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Quantum-Computing

Video: The race to Absolute Zero

  This is the story of Dewar and Kamerlingh Onnes race to liquify gases.  The ultimate challenge was helium.  Dewar gavce up after hydrogen as he found it difficult to get helium and had all along gone light on equipment whilst Onnes used a more industrial approach,.  Onnes received the Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsJuly 9, 2009 ago
History

Video: How Scotland Came to be Gaelic

Before the Scots there were the Picts.  The Picts were so called because they have tatoos on their bodies. ( pictures ).   They pursued a strategy of fighting and then falling back into the rough Scottish country side.  It appears that without sufficiently friendly environment the agressors would fall back.  Thus Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 years ago
Economics

How the Geithner plan works by obfuscation

Clue:  Federal Reserve prints up some monopoly money and gives it to the banks and maybe some third party investors to get the banks out of trouble.   The taxpayer ends up with IOU’s for this monopoly money.  

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsJuly 8, 2009 ago
Relativity

Optical Effects of Special Relativity

Race down a road at near the speed of light.  What do you see?

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsJuly 2, 2009 ago

Video: Castles episode #1: How to supplant a ruling class – A historical guide to the stroke of state – coup d’etat

This is episode 1 of the series on English castles.  Castles were most useful shortly after the 1066 Norman invasion of England.   They were called "mottes and baileys".  Shown in the picture below the motte is not the ditch around the hill but the hill.  Perhaps that is how the Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsJuly 2, 2009 ago
Funny

Vince from Sham-WoW kilt Billy Maize!

He slapped chopped him to death……     …mmm…maybe there is an opening for a TV pitch man open now….

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsJune 29, 2009 ago
Physics

Video: The Origin of Mass and the Feebleness of Gravity – Frank Wilczek

Original Video Page  – other videos available here “The way you write equations suggests different things. … Right from the very beginning, Einstein was thinking about the question of whether he could get rid of the concept of mass in favor of the concept of energy.” A stunning roster of Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 years ago
Enlightenment

When pondering that societies in aggregate act like a herd of dumb cows

  In regards "sheeple"….I found this comment on the internet.  Literally I think it is true about the human race. The scary thing about your cattle response is my family has raised cattle for generations and the first thing you learn is get rid of the smart cows quick.   We had Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsJune 27, 2009 ago
Genetics

Video: The Search For Adam – Special DNA Mysteries

The Search For Adam – Special DNA Mysteries Genetic Adam of 60,000 years ago. Julius Hendya ne um sta sta sta um nay  sta sta sta

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsJune 23, 2009 ago
Funny

Video: The Pythons Autobiography by the Pythons

In case you arrived here looking for a circus there are no elephants or clowns….. Part one of the autobiography:  Watch the entirety of the video by clicking on the other segments.   Influenced listed as  Beyond the Fringe The Goon Show   Mentioned Bolex Camera Help Magazine The Frost Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsJune 23, 2009 ago

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