Just some ideas for SciFi.....
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Date: 8 Jul 2004 13:59:27 -0700
Silver Universe
Silver Universe
Thoughts
Coffee Burns
Inside-out
Soul Shadow, Soul Light
Tidal Force
Paradox Probe
Cold Clouds
Overlapping Quantum Physics
Judgment Day
Absolut Cold
FTT
Not Null Theory
Triangulation
Constrained Research
Phase Boundaries
Random Generation
Universal Solvent
Moldy Metaphors
Fraught with Foam
Ancient Structures
Cold Dark Matter
Hot Dark Matter
Xtreme Sports
NASA - UN
Mars
Magnetic-Mass Vibrations
Spinning Coin
Minds Eye
Seattle Opening
At Large
Chained Thoughts
Hive Mind
Thoughts
In the soft glow of a full moon I think of the past several days. The
reality of my time is starting to fade. A sterile term that keeps the
problem at a distance for the medical field is ‘decomposition'. What
that means is that your brain chemistry is in a downward spiral in
which you will lose your grasp of reality. Normal thoughts are
replaced with compulsions and fears. Delusions creep into your
thinking. Odd occurrences take on special meanings that only a gifted
person can understand. I am of course, gifted. Unfortunately that gift
only comes apparent to me when I'm having trouble keeping my mind from
racing and thinking focused. It's from this place that I sometimes
visit old friends long forgotten.
One of the small side affects of the medication is poor memory. Only
when I relax and let my mind drift slowly through a mental haze do I
remember certain details. Like when I was exploring symbols, religion,
physics and the supernatural in a very delusional frame of mind. You
see, I have become very adept at partitioning my mind. It is a
defensive mechanism that allows me to function somewhat normally. In
one partition I am a capable person that works towards goals and
objectives. I deal with technology and people. Trying to marry the two
together with information systems. In the other mind partition there
are random thoughts of grandeur, impulses to make lasting impressions
in humanity. Desire to achieve dreams through personal sacrifice and
even martyrdom. A wish to make a large statement that will benefit
people and the world.
The question is how to be the best possible person given the
limitations of my medical condition. You see, I work by thinking and
analyzing to solve problems with people and machines. Conceptualizing
and modeling solutions in my mind. But, there is a price. The more
that I concentrate and focus to resolve problems the closer I come to
that other partition in my head. Thinking for me has a price. I can't
sleep, can't eat, can't slow my thoughts or control their direction.
Lucky for me I'm a very sensitive person. I've never had the problem
of controlling my anger or harboring hate. I do have to admit that my
eyes water when I watch a good movie. But luckily for me I can't
remember the show very well the next day. With faded memory goes the
acute feelings of empathy and sadness. I do remember one important
thing. That is my medicine. Without my medication I would be at
Western State Hospital for a very long time. There is no question
about that. My brain chemistry by itself can not keep the two
partitions from merging or the crazy thinking from dominating. Street
people can not afford the medication that I take. They rely on alcohol
and junk to get by. So when I see someone on the sidewalk I think
about them. Even if it hurts. And I think about my luck to have
supportive family, friends and co-workers.
Someone once said that you can judge a society by how it treats the
least fortunate. I think that someone else said that the least shall
be the first. My thoughts on that train of ideas are about how the
world produces great men and women. But these people are limited by
their position to reach out with a helping hand to those with need. It
seems that the very act of helping someone might cause some bad luck
to rub off on you. Medicine, compassion, shelter and a kind word. The
right combination to the right person might create the next great
artist, business man or politician.
The dismantling of the government apparatus that provides social
support has been in the works for a long time. What has replaced it is
a simple solution that partitions society from those that have reason,
morals and ethics from the desperate fringe of those that don't see
the same reality. There is a place for those desperate people…. It's
called jail and prison. Certainly not all people in those places are
there from a mental problem, but an awful lot are. I believe that some
of the money spent on incarceration could be redirected to medical
help. Treating people before they get into the ‘system' and visit the
‘joint'.
I think of each person at the threshold as an untapped resource. Human
potential is the greatest resource in any society, in any nation. Let
me sip some Ethanol, CH3CH2OH. A little reality slips by. A little
imagination is provoked. Luckily, I do not have a habit. To me, wine
or a margarita is just a pleasantry. Something to mark a successful
day or pass the time with some friends. I am lucky, I have real
medicine to deal with my problem. It does cost though. Without health
care the price would be about $350 a month. But that's only part of
the cost. There are blood tests to take and physicians to see. A
session with a private psychiatrist would cost three or four hundred
dollars for the first several visits to get the diagnosis. Then a
hundred or so dollars each month for medicine checkups where the drugs
are reviewed for dosage and continuance. Can someone on the street
afford to be treated? Can someone on the street afford $500 a month?
No.
But the cost of treatment in jail or prison is expensive to the rest
of us. Compare an $8,000 yearly bill for treatment against the cost of
incarceration in which a potential resource is taken out of the human
equation. Imagine taking someone like Edgar Allan Poe or maybe
Lincoln out of the human equation. What would it matter? Couldn't
society replace these people with someone else?
Coffee Burns
A coffee burn is a horrible thing to endure. First there is the burn
itself. It can hurt. It can damage. Not just the fabric of your
garments, but the sensitive skin that turns red with heat. Then there
is the loss of the coffee itself. Good money went into the procurement
of that dark roast blend. Now it's gone, and done damage at that. The
last issue of a bad coffee burn is the social stigma and loss of
grace. Coffee seems to always find the worst way to express itself on
your pants, blouse or skirt.
There seems that there is a lesson here to learn about the coffee
burn. Cautiously consume the liquid and enjoy the tepid taste. Too hot
can cost, more than you would want. A cautious person would not even
drink coffee, they would offer the beverage to others in the hope that
social, medical, financial, and clothing risks are spread out among
the masses. They would avoid the situation altogether by drinking
naked over the sink in private. But for those that enjoy a calculated
challenge there is the local bistro where coffee burns can be accepted
with grace. And medical attention is close at hand.
Inside-out
It shouldn't hurt to write, but it does. Little effort is required to
tap the keyboard. It's the thinking, the pondering, the slowly formed
ideas that hurt. It's amazing to see how collection of words evolve to
dance in a rhythm that conveys ideas. What I want to do is take these
hidden gems and expose them to the environment, watch them weather and
change, and then fix them for display. What the heck am I talking
about? I guess it's just a way for me to express an analytical /
artistic prose that explores my chronic thinking.
I have an affliction that many people have in one form or other. My
mind does not rest. It is always searching for new concepts, ideas,
abstractions that can amuse and entertain. Sometimes it's the simplest
things give me an anchor for these free thoughts. Take a cartoon as an
example. It takes talent to amuse people. Having a single picture
making jest at life's foibles takes talent. Talent I wish I had.
Instead my ability lends itself to make others think, not laugh. I
look for unusual things in life and twist them into lessons to live
by. I then let other's see how the shadows are revealed by contrasting
logic. You can not see the light without the dark.
It's then only a short distance to see shades of gray and then to see
ideas outside the spectrum of light and dark. Imagine if you could
only see along a straight line of reasoning. At one end might be good,
at the other bad. Believing in man's frailty a person will always be
at least a little bad. The anchor for reasoning is a person's perfect
image of the perfect being. I don't want religion to be my argument
here. But to deny religion is to deny a basic force in the universe. A
force that should always be considered in life. But there is more to
it then shades of gray. Don't forget color. Without color nature can
not express the living beauty of life. Without color, only imagination
can fill in the gaps. So when someone tells me that they are a black
and white type of person, I congratulate them. They have more
imagination then me. I see things with the help of color while they
imagine things in shades of gray.
Soul Shadow, Soul Light
I've been thinking of contemporary news and the way people think. It
seems that the influence of the environment is secondary to the
immediate pulse of daily life. That's not so surprising, but kind of
sad. I mean, the deep problems that have a real influence on the
future are being side-stepped for the things easy to discuss and
denounce. This creates a shadow on my soul, a worrisome thing that
can't be touched directly on something that can't even be discussed in
a meaningful way. Let's just say that my anxiety for things in my
environment is raised a few notches and is exposed to a cold wind from
the North. I also realize that my environment is something that exists
around me and affects my life and that there is nothing, nothing that
the environmentalist can do directly. A person can not stop the sky
from bringing wind or rain. Smells and sound, light and touch, taste
and the other seven senses always bring new messages to the brain in a
constant fashion from the environment. They can not be stopped.
I'm thinking of the current spectrum of US crisis. The spectrum
includes the war on terrorism, the war on drugs, and the war on
poverty. I would add one more color to the halo of problems…. The war
on wealth. It seems that as people rise from the rank of have not to
the rank of wealth that certain moral obligations are lost in the
wash. Sometimes a legal rational is used to defend the deference in
treatment. Like, that person is not a citizen, or that person is not a
Christian, or that person doesn't have a home. I would remind people
that the common denominator in a moral obligation to another is that a
person is a Person. They have a soul that can shine in the night given
the right opportunity. Any shadow that men cast on one another can't
escape the light welling up from someone's soul. God gave everyone an
opportunity to become an artist and bring beauty into the world.
I hope this isn't a rambling message and that something I say here can
plant ideas and change. Change for the better of course!
I remember parts of my journeys into uncontrolled psychosis. On one
journey I was disturbed by the current events and wanted somehow to
control the issues. I felt inspired and empowered… and wasn't thinking
along a straight line. As I sat in a Starbucks coffee shop I read the
front section of the news. Some was good, some was bad… well… a lot
was bad. I came up with a brilliant idea of tearing out and organizing
the news into two stacks. The good and the bad. I took these clippings
home and rolled each stack into a cylinder. One good and one bad. To
my bruised mind there was something special about these cylinders. It
seemed that I could invoke something from them if only I had more
insight. I put these scrolls into the bag with my medicine and visited
my psychiatrist. On the way to his office my psychotic high relented
and I knew this idea was kind of stupid…. But the premise wasn't. To
extend the idea, think of each topic discussed in the standard paper
or talked about on the radio. People engage themselves in reading and
listening, then switch themselves off. A shadow falls onto their
souls, some anxiety occurs, but nothing else. The circuit is not
complete and people's behavior is lacking to their moral obligation of
action. It seems that if something is worth a concern it should be
addressed. Unfortunately that doesn't happen often enough. Otherwise
that scroll of bad news would dwindle away to only a memory. Can you
imagine a paper without any bad news? That is something God enforces
in his domain that we should try to emulate.
Tidal Force
Imagine an empty beach, ancient and silent. Still with a solitude
matching the meditation of Buddha, the isolation of the last outpost.
Man might find Himself at this junction without some major change.
Tides shift to and fro, with predictable patterns that relentlessly
attack the solid, unchanging mass called land. Our world will change.
It is something acknowledge by everyone, yet ignored by most. People
become accustomed to a life where events are orchestrated and planned.
Concrete and steel, brick and mortar, asphalt, roads, and the commute
become the tapestry of life. But the tide will come in and leave with
gradual or cataclysmic change to the landscape.
It's easy to cause a ripple in a pool of water…. But how do you stop
it? Change can be start with a small pebble tossed carelessly into a
quiet pond. The aching isolation suddenly turns into a cataclysmic
change that mimics the mother of all tides. A small emerging insect
finds the ripple an opportunity for emergence or a terminal event.
People have tossed many, many pebbles from the beach into life's
frothy foam. How can this not create ripples, currents and change? The
tidal force brings predictable change, while people cause atypical
change. In many cases the ripples meld into the tide, but not always.
It's this reason that man has influenced the world.
It's not my fault. I wasn't involved. I'm innocent, your honor. Well….
What can I say? You want to give everyone a break, excuse the bad
behavior and bury the deed. Unfortunately our world does not judge in
this manner. There is a tidal force and ripples that cannot be
stopped. It's the heartbeat of our earth, the breath of our air, the
glow from the flame and sweat of the deep. Primal elements can not be
controlled on the vast plane of our existence. Man can change things,
but cannot control the change. A ripple is not so easily stopped. The
tide cannot so easily conform to our wishes.
The cycles of nature repeat with a reassuring way. The tide comes and
goes; daylight and starlight play out with morning and evening;
seasons spring forth and fall back. Nature has a steady and reassuring
rhythm for people to live by. I like to think God set these things in
motion with a promise to His children for a full measure of life
against the ripples in time and space. But you may choose to think
that this is merely the logical extension of a big bang. Predictable
ripples and varying tides. Change is forever constant in this Universe
and my world.
Paradox Probe
To examine the nature of anything around us takes a contrasting
difference to reveal shape, form and substance. To explore the world
and reveal secrets behind the question requires the paradox. The
paradox allows us to think in a reflective mode, alternating between
one pole and the next. It's the human wait state. Analogous to the
modern computer operating system. We think while we wait. A paradox
provides the mechanism to start that lull. The very nature of the
paradox causes a mental feedback from one pole to the next. From one
truth to the next. That's how I see a rounded edge. It's round, but
defined by a straight line. There is an edge to my two dimensional
perception, but a curve in three. There's a curve to the touch, but an
edge to the shadow. Understanding the nature of the object takes
thought and speculation. It takes time and a paradox.
To explore the nature of people and understand their character
requires tests and experiments. Social interaction and small group
dynamics provide clues to how larger systems of people behave. A
simple test to setup is a moral dilemma. Setup a race along a three
mile course. Drop some loose change along the route before the race.
Setup a lost and found at the end of the course along with a vending
machine. Don't provide any water for the participants. What will
happen? Morally the money was not earned and doesn't belong to the
contestant. On the other hand is the immediate need to satisfy a
psychological and physical urge to have a drink. Now vary the course.
Add distance, terrain, weather and currency. What will happen? How
will people behave? And from this, how will this behavior transcend to
other circumstances?
In a way, it's easy to observe a few people or measure the dynamics of
a population. But it's hard to now how the in-between will respond.
That's why organizational structures in society have a planned
span-of-control. The sweet spot of supervision is to have three to
seven subordinates for work that requires multiple skills. The less
variance in the skill among the subordinates the larger the supervised
group can be while still producing the expected results. Religious,
government and military hierarchies are good examples of stratified
organizations. In a larger context, so is society in general. The
layers of social levels measured by wealth, power and prestige mark
different levels of loosely supervised structures. The amount of
uniformity at the lower levels in skill and talent give clues to the
number of supervisors above.
The lower levels of society are consumers of goods. The higher levels
of society are consumers of wealth. At the juncture between the two
lies the ubiquitous middle class. They seem to be an example of a
social paradox. They consume goods, consume wealth, yet belong neither
to the poor or the wealthy. They are the class of infinite possibility
and the class of constrained ambition. A social tension results from
this paradox. Too much tension creates frustration, too little allows
social seepage and contamination. A carefully constructed economy
stratifies society for control, yet allows a pervious layer between
classes. It's the hope of social transformation that creates
productivity. Not an accumulation of goods or the ability to spend
wealth. That simply sets the stage for the engine of commerce.
Cold Clouds
Imagine a ‘place', if that is the appropriate metaphor, which exists
where the element of time is missing. Rules that govern the known
universe shift with the physics in place…. If time were taken out of
our governing rule of E=MC² what would we have??? If Universes are
dynamic, changing entropy to motion and back again, sometimes energy
would be converted into matter. And if the matter were in motion and
the dust settled a bit, the temperature might lower. The study of
phases in Physics and the rules that appear in transitions would
suggest that it would be possible at a cool temperature to break the
governing equation. So… what would happen if time was taken out of
E=MC² and the temperature were low? I would expect that rules
governing that ‘place' might make for interesting conversation. Would
a solid state of matter exist at one end of the spectrum, while
something other that energy at the other. And, if given a choice,
which way would you go???? Hopefully, we will never know the absolute
extreme at either end of the spectrum. But the magic of the universe
would show itself on the way to each side. When I think of ‘cold',
imagine a solid chunk of ice… When I think of ‘clouds', I imagine the
same ice getting excited into water and vapor. So… ‘Cold Clouds' is a
paradox in thinking…. It is a combination of metaphors locked into a
scintillating idea, as explained above. Kind of like a metaphor inside
a metaphor. I hope that this idea bridges the standard dimensions most
often seen in the governing Universe that uses a law that cannot be
bridged in our current time.
Overlapping Quantum Physics
I have no idea what ‘Quantum Physics' means… It sounds disturbingly
like accounting in a physics department. But, let's say that ‘Quantum
Physics' exists in two different Universes. One is governed by E=MC²,
while the other is not. If one were a ‘place' that did not have time,
it might be a bit cold… and small…. Maybe small enough to fit within a
hole in the first universe? If that were the case, it would be
possible to fit one universe inside another without either party being
aware. Extrapolating on this idea, there may be many, many, almost
infinite number of universes fitting in the holes of the first. I
would say infinite -1, or maybe infinite -2˚ (my notation for
1+1(with infinite bounds, or a universe). Hey, it's just an idea…..
Hey, if I tell you this I might be violating some sort of rule…. Oh
well….
Judgment Day
If Judgment Day were to occur, and it does all the time, you might
think of it as when a universe slows down enough to become small
enough to fit inside another universe. Think of matter like the
physicist does… A large slab of something solid and dense is really
many atoms bonded together in molecular chains to create something
that can be touched and seen. But, the physicist really knows that the
matter is not solid and that the matter is not dense. It is ‘cloudy',
with many, many imperfections where different atoms can be found. This
dimensional model can be extrapolated to be large object or small
object. The great minds like to use a dimensional model to explain the
nature of the ruling universe…. But, what of the other universes??? In
Judgment Day, a universe goes through a state change and rules that
governed it change as well…. In my pocket, I have Christ, God, the
Spirit, and the rest of the Christian religion as a ‘just in case'
emergency ration for my soul… I would advise other people to do
something similar….. I am not sure what my soul is… it really defies a
rational, current universe, type of thought. But, I value it none the
less….
Absolut Cold
I just got up from bed… It is really cold in my house!!! I am going
through the Absolut strategy of dealing with that right now…. Vodka
and a hot bath… But, I think that something should be said about the
other ‘Absoluts' around the house… Like speed of light and how cold it
can get…. It might be that they are really absolutes, but I think that
you can go beyond if not on top of an absolut truth. So…. It might be
you can never reach absolute zero… But I'm pretty sure you can ‘skip'
the plateau and get below it. The same for SoL… You probably can't get
there, but you can probably skip over it… I don't think anything
physical can experience the absolutes… That leaves us to energy or
metaphysical stuff…. And, I wouldn't want to try it myself without a
guide….
FTT
I like to engage myself in long trains of thought. Sometimes ideas
percolate for days, weeks, months and even years. I wait patiently for
them to ripen, to be weighed, measured and transformed into useful
creations of intellect and hope. One of the things that I struggle
with are limitations imposed by the physical world. I've always
rebelled at constraints. It dampens the free thinking and darkens my
fantasies and fancies.
People like to challenge limitations imposed by science. Maybe
scientists above all others. Given tools of math, laws of physics, and
a few metaphors people have proposed many, many ideas. What am I to
say that someone is wrong, that there thinking is awry? I like to
think of an infinite universe with infinite possibilities. To think
less is an attempt by man to make God in his own image. To take over
the role of creator.
A challenge? I like to think that everyone has a sense of humor.
Sometimes that humor is dark, sometimes it is reckless, and sometimes
it allows others to participate. I wish that my scientific and
reasoning ability could match the masters of my time. But, I have a
gift that they definitely share among themselves. Curiosity. I can't
help it… I tend to question everything and explore reality. When my
mind bends and warps with the strain of thinking I tend to think more,
not less. Without medication a feedback loop oscillates and grows. My
mind runs amok. Beyond a certain point the fine control of the
rational mind leaves me. I see the paradox of my life and become
scared.
It is on one such journey into the abyss that I sampled some ideas
that seemed extreme and dangerous. I thought that by even thinking
these things that reality shifted and altered. I became delusional.
The nice thing about my delusions is that they are easily detected by
me and can be constrained and removed with patience. When you think
yourself as The genius of modern time or God personified as mortal man
it's a good indication that you are suffering a delusion. By sampling
my own thoughts and ideas I can weigh myself on the mental scale. Some
fancies of thought are normal, but they shouldn't change behavior or
isolate and insulate.
I was looking for cosmic jokes during one of my journeys in the
semi-delusional frame of mind. I became curious about the intellects
of my time and of those great men in ancient history. What type of
jokes would they think of? How lonely the great intellects must be.
How could they ever relate to people of their time? It was then that I
thought of the human track in time and how people like to think of
other's long dead, but in some way very much alive. People like to
believe in immortality and becoming a fixture in history would be one
way to achieve it. How would a great intellect help someone far in the
future?
I believe that clues could be found… and I'm sure that many historians
have found and mused over them. Why did Socrates die the way he did?
Why did Einstein place limits on speed? I'm not a good historian. My
memory. It can hardly retain the happening of last week, so how could
I remember things that happen years ago in someone else's life? Let's
just say that I can deal with things in contemporary time, but that's
about it. A limitation.
Novelist's have a neat way of breaking laws to make things happen in
fiction. I do the same thing with my mind. I break it, sometimes on
purpose to explore a Truth and seek understanding. One time I could
not pull back from a Question and found myself bouncing around ideas
and becoming a little more delusional then usual. Faster than Light
(FTL) is a nice idea to take people across the cosmos and escape the
prison that relativity forces on us. I mean, if we can barely make it
to the moon and have problems with unmanned vehicles to Mars, how the
heck can we explore the cosmos? Another way of looking at it is
through economics. Humans operate in a large, but closed system of
interactions, forces and resources. There is only so much ‘stuff' that
can be applied to anyone problem. Because of this limit there may be
some problems that can not be solved by people, now and forever more.
FTL may not be solved. Human colonization may not happen. Earth might
be it.
Oh well…. Maybe there are easier problems to solve, other mysteries to
deal with. Simpler constructs for human minds and limited resources.
There are many ways to analyze issues. One way is to construct ideas
upon ideas to explain complexities. I would call this incremental
modeling. In the effort to explain a complexity a complex model is
developed. The more complex the model, the closer to describing the
issue. Prototypes are formed in this way to explore reality in a
controlled environment. A lesson in developing information systems is
to prototype and model the solution. Then throw it away and use the
lessons learned from the exercise to develop the real thing. The only
thing is that no one wants to throw the prototype away. So much effort
was put into its creation; it must be good for something….
Another approach to problem solving is minimalization. Explain
something by only describing some of the features and ignoring others.
FTL is beyond me to describe. There is quantum mechanics, exoteric
math, laws of physics and many, many thinking minds that have built
barriers to solving this concept. Novelists are reduced to using
‘alien' devices or a black box that creates ‘n' space, a time warp, or
matter transmission to break through the fundamental conceptual
barriers and take heroes across the universe. Well…. I had another
answer for the problem. But I don't know what was created in the
attempt. I don't think that my idea can be useful, at least not now. I
reduced the FTL problem by taking ‘t' out of the equation. I think it
can be done, but what happens from that point forward is something
that needs more thinking and curiosity. Faster than Time (FTT) is a
new idea for me. Maybe someone can help think about this.
Not Null Theory
Show me a place where the universe isn't and I'll show you a place the
universe is…… Which kinda means that there may not be a beast like
null, unless you are unsure of yourself….. This is how a universe
walks around. It deepens the outer boundary causing space to become
weak. Then it moves itself into the boundary….
Triangulation
A stable configuration can be found in a triangle or pyramid (four
sided). Taking away from any side w/out shortening the others makes
the structure unstable. But, in some cases another structure can be
used to prop up the first….
Constrained Research
Imagine that the total knowledge of the Universe is contained within
an object. As more and more information is understood the details
become more exacting. Until at some point in time the boundaries of
the total knowledge of the Universe blur and reshape themselves.
Knowledge over time seems to expand, however, thanks to the book
burning pillage and rape that occurs from time-to-time some knowledge
is reduced. Knowledge can be unique information, existing within the
smile of the Mona Lisa. While other knowledge can be readily
reproduced from a variety or sources.
The absolute value of knowledge can not be understood while it exists,
only when it is gone. In other words, my trash may at a later time be
your treasure. To really get a leap in knowledge it is important to
cross the lines of reason with impunity. In classical project
management there are three constrained assumptions; time, resources,
and functionality. To assure success, one or more constraints may be
artificially manipulated to put the right type of pressure on the
project team. So it is with knowledge research. By constraining or
relaxing a parameter of research, the team will find ways to navigate
the tree of knowledge for the research goal. Try taking away computers
and see what happens….
Phase Boundaries
There must be at least four distinct phases (solid, liquid, gas,
plasma) in the Universe in order to support the three phase boundaries
(hell, purgatory, heaven); represented by so many religions in their
core belief structure. So many people agreeing on an abstraction make
you wonder where the abstraction lies and what dimensional properties
it may have.
Random Generation
One of the problems with random number generators is that they are not
really random. They rely on a formula that generates numbers, usually
based on a seed borrowed from time. The numbers generated from the
formula tend to repeat after very long cycles. I was wondering where
to find a random number generator and it occurred to me that part of
the generator should be mechanical, not electronic or simply
arithmetic. For my ‘mechanical' number generator I thought of dust
motes dancing in the sun beam below a skylight at my house. The number
of dust motes within a cubic centimeter of air varies with the number
of available motes, air convection, and surface temperature of the
motes themselves. There are probably hundreds or thousands of
variables that dictate whether a mote is dancing or not. This is
similar to the prediction of electrons and small bits of mater
orbiting nuclei or other large sub atomics. I mean, it may be possible
if all the particles follow the rules, but dust motes might break the
expectations. If there is more than one beam of light, or there are
shadows within a dust motes flight vector, they will disappear. Only
to come out again. Or if the reflective surface of the dust mote
rotates away from the viewer, they will disappear. So the number of
dust motes counted may be less than what you would expect. Making the
number of counted dust motes within a cubic centimeter problematic.
Only if you can establish uniformity among the notes and can
anticipate the availability of reflective surfaces would someone have
a chance to guess the number of dust motes within a give volume by
visually counting. The only way to know for sure is to paint dust
motes with a tag element that is uniform in nature and lends itself to
detection. The number of dust motes dancing in the cubic centimeter
could be calculated by measuring the tags of the dust motes within the
specified area at a specific time. Decay of some nuclei might not be
entirely predictable, so maybe there is another source of ‘dust motes'
that could be used for the physical portion of random generators. It
also occurs to me that if the numbers of dust motes are high, or very
low, that predictability may be easier. This would defeat the purpose
of the random generator. So that means there would be saturation
levels of dust motes where interference between dust motes causes
problems with uniqueness (like dust motes clinging to one another, or
dust motes obscuring view of another). Low levels of dust motes would
only be good for simple binary types of random number generation, but
not for a large continuum of random numbers. Although they might be
good for a random number formula seed. If people want to manufacture
random generators for particular distribution patterns, one or more of
these dust mote cubes could be configured with enough engineered
assumptions. It may be possible to manipulate the dust mote cube on
the fly to provide dynamic random number generators.
Universal Solvent
In the days when alchemy was a studied science people sought for a
universal solvent. It was one of the components in the process to
produce gold from common elements like lead. I believe people have
solved this problem with modern technology and the human mind. Today
information is literally at the fingertips of people that can phrase
the question with the appropriate words. With this information people
can look at a complex problem and reduce it to basic components that
can be reviewed individually. This reduction process is the modern
universal solvent. People can comprehend complex issues by factoring
in the components with a well placed query. A seemingly tangled nest
of issues can be reseen against a series of information requests to
understand the basis of chaos. Once the chaos has been reduced and
understood, the content of the question can be resolved and
understood. In this way the common elements that are interwoven in a
complex pattern are viewed in a new way to produce an epiphany of
sorts that yields understanding, the modern equivalent of ancient
gold.
People naturally tend to catalog observations along the lines that
they were taught as very young children. The five senses are the basis
for this catalog; with derivations extending from the basis of sight,
sound, smell, taste and touch. As a person encounters an issue the
system of cataloging automatically begins from years of training and
experience. From sight comes color, shade and contrast. From sound
comes tone and volume. Many more attributes are assigned to each sense
in an effort to produce a finely tuned model of the encountered
reality. The model allows a bridging of characteristics to produce a
simplified abstraction. From the abstraction people comprehend
reality, reducing a complex problem into understandable components.
An interesting study in abstract thought is to develop a problem
statement that has all five elements of the human senses within it.
Then present the problem to different groups and allow them to develop
a systematic problem solution. An example of this would be modeling
the information based on metaphors and relationships. There is an
engineering process developed that systematically takes ideas,
populates them with attributes, and reduces the ideas based on a
series of rules that atomizes the ideas and relationships to the most
simplified form. The groups that work the problem statement would
likely develop similar models of information, attributed to common
perceptions of reality by individuals.
Another interesting study is to take groups that are raised in
different environments and culture and repeat the first experiment.
The final abstraction by each group could be attributed to social /
cultural differences. Variances between the models might be caused by
the different sensorial nets the individuals use to render information
into understandable abstracts. The semantic distance measured between
the models developed by the different groups would provide grounds for
comparative analysis; acknowledging one groups ability to resolve
issues over another. The problem reduction / resolution would need
cultural grounding, acknowledging that a simple model developed by one
group has benefits over a complex model developed by another and visa
versa. In essence, each group would develop an abstraction appropriate
for the unique social economic and cultural environment that they live
within.
Moldy Metaphors
Some metaphors have been used so much…. It requires a good
constitution to use them again. The efforts of people to simplify the
nature of the universe through simple metaphors does people no good.
The universe is complex and changing… not a steady state sinkhole of
ideas. The thinking that we are in the shell of an ever expanding
universe where matter will stretch and come apart after a few billion
years is too simplified to hold water. It seems that another idea
needs to be attached to this metaphor of existence. When looking at
metaphors that simulate the mechanics of the universe an analogy to
the sea seems appropriate.
Fraught with Foam
It seems that the idea of one gargantuan bubble of existence might
actually be a bubble in a sea of bubbles. Each bubble in the foam is
at a different state of expansion or contraction. Possibly bursting
its boundaries and annealing itself into another bubble. Possibly
bursting its boundaries and becoming multiple bubbles as it seeks to
gain equilibrium. In any case, the idea that everything is within a
monolithic bubble does not fit any known analogy that people can see
within our world, so it seems impracticable to use it. The only thing
that it does is simplify the symbolic logic that is used by
mathematicians for modeling the universe.
Ancient Structures
Given that we are in an ever changing dynamic bubble bath of
existence, some of the outcomes are interesting. If our particular
bubble anneals to another bubble it is possible that we inherent
ancient cosmic structures that are older than our original universe.
However cosmologists measure things in the universe it could be
expected that they would discover progressively older items in the
universe, and then suddenly discover a jump in dates to something that
is far, far older.
Cold Dark Matter
Matter that does not radiate energy and is otherwise undetectable
outside of gravity anomalies could make up the cold dark matter of the
universe. To feel the earth a farmer holds a handful of dirt and tests
the consistency by rubbing it together in his hands. To feel the air
an explorer climbs a mountain and breathes in the icy cold air at the
top. To feel the sea a sailor avoids baths and never learns to swim
 In the same way a cosmologist feels the universe. They sample
the surrounding clouds of atoms using refracted light and computer
models. Then they look for structures and extrapolate on what is
found. What is needed is to sample the ether by looking at the gaps
between structures for anything that is not just empty space. Given
that cold can only be so cold… something that is not quite cold should
be easy to see. It is similar to mapping the ocean floor. Looking from
above it all looks the same. Blue becoming dark and then black. But,
the depth of the ocean is measured from the contours of the deep, not
the waves of the top. So instruments are needed to measure the bottom
contours to find the true depth. It is similar to exploring the
universe. Don't look at the surface, look at the bottom contours. The
cold dark matter can be found through inference. Gravity anomalies in
deep space where matter as we know it does not exist.
Hot Dark Matter
Whatever happens to cold dark matter when it is captured and heated in
a constricted space? Imagine an incredibly loose structure of cold
dark matter that is captured by a singularity. Just because it is
loose, does not mean it is not dense. Think of something like pea soup
fog. It parts ways to anything moving through it, but with passing, it
reforms. And it can be dense. Something like this may happen with cold
dark matter that is caught by a singularity. The cold dark matter is
transformed to a superheated envelop… something like a quasar
surrounding a black hole. The increasing gravity becomes an engine
that compresses matter in an ever-extending event horizon. The
compression can be detected by the x-ray and cosmic rays emitted from
the structure. Handling all the energy and mass of the cold dark
matter as it is transformed is not occurring in a symmetrical space,
so uneven forces are transmitted to the singularity to cause spin and
a wobbly rotation. It may be possible with the uneven forces applied
to the singularity that the gravitational point may become split in an
effort to compensate. Think of gigantic clouds spinning in super
hurricanes leading into the singularity. On one side of the
singularity they spin clockwise, on the other side they spin counter
clockwise. The gravitational pull by the hot dark matter may be enough
to pull the singularity apart to form twin structures.
Xtreme Sports
NASA - UN
Some organizations deserve a break. They have good people with
important missions. I hope that the budget and policies help these
organizations along their main missions. It was very good to hear that
our President wants to take a risk by giving NASA a boost in funding.
The 5% solution he mentioned will take some heat. My advice to
capitalize on the politics is to up the ante to 7% when the timing is
right…..
Mars
It will be quite the experience to see Mars and maybe Jupiter someday.
I really appreciate the chance to add something to the 7% mix. The
days of hostility in the world are ending in this cycle of human
experience. It is time to move on and evolve into what awaits. You
should see X-Men, both movies, at least twice to think about what
could happen.
Magnetic-Mass Vibrations
Consider a spinning sphere that acts as a magnet. It doesn't have
uniformity, so a point away from the magnet experience variances in
the field force. The force of the magnetism varies with the spin of
the sphere. The variation in amplitude causes waves of magnetism to
occur. Multiple nodes of magnetism cause competing waves to effect
each other, setting up an interference pattern. When the timing is
right the pattern stands still with troughs and valleys frozen in
time. In such a way an approaching object to the original sphere may
be able to reside in a node of null magnetism.
The thinking can be extended to gravity, with mass replacing
magnetism. Rotating objects with uneven density would create different
fields of gravity based on the local density phenomenon. The
measurement of gravity is very subtle, but the gravity from competing
spinning objects would also create interference patterns. Objects with
massive gravity that are not point source would be good candidates for
study. The waves generated from such objects would cause mass and
magnetic vibrations based on the period of rotation. If only the
vibration is detected, the size and rotation can be extrapolated,
enabling observation of the object through third party means. In such
a manner, n-holes could be detected that otherwise elude observation.
The n-holes would be a place in space where dimensions collapse due to
severe physical distortion of space. If the n-hole is not point
specific like a black hole, and the event horizon is large enough, the
tumbling, spinning motion would create both magnetic and gravitational
anomalies.
In theory, the mass/magnetic object could be approached by generating
an interference pattern by an n-hole bullet that places the
approaching object in neutral space. This could be done by emerging
the object in an interference pattern generated by an external source,
set up to create the appropriate wave harmonics. A space ship could be
created where it flies in synchronous orbit in relation to the n-hole
bullet for an exploration mission to the n-hole. A couple of notes…
the object that follows or precedes the ship would need to be large
enough to generate mass waves as it rotated… think large like the size
of Jupiter. So the practicality of this idea working is slight…. Maybe
a ship could hide in a magnetic-mass shadow of a Jupiter like object
as both approached another large anomaly…. Just an idea…. Another
idea… maybe it would be safer to travel in the proximity of an
rotating asteroid as it passes Earth. The magnetic field of the object
(n-bullet) might deflect cosmic rays or streams of plasma from the
sun??? Just an idea….
Spinning Coin
Minds Eye
In my mind I see a silver and black coin spinning. It never rests, it
always spins. Sometimes it is at a slow rotation, while other times it
is revolving so fast it looks like a blurred sphere. I remember this
from about five years ago when my mental health was slipping into a
manic phase. I was not well then, and developed and created fears for
myself that were not rational. I hope that the spinning coin does not
stop or disappear before I understand what has happened. I think it is
a defense mechanism to preoccupy my mind in a way that allows me to
interact with the world in a normal fashion. I wonder if this
illustrates a slight autism on my part. My nephew has autism and has a
fascination for anything that spins. Update: It doesn't really spin
all the time, only when I'm delusional, and that doesn't happen very
often…..
Seattle Opening
I wanted to test the ability of a population to identify itself with a
coin and the message that went with it. So… I painted one side of
about $100 worth of quarters red, and left the other side silver. I
spent two or three days wandering around Seattle between the Pike
Place Market and south of the Kingdome (when it was there) giving away
the painted coins, asking people to be good citizens… I was hoping
that people would sense the meaning with the coin, but that really
didn't work out. People just want the coins for a pack of cigarettes.
I was hoping that people would start ‘minting' their own coins and
pass them along… But that never happened. No experiment is a failure,
but this one just cost me a $100 bucks to learn a basic lesson in the
society we live in. People are attracted to material wealth and not
necessarily link their good fortune with anything but luck. As
evidenced by the growing number of casinos in our state.
At Large
When I lived in the Seattle area I suffered many manic attacks that
caused sleepless nights and sometimes behavior that was on the edge.
The only time that I got into trouble with the law was when I went to
Bellevue for a job interview. I was taking an experimental
anti-psychotic and some other medication. The Bellevue police pulled
me over for erratic driving and jumping a curb. I was trying to read
directions and was lost. They charged me with a DUI… The arresting
officers searched my car and found nothing, but arrested me none the
less. They felt that my medication might have been a factor, but after
waiting four hours and testing negative for the breathalyzer and
intoxication test I was released. The arresting officer was very upset
and gave me a misdemeanor citation in the mail; also forcing me to be
retested at a driver license office. Later, when I talked with my
psychiatrists I found that one of my medicines was in the same family
as Valium and that I probably had a toxic reaction which can cause
intoxication. I stopped taking the drug immediately and suffered
physical withdraw symptoms that lasted a week. Very much like a
horrible hangover. Everything worked out for the best, so no hard
feelings. Oh… I use to walk at night along a busy street…. For some
reason the Kent police stopped me several times to get my name and
find out what was up… Nothing happened from that…
Chained Thoughts
Having to endure a boring meeting all day long is not a trivial thing.
It challenges the thought process. You must compensate the droning of
the speaker with wicked critical thoughts, sometimes exposing those
thoughts to your peers. Even at the expense of having them laugh them
back at you. My current career is in a box. I can proceed with the new
order of the organization and be rewarded after many months with a new
assignment. Or I can take a chance…. I just had a mental breakdown for
three weeks, so the chance will have to be tampered somewhat. I want a
job that is creative and responsible…. I will give myself two months
and then go active with a job search.
Hive Mind
I can not see the ‘Hive Mind', directly in the human society, but I
can sense it. I am not part of this fantastic mind. It makes me a
little sad and somewhat lonely. I feel like the one-eyed man in the
kingdom of two-eyed people.
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