tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50040536963243724072024-03-13T06:19:27.707-05:00The Syncretic DivineDedicated to recording my thoughts and discovering what makes my gears interlock through a method of expressively narrating my life, my views, and my vision of the future.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-4546057839009263772013-12-11T19:16:00.001-06:002013-12-11T19:16:31.968-06:00WILLIE - Transparent LCD Bus<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/A5p0uu6v11I" width="480"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-16901195131865974812013-11-02T23:59:00.001-05:002013-11-02T23:59:46.196-05:00Apple - Designed By Apple - Intentionhttp://www.youtube.com/v/VpZmIiIXuZ0?version=3&autohide=1&showinfo=1&autohide=1&autoplay=1&feature=share&attribution_tag=duAVK65XhJpDpLsPcHN9VAAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-70597478241200150482013-05-02T21:34:00.001-05:002013-05-02T21:34:38.847-05:00Shadows on the hyacinth fields<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26849514@N06/8694361207/" title="Shadows on the hyacinth fields"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8254/8694361207_971b59b180.jpg" alt="Shadows on the hyacinth fields by Frans.Sellies (off for a while)" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26849514@N06/8694361207/">Shadows on the hyacinth fields</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26849514@N06/">Frans.Sellies (off for a while)</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-61238565914024990722012-12-07T06:46:00.001-06:002012-12-07T06:46:18.684-06:00SwiftKey reveals 'Flow Through Space'<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QA4BqwNGSoc?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-38313672122946534642012-12-03T22:45:00.001-06:002012-12-03T22:45:01.712-06:00Happy National Day, United Arab Emirates! {explored}<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/charngallery/8238856622/" title="Happy National Day, United Arab Emirates! {explored}"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8197/8238856622_12f90c4779.jpg" alt="Happy National Day, United Arab Emirates! {explored} by Charn High ISO Low IQ" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/charngallery/8238856622/">Happy National Day, United Arab Emirates! {explored}</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/charngallery/">Charn High ISO Low IQ</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-80387450311288369172012-11-30T17:27:00.001-06:002012-11-30T17:27:51.949-06:00Guillemins 10<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twan10d/8173506617/" title="Guillemins 10"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8173506617_95e035fe63.jpg" alt="Guillemins 10 by twan-k5" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twan10d/8173506617/">Guillemins 10</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twan10d/">twan-k5</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-3768449171881368992012-09-28T05:33:00.001-05:002012-09-28T05:33:09.196-05:00Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/7931831962/" title="Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/7931831962_7652860bae.jpg" alt="Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31 by NASA Goddard Photo and Video" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/7931831962/">Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/">NASA Goddard Photo and Video</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-9381918310330412542012-06-30T20:06:00.001-05:002012-06-30T20:06:29.678-05:00Touch<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason-samfield/7474117414/" title="Touch"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7116/7474117414_a6deff4473.jpg" alt="Touch by Jason A. Samfield" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason-samfield/7474117414/">Touch</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason-samfield/">Jason A. Samfield</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>A human touch upon emotive technology.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-7529896941788752462012-05-26T14:23:00.001-05:002012-05-26T14:23:36.178-05:00Ron Finley: Food Forest<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5dhdAgLPMUQ?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-44119690313092778572012-04-18T17:34:00.001-05:002012-04-18T17:34:37.725-05:00Europe and its nightlights, seen from the ISS<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/6917806050/" title="Europe and its nightlights, seen from the ISS"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6917806050_cc5de9269a.jpg" alt="Europe and its nightlights, seen from the ISS by europeanspaceagency" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/6917806050/">Europe and its nightlights, seen from the ISS</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/">europeanspaceagency</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p><i>Via Flickr:</i><br />Europe at night, captured by ESA astronaut André Kuipers onboard the ISS. In shot is the Soyuz TMA-03M module that carried André to the ISS in December 2011, and a Russian Progress freighter. <br /><br />André is onboard the ISS as part of ESA's long duration mission, PromISSe. For further information on the mission, please visit: <a href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/PromISSe/index.html" rel="nofollow">www.esa.int/SPECIALS/PromISSe/index.html</a><br /><br />Credits: ESA/NASA</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-65763014200844331882012-03-21T04:13:00.001-05:002012-03-21T04:13:23.602-05:00All Alone in the Night - Time-lapse footage of the Earth as seen from th...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FG0fTKAqZ5g?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-55041836485338433622012-03-13T15:47:00.000-05:002012-03-13T15:47:26.714-05:00The Ghost in the Machine<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Everyone freaks out that Facebook or Google or whoever knows too much about them through their liking, posting, sharing, commenting, updating, viewing, et cetera, but I beg to differ.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The intent, the reasons, the reasoning, the intensity and caliber, and the type of relationship that the user perceives via the Like or +1 or favoriting features is not ascertained by the company.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Facebook doesn't know why I like something or how much I like it or whether I just want to follow it versus actual enthusiasm about said product, service, or entity.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yes, a vast majority of actionable knowledge can be gleaned from the interlaced information that I provide, but it is not complete, nor 100% accurate nor even potentially true.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So, go ahead Facebook, Google, and others, try and prove to me that you know me or understand why I pressed those virtual buttons of yours. For all they know, it could have been a complete accident. I might not even be a real person! They might be tracking the infamous ghost in the machine.</span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0San Antonio, TX 78217, USA29.538966 -98.423905529.483707 -98.5028695 29.594224999999998 -98.3449415tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-68197581887869310332012-03-01T18:19:00.000-06:002012-03-01T18:19:31.847-06:00Typical Weather Could Return Across Nation<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Bb3ES7ijbqM?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-41803583855935701272012-02-17T07:14:00.000-06:002012-02-17T07:14:36.532-06:00Cornell's Robotic Arm Picks Up Anything, Lacks Fingers<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4W2bOi6fPSY?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-74271368853110401202012-02-15T01:55:00.000-06:002012-02-15T01:55:04.945-06:00Schrödinger's Cat<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IOYyCHGWJq4?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-7927296835078095542012-01-19T22:16:00.000-06:002012-01-19T22:16:23.679-06:00Piracy<br />
Instead of just hating on SOPA and PIPA, can the tech community have a meeting of the minds and make valiant attempts at innovating a way to reduce piracy in a "free Internet" in the same vein that the legislators are attempting to do so with these bills?<br />
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It seems to me that everyone just dislikes the bill without really considering any other option. I heard vague statements from Wikipedia's founder on television and other vague disdain for the bill without stating exactly what is so bad about the bill other than it will bring down the free Internet or change it permanently. Censorship among other topics were the biggest concern with all of the black-out protests, but what will be censored. I don't really see how any speech will be censored. I only saw illegal content on the chopping block which seems reasonable, if you are one to adhere to the law. The only thing that I found particularly damning was the action against a company without due process and such. So, with that said, if certain parts were removed and or changed, would the tech industry support it? Is there any amount of legislation or more specifically stronger legislation that the industry would support?<br />
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Piracy is already against the law, so why is there seemingly a demand for a stronger law? Has the tech community really done enough to stave off piracy? Or has it essentially turned a blind eye to it so to speak and thusly deserved the SOPA bill fight on capitol hill because of its lackadaisical stances? I guess I feel that this bill wouldn't be on capitol hill if the tech industry had done its part to reduce piracy in coordination with the content creators who are drumming the support for stronger laws.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0San Antonio, TX, USA29.538966 -98.423905529.483707 -98.5028695 29.594224999999998 -98.3449415tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-11533020245495967892012-01-13T01:13:00.000-06:002012-01-13T01:13:24.584-06:00Breakingviews: China between rock and hard place with Iran<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zMeBgRLg3FE?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-87977171960492611742011-11-30T19:52:00.000-06:002011-11-30T19:52:37.678-06:0010 minutes and you know about China<iframe width="459" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IvEVEIzmYBc?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-77158661506947699732011-11-30T09:03:00.000-06:002011-11-30T09:03:26.630-06:00Planetary Defense Plans For Asteroids Form | AVIATION WEEK<a href="http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news%2Fawst%2F2011%2F11%2F28%2FAW_11_28_2011_p51-395551.xml&headline=Planetary">Planetary Defense Plans For Asteroids Form | AVIATION WEEK</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-15737610605544818052011-11-29T14:24:00.000-06:002011-11-29T14:24:44.642-06:00Wind Turbine of Hope<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hkf4hLBcucQ?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-42396021693473910962011-10-24T08:32:00.000-05:002011-10-24T08:32:18.075-05:00Giant Globe OLED Display Geo-Cosmos<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QwIvYwJXObc?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-71000284866858481252011-10-17T05:46:00.000-05:002011-10-17T05:46:51.026-05:00"Playa Time: Dust to Dust" - Burning Man 2011 Time Lapse<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZQacfYW6eZQ?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-51982031728629928902011-10-14T03:48:00.002-05:002011-10-14T07:23:05.260-05:00Occupying Class Warfare<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here's my take on class warfare; it will continue to increase because the gamut of classes will continue to widen and the gap between the top quintile and bottom quintile will increase to unseen levels and so on and so on.<br />
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The interesting part is why. Unfairness? Probably not as much as the protesters would like to admit.<br />
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The bottom quintile performs the same type of jobs with no more specialization or skills required than before and they have received pay increases (albeit a small relative amount of about 1% per decade in addition to the 3% for inflation correction).<br />
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The top quintile experienced more opportunities to grow wealth by reinvesting their current wealth a la capitalism while simultaneously earning either a similarly small percentage increase over inflation in income or a much larger increase due to increased competition for their scarce talents and potential for talent growth.<br />
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The potential and almost exponential nature of talent growth has been where talent gained more income through greater specialization, adding completely novel skill sets, increasing experience involvement, undertaking more complex endeavors and with an increasing number of unique opportunities to grow their talents.<br />
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How? It's all been courtesy of the rapid expansion and adoption of new technologies, expanding fields, and completely unique undertakings.<br />
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This has allowed for the gamut of income opportunity to expand with the highest quintile increasing the most while the lowest quintile increasing the least by sheer definition, not by unfairness. The range increases with a hard minimum which forces the maximum to skyrocket. The quintiles adjust accordingly like gas spectrometry and molecular weight. Everything has been chromatic with an actual low amount of volatility although with a seemingly high degree of perceived volatility.<br />
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I'm not anti-corporation, but I'm also not anti-labor. I'm pro-truth. If I can see more potential evidence that holds up better for the supposed mass atrocities of class warfare and that has been thoroughly diagnosed and stripped of the biases, then I will be much more likely to extend reasonable credibility to the multitude of theories including those that state that the high-income earners are stealing from the low-income earners. It's probably true to a certain degree, but I do not believe that it goes as far as everyone #OCW'ing seems to think. It's not an iceberg, it's more like a piece of flotsam here and there and at most a flotsam island.<br />
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If people want to protest Wall Street because workers on Wall Street are paid too much and so on, then I suggest that they make an honest attempt to go work for Wall Street. I have a feeling that if they gain successful employment in a job they hold contempt for now that the difficulty in the requirements for performing the job, the high number of skill sets, specialization, and education necessary, and so on will astound them to the degree that most of the protest fervor from a priori will simmer down reasonably so, but not all, and rightfully so. I just don't think the atrocities are as bad as they are made out to be.<br />
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#occupyeducation<br />
#occupyintrospection<br />
#occupyreality<br />
#occupypragmatism<br />
#occupytruth<br />
#occupyanoccupation<br />
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<i>Signed,</i><br />
<b><i>The Devil's Advocate's Devil's Advocate</i></b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0San Antonio, TX, USA29.4241219 -98.493628229.2028404 -98.8094852 29.6454034 -98.177771200000009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-67784549540496535042011-10-12T18:28:00.000-05:002011-10-12T18:28:34.694-05:003D Animations of a Venus Project city design<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9YjCgezXsaU?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733617548845612308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004053696324372407.post-14251419919947909882011-09-24T15:44:00.000-05:002011-09-24T15:44:09.407-05:00To Whom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i><b>If you could ask anyone in the world a question, what would it be and to whom?</b></i><br />
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This is akin to narrowing one's choices for three wishes to a hypothetical genie. I can't seem to begin to choose just one person and one question, but I'd probably start with a few very poignant yet deep and pertinent questions with stellar mind-body consciousnesses of the past and present.<br />
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I'd ask Jesus of Nazareth what it's like to be the son of G*d.<br />
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I'd ask the prophet Muḥammad ibn `Abdullah what it was like to ascend to heaven and meet the former prophets and G*d.<br />
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I'd ask Aristotle to wax philosophically on aesthetics and or logic.<br />
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I'd ask Siddhārtha Gautama what is the meaning of life, what are the greatest truths to know and follow, and how to find the path to enlightenment. I'd also ask him how it was for him to find his path to enlightenment. What were his trials and tribulations?<br />
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I'd also ask Frederich Nietzsche what his deepest feelings are about existentialism and why he had a mental breakdown towards the end of his life. Did it have anything to do with his modes of thought and paths of consciousness that he took in trying to uncover the truths of existence?<br />
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As you can see, I do not have a single question nor a single person to inquire. I'd have to take a long time to prepare before I could choose the one person and one question to ask.</div>
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