Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
On Similarities (Whinehouse --> Apple; Tunstall --> Cole)
Over YM, I told Gen that Amy Whinehouse has similarities to Paulo Cole. It was a mistake. I could not remember who wrote and sang "Extraordinary Machine." So scoured my winamp and listened to this song again. No, Whinehouse is not like Cole. Her style is like Fiona Apple. But Gen pointed out that Whinehouse style is completely different from Fiona Apple. It could be one of her songs sounds like, or styled like Apple's extraordinary machine. Everytime I hear her "Tears Dry on Their Own," it reminds me of Apple's "Extraordinary Machine."
Amy Whinehouse
Gen also suggested that I should also listen to KT Tunstall.
Went to youtube and checked her songs. I listened to "Black Horse and The Cherry Tree."
KT Tunstall
Voila! It sounds like "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" of Paulo Cole. Now, KT Tunstall has similarities to Paulo Cole in some aspects.
I could be wrong. Nevertheless, they are, Amy Whinehouse and KT Tunstall, good additions to my list.
Maybe it is time for me to go out from my standard list. But please don't expect me listening to Britney Spears.
Amy WhinehouseGen also suggested that I should also listen to KT Tunstall.
Went to youtube and checked her songs. I listened to "Black Horse and The Cherry Tree."
KT TunstallVoila! It sounds like "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" of Paulo Cole. Now, KT Tunstall has similarities to Paulo Cole in some aspects.
I could be wrong. Nevertheless, they are, Amy Whinehouse and KT Tunstall, good additions to my list.
Maybe it is time for me to go out from my standard list. But please don't expect me listening to Britney Spears.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Beyond My Music Another
Malungkot ako ko. Masakit sa puso... mas mahapdi pa sa sugat ang naramdaman ko noon. Pero pinanood ko pa rin ito.
No Regrets
Last year pa la yun, ilang gabi din akong umiiyak noon sa loob ng kuwarto. Hindi lang iyak, hagulhol talaga.
No Regrets
Last year pa la yun, ilang gabi din akong umiiyak noon sa loob ng kuwarto. Hindi lang iyak, hagulhol talaga.
Beyond My Music
Googling and Youtubing will always bring me to some weird parts of the cyberspace. I will not write much about my experience. Let me just post some imprints so that I will remember someday that I've searched for this, listened to this, or certain theory of the internet browsing lead me to this and that.
From Star Trek, I found my self looking for photos of Zachary Quinto in the net.
And here are some gold finds:
And here's the platinum find:
Now, I'm gonna add him in my hot guys list.
This time I am searching for a list of the sad songs and sad soundtracks. Hopefully, I can create a list in my music or video box.
From Star Trek, I found my self looking for photos of Zachary Quinto in the net.
And here are some gold finds:
And here's the platinum find:
Now, I'm gonna add him in my hot guys list.
This time I am searching for a list of the sad songs and sad soundtracks. Hopefully, I can create a list in my music or video box.
My Music - Response
After googling, now I am confused. Who is really the composer of Fringe Opening Theme song? Is it Michael Giacchino? Or JJ Abrams?
I can't find the complete set of that music. Grrrr...
Anyway, I discovered something to look forward to next year! I guess, Zachary Quinto will look great here... good match for handsome Kirk!
Same creator of Fringe... chack info here.
Anyway if you want to know why I like Fringe Theme song just listen to Moonlight sonata. See my videos.
I can't find the complete set of that music. Grrrr...
Anyway, I discovered something to look forward to next year! I guess, Zachary Quinto will look great here... good match for handsome Kirk!
Same creator of Fringe... chack info here.
Anyway if you want to know why I like Fringe Theme song just listen to Moonlight sonata. See my videos.
My Music
This is the kind of music that won't stop my mind. This will play forever inside my head.Where can I get a complete copy of this music? Who is the composer?It's haunting me and my soul is dancing with its tempo!The Fringe Theme Song
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Not This Year
It seems that we are not going to witness the collision in LHC this year.
From US LHC Blog:
From US LHC Blog:
Posted by Freya Blekman on 23 Sep 2008 at 12:52 pm | Tagged as: Uncategorized
This just came in from the CERN directorate:
LHC re-start scheduled for 2009
Geneva, 23 September 2008. Investigations at CERN following a large helium leak into sector 3-4 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel have indicated that the most likely cause of the incident was a faulty electrical connection between two of the accelerator’s magnets. Before a full understanding of the incident can be established, however, the sector has to be brought to room temperature and the magnets involved opened up for inspection. This will take three to four weeks. Full details of this investigation will be made available once it is complete.
“Coming immediately after the very successful start of LHC operation on 10 September, this is undoubtedly a psychological blow,” said CERN Director General Robert Aymar. “Nevertheless, the success of the LHC’s first operation with beam is testimony to years of painstaking preparation and the skill of the teams involved in building and running CERN’s accelerator complex. I have no doubt that we will overcome this setback with same degree of rigour and application.”
The time necessary for the investigation and repairs precludes a restart before CERN’s obligatory winter maintenance period, bringing the date for restart of the accelerator complex to early spring 2009. LHC beams will then follow.
Particle accelerators such as the LHC are unique machines, built at the cutting edge of technology. Each is its own prototype, and teething troubles at the start-up phase are therefore always possible.
“The LHC is a very complex instrument, huge in scale and pushing technological limits in many areas,” said Peter Limon, who was responsible for commissioning the world’s first large-scale superconducting accelerator, the Tevatron at Fermilab in the USA. “Events occur from time to time that temporarily stop operations, for shorter or longer periods, especially during the early phases.”
CERN has received similar words of support from several laboratories, including Germany’s DESY, home of the HERA superconducting particle accelerator, which ran from 1992 to 2007.
“We at DESY have been following the commissioning of the LHC with great excitement and have been very impressed with the success of the first day,” said Albrecht Wagner, DESY Director. “I am confident that our colleagues at CERN will solve the problem speedily and we will continue to support them as much as we can.”
Monday, September 22, 2008
“Raum und Zeit” Centennial
I was writing an essay about Time for my Comm I class when I first met Minkowski. Of course, that time I just filtered out the descriptive portion of the topic and totally ignored the mathematical aspect. After submitting the paper (I got 1.75), I completely forgot the whole thing about him and his concept of spacetime. I met him again when I studied Special and General relativity. This was the time when I knew how to differentiate Euclidean space from Minkowski spacetime. This was the time when I recognized his importance in Physics.
As I went through my usual online routine this morning, I found out that last Sunday (September 21, 2008) was the Spacetime centennial. It was the 100 years of the introduction of spacetime in our mathematics. It was the 100 years celebration of the birth of spacetime concept. Without spacetime, I am not sure how we are going to define relativity, specifically general relativity in our physics.
Coincidentally, last week I was thinking about the Space (Spatial) Age of man. I am not referring here to the age when man started to explore the space (the vast space beyond earth). But instead I am referring to the period when man started to study space per se and explored its importance in his life and the universe that surrounds him. When I say space, I am referring to the topological, mathematical, real, actual, and virtual space.
The whole week last week, as part of my personal review modules, I was planning to read and write about the historical development of Space. I was contemplating on the start point and the future end point of our Space (Spatial) Era. I was thinking of charting this historical development and projecting the estimated height of this era. Right now, I can say we are only in the childhood age of Spatial Era.
What do we mean by Spatial Era here? Let me give you this rough definition. Spatial Era is the period when man studied and explored the concept of universal space: mathematical, physical and even virtual space. So, what am I trying to do here? I am trying to map out the curve of this historical development. Once I have mapped out the normal curve of Spatial Era, we can start mapping out (and projecting) the historical curve of our Temporal Era (the time when we started to study the concept of universal time – mathematical, physical and virtual time).
Simply, I just want to introduce these concepts of Spatial Era and Temporal Era to distinguish the periods of our knowledge.
As I mentioned earlier, we are only on the childhood period of Spatial Era. We are just starting to have a good grasp of the concept of space, beginning to apply its concept in our lives. Look around you, everything is about space. In physics, physicists are battling over the properties of the basic fabric of our spacetime, and we introduce the structure of space through differential geometry and physical topology. In math, we have a long list of spaces, Abelian, Hilbert, Boolean, etc… Each time you define something in math you have to define it within the context of its space. In real life, we explore the concept of space, maximizing the functional use of space, vertical and horizontal assembly line, flyovers and overpasses, and many other engineering and structural designs giving a maximum utilization of space. In architecture and art, we create things in relation to space. We have the Functional School, the Minimalist School, and many other schools presenting ideas based on space. In astronomy, we build huge eyes to peer on the vastness of the universe, viewing the deep corners of our universe. Nowadays, the number of people who are dependent on the internet is expanding exponentially. This one is also about space, virtual space. We created an imaginary space in our machines where we materialize our imaginary life (virtual life to be exact).
Maybe when we reach the adult period of our Spatial Era, we are already exploiting the subspace technology. We already know how to bend space and travel through its vastness in shorter time.
Temporal Era, I am not sure yet about this, but I believe we are already in the spermatozoan stage. We have already studies on chronons and the concept of time as a mathematical and physical entity. The height of it is maybe having Temporal Guards like the ones on Star Trek Enterprise.
Back to Minkowski, he is very important to our current understanding of physics. Everything, all physical properties, is expressed in spacetime coordinate. If you are familiar with x,y,z, t then you know Minkowski.
** Note: I will be exploring the history of Space and Spacetime soon here in my blog. I want to write more about these concepts.
As I went through my usual online routine this morning, I found out that last Sunday (September 21, 2008) was the Spacetime centennial. It was the 100 years of the introduction of spacetime in our mathematics. It was the 100 years celebration of the birth of spacetime concept. Without spacetime, I am not sure how we are going to define relativity, specifically general relativity in our physics.
Coincidentally, last week I was thinking about the Space (Spatial) Age of man. I am not referring here to the age when man started to explore the space (the vast space beyond earth). But instead I am referring to the period when man started to study space per se and explored its importance in his life and the universe that surrounds him. When I say space, I am referring to the topological, mathematical, real, actual, and virtual space.
The whole week last week, as part of my personal review modules, I was planning to read and write about the historical development of Space. I was contemplating on the start point and the future end point of our Space (Spatial) Era. I was thinking of charting this historical development and projecting the estimated height of this era. Right now, I can say we are only in the childhood age of Spatial Era.
What do we mean by Spatial Era here? Let me give you this rough definition. Spatial Era is the period when man studied and explored the concept of universal space: mathematical, physical and even virtual space. So, what am I trying to do here? I am trying to map out the curve of this historical development. Once I have mapped out the normal curve of Spatial Era, we can start mapping out (and projecting) the historical curve of our Temporal Era (the time when we started to study the concept of universal time – mathematical, physical and virtual time).
Simply, I just want to introduce these concepts of Spatial Era and Temporal Era to distinguish the periods of our knowledge.
As I mentioned earlier, we are only on the childhood period of Spatial Era. We are just starting to have a good grasp of the concept of space, beginning to apply its concept in our lives. Look around you, everything is about space. In physics, physicists are battling over the properties of the basic fabric of our spacetime, and we introduce the structure of space through differential geometry and physical topology. In math, we have a long list of spaces, Abelian, Hilbert, Boolean, etc… Each time you define something in math you have to define it within the context of its space. In real life, we explore the concept of space, maximizing the functional use of space, vertical and horizontal assembly line, flyovers and overpasses, and many other engineering and structural designs giving a maximum utilization of space. In architecture and art, we create things in relation to space. We have the Functional School, the Minimalist School, and many other schools presenting ideas based on space. In astronomy, we build huge eyes to peer on the vastness of the universe, viewing the deep corners of our universe. Nowadays, the number of people who are dependent on the internet is expanding exponentially. This one is also about space, virtual space. We created an imaginary space in our machines where we materialize our imaginary life (virtual life to be exact).
Maybe when we reach the adult period of our Spatial Era, we are already exploiting the subspace technology. We already know how to bend space and travel through its vastness in shorter time.
Temporal Era, I am not sure yet about this, but I believe we are already in the spermatozoan stage. We have already studies on chronons and the concept of time as a mathematical and physical entity. The height of it is maybe having Temporal Guards like the ones on Star Trek Enterprise.
Back to Minkowski, he is very important to our current understanding of physics. Everything, all physical properties, is expressed in spacetime coordinate. If you are familiar with x,y,z, t then you know Minkowski.
** Note: I will be exploring the history of Space and Spacetime soon here in my blog. I want to write more about these concepts.
Short Post: Mohist
I think I am going to be a Mohist, a believer of Mozi philosophy.
"In contrast to those of Confucius, Mozi's moral teachings emphasized self-reflection and authenticity rather than obedience to ritual. He observed that we often learn about the world through adversity ("Embracing Scholars" in Mozi). By reflecting on one's own successes and failures, one attains true self-knowledge rather than mere conformity with ritual. ("Refining Self" in Mozi) Mozi exhorted the gentleman to lead a life of asceticism and self-restraint, renouncing both material and spiritual extravagance." - wiki
"In contrast to those of Confucius, Mozi's moral teachings emphasized self-reflection and authenticity rather than obedience to ritual. He observed that we often learn about the world through adversity ("Embracing Scholars" in Mozi). By reflecting on one's own successes and failures, one attains true self-knowledge rather than mere conformity with ritual. ("Refining Self" in Mozi) Mozi exhorted the gentleman to lead a life of asceticism and self-restraint, renouncing both material and spiritual extravagance." - wiki
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Newsfeed: First Picture
First Picture of Likely Planet Around a Sun-Like Star
Astronomers have unveiled what is likely the first picture of a planet around a normal star similar to the Sun. Using the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, astronomers from the University of Toronto imaged the young star 1RXS J160929.1-210524, which lies about 500 light-years from Earth and a candidate companion of that star. They also obtained spectra to confirm the nature of the companion, which has a mass about eight times that of Jupiter, and lies roughly 330 times the Earth-Sun distance away from its star. For comparison, the most distant planet in our solar system, Neptune, orbits the Sun at only about 30 times the Earth-Sun distance. The parent star is similar in mass to the Sun, but is much younger. “This is the first time we have directly seen a planetary mass object in a likely orbit around a star like our Sun,” said David Lafrenière, lead author of a paper detailing the discovery. “If we confirm that this object is indeed gravitationally tied to the star, it will be a major step forward.”
Until now, the only planet-like bodies that have been directly imaged outside of the solar system are either free-floating in space (i.e. not found around a star), or orbit brown dwarfs, which are dim and make it easier to detect planetary-mass companions.
The existence of a planetary-mass companion so far from its parent star comes as a surprise, and poses a challenge to theoretical models of star and planet formation. "This discovery is yet another reminder of the truly remarkable diversity of worlds out there, and it's a strong hint that nature may have more than one mechanism for producing planetary mass companions to normal stars,” said team member Ray Jayawardhana.
The team’s Gemini observations took advantage of adaptive optics technology to dramatically reduce distortions caused by turbulence in Earth’s atmosphere. The near-infrared images and spectra of the suspected planetary object indicate that it is too cool to be a star or even a more massive brown dwarf, and that it is young.
While it could be a chance alignment between the object and the young star, it will take up to two years to verify that the star and its likely planet are moving through space together. “Of course it would be premature to say that the object is definitely orbiting this star, but the evidence is extremely compelling. This will be a very intensely studied object for the next few years!” said Lafrenière.
Team member Marten van Kerkwijk described the group’s search method. “We targeted young stars so that any planetary mass object they hosted would not have had time to cool, and thus would still be relatively bright,” he said. “This is one reason we were able to see it at all.”
The Jupiter-sized body has an estimated temperature of about 1800 Kelvin (about 1500ºC), much hotter than our own Jupiter, which has a temperature of about 160 Kelvin (-110ºC), and its likely host is a young star of type K7 with an estimated mass of about 85% that of the Sun.
“This discovery certainly has us looking forward to what other surprises nature has in stock for us,” said Van Kerkwijk.
Source: Universe Today
Attachment (Team's Paper):
Direct Imaging and Spectroscopy of a Planetary Mass Candidate Companion to a Young Solar Analog
Astronomers have unveiled what is likely the first picture of a planet around a normal star similar to the Sun. Using the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, astronomers from the University of Toronto imaged the young star 1RXS J160929.1-210524, which lies about 500 light-years from Earth and a candidate companion of that star. They also obtained spectra to confirm the nature of the companion, which has a mass about eight times that of Jupiter, and lies roughly 330 times the Earth-Sun distance away from its star. For comparison, the most distant planet in our solar system, Neptune, orbits the Sun at only about 30 times the Earth-Sun distance. The parent star is similar in mass to the Sun, but is much younger. “This is the first time we have directly seen a planetary mass object in a likely orbit around a star like our Sun,” said David Lafrenière, lead author of a paper detailing the discovery. “If we confirm that this object is indeed gravitationally tied to the star, it will be a major step forward.”
Until now, the only planet-like bodies that have been directly imaged outside of the solar system are either free-floating in space (i.e. not found around a star), or orbit brown dwarfs, which are dim and make it easier to detect planetary-mass companions.
The existence of a planetary-mass companion so far from its parent star comes as a surprise, and poses a challenge to theoretical models of star and planet formation. "This discovery is yet another reminder of the truly remarkable diversity of worlds out there, and it's a strong hint that nature may have more than one mechanism for producing planetary mass companions to normal stars,” said team member Ray Jayawardhana.
The team’s Gemini observations took advantage of adaptive optics technology to dramatically reduce distortions caused by turbulence in Earth’s atmosphere. The near-infrared images and spectra of the suspected planetary object indicate that it is too cool to be a star or even a more massive brown dwarf, and that it is young.
While it could be a chance alignment between the object and the young star, it will take up to two years to verify that the star and its likely planet are moving through space together. “Of course it would be premature to say that the object is definitely orbiting this star, but the evidence is extremely compelling. This will be a very intensely studied object for the next few years!” said Lafrenière.
Team member Marten van Kerkwijk described the group’s search method. “We targeted young stars so that any planetary mass object they hosted would not have had time to cool, and thus would still be relatively bright,” he said. “This is one reason we were able to see it at all.”
The Jupiter-sized body has an estimated temperature of about 1800 Kelvin (about 1500ºC), much hotter than our own Jupiter, which has a temperature of about 160 Kelvin (-110ºC), and its likely host is a young star of type K7 with an estimated mass of about 85% that of the Sun.
“This discovery certainly has us looking forward to what other surprises nature has in stock for us,” said Van Kerkwijk.
Source: Universe Today
Attachment (Team's Paper):
Direct Imaging and Spectroscopy of a Planetary Mass Candidate Companion to a Young Solar Analog
Monday, September 15, 2008
Happy Weekend
For someone to overcome his fears, he/she needs to face those fears, face them head-on. I asked myself about my fears, motivated by Pow’s post, and I realized that my only fear (for now) is that one day I might forget how to do basic integration. Of course, that fear is not just about integration. It’s beyond integration. It’s about me being detached from the mathematical world and immense space of physics. It’s about me forgetting the objects of my affection, physics and math. I am afraid that someday I might ask myself why I wasted my mathematical mind.
Our world, our reality is governed by calculus. Everything is changing. As we grow old, as we move forward with the arrow of time, our points of view, perspectives, ideas, principles, and priorities are changing. It could be a steady change, a drastic change, instantaneous change, slow change, pivotal change, or whatever kind of change you can think of. Whatever change is happening in my life, there is one thing that is constant, and always residing within me, and that’s the thirst to understand the mathematical form of the universe around me.
And I fear that I will be forever lost. Forever detached from the world I used to know. Me being out of the loop for five years, out of the academe for four years, has created a deep longing within me to go back, or if not to go back, somehow to keep in touch with the basic nature of my mind. I miss scribbling equations!
You are going to ask me why “Happy Weekend”, well, it is because I was very happy last weekend. Let’s say I saw the faint light of my guiding star. It is very faint and I hope that my starship will take the course leading to that star and hopefully sooner or later I will go near it and see it bursting like our sun.
Last Sunday, it took me a good cup of coffee and a good conversation with Ian to make me realize that I still have time to catch up. All I need to do is to update myself with things I don’t know and review the things I know. But, I don’t know how much I know compared to what I need to know.
They said mathematics and physics are vast universes and difficult to chart. But I did explore certain portion of these universes once and I did not lose my tracks in the jungle of equations and theories. Maybe if I will go back through self study then I guess I can still find my way through the thickets even they are veiled by dark matters and energy. After-all the guiding star is there and it will help me to take this journey again.
I know that faint star is very far from me, and I have a long journey to go, light-years of journey. But with hope, perseverance and discipline, things will fall into their right places and they will bend space-time just to make this distance short, allowing me to reach that star, in the right time and right space.
Ian was talking about Bose-Einstein condensate last Sunday (as one of the problems in his exam). I know what Bose-Einstein condensate is but I don’t know its mathematics. As usual we discuss a lot of things about physics. Inside that small eatery (Migo’s cafĂ© where you can have a good cup of coffee for 20 pesos and wifi for 5 pesos an hour) in KNL (Krus Na Ligas – pronounced as Kru na Liga), our universes of ideas collided, threw insights to each other and explored other ideas beyond our understanding. Of course, the LHC did not escape our mental collisions and we praised the engineering and scientific feats achieved by this project. When I’m with Ian, thousands of ideas will play around our spacetime. From politics to simple life, from physics and math to social and political sciences, from coffee to the spacetime fabric of the universe.
What made my faint star to appear was von Neumann’s book. I have now a copy of 1944 edition and I intend to read this along with my self-study series.
I hope and I am always hoping that I can get back to my track as soon as possible.
It’s difficult to find the faint guiding star in the immense darkness of the sky.
Anyway, starting with these, I hope I can find the rest of my way.
Calculus Review
Calculus Bible (see attachment)
Notes on Chapter 1
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6
Page 7
John von Neumann’s and Oskar Morgenstern’s Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
I was happy last weekend because I found out that I could still recognize and remember much of my mathematics.
Our world, our reality is governed by calculus. Everything is changing. As we grow old, as we move forward with the arrow of time, our points of view, perspectives, ideas, principles, and priorities are changing. It could be a steady change, a drastic change, instantaneous change, slow change, pivotal change, or whatever kind of change you can think of. Whatever change is happening in my life, there is one thing that is constant, and always residing within me, and that’s the thirst to understand the mathematical form of the universe around me.
And I fear that I will be forever lost. Forever detached from the world I used to know. Me being out of the loop for five years, out of the academe for four years, has created a deep longing within me to go back, or if not to go back, somehow to keep in touch with the basic nature of my mind. I miss scribbling equations!
You are going to ask me why “Happy Weekend”, well, it is because I was very happy last weekend. Let’s say I saw the faint light of my guiding star. It is very faint and I hope that my starship will take the course leading to that star and hopefully sooner or later I will go near it and see it bursting like our sun.
Last Sunday, it took me a good cup of coffee and a good conversation with Ian to make me realize that I still have time to catch up. All I need to do is to update myself with things I don’t know and review the things I know. But, I don’t know how much I know compared to what I need to know.
They said mathematics and physics are vast universes and difficult to chart. But I did explore certain portion of these universes once and I did not lose my tracks in the jungle of equations and theories. Maybe if I will go back through self study then I guess I can still find my way through the thickets even they are veiled by dark matters and energy. After-all the guiding star is there and it will help me to take this journey again.
I know that faint star is very far from me, and I have a long journey to go, light-years of journey. But with hope, perseverance and discipline, things will fall into their right places and they will bend space-time just to make this distance short, allowing me to reach that star, in the right time and right space.
Ian was talking about Bose-Einstein condensate last Sunday (as one of the problems in his exam). I know what Bose-Einstein condensate is but I don’t know its mathematics. As usual we discuss a lot of things about physics. Inside that small eatery (Migo’s cafĂ© where you can have a good cup of coffee for 20 pesos and wifi for 5 pesos an hour) in KNL (Krus Na Ligas – pronounced as Kru na Liga), our universes of ideas collided, threw insights to each other and explored other ideas beyond our understanding. Of course, the LHC did not escape our mental collisions and we praised the engineering and scientific feats achieved by this project. When I’m with Ian, thousands of ideas will play around our spacetime. From politics to simple life, from physics and math to social and political sciences, from coffee to the spacetime fabric of the universe.
What made my faint star to appear was von Neumann’s book. I have now a copy of 1944 edition and I intend to read this along with my self-study series.
I hope and I am always hoping that I can get back to my track as soon as possible.
It’s difficult to find the faint guiding star in the immense darkness of the sky.
Anyway, starting with these, I hope I can find the rest of my way.
Calculus Review
Calculus Bible (see attachment)
Notes on Chapter 1
Page 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5Page 6Page 7John von Neumann’s and Oskar Morgenstern’s Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
I was happy last weekend because I found out that I could still recognize and remember much of my mathematics.
QFT Videos
This is a nice dig in the net. Read from Imaginary Potential, I got this link of one of the golden treasure of Physics Educational Program, the Coleman lecture of Quantum Field Theory and it's from Harvard.
Imagine, from VHS tape around 1975-1976.
Here's the introduction of the videos:
Physics 253: Quantum Field Theory
I need to note this page for future reference.
Imagine, from VHS tape around 1975-1976.
Here's the introduction of the videos:
Physics 253: Quantum Field Theory
Lectures by Sidney R. Coleman
Recorded in 1975-1976.
The videos shown here were transferred to DVD in 2007 straight from surviving VHS tapes, which were, in turn, copied from the original source tapes. As such, the quality of the image has suffered and is as good as currently feasible without resorting to an expensive remastering process. Made in 1975-1976, the videos were shot using a black and white tube video camera. The black halo or vignette effect you see around the image is caused by the camera's Image Orthicon pickup tube. Please note that the version of the videos presented here are at a lower resolution so as to make them small enough for streaming. Harvard affiliates also have the option of borrowing DVDs of these lectures, which have somewhat better resolution, from Physics Research Library.
Professor Coleman's wit and teaching style is legendary and, despite all that may have changed in the 35 years since these lectures were recorded, many students today are excited at the prospect of being able to view them and experience Sidney's particular genius second-hand.
Here's the list of all videos.I need to note this page for future reference.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Almost A Month To Go
I read somewhere in US LHC Blog that the first collision in LHC will be done October 7, 2008. I can't wait for this day to come. Few weeks after time, I believe papers will rain hard in Arxiv.org.
Here are some videos about ATLAS-LHC.
The Atlas Experiment CERN #1
Here are some videos about ATLAS-LHC.
The Atlas Experiment CERN #1
From Brian Greene
I just read this article of Brian Greene in NY Times. It's a crash course on LHC and origins of the Universe. Short but very informative. I hope everyone will read to free themselves worrying about LHC and its destruction of the earth.
Brian Greene: The Origins of the Universe: Crash Course
I like what he said in the last paragraph:
"Confirming an idea is always gratifying. But finding what you don’t expect opens new vistas on the nature of reality. And that’s what humans, including those of us who happen to be physicists, live for." - Brian Greene
Brian Greene: The Origins of the Universe: Crash Course
I like what he said in the last paragraph:
"Confirming an idea is always gratifying. But finding what you don’t expect opens new vistas on the nature of reality. And that’s what humans, including those of us who happen to be physicists, live for." - Brian Greene
Comments
After reading several blog posts of LHC people in US LHC Blog, I could not stop giving my share in commenting some of the posts, especially those with negative comments from other readers.
For post: For Those Who Are Concerned
Kyee says
"Congrats to LHC for having a successful first beam! I am excited for the first collision to occur.
"For me I guess, the public must be blamed also. I am just worried that our society, or shall I say the understanding of the public, has never grown eversince the industrial revolution. I am just hoping that by now, most of the human beings, know how to distinguish science from science fiction, objective from subjective perceptions and judgement, as well as free themselves from any religious frills. We worry so much, but we have not further our science and technology that much. Religious and political bodies are true hindrances to what we are really capable of in terms of development. Our science has suffered so much because of this and it has been delayed for decades.
For post: Not so Fast
Kyee says:
"If man can just put more faith to science.
For post: For Those Who Are Concerned
Kyee says
"Congrats to LHC for having a successful first beam! I am excited for the first collision to occur.
I trust you guys (all physicists and other scientists and engineers who work in LHC and CERN)! You will bring another technological and scientific revolution in our lives. After-all it was CERN who gave birth to the internet.
I hate it when media is messing up the science and screwing up the minds of the people. I hope everyone will stop calling Higgs Boson as the “god particle.” And I also hope that humanity will recognize the value of this collaboration, just like ISS."
Kyee says"For me I guess, the public must be blamed also. I am just worried that our society, or shall I say the understanding of the public, has never grown eversince the industrial revolution. I am just hoping that by now, most of the human beings, know how to distinguish science from science fiction, objective from subjective perceptions and judgement, as well as free themselves from any religious frills. We worry so much, but we have not further our science and technology that much. Religious and political bodies are true hindrances to what we are really capable of in terms of development. Our science has suffered so much because of this and it has been delayed for decades.
I am just hoping, as I quote, Bohr, they should stop telling God what to do."
For post: Not so Fast
Kyee says:
"If man can just put more faith to science.
I am deeply saddened by this insane report."
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Game Theory
I am very happy today. I just received a text message from KHV (my Mr. Feynman) that I can get the book he borrowed from UP Lib this weekend. I have been wanting to read this book.It's a Von Neumann and Morgenstern book. Game Theory and Economic Behavior.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Coffee Quotes
I got these quotes from a blog of a physicist (Shores of Dirac Sea).
"Every theorist knows that without coffee there is no physics." - David Berenstein
"Coffee is the lubricant of good ideas." - David Berenstein
And this one from Paul Erdos.
"Mathematicians are machines turning coffee into theorems." - Paul Erdos
"Every theorist knows that without coffee there is no physics." - David Berenstein
"Coffee is the lubricant of good ideas." - David Berenstein
And this one from Paul Erdos.
"Mathematicians are machines turning coffee into theorems." - Paul Erdos
Side Trips
While monitoring the updates on LHC, I did some side strips in the cyberspace. Hopping from sites to sites (the bow-tie theory), logging in and out from skyscrapercity.com, facebook, multiply, yahoo email and my other online accounts, watched movies and downloaded some songs.
Let me run down the things I did in my side trips. I'll start with the movies.
Since 9:00 this morning I watched two movies and one episode of Stargate Atlantis.
The Love of Siam
Link
Light, coming of age movie exploring the joy and sadness of teens love. Heavy with family issues and problems and young understanding of one's sexuality. Over-all I would say it's a good movie except for the lame last lines (as reminded by Pow): "I can't be with you as your boyfriend, but that doesn't mean I don't love you." Repressed?
Anyway, you can check the kissing part here.
Bangkok Love Story
Link
Good music. Good cinematography. Good plot. Good concept. Good in almost every aspect except for one thing... very bad script. A little more erudition in the script and I guess I would include this film in my list of A Gay films. Maybe I am not just used to the sentimentalities of South East Asian films. On one hand, I love the theme song. The chorus is killing me and until now I am still listening to it. Kissing scenes are intense. I could certainly feel the masculine aggression, tight but momentary union, harmonious collision, while the characters are intensely wrapped by passion, longing, wanting as they explore each other's bodies. For me the kissing scenes are the perfect images of of guys loving each other (gosh, I can't help it but relate it to my previous relationship with someone).
Anyway here's the censored sex scene of the film and let me know if I am not telling the truth.
Stargate Atlantis
Last week I watched Stargate Continuum (direct to DVD release) and I realized how much I miss this TV series so much. I haven't watched any SG series for more than 6 months already after finishing the last season of SG-1 and now I am longing for new episodes. I miss O'Niel, the asgards, the stargates. I will blog more on why I love this series so much. It reflects so much of my personality.I just watched the first episode of Season 4 of Stargate Atlantis and I think I will continue watching the rest of the episodes this weekend.
Aside from watching movies and TV series, I also visited onemanga again to update myself with new chapters of Naruto and Bleach.
I also downloaded some songs through flv from different gay films I've watched. Some of them are posted in the Movies tab of my site. I love romantic but sad songs. They pacify my heart and let me lounge in myself, day dreaming and thinking of myriad things about my world.
After sipping the last drop of black coffee (there is no creamer in the pantry), I paused and think of my life, my past, present (none as of the moment), and future relationships. It occurred to me that I have been longing to settle down, wanting to be with my dream guy (if not my dream guy, at least someone who is close to be my perfect guy), sleeping with someone in my arms, waking up in the morning with someone and kissing each other with morning breath, and dreaming of going home, a place where your love and life is waiting for you.
Maybe, I just need to wait. Soon my right guy will come.
Speaking of right guy, what type of guy do you think I would like?
Well, here are some of them:
Colin Fergusson
Ben Browder
Joe Flanigan
Chaiwat Tongsang
Edison Chen
JĂ´ Odagiri
Robert Gant
Rafael Rosell
Ben Browder
Joe Flanigan
Chaiwat Tongsang
Edison Chen
JĂ´ Odagiri
Robert Gant
Rafael RosellI will add more if I encounter someone striking, someone who can send a jolt of electricity to my heart. :D
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
First Beam
I've read several negative posts, bad comments and worries about LHC but I have great faith to all the scientists, physicists, engineers, and enthusiasts that they can make this thing works. I hope this first beam will help us to find light in our search of Higgs-Boson.
Once, again good luck and congrats (in advance) to all the people who is working right now in CERN. You did bring us the internet and hopefully you can bring another revolution in our lives.
On on hand, I would like to share this screen shots of my notebook. These are the screenshots of EVO, where I can closely monitoring things around CERN. For unknown reason I cannot receive any update from the webcast. I am not sure if my machine is not functioning or the webcast server. In any case, hopefully I can get more updates later.
Aside from these links I am also closely monitoring several blogs (Cosmic Variance and US LHC Blogs) and CERN main page.
Friday, September 5, 2008
The LHC Will Revolutionize Physics. Can it Revolutionize the Internet Too?
Written by Ian O'Neill
We already know that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be the biggest, most expensive physics experiment ever carried out by mankind. Colliding relativistic particles at energies previously unimaginable (up to the 14 TeV mark by the end of the decade) will generate millions of particles (known and as yet to be discovered), that need to be tracked and characterized by huge particle detectors. This historic experiment will require a massive data collection and storage effort, re-writing the rules of data handling. Every five seconds, LHC collisions will generate the equivalent of a DVD-worth of data, that's a data production rate of one gigabyte per second. To put this into perspective, an average household computer with a very good connection may be able to download data at a rate of one or two megabytes per second (if you are very lucky! I get 500 kilobytes/second). So, LHC engineers have designed a new kind of data handling method that can store and distribute petabytes (million-gigabytes) of data to LHC collaborators worldwide (without getting old and grey whilst waiting for a download).
In 1990, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) revolutionized the way in which we live. The previous year, Tim Berners-Lee, a CERN physicist, wrote a proposal for electronic information management. He put forward the idea that information could be transferred easily over the Internet using something called "hypertext." As time went on Berners-Lee and collaborator Robert Cailliau, a systems engineer also at CERN, pieced together a single information network to help CERN scientists collaborate and share information from their personal computers without having to save it on cumbersome storage devices. Hypertext enabled users to browse and share text via web pages using hyperlinks. Berners-Lee then went on to create a browser-editor and soon realised this new form of communication could be shared by vast numbers of people. By May 1990, the CERN scientists called this new collaborative network the World Wide Web. In fact, CERN was responsible for the world's first website: http://info.cern.ch/ and an early example of what this site looked like can be found via the World Wide Web Consortium website.
We already know that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be the biggest, most expensive physics experiment ever carried out by mankind. Colliding relativistic particles at energies previously unimaginable (up to the 14 TeV mark by the end of the decade) will generate millions of particles (known and as yet to be discovered), that need to be tracked and characterized by huge particle detectors. This historic experiment will require a massive data collection and storage effort, re-writing the rules of data handling. Every five seconds, LHC collisions will generate the equivalent of a DVD-worth of data, that's a data production rate of one gigabyte per second. To put this into perspective, an average household computer with a very good connection may be able to download data at a rate of one or two megabytes per second (if you are very lucky! I get 500 kilobytes/second). So, LHC engineers have designed a new kind of data handling method that can store and distribute petabytes (million-gigabytes) of data to LHC collaborators worldwide (without getting old and grey whilst waiting for a download).
In 1990, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) revolutionized the way in which we live. The previous year, Tim Berners-Lee, a CERN physicist, wrote a proposal for electronic information management. He put forward the idea that information could be transferred easily over the Internet using something called "hypertext." As time went on Berners-Lee and collaborator Robert Cailliau, a systems engineer also at CERN, pieced together a single information network to help CERN scientists collaborate and share information from their personal computers without having to save it on cumbersome storage devices. Hypertext enabled users to browse and share text via web pages using hyperlinks. Berners-Lee then went on to create a browser-editor and soon realised this new form of communication could be shared by vast numbers of people. By May 1990, the CERN scientists called this new collaborative network the World Wide Web. In fact, CERN was responsible for the world's first website: http://info.cern.ch/ and an early example of what this site looked like can be found via the World Wide Web Consortium website.
So CERN is no stranger to managing data over the Internet, but the brand new LHC will require special treatment. As highlighted by David Bader, executive director of high performance computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the current bandwidth allowed by the Internet is a huge bottleneck, making other forms of data sharing more desirable. "If I look at the LHC and what it's doing for the future, the one thing that the Web hasn't been able to do is manage a phenomenal wealth of data," he said, meaning that it is easier to save large datasets on terabyte hard drives and then send them in the post to collaborators. Although CERN had addressed the collaborative nature of data sharing on the World Wide Web, the data the LHC will generate will easily overload the small bandwidths currently available.
This is why the LHC Computing Grid was designed. The grid handles vast LHC dataset production in tiers, the first (Tier 0) is located on-site at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. Tier 0 consists of a huge parallel computer network containing 100,000 advanced CPUs that have been set up to immediately store and manage the raw data (1s and 0s of binary code) pumped out by the LHC. It is worth noting at this point, that not all the particle collisions will be detected by the sensors, only a very small fraction can be captured. Although only a comparatively small number of particles may be detected, this still translates into huge output.
Tier 0 manages portions of the data outputted by blasting it through dedicated 10 gigabit-per-second fibre optic lines to 11 Tier 1 sites across North America, Asia and Europe. This allows collaborators such as the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York to analyse data from the ALICE experiment, comparing results from the LHC lead ion collisions with their own heavy ion collision results.
From the Tier 1 international computers, datasets are packaged and sent to 140 Tier 2 computer networks located at universities, laboratories and private companies around the world. It is at this point that scientists will have access to the datasets to perform the conversion from the raw binary code into usable information about particle energies and trajectories.
The tier system is all well and good, but it wouldn't work without a highly efficient type of software called "middleware." When trying to access data, the user may want information that is spread throughout the petabytes of data on different servers in different formats. An open-source middleware platform called Globus will have the huge responsibility to gather the required information seamlessly as if that information is already sitting inside the researcher's computer.
It is this combination of the tier system, fast connection and ingenuous software that could be expanded beyond the LHC project. In a world where everything is becoming "on demand," this kind of technology could make the Internet transparent to the end user. There would be instant access to everything from data produced by experiments on the other side of the planet, to viewing high definition movies without waiting for the download progress bar. Much like Berners-Lee's invention of HTML, the LHC Computing Grid may revolutionize how we use the Internet.
** Well, after-all Internet (WWW) started from this Institution. I guess it is just natural for CERN to do another revolutionary task in WWW.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Shut up and calculate!
The Copenhagen Interpretation of QM
"According to Copenhagen Interpretation, before quantum objects are observed, they exist as wavefunctions that can contain a superposition of many mutually contradictory properties. It's only when an observer makes a measurement that the wavefunction collapses, and the particle settles on one of these properties." - Julie Rehmeyer, fq(x) News
Copenhagen Interpretation Wiki Entry
Principles
Am I a believer of this? I am not sure if I will on the deterministic or non-deterministic interpretation of QM. It has been years already that I have not done any QM in my life. I guess it's time for me to revisit this topic.
"According to Copenhagen Interpretation, before quantum objects are observed, they exist as wavefunctions that can contain a superposition of many mutually contradictory properties. It's only when an observer makes a measurement that the wavefunction collapses, and the particle settles on one of these properties." - Julie Rehmeyer, fq(x) News
Copenhagen Interpretation Wiki Entry
Principles
- A system is completely described by a wave function ψ, which represents an observer's knowledge of the system. (Heisenberg)
- The description of nature is essentially probabilistic. The probability of an event is related to the square of the amplitude of the wave function related to it. (Max Born)
- Heisenberg's uncertainty principle states the observed fact that it is not possible to know the values of all of the properties of the system at the same time; those properties that are not known with precision must be described by probabilities.
- (Complementary Principle) Matter exhibits a wave-particle duality. An experiment can show the particle-like properties of matter, or wave-like properties, but not both at the same time.(Niels Bohr)
- Measuring devices are essentially classical devices, and measure classical properties such as position and momentum.
- The Correspondence Principle of Bohr and Heisenberg: the quantum mechanical description of large systems should closely approximate to the classical description.
Am I a believer of this? I am not sure if I will on the deterministic or non-deterministic interpretation of QM. It has been years already that I have not done any QM in my life. I guess it's time for me to revisit this topic.
Notebook 0001: .xls macro
Whole week last week I was working on the Employee Survey Result module to be distributed to the managers. The information would be obtained by the managers from this module will be utilized, as a component, in their business plans for the year 2009.
Of course, as usual, I won't release anything until I am satisfied with its look and usability. From a normal excel file, I inserted several VB scripts and looping formulas to execute a little automation to the file, to make calculation for each data filter.
Here's the look of the module.
Main Page
Navigation Page
Data Page
Graph Page
All Questions Comparison Page
I am not 100% satisfied it my work because I wasn't able to execute 100% automation in all the pages and components of the module. But I guess 80.00% complete execution of my thoughts is already enough to serve the purpose of this module.
Also, I am still on beginner's level when it comes to VB scripting and macro manipulation of excel. Hopefully someday I can master this. I still have a lot of things to learn.
The first kernel of script I've written in VB script editor of excel is this:
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Sheets("MainPage1").Select
End Sub
Now, I can do this (as I have employed them in the recent module):
Sub auto_open()
Worksheets("Open1").Select
ActiveWindow.DisplayWorkbookTabs = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHeadings = False
Application.DisplayFullScreen = True
Application.DisplayFormulaBar = False
Application.DisplayStatusBar = False
Worksheets("Open1").Select
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Tools").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("File").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Format").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Edit").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("View").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Insert").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Data").Enabled = False
End Sub
Sub auto_close()
ActiveWindow.DisplayWorkbookTabs = True
ActiveWindow.DisplayHeadings = True
Application.DisplayFullScreen = False
Application.DisplayFormulaBar = True
Application.DisplayStatusBar = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Tools").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("File").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Format").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Edit").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("View").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Insert").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Data").Enabled = True
ThisWorkbook.Saved = True
Application.Quit
End Sub
These two kernels will hide or deactivate certain parts of Excel program. It will give you a full screen view of the spreadsheet as well as protecting some editing features contained in the toolbars and command bars.
For the log-in page, I employed the kernel below for password validation.
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
If Sheets("MainAnchor").Cells(6, 3).Value = "Yes" Then
Sheets("MainPage1").Select
Else
MsgBox "You have entered an invalid password"
End If
End Sub
I will find time to execute the 100% of my thoughts on the module. There are a lot of things I want to do but I cannot execute them because of my limited knowledge on VB Script/Macro.
** Side note: Pow and I had a short discussion on the GUI of Vista as well as some information on this topic. Hopefully, on of these days we can expound our discussion in this topic.
Of course, as usual, I won't release anything until I am satisfied with its look and usability. From a normal excel file, I inserted several VB scripts and looping formulas to execute a little automation to the file, to make calculation for each data filter.
Here's the look of the module.
Main Page
Navigation Page
Data Page
Graph Page
All Questions Comparison Page
I am not 100% satisfied it my work because I wasn't able to execute 100% automation in all the pages and components of the module. But I guess 80.00% complete execution of my thoughts is already enough to serve the purpose of this module.
Also, I am still on beginner's level when it comes to VB scripting and macro manipulation of excel. Hopefully someday I can master this. I still have a lot of things to learn.
The first kernel of script I've written in VB script editor of excel is this:
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Sheets("MainPage1").Select
End Sub
Now, I can do this (as I have employed them in the recent module):
Sub auto_open()
Worksheets("Open1").Select
ActiveWindow.DisplayWorkbookTabs = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHeadings = False
Application.DisplayFullScreen = True
Application.DisplayFormulaBar = False
Application.DisplayStatusBar = False
Worksheets("Open1").Select
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Tools").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("File").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Format").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Edit").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("View").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Insert").Enabled = False
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Data").Enabled = False
End Sub
Sub auto_close()
ActiveWindow.DisplayWorkbookTabs = True
ActiveWindow.DisplayHeadings = True
Application.DisplayFullScreen = False
Application.DisplayFormulaBar = True
Application.DisplayStatusBar = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Tools").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("File").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Format").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Edit").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("View").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Insert").Enabled = True
Application.CommandBars.Item(1).Controls("Data").Enabled = True
ThisWorkbook.Saved = True
Application.Quit
End Sub
These two kernels will hide or deactivate certain parts of Excel program. It will give you a full screen view of the spreadsheet as well as protecting some editing features contained in the toolbars and command bars.
For the log-in page, I employed the kernel below for password validation.
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
If Sheets("MainAnchor").Cells(6, 3).Value = "Yes" Then
Sheets("MainPage1").Select
Else
MsgBox "You have entered an invalid password"
End If
End Sub
I will find time to execute the 100% of my thoughts on the module. There are a lot of things I want to do but I cannot execute them because of my limited knowledge on VB Script/Macro.
** Side note: Pow and I had a short discussion on the GUI of Vista as well as some information on this topic. Hopefully, on of these days we can expound our discussion in this topic.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Political Thoughts of Grilled Tuna
A hefty meal in Mang Jimmy’s can really put your mind to work. As a habit, while dining with friends (Pow, Jay, Nelson and Maida), we usually discuss various serious topics and eventually leading to intense, productive and healthy arguments. Two weeks ago, we had that moment again in Mang Jimmy’s and my mind was not spared to explore the subject on politics and the modern way of viewing political theories (I mean of modern way here is that not just mere qualitative political science but more of quantitative one). Of course, the discussion was still qualitative. But behind my verbal mind I couldn’t stop thinking of several questions that I believe are very relevant to the current political situations of the world.
1. Is politics still cultural nowadays? Is it still dependent on the cultural set-up of a system having that kind of political situation? I understand that politics, shall I say “government” or “system of governance” is usually an off-shot of socio-cultural (including religion) set-up of a group of people. But, does this definition still hold true to the current economic set-up of the world? Maybe to some countries but with the advent of globalization somehow, in someway, politics is creating its own body of science independent of cultural aspects. I have to explore this aspect deeply to get a satisfying answer.
2. Is one-world government possible without dissolving cultural and social diversities of the world? I am not sure if dissolution (dissolving) is the right term here. But, is it possible to have one-world system of governance and at the same time retaining the cultural and political differences of the world?
3. How can we express a heterogeneous system through one homogenous equation? Or is it possible for a heterogeneous system to have one or several homogenous aspects?
4. What do you mean by Confederacy? Or Confederation? (For those who are watching Star Trek or Star Wars I believe you can relate to this). Or is the United Federation of Nations possible?
5. Can this political framework be applied to our current political-economic set-up?
Hopefully, I can answer some of these questions.
** On side note, I read from “Back-Reaction,” that Physics is not transforming to Philosophy nowadays but rather it is starting to explore social sciences. It has already proven its importance in Chemistry and it is beginning to have a stronghold on Biology. I believe it is time for us to extend physics to economics, sociology, psychology and even political science.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Chemical Romance
Ascorbic Acid
ParacetamolIt was really exhausting and depressing to have a week of romance with different chemicals. Yes. For a week my body succumbed to the attack of the throng of flu virus. Good thing, I had the available chemicals to help my system to combat them.
DextromethorphanIt started two Sundays ago. That time I could already feel the entry of the viruses in my system. My throat was sore and I began to have colds. Come Monday, I was weakened, ending my day on my bed having fever. Then the whole Tuesday, I slept the whole day and in the evening, I thought I was in delirium. My fever was high and my body was limp. While lying there on my bed, I thought I was dreaming of my inner self transforming into some geometrical shapes, triangular, prism, then quadrilateral, and some unique form as in trying to configure a defense system for my body to easily recover from this sickness. I was indeed in delirium. Maybe my mind is mirroring the subconscious activities of my body in combating the flu virus. It’s a way of telling me, we are producing more and more T-cells to help you against the flu virus.
I was fortunate to have meds while resting. I already bought several gallons of water and several capsules of Tuseran forte. Who couldn’t b exhausted by waging a war against the flu virus? Take note this is a war happening deep within you, deep within your cellular self. Maybe I could not have won this war without the help of Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide, Phenylpropanolamine, Paracetamol, Ascorbic Acid, and Chlorpheniramine Maleate. Aside from these basic chemicals I doubled my intake of Ascorbic Acid and Vitamins and Minerals. Seriously, I was desperate in getting rid of the sore throat and colds.
I told a friend that if there is one medicine that could eliminate all of these in one day, I will not hesitate to buy that medicine. It’s difficult to work, to think, to move when you are feeling something, when your body is busy in eliminating and purging the flu virus out of your system.
By Tuesday morning, I started to drink Amoxil, an antibiotic.
Now I am not sure what I am feeling. Just this afternoon when I woke up I felt like I was going to vomit. Until now, I wanna puke but for some unknown reason I cannot puke. Something is terribly wrong with my system nowadays.
First, I am vulnerable to ordinary colds or even ordinary cough. Second, I could feel changes in my mood, irritable, indifferent and melancholic. Third, my eating habit is erratic. I am not satisfied with what I am eating or sometimes I am not in the mood to eat. Not sure what is happening to my system. Maybe it’s just a delayed reaction of my body to a week’s exhaustive cellular war. Or maybe it’s just a convalescence stage after a week of illness. Maybe it is because of the weather. Not sure. I don’t know. But I don’t like the feeling anymore.
Whatever it is, I am hoping that I will go back to a happy, free of worry state soon.
Actually, I have several theories why I am feeling this way:
1. Weather. May it is because of the weather. It’s erratic and my system doesn’t like erratic weather. My body cannot adapt easily to changing temperature. In the afternoon, it’s humid and hot then suddenly comes the early evening it rains hard and cold. This is a killer. You will definitely get sick if you don’t have any resistance.
2. Living alone. I just realized that I started to live alone now. I mean alone in my own condo unit. I got no one to talk to anymore. For years I am used to live in a house where I can chit chat with all housemates in the afternoon or before I go to work. Now that I am living alone, I have to sleep alone, wake up alone, eat alone, smoke alone, watch DVD’s alone, and do everything alone. Maybe my body is adjusting to this solitary stage of my life.
3. Stress. Maybe it is also due to stress. Lately, I have been so workaholic. My pimples on my face can definitely tell how many hours of sleep I miss everyday. So many things to think. Bills to pay. Projects to finish. Things to do. Future to worry. Sometimes I feel like I want to surrender. But that’s one thing I can’t do.
4. Failing health. Maybe I should stop smoking or begin to tone down my cigarettes. I can feel that my lungs are weak already. I can no longer withstand the hustle-bustle of life without wheezing.
5. Withdrawal Syndrome. Maybe I am experiencing some sort of sex-withdrawal syndrome. I don’t have any sex life for a month already! Boredom is eating me and I need a little pleasure to bring back my sanity.
I am not sure which of these theories causes my health problem. To be sure, I guess I have to consult a doctor as soon as possible this week. I have to rebuild a healthy body. Maybe it is time for me to exercise and assert a more positive outlook in my life.
Hopefully, this week I can find something to strengthen both my physical and spiritual body. I feel like I am disintegrating.
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