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Jan. 5th, 2006
Scary Spam
Jan. 5th, 2006 02:06 pmFast on the heels of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pecosdave's great news, I popped over to one of my brazillion e-mail accounts, and just for the heck of it (okay, there was nothing legitimate to actually read there), took a look in the bulk mail folder:
"Guaranteed meetings right away" read the subject line, and all I can think of is some cross between "Who in their right mind...!?!" (which is a common reaction when perusing spam subjects) and a Monty Pythonesque "Run away! Run away!"
I guess that's a fairly common reaction as well, but someone is clicking/buying/responding/supporting kindly down-on-their-luck folks who want to give you lots of money if you'll just help them out a wee little bit...
pecosdave's great news, I popped over to one of my brazillion e-mail accounts, and just for the heck of it (okay, there was nothing legitimate to actually read there), took a look in the bulk mail folder:"Guaranteed meetings right away" read the subject line, and all I can think of is some cross between "Who in their right mind...!?!" (which is a common reaction when perusing spam subjects) and a Monty Pythonesque "Run away! Run away!"
I guess that's a fairly common reaction as well, but someone is clicking/buying/responding/supporting kindly down-on-their-luck folks who want to give you lots of money if you'll just help them out a wee little bit...
It's Springtastic!
Jan. 5th, 2006 04:24 pmMostly for my own reference, in the spirit of the Larry Spring madness of recent times and Science That Isn't:
Here's a link I remembered which you can file under your "Fun Links from the Lunatic Fringe" folder. It's about a guy who claims to have worked as a physicist for the government at Area 51 who was commissioned to reverse engineer downed alien spacecraft. He describes an antigravity propulsion system based on an Element 115 (the next stable element after the radioactive elements not found here on earth but possibly could be found in solar systems with more massive suns). I don't necessarily believe his story or agree with his theories, but its a fun read anyway :)
http://www.boblazar.com
This was passed on to me by the physics major I had investigate that last round of Weird Science (refer to this and that.) His results: It's been proven that when an electron and proton meet they do not form a neutron, as Larry would suggest, instead they destroy each other and break apart into smaller particles. As for the flow of electrons, that part seemed feasible because, well, that's pretty much how that part works in real life.
Here's a link I remembered which you can file under your "Fun Links from the Lunatic Fringe" folder. It's about a guy who claims to have worked as a physicist for the government at Area 51 who was commissioned to reverse engineer downed alien spacecraft. He describes an antigravity propulsion system based on an Element 115 (the next stable element after the radioactive elements not found here on earth but possibly could be found in solar systems with more massive suns). I don't necessarily believe his story or agree with his theories, but its a fun read anyway :)
http://www.boblazar.com
This was passed on to me by the physics major I had investigate that last round of Weird Science (refer to this and that.) His results: It's been proven that when an electron and proton meet they do not form a neutron, as Larry would suggest, instead they destroy each other and break apart into smaller particles. As for the flow of electrons, that part seemed feasible because, well, that's pretty much how that part works in real life.