Gender: Female
Status: Married
Age: 38
City: Guatay
State: California
Country: US
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February 1, 2010 - Monday
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Current mood:  naughty
Category: News and Politics
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I can't seem to leave some news stories alone...
The New New Math
You've got to love this.
Things on Pennsylvania Avenue aren't going very well, so now we're getting the old smoke and mirrors approach.
I have two advanced degrees in mathematics. They are both in theoretical math that actually has little to do with the everyday world we are all used to. I think of them more as "party tricks" than anything else. For example...
Anyone who remembers high school geometry knows that the sum of the three angles forming a triangle is always 180 degrees. Right? Wrong. I can draw you a perfect triangle where the three angles are each 90 degrees. Or where they are each 10 degrees. I can also show you the square root of a negative number. I can teach you to multiply by nine using your fingers. One thing I can't do for you is to divide infinity by zero.
Anyway...
The thing is, to get my degrees I had to take more mundane math classes, like algebra, calculus, and statistics. Yeah, I know about that real-world stuff, too.
There is an unwritten law of statistics. I'm not sure if it even has an actual name, but you will never see this law in a textbook on statistics. I think I'm going to call it "Melodee's Law of Political Statistics", or M-LoPS for short.
M-LoPS states:
Using traditional statistics and given enough data, you can prove anything, no matter how wrong it is.
And that, my friends, is exactly what's happening here.
Unemployment is not our fault and we can't fix it! See? We have the numbers to prove it!
Sure you do, Mr. Obama.
Killer Cats
Is there any normal person out there who owns animals that is actually surprised by this?
I own a small herd of cats and one dog, and this is a non-story to me.
My animals all know when I'm not feeling good. Same for when the kids are sick. The animals know that something is wrong, and they will try to take care of us.
I think Oscar was doing the same thing.
He sensed that people were near death, and he tried to take care of them.
Why?
I have no idea, nor do I care.
It simply is what it is.
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February 1, 2010 - Monday
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Current mood:  aroused
Category: Writing and Poetry
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January 31, 2010 - Sunday
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Current mood:  flirty
Category: Life
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Well, my husband Jack and I had quite the surprise this morning. Before I get to that part, I need to say a few things for those of you who can hear...
I'm deaf as a doorknob. I'm not too sure why a doorknob is any deafer that some other piece of hardware, but you know what I mean. I read lips and use sign language with those who know it. Sometimes I can gesture and get my point across to non-signing people, like when I raise my middle finger.
The problem is that lip reading is an imperfect art. People's pronunciation, facial hair, big floppy lips, dentures, and a ton of other variables can make it hard to read someone's lips. Sometimes, even after all of these years of reading lips, I get something wrong or I miss what they say completely.
Now, back to the surprise...
This morning, an old friend of Jack's dropped by to visit for a while. He did, however, have a reason for stopping by...he's getting married and he wants Jack to be his Best Man. That's not too surprising, though. Dave (not his real name) and Jack have known each other for more thirty years. They spent some time together in the SEALs, and became close. They are within a few months of being the same age, around 49.
The first surprise was that we didn't even know that Dave was seeing anyone. He told us a little about her, and we found out that he had met the woman on one of the many web sites that cater to matching up men with women from Eastern Europe, in this case, from the Ukraine. Elena (also not her real name) and Dave had been trading E-Mail, phone calls, letters, and at least half a dozen trips by Dave to see her in Odessa.
OK, I'm not so sure about the mail-order-bride web sites, but Dave sounded like he really liked Elena, and if something works, who am I to disagree?
Jack asked Dave to tell us some more about Elena. That's when the problems with reading lips started...
Dave smiled, and I saw him sigh just a little. "She's gorgeous. Blonde hair, blue eyes, nineteen..."
I know I had to have looked puzzled, and I felt Jack tense up a little where I hand my hand resting on his thigh. As casually as I could, I signed against Jack's leg, "Did he say ninety?"
Jack took my hand in his and signed back, "No. One, nine."
I still don't know what makes my mind work the way it does. The very first thing that popped into my head was, "Hmpf. Elena won't be able to have a drink of champagne at the wedding reception." Yeah, I know...there are lot bigger issues other than Elena not being able to drink, and we got to those.
Jack started off by attacking Dave for "robbing the cradle" and all the rest. Dave stood fast and said that he and Elena are in love. Jack pointed out the difference between being in love and being in heat. Dave said that he had already thought about all of that. Jack then pointed out that Dave and Elena, being more than thirty years apart in age, would likely have nothing in common in terms of tastes in music, movies, and a host of other matters. Dave said those were all just details that could be worked out.
I tickled Jack's thigh to get his attention and signed, "Baby, it's their choice, not yours."
We conversed in silence for a few minutes, Dave just watching us and knowing that we were "talking".
I have only known Dave for maybe six years, but he looked more relaxed and happier than I can ever remember seeing him. That observation made me think about a romance novel...
A good romance story always ends with a Happily Ever After. Always. No exceptions. The thing is that Ever After may not be forever, or even as long as we think it is. The point is that the couple (or larger group) is happy and together at the end of the story. What happens after that, or in the next book, is entirely open to the vagrancies of time and space.
Do Dave and Elena deserve anything less?
Maybe it won't work. Maybe it will. If I knew the answer to that, I'd be making an easy killing in the stock market instead of busting my hump writing.
But they deserve a chance to find out for themselves how things go.
So, in April, Jack and I are going to Odessa with Dave. Jack will stand up for Dave, and if all of the paperwork gets done, the new couple will come back home with us.
The rest of the story has yet to be written.
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January 31, 2010 - Sunday
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Current mood:  sweaty
Category: News and Politics
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I can't seem to leave some news stories alone...
See How They Run
I'm really not going to get into how the political parties are scrambling around now looking for votes, nor am I going to get into the concept of politics of the possible. At least no more than I need to get into them in order to make a point.
Ignoring all of the politics, this is a good idea. The simple fact is that we need nuclear power plants. If we don't get them, a lot of very bad things are going to happen...like freezing to death in the dark.
But Mr. Obama's motivations for this new position are clear, and they have nothing to do with saving our standard of living or lives or jobs.
Anyway...
I would love to see the world powered by so-called "alternative energy". Solar (passive and active), geothermal, wind, hydroelectric (several types), and other systems show promise, but they all show future promise. None of them are viable on a large scale right now and will probably need decades of work before they are much more than sales hype.
Right now, we have only a handful of viable options...
Fossil Fuel Systems: Again avoiding political hype and myths, the pollution caused by large scale systems burning oil just can't possibly be good for people. We need a new way of doing things, but the fact is that we know how to do this at a reasonable cost and, contrary to political statements, there are several thousand years of reserves still in the ground. We can do this one right now, but it may not be the best choice.
Hydroelectric Systems: Here I'm talking mostly about dams and pumped storage facilities. We have the ability to build dams for electrical generation systems on a wide range of scales. There are about 80,000 dams in the US, but only about 3% of those are used to generate electricity. Granted, most of those dams could generate only tiny amounts of power, but it all adds up. A typical home needs about 48KW of electricity. If each of those 80,000 dams could generate only 500KW, we could power just under a million homes. Hydroelectric systems are clean and efficient. And we can do this now.
Nuclear Systems: The big thing is that we can do this right now. We don't have to wait 20+ years for the technology to mature. Yes, there are issues, and the biggest is what to do with the waste products. The fact of the matter is that the waste can be stored safely until we decide on a way to deal with it. Past that, nuclear is clean, cheap, and horrendously efficient.
I'm not saying that nuclear power is the final solution, because it's not. It's that whole waste disposal thing. But nuclear buys us some time to do two things...
One: We can research and develop solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, and other systems. About the time the nuclear plants are reaching the end of their operating life, these new, better systems will be coming online.
Two: We can decide what to do with the waste products.
The keys to making all of this work are pretty simple...keep everything in perspective and plan ahead. Sadly, both of these behaviors are sorely lacking on both sides of the aisle in Washington. Politicians want to blow everything out of proportion and they can't see anything beyond the next election.
Idiots.
All of that said, I oppose Mr. Obama's plan. Read it.
It is a game of power politics, and it won't help the country or the people. In fact, it will do just the opposite...
Energy will become more expensive and the supply will shrink.
In other words, we're screwed and we're not going to get kissed.
Gee...You Really Think So?
Let me ask you something...
One of your kids goes to school, steals another kid's homework, puts their own name on the paper, and then turns it in to the teacher. Somehow, your kid gets caught doing this. Everyone knows what your kid did...your kid, the other kid, the teacher, the principal, you, everyone.
And everyone decides to give your kid an A+ for the paper.
Now, what lesson have we just taught to your kid?
Let me spell this out for you...
If you reward bad behavior, you will get more bad behavior.
Any questions?
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January 30, 2010 - Saturday
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Current mood: mischievous
Category: News and Politics
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I can't seem to leave some news stories alone...
Dumb And Dumber
Oh, boy. Here we go!
A bunch of politicians who can't pronounce or spell the words used in the field are now making decisions based on their ignorance.
So what else is new, right?
The idea of going to the moon to build a permanent base was stupid. It would serve no purpose and would simply be a black hole in space to pour money into.
"But," you say, "What about all the minerals and stuff on the moon? What about using the moon as a jumping off point to go on to Mars?"
OK, Senator, stay with me here...I'll use small words and type slowly...
Yes, there are minerals and "stuff" on the moon. The problem is that there isn't enough to make it worth the cost of going after it. You have to get equipment and, maybe, personnel to the moon, then you have to get the product to Earth. Both trips are expensive. Far more expensive that a few million tons of, let's say, diamonds. It's worse when the product is something like copper. It's just not cost effective.
Then again, that's never stopped Washington before.
"...a jumping off point to go onto Mars..."?? What? Are you daft??? There's less on Mars than there is on the moon, and it costs a LOT more to go to Mars! Why, in God's name, would we want to go to Mars?
And I don't want to hear the crap about because it's there. Sheesh. What a copout of a position.
Besides, with current technology or anything that we can reasonably expect in the next two decades, the odds for astronauts on a Mars mission are about 1:300 or so...for them to survive the trip. In other words, we can't do it now and we probably can't do it anytime soon.
And still more besides, it's more efficient to go from Earth to Mars directly than to use the moon as a base. The orbital mechanics are pretty clear if you care to work them out. HINT: Use Newtonian calculations...they are easier than Einsteinian and have less than a 0.5% error.
That's why giving up the moon return is a good idea.
Now let me tell you why giving up the moon return is a bad idea...
Remember that black hole in space to pour money into? Well, there's a bigger money pit in space...
We call it the International Space Station, or ISS.
I wish someone could tell me what purpose the ISS serves. Well, other than sucking up dollars. The thing can't actually do anything! What little science they do on the ISS could be done faster and at 1/100th of the cost using labs on the ground or unmanned systems.
The best thing we could do with the ISS is to abandon it and use it for target practice.
But...
We're going to dump even more money into the Schwarzschild radius of the black hole and watch it spiral in until the cash winks out of our universe. Pooph!
Stupid ideas all.
Why am I not surprised?
Hello? Is There Any Intelligent Life Down Here?
Obviously not.
This particular group of degreed morons clearly don't understand basic grade school physics.
Anyone care to tell me the problem with their reasoning?
For a hint, watch the movie Contact,
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January 28, 2010 - Thursday
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Current mood:  horny
Category: News and Politics
I can't seem to leave some news stories alone...
Blow Job
I'm not sure why, but this is a sad story.
It's also 100% pure crap.
Notice that the new "record" was during a tropical storm.
Now, it that fair?
Giant Carrots
This is promising research, but I see a problem...
Just how will we know that the DNA of a particular creature doesn't belong here?
I can think of no way to be sure. We could get as close as a "maybe", but not to certainty.
And who knows what the section title is referring to?
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January 26, 2010 - Tuesday
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Current mood:  amused
Category: Life
Sometimes I wonder about myself. Well, at least about my own sanity.
I was sitting here at my desk doing some writing, and my mind started to wander a bit. I ended up thinking about some of my business associates and staffers. They are an odd bunch to say the least.
I have a right-wing extremist. In high school, she was probably voted "Most Likely to Park a Truck Full of Fertilizer and Diesel Fuel in Front of a Federal Building".
I have an ex-Navy SEAL and former Secret Service Agent. He has no sense of humor. None. Nada. But I can get him to smile once in a while, but I had to marry him to make that happen.
I have a "retired" stripper. At least I think she's retired. She still has the looks and body to dance. She's got more moving parts than an old Rolex.
I have a high school dropout who learned everything he knows from his mother, and he's better than she was before she retired.
I have a lawyer who's certified to plead before the US Supreme Court and refers to the justices as, "...a bunch of monkeys dressed in robes..."
I have a woman who is a former professional football player. She played a couple of years in some kind of league in Europe where they played wearing nothing but cleats, shoulder pads, and lingerie. In the US, it's now the Lingerie Football League. I think they wear helmets now.
I have a retired Naval Aviator (don't even think about calling him a "Navy Pilot"!) flying a jumbo jet that he thinks is an FA-18 Hornet.
I've got one little girl who thinks she's Queen of the World. For all I know, she may be right. At least her dad treats her that way.
And there's another little girl who will probably be the one to figure out the Grand Unification Theory. She may be an alien.
Just to keep the left and right balanced, I have a card-carrying member of the socialist party.
Again for the sake of balance, I have at least one of each of the following: Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindi, LDS, Buddhist, atheist, and agnostic.
You can't say we're not diversified here!
Despite all of this diversity, we still manage to actually get things done.
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January 25, 2010 - Monday
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Current mood:  intense
Category: News and Politics
I can't seem to leave some news stories alone...
Smack
No, not heroine.
Asteroids.
I know, I know...I've harped about this before, but I need to do it again.
There are a number of ways that the human race could go extinct. A few of them are:
(1) War, Probably Nuclear. This is doubtful. The big nuclear powers capable of destroying the planet are too scared to actually do it. The countries who have nuclear weapons and have an inclination to use them only have a few very small weapons.
(2) Climate Change. Sure. Something has to be real for it to kill you. This isn't.
(3) Disease. Also doubtful. It might reduce the population to something reasonable, but it probably won't kill us all.
(4) Object Impact. Yeah, this is the one most likely to get us.
I'd like you to visit the Earth Impacts Effects Program hosted by the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona. This is a calculator that will tell the results of an impact of an object on the Earth.
Now, let's put in the following ..
Distance From Impact This is how far you are away from the impact site. Enter 50 Km (about 31 miles).
Projectile Diameter This is how big around the object is. Enter 150 meters (about 492 feet). Only about 15% of these objects have been found.
Projectile Density This is how "hard" the object is. Since most smaller objects like the one we are looking at are iron, enter 8000 kg/m^3.
Impact Velocity This is how fast the object is moving when it hits the Earth's atmosphere. We'll assume an average speed here, so enter 17 km/sec (about 38,000 MPH). Yeah, that's fast.
Impact Angle This is the angle to the ground that the object comes in at. We'll assume an average angle here, so enter 45 degrees.
Target Type This is what the object hits. Odds are that it will hit water, but let's look at it hitting a city. Most coastal cities (there are more of those than non-coastal) are on sedimentary rock, so select that radio button.
Now, before you hit Calculate Effects, think about this...500 feet isn't all that big. That isn't even a tenth of a mile. But, the rock is VERY massive and it's moving VERY fast. A rock like ours here would weigh about 14,130,000,000 kilograms. That's 15,575,659 tons! Remember that inertia, the energy contained in an object, is a function of its mass (very large) and its speed (also very large), so we have a lot of energy in this small rock.
OK, click Calculate Effects.
I'm just going to point out a few details of the impact for you. You can read the rest on your own.
This rock will release the same energy as 466 megatons of TNT. The nuclear bombs used in Japan were less than 1/500 of that energy. A typical modern nuclear weapon releases about 20 megatons of energy.
The crater will be nearly 2.5 miles in diameter and a quarter mile deep.
Now, remember that you're 30 miles from the impact...you will be hit with a blast of heat that is more than ten times what you get from the sun less than a second after the impact. About ten seconds after the impact, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake will hit you. Then, 101 seconds after the impact, rocks the size of softballs will fall from the sky. And lastly, about 2.5 minutes after impact, a blast of wind at 85 MPH will hit.
Scared yet?
You should be.
Read the article. We know where maybe 15% of the rocks like this one are right now.
Want to have some fun? Go back to the calculator and enter the date for the "Dinosaur Killer" from 65-million years ago...
Use a diameter about six miles (9660 meters) for a dense rock object. You can leave all the other variables as above.
Notice that your position 50 Km away is inside the crater.
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January 25, 2010 - Monday
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Current mood:  cold
Category: News and Politics
I can't seem to leave some news stories alone...
Space For Rent
No, this isn't going to be a blonde joke.
I think these guys may be on the right track...all they need is a reliable launch platform, and they're in business.
No pun intended.
Think about it...
Instead of pumping billions of dollars into research and development for a space station, you just rent one from these folks. The modular design is so bloody flexible that you could do anything.
Unlike the International Space Station (ISS) that can't do anything at all other than waste money.
Don't get me started on that!
On the other hand, what did one blonde astronaut say to the other blonde astronaut?
"Who's this Roger guy and how much money does he have?"
I never said it would be a good joke!
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January 21, 2010 - Thursday
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Current mood:Wet
Category: News and Politics
I can't seem to leave some news stories alone...
Enough Is Enough
Are any of you out there scientists? Odds are, you're not. You may have a degree that has the word "science" in it, like "political science" (there's an oxymoron for you), but I would really be surprised if anyone reading this is an actual scientist.
That means that most—if not all—of you may not truly understand how the "scientific method" works. Or at least how it is supposed to work...
In a nutshell, you gather data, formulate your theory, publish your theory along with the raw data, wait for others to reproduce your results and gather more data, invite debate on your theory, and make needed changes. In other words, you make the theory fit the observed data.
Not the other way around.
So, when are people going to see the bad science in the climate change myth?
We KNOW that the political scientists (not a degree but a position) altered, withheld, and manipulated data to make it fit their theory. We KNOW that no one has been able to reproduce the results. We KNOW that anyone who points out the problems is scuttled and buried under political (not scientific) attacks.
There is no question that the climate is changing. That is not at issue. What is in question are three key points about climate change:
(1) How Much Is The Climate Changing? The evidence is that it is changing very little. Read the linked article. Due to an "innocent" transposition of numbers, the glaciers will be gone in three-hundred years, not the thirty years that has been widely touted.
(2) How Fast Is The Climate Changing? See above. The process looks slower than the myth projects.
(3) What Is Causing The Climate Change? It's not man. Odds are best, if you like to bet, that the change is a normal cycle that we see over and over again in the geologic and fossil record.
The entire Global Warming myth is built on bad science, inadvertent mistakes, outright lies, and hysteria.
That said, we DO need to look at things. We must answer numbers one and two above. If the climate is changing quickly and drastically, we need to get ready.
And to do that, we need to get the mystics and politicians out of the science so the real scientists can do their work.
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Inquisitor Betrayer
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Space Elevator
By Inquisitor Betrayer
Release date: 2006-09-26 |
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