I have a phone, while since 2007, I think more than one

Blast from the past.. Perhaps it is time to re-read Asimov's Foundation series.

Star Trek as the inspiration for cell phones, tablets, both full of sensors?

I have a Galaxy S phone, which yes, does seem like a combination of the 1965 Star Trek communicator and Tri-corders. Even more, my android tablets seem even more like Tri-corders. Especially with a now defunct program called Tri-corder

Acoustic sensor:



Geographic sensor:


Electro-magnetic sensor:

Accelerometer:



Magnetic Flux:



And Solar Activity:



Amazing advancements in technology and the rate of advancement does not seem to be slowing down.

I'll try to make use of this every present, always connected ability to post more often.

In search of a new phone!!

I'm on the hunt for a new phone. The term is up on the plan I'm on, and it doesn't include unlimited incoming.

I'm looking for something like the HTC 6800 from Bell, with the best value for a monthly plan.

The game is a foot.

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Deepest conviction, most threatened by other viewpoints?

Why are extremists, those that claim to have the deepest conviction also the most threatened by any alternate viewpoint?

Winter me 

The original bloggers

While spelunking the Internet tonight, I rediscovered Project Gutenberg. 

 

It occurs to me that Mark Twain and the authors of his time were the bloggers of his time.  The publishing process (i.e. various forms of stain on crushed emulsified dead tree material, bulky manufacturing equipment, physical form and a need for physical distribution) required greater resource investment, and therefore more  attention to ‘correct’ grammar.  The Twain-Blog that I’m currently reading is called FOLLOWING

THE EQUATOR.

 

I’m yet to be convinced that correct grammar necessitates clear concise communication. 

 

Often when programming in C++ and Java, ‘in-correct’ syntax leads to a more effective encoding.

 

Nostradameus

What is Happiness?

What is Happiness?

 

Is it a calm state?  Is it an excited state?

 

I just listened to Science Friday's podcast on Happiness and was struck by the diversity of overlaps in emotional, physiological and chemical states that are partially within both the happiness and the sadness sets in the Venn diagram that was forming in my head.

 

On a physiological level, the chemical messengers associated with happiness come from both the calming (endorphin) and the exciting (adrenaline) chemical messengers. 

 

From a ‘depressant’ stand point there are ties to dopamine and serotonin.  Modern medicince strives to treat ‘unhappiness’ with chemical treatments to counter or try to ‘fix’ or ‘jimmy’ the balance.  However, I believe that the absence of negative emotions doesn’t equate to a positive emotional state, but more like a zero state.

 

Also, what was discussed was our desire for change.  As much as we complain about change, it seems to be a necessary ingredient of happiness.  Our brains are designed to take gratification in ‘mastering’ change. 

 

Two take away thoughts:

 

1)    It is amazing how the chemical, physiologic and psychological systems all follow similar taxonomies and Venn diagram classifications as a function or coincidence in their contribution to how the system works on a macro level.

2)    How we ‘master’ change is a subject worth further neurotransmitter energy investment.

a.     Do we be reasonable and accept change?

b.     Do we be unreasonable and struggle against or to control change?

 

G. B. Shaw would say that progress depends on us being unreasonable.