IN THE NEXT WORLD YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN!

* Went to visit family for thanksgiving.

* Sister checked my blood sugar the Tuesday before and it was deadly high.

* She took me to the ER at Beth Israel in Boston.

* Spent 3 days in the 11th floor medical ward getting the sugar levels down.

* Presently staying with sister in Peabody MA getting well.

Now I understand that the fatigue, mental slowness, balance problems, eyesight problems and loss of sensation in my extremities was more than likely at least 2 years generated by diabetes.

I had absolutely no idea that the different health problems had this cause. I was thinking depression, getting older, etc., etc.. And I just want to say that I am so grateful and give thanks to Jesus that I have such a loving sister, family and friends (Harry) for helping me out.

BestRegards,
Pete

http://insidetech.monster.com/news/articles/6538-ibm-supercomputer-simulates-cat-cerebral-cortex-pushes-limits-of-cognitive-computing?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_c5_20091120_ELFS



( IBM Supercomputer Simulates Cat Cerebral Cortex, Pushes Limits of Cognitive Computing )

One of the reasons why I think this is interesting is that one of the "pathways" to the singularity is when A.I. research starts to simulate the human brain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

Mr President Shame! I SAY SHAME ON YOU AND YOUR SOCIALIST HEALTH CARE REFORM!!!
After watching C-SPAN today and seeing the pain that you have created in your minority Republican congressmen and senators.

I DEMAND THAT YOU AMEND THE HEALTH CARE BILL AND TAKE AWAY ALL GOVERNMENT PAID HEALTH CARE FROM REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN. IN FACT TAKE IT AWAY FROM ALL REPUBLICANS IN OUR GREAT NATION!

They deserve to be protected from government rationed health care death panels!

BestRegards,
Pete

NPR mentioned today that all the PHILLIES WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS clothes are given to WORLD VISION and go to poor children in Asia. The World Vision spokesperson was interviewed. She said how happy these kids react to the new duds, most have never seen new clothes before. Some of the shirts are large enough to be dresses for the girls.
BestRegards,
Pete

The few new things since i have Journaled...
1. Organized my apartment a bit. I've been going through my library of books putting them in Rubbermaid containers and I now have the lists of books in the Rubbermaid taped to the top of the lid. Duh! should have done this years ago. Have over 14 Rubbermaid contained organized this way, mostly nontechnical books. Most of the tech books are stacked on top covered and the title marked for it's easiest retrieval. I'd say I've got at least another 20 containers to go. They are the Rubbermaid containers I have under 3 queen size mattresses.

2. Harry set up the new digital boxes for our cable. Really cool because now I can get music also. Plus when you surf you get titles of what is on the channel and we finally got back the TV guide channel.

3. Have thought up some good ideas for some sci-fi novel and have been trying to get them down on my computer and the writing website I've been using.

4. Been trying to study the new testament using daily study bible from the theologian William Barkley. I really love his writing how he will explain the Greek words and the possible different meaning, both interpretations would make real good sense. I have also noticed breakthroughs when I read a chapter causally like in the car waiting for someone. Very interesting sometimes the new testament becomes holographic when I read it. I'll bet it is even more intense in the original Greek.

Ready for this? Been working out the design for a low speed wind turbine, honest. I couldn't believe it when I checked out a recent Popular Mechanic and 90 percent of my design was on the page in front of me, staring me in the face.
All I could do was laugh! This has happened more than once to me. In fact there are theories that ideas bubble up through a collective unconsciousness and groups of different people will suddenly come up with the same ideas at the same time. There was this case of groups primates on different islands in the Pacific learned like the same tool usage at the same time and there was no way they learned it from each other.

ABC is redoing V the miniseries. The SYFY channel had shown the old 70s series and it was so bad I just wanted to start cutting myself. Wired reviewed the new version here is the link and a little of the review.

"In the meantime, this aliens-among-us drama comes alive due mainly to the presence of Morena Baccarin. Previously known for her work in Stargate SG-1, Serenity and Firefly, the statuesque, Brazilian-born actress (pictured above, center) lends heft to V with a nearly hypnotic performance. "

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/11/review-v/

I really like Morena Baccarin but she looks like a boy with the short hair in this series!

BestRegards,
Pete

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/10/gay-christians-discord-in-the-pews/

( Why Gay Guys Are Churchier Than Their Straight Brethren )

I just had to post an article which used the term "Liturgy Queens".
BestRegards,
Pete

Wait, Let Me Make Sure the Flash Is On
Posted in [info]overheardnyc on 2009.08.03 at 06:00

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/020066.html

Female tourist to friend: Oh my god, do we really get to take the subway? Gosh, you have to take a picture of me with the subway! C'mon, take the picture!
Man, overhearing: Oh my god, let's push you down the stairs and see how much you like the subway.

--Rockafeller Center Subway

Overheard by: Kirby

Headline by: Ryan

Runners-Up:
· "A *Real* New Yorker Would've Just Pushed Her" - Thaniel
· "Give a Tourist a Pin and She'll Remember NY for a Week, Push Her Down the Stairs, and She'll Remember It for the Rest Of Her Life" - Prole
· "How Tourist-Tossing Got Started" - Barry
· "It Would Save Her That Stop at Planned Parenthood" - niqua
· "Throw in a Rape and Mugging and You'll Get the Full Subway Experience" - Forensic Photographer
· "Why Is It Called "Tourist Season" If We Can´t Kill Them?" - Fresca P.

( Ginsburg's Remark Stirs an Old Debate: Abortion, Eugenics and the Meaning of Margaret Sanger )

"The Fertility of the Feeble-Minded,"
Wow that was a loaded phrase, and how about Jesse Jackson flip flopping from black genocide to pro-choice? I'm always wondering when you have loonies like the octomom when people will actually start talking about reproduction responsibilities instead of reproduction rights. Eugenics is still such a dirty word but with the world population over 6 billion and all the major religions still in clueless mode...I just see Malthus having his way with 3 billion people starving to death by mid century. Boy am I depressing tonight! Ah hell just go all the way! "Soylent Green is People!"
BestRegards,
Pete

( Power Your Car With Pee )

Had 2 engineering interviews one Wednesday the next Thursday. The first was pretty cool it was for the company which builds the "Mantis" the little soil tiller you see on TV. I already got a reject letter from them. But I would buy a Mantis after seeing it built and tested! Was surprised they build it 17 miles from me in Philly. The second interview was in Pisscataway NJ a small semiconductor equipment company. It was a good interview but the engineer was asking for an awful lot for the low contract salary they were offering. I'm not surprised by the low salary they really know we are in a depression.
I didn't ask but you don't need to be a mind reader to understand that they are replacing someone who found a better job with a higher salary. I would really like to work there even with the long commute, they are doing real engineering there.
Not much else is new.
BestRegards,
Pete

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/business/08cftc.html?_r=1

( U.S. Considers Curbs on Speculative Trading of Oil )

Remember last summer when Bush and Republicans were permitting their wealthy friends and oil companies to make billions on the price of oil. It was just,"supply and demand" they would say.
BestRegards,
Pete

This was a comment I posted to robearal lj. Robearal has problems finding work like many of us. I had meant to be more encouraging in my comment, sorry about that. Robearal don't get depressed! People can see a sad attitude a mile away, trust me it doesn't help in your job search. I should have mentioned that while your looking for work to spend time reviewing your skills and even looking toward increasing your IT knowledge. Good Luck! Your situation is in my thoughts and prayers!

This was what I posted.

Welcome to the depression...

I've got 60 dollars to my name. No more savings, stocks or 401ks.
I haven't paid any credit card bills in 3 months.
I had no money for July's rent.
My ex and landlord Harry has been feeding me for 2, 3 months. He is extremely good-natured and knows I'll pay him back.
I've applied for a night position at a local grocery store I really need it while I'm looking for engineering jobs. I'm spending a lot of time reviewing my engineering skills so I don't go stale. I have some design engineering projects which I think may have a chance of being patented.
But you know, I do have my health and while I'm stocking shelves nights at the grocery I'll be thinking about designing a shelf stocking robot.
I'm doing my best getting up every day thanking God for all the wonderful things that I have in my life and trusting Him that the finance part can only go positive.
I get knocked down, I get up again. Your never going to keep me down.
BestRegards,
Pete

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/28stonewall.html

( Political Shifts on Gay Rights Lag Behind Culture )
Don't ask do tell has to be repealed just to bitch slap Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council!
BestRegards,
Pete

First of all I never met him and never bought his music. I never forgot his music video Thriller and agree with the rest of the world that it is probably the best music video ever made.
Of all the people in this world talking about the man Michael Jackson I believe the very best commentary made has been by Spike Lee(who knew Michael and worked with him) talking by cell phone in a moving car in France this morning on NPR morning edition 06/27/09. If it is in a podcast I would encourage you to listen to it. And I really pitied him for all to horrible plastic surgery he volunteered for.

"Then a new song called "Fame," inspired by "Walk On", from the Jackson Five's "Going Back to Indiana" live album, and a guitar riff written by Carlos Alomar and with the title from Lennon, was then hurriedly developed by Bowie, and recorded."

-Wikipedia on the song FAME
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Wow this is interesting that John Lennon also sang in this song,(he's the modulated low voice saying "FAME") another victim of fame.
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David Bowie Lyrics of his song FAME

Fame, (fame) makes a man take things over
Fame, (fame) lets him loose, hard to swallow
Fame, (fame) puts you there where things are hollow
Fame (fame)

Fame, its not your brain, its just the flame
That burns your change to keep you insane (sane)
Fame (fame)

Fame, (fame) what you like is in the limo
Fame, (fame) what you get is no tomorrow
Fame, (fame) what you need you have to borrow
Fame (fame)

Fame, nien! its mine! is just his line
To bind your time, it drives you to, crime
Fame (fame)

Could it be the best, could it be?
Really be, really, babe?
Could it be, my babe, could it, babe?
Could it, babe? , could it, babe?

Is it any wonder I reject you first?
Fame, fame, fame, fame
Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool
Fame (fame)

Fame, bully for you, chilly for me
Got to get a rain check on pain (pain)
(fame)

Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame ,fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame
Fame
Whats your name?

Feeling so gay, feeling gay
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/weekinreview/28segal.html?_r=1
( After Jackson, Fame May Never Be the Same )


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A hundred years from now I hope
people still sing this song by Michael
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"Man In The Mirror"
-BY MICHAEL JACKSON

I'm Gonna Make A Change,
For Once In My Life
It's Gonna Feel Real Good,
Gonna Make A Difference
Gonna Make It Right . . .

As I, Turn Up The Collar On My
Favourite Winter Coat
This Wind Is Blowin' My Mind
I See The Kids In The Street,
With Not Enough To Eat
Who Am I, To Be Blind?
Pretending Not To See
Their Needs
A Summer's Disregard,
A Broken Bottle Top
And A One Man's Soul
They Follow Each Other On
The Wind Ya' Know
'Cause They Got Nowhere
To Go
That's Why I Want You To
Know

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change)
(Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah)

I've Been A Victim Of A Selfish
Kind Of Love
It's Time That I Realize
That There Are Some With No
Home, Not A Nickel To Loan
Could It Be Really Me,
Pretending That They're Not
Alone?

A Willow Deeply Scarred,
Somebody's Broken Heart
And A Washed-Out Dream
(Washed-Out Dream)
They Follow The Pattern Of
The Wind, Ya' See
Cause They Got No Place
To Be
That's Why I'm Starting With
Me
(Starting With Me!)

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Ooh!)
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change)

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm Asking Him To Change His
Ways
(Change His Ways-Ooh!)
And No Message Could've
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make That . . .
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make That . . .)
Change!

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror,
(Man In The Mirror-Oh
Yeah!)
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Better Change!)
No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make The Change)
(You Gotta Get It Right, While
You Got The Time)
('Cause When You Close Your
Heart)
You Can't Close Your . . .Your
Mind!
(Then You Close Your . . .
Mind!)
That Man, That Man, That
Man, That Man
With That Man In The Mirror
(Man In The Mirror, Oh Yeah!)
That Man, That Man, That Man
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Better Change!)
You Know . . .That Man
No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah
(Oh Yeah!)
Gonna Feel Real Good Now!
Yeah Yeah! Yeah Yeah!
Yeah Yeah!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah
(Ooooh . . .)
Oh No, No No . . .
I'm Gonna Make A Change
It's Gonna Feel Real Good!
Come On!
(Change . . .)
Just Lift Yourself
You Know
You've Got To Stop It.
Yourself!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
I've Got To Make That Change,
Today!
Hoo!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Got To
You Got To Not Let Yourself . . .
Brother . . .
Hoo!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
You Know-I've Got To Get
That Man, That Man . . .
(Man In The Mirror)
You've Got To
You've Got To Move! Come
On! Come On!
You Got To . . .
Stand Up! Stand Up!
Stand Up!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Stand Up And Lift
Yourself, Now!
(Man In The Mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Gonna Make That Change . . .
Come On!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know . . .
(Change . . .)
Make That Change.
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BestRegards,
Pete
p.s.
Is it any wonder I reject you first?

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon
blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John
Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat
hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie
Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you look five pounds
thinner, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.

There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being
run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy
Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.

Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of hairy armed women
liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be right back after a message
bbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.
-GIL SCOTT-HERON

****************************************************

When I think about how technology is changing things around us I keep on going back to David Brin's novel Earth. One of the changing technology was the fact that people had practically stopped crime by wearing video-camcorder glasses which were connected to the internet.
Here are a few links to his book and predictions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(novel)#Plot_introduction

http://earthbydavidbrin.pbworks.com/Predictions

It makes me wonder how far Hitler and Stalin would have gotten if the revolution was live.
When I get the time I need to say a prayer for the people of Iran with the hope they can throw off the yoke of their corrupt clergy. Nothing pisses me off more than criminals oppressing in the name of God.
BestRegards,
Pete

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/new-exotic-material-could-revolutionize-electronics-22220.html

( New exotic material could revolutionize electronics )

I always love it when electronics are revolutionized!
BestRegards,
Pete

Then He Took Out a SuperSoaker and Sprayed the Press Corps
Posted in [info]overheardnyc on 2009.06.14 at 16:00

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/019473.html

Black person #1: Did you see Obama's speech last night?
Black person #2: No, what did he say?
Black person #1: Someone asked if he knows how much debt he is putting us in, and he says "Listen, I'm not the motherfucker that got us here."
(they high five)

--Barnes & Noble, Union Square
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Frantically looking for a job any job.
Something will turn up. Paid half of my car insurance.
Practicing on SolidWorks 2008(engineering friend loaded it on my toshiba), need to start the 2 designs for the solar collector I've been thinking about. Just found out from the web that a Taiwan silicon foundry is going to enter the solar cell, LED market which should drive the prices down quickly. Interesting thing about this, cheap solar cells could drive the company I worked for out of the market. Their solar collector technology would not make much sense if the cells became cheap. Trying to write a science fiction short story. A friend told me about someone in Europe who has a contest. He want short stories which "solve a problem". My problem will be global warming.
BestRegards,
Pete

I have recently discovered that when I only look out of my left eye that my vision is noticeable cloudy.

This kinda had me joking to myself.

As a Christian should I trust in faith and ask Jesus to miraculously heal my left eye and get rid of my cloudy vision? Or as a Christian should I trust in faith and ask Jesus to miraculously get me a good paying engineering job with excellent health insurance.

And you know right now it would take far less faith on my part to ask Jesus to walk thru the door right now, slap his hand on my left eye and said ,"be healed!".

It has been over 6 years since I had a good engineering job with good health insurance.

Things that make you go Hmmm...

BestRegards,
Pete

My engineering friend Nick came over and was able to load SolidWorks 2008 on my toshiba. He could not do anything with my other computer because it was running Windows 2000. I have a legal copy of xp and will try to load it on my machine. The cool think is he has a copy Soldiworks 2007 with the full blown cosmos FEA package. So I have no excuse to do some design work on the laptop. With only 1/2 a gig it is pretty slow but I'm not going anywhere. I took Nick to the Chinese Buffet and he actual started talking about my personal life, like had I found anyone? I told him I pretty much totally gave up dating or even looking. I didn't mention the C word (Celibacy!) but the whole idea of finding a committed husband I could marry is just so slim.

Last Wednesday I went back to the new Salvation Army Store which is opening up to see if they decide on hiring people. The Manager was there and it turned out she still had another job fair this weekend before she started to make decisions. Her boss was talking to her, he was in uniform and was this really good looking man, bald with a handsome goatee. He asked me if I would be interested in driving a truck and I said I couldn't drive a truck all day I would die from the stress. He gave me his business card anyway which was very goodhearted of him. I'm going to email him a thank you note and bring up some ideas I have that I could do for his organization either work or volunteering.

I was talking to an old high school friend about an epiphany I had this week and he mentioned that I should turn it into a science fiction short story. This was a real good idea so far I have a page done and my head is filled with turning it into a screenplay ala Harry Potter and the adventure of millionaire J K Rowling :/).

Oh well have a great Sunday everyone.
BestRegards,
Pete

Dear President Obama,

I would like to bring up a solution to a few problem which this country needs help with. I sincerely believe that my solution will really benefit this county. Here are the following areas that will be helped by this solution.
1. The American steel industry.
2. Blue collar employment in Michigan and the rest of the nation.
3. NASA and the American Space Program.

You have put NASA new programs on a 90 day hold to review them. I wish you would consider this as a part of you program because it will help the space program and the economy at the same time.

The solution is… (taken from Wikipedia)
OTRAG (German: Orbital Transport und Raketen AG, or Orbital Transport and Rockets, Inc.), was a German company which planned in the late 1970s and early 1980s to develop an alternative propulsion system for rockets. OTRAG was the first commercial developer and producer of space launch vehicles. The OTRAG Rocket represents an inexpensive alternative to existing launch systems through mass-production of innovative Common Rocket Propulsion Units (CRPU).

Here are some internet links which really explain the positives points of this technology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTRAG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTRAG_Rocket
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/otrag.htm

Please let me repeat the design work has already been done here. We could have a cheap means of putting 2 tons in Low Earth Orbit. The tests have already been done and this technology has also been rated for manned flight. Even if you decide not to use it for manned flight it could still reduce the price to put material in orbit and open up the USA
to new markets in aerospace.

Best Regards,
Peter