Science and Souls (for geeks and spiritual explorers)

Bob Loblaw

Astralnaut
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http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...rfectly-cleans-your-teeth-in-just-six-seconds


i want this so fuckin' bad!!! plus that toothpaste stuff they just developed,
http://www.geekosystem.com/keep-32-kills-cavity-bacteria/


no more dentist visits!
 

Bob Loblaw

Astralnaut
Looks awesome, but at that price, I'd rather take the extra 2 minutes. :D
if you factor in long term dentist cost-effectiveness-alpha consumer costs-eventual large market costs-time (which even as a homebody is worth something) - i'd say it might work out.
i am sure the toothpaste will also be expensive, but thankfully you can't patent plastic
hopefully the next generation out won't have to worry about teeth health at all. if they even make it to then
 

Tweek

Well-Known Member
I'm one of those annoying people with good genetics when it comes to teeth. They are not perfect looking, but one time I didn't go to the dentist for 2 years, and came out with zero cavities, healthy gums and a cleaning that took no more than 30 min.

The dental assistant thought she was going to get a good pay day off of me. Nope. :lol:
 

420GanjX

Well-Known Member
By far my favorite thread. thanks bob

Edit: This is why I love FC over grasscity & other weed based forums.

Btw did the entire idea of vaporizering appeal to anybody elses love of science. I mean instead of using primitive fire modern man has tamed electricity (electron movement) to cause convection/or conduction heating to atomically vibrate water & cannabinoids molecules to make them evaporate into wonderful vapor which while getting you medicated recondenses on glass into wand hash. It played a huge role in my decision to get into vaporizing, it just makes more sense on every level

I was thinking the other day its kinda trippy how the earth by conduction (geothermal & low atmospheric heat) evaporates water vapor up into the sky then re-condenses it as dew, i was like woooahh dew on the grass is like the hash in my solo stem. But then i reminded myself that i was very stoned & vaporizers are based on the scientific processes we only came to know by observing the natural phenomena of the earth. Therefore my 'coincidence' was just a high connection of physics. Ah science i love you so.
 
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Bob Loblaw

Astralnaut
http://www.followfacts.com/?p=571

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A team of University of Queensland physicists has transmitted an atom from onelocation to another inside an electronic chip.

The team, which includes Dr Arkady Fedorov and Dr Matthias Baur from UQ’s ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems and the School of Mathematics and Physics, published its findings in Nature this month.

Dr Fedorov said the team had achieved quantum teleportation for the first time, which could lead to larger electronic networks and more functional electronic chips.

“This is a process by which quantum information can be transmitted from one place to another without sending a physical carrier of information,” Dr Fedorov said.

“In this process the information just appears at the destination, almost like teleportation used in the famous science fiction series Star Trek.”

Dr Fedorov said the key resource of quantum teleportation was a special type ofcorrelation, called entanglement, shared between a sender and a receiver.

“Once entanglement is created, this ‘impossible’ information transfer becomes in fact possible thanks to laws of quantum mechanics,” Dr Fedorov said.

“For the first time, the stunning process of quantum teleportation has now been used in a circuit to relay information from one corner of the sample to the other.

“What makes our work interesting is the system uses a circuit, much like moderncomputer chips.

“In our system the quantum information is stored in artificial structures called quantum bits, and you can even see them with your bare eyes.

“This is surprising because people typically expect quantum only at atomic scales, not even visible with electronic microscopes.

“This quantum information allows us to do teleportation with impressive speed and accuracy above what has been achievable to date.”

“In our Superconducting Quantum Devices laboratory at UQ we are using this technology to further enhance our knowledge about the quantum nature,” Dr Fedorov said.

“Eventually this technology will be used to create more powerful devices.”

This research indicates that questions relating to the physics of quantum communication can be addressed using electronic circuits at microwave frequencies.

“One may even foresee future experiments in which quantum information will be distributed over larger distances directly by microwave to optical interfaces for quantum communication,” Dr Fedorov said.

Teleportation is expected to find applications in secure communication and in more efficient information processing based on the laws of quantum physics.

EQuS aims to initiate the Quantum Era in the 21st century by engineeringdesignerquantum systems.

Through focused and visionary research, EQuS will deliver new scientific insights and fundamentally new technical capabilities across a range of disciplines.

Impacts of this work will improve the lives of Australians and people all over the worldby producing breakthroughs in physics, engineering, chemistry, biology and medicine.

Source
 

Bob Loblaw

Astralnaut
The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski

your life is your life

don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.

be on the watch.

there are ways out.

there is a light somewhere.

it may not be much light but it beats the darkness.

be on the watch.

the gods will offer you chances.

know them.

take them.

you can’t beat death but

you can beat death in life, sometimes.

and the more often you learn to do it,

the more light there will be.

your life is your life.

know it while you have it.

you are marvelous.

the gods wait to delight

in you.
 

Bob Loblaw

Astralnaut
http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/50-people-on-the-most-intellectual-joke-i-know/

1.
It’s hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally.

2.Boris Spassky was once asked by a reporter, “Which do you prefer: chess or sex?”. Spassky replied “It very much depends on the position”.

3.“I’m a linguist, so I like ambiguity more than most people.”

4.Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at a French cafe, revising his draft of Being and Nothingness. He says to the waitress, “I’d like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream.” The waitress replies, “I’m sorry, Monsieur, but we’re out of cream. How about with no milk?”

5.Q: What does the “B” in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for?

A: Benoit B. Mandelbrot.

6.“is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?”

7.Did you hear about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on technicality…

8.A physicist, a mathematician and an engineer were each asked to establish the volume of a red rubber ball.

The physicist immersed the ball in a beaker full of water and measured the volume of the displaced fluid. The mathematician measured the diameter and calculated a triple integral. The engineer looked it up in his Red Rubber Ball Volume Table.

9.I’d tell you a UDP joke, but you may not get it.

10.I prefer IP jokes; it’s all in the delivery.

11.I could tell you a joke about TCP, but I’d have to keep repeating it until you got it.

12.Two fermions walk into a bar. The first says “I’d like a vodka martini with a twist.” The second says “Dammit, that’s what I wanted!”

13.Werner Heisenberg, Kurt Gödel, and Noam Chomsky walk into a bar. Heisenberg turns to the other two and says, “Clearly this is a joke, but how can we figure out if it’s funny or not?” Gödel replies, “We can’t know that because we’re inside the joke.” Chomsky says, “Of course it’s funny. You’re just telling it wrong.”

14.Two women walk into a bar, and talk about the Bechdel test.

15.Who does Polyphemus hate more than Odysseus?

Nobody!

16.A physicist, a mathematician and an engineer stay in a hotel.

The engineer is awakened by a smell and gets up to check it. He finds a fire in the hallway, sees a nearby fire extinguisher and after extinguishing it, goes back to bed.

Later that night, the physicist gets up, again because of the smell of fire. He quickly gets up and sees the fire in the hallway. After calculating air pressure, flame temperature and humidity as well as distance to the fire and projected trajectory, he extinguishes the fire with the least amount of fluid.

At last, the mathematician awakes, only again to find a fire in the hallway. He instantly sees the extinguisher and thinks, “A solution exists!”, and heads back into his room.

17.Entropy isn’t what it used to be.

18.
Did you hear about the suicidal homeopath? He took 1/50th of the recommended dose.

19.
A biologist, a chemist, and a statistician are out hunting. The biologist shoots at a deer and misses 5ft to the left, the chemist takes a shot and misses 5ft to the right, the statistician yells “We got ‘em!”

20.
there are two types of people in the world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data sets

21.
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure

22.
Did you hear about the man who got cooled to absolute zero?

He’s 0K now.

23.
Two kittens on a sloped roof. Which one slides off first?

The one with the lowest mew.

24.
The programmer’s wife tells him: “Run to the store and pick up a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get a dozen.”

The programmer comes home with 12 loaves of bread.

25.
A logician’s wife is having a baby. The doctor immediately hands the newborn to the dad.

His wife asks impatiently: “So, is it a boy or a girl” ?

The logician replies: “yes”.


and 25 more....
 

Tweek

Well-Known Member
The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski

your life is your life

don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.

be on the watch.

there are ways out.

there is a light somewhere.

it may not be much light but it beats the darkness.

be on the watch.

the gods will offer you chances.

know them.

take them.

you can’t beat death but

you can beat death in life, sometimes.

and the more often you learn to do it,

the more light there will be.

your life is your life.

know it while you have it.

you are marvelous.

the gods wait to delight

in you.


A fave of mine. Thanks, Bob :) Here is a reading of it, that I listen to once in awhile:

 
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