So I was in a class a few months ago and for some reason the teacher mentioned that a common medication for the elderly who have heart problems is Nitroglycerin. It comes in tablet form and they wear cases of it around their necks often. Here's the catch... Nitroglycerin is dynamite.
So here's the weird part. We give elderly who have heart problems dynamite to ingest to jump start their heart. Now you know why they often say they feel young again. They just popped a pill and all of a sudden their hearts exploded into a frenzy of palpitation. Just like I get whenever I look at hot chicks.
Here's the sinister part, the government is essentially exploding elderly hearts. It's no wonder so many elderly people are Republicans, both love ammunition. Except the only difference is that Republicans shoot with it and the elderly have it inside of their bodies. Can you imagine being inside gun powder when it explodes and sends a bullet flying. The environment must be wild. Now imagine having that inside you, that's what it's like for the elderly. Whenever they feel like they're gonna die they just pop a pill, and an explosion which would normally kill anyone else, saves their lives.
Now imagine overdosing. Every elderly man would become Hugh Hefner. I don't mean loaded with 50 sexy playmates around him, I mean horny as hell. Is there Nitroglycerin in Viagra? If so, I understand why it works so well. Furthermore, if it gets into your sperm could you have hyperactive children. Oh My God I have discovered where ADD and ADHD come from.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Why facebook succeeded.
I read an article recently in National Geographic that talked about how there are now about 7 billion people in the world. It made me wonder: if 500 Million of them are on facebook what the hell made it stand out so much more than sites like myspace, youtube, or anything else?
I thought about how World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and other games have people from different parts of the world playing against each other via internet. The circumstance was still different though because if you're not a gamer, like me, you're not connected with that network. With facebook everyone is connected regardless of their interests... What the fuck?
It pretty much hit me then that all you really have to know in order to be connected, is how to type and use a mouse/touchpad. Nothing else. You literally need absolutely no skills in order to have a profile and be a friend. Even the kid who does nothing but sit in front of his computer all day and drool can use it. This means that even the kid who gets called a loser for being boring by the other kids who get called losers for gaming all day can use the site. Facebook is like "wacky-wall-walker," but for the internet. If you don't know what wacky-wall-walker is, here is a picture:
If you've never seen that before the way it works is you throw it at a wall, it sticks to the wall, but it's weight makes it roll down the wall slowly like it's walking. Facebook is that for social networking. It's really just there and does nothing.
So, whereas with World of Warcraft or Call of Duty you actually have to develop skill as a gamer; with facebook the concepts of creativity, discipline, or the human potential to accomplish anything at all noteworthy over the course of your entire life are not required.
Then I had a further thought: Of course something that simple could easily draw a decent number of people, but in the end it would just be a fad like the Wacky-Wall-Walker. What drew half-a-fucking-billion people to this one damn website? I figured this out from talking to my dad, who still doesn't care for facebook. Here it is (btw, if I sound like a tool for facebook at this point... I don't care):
When you're on facebook you say random crap (most of it completely inconsequential), put photos or videos up, then anyone who is "friends" with you can look at your post and comment back. This leads to a larger discussion and, in theory, ends up creating it's own chat room that is abandoned when the next pointless comment, photo, or video is put up. Mind you any one of these discussions could start off with a comment about astrophysics and can turn into a discussion about pubic hair by the end (I'm sure it's happened). All in all facebook is nothing more than a bunch of people sitting around in a room talking. Essentially, Zuckerberg found a way to put a living room on the internet. Better yet, he created an arcade that doesn't serve food. It has the social aspect of one, and the aspect where you pay for credits (arcade games) in some apps. You could also say that whereas in real life we have "Mallrats" hanging around shopping centers, facebook gives people a place to be "Internet Rats."
Just think, if I'm jealous that Zuckerberg is now a billionaire for making such a simple site, and I have no programming knowledge, imagine how a web developer must feel...
So finally, at the risk of sounding like total tool for facebook (btw if I do I don't care because this fascinates me); I will close by saying that I even though facebook will not last forever as nothing ever does, it will probably be remembered, in the long run, as the site that brought the world, and the internet closer together. Every business or website you go to these days has some link to facebook. It's kind of like the saying "all roads lead to Rome" during the time of the Roman Empire. With this connectivity across the internet facebook pretty much brought the internet to adulthood. I don't care how cheesy that sounds it's true.
I thought about how World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and other games have people from different parts of the world playing against each other via internet. The circumstance was still different though because if you're not a gamer, like me, you're not connected with that network. With facebook everyone is connected regardless of their interests... What the fuck?
It pretty much hit me then that all you really have to know in order to be connected, is how to type and use a mouse/touchpad. Nothing else. You literally need absolutely no skills in order to have a profile and be a friend. Even the kid who does nothing but sit in front of his computer all day and drool can use it. This means that even the kid who gets called a loser for being boring by the other kids who get called losers for gaming all day can use the site. Facebook is like "wacky-wall-walker," but for the internet. If you don't know what wacky-wall-walker is, here is a picture:
If you've never seen that before the way it works is you throw it at a wall, it sticks to the wall, but it's weight makes it roll down the wall slowly like it's walking. Facebook is that for social networking. It's really just there and does nothing.
So, whereas with World of Warcraft or Call of Duty you actually have to develop skill as a gamer; with facebook the concepts of creativity, discipline, or the human potential to accomplish anything at all noteworthy over the course of your entire life are not required.
Then I had a further thought: Of course something that simple could easily draw a decent number of people, but in the end it would just be a fad like the Wacky-Wall-Walker. What drew half-a-fucking-billion people to this one damn website? I figured this out from talking to my dad, who still doesn't care for facebook. Here it is (btw, if I sound like a tool for facebook at this point... I don't care):
When you're on facebook you say random crap (most of it completely inconsequential), put photos or videos up, then anyone who is "friends" with you can look at your post and comment back. This leads to a larger discussion and, in theory, ends up creating it's own chat room that is abandoned when the next pointless comment, photo, or video is put up. Mind you any one of these discussions could start off with a comment about astrophysics and can turn into a discussion about pubic hair by the end (I'm sure it's happened). All in all facebook is nothing more than a bunch of people sitting around in a room talking. Essentially, Zuckerberg found a way to put a living room on the internet. Better yet, he created an arcade that doesn't serve food. It has the social aspect of one, and the aspect where you pay for credits (arcade games) in some apps. You could also say that whereas in real life we have "Mallrats" hanging around shopping centers, facebook gives people a place to be "Internet Rats."
Just think, if I'm jealous that Zuckerberg is now a billionaire for making such a simple site, and I have no programming knowledge, imagine how a web developer must feel...
So finally, at the risk of sounding like total tool for facebook (btw if I do I don't care because this fascinates me); I will close by saying that I even though facebook will not last forever as nothing ever does, it will probably be remembered, in the long run, as the site that brought the world, and the internet closer together. Every business or website you go to these days has some link to facebook. It's kind of like the saying "all roads lead to Rome" during the time of the Roman Empire. With this connectivity across the internet facebook pretty much brought the internet to adulthood. I don't care how cheesy that sounds it's true.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Dank and Push
I made both of these videos a while ago and just recently realized that I never put them up on this site.
The acoustic one is called Dank. It was written during a very dark period in my life but I love how great music can emerge from such shit holes. It's a little bit more structured than my other songs have been, meaning closer resemblance to a pop format. This isn't a reflection of any direction I intend on going in it's just one song that I was feeling at the time. It also has a good deal more lyrics than usual. Check it out.
Dank
This second song is called Push. It's the third song I ever wrote I believe and it's an electric offering. It has no lyrics but that's irrelevant because I'm using an effects pedal rig to color the sound and it kicks ass the way it turns out. The effects really add a lot of dynamics to the piece. Check it. You wont be sorry!!!
Push
The acoustic one is called Dank. It was written during a very dark period in my life but I love how great music can emerge from such shit holes. It's a little bit more structured than my other songs have been, meaning closer resemblance to a pop format. This isn't a reflection of any direction I intend on going in it's just one song that I was feeling at the time. It also has a good deal more lyrics than usual. Check it out.
Dank
This second song is called Push. It's the third song I ever wrote I believe and it's an electric offering. It has no lyrics but that's irrelevant because I'm using an effects pedal rig to color the sound and it kicks ass the way it turns out. The effects really add a lot of dynamics to the piece. Check it. You wont be sorry!!!
Push
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Overthrow Big Oil
So I saw this ad for HSBC Bank on the train: "0.3% of Saharan Solar Energy could power Europe. Do you see a world of potential? We do."
I'm going to go ahead and say that no, I do not see a world of potential. I see a world filled with neglect and apathy on the part of anyone with money. If 0.3% percent could power Europe, it may take a little more than 1% (I'm speculating) to power the entire world. Mind you this would be powering the globe with a renewable energy source that does not maintain a lingering dilemma of "how much longer do we have before our reserves run out?"
Now to discuss the apathy and neglect I just mentioned. I'm not directing this at the vast populace of this planet because it requires a great deal of wealth in order to create such an industry. Wealth for investments in solar panels, wiring, computers, scientists, etc... Without money none of these elements can be financed and the project would never even set foot on the ground (let alone get off it).
Last year we saw a massive oil catastrophe in the Gulf Coast courtesy of BP. As a result of this BP has been forced (thankfully) to compensate that region with billions of dollars. I commend the US government for seeing this through. Otherwise we have long been concerned about the planet's fossil fuel reserves and just how much of them we have left, we also have seen proof of the fact that oil contributes to global warming...and war too? Nuclear power plants, another energy source, always run the risk of a meltdown. Saharan Energy is a nonpolluting gold mine of infinite supply (the sun) waiting to be tapped, it would ironically use global warming (it's in a desert) to power the globe, and the only thing it might melt down is a chocolate bar.
The only reason no one has tried to invest in this idea is because of politics, the power of the oil companies themselves, and to some extent the political instability of the continent which by the way might done away with if this would pursued. I seriously doubt that I am the first person to ever think of this; considering the fact that solar power has been known for a while as a viable energy source. Furthermore I can almost guarantee that this statistic is not a new one either. Something with the significance of 0.3% powering Europe does not just spring up for the first time in an HSBC Bank ad.
Therefore I ask, why has this not been pursued? All you need is one wealthy person to take the reigns of the "Saharan Solar Energy Project" and he/she could potentially become the world's first quadrillionaire. Mind you that's an 18 digit number. Yes I am aware that quadrillionaire is an absurd level of wealth to suggest, at the same time though; if it is possible to fuel the entire globe through the use of said industry, quadrillionaire might actually be plausible. I can also give a confident assurance that a new industry would not destroy any homes since research dictates the region to have the lowest population density of any other on earth.
All these things considered I will now react to HSBC Bank's question:
Do you see a problem? I do.
I'm going to go ahead and say that no, I do not see a world of potential. I see a world filled with neglect and apathy on the part of anyone with money. If 0.3% percent could power Europe, it may take a little more than 1% (I'm speculating) to power the entire world. Mind you this would be powering the globe with a renewable energy source that does not maintain a lingering dilemma of "how much longer do we have before our reserves run out?"
Now to discuss the apathy and neglect I just mentioned. I'm not directing this at the vast populace of this planet because it requires a great deal of wealth in order to create such an industry. Wealth for investments in solar panels, wiring, computers, scientists, etc... Without money none of these elements can be financed and the project would never even set foot on the ground (let alone get off it).
Last year we saw a massive oil catastrophe in the Gulf Coast courtesy of BP. As a result of this BP has been forced (thankfully) to compensate that region with billions of dollars. I commend the US government for seeing this through. Otherwise we have long been concerned about the planet's fossil fuel reserves and just how much of them we have left, we also have seen proof of the fact that oil contributes to global warming...and war too? Nuclear power plants, another energy source, always run the risk of a meltdown. Saharan Energy is a nonpolluting gold mine of infinite supply (the sun) waiting to be tapped, it would ironically use global warming (it's in a desert) to power the globe, and the only thing it might melt down is a chocolate bar.
The only reason no one has tried to invest in this idea is because of politics, the power of the oil companies themselves, and to some extent the political instability of the continent which by the way might done away with if this would pursued. I seriously doubt that I am the first person to ever think of this; considering the fact that solar power has been known for a while as a viable energy source. Furthermore I can almost guarantee that this statistic is not a new one either. Something with the significance of 0.3% powering Europe does not just spring up for the first time in an HSBC Bank ad.
Therefore I ask, why has this not been pursued? All you need is one wealthy person to take the reigns of the "Saharan Solar Energy Project" and he/she could potentially become the world's first quadrillionaire. Mind you that's an 18 digit number. Yes I am aware that quadrillionaire is an absurd level of wealth to suggest, at the same time though; if it is possible to fuel the entire globe through the use of said industry, quadrillionaire might actually be plausible. I can also give a confident assurance that a new industry would not destroy any homes since research dictates the region to have the lowest population density of any other on earth.
All these things considered I will now react to HSBC Bank's question:
Do you see a problem? I do.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Perfect Murder Weapon
In honor of the snow I will post a description of the perfect murder weapon. An icicle. It can impale you in the head, stab you in the heart (or any other part of the body). Then it melts away leaving nothing but a hole AND… there are no fingerprints.
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