Yearly Archives: 2008

Feed the Machines!

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Pace Arko

This was news I meant to post here months ago so, it’s kind of stale but, to keep a personal site fresh you gotta start somewhere. So several months ago, towards the beginning of a summer, I saved up the … Continue reading →

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What Does a Wormhole Look Like?

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Pace Arko

In science fiction movies, games and television, I’ve seen lots of attempts to depict spatial wormholes and “portals to other universes.” In nearly every case they get the geometry wrong. It doesn’t look like this nor does it look like … Continue reading →

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There is no forbidden knowledge

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Pace Arko

So I read today that scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have received death threats. The LHC death threats are example of ignorance out of control. The risk from the LHC is minimal. How do we know that for certain? … Continue reading →

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Burning Down Hilbert's Hotel

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Pace Arko

There’s an idea that’s been plaguing me for a number of years since I read Max Tegmark’s article in Scientific American. What if there are infinitely many universes that have existed for all eternity? Doesn’t that imply that everything is … Continue reading →

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All humans are vermin in the eyes of Morbo!

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Pace Arko

I can find no rational reason for aliens to invade the Earth. If they need energy, water, metals or radioactives there are plenty in space to mined or harvested without dealing with pesky natives. If some super-civilization needed all the … Continue reading →

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Circus of the Mighty Session Log (2-24-2008)

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Pace Arko

[I think this happened on February 24 of 2008. Toby had returned from his travels in Southeast Asia. The players in attendance were Ralph (Dwalor and Telwyn), Jerry (Chingara), Toby (Stirge and Thalin) and Victor (Mandark). This session ran later … Continue reading →

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My History with Gizmo Wristwatches

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Pace Arko

When I was in college back in the middle Eighties, I had a Casio calculator watch. This was the expensive apotheosis of nerdery back then. In the Eighties Japan was kicking everyone’s ass in consumer electronics. At the time microchips … Continue reading →

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Hm, it's been a while since I've said anything

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Pace Arko

So I haven’t wrote anything here for all of January and most of December. Actually I’ve been writing up tentative entries on the bus to and from work but nothing has jelled up into a good article to post here. … Continue reading →

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