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2010-01-07T08:31:00.000-08:00

Quantum Physics Parts Ways With Reality - SlashDot.org

2007-04-24T11:33:00.001-07:00

Posted by kdawson on Monday April 23, @09:28PMfrom the had-it-for-a-minute-there dept.

aeoneal sends us to PhysicsWeb for news guaranteed to induce headache in those wedded to the reality of, well, reality. Researchers from the University of Vienna have shown the violation of a stronger form of Bell's inequality known as Leggett's inequality. The result means that we must not only give up Einstein's hope of "no spooky action at a distance," we must also give up (some of) the idea that the world exists when we are not looking. From the article: "[Studies] have ruled out all hidden-variables theories based on joint assumptions of realism, meaning that reality exists when we are not observing it; and locality, meaning that separated events cannot influence one another instantaneously. But a violation of Bell's inequality does not tell specifically which assumption — realism, locality, or both — is discordant with quantum mechanics." From the Nature abstract: "Our result suggests that giving up the concept of locality is not sufficient to be consistent with quantum experiments, unless certain intuitive features of realism are abandoned." Only subscribers to Nature, alas, can know what features those are, as PhysicsWeb doesn't tell us.

Nintendo... need we say more?

2007-04-23T12:25:00.000-07:00

The Image speaks for itself. Found in an article on the Wall Street Journal website, this shows that Nintendo is taking back its rightful place as the best Game system maker.

Period.

More fun bits from Slashdot.org

2007-04-13T06:27:00.001-07:00

Police Objecting to Tickets From Red-Light Cameras
Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 12, @06:28PMfrom the a-little-hair-of-the-irony-dontcha-think dept.

caffiend666 writes "According to a Dallas Morning News article, any 'Dallas police officer in a marked squad car who is captured on the city's cameras running a red light will have to pay the $75 fine if the incident doesn't comply with state law ... Many police officers are angry about the proposed policy. The prevailing belief among officers has been that they can run red lights as they see fit.' Is this a case for or against governments relying on un-biased automated systems? Or, should anyone be able to control who is recorded on camera and who is held accountable?"

Woman Killed In Wii-Related Competition

2007-04-04T10:14:00.000-07:00

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Mon Jan 15, '07 03:45 PMfrom the natural-selection dept.

snuffin writes to tell us that a local radio competition to "hold your wee for a Wii" has ended with a Sacramento woman dead from water poisoning. From the article: "An Associated Press interview with another contestant, named James Ybarra, claimed that contestants were initially given eight ounce bottles of water to drink every fifteen minutes, with larger bottles being used once contestants began to drop out. According to Ybarra, 'They told us if you don't feel like you can do this, don't put your health at risk.' He described the victim as 'a nice lady' and that 'she was telling me about her family and her three kids and how she was doing it for her kids.'"

CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO SITE THIS STORY WAS TAKEN FROM.

Interesting bit from slashdot.org

2007-03-14T08:04:00.000-07:00

(This is a direct copy from www.slashdot.org )

Billion Dollar Handout To Upgrade TVs
Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 13, @06:55PMfrom the if-we-can-send-a-man-to-the-moon dept.

db32 writes "SFGate has the story of the cutoff date for those rabbit ear antennas that some of us grew up with (Feb. 19, 2009). Now while the story of analog vs. digital TV has been beaten to death, still I think there is something more here. 'The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration... said it is setting aside $990 million to pay for the boxes. Each home can request up to two $40 coupons for a digital-to-analog converter box, which consumer electronics makers such as RCA and LG plan to produce.' Beyond my disdain for most TV to begin with, I am blown away that with all of our current problems — homelessness and crime on the home front, war fighting and terrorism abroad — our government is seriously going to spend this much money on upgrading peoples' televisions."

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I love that last part.

Yay to the world we live in. We'll let you starve but you'll be entertained while doing it.

2007-03-05T10:40:00.000-08:00

I don't like Toby Mac. Similarly, I don't like tobyMac. Maybe I'm not fond of people who's names also happen to be the name of one of the fattest burgers in the nation pre-"Big K Stacker" era (circa 2006). Maybe I'm not fond of the way he forgot the space between his first and last name… and forgot to capitalize his first name… Perhaps because the chap looks like cauliflower.

But I do know that I really hate that song "Made to Love." It's one of the more annoying songs I've heard in years! I even tried listening to some of his other music, but it's all just… bad. For instance, "Gone" So repetitive… And his voice is icky too. Yup, icky...

It doesn't help that the local 'harder' Christian radio station plays just under every two hours. In fact, this very morning it played at 0744, 0932, and again at 1124. Yes, I noted this. Being that it is currently 1242, I fully expect to have to switch stations in less than forty minutes.

!!!! RANDOM FUNNIES !!!!

2007-02-08T11:05:00.000-08:00

I was at my place of work and I very large man came into my office with the most sincere look on his face and asked:

“How do I get to the parking lot?”

[Below is a fun conversation between Myself and the Asp about the fact that we both became 26…]

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ANMPH -

I am so soar..
How's it feel being older?
We're now on the downward slope to 30
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THE ASP -

Frankly, I'm surprised either one of us made it this far! :)
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ANMPH -

Yeah. I figure, looking back, I shouldn't have actually made it past 22.
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THE ASP -

I'll be re-surprised if either one of us gets to 30...
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ANMPH -

I just hope I can accomplish some of the things I hope to by the time I am 30.
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THE ASP -

If I were you, I'd scratch off #712, 'become Pope'. You're a bit off target for that one. ;)
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ANMPH -

DARN!!! Here I was hoping hook that one in there.
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THE ASP -

Yeah, it's 'cause you're married. They frown on that for some reason. Now if only you can get #442 'Shoot THE ASP to the moon!'
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ANMPH -

That would come after #441 "Build thermo-nuclear biodegradable atmospheric propulsion system, and ship"
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THE ASP -

Well, hold on a minute here… I thought you had that finished!
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ENJOY!

-ANMPH

V-Day?

2007-02-07T06:41:00.000-08:00

Please, someone.. quit with the abbreviation of Valentine's Day. I seriously keep reading it as 'VD'. This significantly changes the kind of diversion the 'holiday' brings. At least it changes the connotation. I don't know that I could quite find the right greeting card to say 'Will you be mine, Syphilis?' or 'I choo-choo-chose you, Gonorrhea'

Not like I was ever a big fan of Valentine's Day anyways. :P

A View from the Peep Whole: December 7, 2006

2006-12-07T14:48:00.000-08:00

Yep, peep whole. That is where I think I am sometimes. Ever feel that way? I would say it would come out most often when you find yourself as the only one in a situation that holds your point of view.

My day job I am one of two guys in my department. To some that really says it all.

Its hard to communicate with women, even harder to communicate with different sorts of women in short intervals and sometimes over lapping. Ya know how they interrupt and interject in to conversations they feel they can add too. Yep, that’s what I am talking about.

…a View from the Peep Whole

To be Continued…

Brothers in Randomness

2006-12-06T11:33:00.000-08:00

Check out this website, another true source of Randomness: random.org

Randomness 12.06.06

2006-12-06T11:30:00.000-08:00

Ever find yourself stuck thinking of the grossest moment you have ever seen?

Are you thinking of it now?

Now that is Random.

Oops

2006-11-28T10:32:00.000-08:00

I was going to post something yesterday, but it was deleted. So just make something up and swing from a tree while singing a jolly tune. Have fun.

Free Loving

2006-11-24T10:42:00.000-08:00

**THE FOLLOWING IS FROM PR-INSIDE**
Print article
Refer to a friend
© bangshowbiz.biz
2006-11-24 17:46:00 -

The mayor of a Brazilian town has been handing out free Viagra to elderly residents.
Joao de Souza Luz, mayor of Novo Santo Antonio, says 68 men over the age of 60 have received the sexual stimulant.
He said: "Since we started the free distribution of sexual stimulants, our elderly population have changed. They're much happier." However, the mayor's generosity has led to randy pensioners seeking extra-marital relations.
Joao explained: "Some of the old men aren't seeking out their wives. They've got romances on the side." To solve the problem the Viagra is being given to the men's wives, so they can hand it out when they are in the mood.

He's Where???

2006-11-24T08:43:00.000-08:00

When emailing, asking about someone you haven't seen or heard from in a while, this is not the response you think you'll receive:

"Oh! Yeah. He's a child molester and we haven't heard from him since he was taken into FBI custody back in May.

Cheers! "

Yeah, that is Random!

Real Life Random.. Batman

2006-10-31T08:29:00.000-08:00

BATMAN is out saving the scared and helpless... Yahoo news has a cool story about the current exploits of the caped crusader. Click this line to read it.

Women... OH MAN!!! Get the Duct Tape

2006-10-27T14:24:00.000-07:00

NEW SEAT BELT!

Ever sit and listen to people fight... in a language you don't know.. yeah. Did that.

I love the above comic, dont know who did it. Doesn't even need words.

buy the way, be sure to look at the latest Opossum Creek and have a great weekend.

Head trauma

2006-10-27T06:49:00.000-07:00

Had a conversation with a buddy recently. He wanted to know if I wanted to buy his new mattress as he bought the wrong one and didn't want to haul it back to the factory.

Normally, I'd jump on a deal like that, but this time I didn't. For two reasons. The first, I have a new mattress. The second, I distinctly recall my doctor saying something along the lines of, "No more mo... jumping on the bed." Gets kind of fuzzy sometimes. They said I had a concussion related to some primates and some arial activity. Strange.

Service Announcement for Men Everywhere:

2006-10-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

The Hormone Hostage knows that there are days in the month when all a man has to do is open his mouth and he takes his life in his own hands! This is a handy guide that should be as common as a driver's license in the wallet of every husband, boyfriend, co-worker or significant other!

DANGEROUS: What's for dinner Babe?
SAFER: May I help you with dinner?
SAFEST: Where would you like to go for dinner?
ULTRA SAFE: Here Honey, have some wine.

DANGEROUS: Are you really wearing that?
SAFER: Oh baby, let me look at you!
SAFEST: Wow, you're sexy in brown!
ULTRA SAFE: Here, have some wine.

DANGEROUS: What are you so worked up about now?
SAFER: Could we be overreacting?
SAFEST: Here's my paycheck.
ULTRA SAFE: I understand Sweetie, have some wine, and tell me all about it.

DANGEROUS: Should you be eating that?
SAFER: We still have the apples you like in the kitchen.
SAFEST: Can I get you a piece of chocolate with that?
ULTRA SAFE: Here, have some wine.

DANGEROUS: What did you DO all day?
SAFER: I hope you didn't over-do it today.
SAFEST: Man Sugar, I've always loved you in that robe!
ULTRA SAFE: Here, have some more wine.

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13 Things PMS Stands For:
1 Pass My Shotgun
2 Psychotic Mood Shift
3 Perpetual Munching Spree
4 Puffy Mid-Section
5 People Make me Sick
6 Provide Me with Sweets
7 Pardon My Sobbing
8 Pimples May Surface
9 Pass My Sweat pants
10. Pissy Mood Syndrome
11. Plainly; Men Suck
12. Pack My Stuff

and we can't forget this one:

13. Potential Murder Suspect

Pass this on to all of your hormonal friends and those who might need a good laugh!
...Or men who need a warning. And remember: Money talks .... but Chocolate SINGS!!!

Sleep and work

2006-10-16T08:46:00.000-07:00

Two wholely independent things that usually go on in the space of a day, but should rarely be mixed. Sleeping on one's keyboard not only results in a strange grid being imprinted on your forehead, but can also afford you 17+ pages of 'k's. Another unfortunate side-effect is that the boss catches you in the act and has new cause to accuse you of being 'unproductive'.
Need an easy fix? When woken by a coworker or superior immediately check for drool. This must be done quickly and with as little cholent as one can muster in a situation like this. If no drool is found, immediately say, "In Jesus' name, Amen."

Even more awkward situations can arise, however. Like blurred vision or the inability for your corpus callosum to effectively run messages from one side of your brain to the other, thus, making it extremely difficult to identify objects. Strange things can occur. Like sticking your razor in your mouth, rather than a toothbrush. Or perhaps you have difficulty at the office despite the quantity of caffeine you attempt to induce.

Smart Models

2006-10-10T06:49:00.000-07:00

While watching TV, I caught an interview with a young model. She said, with the greatest of Sincerity the following words:

"I don't know why, but I have always walked in a strait line. My feet just go one in front of the other."

That is one tallented Model.

Click here to see the next great tool.

Critical thinking...

2006-10-06T08:05:00.000-07:00

Yesterday's conversation with a coworker. We were talking about nuts or something, here's the transcript, enjoy:

"Good choice with no walnuts…they are for old people anyway..."

"Yeah, and my mom ruins cookies all the time by putting walnuts in them. Like she doesn't want me to eat them or something."

"Ah ha….that is WHY she does that….now you understand how women think…."

"Umm…. no. Just more confused. Why the emphasis on 'why'?

Are you saying that women believe it's necessary to temp others (specifically men) with something they don't want in a blatent ruse to try to compromise their collective integrity? Like a constant test to see if someone is worthy or perfect, just to be able to laud it over them when they ultimately fail because they are temping yet another member of a race bound to sin? A fact which referenced testor has decided to neglect for the purposes of these constant and beligerant experiments? Simply looking of some one who is worthy of the task, but secretly and unconsciously aware that no one will ever pass every test and so they will never find their champion and hope is lost on them? Causing them (again, mostly men) to become aggrivated and to give up on the tests because their integrity will never be complete without divine intervention, which most men are too proud to accept? Said aggrivation then turns into a methodology which warps their perception of how women think of them? Ultimately they look upon others as those who are contestants in the game of life who will, invariably, lose every time.

Hey, nobody's perfect. :P"

Ode' to bathroom

2006-10-05T09:09:00.000-07:00

I realized something today. I mean I think I already knew this but today it just became so obvious.

People would rather be Lazy than Clean.

How did I come to this conclusion? The final straw was in the bathroom. Not just any bathroom, but the bathroom of a medical clinic. In an environment where health and cleanliness is so important the obvious disconcert for this is shocking.

There is a trash container in the Men's room, as in most restrooms, however this one travels. It seems the certain trash container in question cant sit still. Some days it sits nicely by the door, allowing the men to have been mature enough to wash their hands to discard the paper towel after using it to open the door. Thus protecting them from the Boys who don’t wash their hands. This whole concept made good sense to me. I don’t like the idea of washing my hands, only to soil them while leaving the very room I cleaned them in.
Yet as they say, boys will be boys. These Boys like to move the trash to right below the paper towel dispenser. Obviously a move of convenience. Move the trash there so you can do your little 5 second all water no soap sink routine, grab a towel and easily toss it into the trash. Does this Boy care about the cleanliness of his hands? NO! Which is coldly apparent as they smoothly strut to the door, gripping the handle with their semi-dry filth ridden hands.

Lazy I tell you, Just lazy.

I say clean, clean I tell YOU!!!!!

Dangerous ground

2006-10-03T12:23:00.000-07:00

Heard out of my mouth...

"Even though she's far more mature and intelligent than her older sister, give it say, 5 minutes, and you'll know she's still a girl."

Fortunately, 'she' has no idea who she is and I don't know anyone who is crazy enough to tell her.

Randomness: Headphones and a laps of reason

2006-10-03T08:58:00.000-07:00

Do you get the chance to listen to headphones, more specifically at work?
Sitting here now in the 8th day of training we are going through transfers and I have headphones on. Thank goodness for that too. If not for them I would be driven completely mad by the unintelligent questioning and meaningless banter given to cover the blatant stupidity of my fellow classmates. Yet here I am listening to music and I get caught up in the moment from time to time. So much so that I have to hold very hard to my vocal cords and not speak out loud.
I have this habit of mocking things I find silly, dumb, or of less then meaningless value. So obviously I mock a LOT of commercials. I catch myself almost mocking out loud the commercials flowing into my ears through the headphones.

Under normal circumstances this would be of little to no consequence but I don’t see it being such a good idea to startle the class with a quick mocking of the exaggerated "YAHOO!!!" from the yahoo music advertisements. Oh the struggles of being me. LoL..

Thanks for reading.

Well I think its time to take a bathroom vacation… I mean break.

PS. Here is a funny:

Baby Bear goes downstairs and sits in his small chair at the table; he
looks into his small bowl. It's empty. "Who's been eating my
porridge?!!" he squeaks.

Papa Bear arrives at the table and sits in his big chair. He looks into
his big bowl, and it's also empty. "Who's been eating my Porridge?!!"
he roars.

Momma Bear puts her head through the serving hatch from the kitchen and
yells, "How many times do we have to go through this with you idiots?
It was Momma Bear who got up first, it was Momma Bear who woke everyone
in the house, it was Momma Bear who made the coffee, it was Momma Bear
who unloaded the dishwasher from last night, and put everything away,
it was Momma Bear who went out in the cold early morning air to fetch
the newspaper, it was Momma Bear who set the table, it was Momma
Bear who put the cat out, cleaned the litter box, and filled
the cat's water and food dish, and, now that you've decided to drag
your sorry bear-asses downstairs, and grace Momma Bear's kitchen with
your grumpy presence, listen good, cause I'm only going to say this one
more time:

"I HAVEN'T MADE THE ^&$#@! PORRIDGE YET !!!

Sign sign everywhere a sign

2006-09-29T06:00:00.000-07:00

Sign seen outside a Lasik Surgury Center (I may or may not have put it there)

"Do not look into laser with remaining eye"

By the way, I absolutely hate the word 'sign'. Its spelling is repulsive. What's wrong with the trigonmetric function spelling? Sine... Sure, it implies mathematics. Sure, it invokes fear into the hearts of the masses, but what the heck am I here for if not to confuse and obfuscate?

The Randomness Vol. 1

2006-09-27T13:14:00.000-07:00

(Steve0)

Here are some little random moments from my workplace:

1.) Things the annoying lady says... without provocation...

"I bought a carton of Newports for 33 dollars in Fargo... I had to drive an hour just to get there, but it was worth the price."

Who knows what insanity lies in the hearts of men?

The SteveO knows.

2.) Okay, today's random comment. And believe me, it was hard to contain myself when I heard this one. Started coughing just so I wouldn't laugh out loud.

"I need a meat mallet"

3.) It happened early this morning, and maybe there will be another today. It's happened before.

"You know the Byerly's in Golden Valley? They sell cake by the slice."

Hope you all have a great day!

-steveO

The Incredibles

2006-09-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

(Steve O)

I'm sure you've seen this movie, because everyone has and it's worth watching at least a dozen times.

Okay, now I've got that out of the way. Do you remember the lady that was in the movie being help by Mr. Incredible in the insurance cubes? He told her what NOT to do so she could get things taken care of (actually, on a side-note, insurance companies really seem to be that evil. It's like they randomly decide that a person forgot to sign some form and pretend they don't exsist for a few months hoping they won't call them to find out what's going on).

Back on track. There's a lady at work here who is the exact human personification of that woman... minus about 20 years of age, but still. She has that shaky old-woman voice that's very, very unsure and always intimidated by everyone, even the best of friends.

Oh, I wish she'd say those words, "But I'm on a fixed income!!!"

You're SICK SteveO, SICK, SICK SICK!!!

-steveO

Motion Sickness

2006-09-27T11:12:00.000-07:00

(Steve O)

Some genius at work here decided to give anybody who wanted to participate in some walking competition to raise money, or health awareness or something of that sort has decided to give out free pedometers.

Apparently they claimed that these large women who work on my floor will some how loose weight if they take just another 2 or 3 thousand steps a day. Well, these women who want to loose their massive fatnesses are to dang lazy to actually go outside and walk during lunch. So what are they doing??? They're thundering around the 4th floor every few minutes because they don't think they'll ever get their quota done for the day after work.

What on earth does this have to do with motion sickness?

This building was apparently not meant to withhold the stampeding appendage-balls that may only scientifically be classified as nothing other than women. They "run" by and my monitor trembles. My chair raises and lowers at an inconsistent frequency and amplitude. One> could communicate with the other side of the world with vibrations of these proportions. In fact, I would not be surprised if China has mis-interpreted our attempts at friendship and prepares for nuclear war. I can only hope that the people of the 3rd floor are not crapping their pants as the dust falls from the ceilings and the steel-girds creak and moan under the stress.

It is a wonder that the civil defense alarms have not already sounded their cry.

-steveo