More APOD

This is one of the best astronomy pics ever. It’s great from a visual arts standpoint. When you read the explanation, it becomes and even more meaningful piece of art. Yes, that's my opinion, if you disagree, please let me know why. Disagreement has led to most major social, political and scientific advancements. Blindly agreeing causes things like Nazi Germany, The Soviet Union, and bigotry. At first it seems a big difference between disagreeing with me on this image and disagreeing with genocide, but that's how it starts. People feel they must agree. So they accept a premise they might not be completely comfortable with. After doing so it's easier to accept another premise from the same or similar "authority". I'll now step down from my soapbox and give you the link:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051127.html

42,27,37

The Ultimate Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. The number 27 has even more unusual properties. It is a perfect cube. (3x3x3=27). It is the age at which many famous artists have died.  For more examples visit Wikipedia.  Even more unusual than these two is the number 37.  The brightest stars in Open Cluster NGC 2169 seem to form the image of the number 37.



Credit & Copyright: Noel Carboni
For more astononomy pictures visit Astronomy Picture of the Day

Incompetent Government Solutions

As a person who partied quite a bit in high school and college, I can tell you that banning 190 proof alcohols will not have any noticeable affect on alcohol consumption by minors. Most high school and college parties have beer and maybe some vodka or whiskey. And yes I went to high school and college in a state that sells 190 proof grain alcohols. Oddly enough, that same state doesn't sell beer over 3.2% except in liquor stores that cannot have refrigeration and have severely limited hours. Wine is considered liquor. Let's get back to the ban on 190 proof or 95% alcohol. The article in which I read about this has a quote from a manager of a liquor store “But the biggest sale of it was for labs and stuff. It's used as a cleaning solvent.” Once more we have disrupted the common good to in order to implement an inadequate solution to a problem. Then again, West Virginia isn't known for its academics.

I'm Back

It's been over a year. And what a long strange trip it's been. I'll spare you the details at the moment. If you were expecting the old site, I'm sorry but it has been removed. it there was something on there you want, comment and I'll send you what you need. I'll have an email link later.