Re: Mind's Eye Re: Thinking Earth

Yes- that Patton.//I'll be dead in 30 years.// I like characters who
don't fit "the mold"- though I know they are usually asking for big
trouble. At any rate- back to warfare- there are field battles and now
we prefer high tech drones, special forces, economic sanctions, etc.
What are you suggesting? Do you have an alternative? Oh yes- there's
world peace and prosperity...

On Jun 28, 5:19 am, Don Johnson <daj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 5:18 AM, Don Johnson <daj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You mean this Patton?
>
> > Ah, but we've come a long way since this, eh? Now, in 30 years when
> > you're sitting by your fireside with your grandchildren on you're knee
> > you can tell them you sat out WWIII watching My Little Pony reruns on
> > The Hub.
>
> > dj
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCHGCNbntS0
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> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:20 PM, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> That might work in a restaurant...
>
> >> And what's this American bit? You mean when we arrived we explained
> >> our long range plans to the Indians? Etc. Hitler, then, would be
> >> admirable?
>
> >> Yes- I like Patton and his type. Like Mencken. Many others.
> >> However...some zero in and others circle and it really depends on many
> >> factors. I have found most do not like to hear critical truths and
> >> furthermore many subjects are avoided in social groups lest someone's
> >> feelings are aroused or group unity is threatened. Depending on the
> >> situation and risk, sometimes discretion is the better course (for
> >> instance, to spare the impact upon your children as a minor example;
> >> violence or war being more extreme cases).
>
> >> But I like you better now that I know you can say you are sorry- I
> >> find that beautiful about you.
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> >> On Jun 27, 10:42 am, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I am sorry, Molly.
>
> >>> I am very sorry, Malcymo.
>
> >>> It was a very poor job of pulling your leg out of that constant
> >>> apologetic and self-abnegating crouch your posts project you as. It's
> >>> very un-American... ref to that very admirable quality of putting
> >>> things direct and stating matters without diffidence.
>
> >>> Come on man. F... who knows what and who does not.
> >>> Let's put it on table : both our answers and questions, in truth,
> >>> without preamble or defensive explanations.
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> >>> On Jun 27, 4:47 pm, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>> > Why such agitation, Vam?  The group is not going to exist without
> >>> > common respect, you of all should understand that.
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> >>> > On Jun 26, 8:28 am, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>> > > Malcymo... what is your son's idols ?
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> >>> > > I believe you don't know a shit. If you did, you would have enjoyed
> >>> > > entertaining us !
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> >>> > > On Jun 26, 2:36 pm, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>> > > > Feynman, I have always wanted to take him on board. He is, I believe, one
> >>> > > > of my son's idols.
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> >>> > > > On Monday, June 25, 2012 11:44:57 PM UTC+12, Ash wrote:
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> >>> > > > > Speaking of Feynman, the famous Cornell lecture series, which might be
> >>> > > > > quite on topic:
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> >>> > > > >http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html#data=3%7Cd71...
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> >>> > > > > Haven't had time to watch much but he did integrate a lot of humor.
>
> >>> > > > > On 6/25/2012 7:22 AM, Molly wrote:
> >>> > > > > > Not sure Richard Feynman would have agreed, but ok.  Quantum computing
> >>> > > > > > is still being poineered
>
> >>> > > > > > On Jun 25, 4:23 am, Allan H<allanh1...@gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>> > > > > >> lol  Now we know what you spend your time pondering while you roam the
> >>> > > > > >> jungles 6 months at a time..
> >>> > > > > >> They are not imaginary but rather real as you can show the effect.
> >>> > > > > >> But you must remember americans have not reached the A0, A1, A2, A4 ,,
> >>> > > > > >> Their math is still stuck in the archaic age of paper.
> >>> > > > > >> Allan
> >>> > > > > >> On Jun 25, 2012 8:52 AM, "malcymo"<malc...@gmail.com>  wrote:
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> >>> > > > > >>> A couple of short mathematical poems for you all:-
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> >>> > > > > >>> *Uniformity*
>
> >>> > > > > >>> The ratio 'one by root two'****
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> >>> > > > > >>> Has powerful acclaim****
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> >>> > > > > >>> For should one divide one by two****
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> >>> > > > > >>> The ratio remains****
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> >>> > > > > >>> This simple fact made foolscap die****
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> >>> > > > > >>> And paper size mundane.****
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> >>> > > > > >>> 'A0', 'A1', 'A2', 'A4'****
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> >>> > > > > >>> When folded look the same.
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> >>> > > > > >>> *Numbers Imaginary*
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> >>> > > > > >>> * *
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> >>> > > > > >>> That damned square root of minus one****
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> >>> > > > > >>> Does not exist or so they say****
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> >>> > > > > >>> So let's imagine that it does****
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> >>> > > > > >>> And give it a name, Call it 'j'.****
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> >>> > > > > >>> ** **
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> >>> > > > > >>> For 'j' to have reality****
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> >>> > > > > >>> Real things it then must do for me****
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> >>> > > > > >>> If not it will simply remain,****
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> >>> > > > > >>> Imaginary in fact and name.****
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> >>> > > > > >>> ** **
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> >>> > > > > >>> 'j' squared times one is minus one****
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> >>> > > > > >>> A vector rotation of pi****
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> >>> > > > > >>> So by itself, what must it do,****
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> >>> > > > > >>> A vector rotation of pi over two?
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> >>> > > > > >>> Just sharing, Malc****
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> >>> > > > > >>> On Monday, 25 June 2012 17:27:47 UTC+12, rigsy03 wrote:
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> >>> > > > > >>>> That definitely is geometrical but can get very complicated- it's
> >>> > > > > >>>> great if it falls into place naturally or easily on a crude 3:5 or
> >>> > > > > >>>> 5:8. The Japanese diagonals are a lure- always- so I get into a
> >>> > > > > >>>> scramble sometimes- but that's back to perspective. Anyway, this
> >>> > > > > >>>> figure is in trouble- it might be 10 years ago I started it- maybe
> >>> > > > > 15.
> >>> > > > > >>>> Am starting to call her Dizzy Mona. :-)
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> >>> > > > > >>>> On Jun 23, 11:53 pm, malcymo<malc...@gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>> > > > > >>>>> And to think that some mathematical ratios are also aesthetically
> >>> > > > > >>>>> beautiful. I am thinking of the Golden Ratio in art and the most
> >>> > > > > >>>> delightful
> >>> > > > > >>>>> aspect ratio for a picture or TV screen.
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> >>> > > > > >>>>> On Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:26:15 AM UTC+12, pol.science kid wrote:
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> >>> > > > > >>>>>> I came accross this article mentioning the fibbonacci series... and
> >>> > > > > >>>>>> the mathematical patterns in nature.. then i wikied it... there
> >>> > > > > were
> >>> > > > > >>>>>> too many concepts for me to grasp cos i am not familiar with math
> >>> > > > > >>>> that
> >>> > > > > >>>>>> much(i feel now i should do something about it).. it was really
> >>> > > > > >>>>>> amazing for me... specific patterns.. in precison.. makes you
> >>> > > > > wonder
> >>> > > > > >>>>>> whether after there is a MIND that contains us... and whether there
> >>> > > > > >>>>>> are accidents indeed?.. i kknow many of you atre science experts..
> >>> > > > > >>>>>> please bulid the discussion as you might.. i would love to know
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