I am back

sudanamaru back · Post by **sudanamaru back** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:21 pm

Through the years I wrote to dbb admin to recover my account but not get a response. So I came with this new username. You may recall that I believed I saw ice on Mars. It wasnt an insane claim. Hello everybody!

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:47 am

He returns!

I don't remember you, but hello.

sudanamaru back · Post by **sudanamaru back** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 12:09 pm

Cause my previous post was more than 11 years ago!

Search for sudanamaru. Thank for your welcome.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 12:17 pm

You were around before I joined too, but welcome back anyway. The more the merrier around here.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:39 pm

Link for the lazy: http://descentbb.net/memberlist.php?mod ... file&u=548

Yeah, I joined about a year after you left.

This is how long you were active: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Se ... 07%2C+2004+
About five years. In those five years you made 72 posts. That's about one a month. Warning to all: This is what happens when you have a life outside the internet.

As for me, I make about 700 posts per year for the past ten years and none of them are worth reading. Dedication, my friend.

edit:

FYI: the user "Sigma" is actually a bot programmed by the mod, Jeff. It passed a touring test, but can make grammatical errors or not make sense at all. It's programmed to repeat Russian propaganda. It's very good.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:06 pm

Isaac wrote:Warning to all: This is what happens when you have a life outside the internet.

Says the guy who likes to wipe the floor with me at chess, while PLAYING ON THE NET. Gawd I'd like to forget my playing form last night. That's what I get for having some wine at dinner. Brain fog.

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:17 pm

Open the door, Isaac!!!

Sigma [Bot] brought you a parcel with Russian propaganda!

sudanamaru back · Post by **sudanamaru back** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:21 pm

Isaac, thanks for the stats. Now I rarely play Descent, I am waiting for the new one. One can not believe but It is the only game I played since D1. I am interested in physics and doing experiments. In recent months I found a way to float magnets in air (not like the Levitron). The principle is similar to 'inverted pendulum'. Specially spinning magnets visuals are eye catching, like energy orbs of D.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... FeuzkPATNt

The generated noise by magnetic impulses is also interesting. May such a noise can be embedded in D: Underground.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:30 pm

sigma wrote:Open the door, Isaac!!!

Sigma [Bot] brought you a parcel with Russian propaganda!

I might use that as my new avatar! Heeeeeer's kitty!

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 1:02 am

Yes! You must!

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 6:19 am

Yeah TC use but change the womans face to Hillary and you're golden.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:36 am

That would ruin The Shining reference woody.

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 3:14 pm

Krom wrote:That would ruin The Shining reference woody.

You impressed us with your sense of humor, old chap

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 10:32 pm

Krom wrote:That would ruin The Shining reference woody.

Woody has the hots for Hillary. He just can't quit her.

Krom, what's the largest pixel size I could have for an avatar? Sigma's picture is funny, but it would lose the pertinant details once it was down-sized to what I'm using now.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:58 am

150x150, i.e., Krom's size

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 10:15 am

I'm still surprised more people haven't noticed and updated to the newer bigger size limit.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 12:30 pm

We change our profile pics once every five to ten years.

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 1:17 pm

Well, I am on my own, I can do what I want when I want.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 3:47 pm

Hee, hee. Did it. Thanks sigma.

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 3:57 pm

Excellent suits you

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:55 pm

sigma wrote:Well, I am on my own, I can do what I want when I want.

You're just a bot. You don't know what love is.

sudanamaru back · Post by **sudanamaru back** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 12:15 pm

Sigma, did you ever watched the movie Blade Runner (1982)? If so what do you think? For me it sad that could be a conflict between humans and replicants.

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 12:30 pm

ahem... movies with Denzel Washington, I like a lot more

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 12:56 pm

sigma wrote:

Code: Select all

[search context]=>(movies)=>[pick topic]=>(actors:movies have actors)
=>[Pick a top rated actor]=>({"firstname":"Denzel","lastname":"Washington",...})

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:14 pm

Isaac wrote:[search context]=>(movies)=>[pick topic]=>(actors:movies have actors)
=>[Pick a top rated actor]=>({"firstname":"Denzel","lastname":"Washington",...})

Warning! Never click on codes of Isaac!

sudanamaru back · Post by **sudanamaru back** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:43 pm

Denzel Washington have nothing with Blade Runner

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:48 pm

It's hard to argue

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:33 pm

You're my favorite robot, Sigma.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:09 pm

sigma wrote:ahem... movies with Denzel Washington, I like a lot more

Harrison Ford. Much more suave, at least in Blade Runner, The Fugitive and Star Wars.

sudanamaru back wrote:Sigma, did you ever watched the movie Blade Runner (1982)? If so what do you think? For me it sad that could be a conflict between humans and replicants.

We're getting closer to that reality every day, and it's a little scary. Our newer cars are already thinking for themselves, and they can be hacked now too.

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 4:21 am

It's true. Harrison Ford a charmer

I do not like Blade Runner, because I do not like stories of this type. Although Robocop, Predator, Screamers I can watch endlessly. Transformers, Oblivion liked.

By the way, you have not yet watched Призрак? In my opinion, a good movie.

sudanamaru back · Post by **sudanamaru back** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:37 am

We're getting closer to that reality every day, and it's a little scary. Our newer cars are already thinking for themselves, and they can be hacked now too.

Movie is happening in 2019. Not too far. However we dont still air vehicles witout propellers or wings. This is because science is driven by politics.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:55 pm

sigma wrote:It's true. Harrison Ford a charmer
I do not like Blade Runner, because I do not like stories of this type. Although Robocop, Predator, Screamers I can watch endlessly. Transformers, Oblivion liked.

By the way, you have not yet watched Призрак? In my opinion, a good movie.

Blade Runner required the movie viewer to think about what was going on in the story, not to just sit there and watch mindless violence. I even enjoyed the old Blade Runner game that was out years ago. But I agree, it's sometimes just fun to sit there, zone out and eat popcorn.

As for that Russian movie, I don't have the ability to stream movies. I still have a slow connection. I'm going to try to upgrade to 20 Mbps when possible, but even that speed is not that much better. Stupid telecoms.

sudanamaru back wrote:Movie is happening in 2019. Not too far. However we dont still air vehicles witout propellers or wings. This is because science is driven by politics.

We really need to develop antigrav technology for flying cars and computer control for piloting them. Flying cars like airplanes is way too risky and the air traffic control would be a nightmare if everyone did their own driving. In fact, self-driving ground cars scare me at the moment, given the current development of software.

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 7:47 pm

In my opinion there are movies with more profound subjects than in Blade Runner.

If at least one month you change your tariff at 70 Mbps (in Moscow I pay for this rate is 500 rubles (7.8 USD), you can download from torrent trackers, so many movies, serials, TV shows, music and audio books that this stock you have enough for six months. And at the same time without any problems, you can watch movies online.

sudanamaru back · Post by **sudanamaru back** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:10 pm

Sigma wrote:

In my opinion there are movies with more profound subjects than in Blade Runner.

It is more profound than most of SF movies, IMO.

sudanamaru back · Post by **sudanamaru back** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:38 pm

I took this screen shot this evening. Currently there are 85 videos of my experiments on the YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... FeuzkPATNt

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 10:19 pm

The jig's up Jeff [sigma bot].

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:11 am

sudanamaru back wrote:
Sigma wrote:

In my opinion there are movies with more profound subjects than in Blade Runner.
It is more profound than most of SF movies, IMO.

These 2 minutes are given more food for thought than a 2 hour Blade Runner, IMO.
Blade Runner is the only movie that you like?

[youtube]z_zRSMVi50w[/youtube]

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:17 am

sudanamaru back wrote:I took this screen shot this evening. Currently there are 85 videos of my experiments on the YouTube.

What is the purpose of these experiments, if not a secret?

sudanamaru back · Post by **sudanamaru back** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:30 am

What is the purpose of these experiments, if not a secret?

Stablity solutions for magnetic coupling/levitation. Beside levitation applications, looking possibily of such stable magnetic coupling between spinning magnetic bodies having solutions in particle physics. There are few research in particle physics where magnetic interaction is the major actor. However as shown on these experiments the phenomena is very rich, at least comparable to orbital dynamics which is basis of most of physical systems. For example in superconductivity puzzle such magnetic interactions may point to new directions.

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:04 am

Quite an interesting study.

Are you looking for a solution only by empirical methods or also own theoretical? If so, what kind of theoretical methods (or maybe combination of them) show the highest efficiency for the base of the experiments?

It would also be extremely curious to see these processes with superconductors, if you were doing such experiments.

And in what area could have a practical application of the results of your work, in your opinion, in case of success?