Hehe, Nice spin. But read a little further in the article.
Al Gore's contributions to the internet
While consistently supported funding for agencies involved in science and technology, such as the National Science Foundation and for NASA, Gore also began to give speeches and hold hearings in support of high-performance computing and networking. In 1987, for instance, Gore spoke on the floor in support of research into superconducting supercomputers:
Mr. President, I rise to discuss the subject of superconductivity and to make my colleagues aware of dramatic new developments which have been disclosed in the news media and which have been taking place in the field of science during the last 6 weeks. Last week in New York City, there was an unprecedented conference which was described by participants as unlike anything the field of science had ever seen before. A series of rapid-fire dramatic new discoveries in the science of superconductivity, which means the creation of materials which conduct electricity with no resistance whatsoever, promise to open up tremendous new applications in fields from electricity transmission to high-speed rail transit to the construction of appliances and the like. We must have a national response to this new opportunity. It's a safe bet that very few members of Congress at the time would have felt the urge to make this kind of speech. Many may have felt little desire to listen to it, either. The point, however, is clear: Gore took an active interest in promoting the United States position in science and technology. As chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, Gore held hearings on these issues. During a 1989 hearing colloquy with Dr. Craig Fields of ARPA and Dr. William Wulf of NSF, Gore solicited information about what constituted a high-speed network and where technology was headed. He asked how much sooner NSFnet speed could be enhanced 30-fold if more Federal funding was provided. During this hearing, Gore made fun of himself during an exchange about high-speed networking speeds: "That's all right. I think of my [1988] presidential campaign as a gigaflop." [The witness had explained that "gigaflop" referred to one billion floating point operations per second.]
But Gore's interest and support for U.S. high-speed networking begins much earlier than 1989. As early as 1986, Gore called for, in the context of funding for the NSF, support for basic research in computer networking:
Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to support the proposed National Science Foundation Authorization Act. MR. PRESIDENT, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AUTHORIZATION ACT.
WITHIN THIS BILL I HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS, THE COMPUTER NETWORK STUDY AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT REPORT. THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED WITH SENATOR GORTON AS S. 2594. IT CALLS FOR A 2-YEAR STUDY OF THE CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND CURRENT AND FUTURE OPTIONS REGARDING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS FOR RESEARCH COMPUTERS. THE SECOND AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE ACTIONS TAKEN TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT.
BOTH OF THESE AMENDMENTS SEEK NEW INFORMATION ON CRITICAL PROBLEMS OF TODAY. THE COMPUTER NETWORK STUDY ACT IS DESIGNED TO ANSWER CRITICAL QUESTIONS ON THE NEEDS OF COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT ARE THE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPUTERS IN TERMS OF QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF DATA TRANSMISSION, DATA SECURITY, AND SOFTWEAR [sic] COMPATIBILITY? WHAT EQUIPMENT MUST BE DEVELOPED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGH TRANSMISSION RATES OFFERED BY FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS?
BOTH SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF SUPERCOMPUTERS AND SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SMALLER RESEARCH COMPUTERS WILL BE EVALUATED. THE EMPHASIS IS ON RESEARCH COMPUTERS, BUT THE USERS OF ALL COMPUTERS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS STUDY. TODAY, WE CAN BANK BY COMPUTER, SHOP BY COMPUTER, AND SEND
Beyond that, if people overseas have no rights to organize, their standard of living will never change. We will only be transferring money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
Those modding up my Al Gore defenses, please be consistent. The parent posts started the issue. The thread has NOTHING to do with Al Gore. Yet you haven't extended an "Offtopic" mod to them. Likewise, responses to my Al Gore defenses are NOT modded as offtopic.
So please, be consistent. You are showing a bias, that's NOT what moderation is about. If my posts are "offtopic" than so is everyone who have responded. Furthermore, the parent should be modded "non-informative" since it is disinformation.
Finally, I would think my posting would be INFORMATIVE since I provide links to meticulous documentation as to the nature of the Al Gore Internet Invention myth. Of course, those who wish to live in ignorance, feel free to mod down anything you don't agree with.
Scroll down to the part labeled "Where does spin come from? Inventing the Internet".
First from dictionary.com
initiative ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-nsh-tv) n. The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and determination. A beginning or introductory step; an opening move: took the initiative in trying to solve the problem.
The power or right to introduce a new legislative measure. The right and procedure by which citizens can propose a law by petition and ensure its submission to the electorate.
adj. Of or relating to initiation. Used to initiate; initiatory.
You see the term initiative is dervied largely through legislation. Gore very clearly referred to creating legislation that brought the internet to it's flurition.
Specifically, Wolf Blitzer asked follow up question regardin this statment:
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet," Gore said. "I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system."
So in terms of legislation, Gore took an early lead an spearheaded internet development on capital hill. Indeed Gore was the internet's champion in Washinton.
Not once has Al Gore ever used the term INVENT in regards to his role in the internet. That is a fabrication, better known as "spin" in Republican circles. It was part of a greater scheme to make Al Gore into a serial "liar".
Indeed, they tried to make Clinton into a serial liar. So far, they only lye they've EVER caught him in regarded Monica Lewinsky.
Yes CNN IS a right-wing media outlet owned by the mega-corporation AOL-TimeWarner. Don't believe a word they say. Though CNN doesn't go as far a being a propaganda outlet for Republicans like Fox News is.
This is what Rush Limbaugh means by "liberal-bias". Anybody who doesn't agree 100% with them is the enemy. For a great narrative on the situation, read "Blinded by the Right" by famous queer right-wing convert David Brock.
AOL-TimeWarner is the parent company of CNN. They are a mega-media company. They are controlled by millionaires. They want agressive expansion and the ability to buy up more media outlets.
So yes, they are part of the right-wing media because they kiss Bush's ass. How could a "left-wing" company spend so much time wailing on Clinton???
It's a joke that perpetuates a stereotype that was meticulously crafted by rightwing think-tanks then peddled on the corporate controlled media.
So everytime I hear the lie, I point out that it isn't true. You watch what they do to Howard Dean. They've already started the effort painting him in a Dan Quayle style. The big difference is that Dan Quayle really is a moronic ideologue.
When I visited there, I couldn't even get my notebook plugged into the network. The IT department didn't have token ring cards or 10BTToken Ring boxes for visitors.
The newer Tivoli building there is nice. But the IBM building looks like a federal office building with furniture to match.
Linux isn't an issue for secrataries. Applications are an issue for secretaries. Do you think a secretary CARES what operating system s/he is using. If anything, they probably would prefer Macs because they could they look prettier.
The issue for a secratary, Linux and IBM is whether NOTES works. It's also whether a suitable replacement for Word can be deployed that retains the interface concepts and speeds transitions.
Outside of the geek world, no one really gives a fuck about the internals of an operating system. They just want something that helps them get their work done. Windows has the most software so it will suit more needs.
For IBM, the biggest milestone will be porting Notes to Linux. Good luck. If the interior looks ANYTHING like the exterior, it will be an INCREDIBLE task.
For one thing, they still have to support tons of Microsoft enabled applications like Notes. Tivoli (my former boss and IBM company) needs to support Windows.
The art and marketing folks couldn't possibly switch to Linux without support from major software applications like Photoshop, etc... Likewise, the ubiquitous use of MS Project is also a barrier.
Even exclusive use of Linux on the backend is problematic for the same reasons. IBM does IT services and must have Microsoft servers to at least TEST with.
Complete migration to Linux is probably only possible in organization with very narrow missions that require applicances (cash registers, input terminals, bank teller machines, etc...) as opposed to general purpose swiss-army computers.
As a matter of fact, any application that previously used OS/2 is probably appropriate for a switch to Linux.
A total switch to Linux would take decades. What IBM has to do along with Unix vendors is enhance cross platform tools that allow deployment of generic apps to either Linux or Win32. So IBM needs to support toolkits like Qt, Mono and Lindows. These will allow organizations more opportunities to convert desktops to Linux. Also a specific domain knowledge for getting Win32 apps to run on Linux is also necessary. IBM needs to promote this area and get books on the shelves that help people write Win32/Linux apps.
If they do this, in five years PhotoShop and other popular apps may run on Linux as well as on Windows with identical code bases. Then such a transition will be 100% possible.
It could be that no one wanted to help him do what HE wanted to do.
It's very possible that theres plenty of people who want to add their own features. Surely, when NATs start thwarting them, individual users will hack the thing up to evade NATs.
This is the evolutionary software model. It's the Xtreme programming approach. And it's apparently the approach with the most success.
I would suspect that university profs could set their students in motion as part of their classwork.
If there is one group who can benefit, it's geeks who have absolute control over POWERFUL hardware. They can save their department long distance $$$ and use it to pay grad students and project students.
Hence it becomes a self sustaining endeavor. The money saved through Speak Freely is used to subsidize more Speak Frely development;-)
Businesses only RAISE prices. They typically don't lower them. The notable example is technology. But even then, they typically just cycle the older stuff into "value" categories while the newest stuff gets the premium price of the previous generation.
IP addresses are a commodity. From that standpoint the price will go down for ISPs and Backbone providers to buy IP addresses. But they must upgrade their equipment to IPv6, thats a BIG investment.
The likely scenario becomes that they will RAISE the cost of new IP addresses to justify the cost of upgrading to IPv6. Just like the music biz justified $20 CDs due to "new technology" costs. Of course, they never lowered the prices. They simply pocketed the difference. Thats called business.
It's a big deal if Indians, Mexicans and Chinese don't have the right to collectively bargain.
You can teach a slave to program just as well as a free man. The theory that these people will gain in wealth is a fabrication. The fact is that the people pool in China is a black hole. They have no power to vote or collectively bargain there.
We are engaged in a race to the bottom. Labor for the people willing to subjugate themselves the most. It must stop before the American middle class is destroyed.
Yeah, thats the old phrase. It sounds good and all. Then you discover that everyone running everything are cheaters.
I'm sure there are still plenty of these ultra-ethical folks running small and medium size business. However, the ivory towers are all inhabited by cut-throat slimeballs.
Apple Computer may end up either buying or merging with Apple Records. Apple is not so pleased that Apple violated their agreemant and is plunging headfirst into the music biz.
I can make my monitor go all freaky too by installing certain screen savers. That doesn't mean I'm seeing any more information. I'm just getting a distorted view about whats there.
But in general, yes the mind renders are world as perceived by our sensory organs. We cannot actually "see" matter persee. We see light reflected (actually reproduced save for mirrors)) by interactions with atoms. The world truly is an illusion of the mind. I guess in a way we can "see" strong and weak nuclear forces since that's truly what we are perceiving, not matter itself (their aint much there).
Well, the gravastar concept fits well with their "hole into another realm". This may be a simple attempt to make "The Black Hole" seem something other than completely dumb.
The gravastar thing would certainly solve the whole "infitie entropy" thing since the universe is currently flying apart. Except of course, that instead of everything getting colder, we will splat against the edge of the gravastar and be incorporated into the shell.
Less like teflon. It's more like a shell a mega-absorbent bounty. Take care of spills AND matter.
BTW, some people made some mini-black holes. If we could make a mini version of a gravastar, we could store all our nuclear waste in it. We would simply need a really good magnetic field to keep it from dropping to the center of the earth and absorbing the planet.
Actually, if such phenomenon could be made temporary and absorbent. That is they have have lives in terms of weeks. They would be an excellent way to process waste AND an excellent fuel source since they would convert their contents into energy.
It sounds like something literally out of "men in black".
They have a tough road ahead because they've invented (or adopted) a new "repulsive" force. Einstein fudged this into his equations to keep the universe from imploding.
This is nothing new since anytime phsyicists can't explain something they invent forces, mediums, plains of existence, and weird matter. Conundrums are good, they lead to new understanding (and new conundrums).
My initial reaction to his is a bit skeptical. Hawkins predicted bleeding black holes (via math) before anyone observed a black hole bleeding. The idea of gravity overcoming strong and weak nuclear forces and collapsing into a null or "minimal" space isn't weird, it makes a lot of sense. If we could truly see the size of physical matter, everything would be invisible. In the strictist terms, we really do live in god's "matrix".
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Hehe, Nice spin. But read a little further in the article.
Al Gore's contributions to the internet
While consistently supported funding for agencies involved in science and technology, such as the National Science Foundation and for NASA, Gore also began to give speeches and hold hearings in support of high-performance computing and networking. In 1987, for instance, Gore spoke on the floor in support of research into superconducting supercomputers:
Mr. President, I rise to discuss the subject of superconductivity and to make my colleagues aware of dramatic new developments which have been disclosed in the news media and which have been taking place in the field of science during the last 6 weeks. Last week in New York City, there was an unprecedented conference which was described by participants as unlike anything the field of science had ever seen before. A series of rapid-fire dramatic new discoveries in the science of superconductivity, which means the creation of materials which conduct electricity with no resistance whatsoever, promise to open up tremendous new applications in fields from electricity transmission to high-speed rail transit to the construction of appliances and the like. We must have a national response to this new opportunity.
It's a safe bet that very few members of Congress at the time would have felt the urge to make this kind of speech. Many may have felt little desire to listen to it, either. The point, however, is clear: Gore took an active interest in promoting the United States position in science and technology. As chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, Gore held hearings on these issues. During a 1989 hearing colloquy with Dr. Craig Fields of ARPA and Dr. William Wulf of NSF, Gore solicited information about what constituted a high-speed network and where technology was headed. He asked how much sooner NSFnet speed could be enhanced 30-fold if more Federal funding was provided. During this hearing, Gore made fun of himself during an exchange about high-speed networking speeds: "That's all right. I think of my [1988] presidential campaign as a gigaflop." [The witness had explained that "gigaflop" referred to one billion floating point operations per second.]
But Gore's interest and support for U.S. high-speed networking begins much earlier than 1989. As early as 1986, Gore called for, in the context of funding for the NSF, support for basic research in computer networking:
Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to support the proposed National Science Foundation Authorization Act.
MR. PRESIDENT, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AUTHORIZATION ACT.
WITHIN THIS BILL I HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS, THE COMPUTER NETWORK STUDY AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT REPORT. THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED WITH SENATOR GORTON AS S. 2594. IT CALLS FOR A 2-YEAR STUDY OF THE CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND CURRENT AND FUTURE OPTIONS REGARDING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS FOR RESEARCH COMPUTERS. THE SECOND AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE ACTIONS TAKEN TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT.
BOTH OF THESE AMENDMENTS SEEK NEW INFORMATION ON CRITICAL PROBLEMS OF TODAY. THE COMPUTER NETWORK STUDY ACT IS DESIGNED TO ANSWER CRITICAL QUESTIONS ON THE NEEDS OF COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT ARE THE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPUTERS IN TERMS OF QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF DATA TRANSMISSION, DATA SECURITY, AND SOFTWEAR [sic] COMPATIBILITY? WHAT EQUIPMENT MUST BE DEVELOPED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGH TRANSMISSION RATES OFFERED BY FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS?
BOTH SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF SUPERCOMPUTERS AND SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SMALLER RESEARCH COMPUTERS WILL BE EVALUATED. THE EMPHASIS IS ON RESEARCH COMPUTERS, BUT THE USERS OF ALL COMPUTERS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS STUDY. TODAY, WE CAN BANK BY COMPUTER, SHOP BY COMPUTER, AND SEND
Adam Smith is wrong. John Nash said so ;-)
Beyond that, if people overseas have no rights to organize, their standard of living will never change. We will only be transferring money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
Those modding up my Al Gore defenses, please be consistent. The parent posts started the issue. The thread has NOTHING to do with Al Gore. Yet you haven't extended an "Offtopic" mod to them. Likewise, responses to my Al Gore defenses are NOT modded as offtopic.
So please, be consistent. You are showing a bias, that's NOT what moderation is about. If my posts are "offtopic" than so is everyone who have responded. Furthermore, the parent should be modded "non-informative" since it is disinformation.
Finally, I would think my posting would be INFORMATIVE since I provide links to meticulous documentation as to the nature of the Al Gore Internet Invention myth. Of course, those who wish to live in ignorance, feel free to mod down anything you don't agree with.
Scroll down to the part labeled "Where does spin come from? Inventing the Internet".
First from dictionary.com
initiative ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-nsh-tv)
n.
The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and determination.
A beginning or introductory step; an opening move: took the initiative in trying to solve the problem.
The power or right to introduce a new legislative measure.
The right and procedure by which citizens can propose a law by petition and ensure its submission to the electorate.
adj.
Of or relating to initiation.
Used to initiate; initiatory.
You see the term initiative is dervied largely through legislation. Gore very clearly referred to creating legislation that brought the internet to it's flurition.
Specifically, Wolf Blitzer asked follow up question regardin this statment:
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet," Gore said. "I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system."
So in terms of legislation, Gore took an early lead an spearheaded internet development on capital hill. Indeed Gore was the internet's champion in Washinton.
Not once has Al Gore ever used the term INVENT in regards to his role in the internet. That is a fabrication, better known as "spin" in Republican circles. It was part of a greater scheme to make Al Gore into a serial "liar".
Indeed, they tried to make Clinton into a serial liar. So far, they only lye they've EVER caught him in regarded Monica Lewinsky.
Yes CNN IS a right-wing media outlet owned by the mega-corporation AOL-TimeWarner. Don't believe a word they say. Though CNN doesn't go as far a being a propaganda outlet for Republicans like Fox News is.
This is what Rush Limbaugh means by "liberal-bias". Anybody who doesn't agree 100% with them is the enemy. For a great narrative on the situation, read "Blinded by the Right" by famous queer right-wing convert David Brock.
AOL-TimeWarner is the parent company of CNN. They are a mega-media company. They are controlled by millionaires. They want agressive expansion and the ability to buy up more media outlets.
So yes, they are part of the right-wing media because they kiss Bush's ass. How could a "left-wing" company spend so much time wailing on Clinton???
It's a joke that perpetuates a stereotype that was meticulously crafted by rightwing think-tanks then peddled on the corporate controlled media.
So everytime I hear the lie, I point out that it isn't true. You watch what they do to Howard Dean. They've already started the effort painting him in a Dan Quayle style. The big difference is that Dan Quayle really is a moronic ideologue.
Agreed, I've been there.
When I visited there, I couldn't even get my notebook plugged into the network. The IT department didn't have token ring cards or 10BTToken Ring boxes for visitors.
The newer Tivoli building there is nice. But the IBM building looks like a federal office building with furniture to match.
Linux isn't an issue for secrataries. Applications are an issue for secretaries. Do you think a secretary CARES what operating system s/he is using. If anything, they probably would prefer Macs because they could they look prettier.
The issue for a secratary, Linux and IBM is whether NOTES works. It's also whether a suitable replacement for Word can be deployed that retains the interface concepts and speeds transitions.
Outside of the geek world, no one really gives a fuck about the internals of an operating system. They just want something that helps them get their work done. Windows has the most software so it will suit more needs.
For IBM, the biggest milestone will be porting Notes to Linux. Good luck. If the interior looks ANYTHING like the exterior, it will be an INCREDIBLE task.
This is impossible.
IBM simply could not COMPLETELY migrate.
For one thing, they still have to support tons of Microsoft enabled applications like Notes. Tivoli (my former boss and IBM company) needs to support Windows.
The art and marketing folks couldn't possibly switch to Linux without support from major software applications like Photoshop, etc... Likewise, the ubiquitous use of MS Project is also a barrier.
Even exclusive use of Linux on the backend is problematic for the same reasons. IBM does IT services and must have Microsoft servers to at least TEST with.
Complete migration to Linux is probably only possible in organization with very narrow missions that require applicances (cash registers, input terminals, bank teller machines, etc...) as opposed to general purpose swiss-army computers.
As a matter of fact, any application that previously used OS/2 is probably appropriate for a switch to Linux.
A total switch to Linux would take decades. What IBM has to do along with Unix vendors is enhance cross platform tools that allow deployment of generic apps to either Linux or Win32. So IBM needs to support toolkits like Qt, Mono and Lindows. These will allow organizations more opportunities to convert desktops to Linux. Also a specific domain knowledge for getting Win32 apps to run on Linux is also necessary. IBM needs to promote this area and get books on the shelves that help people write Win32/Linux apps.
If they do this, in five years PhotoShop and other popular apps may run on Linux as well as on Windows with identical code bases. Then such a transition will be 100% possible.
It could be that no one wanted to help him do what HE wanted to do.
It's very possible that theres plenty of people who want to add their own features. Surely, when NATs start thwarting them, individual users will hack the thing up to evade NATs.
This is the evolutionary software model. It's the Xtreme programming approach. And it's apparently the approach with the most success.
I would suspect that university profs could set their students in motion as part of their classwork.
;-)
If there is one group who can benefit, it's geeks who have absolute control over POWERFUL hardware. They can save their department long distance $$$ and use it to pay grad students and project students.
Hence it becomes a self sustaining endeavor. The money saved through Speak Freely is used to subsidize more Speak Frely development
Businesses only RAISE prices. They typically don't lower them. The notable example is technology. But even then, they typically just cycle the older stuff into "value" categories while the newest stuff gets the premium price of the previous generation.
IP addresses are a commodity. From that standpoint the price will go down for ISPs and Backbone providers to buy IP addresses. But they must upgrade their equipment to IPv6, thats a BIG investment.
The likely scenario becomes that they will RAISE the cost of new IP addresses to justify the cost of upgrading to IPv6. Just like the music biz justified $20 CDs due to "new technology" costs. Of course, they never lowered the prices. They simply pocketed the difference. Thats called business.
The best thing us consumers
Al Gore never claimed he invented the internet.
Quit believing the right wing media.
It's a big deal if Indians, Mexicans and Chinese don't have the right to collectively bargain.
You can teach a slave to program just as well as a free man. The theory that these people will gain in wealth is a fabrication. The fact is that the people pool in China is a black hole. They have no power to vote or collectively bargain there.
We are engaged in a race to the bottom. Labor for the people willing to subjugate themselves the most. It must stop before the American middle class is destroyed.
They are benefiting far less than Americans. This is the crux of the matter. The fatcats are outsourcing away the power of the middle class.
"Cheaters never prosper"
Yeah, thats the old phrase. It sounds good and all. Then you discover that everyone running everything are cheaters.
I'm sure there are still plenty of these ultra-ethical folks running small and medium size business. However, the ivory towers are all inhabited by cut-throat slimeballs.
Apple Computer may end up either buying or merging with Apple Records. Apple is not so pleased that Apple violated their agreemant and is plunging headfirst into the music biz.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
It's called HALLUCINATION.
I can make my monitor go all freaky too by installing certain screen savers. That doesn't mean I'm seeing any more information. I'm just getting a distorted view about whats there.
But in general, yes the mind renders are world as perceived by our sensory organs. We cannot actually "see" matter persee. We see light reflected (actually reproduced save for mirrors)) by interactions with atoms. The world truly is an illusion of the mind. I guess in a way we can "see" strong and weak nuclear forces since that's truly what we are perceiving, not matter itself (their aint much there).
Well, the gravastar concept fits well with their "hole into another realm". This may be a simple attempt to make "The Black Hole" seem something other than completely dumb.
The gravastar thing would certainly solve the whole "infitie entropy" thing since the universe is currently flying apart. Except of course, that instead of everything getting colder, we will splat against the edge of the gravastar and be incorporated into the shell.
;-)
I liked Einstein's apocolype better
Symmetry would dictate that the Turtle most stand on four elephants and so forth ;-)
;-)
It's turtles and elephants all the way down. Watch out for mice
Sounds like an episode of Futurama. Except they use boxes instead of spheres ;-)
Less like teflon. It's more like a shell a mega-absorbent bounty. Take care of spills AND matter.
BTW, some people made some mini-black holes. If we could make a mini version of a gravastar, we could store all our nuclear waste in it. We would simply need a really good magnetic field to keep it from dropping to the center of the earth and absorbing the planet.
Actually, if such phenomenon could be made temporary and absorbent. That is they have have lives in terms of weeks. They would be an excellent way to process waste AND an excellent fuel source since they would convert their contents into energy.
It sounds like something literally out of "men in black".
They have a tough road ahead because they've invented (or adopted) a new "repulsive" force. Einstein fudged this into his equations to keep the universe from imploding.
This is nothing new since anytime phsyicists can't explain something they invent forces, mediums, plains of existence, and weird matter. Conundrums are good, they lead to new understanding (and new conundrums).
My initial reaction to his is a bit skeptical. Hawkins predicted bleeding black holes (via math) before anyone observed a black hole bleeding. The idea of gravity overcoming strong and weak nuclear forces and collapsing into a null or "minimal" space isn't weird, it makes a lot of sense. If we could truly see the size of physical matter, everything would be invisible. In the strictist terms, we really do live in god's "matrix".
cultural group
Soldiers. Killed millions for no reason other than his own ego.