Talk Is Cheap

The Revolution Will NOT Be Televised

Check out this facebook collection of images

Some are quite funny

How Peaceful It Looks

During the last 10 or so years, I’ve found myself from time to time, thinking about ways to leave the planet Earth.
It just seems so peaceful (and quiet I’ll have you) when viewed from above.
So if some day my posts stop for a long (longer then usually anyway) time, you’ll know where I am

Enjoy!

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

Site Update

A quick post to let you know that the site has been updated to WordPress 3.0.3
And also that all themes and plugins has been updated the their current version.

[Update 13.06.2011]
Wordpress is now 3.1.3 (and everything else as well)

EDIT: currently performing a clueless update to 3.2.x (Eyeland)

Best Regards
The Admin

The Universe is One.. Everything is One..

One way to obtain true happiness would be to realize that, *this* is not a cliche.
But don’t take it from me, listen to “The King”

I especially like this comment on youtube:
“I’ve learned more in 5:08 minutes than in school for 18 years…”

Quick List of “One Liners” to Mess With The Mind of “Sheep”

• CO2 is every bit as important for life on earth as O2! Without it, Everything Dies!
• If “Global Warming” is primarily “Man Made”? Then what caused all the Ice Ages of the past? And why are the Martian Poler Caps also melting?
• If we live in a Democracy? Then why was I not asked to vote on whether or not we should invade Iraq? Afghanistan? Kuwait? Vietnam? etc…
• If we live in a “Free Society”? Then why can’t I grow the plants I wish, in my home or on my land?

Please feel free to add your own in the comment section. They will be added to the post continually..

The Impending Collapse of the Monetary System

Beyond Politics, Poverty and War..

A thorough explanation of the basic paradoxical nature of the failing monetary system.
And an introduction to a “Resource Based Economy”.

Dan Bull – Death of ACTA

(From thepiratebay.org)

The Defcon’s ONe…

…Life is but a dream

Bill Hicks must be one of the smartest people who have ever lived.
Or at least the first combined social activist and self proclaimed prophet to successfully disguise himself as a stand up comedian.

Anyway, if your feeling down, depressed with life, humanity and the state of the world at large? You need to listen to this:
(And for the sake of love, and all that is true, remember this:
Don’t feel bad, Don’t be afraid, Ever!.. Because.. It’s just a ride…)


(Ok not the be (too) paranoid but this movie clip always disappears from youtube or for some odd reason won’t play…)

Now, if you ever plan to have children, or recently had?

This nursery rime would be a good thing to sing at bedtime.
And then when they are old enough, bring on Bill Hicks!

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

We may all be our genome, But!.. I Am My Connectome!

Now, I’ll bet you find yourself asking, “What is a connectome?”

A connectome is a comprehensive map of the neural connections in the brain of a given species.
In it’s ultimate form, it’s every single connection of every single neuron in the entire brain.
In the human brain this is a complexity that is simply mind boggling!
According to various estimates, the human cerebral cortex (aka “The Gray Matter”) consists of at least 10^10 neurons with the entire brain at about 10^11. These neurons are then linked together by between 10^15 and 10^14 synaptic connections.
In comparison, the observable universe contains about 3 to 7 × 10^22 stars. (1 Billion = 10^9), and the entire human genome contains only about 25.000 genes!
Now if every synaptic connection could be represented by a single byte (which it can’t), it would take somewhere between 100 Terabytes and 1 Petabyte of data to store the connectome of the human brain.

The video link below gives a good visual understanding of the structure of the human brain. Zooming in from macro to micro structure, covering the low level function of single neurons and their intertwined activity through neuronal connections (synapses).

Regarding the state of present and future research in connectomics, Professor Sebastian Seung explains it all passionately in the TED|VID below.
He also puts forth the proposition that: “I Am My Connectome” and continues to speculates on the possibility of “Man’s Resurrection ”. Or to put it a little more precisely, wether the connectomes of the people, who have chosen to been frozen in liquid nitrogen after their death, still remains intact?

(The real question of interest, to me however, is still when we’ll se the dawn of the ever elusive NPU’s? )

Number of Neurons in a Human Brain | The Physics Factbook™
wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectome
wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuron
wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain

From Tibetan Peaks of Himalaya, to before “The Dawn of Time”, in 5 minutes ;-)

Carter Emmart demos a 3D atlas of the universe

Carter Emmart

Carter Emmart is the astronomer giving the lecture in the TED|VID above.
If you want to know why you shoud listen to his ideas then read:

Carter Emmarts Full Profile