Grain fed cattle get sick and fat like grain fed people. So I think farm animals should get better treatment, because I want high quality sustanence, not more animal rights than most people have. I have read that a majority of the animals PETA rescues are euthanized, which is deliciously ironic (such tragic meat waste-props to chinese rat stew). I think we should promote eating all kinds of animals, especially pests or the ones we can't afford to keep alive (or the ones we use for clothing). PETA however uses their animaltarian works to raise millions of dollars, most of which doesn't even go to support small mammal apartment complexes or free range reservations for the less domesticated furry ones (their money mostly supports staff and legal battles). Whenever millions of dollars are in play, you should be suspicious of the people involved, and their motives. Always.
I recently aquired via ebay a native american slicing tool. It's pretty cool. It will be part of a presentation on stone age native americans for my anthropology class.  This tool was likely used by my ancestors for a variety of butcherings and hide working (I'm maybe 1/16 or 1/32 Delaware (Lenape), I'm not sure - I'll ask my mom again if it was her grandmother or great-grandmother was full Delaware - I met her when I was very young, she was very old, but I remember her dark features). |
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| run |
[Oct. 13th, 2005|01:07 am] |
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| | www.di.fm GoaPsy | ] |
I measured a route around my neighborhood to be approximately 1.5 miles, maybe a little more.
Tonight I ran that route 6 times in 91 minutes. My target was 90 minutes. I know that sounds slow, but 9 miles is a long way to run. It was chilly, I wore only some thin shorts, socks, and shoes. Though I could see my breath, I was literally soaked with sweat. I think I could have kept going. |
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| Retirement/Mining Facility? |
[Sep. 29th, 2005|10:48 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  hopeful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Something Diabolical - Bloodhound Gang | ] |
After a discussion about personal flying machines with Gretchyn, I came across this website.
http://www.jpaerospace.com/
This is good stuff. The guys there have some lofty ;) goals. They want to take airships into orbit via an intermediate launching platform that floats at 140k feet they plan to call the “Dark Sky Station” or DSS for short. Their goal is that this facility actually be a manned port for launching ion drive craft into orbit.
“The high altitude airship has been built and is awaiting test flights. Several Dark Sky Station platforms have been built and flown. Every piece of equipment for this system has been carried to 100,000 feet and tested in the environment. The first crewed DSS is scheduled to fly in eighteen months. The ion engine 120,000 foot flight test for the orbital airship will be flown in the next five months.”
Neat huh? Now right now, they mostly will be working towards telecommunications roles, but a lot of the technology will have broad application.
You can read more about these guys here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5025388/
And you can read about another high altitude blimp project here that is intended to serve as a missle defense platform http://www.spacedaily.com/news/bmdo-03r.html
In related news, http://www.spacedaily.com/news/spacetravel-05zzzo.html a company named LiftPort is working on a a slightly different tethered facility. http://www.liftport.com/ wants to build a space elevator in the next 13 years or so. This will be wholly dependent on the successful manufacture of carbon nano-tube cables, and not the short fiber fillers that are now being implemented in composites.
SpaceX has already decided to skip the Falcon 5 and go straight for a 9 engine rocket 1 month before their first single engine test fight. To that I say, “cool, build it bigger!”
http://www.spacex.com/
Basically, they got an order for a big load, and said hell yeah we can build it bigger. Elon Musk sounds like a brand of cologne, but his company SpaceX is any nerd-turned-rich-guy’s dream.
Anyway, I go through periods of defeatist loathing, when I realize that I will most likely not get to die* in space, but right now I’m hopeful.
*When I say it would be an honor to die in space, I’m talking about living, working, and life in space…anything would work, like a retirement/asteroid mining community where old people can finish their lives doing dangerous work…you wouldn’t need to be strong to work in space, life long radiation exposure wouldn't matter much, and 1 way flights would cut way on operation costs…though it would be great to come and go as I please, I was born** a few hundred years too early to hope for a space yacht.
**born too early...but maybe I*** could last long enough with the right upgrades and cyborg parts...oh yeah.
***Or, I could do it the old fashioned way; plant some of my genetic material in a fertile vessel, call the spawn an extension of me, and then resign myself to the role of a placeholder for my dream fulfillment. |
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| Peter Rowlands did write me back.... |
[Sep. 22nd, 2005|10:57 pm] |
My latest reply:
Dear Peter Rowlands,
Thank you for your response. I have thought about it for a long time. While I think math is an ultimate form of truth, there will never be a point where I can recognize an analogy to the natural world as truth. A prime example is that of gravity. You said in reference to Newton's general principle, "Difficulties such as the rotation of galaxies would be solved by invoking specific fixes." They are solved by invoking of specific fixes...'Dark' things (forces/matter/energy) and MOND (my money is on MOND) are still needed for rotation curves. Anyway, thanks again for your time and good luck with your search for truth.
Luke Pawlowski
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From: "Peter Rowlands" <p.rowlands@liverpool.ac.uk> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To: "Luke Pawlowski" <managalar@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: a comment on your New Scientist article "The Difficult One"
Dear Luke Pawlowski
Thank you very much for your comments. I appreciate what you are saying
about a philosophical war, and I am on your side in fighting this, but
I
have to do say I profoundly disagree with you on the ultimate basis of
physics. I believe very strongly that only a truly abstract way of
thinking, like mathematics, can ultimately be true, and my own work in
this
direction (I don't actually specialize either in history or philosophy
of
science) has been aimed at showing how this can lead to more powerful
versions of physics. I believe that it is wrong to say, for example,
that
we 'apply' mathematics to physics - the mathematical structure is
inherent
in the physics and both have the same origin. The idea that mathematics
is
used because it is 'convenient' is nonsense. It isn't - we use quite
different mathematics for observation and theory, and that is what
makes
the subject difficult. What I was saying had nothing to do with
popularising science - it's based on what I believe is essential to
truly
understand physics. The result of such an investigation would have
exactly
the contrary effect to the one to which you are referring - it would
show
exactly why physics is the only way of apprehending nature. The answers
would be unique. The abstractions to my way of thinking are not mere
descriptions; they _are_ the causal agents at the ultimate level. The
difference between science and other philosophies is that we can't
choose
the abstractions. Only one set of abstractions is true and it has to
explain nature as we observe it. The article may have looked like a
popular
piece of throwaway speculation, but it was most certainly based on more
than thirty years' worth of deep thinking on profound questions in
physics
in which it has become apparent that only abstract thinking (in the way
I
understand it, which could conceivably be different from the way you
do)
can solve the ultimate problems of unification, etc. 'Concrete' or
model-dependent ideas will always leave something to be explained, and
will
always contain some degree of error. I have to say that I believe that
the
search for ultimate truth has to take a higher priority than concern
with
false interpretations of science by philosophical critics. I'm sorry
that I
don't agree with you, but there it is.
Best wishes
Peter Rowlands |
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| Ah, Science. |
[Sep. 15th, 2005|07:55 pm] |
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I sent this letter to a professor in the UK. If he responds to my letter, I'm going to ask him about using math to invoke specific fixes for galactic rotation curves, something he says Newton's general principle saves us from (it doesn't really). "Difficulties such as the rotation of galaxies would be solved by invoking specific fixes."
Dear Peter Rowlands,
I know this will sound nit-picky, so I will try to be brief. To quote you from New Scientist no. 2513 p. 37 'The difficult one,'
"By realising that there were abstract, universal laws that dictated the behaviour of the physical world..."
You specialize in the philosophy of science, so it may interest you that I think this statement dodges the basic scientific principle of natural cause. The notion of dictation sounds benign, but it can invoke a causal authority to our abstractions. I don't want anyone to understate the value of finding a general principle, but I have become quite weary of anyone saying, "[abstractions, mathematical or mythological] makes things happen." There is a philosophical war on science here in the U.S., and avoiding any hint of abstract authority seems critical for distinguishing scientific philosophy from other philosophies. So, even in popularizing science, I think we should avoid the notion that any abstraction provides anything more than a description (even if it is a really good description).
Thanks for your time,
Luke Pawlowski
Undergrad Physics UNL
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States |
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| Stupid Tax - sign me up |
[Sep. 14th, 2005|01:50 pm] |
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| |  cynical | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tatu - All the Things She Said | ] |
This has been a fantastic week so far. I had a perfect date (P.O.D. => Youth of the Nation). I've half paid off my little brother. I've gone on two long bike rides. Classes are going well. I've shared my diet with someone who might take it seriously - it doesn't take much research to realize it is perfect (if money is no object).
I'm working on the forms to buy some PPO insurance from Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Insurance is basically the dumbest thing in the world. For the small fortune of 84$ a month, I could get my medical costs increased from FREE* (after bankruptcy or state aide) to 750+20%total costs up to 3000$. Since 3000$ (1/5 of my annual income) is just small enough that I might be able to sell everything I own and starve, I wouldn't have any excuse to say I can't afford the services provided for me, thus making it 'afordable'. Swell, especially since 84$ will definitly come out of my food budget every month (which is substatial with my high nutrient density, high ag intensity, and preferably organic diet).
What I'm really going to be paying for, and why I'm going to buy it, is up to 10 million dollars in services that may be required to fix major problems with my body...say, if I screw up my knee biking or I get cancer (which I won't because my diet rocks like that, and I'm on it for life). A tiny risk, mitigated with huge recurring costs, so I can help the industry fix rich, old, fat people who don't know how to properly fuel their bodies...super swell. |
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| What should the subject be? |
[Sep. 6th, 2005|05:41 pm] |
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| | Guano Apes - Open Your Eyes | ] |
I've hardly done anything today. The main reason I'm posting an entry is so I can list a song that I like as my music. My connection was cutting in and out, so I dug out some of my old archived MP3s (from backup disks) and found some forgotten favorites. One old fav is Guano Apes - Open Your Eyes, with lyrics like...
http://www.guanoapes.org/lyrics/txtOPENyourEYES.html
Open your eyes, open your mind
proud like a god don't pretend to be blind
trapped in yourself, break out instead
beat the machine that works in your head
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Cool, huh? The song is short (but much longer than the one verse I have listed here), but has a driving power to it.
I took my bike in today to get fixed. It needed a new derailer hanger (which was torn in half) and derailer (which was bent to hell), and labor is so cheap I might as well not waste my time doing it myself.
Cycle Works still has the bike I want on sale (300ish off)...I hope they still have it when I have the money saved up.
Homework, grrr. I've studied french for about an hour, and I'm half done with my math. I know how to project vectors onto planes, but why be vague when you insist on doing it a certain way (yes I'm talking to you math book writer).
This entry needs a picture, so
Do you know what that is? It's a giant railgun (also called a coil gun). That flame is simply a plasma from projectile friction with the air, and would work without a gaint fireball in a vacuum. Want to watch a little one in action? -> http://www.powerlabs.org/movies/rgunshot.mpg |
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| Nick Cave |
[Sep. 5th, 2005|09:33 am] |
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| | Nick Cave - Up Jumped the Devil | ] |
I forgot the music of the day is Nick Cave - Up Jumped the Devil. I was listening to this and realized Red Right Hand is another one of his songs, both quite good. |
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| Informative Research |
[Sep. 5th, 2005|07:14 am] |
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| |  indescribable | ] |
My brain has been misfiring a lot in the last couple days, so clearly I needed to do some research. For the most part, I had not considered this data, and I needed to->
With these factors plotted against eachother, I realized I'm tragically short on bling->
 And women can wear them too, and it looks much better worn like this ->  Who says 6-8gig micro drives are not sexy? If there is any doubt, consider this larger shot http://www.geekstreet.ca/images/news/Mikey_girl_bling.jpeg
Ooooh, this is shiny-> 
This too-> 
Then all I would need is this shirt-> 
I (also) don't know where I'm headed or what exactly I'm doing with my life, but with that shirt everyone would be able to see that I am ready for smiting. I'll worry about grad school, and other future things when I get by BS degree.
I talked to shane online for quite a while last night. We fenced  with obscurity, and I still feel like I'm limping around with a mind wound. Shane has left me off balance, because that was exactly what he wanted. Pointless questions run in the background as thought gears turn against eachother. To recognize the inane, we have to see ourselves along with everything else...oh well. I must salute him for getting kicked out of a club for pretending to be a velociraptor and flipping everyone off. Insanity is contagious and my software firewall is working overtime. In conclusion, you can't stop once it has started, because it stings. |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 1st, 2005|12:47 pm] |
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| |  lazy | ] |
I'm supposed to name 20 random facts about myself.
1) I just got out of the shower.
2) I skipped meeting my friend Anita for lunch today.
3) I had steak and onions for breakfast.
4) I'm just about to go for a jog.
5) I'm thinking about buying a road bike.
6) I have intended to call people who I have not.
7) I'm going to see a physics colliquia today on the future of particle physics.
8) Every time I cheat on my diet, I feel icky.
9) Every time I cheat on my diet, I swear I will never again cheat.
10) Doing this is partially an excuse to put off going outside, because it is hot.
11) I'm not wearing a shirt.
12) I wear contacts.
13) I change shirts in the bathrooms on campus after I bike there.
14) Je ne parle pas francias.
15) I think natasja.net/tgp/ (pron) is pretty decent.
16) I'm going to get a walkman phone.
17) I wish I had a car that ran on Ethanol.
18) I've been tense and anxious all week, I have no idea why.
19) Religious girls scare me.
20) I wish I was more than I am, but I know better. |
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| chipperosity killed the squirrel |
[Aug. 27th, 2005|07:30 am] |
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amusing chat exerpts
em- ...my chipperosity will compensate
me-the expression curiousity killed the cat makes me wonder what chipperosity can kill
me-ideas?
em-squirrels...
[lots of other stuff]
me-you must have an extra sense for ninjas
em-I do. it's my crazy sixth ninja sense
[lots of other stuff]
me-bring it cupcake
em-you just called me cupcake. it's so on now.
[lots of other stuff]
em-stop making me laugh. laughing makes me cough.
[lots of other stuff]
em-I hate you and your caffeinated brain. I have NO comebacks at 6:45
me-*jitter laughs*
em-what did I tell you about the laughing thing
me-*holds hands out in front like paws* *spazez*
em-there's fist shaking in your general direction happening right now. how does that make yo feel?
me-your chipperousity is no match for the squirrel king
em-that's how you feel about it? interesting
[other nonsense] |
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| Against the Grain |
[Aug. 20th, 2005|08:54 am] |
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| |  energetic | ] |
| [ | music |
| | V. Carlton Wanted | ] |
My friend Natalie was asking me about fats in my paleo diet. "I'm worried about my heart, so maybe I should eat low fat?" No Natalie.
http://nasw.org/mem-maint/awards/01Taubesarticle1.html
http://www.thincs.org/
http://drcranton.com/nutrition/margarin.htm
Basically all the 'common sense' about fat is ignorance. I have copied this segment from here http://www.nerdheaven.dk/~jevk/paleo_intro.php
"Cholesterol
Cholesterols are:
* HDL - the "good" cholesterol
* LDL - the "bad" cholesterol
* Triglycerides - fatty compounds in the blood
LDL aren't bad as such. However, they are subject to being damaged a lot easier than other cholesterols in the body, and when damaged they "go bad" and can clog your arteries. LDL goes bad from two things: 1) Oxidization and 2) caramelization. In oxidization it is oxygen that damages the LDL, in caramelization it is blood sugar that damages it.
LDLs can also improve their defenses against oxidization on a low-carb diet. They do this by changing appearance from a hard, little ball to a bigger, fluffy one.
Generally speaking a good cholesterol profile is one where the HDL to triglyceride ratio is good, ie. lots of HDL and few triglycerides. It seems to be more important than the absolute level of LDL.
Another thing people tend to forget is that the body produces the vast majority of any cholesterol. Dietary sources only account for at most 15%, but then we're also counting people with genetic flaws who have a cholesterol metabolism error. In normal people dietary intervention tends to be able to only change cholesterol levels with less than 5%. Your own liver makes the rest."
Basically, cholesterols are just part of how your body functions, and only really cause problems when you don't get enough antioxidants (fruits/berries/veggies) and too much sugars (grains, potatoes, and maybe milk). I'm still experimenting with milk. I haven't had any adverse reactions to milk. I have tried fasting for a day on nothing but milk. I have gone without it for months in an attempt to discover long term health benefits of avoiding it. I'm pretty sure that as long as your general sugar intake is low, and you have a ethnic/genetic adaption for it (not like the Chinese), it is a healthful animal product. http://www.eatwild.com/cla.html (more about milk goodness)
I'm quite certain that drinking milk from cows and eating cows that were fattened on grains is less good for me... huh, it actually makes sense if grains are not so great for me, they are not so great for other mammals. Research from where my step dad works has proven that pasture fed cows are healthier. I'm a new convert to this website http://www.eatwild.com/
because I have lost most of whatever confidence I had in government health standards. I will eat wild as well as I can afford it.
I have lost about 52 pounds so far from eating paleo, in only the last 6 months I have trimmed away 6 years of college, and I feel better than I ever have. I only get acne when I cheat and eat junk (beer, pizza, pasta, potatoes, even oats). My energy is over the top, I can bike for hours and feel fine (save for some rub burns from my bike saddle - it isn't exactly a natural thing to have between your legs). My previous exercise routeins were plagued by weakness, but now I feel insanely powerful. I used to have some kind of serious pain in my right knee, especially when I ran a bit, I haven't felt a bit of it. I sleep less, I'm less tired, I have less anxiety, and I have almost no depression. I really want to share how good I feel with friends, family, and hopefully some day a lover. My family has been pretty receptive, my step dad has helped me some, and I have helped my mom and little brother(J). My friends are mildly amused, David calls it my fruit and meat diet, last week my friend Ray ate about 4 pieces of cheesecake at once (I think just to show me), and Emily F. thinks I'm going to have a heart attack eating high fat. There is maybe one, Natalie, who might take me seriously. |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 15th, 2005|03:25 pm] |
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The trip down the Niobrara was awesome. I was sunburnt to a crisp. If ever I find a girlfriend, canoe trips will definitly be one of the things we do together.
I've kept busy, and when that happens I ignore my livejournal.
Now I'm bored, and I'm not sure what I'm going to do today.
I did find this free t-shirt promotion with Battlefront II, so I'm not going to pass that up.
http://store.lucasarts.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=3666;category_id=477;pcid1=;pcid2=
I can say that it is fracking hot! My room-mate seems to think having the windows open can cool the house...well, it is 80F in here! This kind of heat makes me feel lethargic.
Yesterday I biked out to Elmwood again, round trip only took about 5 hours including stops. I have been trying to test my limits lately, so by the end of the bike ride I had fasted for 24 hours (save for a couple cups of coffee-milk I had at work, and a Powerade I bought in Elmwood).
Then, last night I visited Ray and Kera. I asked Kera about health insurance and she, being a nurse, thought it was a good idea to have some. However, I simply cannot buy their level of coverage (100% from the hospital where she works), unless I hook up with a single doctor or nurse. Ray agreed with me that by having waited to buy some coverage, I may have saved myself thousands of dollars (which is a significat amount at this point in my life). However, it may be time for me to do some risk mitigation, especially since I've been playing harder lately.
Later in the evening, Ray and I looted some dumpsters by video game stores. There were several items harvested, including a giant outdoor banner for Madden football, a ps1 controller, and a region 2 encoded Star Trek Nemesis DVD (which can easily be converted - Ray told me he'd hook me up with a PSP formatted copy).
I intend to keep this journal safe for work, so I can't post this incredebly hot picture I found (a young woman sitting in a row boat, the pic is showing a tiny bit of her right tit, but otherwise unscandalous). I definitly saved it, so feel free to ask for it directly.
Right now I'm downloading a trailer for a movie called Serenity, apparently there was some sci-fi tv show that this movie is based on...Firefly...so I might look into that too. Ok, the hi-def trailer rocked, I'm downloading the other one, and I will most definitly try and get my hands on the old tv series, Firefly. It seems that it is set in space, and that there is some shooting, so I'm sure both the series and the movie will be good.
Serenity - sept 30
Edit: Take this Geekroar whinos! I'm just going to keep eating your precious bandwidth!!!
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| 8 Things |
[Aug. 4th, 2005|09:27 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  ecstatic | ] |
| [ | music |
| | We Didn't Start the Fire - I pretended to hear it today | ] |
1. No communications with Em this week, ...I'm definitly very sad.
2. I had my first full 8am-5pm day of work at Sandhills to help the tech support team because they were/are swamped.
3. After that first daytime shift (I usually work nights on weekends), I had my first flat tire. The tire went all the way flat while driving. The service plan I purchased made for a free repair, thankfully I had Ray air up my spare.
4. Funerals suck. My friend and coworker Dan Moyer is suffering the loss of Meghan. He had to endure preaching at the service, of which he vented his distaste for to me. I was somewhat proud of my containment of contempt for the 'it's a good thing you have jesus because you have nothing else' bull shit preaching. My first response to Dan telling me he hated was to suggest that Meghan's family might have appreciated ceremonial incantations (as opposed to being fired up about the lameness). I have achieved a comfortable distance from religion, and when I see it rear its' ugly head, it seems so silly it doesn't seem real (Could that preacher really think the nonsense he was saying means anything?). Meghan didn't believe in god, and she wasn't 'soft spoken' as the preacher presumed, she said the Devil's Rejects was, "fucking awesome." Dan told me that she surely would have hated that service. I shook the preachers hand at the end, but he didn't say 'bless you' to me like he did for the people in front of and behind me. This made me smile big because it felt like respect (it was a 2 way respect).
5. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 DVD Box set somehow made it on my needs list, so now I own it.
6. The extra hours of work couldn't have come at a better time. I'm going to skip a weekend of work for the first time in many months. This is because I was invited to go on a two day camping/canoe trip on the Niabrara River.  Holy fuck I'm excited about this camping trip. I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon, and I've already started packing.
7. I have zip lock bags for individually sealed clothes, because there is a good chance the canoe will tip.
8. I have packed dried beef and unsweetened dried fruits. |
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| Paradise Found |
[Jul. 30th, 2005|07:34 am] |
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http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/marsexpress/212-010705-1343-6-3d-01-CraterIce_H.jpg
Just try and tell me an ice lake in a Martian crater doesn’t look like paradise. I can imagine a simple start to a magnificent city. All my previous thoughts on early Martian construction projects centered around burying facilities in the ground, but how much easier would it be to bury a structure in ice? I would say it is the ideal first step for long term operations that require vast resources and protection.
Early agricultural production would be limited to indoor artificial light, most definitely nuclear powered. Over time, a human and robotic workforce could mine and refine the raw materials for larger and larger construction projects. Once large scale resourcing operations have been established, it would become practical to build a dome 
Hottie construction worker…naturally.
View from orbit (ms painted by moi).
Normally, I would say building above ground would be pointless, but I hit on an idea…An old Russian experiment (that basically failed) but could make all the difference on a new world.
That is a partially deployed reflector, and an array of them, maybe 5 or 6 could all focus enough sunlight on the mars dome to grow plants and provide solar power/heat (for non critical systems). The number of orbital mirrors would depend on their collector size and focusability.
No need for warp drives, or gravity plating, the needed technology isn’t magical, and these ideas are not even futuristic… they could have already come to pass, had we simply tried to do it. |
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| Apophis |
[Jul. 28th, 2005|09:37 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | excited | ] |
| [ | music |
| | More than Wanted - V. Carlton | ] |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_MN4
This is a link to wikipedia, a fantastic source of information, on an asteroid that is on a very close orbit to ours.
 I am excited by the idea that something like this could be maneuvered into Earth orbit, or one of the Lagrange points. There was an reader letter in New Scientist that suggested the L5 for specifically this asteroid. The operation would likely take something silly, like 50-100 years of thrusting (depending obviously on the techniques used...none of which would be fast), but to get something like this into orbit would provide resources for a space port.
My brain flurries with all of the ways we might use a giant space rock...how simple rotation gravity simulation would make construction projects easier, spacecraft bulkheads and hulls worthy of the name could be formed in orbit, solar system prospecting could revolutionize human existence, the act of going out and living in space could spawn new branches of humanity ...even the distant possibility of building a multigenerational colony ship moves me. I am very hopeful about the future of technology, FTL, exotic power, ect. However, I think colonization of our solar system and other Earth like planets should be considered using current technology, and should be taken seriously. If we are unwilling to try with what we have, expecting (as an excuse) that future technology will make it easier sets us on a path of complacency. Picture something like this, only bigger...  |
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| Brakes Fixed |
[Jul. 26th, 2005|05:40 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Bloodhound Gang - Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo | ] |
Actual work. Last night I changed all four sets of break pads on my car. The fronts were wearing very thin, even having caused some grooves in the rotor, but the rotor is a giant hunk of metal, so its fine. The drum brakes in the back didn't even need changed, but I decided take care of it all at once, thankfully I had my friends Matt and Ray helping me (Ray did a lot of the work on the back ones). The discs were much easier, and Matt and I did them by myself. It seems to stop pretty well now, and there definitely isn't any squeaking.
Night after night I keep ending up with 4 or 5 hours of sleep...thus I'm tired now.
I've watched the video for Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo, a new Bloodhound Gang song. I'm easily amused, and I have liked Bloodhound Gang since middle school, so I'm excited. |
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| The Devil's Work |
[Jul. 22nd, 2005|11:20 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | bouncy | ] |
I've avoided my blog all week I guess. I haven't rode my bike much this week, which is sad. Monday night I rode out to Elmwood again, but I think I pinched a nerve in my wrist (a pain I first noticed at work - but I do so much mouse moving all week I can hardly blame work). My hand was kind of numb from it, so I decided to take it easy. I am however some what addicted to aerobic exercise, it helps me clear my head, sleep easier, and feel better about myself. So instead of biking, I've gone running...not too far, a little bit more than a mile and then about an equal time cooling down. It was pretty cool at 7am, but I wanted to go again today before my 5pm nap (because I work all night), so I went running at 4, omg it was hot!
I did watch the first showing of The Devil's Rejects. It was fucking awesome (quoting Dan's girlfriend who went with Dan, Matt, and myself today to see it). It was fucking awesome. The movie industry wonders why it isn't making as much money as it used to, and I suspect there is a lot more to it than piracy. Firstly, make movies that are fucking awesome, and people will watch. Not everyone thinks PG-13 should be standard, and it pains me to see our society falling over its' self with moral authoritarianism. Secondly, other media is taking my time and money. Battlestar Galactica is the best Sci-Fi I've seen in all my life, and no movie comes close to this TV series. I pay regular fees for music (www.di.fm) and Everquest 2. Lastly, I can pick up DVDs for 5-10 bucks...mostly used, but legit copies...which when played on a progressive scan DVD player, and HD widescreen TV, is better than the noisy theater. I'll still love going out to see movies, but I really hope the 'kid safe' fad will end.
Otis in The Devil's Rejects, "I'm doing the devil's work." |
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| Lazy Class |
[Jul. 16th, 2005|04:22 am] |
| [ | music |
| | www.di.fm all night so far | ] |
I'm pretty much passing Lazy Class today. I'm at work, and I haven't done much...the bare minimium. So, I pass Lazy Class, w00t. |
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| A Few Links. Pool stuff, and Dream Nonsense |
[Jul. 16th, 2005|03:37 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies | ] |
On top of www.redmeat.com and www.penny-arcade.com I'm going to have to start reading www.gucomics.com ..it seems pretty decent to me.
I'm a bit sore from riding my bike all the time, so I'm going to have to find a friend or relative with a hot tub.
I was going to track down some pool rules, but that was hard and not very fun...so I just decided that I will make up consistent house rules as we go along, do deal with things we have never heard of as they happen...we always play where you don't really have to call your shots, except the 8 ball, and you have to reset any of your own balls you sink, but scratch on.
3 examples...1. Balls flying off of the table other than the white que ball will be reset on the dot as if scratched on.
2. It is ok to combo from stripe to solid, to initially claim solids.
3. If you combo your solid ball by first hitting a stripe, the solid stays in, but your turn is over.
4. Bloodhound Gang is great pool playing music (ok, that might not be an official house rule)
More on dreams, and the way my mind works...
I dreamed tonight that I need to have some bad dreams to balance out my good dreams, I actually started the dream thinking that, and it took me on a wild ride of scary things. I'll list four, but there were more, there are ones that stand out, and give you an idea of my 'bad dreams'.
1. I dreamed that some guy who looked kind of like my dad was making me clean a huge kitchen with lots of dishes to wash.
2. I dreamed that I had mistakenly flirted with a transgendered person, and I had to tell them I was sorry, and that I wasn't really interested.
3. I dreamed that a bobcat pounced on me, and it was scary when it happened because I tried to dive away and it still got me.
4. I dreamed a wheel had come off of my bike, and I was just skidding along on the front forks for a long time. When I realized why it was so hard to ride, I then had to cary my bike looking for where the wheel had fallen off.
It all added up to depressing. |
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| Irrational Hope |
[Jul. 15th, 2005|02:10 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  my words paint my mood | ] |
Irrational Hope
I work very hard to center my mind around reason. I know my life will most likely follow a very normal looking path, something disturbingly similar to my parrent's lives. I mean this quite literally, because it has always happened that way. I know logically that the universe is probably (lol) deterministic. All that is chaos and luck are merely constructs of a feeble mind trying desperately to enjoy the machinations of a vast machine (fate). These simple facts should stop any rational machine in it's tracks, but I never give up hope, why? Why shouldn't I be able to live forever? Foreverness would take the perfect solution (as I call it), just the right combination of genetics, cybernetics, and a mastery of physics sufficient to engineer new universes may be all it takes to reach forever. However, my desire to live forever should turn into a desire for children (I may want some some day, who knows?). I look for FTL travel even if others claim it is a waste of time. What does anyone else know about the possibility of anything? Science in this country is so full of dogma and conservatism it sickens me, but does that stop me? My dreams of exploring the universe will most likely only come true online, but it would be an honor to die in space (even as I'm dieing I'll be dreaming of forever). I never want to be alone, and forever would be pointless without equals. I'm never alone, even when I am. As my phone woke me up this morning, I was dreaming up support from imaginary people, and sat in a lecture hall taking notes that said, "Luke has the choice to do anything he wants with his life." (literally, some professor wrote it down in chalk and I copied it - there were a couple specific science related things, pointing towards any grad school, and a Doctorate because I can learn anything from the internet, my dream really had a flow chart like you would see in a lecture, and any problems were pointed towards 'internet' in some redish color chalk - I knew what it meant, this wasn't written on the chalk board, but it means I don't need an anatomy class to prepare for grad school anatomy, I can study it on my own if I want to go into medical physics). Who dreams those kinds of dreams? Grad school is still distant future, and I know logically I might not have what it takes, but I still hope for it. In my dreams I'm unstoppable, I can do anything I want, I'm always looking for possibilities to pounce on, and the perfect solution to all my irrational hopes exists. |
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| Aeon Flux |
[Jul. 14th, 2005|10:19 pm] |
Aeon Flux doesn't come out for a few more months, but...
"The sci-fi actioner is set 400 years in the future, when disease has wiped out the majority of the earth's population except for one walled, protected city-state, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. The story centers on Aeon Flux(Theron), the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, led by The Handler(Frances McDormand). When Aeon is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets..." from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402022/
Cool.
Charlize Theron is perfect for a role like that, and whoever else knew that (without me telling them) is a genius. |
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| Lazy Class |
[Jul. 14th, 2005|09:40 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  embarrassed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | GoaPsy from www.di.fm | ] |
Again, I've gone on a couple 2 hour bike rides this week. Tuesday I rode around Lincoln mid day, and it was definitely hot. Wednesday morning I went out at 6AM and it was gloriously cool out (I was still hot, I'm always hot) so I rode without my shirt off and took this picture into the sunlight. 
Dmitry has signed up for Sandhills saftey training tomorrow, so he'll skip riding with me, but I'll still go for an early morning bike ride. I just saw Natalie a few minutes ago, and she was really interested in borrowing my bike to ride with me, so I told her I'd call her next week (that makes her the 3rd person I've promised to call and spend time with next week (after Kestrel and Ray), not counting Matt who will likely be around all the time).
Today has been a heck of a day. I'm going to define today as in the period from now to 24 hours ago, because I have slept at odd times. There were some things that were driving me crazy, and I couldn't keep it together without venting (which worked wonders). I've always been a little bit insane (but in good ways I guess). A lot of it I'm not ready to talk about here (maybe with good friends who know me), but I will some day, because objectively I find myself funny.
Anyway, Last night and today Matt and I spent a lot of time hanging out, and he will be between jobs next week, so most likely we will hang out more next week. Last night and today we talked a lot about Everquest, among other things. He wants 2 things very badly, one is his own computer to play it, and two (amusingly) is to share his passion with Amanda. I've tried to tell him that it could happen, but that it will take a lot of time with Amanda.
Matt had a brilliant concept. Anytime I try at anything too hard, I fail lazy class. Don't think about it too much, or you'll fail lazy class. This concept has helped me a lot, especially today, even though I've failed lazy class. Matt may have passed lazy class today with an example he related to me. He was trying to kill a bug, and stomped it several times. However, it crawled from between his treads, Matt said the bug wasn't going to make him fail lazy class, so he said he told it so, and he let it go.
Matt and I are starting to get pretty good at pool. Today he came within 1 ball and the 8 of clearing the table from the break, and I followed it up by leaving only 2 balls on my first turn (and matt's ball and the 8). It came down to only the 8 shortly after, and when he sunk it I declared that I was owned. He got a pretty good laugh out of that.
I've studied a little bit of what I thought was a good idea about terraforming Venus. It turns out that it has already been thought of, a lot. I've discovered the cheapest way to freeze Venus would involve floating reflective balloons in the upper atmosphere (though nowhere did anyone consider this for Venus, only Earth that I know of to off set global warming). Giant space structures would be silly expensive, and an L1 sun shield would need to be way bigger than I was thinking it would be.
I came to work looking to find a new issue of New Scientist, couldn't find one, so decided to go for some casual entertainment news in Rolling Stone. Of course I come across
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/7395411?rnd=1121383090453&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.872
and so again I'm mad at the system. The Russians have always had more scientific integrity, and many Europeans followed Russian medical research on this issue, why couldn't the US? To me, there is no room for debate, and heads should roll. I have for a long time held firm flip-flopping attitude towards state sanctioned murder, and I'm still slightly against it, but a cover up on this scale is Earth shattering. It makes me want to scream for blood, though there should be some ultimate solution to dealing with gross oversights. I'm thinking along the lines of, nearly every one involved, which could be thousands, giving up all their assets and living in government housing and food stamps for the rest of their lives, they could choose to continue their work, but they would never profit from anything ever again (their kids would have to get by with student loans ect,). This kind of sentiment is hard to scream, it fits to Enron execs perfectly, and proves I'm failing lazy class today. |
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| MoPac Solo Ride |
[Jul. 9th, 2005|01:19 am] |
Starting point: my house in Bicentennial Heights at 6AM
Destination: Wabash Nebraska
Approximately 66 total miles in slightly under 6 hours for a decent 11mph average. (home by 11:53am)
I was much faster on the first half, when it was cooler. My mind was somewhat clear, and I had a lot of time to think since I was solo. I had a good idea for terraforming Venus involving a Venus-Sun Lagrange point reflector or array of reflectors (to freeze Venus), and I’m going try and figure out what it would do to Venus. I also spent a long time thinking about tech trees and time travel. I am supremely skeptical of time travel, but it is a fun thought experiment to imagine what you could ‘invent’ and IF for example you should discover penicillin before ‘inventing’ gene sequencing machines. Could I make a jet engine before the Wright brothers flew? –Would I remember enough about the refinement of Aluminum to make it work?
The MoPac Trail past Elmwood looked mostly like this 
The trail past Elmwood is very cool, not just because of the shade, but because it has many bridges over a small stream 
I was sad though to reach the end of the trail just outside of Wabash,  maybe next time I'll go past the closed sign, and see where it takes me.
Action shots are hard while your riding, especially when its starting to get hot. 
Around 9am and later it was getting hot, and it wore me down. My thoughts digressed to the point that I finally decided on my favorite type of women. How does one answer that kind of question? Well, I figured it out, I like naked women. |
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| Comet Tempel 1 and misc. science |
[Jul. 7th, 2005|08:26 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | geeky | ] |
| [ | music |
| | techno www.di.fm | ] |
I said I would post more pictures, and I was going to wait for the Hubble pics, but they are a long time in processing. The impactor did capture some interesting final shots before it blew up.
This link is an awesome video from the impactor as it closes in on comet Tempel 1.
http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121572main_its_approach_inv.mov
This image is from the main craft that also recorded a movie.
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA02137_modest.jpg (original)
http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121520main_HRI-Movie.mov (possibly doctored movie - impact imposed on comet high res images -because impact brightness may have washed out the fine details, but still cool)
More on Energy
There is another report denouncing the value of ethanol as a fuel storage medium.
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/energy-tech-05zzzf.html (summarized here)
The problem with this report is that ignores a couple of basic scientific and economic realities. Yes, it is true that at this point you would still be using fossil fuels indirectly by using ethanol, from production, but this is part of the reality of energy transition. If the ethanol industry could get off the ground, then the tractors and transport vehicles could all run on ethanol, thus neutralizing carbon emissions. The purpose of government aid is to build infrastructure for proven technology that couldn't get off the ground without a real distribution network or subsequent market. No fuel storage medium is a free lunch, basically because all known high energy density storage mediums costs energy to make. Basically this is an unscientific attack because it asserts/implys that fuel production needs to have less environmental impact. More basically - a gallon of ethanol may come from 1x acres, but it really will take 3x acres to run tractors, refinement, and distribution - thus it isn't fair and actually deceitful to expect a gallon of ethanol to only cost 1x acres of crops. As the industry grows, all the power will eventually come from the sun (or sun like energy), C02 will go in and out of the air equally, and land use impacts will stay the same (because they would just export the corn if refineries didn't buy it - less food aid may actually stimulate 3rd world farming economies).
I would much rather see cars that run on 99.9% efficient capacitors, and pull their energy right off of the grid with negligible losses, but apparently people NEED more range (less recharges - even though you could go 100 miles for $1) than this efficient method would offer. Seriously, it wouldn't be hard for gas stations to offer high power plugs, and I bet you could travel almost everywhere in the US in 100 mile segments.
More Notes on Sun-Like Energy
The Chinese are planning to build their own fusion reactors, and this recent link reinforces the long standing claim.
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/energy-tech-05zzzc.html
The Chinese have decided to enter in on ITER because of R&D costs, "We're entitled to share all top-notch know-how once we entered the global consortium." I fully agree, more power to them. |
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| Week So Far |
[Jul. 6th, 2005|07:18 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | sleepy | ] |
The last few days have been eventful (like every day this summer). I want to record what I did without ranting on too much. On the 4th I watched War of the Worlds with (Matt, Amanda, and Emily Fraas). Later Emily and I got drunk and played some pool. I passed out in the bathroom at around midnight, and threw up for the first time ever from alcohol at 2:43AM on the 5th. The cantaloupe that I ate before I started drinking apparently did little to stabilize my stomach. After a while, I took a shower (I stayed in until I was done throwing up), got a blanket, and slept on the bathroom floor for the night. It was a memorable 4th of July.
The next morning my mom came, bringing my siblings Jonathan, Andy, and sis Lacy. We ate out, shopped around, I bought six used movies which were on sale, and I also got a batman t-shirt because it is cool. Later that day we were thinking about seeing Mr and Mrs Smith because I hadn't seen it, but although everyone had seen Batman, we decided to watch that again.
That night I played Everquest for a bit, watched Bad Boys, and was planning to go to bed around 1am when Em came online (not Emily Fraas). I have had several long and interesting conversations with her, and last night was no exception. She kept me talking until 5:30AM and I think we learned a lot. Then after about 5 hours of sleep, Matt came over. He had taken the day off of his regular job for an interview with the post office. He knew I had several things I wanted to do today, and he was up for hanging out with me while I did it. So, he waited on my while I got my hair cut. He joined me for lunch. He walked around down town with me when I was trying to find Ironbrush for tattoos/piercing. Amusingly, as I walked up he told someone on the phone that the piercing guy was out for the day. This however wasn't going to stop me, so I checked out guns to roses on the way home, and everything was cool. I priced checked a basic black tribal tattoo for high centered on my back, and it would be around 200$. Then I had to buy some distilled water for the concentrated cleaning solution he gave me, and ended up getting the Batman Legacy 4 DVD box set for 24 bucks (I've been a tiny bit careless with my money lately, but I really wanted it and I did this weekend get a 1$ raise). Then back at my house Matt and I played some pool which is pretty fun because we are about even on skill level.
Finally, after Matt left to pick up his girlfriend from work, I went on the bike ride I was planning to do when I woke up. The ride took about 1:45minutes, and I rode down from my house along 27th to the John Detrich Trail, which I took out to 112th and back. I took action shots, though you can't tell in this one I'm moving  I thought it would look nice in here. Then I turned my camera on myself for action shots, and you can see that my hair is blown back a bit.  |
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