tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111688252011-11-30T22:57:57.929Z"Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock." Hannibal Lechter, <i>Silence of the Lambs</i> <br> <br> Science, Politics and the occasional fReaky poemzedpointhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15968680136782826033noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168825.post-1112716760329116652005-04-05T14:53:00.000Z2005-04-05T15:59:20.330Z

There I am in the deep quiet of the night stilled for the moment by the grandeur of the universe. It's just so FABULOUS. So immense, so tiny. So infinite. There is so much to explore I insist my brain be a forever balloon, something I can stretch and test till the end of Time. Knowing what I don't know cements my aversion to death. If I were facing The Reaper I would run as fast as light back to

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"Somewhere the saving and putting away had to begin again and someone had to do the saving and the keeping, one way or another, in books, in records, in people’s heads, any way at all so long as it was safe, free from moths, silverfish, rust and dry-rot, and men with matches."Fahrenheit 451, Ray BradburyVatican admits Galileo correctCensoring Science: IMAX and EvolutionHubble's FutureGovernment

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I'm confused.Mega-Churches Offer Prayer, Play, Shoppingsnip"These mega-churches are places where members can not only pray, but work out in a gym, eat at a food court or browse in a bookstore. And they are becoming more popular across the country." The BibleMatthew-The Cleansing of the Temple12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and

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Okay, Dubya doesn't want to fund stem cell research. But there may yet be help for this man who's a few neurons short of a synapse.His salvation? His hair.He's got a pretty good natural rug. If he'd only donate some follicles to science, science might be able to do what The Wizard never could.Grow him a brain.Now, if only they could do something about his teeny tiny heart...

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Living things essentially exist to reproduce. Stripped of all window dressing, we humans need do only three things to accomplish this task. Eat, fuck and sleep.There are 6.5 billion living human bodies on this earth. We've got the eat, fuck, sleep thing down pat.But what about reproduction of the mind. Not brain. Mind. Ego.As much as there is an insatiable drive to reproduce ourselves physically

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The life and death of Terry Schiavo has been turned into a circus. The drooling media latched onto the very private struggles of her husband and family like starving leeches. And the intercession by politicians, from Florida governor Jeb Bush to the Congress of the United States, has disgraced our system of government. The current situation makes the witch hunts of the McCarthy era look like a

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According to a BBC report about the ousting of the Kyrgyz by protestors, "Russia, which considers Kyrgyzstan as part of its natural sphere of influence, urged the country to 'return onto a lawful path.' "Lawful smawful. Is there any doubt that Vladimir Putin is afraid of becoming Vladimir Putout.First Ukraine, now Kyrgystan.Let's do this in the US.All together now: "Red state ORANGE state 1 2 3.

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Mistrust of reports on the avian flu (or bird flu) as a "western media hype" may hinder poorer countries from stocking up on needed vaccines. See this article from allAfrica.com. It could be devasting for the world if America's (and other western nations) policies of misinformation and slight of hand tactics prevent preparation for a flu pandemic. Have we cried wolf once too often? Let's remember

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You lie on the ground, arms close to your body.You are the x.You are Dimension 1.You lie on the ground, arms extended, perpendicular to your body.You are the x and the y.You are Dimensions 2.You sit on the ground, arms extended perpendicular to your body, your torso perpendicular to your legs.You are the x and the y and the z.You are Dimensions 3.You move to be born.You have just started

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The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea. ~Isak DinesenThere's an episode of Star Trek (OS) called By Any Other Name. The crew of the Enterprise encounters a group of stranded aliens from the Andromeda galaxy. They want to steal the Enterprise to use for their return journey home. As a demonstration of their superiority they reduce two of Kirk's crew into dehydrated cubes,

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The Zero Point Field may not be quite as creepy as the Addams family but remember in the TV show, how Uncle Fester could put a light bulb in his mouth and light it up? What if, in his universe, Fester had some channel open, some link to the Zero Point Field?Before we get to that (in a later post) I'd like you to ponder something. It's called nonlocality. As the Wikipedia defines it:Nonlocality

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It seems a simple thing, an abundant thing. Something industrial countries rarely think about. Water. Turn on the tap. Out comes clean (well, sorta) drinkable water.But if you think the United States invaded Iraq for the oil you're wrong.Think DRY Middle East. Then Tigris/Euphrates. These rivers flow through Iraq.If you haven't yet read it, read DUNE. Frank Herbert was warning us about this 40

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Nanotechnology is about money. If you have any doubts read these extracts from "Testimony of Dr. Vicki L. Colvin, Director, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN), to Congress on April 9, 2003." Here's a little snippet for you to ponder:"Nanomaterials themselves may also have unintended environmental consequences. From asbestos to DDT we have, as a society, paid an enormous

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I heard some journalist on the radio the other day talking about some mock trial that had taken place in San Francisco. He'd written about it for Legal Affairs magazine. What's their circulation, 8.He seemed so awed by the concept of the trial. Proud he'd been the one to write the article. The story: a computer working for a corporation discovers that it's going to be replaced and via the

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Click on the above link to read a story in WIRED about this "chill up and down your spine" discovery.

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ZPE stands for zero point energy. And zero point energy is exciting. Very exciting. And scary. Super scary. Why? Take all the potential energy of all the nuclear bombs we now have stockpiled on the Earth and multiply that by, well, a googolplex. Can you say KABOOMSKI?Let's start with the name. It's somewhat misleading. In theory at least, zero point energy isn't about nothing. It's about an

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No, not really but if you think of the punch line let me know.I've never been to the Northwestern part of the US--Washington state, Oregon etc. But in my imagination I envision a place of dense arcane forests, rivers that bend where they shouldn't and rain showers that whisper tales of lost dimensions. I imagine the people living up there are aware of theses things but they go about their

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More than any other technology, nanobots will force us to ask the question "What is human?"Nanotech is not science fiction. It's here, it's happening and it is WOW! And I mean WOW! Nanbots will be used in everything from body armor to bodices to blood. Yeah, I said blood. Hey, here's a new word for you. Bloodbots. Oops! Head spinning. Oh. Sorry. You fainted. Take your time. Breath. Here's some

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UPDATE! News alert! The Aussie UFO story is back but buried. No longer on the Daily Liberal's front page but found on their site after a search for UFO. Hmmmm...There was also an additional story added. Here are the stories:UFO captured on film hovering high in city skyand A father, son and their 'UFO'This doesn't sound like a hoax. What do you think?

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As the Bugs Bunny version of Christopher Columbus might say, "The solida earth, she is a round butta she is notta so solid."And that, boys and girls, is why we have earthquakes. Though moving v e r y &nbsp s l o w l y &nbsp the earth's crust is nevertheless moving.The top two layers of the earth's surface are called the lithosphere and the asthenosphere. The lithosphere is made up of 7 different

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Here's a little hyperspacial rum to add to your conspiracy punch:The cover page of the Daily Liberal of Dubbo, Australia for March 10,2005 lists one of "Today's Top Stories" as "UFO captured on film hovering high in city sky" but when you click on the link the story ISN'T there.A search of the site did locate:UFO Captured on film hovering high in the city skyThursday, 10 March 2005 News - Local "

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Norway is increasing its stocks of the flu remedy Tamiflu from 200,000 ten pill cures to 1.4 million. see Authorities brace for Avian Flu Lucky Norwegians. They have a government that does its job!The National Institute of Health has paid for a experimental vaccine for avian flu. The contract went to Chiron the Liverpool England based company that previously produced tainted vaccine so of course

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Considering his remake of PSYCHO, if Gus Van Sant decides to redo THE BIRDS I suggest flight rather than fight. Because exposure to what would certainly be noxious cinema might make you as sick as the avian flu.Bad and superfluous remakes aside, this avian (aka bird) flu is serious stuff so please read the following:Since 1997, there have been several instances where humans have become infected

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