Jupiter II
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Speaking of Pi
"I'm sorry, but I don't judge a person by the sin of their theta or the color of their skin.
Love is non-linear, like sin(omega*t) and you can't differentiate it into something linear. You just need to learn to roll with the waves. It's not about how big her omega is or how long her period is, but rather it's about whether or not you are harmonics of each other.
I love all women, even if they can't differentiate their way out of x^2."
Love is non-linear, like sin(omega*t) and you can't differentiate it into something linear. You just need to learn to roll with the waves. It's not about how big her omega is or how long her period is, but rather it's about whether or not you are harmonics of each other.
I love all women, even if they can't differentiate their way out of x^2."
Thursday, March 29, 2007
The MET
I realized, during my trip to NYC, how much of the art in the MET was sponsored and created in order to revere religion and the rich. The shear number of portraits of the rich or the noble amazed me.
I think is says something about us that we honor these things. Well, now that I think of it, I don’t really think anyone who goes to the MET, or any other museum at that, really goes to see a portrait of a rich women or man from the 1600’s or a picture of the resurrection. I think these are just filler pieces.
It seems that in order for a museum to be considered world class, it has to have a massive collection on display. Like the Louvre in Paris, France.
Most people go to a museum to see the famous pieces, by artists they have heard about, like Picasso. Not to see all the filler pieces.
However, I also think that these pieces have left a mark on people. In general, it seems that people judge a piece of artwork by the skill it took to create it. I think this criteria is wrong.
Art should be judged by the emotion it brings out in you, by what it is trying to say and by how you relate to it. Not by the skill of the artist to create a photograph like painting.
This, I believe, is the main barrier that many people face when they are confronted with contemporary and modern art.
I think is says something about us that we honor these things. Well, now that I think of it, I don’t really think anyone who goes to the MET, or any other museum at that, really goes to see a portrait of a rich women or man from the 1600’s or a picture of the resurrection. I think these are just filler pieces.
It seems that in order for a museum to be considered world class, it has to have a massive collection on display. Like the Louvre in Paris, France.
Most people go to a museum to see the famous pieces, by artists they have heard about, like Picasso. Not to see all the filler pieces.
However, I also think that these pieces have left a mark on people. In general, it seems that people judge a piece of artwork by the skill it took to create it. I think this criteria is wrong.
Art should be judged by the emotion it brings out in you, by what it is trying to say and by how you relate to it. Not by the skill of the artist to create a photograph like painting.
This, I believe, is the main barrier that many people face when they are confronted with contemporary and modern art.
Perspectives
This should help put a perspective on the scale of pollution that is taking place in todays world.
*The haze is actually changing rain patterns
**Similar haze is seen in India
This is just cool.
*The haze is actually changing rain patterns
**Similar haze is seen in India
This is just cool.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
Over-clocking
If I offered a service which, for a small fee, would over-clock you current computer, making it faster, would you be interested in it?
It would extend the life of you computer and would be cheaper than buying a new one.
It would extend the life of you computer and would be cheaper than buying a new one.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Compound Interest is a Powerful Thing
If you have money sitting in a saving accout, invest it. You are actually losing about 3% of it every year to inflation.
In the long run, on average, the stock market grows about 8% a year. If you are diversified, in the long run you will make 8% a year on your investment.
Based on these assumption,
If you invest $1,000 a year, you will have $113,283 in 30 years.
If you invest $5,000 a year, you will have $566.416 in 30 years.
If you invest $15,000 a year, you will have $1,699,248 in 30 years.
For those of you interested in investing here are some links that will help you out,
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/begininvest.htm
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/beginmutual.htm
In the long run, on average, the stock market grows about 8% a year. If you are diversified, in the long run you will make 8% a year on your investment.
Based on these assumption,
If you invest $1,000 a year, you will have $113,283 in 30 years.
If you invest $5,000 a year, you will have $566.416 in 30 years.
If you invest $15,000 a year, you will have $1,699,248 in 30 years.
For those of you interested in investing here are some links that will help you out,
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/begininvest.htm
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/beginmutual.htm
Friday, March 09, 2007
Artificial Intelligence
If scientists were able to create an artificial intelligence far greater than any persons, that was able to manage our government in such a way that we had,
no crime,
no hunger or poverty,
no war and we were all able to live happy and productive lives,
would you be willing to follow it?
Even though it is a machine?
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