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December 26, 2015

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About M class Asteroids, Kardashev scale and Dyson sphere

Recently it came to my attention the existence of Psyche asteroid. Before that I was unware of this marvel of nature in asteroid belt. The uniqueness of Psyche asteroid comes from its composition of pure Iron and nickel. Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche for more details about this wonder. When I read about Psyche flood of Ideas came associated with Dyson sphere, Kardashev Type II civilization and grandiose plans that we abandoned since 1970. Let’s organize and talk about all this in order. Kardashev scale of civilizations In 1964 Russian astronomer Nikolai Kardashev propose a scale to describe civilization advancement level based on the amount of its energy use, please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale for details. In summary the scale divides the civilization into following three categories: Type I civilization: They can utilize all the energy available to their planet. To clarify I can say that this civilization should be able to use...

Case for the Chopsticks

For last six months or so I found myself fascinated with chopsticks. Using them religiously at work and at home and any chance I get in the restaurants. It went so far that I kind of find using knives and forks almost uncivilized. It all happened one winter night in California when my eyes glazed upon set of bamboo chopsticks that look very appealing, in oddly enough Filipino fish market. My experience before that with chopsticks was very limited to short/cheap once from Panda Express or “High End” (translation heavy duty, indestructible, heavy and uncomfortable) ceramic utensils in high end Restaurants. What I like about them is their incredible simplicity, easiness to clean and precision control they offer in eating. I find it almost uncomfortable to talk about my need to consume large amount of organic food on daily basis. Clarification about the “organic”, I mean foods that contain organic molecules and not just labeled as one. The chopsticks I discovered is nice/inviting har...

Freeway Heavan

The place in the freeway that is most safe and provides greatest enjoyment of driving is dabbed by me as “Freeway heaven”. This place is special since it mostly occurs dynamically and unless you are trained to recognize it, you will totally miss your chance to enjoy it while it lasts. And let me stress that this place in time and space can be as brief as ten seconds and you need to learn to recognize it and utilize it to your advantage/enjoyment while it lasts. The beauty of this event in our world is that it is happening in a place that is centered on you and makes you the epicenter of an event that is uplifting as breeze of cool wind in hot summer day or unexpected kiss from beautiful woman. The dynamic nature of this event is from the fact that it happened while we are wheezing through freeway at speeds of up to 75MPH or higher. By this time you might be asking if this is really true and this place/event even exists or I am just pulling your leg. Let me assure you it does and I wil...

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