When it fits nowhere else.
Power, Time, and Work.
The new power adaptor arrived today at 5. Nice to be able to use the iBook again.
I am working on fixing the date issue. I need to remember to change back in fall though, or will be screwed up again.
I got up for work today and realized I work at 1 on Fridays, not 12.
That’s all, I should be sleeping, work at 9.
nick
My computer hurt me, in the wallet.
I was sitting there using my computer, and I realized the light on my power cable that is usually green, was not on. This would imply that the computer was not charging. After fiddling around with the cable, trying other plugs, and various other things, I wound up ordering a new cable from Apple for $75 after tax and what not. Not something I wanted to do, but I seem to have no choice.
So, I will not be online for a while, since the adapter is not scheduled to arrive until next Wednesday by Apple’s estimate, and I have 2:05 in computing time in my battery by my iBook’s estimate. Although, I can always go see Jenn and use her charger.
So, I will see you around, and this will probably be the last blog post until I get the power adaptor in, unless something really cool happens or I am bored at work in the next 3 days.
nick
Blog and the last week.
Due to the fact that Scott is gone, Sarah reads on a unregular basis, and I talk to Jenn everyday anyway, I am unsure about the blog. First off, as I just said, readership is at an all time low. Second, as I have said in the past, between school and work not a whole lot really happens. The reason I only post once a week is beacuse it takes that long for me to find or do something blogworthy. No, I don’t want to kill th eblog off, but it seems like it is kind of dieing regardless. I think what needs to happen is for me to find a whole new direction for the site. I need to focus it on something at least semi-interesting so that maybe I will get some googlers coming through or something, I don’t know.
As for stuff that’s happened, Jenn and I went bowling last night, and I was sick for most of my break, which sucked, cause not only did have barely enough energy to do nothing for several days, but I didnt do anywhere near the homework load that I wanted to do.
Thats all.
nick
Stuff
I really have nothing to write about, but its been a week so I figured I should post. The problem though, as I just stated, is I have nothing to write about.
Have you ever wondered if maybe the world spins, cause there is always someone jumping somewhere? And what if, for one instant, nobody jumped? Would we begin careening out of control and smash into something? And what would we hit? The sun? Jupiter? The Moon? Some invisible wall we don’t even know is there yet?
Ever wonder if your life is really just someone else’s dream? And if so, are they enjoying it? (Ok, thats not mine, it’s from HHG2G).
Yeah, like I said, nothing.
Delta released fall schedules, so I can start looking at them now.
OK, thats all, cause I got nothing still.
See you whenever.
nick
Google, Wendy’s, Speech, Cars, and Pixar.
So, I was finally on google, I was listed, and then… I ruined it. I updated my sitemap, which is where google gets the listing of where my pages are, and google de-listed me till it reindexes. Few days I should be back up though.
I just saw the Wendy’s commercial again for their dollar menu, and part of it really bugs me. At the end, a man tells his wife “you look like a million crispy chicken nuggets.” Wait, the proper expression is a million bucks, and throughout the commercial they replace dollar menu items for dollars, so it seems right. When you think though (I know, you should never think, it takes away the funny, I’m probably the person who told yo that in the first place so you can’t quote it to me) there are 5 nuggets in a $1 box. That means he implied $200,000, not $1,000,000. If I was his wife, he wouldn’t be getting any for a while.
My speech for Oral Communications went OK I think. She said that since we barely covered anything yet, grades would be fairly lenient.
If any of you don’t know, and honestly 2 out of my 3 readers don’t, I am car shopping. I have been mostly looking at Volkswagens, and noticed something, power windows are actually rare. Believe it or not, the majority of the cars I have found have keyless entry and no power windows. Why would you get not just power locks, but keyless, and not get power windows? It just seems really odd to me.
Disney, yesterday, announced that they are buying Pixar for $7,400,000,000. I could have said $7.4 billion, but the zeros add drama. Steve Jobs, also CEO of Apple, owned 51% of Pixar, and thus gets 51% of the stock in the deal. He will now be, with a 7% share, the largest stockholder of Disney/Pixar/ABC (though just called Disney). We will see if that is a good, or bad, position to be in.
OK, that’s all for now.
nick
PowerBook, School, and Comments.
A few of notes for you.
First, I did some looking, and the PowerBook has been named so since October 21, 1991 when the PowerBook 100 replaced the Macintosh Portable. It did not have a PowerPC until August 28, 1995. it is, therefore, Apple’s oldest brand name, as the Power Macintosh name didn’t debut until March 14, 1994, the iMac on May 6, 1998, and the iBook on July 21, 1999. It is one of their most recognizable brand names as well. So, with all this, I think we have a reason to be pissed if the name disappears, and I know I am not the only one who will always think of Apple’s high-end laptop as a PowerBook, no matter what name they put on it.
Second, after fretting and writing for a few hours this morning about my Oral Comm. class speech, I accepted my fate and went to leave for school. On the way outside I realized just how slippery it was, and decided that since I have gone to Delta before only to find the campus closed on my way in, I should check one more time. Sure enough, Delta had moved from a delay until 2:00 to all day closure. So, I get to go through all the worry again next Tuesday.
Third, to the person who commented at 7:17 AM EST on 1/16/06 (you know who you are), I consider that post to be spam, and if you do anything similar again, you will be banned form the site. I know you are a frequent visitor by your IP address, and am sure you don’t want it to come to that. Keep comments on topic, please. I like comments, I enjoy receiving and reading them, especially since none of you have blogs for me to read.
Sorry
Anyway, that’s all.
Oh, wait, I wanted to also mention, I like Craig Ferguson.
nick
Movie trailer.
Just one addition, Site 3 worked best for me, but that may vary.
I present to you the teaser for what may be the best movie of 2006.
The Omnipotence paradox and Schrödinger’s Cat.
Seriously, could he? For Homer Simpson, it’s a good question, but not the first time it has been asked. If you go to wikipedia and search for the omnipotence paradox, it will tell you more, but here’s the gist.
If a given being is omnipotent, or commonly “all powerful”, it must be able to do anything, but it is commonly accepted that it must as well be bound by logic. Hence, a given being could create an object of any weight, as well as lift an object of any weight. But, could it create an object of enough weight that even it could not lift it? If it can create the object, it is not omnipotent because if limited lifting ability. At the same time though, if it cannot be created, it is non-omnipotent due to limited creation ability. Hence, the omnipotence paradox.
Now, it can be argued that, being omnipotent, such a being must not necessarily be bound by logic. By this argument, such a being can create something of such weight that it cannot lift it, but since logic is not a factor, still be able to lift it. Just as easily then, it can kill someone and the person still be alive, and create a circle that is perfectly square. Having logic not apply, however, is not something that is accepted in what I have read. It seems, however, to be the only method of guaranteed omnipotence and thus a purely omnipotent being is illogical. Weird shit.
In the same paradoxical argument, is Schrödinger’s Cat. The cat is within a box, and there is affixed a radioactive particle, a detector, and a poison gas. There is a 50% chance the particle will decay within 1 hour. If it does decay, it will activate the detector and release the gas, killing the cat. There are thus 2 possible outcomes when you open the box in 1 hour, the cat is dead and the particle is decayed, or the cat is alive and the particle not decayed. We assume that the cat will not die for any other reason, or that the detector will malfunction. Next, we have a theory in physics that states that until observed, all objects take a superfluous state as all possible outcomes simultaneously. As such, until we open our box to see our cat, it is both alive and dead, as well as the particle decayed and not, all at the same time. So the question is, when does the cat die, if it is going to?
Well, the first thing I thought of is, wouldn’t the cat notice if it died? For that matter, is consciousness required? Can the box see the particle decay? I don’t know, honestly. I would need to speak to someone who knows more than me.
Anyway, have fun with all that, and let me know what you think in a comment. If you want, you can even remind me of the story I can’t fully remember, but had something to do with milk in your trunk, or any other paradox you may have.
Work, thats about it.
OK, so job seems OK. Might get a little boring, but not bad. Better than YMCA anyway. Basiclly I just sign people in and then out. In between there isn’t much. If you get bored, come see me.
The comment from “Nick” is not from me, but Suchyta, just so you know.
I hope everyone’s New Year goes well, and I will certainly have more for you all Moday as I begin new classes, if not sooner.
Post count, “Alpina”, Links, Editing, Oprah, and Folding.
Some quick announcements.
This is post 330.
The word “Alpina” has been removed form all posts, and exists only in this one. They have all been changed to the correct spelling of “Alpena”.
All links to pages on the old site (homepage.mac.com/nslyax/…) have been either removed to changed to point to the same page on this site (hooji.nfshost.com/…).
All 296 old blogs have been edited, and as far as I know, have the correct dates. Oddly, all the ones mis-dated to 12/31/1969 @4:49pm were from December 2003 or 2004. Anyway though, it’s finally done, and only took 89 days.
After 16 years of asking her, Dave Letterman has finally convinced Oprah to appear on his show, airing December 1st at around 11:35.
I finished my F@H unit for 241 more points, for 3045 points total.
That is all.