Disclaimer: In this blog post, I may make some wild and crazy claims, or possibly try to link things that are not necessarily meant to be linked. Please forgive me.
According to Hyperspace by Michio Kaki,
There is a finite, calculable probability that “impossible” events will occur. For example, I can calculate the probability that I will unexpectedly disappear and tunnel through the earth and reappear in Hawaii.
The probability of this actually happening is so small that it basically will not happen. Except that if the odds are a million-to-one (who knows?) then there’s a pretty good chance of success, because chances that are a million-to-one happen nine times out of ten, according to Terry Pratchett in Guards! Guards!
More seriously, the Uncertainty Principle pretty much confirms the fact that none of us has any idea what’s going on, even though we might say that we do. Every time we make a big discovery in science, we realize that we know way less than we thought we did, before.
The more we learn, the more we discover that we don’t really understand. Take a look at the following diagram: In it, the area of our knowledge increases, but so does the circumferance of our knowledge, and thus the amount that we still need to learn also gets bigger.
Pretty humbling, huh?
I have a really cool idea that’s got so much potential: We totally need to begin making cars that can wirelessly communicate with each other. It’d be like a modern version of CB radio!
This idea has a lot of pretty interesting correlaries. Imagine the idea of Web 2.0 information sharing being carried over to the highway! It’d improve traffic safety, make road trips take less time, and reduce highway congestion. It would also create a very accurate database of information about traffic patterns, which could be made public domain so that highway departments would have a far easier time improving traffic flow.
Continue reading ‘Car communication’
I’ve done some work toward redesigning my business home page. It’s a lot more sparse than it used to be, but I like it because its short and to the point. I’ll probably be tweaking it quite a bit in the coming months. I’d appreciate any input you’d like to give!
What it needs most right now is thoughtful link rollovers for the image links, so that the user is aware that they’re actually clickable. Also, the alignment of the “contact me” and the “read my blog” bits are a bit off. Is there too much white? I don’t know.
Continue reading ‘New layout, maxedmands.com’
Howdy, folks! It’s been quite a while, and I do dearly apologize. I’ve had a pretty exciting past couple of seasons, and I hope that you have as well. As far as my online presence is concerned, I’ve almost completed a project for the Kingston Midtown Business Association, the Half Moon Lodge, and the Environmental Expo. I’ve also been working on a couple of side projects, such as spuz.info and Civil Squabble. I’m sure there’s more to come in the near future.
Until then, it’s looking like school will be taking up much of my time. I just got this amazing job as a lab monitor, where I basically get paid to sit and do homework. Therefore, now I have no excuse, other than blatant laziness, for not updating this blog. So keep checking, because this baby’s growing fast.
I was talking to an old friend online today and he referred me to an online governmental document that disturbed me deeply. Take a look:
A joint resolution to repeal the 22nd amendment to the United States Constitution: “Article– The 22nd amendment to the Constitution of the United States is Repealed.”
Upon more research, I discovered that there are two such amendments floating around. Here’s the text of the other one. It’s almost exactly the same as the first, except that it’s proposed by a different legislator.
Aren’t they frightening-looking? Don’t worry, neither amendment has been ratified. However, they’ve been open for debate in the Senate since a long time (2003), and have just been sitting there, not really doing anything. Nobody’s been talking about talking about them, especially on the mainstream media, but oddly enough, they aren’t immediately getting tossed aside either.
Continue reading ‘Citizen legislators, not career politicians’
