Archive for November, 2003

Free, Energy!

Monday, November 3rd, 2003

Doncha just love conspiracies? I sure do. I especially like the one where the government sprays polymers into the atmosphere (contrails) during solar storms to generate massive energy for Project HAARP. Heck, they may even be able to induce CMEs by now. All conspiracies are connected, of course, and this one explains why Alaska was ever “bought” by the U.S. in the first place. Ever wonder why all that oil remains virtually untapped while we squander a huge part of our GNP on foreign hydrocarbons? Can you say Aurora Borealis? Tesla knew about this stuff. He was a Freemason, and was only expanding on the discoveries of the ancient Egyptians, who got it from UFOs.

We wouldn’t have to use the contrails if we had more geographical influence, obviously (this was the original goal of Freemasonry, natch). But, limited to N. America, Australia, and parts of Europe, we need more “nodes” to gain enough efficiencies to generate without the polymer “boosters.”

What would we use all this free energy for? Planetary defense? World domination? Only a very few people know. And they seem to be in a big hurry.

Mac Eye for the Windows Guy

Monday, November 3rd, 2003

Amusing. (The Joy of Tech!) Dig the rainbow Apple logo. What were they thinking?

Hyper Cow - caffeinated milk

Monday, November 3rd, 2003

(Pioneer Press): “There is as much caffeine and sugar as in a can of regular Coke and a lot more calories. But the main ingredient is 2 percent milk.”

Just think how jittery those poor cows must be.

Geeks’ Future Triumph?

Monday, November 3rd, 2003

(Amazon.com): “Filled with blueprints, sketches and line drawings, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual explains the principles behind everything from the transporter to the holodeck–and takes an incredible look at the brand-new Enterprise.”

I was browsing through this at BN this weekend. It was a bit nostalgic for me, because in the fourth I owned a copy of the original “tech manual” (used to trace infinite numbers of geeky Shrinky-Dinks). It’s amazing to me the amount and depth of thought put into these “designs,” and it made me wonder, if the technology suddenly existed to manufature these spacecraft, wouldn’t it make sense to apply some, if not all, of the design and ergonomic principles from science fiction?

I bet designs like the Enterprise will be self-fulfilling. All the groundwork has been laid, even if those laying the ground haven’t.