The brazilian economy is booming because it is one based more on commodities. In spite of this the common person there is somewhat stymied in relation to career, jobs and starting businesses. This is because they have a built in bias against this. The ruling class there tends not to Read more…
Places like this are magical. If you camp there for any amount of time you find the world spinning round. If you just sit there and meditate you can see the Sun rise spin to the other horizon and set. Click on the photo to see more.
Alot of jackasses are currently running around saying we can use alternative energy to find our way out of the current problems due to the crashing dollar / oil price upward spiral. I do not doubt that less than 30 years from now we will be largely using other sources Read more…
Ok I know its hard for you liberals to understand mathematics. Mathematics and physics are two subjects that are definitely skewed towards those of us with testorone. Women are simply not present in proportional percentages in engineering classes. This is not preconceit. I have sadly seen it with my own Read more…
When you look at the Hubbart peak oil graph is is tempting to read off the peak shown as is. The problem with this is in years past we could have each year predicted peak oil following rapidly. This is because oil is found on an ongoing basis. It is Read more…
The base state of an electron in an infinite potential well has the most "space" for the electron state. Thus it has the maximum entropy. Take that same state and imagine pinching the electrons existence to nil in the middle of the trough. Now you have state-2. The electron now Read more…
Click on image for a larger version Its said that there are approximately 20 delicately balance variables that determine the balance of the universe we live in. Its also said that if any one of them were different we would live in a very different universe. I have a slightly Read more…
Occurred to me while riding a bike
I have discovered an interesting fact about the weather. There is a correspondence between cold weather in Arizona and warm weather in Ohio and vice versa. It is due to the jet stream. When the jet stream dips far down and brings cold weather to Arizona it has time to warm Read more…