I never saw Event Horizon, but they apparently knew what they were talking about. As I said, it's a matter of understanding math in differing dimensions. The paper crumples in 3-space; wormholes crumple 3-space through 4-space. If you don't see the relevance, you need to learn more math.
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Re:My problem with wormhole theories
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IMO, the universe is more likely to follow a different geometry -- perhaps a spheroid. The surface distance from Baltimore to Singapore is about 12000 miles. But if you could make a "wormhole" that tunnels direct from here to there, it would be... just under 8000 miles. Gee, 1/3rd off, what tremendous savings! Now we can travel interstellar distances easily.
So please tell me why I'm completely off base here.
Because your example involves the difference between going around a 3-D object or going through the object (but still in 3 dimensions). Wormholes distort space in four dimensions, though: if you took the earth and folded it in 4-D, you can make Baltimore and Singapore touch each other.
Take a blank piece of paper. Put two marks on it at opposite ends. Crumple the paper in such a way that the two marks are touching each other. Now imagine that you could go from mark A to mark B: when the paper is flat, the shortest distance between them is a straight line. When the paper is crumpled, the shortest distance is no distance at all, because the marks are touching. It's just a matter of understanding mathematics in differing dimensions.
When you crumple the paper, what's between the two points? The same thing that's between the ends of a wormhole: nothing.
Since I'm a mathematician and not a physicist: I know this is simplified. Physicists, feel free to expand on it.:P
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For instance: if the wormhole needs to be supported by "exotic matter" to remain stable, then what are the properties of this matter, especially with regards to interaction with the "mundane matter" that comprises us and our transportation & life support systems.
The main trait of "exotic matter" is that it has negative mass (i.e., gravity will cause exotic matter objects to repel each other). Keep in mind that there are no direct observations of it, but there are some indications that exotic matter could have been formed in the Big Bang.
Of course you can write your congressman. Just remind him that you care about issues like this and that you will be of voting age in a year. Better yet, don't mention your age at all. AFAIK, you are still one of his constituents regardless of your age.
When distributing these lists, keep in mind that I've removed DeCSS from copkiller.org. My sysadmin is already fending off enough protests over the content of the site itself; I didn't feel like he should have to defend DeCSS as well. But I had it up long enough to make my point (interestingly, there are more links to the site due to my mirroring the code than there are links for police brutality info).
Every Sunday I have to read about the "IT crisis" in Colorado when I look at the careers section of the paper. Yet I've been looking for a better job for no less than 2 years now, and sent my resume and cv and followups to well over 350 companies and recruiters, and I still have nothing to show for it.
And I have over 15 years of experience.
My wife and I are moving to Vancouver, BC sometime this fall. Anyone know companies that really have an IT shortage there?:)
That, however, is a problem for the LIBRARIES not the company that makes CyberPatrol.
Not if the LIBRARIES weren't told by Mattel that the filtering software would be censoring (proper usage of word) sites critical of their software. The libraries are forced by legislation to use some sort of filtering software on their systems. For whatever reason they chose CyberPatrol. And now that software is making decisions that go far beyond the legislative intent. That is government-sponsored censorship.
I don't know about the other couple of countries, but these things have been around in Japan for at least 2 years now. I first read about them in Scientific American or Discover.
And I had no clue Gibson was involved with it until I started reading this article. At least the COPs episode was tongue-in-cheek...this one took itself a little too seriously.
Remember when the X-Files was something to look forward to?
Given a choice between pirating or buying electronically, I would buy if I knew that the money was going to the artist. I would spend up to a buck a song, depending on how much I liked the song in question. This is less costly than your typical CD, which has around 10 songs and retails for $16.00, most of which goes into corporate accounts.
Or, to put it another way, the artists are already making less than $0.30 per song under the current system. I'm surprised more bands aren't going into business for themselves.
The RIAA reported a $1.4 billion increase in revenue last year; you people aren't pirating enough, dammit!
Go get a cheapo $150.00 CD burner and hit those MP3 sites. If your conscience bothers you, send a few bucks to the artists directly. They only make change on every CD sold anyway. If you want to support the bands, go see them when they tour, buy t-shirts at their concerts, and so on. If you want to finance the RIAA, then by all means keep buying those CDs.
I play UT under X 3.x (I'm unsure of the exact version # right now) with a V2 card, with no problems. Upgrading to X 4.0 probably won't solve whatever underlying problem your system has with the V2 card. Are you running the newest 3DFX reference drivers for linux?
Not to sound whiny, but a "quantum leap" is a pun based on the quantum mechanics time travel stuff from the show _Quantum Leap_. A "quantum leap" forward is, literally, a miniscule advance. Somehow, I'd like to think X 4.0 will be a significantly great advance from X 3.xx.:)
Despite Sun's claim that their high-end servers are highly reliable and built with redundant components, customers report that failures in service processors, controllers, processor cards, and other components have caused entire production systems to fail.
Dell, the largest e-business on the Internet, runs on Windows. Other major sites include Barnes & Noble, InfoSpace, Data Return, buy.com, monster.com, reel.com, bigcharts.com, Hotbot.com, Nordstrom's, realtor.com, eHome, MarthaStewart.com, cooking.com, and Compaq, to name a few. Electrolux, Accounting.com, Pro2Net and thousands of other companies have switched their web sites from Sun platforms to Windows.
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What was that M$ was saying just a few short months ago about how consumers should "reject anecdotal stories" and stick with facts and figures when choosing a server platform? And wasn't there also something about "popularity of an OS" having nothing to do with said facts and figures?
I haven't used Sun or Solaris much, so I can't comment on their stability issues, but it's irrelevant in light of Microsoft's hypocrisy and obvious scare tactics ("IF YOU DON'T USE NT, YOUR BUSINESS WILL FAIL!@#$).
Return to this page tomorrow for your daily dose of reality.
Only if that "daily dose" is given as 20 CCs of powerful hallucinogens.
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So please tell me why I'm completely off base here.
Because your example involves the difference between going around a 3-D object or going through the object (but still in 3 dimensions). Wormholes distort space in four dimensions, though: if you took the earth and folded it in 4-D, you can make Baltimore and Singapore touch each other.
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When you crumple the paper, what's between the two points? The same thing that's between the ends of a wormhole: nothing.
Since I'm a mathematician and not a physicist: I know this is simplified. Physicists, feel free to expand on it. :P
-Legion
The main trait of "exotic matter" is that it has negative mass (i.e., gravity will cause exotic matter objects to repel each other). Keep in mind that there are no direct observations of it, but there are some indications that exotic matter could have been formed in the Big Bang.
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And I have over 15 years of experience.
My wife and I are moving to Vancouver, BC sometime this fall. Anyone know companies that really have an IT shortage there? :)
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Not if the LIBRARIES weren't told by Mattel that the filtering software would be censoring (proper usage of word) sites critical of their software. The libraries are forced by legislation to use some sort of filtering software on their systems. For whatever reason they chose CyberPatrol. And now that software is making decisions that go far beyond the legislative intent. That is government-sponsored censorship.
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That is the very definition of censorship.
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"1 GHz" this and "700 MHz" that...I'm still paying for my PII-350, you insensitive fucks!@#$
Reminds me of when I paid $480 for a 540M hard drive years ago. Excuse me, I have to go sit in the corner and cry now. Make the bad people stop. :P
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Remember when the X-Files was something to look forward to?
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Or, to put it another way, the artists are already making less than $0.30 per song under the current system. I'm surprised more bands aren't going into business for themselves.
-Legion
Go get a cheapo $150.00 CD burner and hit those MP3 sites. If your conscience bothers you, send a few bucks to the artists directly. They only make change on every CD sold anyway. If you want to support the bands, go see them when they tour, buy t-shirts at their concerts, and so on. If you want to finance the RIAA, then by all means keep buying those CDs.
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Not to sound whiny, but a "quantum leap" is a pun based on the quantum mechanics time travel stuff from the show _Quantum Leap_. A "quantum leap" forward is, literally, a miniscule advance. Somehow, I'd like to think X 4.0 will be a significantly great advance from X 3.xx. :)
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Disclaimer for prospective employers: I'm actually on my lunch break. Hire me.
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Dell, the largest e-business on the Internet, runs on Windows. Other major sites include Barnes & Noble, InfoSpace, Data Return, buy.com, monster.com, reel.com, bigcharts.com, Hotbot.com, Nordstrom's, realtor.com, eHome, MarthaStewart.com, cooking.com, and Compaq, to name a few. Electrolux, Accounting.com, Pro2Net and thousands of other companies have switched their web sites from Sun platforms to Windows.
[Emphasis added]
What was that M$ was saying just a few short months ago about how consumers should "reject anecdotal stories" and stick with facts and figures when choosing a server platform? And wasn't there also something about "popularity of an OS" having nothing to do with said facts and figures?
I haven't used Sun or Solaris much, so I can't comment on their stability issues, but it's irrelevant in light of Microsoft's hypocrisy and obvious scare tactics ("IF YOU DON'T USE NT, YOUR BUSINESS WILL FAIL!@#$).
Return to this page tomorrow for your daily dose of reality.
Only if that "daily dose" is given as 20 CCs of powerful hallucinogens.
-Legion
If the script-kiddies responsible are enjoying the publicity on slashdot: don't forget our friends at dvdcca.org and mpaa.com.
-Legion