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Texas Plane Crash: Joe Stack
On the 18th of February 2010, Joseph Andrew Stack III, a 53 year old man, flew his private plane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas. When I hear things like this (suicide attacks, be they political or otherwise motivated), the first emotion I feel is disgust. How can someone do something so horrible? In this particular case, the pilot and one other IRS worker were killed, but how much worse could this have been. After some reflection, one comes to realise that these acts are almost always out of desperation. This wasn't a terrorist attack, but the motives are not entirely different: at the heart of the motivation to kill yourself in a wave of destruction is always a sensation of hopelessness.
In the last page Joseph Andrew Stack III wrote, before committing suicide, he said:
Well, Mr.
PI to 512,000 Digits
Well I suppose there's not really much left to say. PI is the ratio between a circle's circumference and its diameter. Pi is the same for every circle, and is unsolvable in our number system. Pi has perplexed humanity for centuries, but with modern computers it can be solved to an incredibly accuracy within a short period of time. I've compiled Pi to 512,000 digits in Matlab, click here to see Pi to 512,000 digits.
The (fictional) story of Aaron Donahe
I was born on the 15th of August. That was also the day that I died. My Name is Aaron Ins Daveys Donahe, and if you arrange the letters of my name they make the number 1944, the year I was killed in a french town I had never even heard of. I guess that's why they wrote a book about me, at least I can't really think of another reason. Jewish folk tend to like numbers, why shouldn't they they're damn good at it.
My life and the way I lived it, those aren't things I am proud of. I wasn't a good person, and I hate the book they wrote about me. After I died, I tried so desperately to remember the last few seconds of my life, not because they were the closest, but because they were the only ones that really mattered, the only moments god wouldn't despise me for.
It was August 15th, 1944, and I was on a boat, if you could call it that at all, heading for a german outpost near a French port called Marseilles. I've never even heard of fucking Marseilles.
Viktor Schauberger
Viktor Schauberger - The "Trout" Turbine - Free Energy through Implosion
A man by the name of Viktor Schauberger recently came to my attention. The resources on this man's ideas are, in english, quite limited. So I've taken the time to translate an article written on him, titled "Viktor Schauberger - Die Forellenturbine - Freie Energie durch Implosion". If you believe that there are errors in my translation please let me know. Please also note that in translating this document, I do not necessarily agree with what is written here.
Free Energy through Implosion. A discovery by Viktor Schauberger - The "Trout" Turbine
The Water Car Hoax
This article is provided by Warm Debate
Water What?
Review: ACER, Uncut
A Blissful purchase
The phrase ‘Nightmare Experience’ is thrown around a lot these days. I don’t know where mine fits in, but I am fairly sure it would raise the standard for absurdity and corporate arrogance, especially from a respected multinational like Acer. I’m just one person, and I got screwed for it. But this isn’t the story of someone who got beaten, so for all of you who are in need of some inspiration in taking on a company as the little guy, read on. Also, if you’re thinking of buying an Acer product, I beg you, I really do, to read this first.
What is Sustainability?
Terms like Sustainable and Renewable are commonly used to describe sources of materials and energy. They are commonly used in conversations relating to the environment and global warming. Multinational mining companies, government organisations and environmental groups alike will generally agree that the world is experiencing a “global transition to sustainable development" (http://www.riotinto.com/SustainableReview/).
Why I disagree with Nick Louth and "Why Biofuels won't help Climate Change"
Recently an article was published with the title "Why Biofuels Won't help Climate Change". The sentiment of that article was that although the implementation of biofuels was a reality, the drawbacks are far too great to get any real CO2 benefits in the end. The article went a bit like this:
For all the excitement over the issue, biofuels are not going to be much help in reducing carbon emissions, or in slowing the consumption of oil reserves. In fact, the entire biofuel industry is already in deep trouble because of that old adversary: economics.