wil2k

There are universities which really combine programming with the humanities in an integrated study.

One that comes to mind is the University of Groningen in The Netherlands with the Information Science study they're offering:

"Information science is the branch of science that deals with the storage, processing and analysis of large amounts of data. The study of Information Science in Groningen focuses on information relevant to Arts: text, historical data and communication data.

During your studies you deal for instance with these questions:

* Can a computer perform automatic translation based on a large collection of examples?

* What is the best way to store historical data in a database?

* What are good ways for people to communicate with computers?

The study of Information Science in Groningen deals with theory, experiment and application."

http://www.rug.nl/let/onderwijs/afdelingen/informatiekunde/i...

Personally I think it's very good that there are studies which don't look at IT/programming in 'just' (not meant negatively, just not able to find a better word at the moment!) in the Computer Science way.

There are of course also studies which combine IT and Business/MBA-like courses.

Good, broadly developed backgrounds to have when going job-hunting IMHO. :)

There's also Cyclone which I've used with great success for some intranet sites. Like it very much and definitely worth checking out IMHO:

Cyclone is a low-level network toolkit, which provides support for HTTP 1.1 in an API very similar to the one implemented by the Tornado web server - which was developed by FriendFeed and later released as open source / free software by Facebook.

Key differences between Cyclone and Tornado

    * Cyclone is based on Twisted, hence it may be used as a webservice protocol for interconnection with any other protocol implemented in Twisted.
    * Localization is based upon the standard Gettext instead of the CSV implementation in the original Tornado. Moreover, it supports pluralization exactly like Tornado does.
    * It ships with an asynchronous HTTP client based on TwistedWeb, however, it's fully compatible with one provided by Tornado - which is based on PyCurl. (The HTTP server code is NOT based on TwistedWeb, for several reasons)
    * Native support for XMLRPC and JsonRPC. (see the rpc demo)
    * WebSocket protocol class is just like any other Twisted Protocol (i.e.: LineReceiver; see the websocket demo)
    * Support for sending e-mail based on Twisted Mail, with authentication and TLS, plus an easy way to create plain text or HTML messages, and attachments. (see the e-mail demo)
    * Built-in support for Redis, based on txredisapi. We usually need an in-memory caching server like memcache for web applications. However, we prefer redis over memcache because it supports more operations like pubsub, various data types like sets, hashes (python dict), and persistent storage. See the redis demo for details.
    * Support for HTTP Authentication. See the authentication demo for details.

Advantages of being a Twisted Protocol

    * Easy deployment of applications, using twistd.
    * RDBM support via: twisted.enterprise.adbapi.
    * NoSQL support for MongoDB (TxMongo) and Redis (TxRedisAPI).
    * May combine many more functionality within the webserver: sending emails, communicating with message brokers, etc...

https://github.com/fiorix/cyclone

It's simply time to think very much outside of the box and separate the wheat from the chaff in a truly scientific and unbiased way..

Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, also known as Cold Fusion: http://www.lenr-canr.org/

"Finding and facilitating breakthrough clean energy technologies."

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Main_Page

"In a July 9, 1998 keynote address at the Fifth International Conference on Composites Engineering in Las Vegas, Dr. Deborah D. L. Chung, professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University at Buffalo (UB), reported that she had observed apparent negative resistance in interfaces between layers of carbon fibers in a composite material. Professor Chung holds the Niagara Mohawk Chair in Materials Research at UB and is internationally recognized for her work in smart materials and carbon composites. The apparent negative resistance was observed in a direction perpendicular to the fiber layers. "

http://www.energyfromthevacuum.com/Disc3.htm

"The reflexive response from mainstream science about the possibility of producing free energy from the vacuum is that it is not possible as this would violate the second law of thermodynamics.

Over the last 20 years the absolute status of the second law has come under increased scrutiny, more than during any other period in its 180-year history. Since the early 1980's, roughly 50 papers representing over 20 challenges have appeared in the refereed scientific literature."

http://www.energyfromthevacuum.com/Disc8/index.html

Time to go back to the ORIGINAL work by Maxwell and dive into the quaternion notations and not follow the crippled rewritten version by Heaviside.

Except for the missing MP3 player:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_1100

Light, long long battery life and very robust. :)

(* Am using it in Europe, not sure about if it works on the frequencies in the U.S..)

Similar story and lessons as above here..

One more important tip that I'd like to add:

After all those years of stress, I had basically retrained my body to be chronically hyperventilating, something I didn't directly noticed when I was trying to recover.

Basically everyone has this idea of hyperventilation with someone holding a paper/plastic bag and gasping for air.. but it doesn't have to be that way.

You can be hyperventilating all the time, feel tired as h#ll, dizzy, stressed, anxiety etc.. without really noticing that you're breathing too fast because of a retrained/'stuck' breathing center!

Really, I was breathing like 20-25 times a minute in rest ..crazy, it's like riding a bicycle at >20 KM/h all day long!

It's very easy to check your breathing though. E.g. via the 'Control Pause' test from the Buteyko Method:

http://knol.google.com/k/buteyko-control-pause-cp#

It takes determination and time to learn how to breath properly again and unwind all that stored stress.

Currently back to breathing 6-14 times/min. at rest and already feeling sooo much better, happier, more energetic, sleep is much much better etc.

Proper breathing is wayyyyyy underrated. Every GP seems to follow the "you're stressed out? psychosomatic complaints? here have some $neurotransmitter_modifying_medicine" route without looking at the _real_ cause(s).

I can't think (memory still goes and comes..it sucks) of the famous ancient Greek who said it, but paraphrased:

"You cannot fix/heal anything if you don't know the underlying cause."

The rest is just the suppression of symptoms..

The problem is that the debt can only grow and grow and grow. Why? Because the government is not creating the money but borrowing it from the private banks..(the Federal Reserve is everything BUT 'federal') and the government needs to pay interest. That way, there's never enough money in existence to EVER pay of the debt, because the "debt" amount of money only exists.. not "debt + interest".

So, the interest monster will just get more hungry every year, month, day and second..

I was down voted for posting the following, but it truly hits the essence of the problem:

Watch this, it's awesome:

The Secret of Oz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qIhDdST27g

Quotes:

"What can government do? The sad answer is -- under the current monetary system -- nothing. It's not going to get better until the root of the problem is understood and addressed. There isn't enough stimulus money in the entire world to get us out of this hole.

"Why? Debt. The national debt is just like our consumer debt -- it's the interest that's killing us.

"Though most people don't realize it the government can't just issue it's own money anymore. It used to be that way. The King could just issue stuff called money. Abraham Lincoln did it to win the Civil War.

"No, today, in our crazy money system, the government has to borrow our money into existence and then pay interest on it. That's why they call it the National Debt. All our money is created out of debt. Politicians who focus on reducing the National Debt as an answer probably don't know what the National Debt really is. To reduce the National Debt would be to reduce our money -- and there's already too little of that.

"No, you have to go deeper. You have to get at the root of this problem or we're never going to fix this. The solution isn't new or radical. America used to do it. Politicians used to fight with big bankers over it. It's all in our history -- now sadly -- in the distant past.

"But why can't we just do it again? Why can't we just issue our own money, debt free? That, my friends, is the answer. Talk about reform! That's the only reform that will make a huge difference to everyone's life -- even worldwide.

"The solution is the secret that's been hidden from us for just over 100 years -- ever since the time when author L. Frank Baum wrote "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

And I was thinking that geeks were sticking to Search Engine Battle Raps... ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=search engine battle rap

The problems are wayyy older than 15 years ..

Watch this, it's awesome:

The Secret of Oz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qIhDdST27g

Quotes:

"What can government do? The sad answer is -- under the current monetary system -- nothing. It's not going to get better until the root of the problem is understood and addressed. There isn't enough stimulus money in the entire world to get us out of this hole.

"Why? Debt. The national debt is just like our consumer debt -- it's the interest that's killing us.

"Though most people don't realize it the government can't just issue it's own money anymore. It used to be that way. The King could just issue stuff called money. Abraham Lincoln did it to win the Civil War.

"No, today, in our crazy money system, the government has to borrow our money into existence and then pay interest on it. That's why they call it the National Debt. All our money is created out of debt. Politicians who focus on reducing the National Debt as an answer probably don't know what the National Debt really is. To reduce the National Debt would be to reduce our money -- and there's already too little of that.

"No, you have to go deeper. You have to get at the root of this problem or we're never going to fix this. The solution isn't new or radical. America used to do it. Politicians used to fight with big bankers over it. It's all in our history -- now sadly -- in the distant past.

"But why can't we just do it again? Why can't we just issue our own money, debt free? That, my friends, is the answer. Talk about reform! That's the only reform that will make a huge difference to everyone's life -- even worldwide.

"The solution is the secret that's been hidden from us for just over 100 years -- ever since the time when author L. Frank Baum wrote "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

English, Dutch, and some German, Frisian, Swedish, Italian and Czech. :+

They don't have to be extraterrestrial per se..

You might want to take e.g. a look at this excellent piece of literature:

Roswell and the Reich: The Nazi Connection

http://www.amazon.com/Roswell-Reich-Connection-Joseph-Farrel...

Or listen to some interviews: http://www.thebyteshow.com/JosephPFarrell.html

Looking at the other replies, this topic just begs for a reference to the work of Terence McKenna.

Especially to a speech like "The World & It's Double"

Terence McKenna: The World & It's Double - 1/11 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkUkGUY7hsY

It goes into subjects like boundary dissolution, how this is not something that some parties (governments, many religions, etc.) really like.

It also mentions how particular drugs (the ones that make you productive, e.g. caffeine) are the ones that are allowed. Not those which make you snap out of the standard Western materialistic view of the world:

"All the boundaries we put up to keep ourselves from feeling our circumstance are dissolved [when using psychedelics]. And boundary dissolution is the most threatening activity that can go on in a society. Government institutions become very nervous when people begin to talk to each other. The whole name of the Western game is to create boundaries and maintain them."

"The drugs that Western society has traditionally favored have either been drugs which maintain boundaries or drugs which promote mindless, repetitious physical activity on the assembly line, in the slave galley, on the slave-driven agricultural projects, in the corporate office, whatever it is."

I've once listened to this when I was in a skyscraper, looking at the world below.. seeing all those tiny people and vehicles move and pondering about this is really something that puts things in perspective.

Finally, although I don't use drugs/alcohol/caffeine myself.. I too cannot help wondering why one should not be allowed to experiment with ones own consciousness. Why not allow this in a legal, safe, special environment which watches over things?

Perhaps not all drugs are suitable for this, but let's not forget that drugs like DMT, which as McKenna describes give one 'the ride of a lifetime', are naturally occuring in our own bodies... yet they are one of the most illegal things out there.

Isn't that odd?

#daretoask, #questioneverything ;)

Indeed.

It would be very nice e.g. for Skyping on e.g. the couch to have a [web] cam in the device.. or when on the road/travelling. :)

Perhaps the feature I missed most when the device was released.

Indeed.. one of the patron saints for hackers IMHO. :)

Python + PyAMF behind a Flex interface. Soo nice! :)

#1 - MongoDB: see comments above. :) #2 - Redis: also see comments above. ;)

#3 - new to me: Twisted as a server framework; more specific Cyclone which is a Twisted-based clone of the Tornado server framework.

http://github.com/fiorix/cyclone/

Comes with built-in MongoDB (TxMongo) and Redis (TxRedisAPI) support too! :)

Another option is to use the Dutch version "vakidioot". ;-D

Once again "vak" is trade/profession/"subject area" and "idioot" means well idiot.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/dutch_to_english/other/833923-vaki...

Great websites to browse around.

I can only heavily recommend the "did you know" [ http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/didyouknow.html ] and "fast facts" [ http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/fastfacts.html ] pages.

It makes one truly appreciate and wonder about the amazing accomplishments of this machine (and it's sister, Voyager 2) and the men and women who made this 'grand tour' mission possible.

Sometimes I've wished I was born a few decades earlier so I could have been a part of the team that really pushed mankind's space boundaries and knowledge.

With sound money management, this whole thing could have been avoided..

You're correct zephyrfalcon. People get the same kind of health care, no matter if they earn a lot or not much compared to others.

Wow, didn't know that Wesley Snipes almost played Geordi La Forge. :D

Does anyone know who the lady + episode on this photo is?

http://slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2010/image...

So familiar, but I just can't recall it..

Nothing new, just read the work of e.g. Joseph P. Farrell and prepare to be amazed.

I've had the experience of getting completely stuck on a coding problem, wrecking my brain for 3 long work days.

When did I see the solution?

At the end of day 3 when I was cycling home, right at the moment I was crossing a very busy and dangerous road.

It's amazing how the mind works and you'll always remember that moment. This particular moment was 10 years ago.

Anyone else waking up at 3-4 AM and knowing exactly what 1 to change into a 0 or the other way around in 50K lines of code and suddenly getting things to work in the desired way? :D

Our brains are coding, compiling and testing in the background all the time. ;)

Hmm, all those different stories.. this is the thing I saw passing by @ Urbansurvival.com

Wednesday November 10, 2010

Missile Firing Solved?

The reader who sent in the link to the Notices ot Mariners Report found this entry which may explain the missile launch

earlier this week from SoCal waters near Catalina Island. Check this out from Page 55 of the current Notice to Mariners report ( http://164.214.12.45/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/UNT... ):

    "434/10(18).
    EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
    CALIFORNIA.
    MISSILES.
    1. INTERMITTENT MISSILE FIRING OPERATIONS 0001Z TO 2359Z
    DAILY MONDAY THRU SUNDAY IN THE NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
    SEA RANGE. THE MAJORITY OF MISSILE FIRINGS TAKE PLACE
    1400Z TO 2359Z AND 0001Z TO 0200Z DAILY MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
    IN AREA BOUND BY
    34-02N 119-04W, 33-52N 119-06W, 33-29N 118-37W,
    33-20N 118-37W, 32-11N 120-16W, 31-54N 121-35W,
    35-09N 123-39W, 35-29N 123-00W, 35-57N 121-32W,
    34-04N 119-04W.
    2. VESSELS MAY BE REQUESTED TO ALTER COURSE WITHIN THE ABOVE
    AREA DUE TO FIRING OPERATIONS AND ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT
    PLEAD CONTROL ON 5081.5 MHZ (5080 KHZ) OR 3238.5 KHZ (3237 KHZ)
    SECONDARY OR 156.8 MHZ (CH 16) OR 127.55 MHZ BEFORE ENTERING
    THE ABOVE BOUNDARIES AND MAINTAIN CONTINUOUS GUARD WHILE
    WITHIN THE RANGE.
    3. VESSELS INBOUND AND OUTBOUND FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PORTS
    WILL CREATE THE LEAST INTERFERENCE TO FIRING OPERATIONS
    DURING THE SPECIFIC PERIODS, AS WELL AS ENHANCE THE VESSEL'S SAFETY WHEN PASSING THROUGH THE VICINITY OF THE SEA RANGE
    IF THEY WILL TRANSIT VIA THE SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL AND WITHIN
    NINE MILES OFFSHORE VICINITY OF POINT MUGU OR CROSS THE AREA
    SOUTHWEST OF SAN NICOLAS ISLAND BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE.

Still got one. :)

It has an awesome design and it can also be seen in some movies (names don't come to mind though, but I've seen them), e.g. painted in some fancy color. :)

I know what you mean. I once had a tour at a Volkswagen factory. It was jaw dropping and amazing how well thought out all processes were planned and managed.

One of my favorite simulator websites! The electronic circuits alone: http://www.falstad.com/circuit/e-index.html

Awesome!

Ah yeah... "The Lady".. :D

Instant flashbacks to Jan-Michael Vincent .. Ernest Borgnine .. Alex Cord (and his cute assistants ;D) ... jeeps ... Valley of the Gods ... eagles .. a cello ... and of course that awesome and super long intro of the first episode with that lizard falling/rolling from the front wheel of the helicopter when it takes off.

As you can notice, the show did make an impression on this 5 year old in the 80's. ;D

Thank you for bringing back the memories! :)

I can only agree. A truly amazing man! Sadly not nearly mentioned enough in study books and lectures though..

Indeed.

If this conclusion is extrapolated, what's next? pedophiles looking at pictures of naked children e.g. to make sure they don't have bruises because of abuse by their parents!?? Then such a person can claim not to look at those pictures for for "bad reasons", to give a more extreme example..

Very, very worrying conclusion.