Let me state this right up front - quantum computing is a boondoggle. I won't go so far as to say it's a scam, because we're talking about true believers here.
Quantum computing is nothing more than analog computing. Yes, you read that correctly.
You can replicate the performance of a quantum computer with hydraulics. This has already been done.
The best current quantum computers act as nothing more than random number generators. You can do this with a microphone for ambient noise, or an antenna to detect cosmic rays.
You can perfectly replicate an entangled particle pair with a random bit generator and a NOT gate. This is all that quantum computing has to offer us.
Monday, October 15, 2018
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Shadowstats and the real inflation rate
Did you know the real rate of inflation is around 9%, and has been for two decades?
The government has been lying about the rate of inflation since 1983. They doubled down on the lies in 1987. And again in 1993.
Go check out Shadow Stats. They have all kinds of charts showing the true nature of the economy. How do they do this? Simple! They just use the techniques the government used to use to report economic activity.
Another example: The government recently reported unemployment at 3.7%. Hooray! Except, it's not. The real rate of unemployment is 21.3%.
Don't believe them? The price of a new, base option Ford F150 pickup truck has increased 211% over the last 13 years. Do the math. That's 9% inflation almost exactly.
Many people's wages are related to the government computed Consumer Price Index - the official rate of inflation. Social Security checks are, too. When the real rate of inflation is triple the official rate, you lose money every year - at an increasing rate.
People wonder why they are getting raises, but getting poorer at the same time. This is why. Well, that and the recession the country has been in since late 2000.
The government has been lying about the rate of inflation since 1983. They doubled down on the lies in 1987. And again in 1993.
Go check out Shadow Stats. They have all kinds of charts showing the true nature of the economy. How do they do this? Simple! They just use the techniques the government used to use to report economic activity.
Another example: The government recently reported unemployment at 3.7%. Hooray! Except, it's not. The real rate of unemployment is 21.3%.
Don't believe them? The price of a new, base option Ford F150 pickup truck has increased 211% over the last 13 years. Do the math. That's 9% inflation almost exactly.
Many people's wages are related to the government computed Consumer Price Index - the official rate of inflation. Social Security checks are, too. When the real rate of inflation is triple the official rate, you lose money every year - at an increasing rate.
People wonder why they are getting raises, but getting poorer at the same time. This is why. Well, that and the recession the country has been in since late 2000.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Witch hunts
The great thing about a witch hunt is that witches, being imaginary, can be hunted forever. This gives the hunters great power, as long as they can "keep us the skeer." See, e.g., PoundMeToo, "I'm just glad we ruined Bret Kavanaugh's life," “You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about.”
The actual, historical witch hunts were fights between the early Protestant and established Catholic churches. They were directly purging others, or showing that they could protect their people from the Devil better than that other church could, by burning more witches. The "little ice age" crop failures and famines were good excuses to look for witches.
So, in essence, the witch hunts were the religious version of the crack wars. New opportunities open, various syndicates fight over territory. Murders spike. Eventually, the territories settle down and the factions come to agreements over boundaries. The murders drop.
The actual, historical witch hunts were fights between the early Protestant and established Catholic churches. They were directly purging others, or showing that they could protect their people from the Devil better than that other church could, by burning more witches. The "little ice age" crop failures and famines were good excuses to look for witches.
So, in essence, the witch hunts were the religious version of the crack wars. New opportunities open, various syndicates fight over territory. Murders spike. Eventually, the territories settle down and the factions come to agreements over boundaries. The murders drop.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Kevin is back at The Smallest Minority
Kevin's latest uberpost. This one's about the sorry state of education in the USA, and how it was deliberately, and with malice aforethought, made to be this way.
https://smallestminority.blogspot.com/2018/09/education-societal-division-and-proposal.html
Go read it, if you care about the future at all.
https://smallestminority.blogspot.com/2018/09/education-societal-division-and-proposal.html
Go read it, if you care about the future at all.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
9/11/2001
Today is the 17th anniversary of the Muslim terror attacks on America. Never forget. Never forgive.
17 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. Never forget. Never forgive.
It's been 17 years. Commemorating the 9/11 attacks now is a bit like commemorating Pearl Harbor day back in 1958. But my grandparents and parents still did that through the 1980's. Never forget. Never forgive.
“Good Muslim American” is a logical contradiction. If they are good Muslims, they cannot be good Americans. If they are good Americans, they cannot be good Muslims. America and Islam are incompatible, polar opposites. And anyone who says otherwise is either woefully (willfully?) ignorant, or trying to sell you poison.
17 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. Never forget. Never forgive.
It's been 17 years. Commemorating the 9/11 attacks now is a bit like commemorating Pearl Harbor day back in 1958. But my grandparents and parents still did that through the 1980's. Never forget. Never forgive.
“Good Muslim American” is a logical contradiction. If they are good Muslims, they cannot be good Americans. If they are good Americans, they cannot be good Muslims. America and Islam are incompatible, polar opposites. And anyone who says otherwise is either woefully (willfully?) ignorant, or trying to sell you poison.
Monday, August 27, 2018
Dye it black
I see a Loki and I want to dye him black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see Asgardians walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see Asgardians walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of spears and they’re all painted black
With Asgard and Heimdall both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly run away
Like a new born star it just happens every day
With Asgard and Heimdall both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly run away
Like a new born star it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see the rainbow bridge and have to paint it black
Maybe then I’ll fly away and not have to face the facts
It’s not easy being green when your whole world is black
I see the rainbow bridge and have to paint it black
Maybe then I’ll fly away and not have to face the facts
It’s not easy being green when your whole world is black
No more will my Blue Sun go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the second sun
My love will laugh with me before the sandworm comes
My love will laugh with me before the sandworm comes
I see a Loki and I want to dye him black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see Asgardians walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see Asgardians walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I want to see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black Shadows
I want to see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted
Painted black
Black as night, black Shadows
I want to see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted
Painted black
Monday, August 6, 2018
Flat universe proof
It's interesting how much brain power and observations are going into trying to figure out if the geometry of the universe if "flat". What this really means is - do the angles of a triangle add to 180 degrees, or more, or less?
Every single test has shown that the universe is Euclidian. Flat. It's 180 degree triangles all the way down. A²+B²=C² is the law of the universe.
The funny part is that they seem to not have noticed that relativity, which has been thoroughly tested, only works in an Euclidian universe. That's right. Relativity rests upon the assumption that sin² + cos² = 1.
When you examine the space-time field, you will see that it does not stretch. It does not bend. It does not expand. It simply exists, with various energy densities. Space-time is the quantum field from which all other fields draw their energy. So, the more energy an area possesses, the less dense the space-time field. We experience the difference in density as gravitational attraction.
If you imagine the energy density on a plane, it looks like a graph of a parabola. Normally, the parabola is remarkably shallow. In the vicinity of black holes and neutron stars, the parabola is quite steep.
Now take a look at the slope of the curve at any given point. The sine of that slope is the gravitational attraction, based on c=1. Particles gain energy by moving from a higher to a lower energy level. Energy is conserved, after all.
To cosine of that slope is the perceived time of a particle at that point, where 1 is the theoretical maximum possible experience of time's passage. The universal tick, as it were.
Please note that sin²+cos²=1, where c=1. Relativity only works in an Euclidian universe where A²+B²=C². It really is just this simple.
Every single test has shown that the universe is Euclidian. Flat. It's 180 degree triangles all the way down. A²+B²=C² is the law of the universe.
The funny part is that they seem to not have noticed that relativity, which has been thoroughly tested, only works in an Euclidian universe. That's right. Relativity rests upon the assumption that sin² + cos² = 1.
When you examine the space-time field, you will see that it does not stretch. It does not bend. It does not expand. It simply exists, with various energy densities. Space-time is the quantum field from which all other fields draw their energy. So, the more energy an area possesses, the less dense the space-time field. We experience the difference in density as gravitational attraction.
If you imagine the energy density on a plane, it looks like a graph of a parabola. Normally, the parabola is remarkably shallow. In the vicinity of black holes and neutron stars, the parabola is quite steep.
Now take a look at the slope of the curve at any given point. The sine of that slope is the gravitational attraction, based on c=1. Particles gain energy by moving from a higher to a lower energy level. Energy is conserved, after all.
To cosine of that slope is the perceived time of a particle at that point, where 1 is the theoretical maximum possible experience of time's passage. The universal tick, as it were.
Please note that sin²+cos²=1, where c=1. Relativity only works in an Euclidian universe where A²+B²=C². It really is just this simple.
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