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Alaska
Jan 31, 2005 10:31:29 GMT -5
Post by Original Admin on Jan 31, 2005 10:31:29 GMT -5
How many people on the planet earth can honestly say they know a man like you?
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Alaska
Jan 31, 2005 6:52:27 GMT -5
Post by Original Admin on Jan 31, 2005 6:52:27 GMT -5
"If you, right now, had to survive on your own without any tools, phone, clothes, weapons, shoes, and couldn't go to safety ever again, what would you do?"
I wouldnt be in that situation in the first place........
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Alaska
Jan 31, 2005 6:50:24 GMT -5
Post by Original Admin on Jan 31, 2005 6:50:24 GMT -5
I had to delete my bad language from last night.
Sorry about that.
Doc, if anyone ever had a life story to tell, then its you. And noone can challenge that - for certain.
For some reason I get the impression that you did it the hardest way you could Doc.
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Alaska
Jan 31, 2005 0:57:06 GMT -5
Post by Original Admin on Jan 31, 2005 0:57:06 GMT -5
Can I ask you your age Doc?
How old are you?
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Alaska
Jan 30, 2005 22:57:32 GMT -5
Post by Original Admin on Jan 30, 2005 22:57:32 GMT -5
Doc? Can you tell me how it all started and how it turned out?
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 30, 2005 23:17:36 GMT -5
If billy boy says its going down, and we make the assumption that billy boy is a game player, then the dollar will go up. Yes - dont ever be a consumer over time. Let others do the consuming and borrowing.
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 26, 2005 12:08:21 GMT -5
Sounds good - whatever you got then - thats what I get with Valium, conked out, no memory of events or pain - nothing - no need for needles and all that rubbish. (Although I get the feeling that for the next set of treatment the dentist is probably going to try my nerves out without V - so Im avoiding going Just a sensation of coming round all of a sudden and babbling a bit (although I dont know what about) I'm sure you'll get the steak in good time. Dentists - my worst nightmare - youve been through it. Hero. I'll just keep avoiding I think.....
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 26, 2005 9:57:00 GMT -5
Doc - well done. Was the IV drip Valium? Ive had that - good stuff for sure
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Post by Original Admin on Feb 11, 2005 13:09:47 GMT -5
I reckon so Stefan. Basically just chill out and get on with it.
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Post by Original Admin on Feb 11, 2005 10:29:06 GMT -5
Isnt that something to do with like - a cat - schrodingers (not sure about the spelling).
The cat in the box is allowed to be both dead and alive, until the box is opened, and then the onlooker makes it what it is by seeing it.
It is neither dead or alive until the box is opened.
I made a new window frame for the garage earlier in the week - VERY VERY relaxing to be away from the PC for a couple of days.
Sawing up the wood and banging round the garage - I didnt think about space once - makes a change.
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 31, 2005 7:44:08 GMT -5
Cheers Agatenut,
Just to let you know, I watched a program the other night - all about e=mc2.
Fission etc.
I real blinder about how much energy can be obtained from such a small amout of matter.
(note we call it "matter").
Anyway - the program went and focussed on the atom bomb and Einstiens part in it (which was minimal beyond the letter to the president (rosevelt spx10)
Shame really as i was more desperate to learn about nuclear fission than why Nagasaki got the whack.
Think I understood it though - a neutron with no charge makes the plutonium atom unstable. The Neutron doesnt want anything to do with the plutonium atom, but it has no choice in the matter.
There is no deflective magnetic field between the neutron and the plutonium atom, as there is when you use an electron, so the bugger sticks to the atom and makes it unstable, breaks it open, and releases two more neutrons in the process (which then go off and slam into more atoms thus the Chain Reaction).
I was left wondering about the famous "E=MC2" equation though by the end of the program. I wish I could take it as "red" but I cant.
I cannot quite see why Energy has to be equavalent to anything to do with the speed of light.
E=M - well I can sit with that, fine.
But I cannot and indeed I **hate** the inclusion of the speed of light in problems relating to mass and energy.
I will probably get laughed at, but c is an EFFECT in my view. It isnt the be all and end all, it just cant go any faster because X will stall it.
See where Im coming from?
And X we know nothing about - just like we know nothng about what happened before the big bang.
Yes - I can see and indeed - have proof - of the amount of energy released in a chain reaction inside an unstable quantity such as uranium or plutonium.
Where does C come in? There is no mention if C in an atomic chain reaction is there?
Einstien was clever for sure - but Im sorry - what the heckers has C got to do with anything?
He challenged everything he was ever asked. So will I, and in doing so i challenge him.
He focussed too much on C. Way too much.
C IS AN *****EFFECT*****. THATS ALL. ITS NOT THE RULER.
I wish he was alive today so I could question him and contradict him.
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 28, 2005 12:36:33 GMT -5
Wish I were - agatenut - maybe i'd get a clearer clue of whats around me. As it is - I'm just treading water - but the search is fun. Should be a bit clearer after my friday night beers and contemplations (probably not )
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 26, 2005 9:55:03 GMT -5
P-Branes I hear now....in Hawkings Universe in a Nutshell.
Dam I think theres more reading to do.
I havent got a clue what its all about - the blue lace is almost done though - back to earth - one or two more days, you know how it is when you think maybe that "just one extra" day could be worth it........
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 22, 2005 0:03:54 GMT -5
The worse thing about GR and Space in general is that nobody is interested. I find it interesting in itself that noone wants to know how the universe works. Even my best friends have told me to shut up when it comes down to examining space (big bang, planets, stars, fusion, fission, quantum theory etc). I dont understand why they dont want to know whats going on around them. Oh well. I'm happy in my search anyway.
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 21, 2005 23:42:44 GMT -5
Oh no - I did 5 hours studying today on General Relativity. In particular - I'm still searching for absolute evidence that spacetime is warped by Gravity. I'm getting a bit frustrated by examining the known effects of Gravity - which are indeed described perfectly even down to the precession of the elliptical orbital path of Mercury by 1 degree every 8000 years. But I still believe that theres no proof that spacetime is curved. Newton described his laws of motion without knowning what gravity actually was, and he was almost correct, then E comes along and builds on that and puts gravity down to the bending of space. His predictions are 100% correct and fit all observations to date. But I cannot read anywhere still what is physically being bent, and whether it is actually **being** bent. All I read about is effects. For an example of my problem, consider this. An apple falls from a tree. Ok, both N and E can see the apple fall, so can we. N says it falls, and this is how it falls. FINE E says it falls, and this is how it falls. FINE but, **and** it falls because space is bent. N clearly only says it falls. (and is correct - it does indeed fall - and N says it falls at this speed and this acceleration rate etc.) E says the same, but also he thinks he knows **why** it falls at this speed and acceleration rate etc.) However - both guys say virtually the same thing, (in the case of the apple), but I suggest that a) Newton admitted he had no idea what caused it to fall (he just said its down to "gravity" but I dont know what that is). b) Einstein says I know what it is - space is bent. Can you see what I mean? Both guys describe the same, one doesnt know how to describe the **force** which caused it, one says he does know - but neither has absolute proof. I maintain that Einstien only describes **effects** better than Newton, but does not **prove** that spacetime is bent. If anyone knows any papers which describe "gravity" in any way other than by **effect** I would appreciate a posting here. I'd like to discount in advance any papers on :- Gravitational Lensing Precession of orbital paths Time Dilation Light Cone Deviation As they are all just simple examples of **effect**. I would - believe it or not - like to be wrong, and I would like E to be correct, but E died unable to combine GR with Quantum Mechanics, and I firmly, at this time, believe that this was because he was barking up the wrong tree with his in grained ideas that spacetime is bent. In summary - at the moment. Spacetime is NOT BENT by gravity. The effects are caused by an unknown force acting on objects. I would like to believe Spacetime IS BENT as it makes things easy, but theres no proof. All is smooth.
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 22, 2005 0:26:16 GMT -5
Llanago - Agree - the separated functions of nortons software (in this case Internet Security) arent (so far as Im aware) available on AVG (soz to nitpick but its AVG not AGV just incase anyone does a search engine query).
I'm not totally sure what the "attacks" I get reported on nortons Internet Security are in detail, it comes up with messages like "IP address has attempted to back door trojen me" etc etc.
I guess I'll be wanting to retain that part of Norton.
hmmm - good thread on PC security - what do other people use?
To be honest my biggest problem is spam email still. I get about 4000 spams per month at the moment.
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 21, 2005 23:51:36 GMT -5
Sands, I can't see how they can produce such a high quality product for nothing either.
I've had it for over 9 months under XP Home and it runs like a dream. In particular I'm totally impressed with its integration with Outlook - scanning both inbound and outbound emails and marking them as scanned.
It was originally recommended to me by a friend who has a computer business of his own, Ive known the guy (Neal) for about 18 years so I didnt question him - I just installed it.
It doesnt interfere with anthing youve got running on your PC already, no conflicts nothing.
Good product, and I dont even mention norton or mac anymore to anyone with a home based PC. (Mcafee I always associate with server side protection anyway as it stands).
Yup - everyone should get AVG for sure.
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 21, 2005 22:58:54 GMT -5
Sands,
It's a superb package, i've got it installed, and I install it on the PCs of "friends and family" aswell when they ask me what antivirus software they should buy. I just say "why buy when this is available at the moment."
I use Norton aswell, but have had problems updating when the year runs out due to bugs. So I wont be updating anymore - just sticking with AVG.
It also integrates with Outlook perfectly.
Yup - good package in my experience with it.
Andy
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 28, 2005 23:14:47 GMT -5
Yes KrazyDiamond, time does indeed march on.
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 22, 2005 0:37:27 GMT -5
Go on Cookie and Michael - definately keep at it - my younger brother Derek - "D" i call him, packed up a bit ago (probably 3 months now) he used patches and gum to help him with the cravings etc, I'm watching how he is and he doesnt seem in the slightest bothered hes stopped - well hes not irritated, but he is definately proud of himself and rubbing it in me!!!!!. The more people I see that can do it - the more determined I get to pack it in also. I need help
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