June 30

12:55 Didn't know! (about rice and methane). But i believe rain water brings in oxygen and also oxygenates the existing water by splashing.

1:37 I has been theorized that a ship equipped with a sail impermeable to solar wind could literally sail through space, accelerating (but only away from Sun). It makes sense cause there is something that constantly flows away from Sun, besides light, we call solar wind. Solar wind blows at subluminical speeds ad is made of heavy particles thus is very similar to terrestrial wind. Light would contribute also because photons do have a moving mass and momentum that could be transferred to that sail.

There is no secret i binged watched in a couple of days the whole series "Another Life", don't know how many episodes and seasons, just kept advancing over the boring and embarrassing awkward scenes which make the bulk of the (or any) series and then hitting the Next Episode button until i reached the end with the fireworks and true welcoming and stuff.

There is a scene in the move i first thought it was the apex of stupidity embed in it (like in any Sci Fi movie with not enough real science advisors or not taking into account science advisors for gaining spectacularity) but then i thought to myself, this could be something very very intriguing. Take a look at this image and do not click on it.

Ok so you clicked and saw (the reaction of a normal person, ok, maybe a bit overreacting, to the fact) they are pushing the sale with their own lasers. There is a saying in Romania (Bucovina more exactly). Grab your own butt and try lifting yourself from the ground (one possible translation). The relativity. Give me one fixed something and i'll move the Universe. Whatever.

Since June 30 1905 we do not live in a classic world anymore, we now live in what i call a relative world and that's why we should apply the theory of relativity to the above... contraption.

The theory of relativity says the speed of light is the same no matter the motion of the observer or the source. So the light coming to the sails from their own lasers has should have the same speed as the light coming from a nearby star from the same direction. Something to think about for the weekend and weekends to come.

The reason the device could work is of course the improvised gold plated flimsy foil sails (saw that in the movie) would actually reflect the light from the lasers, behind, and gain momentum (but for that, it would have been easier if they pointed the lasers directly behind for God's sake, no need for reflecting sails).

But the photons, now going backwards, would have the same speed of light thus not loosing any momentum to the sails.

4:50 On 4th of July everything breaks. On the third about 10 years ago it was my trucks catalytic converter. Out of a sudden, after visiting a camera repair shop in Hilsboro, it started making this terrible noise. The ceramic part of it broke and made me scrambling to replace it. In the end i put a cheap aftermarket one that lasted until the next DEQ. Since then i had to replace it 4 times.

The bathroom fan timer. I installed years ago a timer instead of the old switch. On by just pressing a button, it was turning self off after 10 minutes. But since the dust situation got worse and worse (nobody hosing the building for years) the swithc broke. Was working indefinetely after turned on. Bringing in the dust by pumping air from inside out.

The heating pad. I had this electric heating pad that i was using in my bed for years. All of a sudden it broke last week. However i will not attempt to fix it. Not before 4th of July.

I was thinking last night. How come everything in here breaks before its time.

And today something else. The AC unit that dries the air that comes from the drier.

Years ago i gave up using the vent for the drier (when it went clogged due to water condensation due to the stupid design of the vents). I used instead a window AC for drying the air coming out of it and then re-heating it and recirculating it.  It dries faster, cleaner and with less energy. Guess what. Today it broke. Better said, the compressor would not start. Now i have to try and fix it (which i won't do, again before 4th of July) or replace it. In the meantime the price went from 115 to 179.

I hope it's the same and would readily fit in my design.

Now can you take a guess as why i don't want to try and fix anything with electric parts before 4th of July?

5:38 Guess what. It's 90 degrees outside. I took half of my laundry and put it dry in the balcony. Partly dried before i realized. It will be finished in a couple of hours.

5:45 Then guess what. The sprinklers started, precisely at 5:40. But they don't reach in the balcony. See how many coincidences with my recent posts? I believe they found a way of manipulating karma itself. Or getting in here when i'm  not home.

On a Planet Long Time Ago

They say indigenous Australian are the oldest population on Earth. It puzzles me a bit as i am a little drunk right now. If they came out of Africa it means they can't be older than Africans, right?

Separated, yes. A separated population that survived a few ice ages on that continent. How many in 70k years? I once stated that ice ages might be alternating north south and right now we're right in the middle of a cycle.

Could, a very special position on Earth's geography allow the passage through ice ages in better conditions than the rest. Allowing preserving the common knowledge known as culture. Giving them a smaller advantage over the others. Could it be the place from where it sprung the very civilization we know of today.

That instrument, can't pronounce its name. Didgeridoo. They say humans became humans the moment they started using tools. There are other species that use tools. Crows use tools and they have a tiny brain. Eucalyptus trees and termites. That's what made the hollow tubes that one of them one day started to blow into and discovered a different type of tool. That can be used to communicate over long distances. That can possibly influence others by the weird means of seismic communication. "There are sacred and even secret versions of the didgeridoo in Aboriginal communities in parts of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and the surrounding areas. These sorts of instruments have specific names and functions and some of these are played like typical didgeridoos, whereas others are not. Due to their secluded nature, little is known about them."It is said the name it's not aboriginal. However i found a place, Mornington Island where at least one tribe called it Djibolu. In another place, ebroo.

First thing that came to mind was.

A much more recent migration, back to Africa of a tribe that knew how to sail and a lot more? After eventualy they figured that a big more advanced "didgeridoo" can do more than acoustically communicate at a distance?

Today for the first time i realized the frequency of a leaf blower is  55 Hz. There are 11 million leaf blowers in the US. I was listening today the landscape guys and compared the sound with a tone generator. 54 to 56, precisely. Corresponding to A1 note in music. I always thought they have a throttle somewhere handy in each case the RPM thus the stroke frequency of that motor will vary a lot. But no, it's around 55 Hz.

That of a didgeridoo is 60 on most. AC grid frequency is 60 Hz in US and 50 in Europe.

So apparently in the case of didgeridoo, precise size matters. The only way they could have done it by the time they didn't use any measuring tools was by sound. Tuning. But why that frequency? That remains a mystery to me right now.

The logos of Nike and Amazon, others, seem to contain boomerangs. Nostalgia? Another out of this world tool used by the separated civilization of Australia, possibly brought back in Egypt, other regions.  So far i have seen that traits or elements of a civilization that spread to others places tend to survive mostly in the originating place. To this day these tools are used by the aboriginal population of Australia.

About penguins, Pangu and angels i wrote before. Going on linguistic line of hypothesis, i think it's reasonable to assume that angels, known to humans way before biblical times, where not mythical beings but underwater flying birds from the Southern Hemisphere. The name Pangu of the god of creation in Chinese mythology seem to have several obvious connection to that bird. Up until recently i believed penguins lived both and "North and South Pole". Not true. They only live in the Southern Hemisphere.

The taoist symbol representing whatever, the everything having opposing sides, seem to be inspired from the face of a penguin chick. "Whether it be biological (boy/girl), physical (hot/cold), or moral (good/bad), the universe is full of opposites, opposing sides from one another. Whether it be biological (boy/girl), physical (hot/cold), or moral (good/bad), the universe is full of opposites".

There is a place in the middle of Europe that at least since Roman times to this day is called Pannonia. On today's Hungary Coat of Arms there are present Angels that in some versions seem to resemble penguins.

To be continued...

Take it Down

I took my love, I took it down

I climbed a mountain and I turned around

And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills

'Till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?

Can the child within my heart rise above?

Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?

Can I handle the seasons of my life?


Well, I've been afraid of changing

'Cause I've built my life around you

But time makes you bolder

Even children get older

And I'm getting older too


Well, I've been afraid of changing

'Cause I've built my life around you

But time makes you bolder

Even children get older

And I'm getting older too

Oh, I'm getting older too


Oh, take my love, take it down

Oh, climb a mountain and turn around

And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills

Well the landslide will bring it down

And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills

Well the landslide will bring it down, oh oh

The landslide will bring it down

Landslide

Hope i'm not drunk or somehting while i write this i don't understand all the words in this song as i did not read the lyrics yet. Ok here they are:

I took my love and I took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around

And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Mmm Mmm...

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I'm getting older too
(Gutiar solo)

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I, I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I'm getting older too
I'm getting older too

So, take my love, take it down
Oh climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring you down, down

And If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down
Oh oh, the landslide will bring it down


What's more to say? That it gives me the shivers every time when i see and hear this ice cold northern fairy, Stevie Nicks, together with her golden fingered guitar man, Lindsey Buckingham?